[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

Emperor Hongwu is sitting quietly in his office at the moment. Zhu Yuanzhang was a monk for a period of time when he was young, and he has also learned what meditation is.

However, he is obviously not a standard monk. Even though he is now in a state of meditation, judging from the occasional twitching of his eyebrows and the tight corners of his mouth, his heart is not stable.

When Mu Bai arrived at the Hall of Martial Arts, he saw this scene.

As the private office of Emperor Hongwu, the Hall of Martial Arts has a more personal atmosphere than the Hall of Fengtian, which is mainly for the public. The most intuitive difference is the smell.

Zhu Yuanzhang is the son of a farmer, and he has never shy away from admitting this. Zhu Yuanzhang can understand and accept the preferences and aesthetics of intellectuals, but he doesn't like them. For example, incense belongs to the category that he doesn't like at all. .

Don’t look at the big incense burners on the steps of the Fengtian Temple every time the grand ceremony is held, the smoke is curling up, and it looks like a fairy, but the feeling of being covered in smoke, the feeling of coughing but not being able to cough, who has experienced it and knows .

Therefore, no incense is used in the Hall of Martial Arts, and some only have the natural aroma of melons, fruits and grasses. This is not enough. Not everyone can take a bath every day in this era, and most of the people on duty in the front court are young people. At the age stimulated by male hormones, the smell of the next stop in the sun is not so pungent.

Even though Emperor Hongwu, who was born in the army, had long been used to this breath, he still had to consider whether it was right for the civil servants who came to him to discuss matters.

Therefore, when Mu Bai stepped into the quiet Hall of Martial Arts, the first thing he smelled was the sweet fragrance of melons and fruits. These fruits used as aromatherapy were scattered in the vents in the hall to ensure Every breeze that enters the hall will carry fragrance.

Yes, even though Emperor Hongwu presented himself as a hunk to the outside world, in fact he could not escape the temptation of the fragrance of flowers and fruits.

"Grandfather." Mu Bai respectfully bowed to the leader, his eyes did not stay on the courtiers at the side, so he did not notice how shocked these people were when they saw him.

When Emperor Hongwu said that the meeting was suspended and that they would wait for someone to come before continuing, they thought that the person who would come would be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Royal Highness, as the crown prince of a country, is of course qualified to participate in such meetings. Rather, it is precisely because he is the future ruler of a country that he must participate in such meetings. After all, Emperor Hongwu is already over 50. If there is no If there is an accident, the empire will be transferred from him to the prince in the next five to ten years.

It is obviously necessary for the prince to understand how the rules are established and their original intention to establish the rules.

But no one thought that Emperor Hongwu would actually call the little emperor's grandson.

How could the little grandson be involved in such an important matter before he reached the age of dancing spoons?

Everyone in the audience was still thinking about it at this time, thinking that this might be the prince called by Emperor Hongwu, but the prince happened to be delayed by something, so he asked the little grandson to come forward to pass on the message, until Emperor Hongwu let the little grandson sit on a big futon, and everyone did this Give up.

However, the sad thing about being officials of the Hongwu Dynasty is that even though they had many thoughts and opinions on this, none of them dared to raise == in front of Emperor Hongwu.

Everyone can only protest in silence.

Protest is invalid.

Emperor Hongwu was so calm that he ignored their opinions, and after calling the bewildered little grandson to sit down, he repeated the purpose of convening everyone this time.

To put it simply, Emperor Hongwu was introspecting and thinking about what went wrong with his tax policy, which led to corruption incidents.

Although this time, what should be caught and what should be wiped should be wiped, but how to avoid it in the future and how to improve it are all problems, and you can speak freely.

As soon as Mu Bai heard this topic, his eyes lit up, and he immediately looked expectantly at the ministers below, expecting them to come up with some good ideas.

But unfortunately, I don’t know if it’s because the topic was sudden and everyone was unprepared, or because the courtiers on the scene didn’t dare to say much on sensitive topics. There are basically no other effective remarks.

Mu Bai couldn't help showing a bit of disappointment.

He is at the lower head of Emperor Hongwu, and it is the place where everyone pays attention to. The child is small, and the change of expression is very obvious at once, not to mention how glaring it is in the eyes of everyone.

