Chapter 142 Lan Yu is eccentric and should not be deeply friends with her!Summer tax begins! He was stunned for a while and then laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, you are indeed a man.
If you are asked to be accommodating and you agree to it, I will definitely look down on you.
But now you flatly refuse, it shows that you are still a principled person. "
After saying that, he looked at Zhu Youwei and said, "I'm just here to test it out today. It seems that Chen Han is a person and can accomplish things in the future."
Lan Yu said that he was here to test, but for some reason, Chen Han didn't believe it at all.
Chen Han felt that he was here to show off his power.
It was even more obvious that he just wanted to get some privileges from himself, but he was flatly rejected by him. The reason why he was not angry was not because he saw that he insisted on his principles.
Anyway, Chen Han doesn't have much hope for Lan Yu now.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he thought of using his marriage with Zhu Youwei to gain some privileges.
It shows that this person is still stubborn in his heart and still feels that he deserves the privileges.
I still feel that I have no problem enjoying myself after fighting for so many years.
With such a mentality, he will definitely make mistakes and commit more things.
After thinking about this, in fact, Chen Han's perception of Lan Yu at this time was still between the feelings based on historical records and did not go beyond it.
Lan Yu indeed has a genius in the military, but in terms of politics and his personal integrity, he is simply unqualified.
It seems difficult to ask him to help in the future.
Unless there is an order from His Highness the Crown Prince, otherwise, he will definitely have to put forward some conditions.
Lan Yu didn't want the whole meeting to be cold, so she could only smile and said: "Okay, okay, let's just talk about family affairs now, not government affairs, come on.
My little Wei hasn't had a meal with her uncle for a long time. Let's have a simple dinner together as a pre-marriage wish for you. "
Zhu Youwei knew that this meeting was a failure after seeing Chen Han's expression.
She didn't expect Lan Yu to make such a request as soon as they met.
Isn't this just embarrassing your husband?
He clearly knew that he would definitely not agree to such a thing, but he still mentioned it as soon as it came up.
But as a granddaughter, Zhu Youwei couldn't raise much objection on this matter.
After all, Lan Yu is considered an elder no matter what, and she is his junior no matter what, so she can't really give him no face at all.
So after eating the meal, Chen Han and Zhu Youwei sat on the carriage, and Chen Han had a conversation.
"Try to have as little contact with him as possible from now on, otherwise he will be in trouble and we will be in trouble too."
There are a lot of people behind Lan Yu, and he is not the only one.
Zhu Youwei nodded, and Chen Han said again: "Gonggong, he is indeed a very good general, and will definitely be helpful to the Ming Dynasty court, but privately, he is too selfish, and we will not help him. He is already very unhappy, could you tell just now?"
Zhu Youwei nodded: "Actually, I wanted my uncle to help you calm down the situation, but it seems useless now."
Chen Han said with a smile: "I hired an official and a gentry to work as a messenger to collect food, but even they were offended.
Again, except for your grandpa Huang and your father, this Lan Yu can suppress him, and he will not give face to anyone.
Not to mention that the current reform is targeting the gentry class like them. Do you think he can be happy in his heart? He didn't get any advantage from me this time, and he won't give me any good looks next time.
Even if I were your husband and you were his niece, he would not have any feelings, it would just be benefits. "
When he said this, Chen Han couldn't help but show a hint of disgust.
Politics can be so dirty sometimes, and family ties and friendships are nothing in the face of interests.
Only interests are their eternal friends and relatives.
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The next day.
Chen Han saw that the emperor sent two thousand Eastern Expeditionary Forces and rushed directly to the Japanese Nu Southern Dynasty.
Zhao Shenyan has now established a foothold in the Southern Dynasty, and what he needs is more assistance to help him create a new world in the Southern Dynasty.
With Mu Ying's guarantee, the emperor was very confident that Zhao Shenyan would not establish himself as king among the Japanese slaves.
After all, Zhao Shenyan has been with Mu Ying for so many years, and Mu Ying still understands him.
After more than 2000 Eastern Expedition troops went down, another thing started.
