Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Liu Shimin was very puzzled that the new monarch had to bring Duke Dingguo and Duke Ying with him in everything he did, but he couldn't talk too much about it. Instead, he immediately followed the emperor's order to invite people.

Huang Kezuan and Zhou Jiamo were invited into the inner study, and they saw several wooden boxes on the imperial case, marked with urgent, important, ordinary, and please.There are several boxes side by side, the one marked Fang Congzhe is almost full, and the memorial marked Xiong Tingbi is almost overflowing.

There are several books on the table, one of which is Thousand Characters.

After saluting, the two got the seat bestowed by the emperor, looked at each other, and felt more favorable towards the new monarch in their hearts.This child is a poor out-of-school child!Seeing that he has only been an emperor for a few days, he can ask the eunuch Bingbi to sort things out according to their priorities.It is necessary to mention the cabinet carefully, and don't classify urgent matters and important matters into the wrong categories.

Huang Kezuan immediately said after sitting down: "Your Majesty, Xue Sanxing, the head of the Ministry of Officials Examination and Purification Department today, will send Yao Zongwen to the Ministry of Punishment for the tax that Yao Zongwen couldn't make up for the lack of the court because he has been hidden in the field for several years. Zhang took Yao Zongwen into custody. However, the veteran has a preliminary idea about how to compensate taxes and corvee money."

Huang Kezuan pulled out the prepared booklet from his sleeve, Liu Shimin quickly took it and handed it to the emperor.Then Zhu Youxiao read the notes carefully amid Huang Kezuan and Zhou Jiamo's astonishment.

When he finished reading, he frowned and pondered without saying a word.

Huang Kezuan's idea is very good, but the possibility of implementing this proposal is still open to discussion.If we really want to draw a line like this, we may force some clean and honest officials, oh, not to mention clean and honest, it is those who live on the "contribution" of Hidden Field after being elected, and did not do anything to "get rich" after becoming an official Officials on errands are likely to be cornered.

These officials don't say they have any great abilities, but they don't have any special bad deeds either.Moreover, those who can become Jinshi are all talents who have studied hard for more than 20 years and are well-educated.It seems a bit of a pity that the current officials are forced to resign, go to prison, and go into exile just because their salaries are meager and they cannot afford to repay their "student loans."

At the moment when he was thinking with his head down, all the six subjects that were closer to the Qianqing Palace had arrived.Then there are the three elders of the cabinet, the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of the Ministry of War, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and finally the two Dukes of the State.

Zhu Youxiao asked Zhou Jiamo to introduce the basic situation first, and then asked Liu Shimin to read Huang Kezuan's handling opinions to everyone.

In the end, he said: "Taicang's taxes have been decreasing year after year, the Nine Borders' military pay is in arrears, and the eunuchs in the inner court are collecting taxes, etc. These are the problems that the court is currently facing. These are all appearances. In the final analysis, they are the laws and regulations enacted between the Hongwu period and the Yongle period. , It has been more than two hundred years. It is not suitable to use the old law to write the changes in the population of the Ming Dynasty, the total number of scholars, and the total population of the clan. Therefore, I think that the court, inner palace, and officials of the Ming Dynasty should be reorganized and the distribution of personnel and wealth among the gentry."

"The first is the layoff of the imperial palace to reduce the expenditure of the inner court. The number of eunuchs in the inner court during the reign of Tai/Zu Hongwu was no more than a hundred people. No matter how many eunuchs there are in the inner palace now, I plan to reduce the number of eunuchs in the inner court to less than 1000 years ago. The number of court ladies does not exceed a thousand. The number of eunuchs in Nanjing, Zhongdu, Dongchang and various imperial mausoleums is also included in the number of thousands."

Everyone present was shocked.

The emperor took the inner court first, not only determining the time for layoffs, but also determining the number of people to retain.Then the attack on court officials, gentry, scholars, and scholars in the future will only be greater or less.

"It's the supply of the clan again. I discussed with the British government the extent of the reduction of the clan a few days ago. Daming can't afford these clans who can only eat but not contribute. The Metropolitan Procuratorate sorted out the records of impeachment of the clan over the years, Starting from the prince and the county king, one person per quarter, fines, salary penalties, salary penalties, and nobility, will be carried out in turn."

If it is said that the vassal kings were terrified during the Yongle period, then what they will face is a new king who will cut their flesh with blunt knives and settle decades of old accounts.

"After talking about the inner court and the clan, it's time for everyone here. I asked the Ministry of Households to formulate new salary standards. Li Qing, do you have any clues?"

Li Ruhua stood up and replied, "Your Majesty, this matter is too much to deal with, and I have not fully done it yet. According to the current total amount of new salary formulated according to the current nine-rank and eighteen-level, the total annual salary should be between 80 and 100 taels." Left and right, clan and titles are not taken into account."

Everyone gasped.

Last year, Taicang only received more than 200 million yuan in cash, and the new official salary will take up half of it?

Li Ruhua looked at everyone in surprise, then continued to explain.

"All officials will no longer enjoy tax exemption in the future, and Juren will no longer enjoy tax exemption for [-] acres. In short, everyone will no longer enjoy tax exemption. Cancel all labor and labor, and change it to the court. We will hire people out of money. All disaster relief will also be done with work.”

He took out the prepared booklet from his sleeve, unfolded it and read aloud:

"In the last years of Hongwu, there were more than 800 million hectares of arable land, of which 200 million hectares were military fields. In the last years of Yongle, the total decreased by 2000 million mu. It was not that the arable land decreased, but land mergers occurred. In the Zhengde period, not only did the reclamation increase year by year The total amount of taxed land is only 740 hectares. During the Wanli period, Zhang Taiyue cleared up his farmland, and the final figure of cultivated land was more than [-] million hectares."