It was not only the courtiers who saw the change in his demeanor, but also Emperor Hongwu. Originally, Emperor Hongwu did not intend to let his eldest grandson speak. The grandson is still young. Emperor Hongwu really did not intend to let his son get involved in politics so early.

Mu Bai's appearance here is nothing more than expressing his attitude and preference, he silently declared that he valued this child very much, and at the same time suppressed the messy messages outside.Who else knows better than him whether the grandson belongs to his family, what are they all thinking about, and the storybook is so good at editing, why don't they write more and contribute to the book club opened by his grandson.

But this time the performance of these courtiers really did not satisfy him, whether as a monarch or as a grandfather, Emperor Hongwu felt a little embarrassed when this happened in front of his grandson.

He glanced at the few courtiers who were dissatisfied with his grandson's participation in politics just now, sneered in his heart, and then looked at his grandson with some pride and pride, his expression was full of an old man showing off his grandson's happiness : "Ying'er, what do you think?"

Mu Bai glanced at his grandfather, seeing his expression so straightforward, the corners of his mouth twitched, he really didn't want to say it, he always felt that he would be assigned extra homework after he said it.

His learning task is really not light. Mr. Wang knows the character and learning ability of the students better than anyone else. Of course, there is also the characteristic of trying to save face in front of his younger brother. The pressure has not doubled or tripled.

And as the old man said before, after he became the emperor's grandson, the old man's requirements for him are no longer what they used to be. As a student, all the policies that can be evaluated as excellent in the past are all failed and sent back to retake.

In this regard, the old gentleman explained it like this - the minister's policy theory only needs to have one shining point, and the rest of the loopholes will be filled by others, and as His Highness, even if there is a loophole, it may cause The living beings are in charcoal.

Therefore, only thinking about what others have not thought about and all the loopholes of others is his qualified answer sheet.

It sounds complicated, but to put it bluntly, it is to be a good guy.

You have to argue with others, but you also have to argue with yourself.

Others are thinking about themselves three times a day, while Mu Bai is doing homework three times a day, trying desperately to find possible loopholes.

Now he is no longer Mu Xiaobai, but Mu Gangjing Bai. Unfortunately, today's small meeting did not give Mu Bai any chance to argue. The courtiers present counted as one, and the thoughts in their mouths can be unreliable. But the speaking skills are first-class, and it is difficult to catch mistakes and omissions.

... This also reflects Hongwu Emperor's difficulty in dealing with it from the side, ahem.

However, Emperor Hongwu's difficulty in dealing with it is for others. For Mu Bai, his grandfather really has no shortcomings except that he loves to exploit him a little.

"This is just my humble opinion," Mu Bai nodded to everyone.

"Don't be polite, we are all from our own family." Emperor Hong Wu patted his grandson's little shoulder affectionately, and encouraged him: "You kid, just say it, grandpa will reward you if you speak well."

Mu Bai raised his head slowly, and looked at his grandfather meaningfully. The small eyes slashed Hongwu Emperor's tiger's body, and quickly added: "You can't go out to play, why can't you sit still like this child? You have to calm down. some."

Is this what people say?Mu Bai's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at his grandfather in disbelief, have you forgotten the fate that we met on the street back then?

Of course Emperor Hongwu didn't forget, but Emperor Hongwu had a thick skin, and he urged with an upright face: "Hurry up, if you don't think well, I will tell your husband."

Mu Bai took a breath, and kept reminding himself in his heart that in front of him was his grandfather, his own, and there was no other way but to be patient.

Calm down Mu Xiaobai, you can do it.

"In my humble opinion, the first step is to plug the loopholes that have been discovered. One of the means of Guo Huan's corruption this time is to print empty account books. This method can be avoided by strengthening supervision and changing the tax collection method. The other is to alter the account books with pen and ink."

"Grandson has read the account books of the household department. If there is no one to check it, it is not difficult to modify it." Mu Bai paused, and said: "I am not good at this method, it can only be used to attract others, my opinion Yes, modify the format of the ledger, find a way to make the ledger more concise and understandable, the simpler the thing, the harder it is to cheat."

