MTL - Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty-Chapter 25 Not paying taxes is more hateful than corrupt officials!

Zhu Houzhao looked at the silent three people and said, "Are the three adults curious, how much stone grain do I earn in a year from the household department of Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Jian handed over his hands and replied, "Report to Your Majesty, Daming's tax revenue last year was about 4.5 million shi."

"You are worthy of being the first assistant of the cabinet, you can put all the big and small things in your heart..."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao's voice fell, his face suddenly changed. He suddenly turned around and walked to the table, holding a scroll of imperial decrees that had been drawn up a long time ago.

"Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian accepted the order."

The three knelt down quickly.

"The minister waits for the order!"

In the Ming Dynasty, officials usually bowed their hands when they saw a car, and when the imperial decree came to the court, they also bowed to the bow.

Of course, unless the person who receives the decree is a royal prince or someone with a status similar to that of an iron man.

You don't need to get down on one knee, just drop your hands.

Zhu Houzhao preached: "I ordered the cabinet's first assistant Liu Jian, the second assistant Li Dongyang, the Minister of War Xie Qian, to measure the fertile land in the world, and to give him a sword, seeing a sword as if seeing me!"

Zhu Houzhao took off the Emperor Sword hanging behind him.

After reading these two memorials, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang also realized that the taxation of the Ming Dynasty was a huge problem. The poor were taxed too heavily, while the rich were taxed too lightly.

If things go on like this, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the development of Daming.

"The minister waits for the order!"

Liu Jian accepted the decree, and took over the Emperor Sword from Zhu Houzhao.

After the three of them left the palace, they realized that their backs were soaking wet. They knew very well that His Majesty had conducted an in-depth investigation into the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty.

Obviously, this is the work of Cao Zhengchun, the director of the East Factory.

His Majesty did not delve into their current property, otherwise they would be speechless.

The ills of the Ming Dynasty have been suffering for a long time, and now it is finally time to scrape the bones to heal the wounds.

The three of Liu Jian sighed and made up their minds that they must not live up to His Majesty's expectations for them now. If they angered His Majesty, I am afraid that the next Liu Jin will be among them.

After Liu Jin and the others left, Zhu Houzhao opened a memorial on the table.

In the memorial it is written:

Liu Jian's ancestor produced 253,000 taels of silver.

Li Dongyang's ancestors produced 49,000 taels of silver.

Xie Qian's ancestor produced 44,500 taels of silver.

These three people are still upright people, otherwise, with such a high status of the three of them, how can they only have so much silver?

A **** who serves by his side has hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in five years. Compared with that, what is this?

Zhu Houzhao will not take back the land in the world, and he will not evenly divide the land in the world, because if these cultivated lands are taken back and no one cultivates them, it will be very troublesome.

All Zhu Houzhao wanted to do was to increase the taxation of the imperial court.

After measuring the world's fields, taxes are paid according to the yield per mu, and each mu of land is charged two buckets of rice instead of one stone.

With such taxation, those landlord families will inevitably levy more taxes, while poor households will receive less taxation.

In the eyes of Zhu Houzhao, Emperor of Zhengde, the future belongs to him, not to those officials, gentry and landlords, and those tax evasion officials and gentry families are his biggest enemies in Zhu Houzhao's eyes. Mainly more hateful than the corrupt officials in the palace.

However, this is a legacy problem, and it is also a chronic disease of the Ming Dynasty.

The next morning.

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jian, found the Minister of Household, and a vigorous nationwide land survey was officially launched.

Zhu Houzhao was in the palace, waiting for the results of the three ministers who took care of his orders. He wanted to see if they could be his loyal ministers.

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Cining Palace.

Bai Xue became nervous. She had just been canonized as a lady by the queen mother. Although she didn't know the rank of a lady, she knew a little. From today, her destiny will be closely linked with the emperor.

Is it really that boy?

Until now, Bai Xue still couldn't believe her eyes.

But when Zhu Houzhao walked into the Cining Palace, Bai Xue saw the familiar face.

It's him!

It's really him!

Just like the little brother next door, he saved himself...

At that moment, Bai Xue felt that she saw her relatives. Cining Palace was an extremely unfamiliar place. The Queen Mother was majestic, and other palace maids and eunuchs did not dare to say yes with a smile.

As soon as Zhu Houzhao appeared, Bai Xue seemed to see a glimmer of hope. She felt that she had seen a long-lost relative in a strange place.

In the Cining Palace, Zhu Houzhao saw Bai Xue and Ouyang Jing. Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao made everything clear.

"Zhao'er, come, come and be by the mother's side."

"I canonized a lady just now. I think this girl is very good..."

Bai Xue glanced at Zhu Houzhao a little shyly, then lowered her head in a hurry, and said with a fluttering blessing, "Meet Your Majesty..."

In the Cining Palace, Zhu Houzhao and the Empress Dowager talked to each other and left the Cining Palace because they had government affairs to deal with.

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the next day.

Inside the Forbidden City.

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!

After the three clean whips, the civil and military officials crossed the Jinshui Bridge, set foot on the Baishi Square, and came to the Golden Palace.

"My ministers and others pay their respects to His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Zhu Houzhao sat majestically on the dragon chair, not angry and arrogant.

"All the Qing families are free from courtesy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

When Baiguan stood up, Zhu Houzhao looked around the hall and asked, "Aiqings, do you have a plan to play?"

Liu Jian, the chief assistant of the cabinet, walked out of the court class quickly, and handed over his hands to answer: "I will play your majesty, the minister has a plan to play!"

"Precise play!"

"Your Majesty, under the vigorous pursuit of Wang Shouren, my affiliated country of the Ming Dynasty and the chief soldier of Jiayuguan, all the Tartars in the northern Xinjiang have been wiped out."

"There are less than ten thousand people left, and they have retreated to the hinterland of thousands of miles and entered the deep mountains."

"The minister dared to suggest that the northwest protection camp should be rebuilt, and another large city should be set up as a border fortress."

"In this way, it can resist foreign invaders, prevent sneak attacks, and secondly, it can strengthen communication with the mainland."

As soon as the voice fell, Zhu Houzhao said thoughtfully: "This method is not advisable, I only see it, and postpone this matter."

He knew to what extent Daming's treasury was in his hands.

There is no refugee uprising for the time being. If the Daxing project is carried out, he may bear another infamy.

But thinking about it carefully, what Liu Jian said is not without reason. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

Liu Jian's opinion was already mentioned in the memorial, and this matter can only be discussed later.

However, at this time, Zhu Houzhao thought of a way.

He stood up suddenly and called the **** who was next to him to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

I inscribed a few words, you asked Wang Shouren to build a great gate for me at the border in the past few years, and this problem can be completely solved.

I saw Zhu Houzhao write: Zhenyiguan!

When the **** took the words written by Zhu Houzhao and handed them to Liu Jian and others below, they felt like a turbulent sea in their chests.

Because this king is domineering, the power of a great country is all reflected in these words...

Vigorous and powerful, the king's demeanor!

One second, the civil and military officials were still apprehensive about the emperor's divine might, and the next second, they cried with joy.

On the rice paper, there are only a few words, but it is comparable to a million lions terrifying the frontier!

Just when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were full of praise for this, a trumpet sounded outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, the Governor of the West Factory, Yu Huatian, is waiting outside!"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but look outside the hall...

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