Having said this, Li Ruhua scanned everyone around and continued to read.

"The current amount of cultivated land is only more than 400 million hectares. The annual tax revenue is only 270 million taels, which includes about one-tenth of the salt tax, one-tenth of the tax tax, and about one-fifth of the Huangzhuang. Taicang actually received more than [-] million silver in two weeks last year.”

"Therefore, I agree with what His Majesty said. Except for military settlements, all lands will be exempted from taxation. Good land, medium land, and low-grade land will all be subject to a 'three tax one'. The annual income of Taicang should be more than 800 million taels of silver. .All merchants are also subject to the "three tithes and one tax", so the commercial tax will also increase a lot. Also, the trade of grain for salt has been cancelled, and this matter will be discussed later."

Li Ruhua gave everyone too much information, the only thing is that everyone will have to pay taxes in the future, and the tax rate is "three tithes and one tax".

The British Duke pursed his lips and swallowed what he was about to say.

Dingguo asked tentatively: "Li Shangshu, where is the meritorious field? Do you want to pay taxes?"

Li Ruhua replied: "Your Majesty said that Huangzhuang is also a 'three tax one', and all shops in the inner court are the same."

Then there is nothing to say, the emperor has to take out a tenth of the royal income for food and pay, so the clan, nobles, and officials have no reason to escape.

Zhu Youxiao asked: "Does anyone have any different opinions about the 'Three Taxes'?"

Fang Congzhe asked: "Your Majesty has no objections, but just wants to ask if scholars are not exempted from taxes?"

"There is no tax exemption for everyone in the Ming Dynasty."

"Will that affect people's enthusiasm for reading?"

"In the future, in villages with a certain population, village schools will be set up with money from the imperial court. If you get the qualification of a scholar, you can teach and receive money from the county government. Whether you are a scholar or a scholar, you will get nothing if you don't pay. Become an official Officials can also go to village schools to teach.”

Fang Congzhe nodded and sat back.

Zhu Youxiao went on to say: "In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were too many officials, too many officials, too many staffs, too much army and so much money, which led to the poverty and weakness of the court. In the end, it was taken away by the backward Mongols. Although this Ming Dynasty belongs to the Zhu family, it is also shared by all Han people. I don't want to We must avoid the mistakes of the Northern Song Dynasty if we were to repeat the nightmare imposed by the Mongols on the Han people by building slaves."

Speaking of the old dream that the Mongols gave to the Han people, and thinking about Jiannu's pressing step by step, the situation in Liaodong became more and more tense. Everyone felt the heaviness in Xinjun's tone and the strong sense of oppression brought out.

"I heard that the Metropolitan Procuratorate lacks a large number of censors. Since the functions of the six departments and the supervisory censor overlap, I suggest that the six departments be merged into the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The functions remain the same. The imperial censor manages the capital."

This is a huge change to the official system.

But the function remains the same, and the objection of everyone present is dispelled.

"The last item is about redundant staff. I don't want to restore the number of redundant staff to three times that of regular staff in the Communist period, but the redundant staff must be reduced to within five times of regular staff. Otherwise, the evaluation of the local supervisor will be inferior. "

Everyone present has no objection to cutting redundant staff, and this item will be passed soon.

Then proceed to the payment of taxes and corvee caused by the Ministry of Officials.

Li Shangshu of the household department stood up and said: "The old minister thought that it would be difficult to implement all the tax payments for Yintian at once. Could it be combined with the number of hidden households in Yintian and repay it in three to five years? In this way After the salary reform, some poor officials can also pay back."

Li Ruhua's opinion was unanimously adopted.

As for the treatment of the hidden households, the six ministers and the two state officials unanimously insisted on turning the hidden households who took refuge into official slaves.Zhu Youxiao understood what they were thinking, and it was nothing more than to blame others. If these people hadn't been greedy for small things, and bewitched nobles and scholars with tax exemption qualifications, how could the situation where everyone needs to pay taxes today.Since you are willing to be servants and slaves, you should be slaves for generations to come.

Official slaves are different from private slaves. Private slaves may still be redeemed, but official slaves are not allowed to redeem themselves.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to object, but he didn't support him, including all six subjects.Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to put the matter aside.

"There is one more thing I want to emphasize. For those who are eligible for tax exemption, the hidden land that exceeds the number of acres of tax-free land must be collected as public land. Now the Ministry of Households enthroned has 200 hectares of land, excluding those in military settlements. [-] million hectares, and there are more than [-] hectares of fields. These officials will cooperate with the Ministry of Households and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate this matter before next spring plowing."

Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment asked: "Should the officials still be allowed to conduct self-examination first?"

He still feels very unwilling to take down officials who have been corrupted by the court's taxes, even if it is for the stability of the overall situation.

Zhou Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials suggested: "The old minister thought it was better to conduct a self-examination first, and take the initiative to return the taxes on this part of the hidden land, and the assessment will only be reduced by one grade. If the concealment is not reported and the old minister proposes to remove the official status. Scholars and Juren should be removed from school .”

Sun Ruyou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, strongly agreed.

"These people have read the books of sages and sages for many years, and they have already obtained tax exemption from the imperial court, and they are so greedy that they want to hide another land. Is it unbearable or unbearable?!"

The author has something to say: the value of cultivated land is not converted into hectares, and the value on the Internet is directly quoted.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the first measurement of cultivated land was more than 100 hectares