Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

No matter how much the gentry and landowners ignore the king's law and oppress the people, at most, they will only reveal their own darkness in their own small circle.

On the bright side of being dignified and upright, a noble and moral existence is respected by others. Otherwise, this kind of gentry and landlord will definitely not exist for long in various places.

After all, the vast majority of literati, in this era, are mostly self-proclaimed noble, so how could they think of the notorious Wang Baopi, who would destroy the family by himself, earn a wave of reputation as the master of Qingtian, and at the same time add a Isn't it beautiful to see Bo's political achievements.

And this reform, after the reform, where is it good?

Under a false proposition, there is no answer at all.

You say that reform is good, but I can also stand on the moral high ground and say that reform is a policy that will harm the country and the people.

Anyone can say that Zi Wumao is ugly, and no one can point out that it is wrong.

But if there are upright facts, it proves that the reform is indeed beneficial to the country and the people.

In this case, those who have ulterior motives and want to erect a memorial archway in front of a bitch will have to keep their mouths shut under the absolute political correctness.

Name, this thing has great benefits, and naturally, it also has great constraints.

Before, what Li Xiu had been doing was to let Jin Yiwei use various means to publicize the benefits of the reform in various places, such as theater troupes, restaurant storytellers, and notices...

All kinds of means are used to tell all the people that the reform is good for them and not to be deceived by others. At the same time, they are also preparing to use this reform to break the control of the gentry from all over the place.

Now, the customs duties of this city's shipping department are obviously another sharp weapon!

Three months, 60 taels!

One year, that is 240 million taels!

If he remembered correctly, in the first year of Zhaowu, when the provinces were in turmoil, the total harvested wheat was only 33 shi, the grain was only 200 million shi, and the silver was only 110 taels. !

Even if you don’t count the places where the military and the government are integrated, and don’t count the real soil guards, there are still several provinces in this taxation place, such as Beizhili, the four prefectures of Shandong, the three prefectures of Hebei, etc., which are almost half of the north!

In such a huge area, the imperial court has only such a small income. You must know that it was also the first year of Zhaowu, and when the military reform was completed, only the guards in various places were stationed in the fields. There is a surplus of more than three million shi of grain!

And the place where the military and government were integrated in each town was also the first year of Zhaowu. For example, the military and government of the three towns in the capital were integrated. Ten thousand taels!

It is precisely because of these surpluses and handovers from the non-pre-Ming ruling system that the stability of the entire north was supported when the world was in chaos and natural disasters continued.

You know, in the first year of Zhaowu, Shaanxi alone was exempted from taxes for several years, not to mention that there was no tax income, and the amount of money and food allocated for disaster relief alone reached as much as one million shi!The money spent is more than a million!

This is just a place in Shaanxi. In this Little Ice Age, natural disasters continued, not just in Shaanxi!

It is completely conceivable that in this era of natural and man-made disasters, internal and external troubles, it will cost a lot to maintain the stability of the entire Daheng world, and to deal with internal and external troubles.

In such a comparison, it can be seen that the ruling system left over from the previous Ming Dynasty has become so rotten that it can be said to be useless!

Of course, the worse this ruling system is, in comparison, whether it is comparing the tariffs of the Shibosi, the comparison of various real guards, or the comparison of various military-political "feudal towns", it will allow him, the emperor, to grasp the absolute power. Political correctness, cut it down drastically!

He knew that the cabinet and all the ministers thought that he was waiting for the assessment to be over before thoroughly pouring out the long-awaited reform trend.

But he also knew that what he was waiting for was not the assessment, the assessment was just to select suitable officials to fill the vacancies, what he was waiting for was the tax summary at the end of the year!

This is the key to start this long-awaited reform trend!It is also the real wind of reform sweeping the world!

Reform and reform, without a strong governing body, it is useless to reform the flowers!

If you want to change, you have to kill someone first!

He wanted to kill the parasites that used to lie on the blood-sucking beasts of the Ming Dynasty, and now the beasts that lay on Daheng's body to suck blood, one by one!

This knife can only be held by him, even though there are still many people who are loyal to the country in the court, but they tinker with this corrupt system.

After he was killed, the officials who had passed the assessment and could be used would be put down one by one. At that time, it would be the beginning of the general trend of reform that swept the whole world.

"call……"

Thoughts flowed, the emperor's killing intent became stronger and stronger, Daming's corruption, he really had endured it for too long, too long,

It is precisely because of these corruptions that he has created various systems that are endlessly harmful again and again, and forced him to bear countless infamys that are not easy to bear through the ages!

