Jiajing was able to live to the age of 60, all because he came to Beijing as a foreign vassal, did not encounter the heavy metal baptism in the Forbidden City, was relatively healthy, and after practicing Taoism, he also met the requirements of a stable mind.

Then Jiajing quickly asked: "Fairy, will the Ming Dynasty really perish in 84 years?"

"That's of course. Your Ming Dynasty had a lot of internal and external troubles, and it was pretty good that it lasted for 84 years before it fell. Of course, it was also because of the brutal killings at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the population recovery was slow." The girl said directly.

"Fairy, can you tell me why the Ming Dynasty died?" Jiajing asked again.

Apart from cultivating immortals, Jiajing was naturally concerned about his own dynasty.

At this time, the other ministers all trembled and knelt on the ground. No one dared to raise their head to look at the emperor, for fear of being dragged out and killed by the emperor.

The girl said impatiently: "You should know best why the Ming Dynasty perished."

“Do you know the dynasty cycle rate?”

"It's actually the land and population recovery cycle rate."

"Isn't it obvious at a glance? Look at you, how many lords do you have who don't pay taxes?"

"First of all, you have many vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty. They don't pay taxes, and they all occupy large amounts of land. Just one King Fu, oh, there is no one yet, has occupied 3 million acres of official land."

"Lao Zhu only wants to prevent future generations from suffering and let the people of the dynasty support your family."

"Many people in later generations still praise and lick Lao Zhu, which is really ridiculous. However, he is just a feudal and selfish emperor. There is no comparison with the truly selfless heroes of later generations."

"The results were great. The upper-level feudal lords were extremely rich, while the lower-level clan members starved to death one after another. They could not even become beggars. They had to starve to death at home and were not allowed to work as scholars, farmers, industrialists or merchants. They became useless pigs.

It’s just ridiculous.”

Jiajing's eyes were dazzled after hearing this.

This fairy has quite a poisonous mouth.

But if you listen carefully, you will feel an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

Aren't these just those big talkers?

During big ceremonies, this is the spray method.

All kinds of rules and etiquette were finally defeated by his own imperial staff.

But this girl has a layer of immortal protection on her body and cannot be hit with the imperial staff.

Otherwise, he would have been dragged down and beaten to death.

Jiajing looked respectful on the surface, but in his heart he was extremely angry.

I am the emperor!

Even the gods must listen to me!

But it was useless for him to be angry.

Only now did he realize the feelings of those officials who admonished him.

It's useless for the other party to be angry. Just saying "There is no bad king or father in the world" can cover up everything.

The girl did not let him go and continued:

"Lao Zhu wants the world to support his endless descendants."

"The result is great. I can only support a few direct descendants."

"After so many generations, the lower classes are starving to death. It's better to let people out and look at it as individuals."

"And the vassal king did not pay taxes, which directly brought down the entire court."

"Otherwise, we can survive the 300-year deadline."

Everyone nodded inwardly after hearing this.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up, he had already seen this.

It should be said that most civil servants have noticed this.

But having said that, even if the feudal lord doesn't take it away, these stewards will take it away.

The civil servants had long proposed to limit the supply of money and rice to the feudal king.

They also realized that as the descendants of the Zhu family multiplied, the people would only become more and more unlucky.

Later, the total amount was determined to be 6 million koku per year for all the feudal lords.

Half of them are natural colors and half are folded colors.

The true color is real rice.

The other half is converted into rice by using other things.

Or silver, or all kinds of coal, charcoal or materials, there are all kinds of things.

The civil servants could be fooled as long as they could, and there were not many times when the feudal king was able to get everything.

Their greatest harm lies in using their power to annex land and disrupt commercial order.

They can also enjoy tax exemptions without any scruples.

As the girl kept talking, Jiajing's heart kept sinking.

"Also, you administrators don't pay taxes."

“The families of local administrators are annexing land everywhere.”

"But he will not do any corvée."

“Each administrator’s family owns anywhere from a few hundred acres to a few thousand or tens of thousands of acres.”

"The annexation of land cannot be prevented, but it is only proper to charge high land use taxes."

“If you have less land, you will collect less, and if you have more land, you will collect more, so that you can have money to do things.”

"Those damn corrupt officials!" Jiajing couldn't help but curse.

"Oh, crows are as black as crows in the world," the girl said with disdain, "the so-called clear stream is the same."

"I remembered, there was talk about Xu Jie on the Internet, who was known as Qingliu and talented. His family, the Xu family, had more than 200,000 acres of land, and some said it was more than 20,000 acres."

"Of course the big head is still with the feudal lord, and we can't bully honest people."

At this time, Xu Jie's face turned red and he couldn't help but stand out:

"Immortal, I am really wronged. The family land is indeed only 20,000 acres."

"Okay, okay, I'm not sure about this either. History says you may have 200,000 acres, or maybe 20,000 acres." The girl waved her hand casually.

"But what the people fear most are all kinds of miscellaneous labor, building roads, rivers, palaces, receiving officials, and government expenditures in various places..."

"Instead of taxes, because the original taxes are very small. The servants cannot be found on the heads of officials and vassal kings, and there is no quota for the servants. They are levied until the people can no longer bear it, and they are all borne by the common people. This is how

It’s the big head.”

"Especially for those of you who are clean-minded. There may be some who are relatively honest, but most of them are just complicit in the evil and just want to have a good reputation."

At this moment, someone finally seemed to see the true nature of this fairy.

A Qingliu said tentatively: "Fairy Rong Bing, my family was originally in a remote village. I came to Beijing to pass the exam and passed the second-level Jinshi exam. If I stay in the capital, I am very poor."

"After 20 years of hard work as a Beijing official, I am still renting a house. There is no land at all in my hometown."

Many people also said: "Yes, yes, we are like this too."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The girl was confused when she heard this: "Okay, okay, I know there are honest officials among you."

"It's definitely unfair to kill them all, but there is definitely someone who slipped through the cracks."

No one had anything to say.

"For example, your Hai Rui is indeed very honest, and some honest officials are indeed very poor."

"Only on the salary of a few dozen taels of silver, I was living a miserable life. The hungry family could only eat gruel."

"The system of the Ming Dynasty is very deceptive. After forcing good people to become officials of the Ming Dynasty, they can only become corrupt officials."

Jiajing blushed upon hearing this.

The ministers shed tears after hearing this.

Especially those administrators whose yamen are deserted, with no one coming to them for years to come for services, have to live on their salaries all year round.

Many of them are still renting houses.

"Jingpiao" has been around for a long time.

Yes, this is all forced by your old Zhu family.

Immortals and people of later generations are still very fair.

"And this is what your ancestor, Lao Zhu, did to you, that idiot."

"His purpose is simple."

"Some people say that he killed corrupt officials for the sake of the people. P, he killed corrupt officials for his own family, because all he stole was his family's money." The girl squirted there.

"Actually, I want everyone in the world to support your family, Lao Zhu."
To be continued...