I am the king of the dead

How could Marquis Wuxun, who doesn't know how to farm the land, be able to do well as Shaobao, the head of a hundred officials?

After watching it, Yu Qian said with emotion: "Okay, it's difficult."

Chapter 769 Gale Wind Rolls Dirty, Honor and Disgrace Spring and Autumn Breaks

Breeding people, never increasing taxes, this decree is of course good for Daming, it is the abolition of poll tax, which is a tax that can only be collected by cutting off the head.

For the common people, this is the biggest obstacle to having a child. Every time they have a child, they will pay an extra tax. Who is willing to have a child?

For Yu Qian, who would step on loess and mud and go to the fields, he disliked the clamor of those Hanlins in the Hanlin Academy, and only by accepting Dingcha can they keep Dingxing prosperous.

Even the uncle under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village knows that this is a fallacy among fallacies, and the logic is clear and simple.

The main body of Rome, the Romans, was gradually dying out under the stick of the population tax, and finally let the barbarians realize that the doves occupied the magpie's nest and replaced them.

There are three bases for the implementation of this decree.

The first aspect will actually have no impact on the imperial court’s financial revenue. Ding Cha and other four errands and labor services will not be sent to the imperial court, but will remain in the local government. This part of the money will actually be used to support officials. If the increase is stopped, the income of the imperial court will not decrease.

The second aspect is to reduce the expropriation of the common people. Every year, the provinces compile and review the royal books, which have always only increased. However, the wealthy households have used various means to hide their income. This tax is actually a non-stop transfer payment, apportioned to the On the heads of the people, once this decree is implemented, there will be no motive to hide their mouths in various places.

Thirdly, sufficient national funds are the foundation of the foundation, and there is no risk of missing the national needs. That’s why the extra payment can be reduced so generously. This is also the reason why this good governance was proposed by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"It's hard, it's hard." Yu Qian looked at the memorial in his hand and said helplessly.

Xing'an asked a little strangely: "What's the difficulty?"

Yu Qian looked at the acres of fields under his feet, and said with a sigh: "Right now, each prefecture and county in Daming is not involved in land. Often, those who have more land don't lose even one piece of land, but those who have no land need to pay several pieces of land."

"In this way, even in the harvest year, the landless poor have a difficult life. The result is that they sell their sons and daughters to beg for food; they cover a hundred acres of luxury houses and have dozens of servants. They go in and out and hug each other. .”

"How many people's money bags have been moved, do you think it's easy to handle?"

"A government decree, as long as it robs the people, it will be implemented as soon as possible; a government decree, as long as it prevents the people from being stripped, it will be extremely difficult, like a raging fire and lime, and it will come out of the deep mountain with a thousand hammers."

"Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents."

Xing'an understood. His Majesty has been on the throne for ten years, and Xing'an has been the Minister of Internal Affairs for ten years. He knows that what Yu Qian said is the truth. The basis for a government order to be implemented is that the interests of the bureaucratic system will not be damaged. It's blood flowing like rivers.

The bureaucracy naturally turned Daming into a sophisticated machine, with a perfect organizational structure that can implement strategies, tactics, and government orders, and Daming has the most complete bureaucratic organizational structure in the world.

It has also formed deep-rooted vested interests, and it is impossible to move distribution without bloodshed.

The last time the test was done, His Majesty finally carried it out because of his own conquest to suppress the rebellion.

"Then what should we do?" Xing'an asked with some concern.

Leaning on a shovel, Yu Qian looked at the people who were busy in the fields with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky. These most hardworking people, despite the heat, were busy in the fields, and said a little absent-mindedly: "Actually, Your Majesty may not do it."

"Whose purse did His Majesty move?"

"Scholar civil servants, they control the wind and public opinion, hold the pen, and wait for His Majesty to drive the guests. They will use the most mean and bitter words to scold His Majesty."

"Furthermore, it is facing the counterattack of these guys. After the death of the government, it went around and went back to its original state. All that His Majesty has done seems to be useless."

"For whom is Your Majesty?"

Xing'an shook his head and said: "This man is dead, His Majesty once said: Clouds flow over thousands of mountains, and great rivers overflow the fields. After doing so much, there will be something left behind, there will always be traces, the country will become better, it is His Majesty who once came."

