"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty mainly divides tax exemptions into two categories."
"First, the public land given to the royal family and nobles is recorded in the gold register.
They do not apply for official citizenship and enjoy the privilege of being exempted from taxes, grains and labor."
"Second, imperial officials are subject to fixed quotas of exemptions and exemptions based on grades.
Taking the preferential and exemption rules in the 38th year of Wanli as an example, the current Beijing official Jiake has 10,000 acres of exempted land for the first grade, and the following decreases gradually to 2,700 acres of exempted land for the eighth grade; Foreign officials will be reduced by half, and rural officials who have become official will be exempted from six-tenths of the land.
Unofficial rural gentry will be exempted from land up to 3,350 acres, and students and supervisors will be exempted from 80 acres. " When Wen Tiren reached this point, his face became extremely serious, and his voice became a little more passionate as he said: "Your Majesty, this system of land granting has been finalized during the Taizu period.
It is said that the tenants of the public land granted by the honorable ministers often rely on their power and abuse the law.
In the countryside, all The meritorious officials did not impose restrictions, so in the 25th year of Hongwu, they gave the princes a year's salary and gave them land.
However, only more than a hundred years later, the land granting system was restored, and more and more lands were given.
If that’s all, then I’ll give up.”
When he said this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen's face and saw that he was listening attentively without any hint of dissatisfaction, so he continued: "However, in addition to the land granted by the emperor, there are also Private lands, and there are countless private lands among them.
There were their own acquisitions, and there were also plunders and so on.
Because of their great power, their private lands also had the right to grant land, and there were no taxes.
As a result, many unscrupulous people donated their lands to the emperor's relatives in order to avoid taxes.
Expensive.
Such vicious things are getting worse.”
"This kind of private land was unwilling to work with the people, which also appeared at the beginning of this dynasty.
Therefore, Taizu strictly prohibited covenants in the imperial edict.
But now, the prohibition of covenants is like waste paper.
Many imperial relatives, Sun Guiguang, have taken over private land as their own He has his own private business, but Yin uses his power to control it, so that there are no officials to collect taxes. " If he had not seen Wen Tiren's memorial, Emperor Chongzhen would not have understood that there were so many things in this Tian Fu.
At this time, even though he read and listened to it again, he still felt very surprised.
Hearing this and seeing Wen Tiren looking at him as if waiting for an opinion, he nodded and motioned for Wen Tiren to continue.
"There are quotas for the preferential and exempted grain and preferential land for officials and gentry.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the land property of the official and gentry, except for the preferential and exempted land, should also be shared with the people.
However, the officials and gentry are also as noble as the emperor's relatives. , ignoring the imperial decree, all fields were given preferential treatment, and this attracted unscrupulous people to donate their money."
At this point, Wen Tiren bowed deeply and said again: "Your Majesty, if such things are not prohibited, the taxes collected by the imperial court will be less.
And ordinary households who pay grain and taxes also feel that it is unfair and become unruly people." , this is a vicious cycle and is actually a major drawback of this dynasty."
Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, but he said a little seriously: "Wen Qing, I know what you mean.
But do you know that if the laws of the ancestors are really implemented, the royal family and the officials at all levels will benefit from it?"
Will they be willing to suffer all losses?"
This was a sharp statement.
Wen Tiren nodded in his heart.
He stood up straight again, raised his head and looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and said with an extremely serious attitude: "I have received the kindness of your majesty, and I have nothing to repay.
I am willing to give up my life and fight with them."
"One fight" For Wen Tiren, he didn't know how powerful his opponent would be.
But he believed that after more than two hundred years of accumulation, this shortcoming had reached the most dangerous stage.
If it was not dealt with, the emperor's wish to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty would not be realized at all.
If the emperor is willing to give his full support, he is willing to be the first person.
If he succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will be revived, and he will become a generation of Ming Prime Minister that surpasses Zhang Juzheng.
After hearing his words, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little emotional.
It would be great if all Ming officials were like Wen Tiren.
However, he was not the real Emperor Chongzhen and had no experience to make an effective assessment.
Therefore, he thought for a moment and said to Wen Tiren: "Does Wen Qing have specific implementation steps?"
When Wen Tiren heard this, he realized that the emperor was seriously considering it.
He was overjoyed and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I have already verified it.
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Now the most serious ones, that is, the ones with the most fields, are the Ming Dynasty clans such as the vassals in various places.
If your Majesty can regulate it from the Ming Dynasty clan, I think , the backlash from other dignitaries and officials should be much smaller.”
After he finished speaking, he saw Emperor Chongzhen frowning and seemed dissatisfied, so he quickly added: "Your Majesty, the clan issue is also a major factor in the Ming Dynasty's financial inability to make ends meet.
I believe that the clan issue must also be resolved.
By the way, Let’s settle the matter in the field right now.”
"Oh, tell me more specifically."
Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately after hearing this.
This matter was not mentioned in the memorial, but he was very interested in hearing it.
When Wen Tiren saw that there seemed to be something going on, he quickly said again: "The salary of the royal family in my Ming Dynasty is ten thousand stones for the prince, two thousand stones for the county prince, one thousand stones for the general of the state, two hundred stones for the general of the auxiliary state, the general of Fengguo, and the lieutenant of the state." hand over Reduced by 100 shi for the lieutenant of Fuguo and Fengguo, 2000 shi for the princess and the prince-in-law, 800 shi for the princess and her honored guest, 200 shi for the county lord, princess and honored guest, and 200 shi for the county lord, township lord and guest.
The number of guests is reduced by a hundred stones."
"Such salaries were nothing at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.
But now more than two hundred and fifty years have passed, and the number of members of the Ming Dynasty clan alone has reached 100,000.
This kind of payment is equivalent to all the taxes of the imperial court.
It is not enough to use it for this purpose.
The court has been in arrears for a long time, or refuses to register it on the disk.
However, in this way, it will also lose the prestige of the court and show the emperor's lack of kindness."
If it were the original Emperor Chongzhen, he might be furious.
You Wen Tiren, you gave me a slap in the face, and then you pointed the finger at my uncles, brothers and other relatives, and also said that I was unkind.
What are your intentions?
In this world, is your surname Zhu or Wen?
However, Emperor Chongzhen at this time came from later generations.
To him, the Ming Dynasty clans were no different from ordinary people.
You can just say what you want, let's just discuss the matter.
This Ming Dynasty clan matter is indeed a problem.
But if there is no proper solution, I'm afraid it won't be easy to do anything.
He frowned and thought for a moment, then asked: "What should we do specifically?"
When Wen Tiren heard this, he was surprised that the emperor did not even get angry and discussed it patiently.
He quickly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I think we can test the water from the Tang Dynasty.
If it is feasible, we will promote the solution."
Having said this, he took out a memorial, held it up with both hands and said: "Your Majesty, this is a report from the governor of Nanyang, Henan to the king of Tang Dynasty.
He said that he commanded the troops and horses without the holy orders and wanted to serve the king, which is against the ancestral system."
To put this in a harsher tone, it means that the king of Tang had the ambition to rebel.
For Emperor Chongzhen, this was something of great concern
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