It forced him to go through all kinds of hardships and dangers in the South and North Wars. Up to now, countless casualties have been caused, and the world has not yet been completely peaceful!

As long as Daming isn't so corrupt, he wouldn't be able to get to where he is now, even if he got there by mistake, he wouldn't be so passive and helpless!

The root of everything is Daming's corruption!

The resistance to reform, the weakness of the rule, the turmoil in the world, the overwhelming financial burden...

All the problems were also caused by Daming's corruption!

After solving this, he took the first step and the most important step in his Zhaowu reign to rule the world.

Only when this is solved, can the endless disasters he created with his own hands be solved slowly, and he can start the various ambitions in his mind.

Otherwise, don't talk about any ambitions. I'm afraid he will have to fight with these endless internal worries all his life...

"Your Majesty, arrangements have been made."

At some point, Wang Wu came back and reported softly.

"Go and make arrangements. It's best to make a statistics of the government's fiscal and tax details for the past few years. After this year's tax, money and food are put into the warehouse, it's better to make a clear statistics and compile them into a book..."

"The old slave will do it now."

The emperor asked: "Remember to act in secret, don't leak the wind."

Wang Wu was surprised, but he responded immediately: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this old slave will be optimistic about it."

"Go..."

The emperor waved his hand, and the faint murderous intent sent chills down Wang Wu's back. He knew that whenever the emperor's tone and demeanor were like this, there would be another crowd of people rolling in the next one!

As for the matter of finance and taxation, not one or two people are involved.

If the heads are rolling like that, it will really be a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

"A dead fellow is not a poor fellow!"

Wang Wu murmured in his heart, whoever dies, as long as it doesn't die...

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Chapter 472 Prelude

drive drive drive

"The first battalion of the Yongwei Battalion, according to His Majesty's will, will take over the defense of Deshengmen!"

There were soldiers and horses rushing from the palace, the brave generals held orders and shouted loudly, the generals of the inspection battalion stationed at the city gate trotted out immediately, took the order flag, but couldn't help hesitating for a while, in the end, couldn't help but ask He said: "Dare to ask the general, is there an order from the Ministry of War?"

"What nonsense military order, you kid, look at it with big dog eyes, I am the Yongwei Battalion, when did the Yongwei Battalion need a military order?"

"Do you dare disobey His Majesty's will?"

The general drew out his saber, and put it on the neck of the inspection battalion general.

"The last will not dare!"

The general softened immediately, held up the command flag, and with an order, all the soldiers of the inspection battalion withdrew from the city gate one after another.

"Count your acquaintances!"

The general of the brave guard snorted coldly, put his sword back into its sheath, turned his head to look around at the soldiers of the brave guard, shouted loudly, and the soldiers of the brave guard rushed into action.

And this scene was also staged one after another at the nine gates of the capital. A forbidden army came out from the palace, holding the emperor's order flag, and took over the gates of the capital that were originally guarded by the inspection battalion.

In Dazhai outside the city, tens of thousands of battle elites are also in a state of preparation for war, and the little food and grass left in the internal funds are transferred in various directions under the overall planning of the General Staff.

Everything seems to clearly indicate that another "war" seems to be coming.

In the cabinet, under the leadership of the two cabinet ministers, the entire cabinet is also busy.

At the end of the year, the most important thing for the imperial court is naturally the taxation and revenue and expenditure statistics for one year and the financial budget for the coming year.

The statistical officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs are busy day and night, and the summarized data are also successively delivered to the desk of Liu Qiyuan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Deputy Cabinet Assistant.

The data one by one came into Liu Qiyuan's eyes very clearly, and as he flipped through the pages, Liu Qiyuan's brows became more and more wrinkled. Even though it had been predicted long ago, the real financial summary was still far beyond what he had imagined. lower limit.

"This year's tax is another bad debt, it's horrible!"

Holding the tax statistics after the summary, Liu Qiyuan couldn't help rubbing his head. Looking at these figures, I feel a headache!

"In the second year of Zhaowu, the grain collected was only 220 shi, and the silver was 180 million taels!"

"In one year, the disaster relief consumed 80 taels of grain and 38 taels of silver. The Ministry of Industry built the road from Tongzhou to the capital. The original budget was 30 taels of silver, but now it has consumed 60 taels of silver."

"The Ministry of Households dispatched land statistics, which cost 56 taels of silver."

"And the rebuilding of the inspection battalion...and..."

