Measuring land is a relatively effective weapon in this era. For many landowners, it is almost like a slap in the face.
Especially in the current situation where the apportionment of land into acres has been implemented, concealing the land that has been cultivated is undoubtedly the best way to avoid taxes.
From the current perspective, it seems that the people behind this have always been Shanxi merchants.
Almost all other chambers of commerce are mainly Shanxi merchants.
But from another perspective, the implementation of many of Zhu Ying's policies continued to weaken the interests of the literati and landlord groups.
For example, now that people are sharing their land, the landless people have lost one tax, and the number of people with less land has also decreased a lot. However, the tax collected by the autumn grain court last year showed a slight increase.
You must know that the Yellow River flood last year had a huge impact. According to convention, it should have dropped significantly, but now it has increased.
The reason is actually very simple. Landless people have no food to hand over, and most of them cannot pay the poll tax.
After the land was divided into acres, all these taxes were levied on the landowners.
At present, Emperor Hongwu is suppressing the Ming Dynasty. Even if some small and dirty things happen, when it comes to big issues such as taxation, even the officials are at best in trouble.
The implementation of the policy is relatively solid, so this situation occurs.
Every time the land is measured, it is a big project for the Ministry of Household Affairs.
There is a saying that when the superior one opens his mouth, the lower official runs and breaks his legs.
Nowadays, when roads are underdeveloped, most country roads are inaccessible to horse-drawn carriages, so you can only rely on walking.
If you just walk around, you will be out for most of the month.
Although Zhao Mian and other colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue were a little bitter in their mouths, they naturally had no reason to resist His Highness Taisun's order.
Zhu Ying smiled and said: "I also know that measuring land is extremely difficult for officials in various places."
"For this land survey, I will report to Grandpa that half of the unclaimed land that has been confiscated can be kept by the local officials as a reward."
"Rewards will be distributed to those who have made the greatest contribution to the discovery of unowned real estate. The specific regulations will be discussed by your Ministry of Household Affairs and submitted to this palace for review."
"You don't have to worry about the Ministry of Household Affairs in the capital. After the registration is completed, I will give you the same salary reward based on the specific situation."
If you want a horse to run fast, you need the horse to eat more grass.
Zhu Ying still has her own way of boosting enthusiasm.
Especially for such a nationwide land survey, if there is no practical reward, the loss will not be half of the land.
Hearing this, Zhao Mian's eyes lit up, he stood up and bowed: "I sincerely obey the order of His Majesty Taisun."
Your Majesty will not be so generous. Zhao Mian is a smart man, so he quickly decided what His Majesty Taisun would say first.
With this edict, it will be much easier for him to carry out his work, which is a real benefit.
Although the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of finance, the officials there have no money to make money.
Whether it is Jin Yiwei or other surveillance, they pay great attention to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The Ministry of Revenue is His Majesty's money bag. A slight fluctuation can lead to fatal disasters. Even if the officials from various places are far away from the capital, they are still closely monitored by the secret agents of the Jin Yiwei.
Now that His Royal Highness Taisun has issued an order, it will definitely be a huge reward for the officials at the Ministry of Revenue.
At this time, except for Zhao Mian, the minister, the other household officials, including the left and right ministers, were all smiling.
"I will tell you the ugly things first. Since there are rewards, there will naturally be punishments. If it is discovered that an official secretly colluded with the local gentry and concealed the matter, then the rewards will be deducted accordingly."
"Those who colluded will have their official status removed and be punished as corruption."
"This measurement adopts the principle of off-site investigation, with prefectures and counties as the focus, and investigations are carried out in rotation."
Zhu Ying said again.
Even if there are rewards, it is absolutely impossible to avoid corruption. Cross-measurement and encouraging reporting are just to reduce this phenomenon.
As long as it does not affect the overall situation, the imperial court will definitely make a lot of money from this land measurement.
Pay more attention to areas where high-yielding crops have been distributed. Sweet potatoes and potatoes have lower land requirements, which means more fields can be cultivated.
When the harvest is guaranteed, the landowners and gentry will look for farmland.
As soon as Zhu Ying left, Zhao Mian and others became excited.
"His Royal Highness Taisun is really shrewd. He cooks like this, and officials from all over the country are full of energy when they go about their errands."
"To be honest, I want to be transferred to the Qing Li Department below. Sir, why don't you give me another chance?"
"Okay, according to His Highness Taisun's wishes, someone from our household department in the capital must go out to inspect, and it will be you then."
Zhao Mian laughed and said, although there are differences in rank, the relationship between the people in the household department is pretty good, and they talk more casually.
The official who had just asked for an errand suddenly smiled awkwardly and said: "You are joking, sir. I was just joking. Yes, I was joking."
Zhao Mian's face straightened: "I won't joke with you. This matter in various places must be strictly implemented in accordance with Taisun's order."
"The errands have been done. There are some from the Cleaning Department below, and there may be less from our household department in the capital. They are all very energetic and do it seriously."
"If someone screws up, I can't keep my bad reputation, and you can't make any money either."
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After coming out of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhu Ying went straight to the capital's residence to report.
Regarding the matter of measuring the land, let Yuan Jiachi prepare the draft first, and after the old man decides it at the court meeting, he can also publish it immediately.
Di Bao's current control over public opinion has exceeded Zhu Ying's imagination.
Especially for the conquest of Japan, not to mention other places, the people in the capital were very enthusiastic.
Many children from wealthy families even said that they wanted to join the army and join the army to conquer the Japanese country.
In today's world, being able to offer to serve as a soldier, even with a slogan, shows that the image of Ming soldiers is quietly changing.
Zhu Ying has already suggested to the old man that in order to maintain the positive image of sergeants, the regulations on criminal confiscation will be abolished.
Now the Ming Dynasty has too many places to employ people. Instead, it is in the field of sergeants. Even if there are half a million troops on expedition, the Ming Dynasty does not feel that there is a shortage of soldiers.
Taking the elite route is the result that Zhu Ying and the old man have already discussed long ago.
Yuan Jiachi here is of course acting in accordance with Taisun's order.
After the explanation was clear, Zhu Ying returned to the palace and gave the old man a final explanation.
"The method Da Sun said is feasible, so let's do it like this first."
Zhu Yuanzhang is a very stingy person, especially when it comes to officials.
According to Zhu Yuanzhang, measuring land is what the officials of the Ministry of Revenue should do, and there is no need for any reward.
Wouldn't it be impossible to do this without a reward?
On weekdays, the salary given by the court is just free rice.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually wanted to have a good chat with his eldest son about saving, especially in terms of expenses.
However, remembering that Da Sun often came up with a set of theories, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little powerless.
In any case, there are many things that Zhu Yuanzhang seems to do that are unnecessary, but the final result proves that Dasun is always making money.
Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang is too lazy to say more about this matter for the time being.
When the time comes, Jin Yiwei will be secretly assigned to sort out the list of corrupt officials, so that the grandson will know that those officials have the same virtues even if they show kindness.
"We also want to win against our eldest grandson once."
The eldest grandson was so outstanding that although Zhu Yuanzhang felt at ease, he lacked a sense of accomplishment.
I always want to let Da Sun make a mistake on something to show his sense of existence.
Well, not all people are like this.
Even Emperor Hongwu was not exempt from vulgarity.