Chapter 78 It was announced that all the officials would be divided into two households, and all the officials immediately objected! Zhu Biao could not see the expressions of all the ministers at a glance, but the imperial guards arranged by Jiang Yu immediately began to record the expressions of the officials, especially those ministers who showed unhappy expressions.
He even secretly drew the changes in expressions on the officials' faces on a small board.
Among them, the change in expression of Lu Ben, the minister of Taichang Temple, is particularly thought-provoking.
He didn't immediately become gloomy, but was shocked and a little unbelievable at the same time.
While the officials had different expressions, Zhu Biao did not go around in circles and said directly: "This method of reform is called sharing the land with the family."
The officials had no idea what this meant.
Zhu Biao explained the idea of dividing the land between small households and acres according to what Chen Han said.
At first, some officials thought it was nothing, but when they heard that all the land in the world had to be measured again.
And when the land of the gentry or the common people had to be measured, some people began to panic.
But there were also some officials who almost jumped up and applauded when they heard that all miscellaneous taxes were changed to levy on treasure notes, and even the poll tax was directly waived and spread to the land tax all over the world.
These officials know very well how the wealthy classes below conceal their population and fields.
The rich who were supposed to pay more were reduced to lower households. Not only did they have fewer people to handle the corvee distribution, but they also paid the least in taxes.
They already had big opinions.
Now that the poll tax has been abolished and taxes are levied based on the amount of land, doesn't it mean that the burden of people with little or no land can be greatly reduced.
Moreover, the poll tax has been cancelled, and the people in every field hardly have to pay taxes. On the contrary, the big landowners in Duda are crying.
But there were also many officials whose faces immediately darkened after hearing this.
In this way, the tax paid by the family will be much higher.
Although he has the privilege of being an official, the land that was annexed later cannot be taken out openly. It is all attached to the talents and officials. If this is found out, not only will he have to pay taxes, but he will also have to face punishment. .
After hearing this reform measure, Xia Yuanji was so excited that he almost jumped.
God! Isn’t this the tax reform we’ve always wanted to accomplish?
Consolidating all miscellaneous taxes into one levy, and collecting them in treasure banknotes, will also be effective in withdrawing the existing Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes on the market.
He has long had strong opinions on the issue of inflation caused by too much treasure money on the market.
If the purpose of recovering a large amount of treasure banknotes can be achieved, it will also be a great thing to suppress the depreciation of treasure banknotes.
This is really a genius reform measure.
It's really a good thing.
It can not only rectify the tax system and reduce the burden on the people, but also withdraw the treasure banknotes to suppress the depreciation of the treasure banknotes. It's great, a genius measure.
Xia Yuanji looked at His Highness the Crown Prince who was standing above Dan, and felt that His Highness the Crown Prince was like a god at this time.
Xia Yuanji has always boasted that he has made great achievements in finance, but now he realizes that compared to His Royal Highness, he is nothing more than a speck of dust between heaven and earth.
His Royal Highness’s reform measures are truly thorough.
But while Xia Yuanji and many officials were happy, some officials who had looked unhappy just now stood up.
The first person to stand up and object was actually the Prince's father-in-law, Taichang Temple Qing Lu Ben.
"Your Highness, I dare not agree!"
After Lu Ben came forward, many officials had expectations.
Look, His Royal Highness the Prince’s father-in-law thinks this reform is not seems that His Highness the Emperor is unpopular.
Zhu Biao was not surprised at all and asked: "Come on!"
Lu Bendao: "First, the Fish Scale Book was reformed not long ago two years ago. Such a large-scale war to re-measure the land will inevitably disturb the local area, and the people will be easily disturbed because they don't know why;
Secondly, combining all taxes into one levy, how much should be set for physical taxes, and how to exchange treasure banknotes are all a confusing matter. Not only will the people suffer losses out of thin air, but there is no method of operation, and it will breed official corruption. Not beautiful;
Thirdly, Ding Yin is a tax that lasts for thousands of years, and it is also an important tax for our court. Canceling Ding Yin and spreading it into field tax will reduce the court's income, and fear that black households will suddenly appear in the world, and trouble will occur when people are idle, and the court must not ignore it. "
Luben's three points may seem reasonable, but they are just excuses.
But no matter what, someone stood up and objected, and an official immediately stepped forward and said: "I second my opinion!"
"I second my opinion. Ding tax is an important source of tax for the imperial court. This move will reduce the tax revenue of the whole world. This is unacceptable!"
"The minister waits for the second opinion!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the officials who stood up and recognized them at a glance. Many of them were from the southeast.
Xia Yuanji became anxious when he saw this, and stood up directly: "My lord, Xia Yuanji, the head of the Household Department, disagrees!"
When the courtiers saw young Xia Yuanji standing up with a wat board in his arms, several officials immediately showed disdain in their eyes.
"The head of a small household department is not even qualified to go to court. How can you speak here!"
"What you said is true, the censor on duty should kick you out!"
"Young boy, I'm afraid your father wasn't even born when we were doing big things."
After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the sound from above, he shouted in a deep voice: "I called them up. Do you have any opinions?"
There was a buzz, and the officials who laughed at Xia Yuanji shuddered immediately.
He quickly hugged the Wat board and apologized.
Zhu Biao didn't care about this, "Xia Yuanji is here!"
"Here!" Xia Yuanji was also young and energetic, talking eloquently in front of all the civil and military officials.
He enumerated one by one the current chaotic taxation system of the imperial court, focusing on making it clear that many powerful people used their privileges and exemptions to conceal their land and pass all taxes on to the people, so that the rich had endless fields but did not pay taxes; the poor had no tax. They don't even have a place to stand, but they pay heavy taxes.
Many people turned pale after hearing this.
Many supporters even sang loudly.
"What Mr. Xia said is true!" Shen Liqian stood up.
The officials were even more surprised to see an unfamiliar face.
But Shen Liqian held his chest high, hugged the wat board and bowed to salute, Zhu Biao said: "My dear, you can speak freely!!"
Shen Liqian said to the officials: "As long as I explain to the people the purpose of clearing the land and strictly understand the benefits of dividing the land into acres, the people of the world will only welcome it, and there will be no objections.
I'm just afraid that those who have evil intentions in their hearts, those who obviously have countless fields in their homes, will blindly block the New Deal! "
Some officials jumped out like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "You are talking nonsense and you are a sycophant!!"
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