Chapter 77 announces an increase in official salaries, and all officials are excited! cabinet.
After that discussion, Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian became strangers to each other.
After the cabinet members arrived in the capital, they were uniformly arranged to live not far from the imperial city in the capital, which was equivalent to living in a dormitory, and they were not allowed to come into contact with other ministers.
So they could only talk to each other, and this time Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian became close friends with the same views.
Although Xia Yuanji is more than ten years younger than Shen Liqian, this does not prevent the two from becoming very happy friends.
At this time, after the two of them finished dealing with the memorial, they took their time to drink tea and couldn't help but chat about the tax system issues in the previous two days.
"Master Shen, I have never thought of any good way to collect taxes from all over the world.
So many members of the gentry class, who enjoy tax-free immunity, are willing to let go of this piece of fat like this?
Officials like you and me, even if we see these problems, sometimes cannot change them, but we really hate them in our hearts. "
This is also a headache for Shen Liqian now.
If there really was a way to collect all miscellaneous taxes and the like in a unified way, both the people and officials would save a lot of trouble.
It's just a pity that now that the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes have depreciated like this, who can still use them?
And their plan to use silver to collect money was rejected by the Emperor. Now that they think about it, they think it makes sense.
In particular, Shen Liqian himself was from Songjiang Prefecture. Overseas trade was so prosperous that he saw too many goods from foreigners coming to the Central Plains and imported a lot of silver.
But it’s scary to think about it. Even the power of pricing will be in the hands of others in the future, so it’s a waste of time.
Moreover, once there is too much silver and it depreciates like treasure banknotes, it is better to use treasure banknotes. At least the right to mint coins is in your own hands.
The two sighed.
"It's too difficult. This is simply impossible." Xia Yuanji felt helpless.
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On the third day, the dynasty will be held in the main square of Fengtian Hall.
This time it's not just officials making trouble.
The officials were informed that today they were discussing a series of reform issues. They were all wondering, what reform? Zhu Biao stood beside his father's dragon chair and looked at the courtiers below. The weather was sunny today, the breeze was blowing, and it was very comfortable. All the officials were in good condition.
So he spoke directly without any nonsense: "The matters discussed in the morning today are all related to the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty. I will come up with a series of reform measures later. Dear ladies, you can speak freely."
It was the first time for Xia Yuanji and other cabinet ministers to participate in the imperial meeting, and they were quite excited.
In the past, they were not qualified to hold court meetings.
After Zhu Biao finished speaking, all the officials holding the wat board were surprised. This good guy is related to the reform of the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty. What kind of reform must this be.
I was very curious for a while.
Ling Han and Jiang Wei were excited that they were actually involved in such a great cause.
At first, Ling Han always felt that he was just a tool, but now he realized what a glorious thing he had participated in.
Zhu Biao stood under the sun, dressed in bright yellow robes, looking even more majestic, and his every move showed the domineering spirit of the prince of the prison country.
He said loudly: "The first one is to increase the salary of all officials and reduce the salary of the princes of the clan. The prince's salary will be reduced from [-] dan to [-] dan per year, and the prince who guards the Nine Borders will increase it as appropriate.
I wonder what you guys think? "
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As soon as these words came out, it was like thunder rang out in the main square of Fengtian Palace.
The officials all thought there was something wrong with their ears.
This is real?
Increase our salaries? Reduce the salary of the feudal clan? This is something that has never happened since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
When did the royal family become so generous?
It is quite courageous to directly operate on one's own family
Who would have any objection to such a good thing?
Who has trouble with money?Our salary is the lowest in history, and anyone who has an opinion is an idiot.
Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian were listening. Although they were shocked, they still felt that something was wrong.
They thought they would discuss tax matters, but they didn't expect it to be about this aspect? While they were still in a daze, the officials had already started shouting "Long Live the Mountain".
It was passed almost unanimously, without much hesitation at all.
None of them heard how much the Crown Prince wanted to increase the salaries of officials.
But they were excited when they heard that the salaries of the feudal princes were to be reduced. This shows that this group of people had long had great objections to the high salary of the feudal princes.
But Lao Zhu's methods were too cruel, so they could only curse in their hearts and did not dare to say it openly.
Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has proposed it, there is no possibility of objection.
Even if our salary does not increase, as long as the salary of the feudal princes decreases, we will be happy in our hearts.
Ling Han saw the officials shouting "long live" from below, and he wanted to laugh in his heart. Hehe, His Highness the Crown Prince was really smart not to mention things that would make the officials happy first.
You have accepted the reforms that are good for you. Then you will not be so shameless and say no to the bad ones. After all, you have taken so many benefits from His Highness and slapped His Highness in the face in front of him. Officials I dare not do it at will.
Seeing that the effect was so good, Zhu Biao actually smiled.
After being a prince for so many years, he still understands the little thoughts of the officials. If he directly tells them that sharing the family will damage the interests of many people, the officials will immediately have a rebellious mentality, but for now If you give benefits, then officials will be embarrassed even if they want to object.
Then Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Okay! Dear ladies, since you have passed the first reform measure, then let the Ministry of Household Affairs discuss the amount of salary increase.
All my dear friends are the humerus of the country. Now that the Ming Dynasty is recuperating and the people are getting better and better, there is no reason to suffer any more! "
Zhu Biao's words almost made the officials present cry.
He understands us so well! Our life these past few years has been really hard.
I can't eat well, sleep well, and my monthly salary is still so little.
Now His Royal Highness finally understands our difficulty, which is rare.
His Royal Highness is the good man! "Your Majesty is wise, Your Highness is wise!"
"Your Majesty is wise, Your Highness is wise!"
All the officials cheered.
Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at each other, and both father and son had smiles of success in their eyes.
Then Zhu Biao spoke: "This second reform is tax reform.
In view of the chaos of the taxation system of the Ming Dynasty today, land taxes, servants, corvees, and miscellaneous taxes are chaotic. The collection of summer taxes and autumn taxes seriously disturbs the people and makes it difficult for officials to collect taxes.
Your Majesty, after much consultation, we are now introducing tax reform. "
Xia Yuanji and Shen Liqian, who were still confused just now when the tax reform was mentioned, immediately perked up.
My heart suddenly became brighter. It seemed that His Highness the Crown Prince had not forgotten this most important thing.
The officials had different expressions when they heard that His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to reform taxes.
There were looks of shock on some faces.
Some had doubts on their faces.
Some are delighted.
Some of them suddenly became gloomy...
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