Everyone was thoughtful when they heard the words, and before they could say anything, they heard Mu Bai continue: "It's just that changing the format of the account book is not a trivial matter. There was a period of turmoil throughout the country, and the adaptation period was even longer. There is no way to solve the problem in the short term."

"So you might as well draw the bottom line," Mu Bai continued, "Since the current counting method is easy to be changed, then change a recording method that is not easy to change by hand, and change the numbers from one to ninety-nine into more complicated fonts. Learning nine characters is not difficult."

"Okay!" Emperor Hong Wu slapped the table and praised: "This is a good idea, Ying'er, since you came up with this idea, do you think of any words to replace it?"

Of course he didn't think about it!

Don't forget that Mu Xiaobai's mother tongue is Yue language, and his reading and writing are different from the fonts he uses now. Chinese is his second language!

How could he be able to decide which word to use instead of which word!

Criticizing Grandpa again in his heart for being unreliable, Mu Xiaobai remained calm on the surface, he stood up and bowed in his direction: "These nine numbers are related to the people's livelihood and society in the world, my grandson dare not be good at it, Please also give it to the emperor's grandfather."

All the ministers present were quick-witted and got hints from the little emperor's grandson one after another. They also stood up and bowed to Emperor Hongwu: "Your Majesty, please show me."

Emperor Hongwu didn't refuse either. He glanced at his grandson meaningfully, swiped his brush and ink, and said as he wrote: "Although these nine characters are for guarding against self-thief, but after all, they disturb the people. The last thing I want is to embarrass the people. Choose words that are too complex."

After he finished writing, he shook his hand and held up the rice paper that had not yet dried up to show: "Using this nine sons as a template, it is called a big number. In the future, the old number can be used when listing the details in the account books of the world, but it must be used when writing the total number." Big numbers."

What was written by Emperor Hongwu is exactly the financial standard numbers of nine later generations, namely zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine. This method of counting large and small numbers in parallel has been used all the time.

It was just that with the introduction of Arabic numerals later, more convenient symbolic numbers replaced literal numbers, but the uppercase numbers have not been corrected.

This method is also practical and effective in avoiding corruption and bribery activities by directly modifying the total number of account books, which can be described as a great pioneering work.

But at this moment, neither the person who proposed it, Mu Xiaobai, nor the person who perfected it, Zhu Yuanzhang, were happy about it.

Because there is another big mountain lying in front of them-tax reform.

How to be effective and collect tax efficiently and with few loopholes is a huge and profound problem.

If this problem is not solved, then the empty printing case will only be the beginning, not the end.

In fact, regarding this matter, Mu Bai also put forward some suggestions, just like what he said before, the more complicated the design, the easier it is for people to take advantage of it. process is simplified.

Nowadays, the tax burden of Ming Dynasty is extremely low, (except for Jiangdong), but the tax payment is very complicated. This kind of complicated tax items makes the people feel overwhelmed even if they only pay a small amount of tax.

Whether each item can be deleted as appropriate, how to make up for the loopholes in tax reduction after the deletion, and what is the standard are all points to be considered.

But what does this have to do with Mu Xiaobai?He's just a kid!

"You are no longer a child, Ying'er." Emperor Hongwu ruthlessly shattered his eldest grandson's dream of going to the military battle station to touch a gun. The useful head was taken to the Hall of Martial Arts.

Emperor Hongwu always believed that life lies in sports, and the purpose of living is to work better, and playing is not just needed.

Even the eldest grandson must work hard together.

"You lit the fire yourself." Emperor Hong Wu put the scattered meeting minutes in front of his grandson, and knocked on his desk: "Sun Zai, you have to complete him, Grandpa is getting old now, he can't turn his head anymore, so we can only rely on our big grandson!"

Facing Emperor Hongwu acting like a baby to the grandson of the emperor without any scruples, the official historian who has always existed but has been in a state of invisibility for a long time has a calm and indifferent expression, only the corners of his mouth twitching slightly reveal his thoughts.

Of course, this kind of content can't be written in the history books, otherwise, how the people of the later dynasty would treat them, even the historians, would have to lose face.

With a swipe of his pen, he wrote in the Spring and Autumn style: Shang and Wang Sun Ladu have a deep love.

Um?Isn't the love of the calf used for grandparents and grandchildren?I am a cultural person, I have the final say.