As he said that, Zhu Yunxi waved his hands again and said, "Hey, you guys sit down and feel free to do so! Today is not a court meeting, but well... what our monarchs and ministers want to say is exactly what we will mention at the court meeting in the future! I guess you also have something in your mind.
Pu'er, if it wasn't really important, I wouldn't let you come back, and I would come back secretly, haha!"
Tie Xuan and Han Kezhong sat on the round stools, both smiling silently.
"The promotion of farming in Zhejiang is very good!" Zhu Yunxi continued to look at the account books they brought, "Last year I heard that some squires made trouble and surrounded the county government. Why are they so honest this year?
Obediently release all the people, and take the initiative to report the number of fields?"
"With Mr. Han here, it's not difficult for the gentry to think clearly!" Tie Xuan smiled, "Your Majesty, you still don't know that Inspector Han and Inspector Jing have a nickname among the gentry in Zhejiang!"
"Oh? Tell me!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"Black and white are impermanent!"
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi held his forehead and laughed, overjoyed.
In fact, how could he not know these things? What Jin Yiwei is watching everywhere is who opposes the diversion of land into acres. Zhejiang, Zhongdu Fengyang, and the Central Plains Province were the first places to try out this new policy. Now after the Huaibei flood, the entire
Huaibei Zhili and even the entire Ming Dynasty must implement this new policy.
Later generations thought that maybe "dividing a small family into a small family" was just four words. In fact, only when you sit up do you know how difficult it is.
"Squires from Zhejiang Province, I really want you two to deal with your black and white impermanence!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, "Otherwise, it would be really difficult to control!"
It is difficult to manage them. The most difficult thing is that most of these squire families have scholars in their families. Moreover, they are scholars who serve as officials in various yamen, even in the court, and in various state capitals.
These squires were not only the pillars that maintained the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but also the Ming Dynasty... to be precise, they were the stubborn disease of the feudal dynasty. And from another perspective, these people were an important part of the Ming Dynasty.
Parts, blood and flesh.
"It's not how I punish them!" Han Kezhong's face was like that of an old farmer, and he spoke with a hint of his hometown dialect. "As long as they break the law, I will be cruel to them. If they obey the imperial court, I will not only not punish them, but also commend them."
them!"
Zhu Yunxi casually took a walnut from the fruit plate next to him, pinched it open and said with a smile, "Well, give me a sweet date with a slap!"
"It's not sweet dates!" Han Kezhong scratched his head and said something unkind.
Tie Xuan glanced at him and then at Zhu Yunxi, "Your Majesty, the most fundamental reason why the rural landownership is so well implemented in Zhejiang is that it only harms the interests of some landowners!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi squeezed the walnuts with force with his hands.
"The poll tax has become a land tax, and each family is taxed according to the number of acres of land it has. The poor people are the most supportive of this new policy, because the previous poll tax was unfair to them. The rich can give birth to children at will.
They can afford it. But if they have fewer children, there is no strong labor force in the family. If they have more children, they have to pay, and the family's livelihood is cut off!"
Zhu Yunxi took small bites of walnuts and nodded silently.
"Poor people support it, and so do small and medium-sized landowners. By paying taxes on land, they don't have to go to great lengths to hide people. It seems like they suffered a little loss when they reported the land, but in the long run, they don't have to worry about it.
, can’t keep their ill-gotten gains!”
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi laughed.
Small and medium-sized landowners have tried their best to annex land, and of course they have to hide it.
Now it seems that I paid money, but it has become legal, so there is no need to worry about it in the future.
"As for the aristocratic families, there are also official families!" Tie Xuan continued, "The interests are slightly damaged, but..."
"But I can still bear it!" Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth and said decisive words.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Tie Xuan smiled, "Hiding people and land is a habit developed in the years of war. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, they can naturally take care of it and don't dare to go against the imperial court!"
"So, even if it's a small share of the land..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Yunxi spoke, "Even if it hurts the gentry in the world, it only hurts the skin of the gentry in the world. It's harmless. And he is not a fool. He can see that this new policy of sharing the land between people and the family has alleviated not only the
It’s the pressure from the imperial court and the conflicts between them and the poor people!”
"They can carry it clearly and know which end is lighter and which is heavier! And..." As he spoke, Zhu Yunxi nodded at the account books on the table, "You dare to say that your field records in Zhejiang are clear with your head, I believe
.But let me ask you, is this a register of civilian fields, or does the official’s field also count?”