Everything seemed to be calm again, and everyone had forgotten about Shen Liqian.
But in fact, this was just a turbulent undercurrent, and everyone silently stopped at this time. It did not necessarily mean that they could relax.
Because of this, everyone now puts another matter as top priority.
In August of the 24th year of Hongwu's reign, summer taxes officially began to be collected.
What is different from usual is that this time the collection is entirely done with treasure banknotes.
Another point is that after the implementation of sharing the land between the peasants and the government and the gentry as errands and paying the grain, even the officials were very repulsive to this method, but under the heavy pressure of the imperial examination and the emperor.
No one dared to raise any objection at this time.
So the collection of summer taxes will begin soon.
According to what Chen Han said, officials and gentry working together as errands and paying grain were mainly concentrated in several provinces around the capital.
Poverty-stricken areas such as northwest, southwest, Lingnan and Liaodong still collect grain according to the previous methods.
Different from the previous collection of grain, this time the collection of grain was completely handed over with treasure money.
And they still hand it over according to the amount of their own land. The most important thing is to let the people see this.
That is, even the family members of the officials and gentry paid food and taxes reluctantly.
The common people have never seen those officials and gentry actually have to pay taxes.
So this time is considered the first of its kind.
But everyone is waiting to see if the court really has such determination.
Do we really need those officials and gentry to pay taxes together?
And this time, although there are many officials and gentry who want to use their connections to achieve the purpose of tax evasion.
But they found that it didn't work at all.
Not only the officials were very resistant to their behavior at this time.
What's more, Jin Yiwei has become the Tax Inspection Department this time.
It can be said that the name of Jinyiwei has been spread throughout the world.
Even if everyone has not had direct contact with Jin Yiwei, they have already heard about it.
These people take orders directly from His Majesty the Emperor.
They hold Shang Fang's sword and can kill first and then kill. No matter you are a relative of the emperor or a country, they can arrest people directly.
Not to mention that they are now responsible for tax work.
Next to every local tax collecting yamen, there will be two to three Jinyiwei inspection department personnel doing statistics.
They are not just statistics, but more supervision.
That means, let's see if you people still have the guts to do such a trick in front of Jin Yiwei. The effect is unprecedented and puts great pressure on many high-ranking officials.
Because this group of people directly obeyed the emperor's orders, they could bypass anyone and pass the information to the emperor in one fell iron law established by the emperor that anyone who embezzled 60 taels or more would be beheaded was enough to shock and frighten all officials.
It got to the point where even if I saw so much money, I didn't dare to stretch out a hand.
It can be said that the effectiveness of Jinyiwei has been truly maximized.
Those officials started to tremble when they saw Jin Yiwei's legs, let alone being sneaky at this time.
So the people paid taxes happily, and the officials collected taxes quietly, as much as they could.
Everyone does their job.
There is no linjiankihu;
No miscellaneous taxes are levied.
People no longer have to pay heavy taxes like they did before, even though they don't have much land in their homes.
And the tax-free class of officials and gentry clearly have so many fields and land, but they only have to hold their hands and watch the miserable common people squeeze out a little from their own rations to pay taxes.
Now these common people pay much less tax one by one.
They happily pay their taxes.
On the road, I saw the officials and gentry sighing one by one.
There were even many gentry members who had scholars or scholars in their families, but they actually had to pay taxes with their treasure money.
They all complained.
"What's wrong with this God? Why do we people have to pay taxes? My son is a civil servant.
Why is he just exempted from the capitation tax, while the rest of us still have to pay taxes?This is too unfair. "
But the common people passing by said: "This is not fair, this is the most fair. How much land does your family have? You can occupy a house and lie on the ground, and you can eat and drink all your life, but you don't need to pay taxes."
On the contrary, we people who are living a miserable life have to pay taxes to you. That's not fair. "
The people gathered around and laughed, "You're right, you're right. It was unfair like that before, but now it's the fairest.
