Chapter 75 Zhu Biao: The imperial court must reform vigorously There are indeed those who harbor evil and evil among officials, but many of them also want to do something for the people, and we cannot defeat everyone with one blow.
Zhu Yuanzhang also had a slight change in his thinking.
Zhu Biao looked at his father with earnest eyes.
The salaries of officials throughout the Ming Dynasty were set so low, and it was indeed easy to breed corruption. This was something that Chen Han, a descendant, could not have imagined.
Even in the current government, many people made this point implicitly. It was not that officials wanted to take bribes, but that they were forced to do so due to the helplessness of life.
After coming out of Chen Han's hut, Zhu Yuanzhang stood in the Jiaxing Pavilion.
There is still a cool breeze blowing, and I still feel my heart racing.
I heard Chen Han's specific implementation plan on how to save the Ming Dynasty treasure money.
He also heard the operation procedures given by Chen Han.
He even heard Chen Han's advice to him.
If other ministers said such things to him, he would definitely think that those officials just wanted to take bribes.
But after Chen Han said it here, he felt inexplicably that it still made sense.
It was true that he was forced by his living environment since childhood, which caused him to hate officials and the landlord class very much, and thus he had a prejudice against officials.
But he also suffered backlash. After killing a group of officials, batch after batch of corrupt officials still appeared, like leeks, which could never be cut off, and he was tired.
Many officials before, even his own prince Zhu Biao, said that among the unified dynasties, only the Ming Dynasty had the lowest salary.
He intended to increase the salary of hundreds of officials, but he could not find a better reason.
He originally wanted to give this opportunity to benevolent government to his son and let him do it.
After all, the founding emperor used powerful force to suppress the resistance forces all over the world, and then waited until his son took over, and immediately implemented benevolent policies to win a wave of hearts. This was a routine operation and an emperor's tactic.
But the method Zhu Yuanzhang used here was too spicy. He killed so many people all over the world and suppressed the civil servants so much.
So after his grandson came to power, the civil servants quickly rebounded and wanted to change the policies he formulated in all aspects.
Even the policy he formulated for the vassal to guard the border was unwilling to continue to implement it.
Even though they knew that there were border troubles in the north, these civil servants still wanted to vigorously reduce the vassal state. This is the sequelae.
If the capable second-generation king could suppress it, then it would be easy to say that it would not be implemented directly.
After all, smart people know that they don’t have much prestige at all when they come to power. They still need to stabilize their position, and then first bring down the first generation of feudal kings, and then deal with the second generation of feudal kings, so as to reduce a lot of obstacles. .
It takes more than ten to twenty years to consolidate one's own power in order to achieve success once and for all, instead of being like Zhu Yunwen who eagerly wanted to cut down the vassal as soon as he got on the horse.
Originally, the legitimacy of his position was questioned by many people, but when he came up, he re-employed civilian officials, which made all the military generals feel cold. Who would mess with you?
But now, after Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Chen Han's words and heard what Chen Han said about such important matters as dividing people into acres and clearing land, he understood that if he did not give some benefits to the civil servants around the world, this reform would There must be many people who are slowing down the progress overtly or covertly.
In this case, ordinary people will suffer in the end.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said to himself: It seems that he still has to make some compromises with the officials. Even if it is to gain some virtue for himself, the power in his hands must be delegated a little. Otherwise, our son may not be able to do it. Good to he said: "First, compile what Chen Han said today into a memorial, discuss it with the courtiers tomorrow, come up with a practical method, and find a pilot to promote it.
Chen Han said that the treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty must be saved, and the coordinated issuance mechanism of the Yuan Dynasty must be learned. What do you think? "
Ling Han replied: "Your Majesty, I think it is necessary. Chen Han has just given a brief summary of the knowledge on the issuance of Zhongtong banknotes, but he still has to let the Ministry of Revenue read through the various regulations on the issuance of Zhongtong banknotes in the Yuan Dynasty, and then Make a plan."
Although Jiang Wei didn't particularly understand the economic systems Chen Han mentioned, he was still worried about one thing.
That is, if it is really liberalized and the people are allowed to exchange gold and silver, does the imperial court have so much gold and silver as reserves for the people to exchange?
So he expressed his doubts.
After listening to Jiang Wei's words, Zhu Biao answered first, "I think that what Chen Han said is urgent. First clear the land, implement the Kao Cheng method, clear the land, and find a pilot project to implement allotment into acres.
If the effect is good, it will be directly promoted to the world and a decree will be issued. From now on, all taxes will be converted into treasure notes and collected.
As a result, even if the people of the world wanted to exchange gold and silver, they would not dare to easily exchange all the treasure notes in their hands.
In this way, the pressure to exchange for gold and silver will be reduced a lot. "
Then he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, I would like to remind you that when we are clearing the land of the world, we should first prepare the yamen institutions that were set up when the Zhongtong banknotes were issued.
The Imperial Household Department led the Baochao Printing Bureau, which was transferred from the Imperial Household to the Household Department.
At the same time, the collection of taxes per mu was also handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Since the collection of taxes has been unified, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works cannot use the names of soldiers and servants to assign people at will and collect the bonus of people at will. "
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, which he agreed with, just like what Chen Han said.
All land taxes and miscellaneous taxes were collected into one tax system, which reduced the procedures in the tax collection process, reduced the possibility of cheating, and reduced the burden on the people.
At the same time, the head tax is also included in the land tax, which can truly reduce the burden on the people who have little land and no land, and can make those people hiding in the dark come back to life and achieve population growth.
Once the population grows, there will no longer be such a heavy burden.
These people will not be content with just earning such a small amount of hard-earned money in the fields, but will try their best to find something to do.
This can promote the market economy that Chen Han mentioned. Once this part of the spare labor force is invested in small businesses or handicrafts, it can lay a strong foundation for collecting commercial taxes in the future.
Therefore, even if it takes so much gold and silver reserves, more can be collected in the future.
Then Zhu Biao said, "Since the imperial court is going to make such a big move, it's time to make a big splash this time.
Now Beiyuan in the north has been beaten so hard that it can't hold its head up. After the Battle of Yuerhai, they don't have much spare power to invade south. This just gives the Ming Dynasty a chance to breathe, and then launches his vigorous reforms, bringing us The Ming Dynasty's original Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were credited.
Remove those bad policies and all obstacles that are not conducive to the Ming Dynasty moving forward in the future.
You can even directly announce a salary increase for officials. As for how much the increase will be, it depends on the discussion at the court meeting. "
……
Please read!
(End of this chapter)