Han Du immediately smiled bitterly and said, "As the emperor has seen, the land of the fourteen chief envoys of the capital has indeed been cleared, and the number is relatively accurate. However, the chief envoys have allocated the land of each vassal state
Qingzhang also came in."
Zhu Biao immediately said angrily, "What do the chief envoys do for a living? How could the land of all vassal states be cleared? Don't they know that there is no need to pay taxes on the land of each vassal state?"
Han Du suddenly sighed in his heart and thought that it was probably because they knew that there was no need to pay taxes on the land in each vassal state that they deliberately cleared the land.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing now is that there is only more than a month left before the autumn harvest. Even if we go to clear the land again now, it will definitely be too late." ??
After listening to Han Du's reminder, Zhu Biao instantly understood the sinister intention of this move.
Han Du introduced in a faint voice, "Now the land of each vassal state is mixed with the land of the common people. If you want to collect taxes, you must either levy the land of each vassal state together, or you will not be able to collect taxes this year."
Zhu Biao's face was frosty, and he looked at the booklet on the imperial case with cold eyes. He said, "Can you distinguish the number of acres of land in each vassal state from that of the common people?"
Han Du also realized that Qitai had good intentions in order to deal with him. The acres of land reported by the Chief Envoy were simply a number recorded for a large piece of land. In such a large piece of land, there may be people.
are also mixed with those from various vassal princes' palaces, how can they be separated?
Han Du immediately smiled bitterly and said, "If they could be separated, I would have asked them to separate them long ago. The chief envoys did this on purpose. When they measured the land, they deliberately mixed them together. How can they be separated? Even if it is
I’m going to send people down now to check them one by one, but it’s too late.”
Zhu Biao took a deep breath, his face as dark as water. He sighed, "In the past, you said that civil servants would ignore the people of the world for their own interests. I also thought that you were a noble person and had prejudices against civil servants. Now it seems that you are absolutely right.
.These people live on the wealth of the people, but they ignore the people and the justice of the world. They fight with each other just for their trivial things! Taxation is related to the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and they dare to use it to do whatever they want!"
When Han Du heard this, he immediately fell silent. To be honest, he himself did not expect that these civil servants would be so decisive in order to target him.
If they attack him, Han Du will never say anything. The winner and the loser have nothing to say. But these people threaten the stability of the world and want to use this to bring Han Du down, even if the world is disrupted.
No matter what, Han Du looked down on these people from the bottom of his heart.
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, now is not the time to pursue them. Let’s first think about how to get through this.”
The autumn harvest is coming soon, and taxes will be collected soon after. At this time, even if you want to settle accounts with the various governors, there is no time.
What's more, since those civil servants dare to do this, it's because they have already thought of countermeasures. Even if they issue an edict to punish various political envoys, they can still use Tai Chi to push the responsibilities to each individual.
The magistrate should tell me that the land is owned by the prefectures and counties and has nothing to do with them.
Could it be that Zhu Biao could still issue an order to arrest all the officials in various prefectures and counties and hold them accountable?
Although Zhu Biao was angry, he understood that what Han Du said was reasonable. This matter would be extremely troublesome to investigate, and the collection of taxes was urgent.
"Do you have any idea?"
When Han Du heard this, he shook his head slightly and said helplessly, "Now that things have happened, there is no other way but to tax the land of each vassal palace together. Unless, the court does not want this year's taxes!"
It is impossible not to levy taxes. Are you kidding? This is a whole year of taxes during the Ming Dynasty!
The Ming Dynasty had so many officials, so many soldiers and horses, and several large armies currently preparing troops at the border, all of which needed money!
From the inner treasury that Lao Zhu left to Zhu Biao, it was possible to get this money out. However, it was money that Lao Zhu had saved all his life, and even Lao Zhu was reluctant to use it during his lifetime.
Besides, if no tax is levied one year, it will be even more difficult to levy tax next year.
The common people would think that since the court did not collect taxes last year and the court has been going through the year as usual, it means that the court is very wealthy.
If that's the case, why should I be taxed?
Even if someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of this, the world may be in chaos.
Zhu Biao doesn't think that the Ming Dynasty is now at its peak, and the world will be solid and there will be no troubles. There are dynasties that were at their peak but quickly collapsed in history. For example, when the Qin Dynasty perished, wasn't it the time when it fell?
Is it the time when the sun is at its peak? And the Sui Dynasty, the same is true!
But when he thought of collecting taxes from various vassal princes' palaces, Zhu Biao felt a wave of embarrassment.
Somewhat unspeakable
He said, "When my father was here, he personally issued the decree. Now that my father's body is still cold, I will tax the kings. Wouldn't it make people think that I treat my brothers harshly?"