"Your Majesty does not seek false fame. As the saying goes: strong wind blows dirty and rots, honor and disgrace spring and autumn. How they scold, His Majesty can't hear, why don't you let them scold? After all, your Majesty's honor and disgrace are not judged by civil servants. They are not qualified, but Judging right from wrong, likes and dislikes by Gun Gun Chunqiu."

Yu Qian was stunned and said: "Clouds flow over thousands of mountains, rivers overflow the fields; strong winds blow dirty, honor and disgrace spring and autumn. Is this written by Your Majesty?"

"Yes."

"Good poem, what's its name?" Yu Qian commented on His Majesty's poems concisely. He couldn't say it was bad, after all, it was written by His Majesty.

"Feelings from the southern tour."

The Ming Emperor's poems have never had any rhythm at all, and of course no literati would have the guts to say that His Majesty has no rhythm, but at first glance, His Majesty wrote it himself, and no one wrote it for him.

For example, the phrase "gale wind blows dirt" is what His Majesty said before, the wind of history will blow away the garbage on the grave.

Daming does not need an emperor who is proficient in all kinds of poems and songs, who likes to be arty, educated, able to recite poems and compose Fu, but always seeks fame and face, His Majesty the emperor is not what Daming needs.

Poetry is something that has always been aspirational, and I have written tens of thousands of poems. Sometimes this poem may not be reassuring.

Daming needs such a majesty.

"The farmer and his son exposed the middle and the wild. They didn't avoid the cold and heat. They scoured the soil and calloused their hands and feet. Let's do it. The people are suffering." Yu Qian expressed his attitude towards this matter. He made a statement. He took the memorial and prepared to write After submitting your own opinion, send it back to the capital for your own court opinion.

"Yu Shaobao still suffers from phlegm disease. Why don't you come back in such a hot day?" Xing'an said worriedly. His Majesty always pays attention to Yu Qian's physical condition, especially this phlegm disease. When it occurs, he suffers from insomnia at night and is busy with government affairs during the day. , how many years can Yu Qian serve Daming?

Yu Qian looked at the guy in his hand, then looked at Xing'an, and said helplessly: "After all, I am still Marquis Wuxun. Although I am not as brave as Shi Heng, Yang Jun, Yuan Bin and others, I am not porcelain that breaks when touched. It's the old calendar from ten years ago, and I'm in good health, so don't worry."

What Yu Qian is most afraid of is that Daming will not be healthy. Being exhausted physically and mentally is the biggest consumption of the body. Worrying about everything, it is no wonder that his body is in good health.

"Then our family will go back to our orders first." Xing'an saw that he couldn't persuade him, and saw that Yu Qian's face was rosy and full of energy. Compared with last year, he was a little fatter, so he stopped trying to persuade him.

There were times when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the heads of officials of the Ming Dynasty had political disagreements, but they were never ambiguous on major issues. On the matter of encouraging the population to have children, the monarchs and ministers reached a high degree of agreement.

Yu Qian submitted the memorabilia he had written with annotations to His Majesty, and discussed the details in detail.

Then Zhu Qiyu sent back the memorial with his reply and Yu Qian's annotations back to the capital, and asked King Xiang to preside over the court push to see what the masters of the Ming Dynasty thought.

At this time, within the capital, as His Majesty was far away from the capital, it became more stable, especially the informant made by His Royal Highness King Xiang, which made the officials troubled and troubled to deal with it. Although Zhu Zhanqian was still under great pressure, he could still hold on.

At least until His Majesty returns to Beijing.

Zhu Zhanqian took a sip of tea and asked Luo Bingzhong, "Second brother is in the clan mansion, how is it?"

The second brother, of course, is Zheng Wang Zhu Zhanxuan.

Zhu Zhanqian implemented the surrender system in the capital, Zhu Zhanqian jumped out to oppose it, but Zhu Zhanqian seized it tightly and put him in confinement in the clan's mansion. Regardless of the friendship of relatives, we have to say that Zhu Zhanqian is really cruel.

Luo Bingzhong said with a smile: "Well, I live in a private room, and I don't have to worry about eating and drinking. I occasionally invite musicians from Taichang Temple to listen to music, but I can't go out. It's more comfortable than in Kaifeng Zhengwang's Mansion."

Zhu Zhanyu is a concubine, and his Prince Zheng's Mansion is far inferior to Prince Xiang's Mansion.

When Prince Xiang's Mansion was in the feudal domain, it had a total of [-] hectares of land, and the acreage of the acreage of the prince's mansion was as high as [-] hectares. However, when Prince Zheng's mansion was in the vassal state, only ten thousand stones could be paid for a year.

