armyinform Chapter 162
Chapter 162
Chapter 162
"Returning to Your Majesty, the way to be a king lies in serving the country and the people, and if you want to make this way great, you should use strategy at the same time."
"The key to strategy is to keep a low profile. Therefore, Your Majesty does not have to think about what to do at this time. Instead, you only need to do one thing, which is to accept Qi Jiguang's request to transfer southern soldiers to Beijing, train soldiers, and serve as military guards!"
Zhang Juzheng clapped his hands at this moment and answered.
"Training."
Zhu Yijun nodded, and read aloud to himself, "This reminds me of the nine-character motto that Zhu Sheng once dedicated to Taizu."
Then, Zhu Yijun asked again: "So all these material arguments about officials and gentry paying food and errands together are ignored?"
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Zhang Juzheng replied, and because he still had the duty to teach the emperor, and hoped that the emperor would know how to control people's hearts in the future, so he continued to explain patiently, saying:
"Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of my ministers, if you use tactics to govern the country, you should focus on conspiracy. This material discussion about officials and gentry paying food and errands is not so much leaked by some of the ruling ministers who are unwilling to reform the system, it is better to say that it is a minister This intention was deliberately leaked, so that people in the world will have a material opinion about it, so that in the future, when the government and gentry are actually implemented to pay food and errands together, the sudden increase in the levy will cause the gentry, big and small, to be unbearable for a while."
"Especially for the ordinary gentry below the middle level who have not had a lot of fertile land, they will not be able to bear it when they know the intention of the court at the beginning, and they will be agitated, but as the discussion gets deeper and deeper, they will realize that they are When there is nothing they can do, most of them will regain their senses and know that the emperor’s order is inevitable, so when the system of officials and gentry paying food and errands is really implemented, they will not fiercely oppose the new government policy.”
"As for those who are still unwilling to accept officials and gentry paying food and errands together, I am afraid that they will only be dominated by high-ranking officials and gentry with extensive fertile land, and they can only show their prestige."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "It's no wonder that you need to train soldiers first, and it's no wonder that Qi Qing's family suddenly took the initiative to ask their soldiers to be their own soldiers, without avoiding suspicion."
Then, Zhu Yijun asked again: "Sir, aren't you worried that you still want to oppose the measures taken by the people who pay the government and the gentry together and work as errands to stop the new policy?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, the court only needs to be strong and strong, and there is no need to worry that they will preemptively strike;"
"Because first movers are often dominated by others;"
"That is to say, if the court takes action first, it will be easy to be controlled by it. It is better to let it go beyond the rules first, and then control it!"
"In this way, they are controlled by the imperial court; even if they directly gather troops to rebel, it is more conducive to the imperial court to mobilize troops against them than if they do nothing now."
Zhang Juzheng continued to answer at this time, and said: "Just as your majesty did not become narrow-minded because of Zhu Qianxian's impeachment of Jin Yiwei, at this time, your majesty should not let people know his attitude quickly, but wait for the material discussion to gradually fade away, gradually When someone crosses the line, it is appropriate to give a thunderous blow."
"There are reasons for His Majesty's use of troops, and the people of the world dare not refuse!"
Zhu Yijun nodded and said with a smile: "Then it's just training soldiers! My husband and I think exactly the same."
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing as he spoke, and ordered: "The factory guards are still only investigating the situation of internal and external ministers and workers, as well as the situation of important officials, gentry and gentry, but there is no need to take any action first, and we will not arrest anyone for the time being. Report it to me and know it."
"According to the order!"
Zhang Jing responded.
Three days later, on the west side of Qianqing Palace, Zhengshitang.
Zhu Yijun announced his meeting with the ruling ministers here, for the sake of clearing up the land and increasing the number of troops.
As for the errands where officials and gentry pay food as a whole, after Zhang Juzheng expressed his attitude to do so to the ruling ministers, he did not directly ask the emperor for approval and issue the edict.
And Zhu Yijun didn't take the initiative to issue an edict.
Although there is an uproar about this matter outside, but at the level of the ruling center, it seems that this matter has never happened.
It's like a stone falling into the water, except for a few rounds of ripples, there is no movement.
"Qi Zou Your Majesty, from the fifth year of Wanli to the beginning of the eighth year of Wanli, the end of the Qing Dynasty in the whole country;"
“经户部奉旨同内廷、工部核定，加上之前两直试点清丈之数目，本朝南北两直及十三布政司共清丈出新增合计有150四万七千零58顷耕地；另九边清丈新增总计有28万一千480四顷耕地；全国新增耕地合计有180二万八千540二顷，原本朝全国耕地总有5108万两千150五顷，如今增长三成五以上。”
"The grain stored in the warehouse of the capital has reached more than 160 shi, which can be used to support the Beijing army for eight years; the silver in the Taipu Temple has reached more than [-] million taels, and the silver in Taicang has reached more than [-] million. two."
