"Abolition of the gentry preferential exemption, but it is a feasible policy, now there are land, most of them are gentry, so the amount of preferential exemption is huge, if the preferential exemption is canceled, so that the official gentry can pay the grain as an errand, at least can make the current endowment more than 20 million stone grain, raising a million elite soldiers is currently enough, but the court expenditure is increasing, the clan and the hundred officials and the honor of the silver, the scholar subsidy, the veterans' pension, these large expenditures are increasing, whether it will be enough in the future is unknown."
Cabinet Minister Xu Guangqi said a word first at this time.His family was the first to cooperate with the emperor to run the official industry, and like Fang Congzhe, he didn't care how the imperial court collected taxes, because most of the official properties they cooperated with the emperor had already been attributed to the imperial court.As for the matter of the official gentry receiving grain in one piece, Xu Guangqi, who was born in a merchant family, did not feel that he had been cut off.Therefore, he also expressed his support for the policy of integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry.However, Xu Guangqi, as an important minister of the imperial court, has to seek his own government in his position, so he will naturally think about the necessity of "the officials and gentry pay for food in one piece" at the national level, so it is difficult for the court to continue to grow if he continues to say that "the officials and gentry pay for food in one piece", but he did not think of taking care of Fang Congzhe's face, and only said that "the officials and gentry pay food in one piece" is good."
If it's enough, it's better to raise the business tax directly!"
But the head of the household, Bi Ziyan, replied surprisingly at this time.Zhu Youxiao and other important ministers all looked up at him.Bi Ziyan was born as a large bureaucratic landlord in Shandong, and in addition to himself being a scholar, his younger brother and other people in the clan were all officials in the imperial court, and even held important positions as governors.Although the powerful gentry of the Ming Dynasty were both landlords and wealthy merchants.However, because of the difference in geography and economy, there is also a bias, and the family like Bi Ziyan is more of a traditional landlord, and the main economic income is agriculture, and the proportion of commerce is not large.Therefore, Bi Ziyan preferred to let the imperial court directly raise commercial taxes."
The commercial taxes and customs duties of the imperial court have been increasing, and they are increasing much faster than the Tian Fu!
The abolition of the gentry preferential exemption, and the levy of the field is no different, can only solve the temporary gain, but not let the court annual tax continue to increase, only if the commercial tax can be raised, directly become the main tax of the imperial court, then in the future, as long as the trade goes, the Ming year's annual tax will increase because of there!
”Bi Ziyan continued."
Where a good trade goes, the Ming Dynasty's endowment will increase because of it!"
Zhu Youxiao, the emperor, was a little moved when he heard it.But to achieve this goal, it needs to be backed by strong force.The Ming Dynasty is now the most productive country in the world.The huge population base and the accumulation of thousands of years of agricultural civilization have made it possible to produce many skilled craftsmen and produce goods of high quality and low price.It has an absolute advantage in the world.But the rulers of other countries are not fools, so they will naturally engage in trade wars, prohibit trade with the Ming Dynasty, and change the form of the trade deficit with the Ming Dynasty.And this requires the Ming Dynasty to have enough strong ships and cannons to go there before they can trade there.In this way, the Ming still needs to use money to raise more land and water elite soldiers first.Zhu Youxiao felt that Fang Congzhe's proposal was good, he could first use the money and grain collected by the officials and gentry to raise the soldiers, and after raising so many soldiers, the collection of commercial taxes would not be a problem, and it would not be a problem to expand the market for foreign trade and increase commercial profits in the Ming Dynasty.However, Bi Ziyan's statement that the official gentry's integrated payment of grain is equivalent to a disguised levy on the New Year, and he had to think about it carefully.Once the gentry preferential exemption was abolished, it was indeed equivalent to levying an additional land tax on the gentry, and the gentry would naturally transfer this debt to the tenant farmers, forcing the tenant farmers to pay higher rents, which would reduce the economic income of the tenant farmers.Obviously, the gentry paid the grain in one piece, that is, the gentry were exempted from preferential treatment, and the tenant farmers who had previously avoided taxes by donating land to the gentry suffered the most.They either forced their gentry to rebel with them, or they had to pay for their choice to avoid state taxes.In this case, the integrated payment of grain by the gentry can discourage contribution, or it can also inhibit annexation, at least it will no longer make yeoman peasants voluntarily surrender to the large gentry as slaves, which is conducive to changing the social structure, promoting the emergence of more free people, and reducing serfs.Zhu Youxiao made up his mind because of this, so he said: "The matter of commercial taxes will be discussed later, and continue to talk about the matter of the official gentry paying grain in one piece." ”Seeing this, Han Yi, the second assistant who had recovered from a serious illness, guessed what the emperor meant, and he was always silent, so he hurriedly bowed down with the elephant wat and said, "Your Majesty!
The minister believes that the integrated payment of grain by the officials and gentry is not only a practical government, but also a good government!
Studying and being an official is to serve the king, to secure the people and assist the country, and not to be exempt from what is the preferential exemption, it is a matter of course to pay for the country. ”After Han Yi finished speaking, he stood still and did not move.But Zhu Youxiao and the ministers were silent next.The atmosphere was a little awkward as a result.Zhu Youxiao is an emperor who is determined to innovate, and the people gathered around him are naturally dominated by capable ministers who are determined to innovate, even if they have the ability to see the wind and steer the rudder, but they also have their own political opinions, and ministers like Han Yi who just want to kowtow more and talk less, and follow the emperor's will to be an official and speak, it seems a little out of place with the other ministers present.Fang Congzhe smiled because of this.Like Han Yi, he only acted according to the emperor's will and spoke according to the emperor's wishes, but he was more clever than Han Yi in that he knew how to put forward constructive suggestions that surprised the emperor but would also be happy.In terms of pleasing the emperor, Han Yi is indeed still not as good as Shang Congzhe.And in terms of pleasing the minister, Han Yi doesn't seem to be as good as before.Bi Ziyan glanced at Han Yi angrily at this time.Because he still wanted to encourage the emperor more on the matter of commercial taxes, Han Yi couldn't wait to start expressing his support for the officials and gentry to pay grain in one piece, and he didn't think about the tax reform in the future."
Cadaver vegetarian meal!"
Bi Ziyan scolded secretly because of this.Yuan Keli, who had just finished rectifying the Beijing camp for the emperor, also glanced at Han Yi with a complicated expression, he remembered that Han Yi had his own opinions in the past, at that time, when the Donglin Party controlled the court, the reason why Han Yi was promoted by the court as a cabinet minister was because he dared to compete with the emperor."
Now it's like this!"
Yuan Keli said in his heart.Then, Yuan Keli also said: "Your Majesty!
In the opinion of the minister, the gentry can be implemented to pay grain in one piece, which can curb the local strong and powerful, but it will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the gentry and even tenant farmers in the world, or there are individual extremists, so the minister believes that if this policy is really implemented, then the court should be a blow and not give up halfway, otherwise the prestige of the court will be completely lost. ”"Exactly!
First ordered the governors of the towns on the nine sides to supervise the general army and the Beijing Guards and Yongwei Army, select the strongest battalion in the town, gather in Liaodong to compete, the type of competition, each sent troops to attack and harass the Dongyu, whoever kills the most Dongyu, who will serve in the West Factory!
The code name of this martial arts competition is 'Liaodong Liting'," Zhu Youxiao stood up and said.He used Houjin directly as a hunting ground.