Han Du looked at Zhu Biao and immediately felt the gap between the historical lord Zhu Yunwen and him. Historically, Zhu Yunwen had just ascended the throne and had not even sat on the dragon chair to warm himself, so he impatiently followed Huang Zicheng's words and wanted to cut down the vassal.
We know whether there was any intention for King Yan to come to Beijing when Lao Zhu died in history, and why Zhu Yunwen buried Lao Zhu in a hurry. These doubts aroused deep suspicion among the kings.
After all, if Lao Zhu had not issued such a decree, then where did the decree to summon King Yan to the capital come from? And why did it happen to summon King Yan to the capital? Aren't the other kings the sons of the late emperor?
Or is it that King Yan has long coveted the throne and made preparations in advance?
Under such circumstances, Zhu Yunwen would be impatient to cut down the feudal clan. You may have just been skeptical at first, but with the move to cut down the feudal clan, they can take action.
Compared to Zhu Biao, he was much more sober. Didn't Zhu Biao know the dangers of the vassal king supporting his troops? Han Du reminded Zhu Biao more than once.
But how did Zhu Biao answer Han Du? According to Zhu Biao, the Ming Dynasty is not at peace in all directions, and it is not the time to enter Kuma and release Nanshan with swords and guns.
To the north, there are still tribes such as the Oara Tatars living deep in the grassland. To the west, Zhu Biao has learned from Han Du that there is a huge empire taking shape there, the Timurid Empire. The king of the country has been to the Ming Dynasty, and he
Timur, who I also saw with my own eyes.
Zhu Biao has a clear understanding of whether a war will break out between the Timur Empire and the Ming Dynasty. There must be a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Timur Empire!
After all, as the leader of the country, Timur actually took the risk of spending ten thousand gold to come to the Ming Dynasty in a white dragon fish suit. He couldn't be naive enough to think that he really just came to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, right?
In addition, there is Uzang! Although Uzang has been paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty since the first year of Hongwu, he has always been very respectful. But all this is based on the strong strength of the Ming Dynasty.
, if one day the Ming Dynasty declines, it is still unknown whether Uzang will still be as respectful as it is now.
The south is a little better. Annan has directly become King Qin's back cover, and Siam is also extremely submissive. There won't be any major events here.
After Han Du pondered for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, I think that if you are willing to pay the taxes yourself, it will not harm the Emperor's reputation!"
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br> "Voluntarily pay taxes?" After hearing this, Zhu Biao shook his head and sighed, "Do you think they will be willing?"
Han Du gradually came up with a clear plan in his mind, and slowly smiled and said, "It all depends on people. If the emperor can understand it with emotion and reason, it is not impossible for the princes to understand the righteousness and voluntarily share the emperor's worries!"
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Zhu Biao immediately glanced at Han Du and said in a deep voice, "Speak humanly!"
Han Du immediately straightened his expression and said, "Your Majesty, I remember that the land of the princes was clearly specified by the late emperor. Generally, it is between 10,000 acres and 20,000 acres, with a maximum of no more than 20,000 acres. But according to the
As I know, the kings in the past bought a lot of land. They said they bought the land, but how they got it is not very clear to the court. The late emperor had made a decree that, in addition to the land granted, all the land should be purchased by them.
The palace is not allowed to purchase land without authorization."
Zhu Biao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately said, "What do you mean?
, do you want me to use this to make the kings pay taxes?"
Han Du did not nod, but just smiled and said, "Didn't I say that it is difficult to distinguish the land of the princes? In this case, I think that the emperor can directly exclude the taxes of the princes based on the amount of land given by the emperor.
That’s good.”
Eliminate? Zhu Biao took a deep look at Han Du.
Han Du smiled and continued, "Of course, if the princes do not agree, they must pay taxes on how much land they have."
"More than that!" Zhu Biao nodded and said, "I will also issue an edict to prohibit the princes from purchasing land without authorization."
"Your Majesty is wise!" Han Du quickly bowed and said with a smile.
Zhu Biao nodded slightly, waved his hand towards Han Du, and said, "I know how to do this!"
Then he said to Wang Yue, "Pass an edict, hurry up for eight hundred miles and summon all the kings to the capital!"
Zhu Biao gave the order, and hundreds of fast horses rushed out of the city gate in the setting sun, heading in three directions: north, south, and west.
Within half a month, even the farthest kings of Liao and Han arrived in the capital.
The return of the kings to the capital aroused a burst of curiosity among the people in the capital. They all speculated on what big event had happened that caused so many princes to return to the capital.
However, the people just paid attention and ignored them. After all, they had just seen these princes return to Beijing last year, so seeing them again now had no novelty.
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