"Inner Transport Depot, Transport Depot, Supply and Utilization Depot, A-Character Bank, D-Character Storehouse, C-Character Storehouse, Neiguan Supervisor, Shangshan Supervisor, Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau, Siyuan Bureau, Baochao Department, Cherishing Salary Department, Guanglu Temple, Jing Rujing Sanwangfu, Taichang Temple, Guozijian, Sacrificial Office, Jingtong Ercang and Jimi Towns, Lumi Cang, Gebian Town, Taicang Bank and other yamen have a total annual income of more than 120 million taels of natural color plus discounted silver .”
"These are all the rules established by His Majesty for the examination, the rules for lowering punishments at discretion, clearing the accumulation, reviewing border salaries, reducing corvees, dredging rivers, banning post stations. You ordered Confucian officials to recompile "Hui Dian", and ordered ministers Waiting for the passage of the world to clear Zhang Zhang’s grain, Ge Hao’s right and hidden occupation, and Su Xiaohu’s compensation, so that the old officials all follow the law, the people do not add taxes, and they just pay for what they lose. Taicang can have an accumulation of eight years. From the beginning of the country to the present , There is no one who has accumulated so much.”
According to the political affairs hall system established by Zhu Yijun, all ministers who were ordered to enter the political affairs hall to discuss major affairs were called ministers participating in politics, and they could enter the political affairs hall to discuss major affairs.
Basically, cabinet ministers, six ministers, officials of the Privy Council and Metropolitan Procuratorate have this qualification, and those who also have this qualification will basically be awarded the title of Sangu or Sangong.
And Zhang Xueyan is also one of the ministers participating in politics, and on the day when the Political Affairs Hall summed up the problems of Qingzhang's farmland and decided to increase the number of troops, he first reported to Zhu Yijun about the problem of Qingzhang's farmland.
Zhu Yijun also listened carefully to Zhang Xueyan's report.
He remembered that in the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Guoguang, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, together with the inner court and the Ministry of Industry, made statistics.
There are more now, naturally because the Qingzhang in this life is more thorough.
The so-called true color and discounted silver are silver plus other real objects. For the convenience of statistics, all kinds of wheat, grains, silk, etc. will be converted into silver for statistics.
There will naturally be moisture in it.
Basically, civil servants don't want the emperor to see too good-looking financial figures.
From a public point of view, it is because the emperor does not want to spend a lot of domestic and national funds, especially the national funds. In order to make the emperor frugal, the civil servants will discount the silver when they discount it.
Of course, from a personal point of view, it is also convenient for officials who manage money and food to fill their pockets. For example, the cotton cloth handed over is worth 100 taels, and the silver is converted into 80 taels or even 50 taels. fanny pack.
Therefore, the statistical figures are often less than the real value collected by officials.
But how much less depends on the situation of officials.
It can only be said that in the early years of Wanli, the civil officials may have considered the former more, and did not want the emperor to stop being frugal because of the improved finances.
Historically, Zhang Juzheng used the reason that the annual income of Taicang in the sixth year of Wanli was not as high as that in the fifth year of Wanli, and did not mention the fact that the surplus in the sixth year of Wanli was still increasing. More frugal.
Zhu Yijun also knew about this situation, but he didn't intend to expose it.
Because this kind of behavior is the unified behavior of the entire bureaucratic group, unless he puts aside the civil bureaucrats and counts it himself, otherwise this kind of water can only be allowed to exist.
Even if Zhu Yijun asked the eunuch to do it, the eunuch would take the opportunity to do so.
For example, in history, Wanli asked eunuchs to collect mining taxes. In fact, he and the eunuchs shared [-]-[-]% of the tax revenue.
Sixty percent belonged to eunuchs.
And he, the emperor, can only get [-]%.
The Wanli in history can only be recognized.
Turn the words back.
Even if the civil servants don't want the financial figures to look too good, but because the New Deal has indeed been implemented for eight years, and the Qingzhang Tianmu has indeed been successfully completed after three years, no matter how hard you try, you can't hide the dazzling results on the books.
After all, they really can't do too ugly, because Zhu Yijun will check the accounts at any time.
Zhu Yijun personally checked the accounts of the transfer department in previous years, just like Qianlong.
He also found out that the price of folded silk in the transfer department was too low and there was an obvious difference of 6 taels, so he dismissed the Nanjing household department Zuo Shilang who was in charge of this item, and made Yan Qing, the governor of Sichuan, take over the post.
Zhu Yijun was still very satisfied after hearing the final figure of Qingzhang Tianmu, and nodded to the privy envoy Fang Fengshi: "As for the Privy Council, we have agreed on the specific number of new troops for the pro-military guards and the transfer of southern soldiers to the pro-military guards." number?"
(End of this chapter)