Chapter 678 Imperial Meeting (2)

Bi Ziyan was very excited inside.

If allotment of land and salt administration could be implemented one by one, it would be of great benefit to Ming Dynasty's severely tilted financial system.

Just the Ding tax spread on the fields and the reorganized salt tax can be collected by the court and put into the national treasury. How big this scale is is unclear without specific accounts, but at least an additional 5 million taels can be collected every year.

This amount of silver is still available, and this is still the lowest bottom line. Even this tax amount may be several million taels more.

Every year, the Ming dynasty's treasury can generate such an extra sum of money. This will be a great benefit to the court, as long as the court will no longer govern the country.

"Lao Bi Ge, the good and bad of sharing a family with a small family is not just a matter of words."

Wen Tiren frowned slightly, looked at the agitated Bi Ziyan, and said: "Sun Chuanting violated the court's laws and regulations and violated the Ming Dynasty's ancestral system. Without the court's knowledge, he openly implemented the so-called "dining" in Henan.

acres, causing great public dissatisfaction.

If this is the attitude of the imperial court towards this matter, and once the public resentment cannot be channeled and some civil unrest occurs, it is anyone's guess whether the bandit rebellions that have occurred in Shanxi and other places will be repeated under the rule of Henan.

Things that are not allowed.

There is indeed nothing wrong with cracking down on land annexation, but has Mr. Bige ever thought that the apportionment of people into acres promoted by Sun Chuanting is equivalent to the abolition of the capitation tax and an increase in the proportion of land tax?

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No one who is an official in the court is a fool. Everyone knows what Sun Chuanting did in Henan. Without the emperor's secret instructions, Sun Chuanting would not have the courage to do such things in Henan. After all, this touch

The interests involve too many groups, including almost every group that existed in the Ming Dynasty.

According to what I know, those who left Henan and came to the capital to complain were all gentry, students, merchants, etc. from all over the country. On the contrary, they were ordinary people at the bottom, but I didn't see any of them.

"You are obviously making an oversimplification."

It is often a trial policy. After achieving certain results, certain experiences and lessons are summed up, and then the trial is continued in an expanded area. It is not until this policy is extended to the entire Ming Dynasty that it is initially concluded. What needs to be done after that is to continue

Adjustment and optimization.

Is it possible that just based on some people who complained, they blindly accused Sun Chuanting of doing something bad that harmed the Ming Dynasty?"

All those who came to Beijing to file a petition were escorted back to their place of origin by me.

As long as allotment is not abolished, it will be very controversial and even arouse strong public opinion. After all, it involves the core interests of groups that own large amounts of land.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was thinking about it, saw that the palace was quiet. Ministers such as Xu Guangqi all looked at him, narrowed their eyes and said: "I want to see how noisy you can be. There is a dispute over sharing the same family, right?

?Okay, then just keep reading.

Sun Chuanting's trial plan of dividing households into acres, and the reason why they were forced to come to the capital to file a petition, could this be evidence in disguise that they had a lot of land under their names, but the population tax that should be levied was very small?"

Like business tax resetting.

Like the mineral tax reset.

time difference.

"Speak, make a noise, why are everyone shutting up?"

Poor information.

However, if controversy, public opinion, and influence are formed on this matter, correspondingly, the issue of Tianjin's opening of sea trade, the Ministry of Internal Affairs' preparations for the establishment of state-owned factories, and the development of field industries will attract less attention.

It is inevitable that you will fall when walking with two legs, but walking forward with two legs alternately will ultimately make you walk more steadily.

Make a noise.

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair and narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the tense atmosphere again. Ever since he secretly instructed Sun Chuanting to trial the practice of sharing the land between households and households in Henan, Emperor Chongzhen had already thought that this scene would happen.

Bi Ziyan frowned and said loudly: "The imperial court doesn't know much about the current situation in Henan where people are divided into acres of land.

Like tariff resetting.

"I don't agree with what Mr. Wen Ge said."

However, although Emperor Chongzhen pretended to be confused, his attitude was actually very clear. I, the emperor of tomorrow, supported what Sun Chuanting did.

Reform and reform takes time. It is a long-term and arduous process of struggle. The redistribution of interests and the breakup and reorganization of resources take time to get through. This is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Just like the officials and the gentry, one pays food and one serves as an errand.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen didn't mention this matter, and it's hard for everyone to say anything else. If the emperor wants to pretend to be confused, then everyone will pretend to be confused.

The reason why Emperor Chongzhen did such things that seemed to be "covering his ears and stealing the bell" was actually closely related to the subsequent reforms.

"As Mr. Wen Ge said, the government wants to crack down on land annexation. After all, if this matter is not curbed, it will have a great impact on local stability. But land obtained through legitimate means is not subject to the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

Is it protected?"

Let's make a fuss.

If this was a sharp knife thrust into vested interest groups, if it were initiated by Emperor Chongzhen, many groups would be dissatisfied and directly set off a wave of rebellion against the Ming Dynasty.

Like the tea tax reset.

Xu Guangqi stepped forward and said loudly: "Is the public grievance mentioned by Mr. Wen Ge limited to a small group of people? Or is it the entire people under Henan's rule?

"Xu Yuanfu, do you think it is a crime to own too many acres of land?" The Minister of Punishment stepped forward at this time, looked at Xu Guangqi and said.

This is the key to the continuous advancement of the reform and reform. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to make effective use of these. When some new policies caused controversy, he began to strengthen the implementation of other new policies. When other new policies attracted attention, he quietly strengthened the previously controversial new policies.

Implement strength.

The Cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishment, and Dali Temple allocate manpower to me to form a joint inspection team to go to Henan to hear the case of the imperial complaint. At the same time, they secretly investigated for me whether Sun Chuanting's diversion of tenants into his own land was a public complaint.

If there are more, there will be less public resentment.

I don’t believe it. First, there was no disaster in Henan, and second, there were no excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. How did this civil unrest come about? The Beijing camp guarding the capital is also nothing!

Xu Qing, I will leave this matter to you. If anyone dares to do anything to bully superiors and subordinates during this period, then the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations are also not for show!"

"I obey the decree."

Xu Guangqi immediately bowed his head.

When dealing with extremely controversial matters, Emperor Chongzhen's attitude is to delay or treat them coldly. He will use his own way and his own means to support the pillars of the Ming Dynasty who are dedicated to the public good. As for the public opinion and influence it generates, he will have a great future.

Even though I'm here, I can't persecute these pillars!
Chapter completed!