Wanli Youming

Chapter 523 Fighting for the emperor's grace to benefit the people, Jiangnan loses!

Chapter 523 Fighting for the emperor's grace to benefit the people, Jiangnan loses!

"Qizou Your Majesty, I believe that this time the Jiangnan heavy tax should not be exempted, and the horse price silver and fodder silver in Shandong, Jingshi, and Fengyang should be exempted, and the squadron system in Shandong should be abolished, so as to further relieve the difficulties of the people in the north."

"One is that the north is not as rich as the south, so the actual burden is heavier, especially the horse price silver and fodder silver, and the Shandong military households who were drawn to transport food for the squad!"

"Because the burden on the northerners is actually heavier, a large number of northerners migrated south instead of southerners moving north, which also caused serious abandonment of the northern land, so we should further benefit the people in the north."

"Secondly, tax resistance in the south of the Yangtze River was serious before. In the Nanzhi area, there was a rebellion against the reform of the silk tax system, and then a rebellion against the officials and gentry paying food and errands, and even bombarded the imperial envoys. Seriously guide the people so that the people's customs are not simple, and the grace of this tax reduction should not first benefit Jiangnan and make them ashamed, but can revive the atmosphere."

"Third is the turmoil in the price of silver dollars and grain prices. According to the investigation by the minister, when the country's silver dollars rose sharply and there was turmoil, those who sold their products at a low price and secretly hoarded silver dollars were the most. Many Haoyou have no sense of country, and most of them do not know enough about the new rites and missionary work, so they should not benefit them first, so that they can learn the lesson."

Zhu Yijun and his ministers in power did consider further implementing a great good policy of tax reduction and exemption after obtaining Ishijian Yinshan, so as to achieve the purpose of reforming the system to benefit the people. After all, the most fundamental way to further activate the commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty It is better to reduce or exempt taxes. After all, as long as the top collects a little less profit, the bottom will indeed receive a little more profit. The consumption power of the people will naturally increase, and the economy will naturally become more prosperous.

However, when the court was discussing where and which tax burden should be reduced or exempted, Wang Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, directly rejected the proposal made by the cabinet minister Wang Xijue to first exempt Jiangnan from heavy taxes, and put forward his own reasons.

Wang Xijue couldn't answer for a while, so he had to return to the court with a face full of shame.

Shen Shixing and Xu Guo also looked at each other and sighed.

There is no way, because what Wang Lin said is the truth, not to mention anything else, just a famous official like Hai Rui who went to Nanzhi to collect taxes in the past, could be bombarded. Even if local ministers want to fight, they can't fight anymore.

Zhu Yijun also nodded at this time: "What you said is yes, then firstly the horse price silver and fodder silver in the capital, Shandong, and Fengyang will be exempted, and the Shandong squad army system will be abolished!"

"As for the scholars and people in the south of the Yangtze River, I am also a child. However, the country has not yet reached the peak of wealth, and the universe has not yet fully become a king, so let's wait for a while. If we change our minds, patriotism and loyalty to the emperor, and make the world see it, it may not take too long. "

When Zhu Yijun said this, the great scholars Liu Yingjie and Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of the Household Department Wang Lin, the Minister of Rites Yu Shenxing and other ministers from the north all bowed to the ground, full of tears: "My emperor is as benevolent as heaven! The ministers and others kowtow to my emperor on behalf of the villagers. !"

University scholars Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Xu Guo, Minister of the Ministry of War Yin Zhengmao and others clapped their hands and praised: "Your servants should remember the hadith."

"I have already persuaded many villagers to be more considerate of the imperial court, and not to fight against the imperial court at every turn. They didn't believe it, but now they are better. The two good governances did not benefit Jiangnan. The servant, Yuanfu, also Therefore, there is no face, and there is no way to argue if you want to argue."

Therefore, Shen Shixing complained to Wang Xijue, Xu Guo and other officials directly from the south after the disintegration of the dynasty.

