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Chapter 275 The Difficulty of Change
Throughout Chinese history, whether it is the Li Kui Reform of the Wei State, or the Wu Qi Reform of the Chu State, or the reform of Zou Ji of the Qi State, the Shen Buhui Reform of the South Korea, and the Shang Yang Reform of the Qin State, plus the Wang Anshi Reform of the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. Reform Movement of [-].

Everything is inseparable from it.

Nothing more than starting from two aspects of the economy and the official system.

The economy is mainly reflected in the land, using the land to develop agricultural production, thereby consolidating the economic foundation of the landlord class regime and increasing national taxation.

The official system is mainly reflected in the punishment of corrupt officials, the elimination of incompetent, useless, and unurgent officials, and the promotion of capable, useful, and sincere officials to the emperor.

The reform of the economy and the bureaucracy often touches the interests of the conservative faction. Many reforms and reforms, because the interests of the conservatives have been violated, launched a counterattack, and then turned into useless flow of water. Even because of the counterattack of the conservatives, it had a counterproductive reaction, causing countless people to complain.

as a traveler.

Dong Tiancheng knew the strength of the conservatives' counterattack, and also knew that these conservatives would ruin the reform, so he took preventive injections in advance and took some targeted defensive measures. The six doors are Dong Tiancheng's guarantee for the success of the reform. most powerful weapon.

Second.

The trust of the official Zhao Qi is also a reason why Dong Tiancheng is confident in carrying out this reform.

of course.

here.

There are also things Dong Tiancheng didn't expect.

I don't know if it's because of the sequelae of Wang Anshi's reform. After the news of the reform was deliberately leaked, the public's opposition to this reform was extremely strong.

With such strong opposition, if there were no behind-the-scenes pushers, Dong Tiancheng would not believe it even if he was killed.

But that's it.

Under Dong Tiancheng's instigation, Zhao Qi officially announced the reform in court the next day.

After discussing with the cabinet, Zhao Qi decided to carry out three reforms in order to improve the national power of the Song Dynasty and reduce the burden on the people:

The first reform.

All the gentry, whether they are scholars, scholars, or Jinshi, are obliged to perform hard labor and pay taxes.

In other words, this reform has abolished the privileges of the gentry in the past.

To know.

In the past, the gentry did not need to perform hard labor. If they did not need to pay taxes, their labor and taxes would all be shared equally among the poor people who had no fame.

in this way.

Naturally, it has increased the burden of some poor people.

Over the past dynasties, there have been too many cases of officials forcing people to rebel, and there are also some dynasties, because officials forced people to rebel, and then ended up with the end of the dynasty.

Dong Tiancheng and Zhao Qi had talked about this matter, and it was precisely because of the harm of this matter that Zhao Qi had exceptionally agreed and supported Dong Tiancheng's reform.

The second reform.

It is the fire consumption that belongs to the public, and the so-called fire consumption is a kind of surcharge.

The state and county governments @government excuse that the taxes paid by the people are too much in pieces and silver, and they have to be broken down into wholes to facilitate the settlement.

Because silver smelting has loss, fire consumption is added.

In the actual levying time, 20% to 30% of the fire consumption is levied. In fact, the real loss is usually between 1% and 2%, usually not more than 2%.

However, corrupt officials, for some reason, increased the consumption of fire to 20% to 30%, and the extra income became an important source of supplying local funds and expenditures, especially making up for the shortage of official salaries.

The enthusiasm of the local officials to expropriate is very high, but the common people are overwhelmed and resentful. More than a dozen civil rebellion incidents are due to the fire consumption.

This time, it was ordered that the fire consumption should be brought back to the public, that is, all of them should be turned over to the central government to increase the treasury's silver.

in history.

It was Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty who really proposed the return of fire consumption to the public.

At the beginning of Emperor Yongzheng's ascension to the throne, the national inventory of silver was only 100 million taels. Fourteen years later, when Emperor Qianlong ascended the throne, the national inventory of silver exceeded 14 million taels.

In 14 years, the national inventory of silver has increased thirty-fold, and the return of fire consumption to the public has occupied a large part.

The third reform.

It means to adjust the tax relationship between farmers and the government, to use the land as the taxation standard, and to abolish the per capita standard. This means that the dependence relationship between farmers and the government is more relaxed, and the freedom of farmers increases. It is beneficial to the development of agriculture.

Agricultural Development.

There is more food.

Correspondingly, the population is also large.

With a large number of people, you can train a new army, and then attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty and conquer the homeland.

The fourth reform.

Agricultural Development and Commercial Development.

The so-called agricultural development and commercial development means that when agriculture is developed, commerce is also vigorously developed.

Business.

A major factor in promoting social progress.

The famous sheep-cannibal movement in British history is a major manifestation of commercial development, and the sheep-cannibal movement is a proof of the transformation of feudalism towards capitalism.

These four reforms.

It aroused considerable repercussions, and all the famous gentry jointly signed a petition to oppose this reform. After all, this reform is to cut their flesh and drink their blood.

Also.

Officials from all over the country also took the so-called ten thousand words to prevent the implementation of the New Deal, and even the court ministers stood with these people.

Compared with those gentry and local officials, these ministers in the court are even more hateful.They knew they couldn't oppose Zhao Qi, so they treated him softly.

Without saying a word, they just handed the memorial they received to the emperor Zhao Qi, intact, with a lot of words, and a few words. They didn't say a word about the New Deal, and of course they didn't say a word about the New Deal .

Zhao Qi naturally knew that they were passively resisting.

But also helpless.

You can't let Xu Yunlong, the commander of Jin Yiwei, kill all the courtiers who oppose it, can you?

After killing these courtiers, who will do things for Zhao Qi?

Some time ago, Xu Yunlong had already killed enough people. After Wanxing Enke was held, many new officials were recruited. Otherwise, there are only two or three Miao people in the huge court. How can it be done?
Lost.

It is the face of the imperial court.

For the success of this reform, after discussing with Dong Tiancheng, Zhao Qi and Dong Tiancheng decided to select a group of like-minded Dong Tiancheng among Enke officials, and to do this with Dong Tiancheng is related to the reform of the entire Song Dynasty. matter.

Royal Palace.

Royal study.

Zhao Qi summoned the champion of this year's new division.

these days.

Due to the opposition of the public and the inaction of some officials, the new emperor Zhao Qi has obviously aged a lot in the past few days. After the champion of the new department arrived outside the imperial study, he said listlessly to Xiao Guizi, "Send him in. "

For a while.

The champion of the new department knelt down and said, "I see the emperor."

Zhao Qi glanced at him and said, "Get up first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The champion of the new department said, "I don't know why your Majesty summoned my ministers?"

"I would like to ask you, what do you think of my new policy, do you think the same as them?" Zhao Qi asked, staring at the new champion.

(End of this chapter)