After arriving in the capital, King Zheng’s life became more comfortable. In the past year, he received [-] shi and rice beams. When he arrived in the capital, because His Majesty paid a full salary, the silver was converted at the market price. King Zheng received [-] silver coins a year. !

It can be described as the difference between cloud and mud.

"That's good, I can still listen to the music." Zhu Zhanqian nodded. He didn't disregard the friendship of his relatives, but sitting on the position of supervisor and implementing the surrender system, he could only do so.

Zhu Zhanqian sat upright and looked at the two memorials in front of him, his face extremely heavy.

One is "Famous Teaching Sinners", and the other is "Breeding People Never Add Fu Shu".

His Majesty has never used the Law of Religious Sinners, but at this time, he suddenly proposed this method, obviously in order to breed the decree that people will never be taxed, so that it can be implemented smoothly.

Typical threats to lift the roof without opening the windows.

"Your Highness, Your Majesty agrees?" Luo Bingzhong looked at the tax cut booklet and asked full of doubts.

Zhu Zhanqian nodded and said, "Sure, let Ting push."

Luo Bingzhong knew the difficulty of this memorial and how much resistance there was. He said helplessly: "Your Highness, I am stupid. This matter is so difficult, why do we have to do it?"

"You don't understand." Zhu Zhanqian said with a smile when he heard Luo Bingzhong's news: "This is the country's long-term policy. Once the court pushes through, His Majesty Zhu Pi will retreat to the world, and local officials will either rebel or implement it. Things, it’s very, very, very, very, very difficult.”

Luo Bingzhong was very puzzled and asked: "Oh? Please ask your Highness to clarify, why does this decree not end?"

"Ah, it's very troublesome to explain." Zhu Zhanqian looked at his teacup.

Luo Bingzhong is Zhu Zhanqian's long history. He went to get hot water, made new tea for Zhu Zhanqin, and said with a smile: "New tea, Mengding nectar, Your Highness will tell you about it."

"Yeah." Zhu Zhanqian took a sip of his tea and said with a smile, "Do you still remember how Yu Shaobao punished the generals of the Beijing camp for deducting their salaries?"

Luo Bingzhong nodded and said: "Remember, remember! Later, Shen Shangshu, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, wanted to extend this, depositing a year's salary in advance, and withdrawing it at the beginning of the month, but His Majesty did not fully approve it, but asked the official factory to deposit three months of labor remuneration first. .”

The method of paying in advance is Yu Qian's method of learning from Yue Fei's Yue family army. Since Yue Fei's death, there is no such method in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanqian said with emotion: "Complicated matters can be solved simply, this is Yu Shaobao's consistent practice."

"As long as you can understand why this decree can prevent the deduction of military pay, you can understand why people are born, and if you don't increase taxes, you will never die."

"Top-down supervision is not in place and it is easy to protect each other, but bottom-up supervision will form an organization, and in the end, the top and bottom will go up and down. This deduction of salary will not happen. .”

"Once His Majesty's decree spreads to the world, it will breed people and never increase the tax. After the people of the world know that they don't have to pay this poll tax, if you collect it again, it will be even more difficult."

"The key is to go up and down. If the top-down supervision fails, or the bottom-up supervision fails, then the decree will be destroyed, and local officials will use clever tricks to extort money."

"Needless to say from the bottom up, the common people are definitely not willing to raise taxes, just like the sergeants are definitely not willing to not receive their military pay. So what about the top down?"

Luo Bingzhong thought about it for a long time before straightening out the logic, and asked in a daze, "What about top-down?"

The old god Zhu Zhanqian said: "If the superior is willing to lose power, then he will naturally give up the top-down supervision. It is a commonplace thing to talk about three trillion signs of national subjugation, and the failure of government officials."

"Your Highness is brilliant!" Luo Bingzhong suddenly realized.

Luo Bingzhong understands that under normal circumstances, letting the superior lose power is more painful than killing the power holder!

So the weirdness is weird here, and it is also the reason why the failure of the government to become one of the three signs of subjugation. Obviously it doesn't take much effort, but it just happens to be slack, the power is left behind, and the artifact is usurped.

This naturally refers to King Jili and Wang Zhen.

His Majesty also uses eunuchs, Xing'an and Cheng Jing are both eunuchs, but how does His Majesty use them?Depend on everything?Obey everything?

