At this time, the Daqian Dynasty was still in its heyday.
Generally, in such a dynasty period, there are many talents and heroes.
It is indeed true that there are definitely not a few capable people and powerful characters in the court.
Moreover, as long as one is truly capable and capable, the royal family does not attach too much importance to family background, which is particularly rare.
In the story of Red Mansions, Wang Ziteng almost entered the cabinet and became one of the most powerful men in the entire Daqian Dynasty.
It's a pity that the four major Jinling families' basic interests were not strong enough and they fell apart long ago.
Wang Ziteng was unable to survive on his own, and he also encountered a strong backlash from the civil service group. As a result, he died outside the capital for unknown reasons.
He did not come from a serious imperial examination, but was a veritable official.
Of course, his defeat was not just due to the inability of the four major families in Jinling, but the overall defeat of the Xungui Group.
At that time, even the position of Minister of the Ministry of War was taken away by Jia Yucun, which shows the heavy losses suffered by the Xungui Group.
Since there are many outstanding people in the court, it is natural to see the problems in the court.
The biggest problem is naturally insufficient fiscal revenue.
Of course, it was much stronger than the previous Ming Dynasty, but compared to the wealthy Song Dynasty, Daqian's treasury income was far behind.
Comparing the two, there is a considerable gap between the two Song Dynasties and Daqian in terms of population, territory or other aspects.
But in terms of fiscal revenue, the annual income in the Song Dynasty exceeded ten million taels.
The biggest difference is definitely the income gap above commercial taxes.
Of course, at this time, there was a lot of commotion in the court over tax collection, so it was obviously not a good time to raise business taxes.
But if you want to increase treasury revenue, there are other ways to think about it.
A whip method!
Although the Ming Dynasty in this world collapsed after the Tumubao Incident, naturally there was no such outstanding person as Zhang Juzheng.
But the one-whip method is not an incomprehensible policy. In fact, Zhang Juzheng did not propose it in official history. It was just that he presided over the smooth implementation and continued the life of the Ming Dynasty for decades.
Since today there is a desire to increase the revenue of the national treasury, naturally some ministers proposed a whip method to replenish the national treasury.
It is a coincidence that the minister who proposed this policy happened to be named Zhang.
One stone stirs up a thousand waves!
How should I put it, a whipping law does not touch the interests of officials, but is an optimization method to simplify the tax payment of the people at the bottom.
In the past, land taxes included not only silver and copper coins, but also miscellaneous physical objects, such as rice, cloth and other things.
A whip rule is to let people exchange physical objects into silver to pay taxes, which is much more convenient and simpler.
It seems that it will not help much in the revenue of the national treasury, but in fact it is not.
There are too many hands and feet that can be manipulated when it comes to in-kind taxation.
Not to mention that prices can be artificially manipulated, causing considerable losses to the people who pay taxes. In terms of losses alone, the amount of money that can be saved every year is one million taels.
Ahem, a whipping method actually affects the interests of low-level officials and village elders who are responsible for collecting taxes.
But the problem is that most court officials don't want to see much change in the tax system.
Changes mean that there may be changes in interests, and more likely, changes in the distribution of powers and responsibilities in the court.
If the imperial court implements a whip law, will the person who presides over the implementation become more powerful, and may even attack the chief minister of the cabinet?
As for the chief minister of the cabinet, it is absolutely impossible for him to preside over tax reform matters such as a whipping law, unless his brain is full of water.
When the powers and responsibilities of the cabinet bosses change, the officials in the court will naturally also experience considerable power changes.
This is something that the cabinet, which seeks stability, will find difficult to accept.
No one knows whether today's government will take the opportunity to strengthen its penetration and control of the cabinet.
In addition, although the whipping method only touched the interests of low-level officials and village elders, the impact was not small.
How can a local squire dominate the local area and command the government office to help pursue the greatest interests?
Isn’t it just that there is a lot of room for manipulation in taxes?
Only by allowing the lower-level officials in the yamen and the village clan elders to have enough benefits and benefits can the local gentry better control the local area and turn it into a single party without losing their own interests?
However, if the whipping method is implemented, it will definitely increase the cost of plunder for local gentry, and local restraint will not be as strict as before.
After all, if you want to bribe low-level government officials and village elders, the cost is not small at all.
The interests of the local gentry may be affected. How can the officials in the court easily agree?
He has shown considerable interest today and is interested in all methods that can increase the revenue of the treasury.
A whipping method suited his taste very well. It did not affect the interests of officials and the powerful class. If he wanted to implement it, at least there would be little resistance from the upper levels.
He also understands that the real resistance lies below.
But now he doesn't care much about it. As long as he doesn't directly confront him, the resistance below will naturally be solved by ministers who are willing to come forward.
No, the minister surnamed Zhang took the initiative to request and was willing to preside over the implementation of a whipping law.
Although they are willing to agree now, the cabinet bosses have collectively stated that such tax reform matters still need to be treated with caution, so they can only give up temporarily.
Because of the sudden change in the court, the previous turmoil of the southern gentry's tax resistance became less acute.
But in fact, the contradiction is just temporarily put aside. No one thinks that we will really give up directly now.
Again, the emperor's face is not so easy to beat.
It can only be said that at that time, the southern gentry, especially the southern gentry headed by the Donglin Party, acted a little too fiercely.
The turmoil in the court had little impact on Ning Rong's second mansion.
Ning Rong's second house is qualified to go to court, but Master Pardon and Jia Rong rarely come forward, while Master Zheng, due to his character, does not dare to speak easily.
As a result, Ning and Rong's second house had almost no right to speak in the court.
Of course, as a result, many turmoils in the court will hardly affect the Ningrong and Ning Rong mansions. One drink and one peck will have its own consequences.
Jia Rong was naturally dissatisfied with this situation.
According to his thoughts, it is okay to remain silent in the court, but others cannot underestimate the influence and intimidation of Ning Rong's Second Mansion. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing for cats and dogs to have the courage to make their presence felt on Ning Rong's Second Mansion.
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No, just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the weather gradually turned cooler, Jia Rong suddenly and quietly rushed to the coast of Jinmen to enhance the voice of Ning Rong and the Second Mansion...