Wang Xijue sighed: "There is no way for this. No one knows all the prefectures in the world, but the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River are the most scattered. Suzhou does not obey the sky, Songjiang does not accept Suzhou, and the scholars in Changzhou, Huizhou, and Yangzhou are all pretentious."

Shen Shixing said: "Next time you can persuade the township party, you should take this as a warning. Don't have the grand emperor's grace next time, and it will not be the township's turn."

Xu Guo nodded: "Naturally, I will write letters to my hometown friends after I go back."

Wang Xijue also said: "All the noble families in Taicang, I will also write to talk about this matter, at least now that the price of silver has plummeted, we can't be reconciled because we sold many fields and shops at a low price before, and we don't care about the rules of the court, so we can't take advantage of it. Come on."

"Yes!"

Shen Shixing nodded.

……

"What did you say?"

"The heavy taxes in the south of the Yangtze River have not been reduced or exempted. The relief is for the horse price silver and fodder silver in Shandong, the capital, and Fengyang in Jiangbei, and the Shandong squad army system has been abolished?"

Gu Xiancheng looked at Wang Zhixiang, the censor who came to visit him, and asked a question in astonishment because Wang Zhixiang said about the tax reduction and exemption in the court meeting.

Wang Zhixiang nodded: "For this reason, the elder Wang Ge called me to give advice, and told me to go to the Nanzhi Guild Hall to convey the message, so that everyone should stop fighting against the imperial court, otherwise good governance will never be our turn. A mansion!"

Gu Xiancheng raised his forehead helplessly, and asked, "Shenwu County, don't they know how to fight?"

"What are you arguing about? I'm afraid they can't wait for it. After all, we didn't treat him as respectfully as a fellow countryman."

Gu Yuncheng said with a smile at this moment.

Gu Xiancheng couldn't help heaving a long sigh for a moment: "It's really a total loss!"

Wang Zhixiang said: "That's right, you have to take the initiative to restrain the villagers, otherwise maybe next time there will be grace, and it won't be our turn."

"So, the Duke also believes that the divine will is the will of heaven?"

Gu Xiancheng asked.

Wang Zhixiang smiled helplessly: "I don't believe it, but this time I just didn't believe it, and as a result, more than half of the family property was lost. Now I dare not go back to my hometown to meet my clansmen."

Gu Xiancheng was even more disappointed after hearing this, so he didn't say anything more.

In other words, one is because the New Party is now keeping a close eye on corruption and perverting the law, and Zhu Yijun is also strict in dealing with such perpetrators; After the powerful and bureaucrats sold their high-quality assets at a low price, they no longer dare to snatch them back.

Many ordinary people have really obtained a lot of high-quality assets by relying on this turmoil about silver dollars.

In February of the 16th year of Wanli, when the weather was getting warmer.

"Husband!"

On this day, Ruiya came to Ren Yonggang who was plowing in the field with food, and called him, and then wiped Ren Yonggang's sweat with a handkerchief.

Now there is no government tyrant to seize the land he bought from Lu Yinchang, so that he has become a small landlord now, and he will come back to cultivate as soon as he finishes working on the construction site, and he hopes to have a good harvest this autumn. A bumper harvest.

And his wife Ruiya is also pregnant with Liujia, which gives him more motivation to work hard. He is already thinking about buying a few brick houses this year with the silver dollars he saved on the construction site, like he used to in Qingjiang Pu Like Ye Agui, the son-in-law of Wang Chenglin that Laxian knows, he lives in a brick and tile house, preferably by the side of the canal, so that he can also do some business, and from now on he can support his family without working.

"It's really a good time. I got you without spending much money, and I got so much good land. I didn't dare to think about it before. My father and my grandfather have worked hard all their lives, and they don't have their own fields. Only my father has a hut of his own."

Ren Yong smiled and said to Ruiya just after Ruiya wiped his sweat for him.

Ruiya also smiled: "I read in the newspaper that the current Emperor is good! However, my husband is now working on the river construction site and planting so many fields, and I can't help you. It's really hard work."