"This is still the army's money and food, as long as we count, there is no need for the imperial court to supply..."

"Even if you count the money transferred to the national treasury by His Majesty, the finances have been seriously overrun this year. If the taxes are still like this next year, the court will do nothing, and the salary will not be distributed. I am afraid it will not be enough to pay back the debt..."

"If His Majesty finds out, he will probably be furious!"

As soon as this remark came out, the two fell silent, and the seconded statistics officer from the palace also subconsciously slowed down his movements.

"How much is the tax revenue of the rest of the localities this year, is the statistics clear?"

After a while, Lai Zongdao asked.

"I don't know yet. The taxes in those places are directly inherited from His Majesty's internal funds. It will take some time to know the specific figures."

Liu Qiyuan shook his head, and then said: "However, it should be similar to last year. Throughout this year, there have been endless wars, and military disasters have been swept away everywhere. For this reason, His Majesty even exempted several places from paying taxes. Moreover, This year, there was also an earthquake in Sichuan, causing countless deaths and injuries, and almost half of the grain and grass transported by the Navy before were sent to Sichuan for disaster relief."

"There is also a good chance that this year will be less than last year."

Speaking of this, Liu Qiyuan shook his head: "But no matter how little it is, it is definitely within the normal range of excusable circumstances. Besides, those places, under the circumstances of endless wars, have also provided this year's large-scale food that is rare in history. war!"

"But the court's tax revenue..."

"It's completely rotten to the bone, and it's no wonder that His Majesty and those martial arts despise us!"

"I didn't do any major things, and the wars were just at the border. The war that consumed the most money and food was also funded by His Majesty!"

"Let's take care of such a big place and do nothing, but we can't even support ourselves!"

"The inner court is also working overtime to collect statistics and taxes."

"In a few days, it will be Shuo Wang Dynasty. At that time, His Majesty will definitely bring up the matter of taxation. How can we open our bad debts in the court!"

Liu Qiyuan couldn't help but tremble when he thought of the scene of the court discussing taxes. The whole Daheng, in all aspects, was full of vigor, and under the order of the emperor, he ran forward desperately.

As for them, not only did they not move forward, but they dragged their feet back desperately!

Lai Zongdao was silent, he always had a premonition, or an inevitable fact, that no promising king would turn a blind eye to this rotten thing.

I used to turn a blind eye to it, it was because the foreign enemies knocked on my side, and I had no time to take care of it, but now, the foreign enemies are pacified, and the Jiangnan side is just lingering.

Today's His Majesty has even come up with such a big reform policy that defies the world's dissatisfaction, so how can he care about these officials who have long been his flesh and blood.

Taxation summary, in general, I am afraid that it is the wealth and lives of countless people, and the heads of countless people.

While their thoughts were flowing, the two looked at each other, but they both saw the endless worry in each other's eyes.

Just when the two were worrying endlessly, an official hurried in with a panicked expression: "Master Chief Assistant, Lord Second Assistant, something serious has happened!"

Such a terrified appearance immediately made Lai Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan, who were already worried, even more uneasy.

"Yongwei Battalion, Jinwu Guard, and Habayashi Guard, according to His Majesty's will, took over the Nine Gates of the capital, and the inspection battalion was ordered to return to the camp and must not move without authorization."

"The tens of thousands of troops of the Beijing army are preparing for war, and the internal grain depots are opened to transfer grain and grass to various places..."

As soon as these words came out, Lai Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan stood up suddenly, and after a while, Lai Zongdao said in a deep voice: "Just after the war, it is impossible for Mongolia to knock on the side now, and it is not a good time to pacify Jiangnan. There is no such currency to support the consumption of pacifying Jiangnan."

Liu Qiyuan was surprised: "Both may not be the same, so what else is there to fight like this?"

As they looked at each other, the ominous premonition in their hearts became more and more intense.

I'm afraid... the drunkard's intention is not to drink.

Their Majesty has always been able to turn the table and kill people, so he never said a word of nonsense.

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Chapter 473 The joke of slipping the world!

"Your Majesty, arrangements have been made."

"The nine gates of the capital have all been taken over by the forbidden army. The Beijing army is also ready to go out at any time. The messengers sent to the guards in various places have also left the capital..."

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhou Zhang, the commander of the Imperial Battalion, stood bowed and reported respectfully.

The emperor asked, "Has the time for Duke Yasukuni to contemplate behind closed doors?"

"Reporting to His Majesty, there are still seven days left."