If Xing'an was given 1 guts, Xing'an would not dare to fool His Majesty, let alone teach His Majesty how to do things.

Zhu Zhanqian said with a strange expression: "Sometimes power comes too easily, but I don't know how to cherish it."

Luo Bingzhong was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness! It's not fun to talk about this."

Zhu Zhanqian sat up straight and said: "Speak, what can't you say! During the Ming Dynasty in the Jingtai period, the officials could call your majesty the king of subjugation, discuss the four disasters and three omens of subjugation, what else can you not talk about? "

"Is there any difference in what Gu said? This is the truth."

"Why did His Majesty form the Honored Army back then?"

"It's just to let these hereditary uncles have a choice. One is to be a rice bug and wait to die. A child fighting desperately on the battlefield?"

"Zhang Mao from the British government is one of them. Zhu Yi from the Chengguo government is trying to restore his family's title. Jiang Wan, the Marquis of Dingxi, was forced to die at the gate of Xuzhou City."

"Yang Hong's eldest son, Yang Jie, what is that?"

"When Yang Jun's class teacher returned to the court, he didn't even let his father enter the door to kowtow. Didn't he do too much? Does His Majesty care about him? Yang Jun can earn a marquis back by himself, and His Majesty really can't stand it. Cure Yang Jie."

"Power is something that comes too easily, so I don't know how to cherish it."

The concierge arrived in a hurry, bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, Hu Shangshu has arrived."

Chapter 7 The Beijing Army is His Majesty's Beijing Army!

"Mr. Hu." Zhu Zhanqian stood up and greeted Hu.

Hu Wei came here with his apprentice Liu Ji. Liu Ji was the flatterer who unconditionally called His Majesty the Holy Spirit, and the courtiers gritted their teeth with more hatred than Hu Wei's lack of morality.

In a sense, Hu Wei is Zhu Zhanqian's savior.

It wasn't the 'whistleblower' system created by Hu Yan, Zhu Zhanqian is now very likely to have become a rebellious courtier and thief who intends to rebel, and he may have been chopped into 360 shares by Ti Qi who are loyal to His Majesty.

But once the whistleblowing system came out, everyone was in danger, who had the time to put a hat on Zhu Zhanqian's head?Lest he be labeled a hat.

Zheng Wang and Zhu Zhanyu were all placed in the clan's residence!

Duke Ming, who is highly respected in Ming Dynasty, is qualified to be called a teacher and father. Of course, Hu Wei has no virtue, let alone hope.

However, Zhu Zhanqian believes that Hu Wei is more promising if he is virtuous, and believes that Hu Wei has made outstanding contributions to the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Wei was old, so old that he could see it with the naked eye, and even made people doubt whether Hu Shangshu could survive until His Majesty returned to Beijing, but after a little scrutiny, he could see that Hu Wei's eyes were still shining brightly, and he was not confused when he was old.

The informant system is not a good move, it can easily become a situation where everyone is in danger and no one manages the government. Anyone who is not a teacher and has no skill, playing the informant system is tantamount to playing with fire.

But obviously, the Ming Dynasty was still operating normally, and the unhealthy tendencies in the court had disappeared, which made it much easier for Zhu Zhanqian to handle state affairs.

"Sit down, Luo Changshi, serve some good tea." Zhu Zhanqian asked Luo Bingzhong to serve tea.

Taking advantage of the time of serving tea, Zhu Zhanqian handed over to Hu Wei the memorial sent by Feige of Guangzhou Mansion.

Hu Yi picked up the memorial and held it up to the light, squinting his eyes to get a closer look, but he couldn't see clearly. He took out a reading glasses and put it on his eyes to see clearly. This is specially made by the Imperial Hospital for Minggongs.

He said with a gentle smile: "When people are old, they are useless, and they can't even see clearly."

Zhu Zhanqian pretended to be angry and said: "Look at what Mr. Hu said, but you can't say that. Who doesn't know that Hu Shangshushou is not as old as Nanshan, and he can still do things, do his best for the country, and be loyal to His Majesty."

Hu Ming pointed at the sinners of the famous sect and said: "Sinners of the famous sect, this move is really ruthless. Any civil servant who is disobedient can use this move against the enemy."

Hu Wei was talking about confronting the enemy. In his opinion, some civil servants were enemies.

The literati of the Central Plains Dynasty have become enemies of the dynasty after a total of more than four hundred years of reckless growth in the Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature over military affairs and Hu Yuankuanzong.