"It's okay to work hard. I didn't think I could work so hard before!"

"Since you can read, when you give birth to a child, whether it is a boy or a girl, you will teach him how to read, and let him go to study and become an official to repay the emperor; if a woman knows some etiquette, she can marry him. A nice family."

As soon as Ren Yong spoke at this time, he took the rice and chopsticks from Ruiya, and then squatted under the elm tree beside the ridge of the field to eat.

Ruiya let out a "hmm" and touched her stomach.

Ren Yonggang asked again at this time: "Do you regret following me?"

"No regrets!"

"If you don't have your husband, although you can live comfortably in Lu's residence, it depends on the face of the master, and you may be called to accompany the guests, and then you will be paired with a servant, and the child you will give birth to will still be a slave."

Ruiya replied with a smile.

……

"My Rhea!"

"My fertile land."

Lu Yinchang, who was wearing shackles and was about to be escorted to the border guards in exile, happened to pass by here at this time, and seeing this scene again, tears burst into tears again, and he pursed his mouth and spoke.

There are many dignitaries and bureaucrats with heartache like Lu Yinchang.

Gu Xiancheng's other younger brother, Gu Xuancheng, who was looking after the house at this moment, looked at his family with a sullen face at the [-]-acre irrigated field by the Taihu Lake. "

Wu Daliang, a farmer who was planting seedlings in the original Gu’s field, was indeed very happy at this time, and even hummed happily. After humming for a while, he said to his father Wu Da who was planting seedlings in front of him:

"Father, what do you think the Gu family thought? They charged the rent so high that we didn't even want to plant it, but now they sell it to us at a low price. After selling it to us, they want to buy it back. How can it be so good?" thing!"

"Plant your seedlings, what are you talking about!"

"As long as the government doesn't turn to them for a day, as long as the field is ours, we will plant it well! Then we will send Xiaoliang to study if we get more harvest. In the future, as long as we get a good reputation, we can keep these good fields. Our Wu family will become rich."

Wu Da said at this time.

"What Dad said is true, but if I knew it earlier, the price of the land would still rise due to the increase in silver dollars. I should have bought him a few more acres in the first place."

Wu Daliang said something at this time.

Wu Da glanced at Gu Xuancheng who was coming over with a pole on the bank: "Don't be greedy, be content, otherwise you will be like them and lose even more."

Gu Xuancheng noticed Wu Da's expression, he always felt that these farmers were mocking him, and shouted: "Get out of here quickly, these people don't want to sell the fields and don't buy them, anyway, when the ancestors want to blame, they will blame the third brother!"

Gu Xuancheng's third brother is Gu Xiancheng, and his fourth brother is Gu Yuncheng.

Gu Yuncheng was asking Gu Xiancheng this day: "Brother, my fifth brother wrote to say that the landlords of our irrigated fields in Taihu Lake will not sell them. It is difficult to return to the ancestral property!"

"Then we can only wait for the disaster year to come."

"As long as the disaster year comes, depending on the relationship between the subordinate officials in Wuxi County and our Gu family, it will not be a problem to take back the ancestral property in the name of disaster relief. Just be patient, and don't let the old five take advantage of it. We are nobles, not local tyrants and bullies. .”

Gu Xiancheng said.

Gu Yuncheng nodded: "Brother is right."

……

"Your Majesty, I have discussed with the officials of the Ministry of Officials, and think that the official system should be changed now, so please abolish the existing system of subordinate officials, so as to curb the disadvantages of hereditary subordinate officials and the disadvantages of being a powerful and right minion!"

After discussing the reform of the official system with Wang Yongji and others, Hai Rui played to Zhu Yijun in the Department of Shiyu on this day about the reform of the official system by the Ministry of Officials.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun took Hai Rui's question book and started to read it. After reading it, he asked Hai Rui: "Do you know how many scholars you will offend by doing this? Do you want to lose your good reputation in Shilin? "

(End of this chapter)