He has a lot to deal with these days, so the time for morning court can be shortened as much as possible.
All the civil and military officials in the dynasty had a thorough understanding of Lin Fan's temper. Therefore, no one would come to Lin Fan to report anything important.
"Your Highness, I have something to report."
At this time, Ni Yuanlu came out.
"kindness?
Ni Shangshu, what do you want to say?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Hey, Your Highness the Crown Prince, I have led officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to conduct an inventory of land across the country in the past few days, and found that there are 1.3 billion acres in two days!"
"This is the account book that I use to clear land records. I present it to His Highness the Crown Prince so that His Highness the Crown Prince can feel more relaxed when collecting taxes."
Ni Yuanlu said with a smile.
kindness!
1.3 billion acres!
Lin Fan was shocked after hearing this. You must know that according to historical records, the land owned by the Ming Dynasty at its peak was only 850 million acres.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty had experienced successive years of war. Although it was once again pacified by Lin Fan, there was still a lot of land that had not been recovered. There were so many fields!
It seems that historical records are not so accurate. With so much land, if you just collect it, you can make the Ming Dynasty completely wealthy.
"Master Ni, you have done a very good job on this matter. When the tax is collected, I will allocate part of it to the Ministry of Accounts."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Ni Yuanlu hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you so much, Your Highness! I am very frightened!"
"Why are you so scared?
How poor are your households now?
Once the imperial court needs money, it will be drawn from Jin Yiwei, and you must work hard to make the household department rich."
Lin Fan said.
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Ni Yuanlu said hurriedly.
Ahem!
At this time, many officials in the court began to whisper to each other, some officials even looked worried, and some officials from the Ministry of Revenue also looked embarrassed.
When Ni Yuanlu did this, most of the officials in the household department were unaware of it in order to surprise Lin Fan.
"kindness?
My dear friends, why do you all have this look on your face?
Could it be that this field has passed, or is it a bad thing?"
Lin Fan asked.
"Your Highness, having more fields is naturally a good thing. However, most of these fields are in the names of literati Juzi. They have merit and fame, so they can be exempted from taxes."
"This time, the taxes will be collected by the Crown Prince, completely separated from the Ministry of Household Affairs. I am worried that His Highness the Crown Prince does not know the reason for this..."
Guan Yin, who had no knowledge of the situation before, said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan didn't wait for them to finish speaking, and said directly: "You are worried that I will take over the fields of those literati and cause them to make a fuss, right?
However, their fame and privileges have been taken back, so naturally they cannot be exempted from taxes."
"Your Highness, you should think twice about this matter."
One person said.
"Let me ask you, if everyone puts their land in the name of a scholar, then whose taxes will the court collect?
Do all of you have nothing to eat?"
"That's not all. What if some people, in order to pay less taxes, put their land in the name of a scholar?
What if these literati want to rob people of their land?"
"Although this is the fault of the common people, they are ignorant and they are the largest population in our Ming Dynasty. Do you want me to watch them starve to death?"
Lin Fan looked coldly at the officials present.
The officials were silent.
Lin Fan actually had another deep intention in doing this, which was to completely mess up Nanjing.
You know, the officials over there didn't know what method they used to temporarily calm down the literati's anger, and some officials have already come to the capital to plead guilty.
Lin Fan didn't want to see them and had not allowed them to enter the palace. What he needed now was to add another fire to the literati in Nanjing City.
"Your Highness, what you said makes sense. We can strengthen management of this matter, but we cannot kill him with a stick!"
"Those literati have spent their whole lives studying hard just to be superior to others?"
"Your Highness, is it wrong to study hard just to be superior to others?"
The officials said one after another.
Lin Fan stood up, put his hands behind his back and said: "No matter what the purpose is, as long as you study hard, study hard, and make yourself better, it is right!"
"My dear friends, has it been a long time since my prince had a heart-to-heart talk with you?
Today, let’s have a good chat.”
"Didn't you say that those literati studied very hard?
Then have you ever thought that what they are learning now may be wrong."
this……
After Lin Fan finished speaking, all the officials present looked at each other and wondered if they had heard wrongly. His Highness the Crown Prince actually said that what the scholar learned was wrong.
Doesn’t that mean what they learned is also wrong?
"This! Your Highness, what we are studying now is the Tao of Confucius and Mencius that has been passed down from ancient times. It has been painstakingly studied by the world's greatest masters from generation to generation."
"That's right! Your Highness, what we are learning is self-cultivation, family management, country governance, and world peace. Without ten or eight years of hard study, we would not be able to succeed!"
The officials said one after another.
After hearing this, Lin Fan sneered in his heart, if what you are learning now is useful, will you still be beaten into that bear by Li Zicheng?
"My dear friends, let me ask you a question. When the bandits revolt, will what you have learned be useful?"
Lin Fan asked.
…
Baiguan was speechless and didn't know how to answer.
Lin Fan asked again: "Let me ask you again, can what you have learned be able to prevent people like intruders from appearing?
Is it possible to defend the enemy thousands of miles away and never have the trouble of being a slave?"
this……
The officials were silent for a while, unable to answer the question at all.
Lin Fan said coldly: "It's not that what you have learned is useless, but as the times change, we need more new knowledge. Otherwise, we will just stand still, and standing still means falling behind, and those who fall behind will be beaten!"
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"You have to know that our Ming Dynasty is not a country in the world. Now, our Ming Dynasty has the most advanced firearms in the world."
"This is our advantage. We have to invest more money to make this advantage bigger and bigger. In order to make the court rich, the social system must undergo a major reform!"
After hearing this, all the officials couldn't help but nod. Only a few of them looked disdainful and asked Lin Fan, "Your Highness, our Ming Dynasty's firecrackers and artillery are so powerful, who else can be like us?"