Now that the court is asking you people to pay more taxes, it is only fair that we pay less taxes. We don’t have much fields and land to begin with, but you have so much fields and land, why do you pay more taxes? You have earned enough over the years, and now you should turn over all the tax evasion and tax evasion. This is called true fairness. "
The common people have been talking about those gentry so much that they don't know how to refute them.
They have never asked to pay taxes before, this is the first time, and naturally they are resentful.
"You poor beggars, how long do you think this policy can last? Don't be too happy. If the tax returns to the previous tax, let's see if you can still laugh."
After hearing such words, I was really heartbroken.
Although this is a hard thing to say, it seems to be true.
If such a good policy cannot be maintained for a long time, then I and others will fall into the same situation as before.
Just then Jin Yiwei suddenly spoke.
"Folks, don't listen to the nonsense of these people. The imperial court has now divided the land into acres, and the officials and gentry have to work together to pay for the food. This has been written into the law.
This law will continue to exist now and in the future. "
After hearing this, the people burst into cheers.
"Long live your Majesty! Long live the court!"
"Long live your Majesty! Long live the court!"
As he spoke, an official from the Jinyiwei Tax Inspection Department shouted directly: "After you pay your taxes, leave as soon as possible. If you stay any longer and spread words that are unfavorable to the government, I will arrest you immediately!"
The officials of these tax inspection departments have a much higher level than the county government officials, and the county government officials do not dare to offend them.
The gentlemen had to sneak away after being scolded a few times.
Hahaha……
The people were queuing up to pay taxes, and they couldn't stop laughing after seeing these people being scolded and walked away.
This may be the only one. This may be the first time in history that ordinary people feel that they are very willing to pay taxes.
Because this time, not only the taxes I paid were finally reduced a lot.
What's more important is fairness.
That is, the rich and wealthy Tada pays more taxes.
Those who have little land and little land will pay less tax.
This is true fairness.
Now that the court has done this, even though they still have to pay taxes.
Even though some people still don’t pay that much in taxes.
But they still feel that this is a change in the court.
Immediately afterwards, people from the Jin Yiwei and the Tax Inspection Department shouted: "Folks, you should still have some food at home. If you can't eat it all, you can sell it to the court.
The imperial court would set up granaries everywhere and buy excess grain.
And then put it in these granaries, for what purpose?
Because one day there is a natural or man-made disaster, some grain stores deliberately raise the price of grain, so that the villagers don't even have enough to eat.
The imperial court will take out these grains and use them to fill the shortage of grains on the market. Used to suppress excessively high food prices. "
When Jin Yiwei said this, the people were stunned for a moment, and then some people clapped and applauded: "Do it well, it's really good, it should be like this.
During good years, some grain rotted in the warehouse at home and could not be eaten. In a lean year, food prices are too high and everyone doesn’t have enough to eat. Especially when there are natural and man-made disasters, the price of food is so high that even if you sell your children, you won't be able to have enough to eat.
It's a good thing that the court is doing this. I still have two loads of surplus food at home. Even if I calculate that I won't be able to finish it until next year, why not just sell it?
Did you guys say that? "
When the people heard this, they applauded.
"The imperial court is really great. It is a blessing for us people to meet such a imperial court."
"You're right, this is the blessing for us people."
The royal guards and cavalry are very good at publicity and agitation: "Okay, if you have extra food at home, you can bring it to the government to sell it, and you will pay it off on the spot, and you will not lose a single copper."
The Jin Yiwei received the task of publicizing policies. They not only supervised the collection of taxes, but also supervised the transfer of grain reserves.
Now, thanks to their efforts, grain warehouses in every region have been built.
Just put the excess grain into storage.
They dare not relax when shouldering such a task.
When the people heard about such a favorable policy, they all thought it was appropriate.
Then another official from the Tax Inspection Department, namely Jin Yiwei, said: "In addition to using these grains in disaster years, the excess grains are also transported to the northwest, southwest, and even Liaodong.
The people there do not produce much food. They are short of food and the price of food is high.
Transport the food there so that the people there can eat.
Then has Ming Dynasty entered the real prosperous world? "
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(End of this chapter)