Chapter 549 Benefiting the Country and the People! Jiangshan Sheji Is the Overall Situation!
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What crime did the King of Han commit?
Faced with this problem, all the big guys were speechless.
Yes, what crime did the King of Han commit?
Kill the evil gentry, beat down the local tyrants, divide the fields, implement the whip law, equalize the corvee taxes...
With all that Zhu Gaoxu, the King of Han Dynasty, did in Jiangnan, ask yourself, who can find the slightest problem?
All these he did were benevolent and benevolent deeds that truly benefited the country and the people!
Kill those evil gentry and powerful people, return their fields to the people, and implement a whip method to equalize taxes and corvee and lighten the burden on the people's shoulders!
It will benefit the country, of course.
The Jiangnan issue has become like a cancer and has to be resolved.
The imperial court was unable to collect taxes, and the ministers sent as imperial envoys were framed and plotted. If we continue to let this go, I am afraid that the Five Prefectures in the South of the Yangtze River will become a state within a state of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, there is no doubt that His Highness the King of Han’s doing this will benefit the country.
Does that benefit the people?
The common people have regained their land, and a large number of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes have been reduced. It is far better than the previous tenants who were reduced to evil gentry and powerful men!
Therefore, there is no problem that His Highness the King of Han’s move will benefit the people.
In other words, Zhu Gaoxu, the King of the Han Dynasty, did all this in the name of righteousness. Even if his methods were more cruel, they were just innocuous details.
As for why so many courtiers openly impeached Han King Zhu Gaoxu, everyone present knew it well.
It’s nothing more than a whipping method proposed and implemented by His Highness the King of Han Dynasty!
In the final analysis, the problem lies in this whipping method!
"Your Majesty, His Highness the King of Han is loyal to the country, but he is acting too recklessly."
Jian Yi thought for a moment and decided to change his mind.
"Taxation is a major plan for the country and should not be touched rashly."
"His Royal Highness the King of Han directly implemented a whipping method in the south of the Yangtze River without consulting the emperor in advance, which is bound to have an impact on all prefectures and counties throughout the world!"
"The Emperor does not know this whipping method, nor do the ministers. No one in the civil or military circles of the entire dynasty knows about it. It is just implemented in the five provinces south of the Yangtze River out of thin air. If any hidden dangers arise in the future, what should we do?"
The root of the current problem actually lies in this whipping method.
The officials of the world actually don't care about the life and death of the powerful gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. They are just worried that this whipping method will become a new law and be implemented all over the world, thus affecting their own wealth!
Therefore, Jian Yi directly pointed out this issue and focused everyone's attention on this whipping method.
Not implementing it, or suspending its implementation, can solve the current chaos in the court!
However, when Emperor Yongle heard this, he immediately sneered.
"What are the hidden dangers?"
"You must also know the content of a whipping method."
"Clear the land, expand the collection area, and make taxes relatively even."
"Unify taxes and levies, limit harsh harassment, and stabilize taxes."
“According to the calculation of acres, the collection of silver will be completed, and the collection method will be more complete.”
"Which of these three principles is not beneficial to the country and the people? Which one is detrimental to the Ming Dynasty and the people?"
"Oh, the hidden dangers you are talking about are probably aimed at officials and gentry, right?"
"Measuring your family's land clearly is equivalent to knowing your family wealth!"
"All corvee taxes will be unified, and officials all over the world will no longer have a reason to plunder the people's wealth and anoint them!"
"This is indeed a hidden danger, a hidden danger of cutting off the financial path, right?"
His Majesty the Emperor's voice was a little cold, and when it fell into the ears of the ministers, it was even more full of murderous intent.
But they had to admit that what His Majesty the Emperor said was truly true!
What are the hidden dangers of a whip method?
There is a hidden danger!
Of course, that is for the court and the people!
However, for officials, this is simply a disaster!
First of all, the first clearing of the world's land was enough for the gentry to fight back and resist resolutely!
Since their family's wealth is known to the imperial government, how much tax they should levy is not their business?
Concealing the number of acres of land and paying less taxes were the basic operations of the gentry.
The emperor wanted to clear the land of the world. This was easy to say, but too difficult to do!
Who measured the fields?
Local official!
Who reports the measurement results?
Local officials!
Once local officials collude with the powerful gentry and underreport the number of fields, it will be easy!
If you, the emperor, want to know how many fields there are in the world, then take some people to measure it yourself!
However, this is simply impossible!
However, things are different now. His Majesty the Emperor does not need to take action personally, the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu has already taken action!
This first step, clearing the land, he did it perfectly!
Instead of appointing local officials to measure and report, they directly dispatched people to complete the work!
The people he, Zhu Gaoxu, transferred were surprisingly the new students whom he, Zhu Gaoxu, personally trained!
Wang Ji, the assistant minister of the academic department, personally led the team, and with these enthusiastic and arithmetic young men, they forcibly measured the fields of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River!
It was also at this moment that all the big guys suddenly woke up. His Highness the King of Han had started making arrangements a few years ago just to implement this whipping method!
If Confucian scholars are not available, then promote the new learning yourself and train the children of the new learning!
Ever since, this first step, which should have been the most difficult, was completed so easily!
Now that the number of fields is clear, the rest is much simpler.
When they thought of this, all the officials were silent.
However, Xie Gongbao, the Minister of Academic Affairs, spoke out at this moment, causing the officials to look at him angrily.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the fields of the five prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River have been measured, and the students have benefited a lot!"
"Since it is imperative to implement the One Whip Method, I would like to lead the new students from the capital to measure the fields in the provinces of Southern Zhili in order to successfully implement the One Whip Method in the future!"
As soon as these words came out, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net all the ministers were shocked.
This Jie Jin Jie Gongbao is really sinister and vicious!
The most difficult part of implementing a whip method is to clear the land!
It would be a good idea for him to directly take the initiative to ask for help, thus boosting His Majesty the Emperor's confidence in carrying out the whipping method in disguise!
As long as the field quantity is clearly measured, the implementation of the one-whip method will be much simpler.
And this Jie Gongbao also has selfish motives. After all, once a whipping method becomes a new method, the new disciples will naturally rise with it, and it is no problem to enter the official career with this merit!
For new students, this is a great opportunity to get started!
New learning corresponds to new methods!
Zhu Di nodded when he heard this, and looked at Xie Jin with a touch of softness in his eyes.
"Accurate!"
"The school department can prepare for this first!"
"But we have to wait until everything in Jiangnan is over!"
More haste less speed.
Zhu Di himself was not sure of the effect of this whipping method.
Therefore, it is better to implement it in the five prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River so that it can be stopped at any time.
After all, taxation is a major plan for the country and cannot be careless.
Xie Jin was a little unwilling to hear the words, but he accepted it as soon as it was good and didn't say much.
Although the emperor did not agree immediately, his attitude was already obvious.
It is imperative to implement the One Whip Method!
"Your Majesty!" Jian Yi opened his mouth and wanted to persuade him again.
"Rushly implementing the new law to reform the tax system will only cause turmoil in the court and unrest. Please think twice and put the overall situation first!"
Zhu Di glanced at him coldly, and then sighed.
"Jian Aiqing, you are right to say that the overall situation is the most important thing!"
“But what’s the big picture?”
"The great Ming Dynasty and the country are the overall situation!"
"I have made up my mind, everyone, please retreat!"
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