Ming Dynasty Zhu Di: Dad, why are you not dead?! Chapter 122 Wang Tian’s proportion! Zhu Gaoxu: I’m going to send troops to surround Shuntian! (5.6k please subscribe!)
Chapter 122 Wang Tian’s proportion! Zhu Gaoxu: I’m going to send troops to surround Shuntian! (5.6k please subscribe!)
After a cup of tea.
"Scattered."
With Ji Boying's faint words, the holographic projection was turned off instantly.
Phew~!
In the main hall of Zuixian Building, the emperor and princes sitting in these seats all immediately returned to their original expressions, but all of them were gritting their teeth and showing extreme hatred in their eyes.
In just half a cup of tea, they fully understood how a low-level citizen was oppressed by low-level officials.
Only Lao Zhu looked calm, with a hint of emotion between his brows.
The first visual experience he had just now reminded him of his childhood, when his parents were forced to be beaten by the police because they could not pay taxes, and he flashed back in his mind.
"I must kill these two officers!"
Old Zhu Di punched the table with his fist, gritted his teeth, and shouted sternly.
He has never felt anything like this in his life.
"Dad, it was an illusion just now, I couldn't kill you..."
Next to him, Fatty Yongle reminded him softly.
Old Zhu Di looked stunned, then took a deep breath.
The mixed emotions of powerlessness, humiliation, unwillingness, and anger just now rushed into his heart. This experience was so real that it made him forget where he was for a moment, and he almost thought that he was really that poor commoner.
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The same is true for other emperors and princes, their chests are rising and falling, obviously they haven't recovered yet.
"Do you understand?"
Ji Boying swept across these emperors and princes.
Just now, they used their first sight to put themselves into the situation of the servant, and fully experienced all the physical sensations and emotions of the servant.
"Jia San, tell me how you feel."
Ji Boying glanced at Xiao Zhusi.
"I want to rebel!"
Xiao Zhusi spoke fiercely, his eyes actually showing hatred for the imperial court.
Abiao took a deep breath and stood up.
"Master Immortal, I understand."
"For the common people to serve, their service will only end if they are recognized by the government. As long as the government does not approve it, the common people will have to continue to serve, endlessly, and even eventually die from exhaustion."
"And the way to get the government to approve the completion of corvee work, I think, is to bribe money."
As soon as he said this, the other emperors and princes remained silent. They had just detected the servant's mind.
How can a farmer's family, which can't even provide brown rice for a family meal, get the money to bribe officials?
In this case, apart from becoming a refugee, the only other option is to hang yourself. It is really better to die than to live.
"We must kill these bunch of dog-skinned flies! Skin them and turn them into grass!"
Lao Zhu's face was full of anger, and he slapped the armrest of the Grand Master's chair with a fierce look in his eyes.
"How many people can you skin?"
Ji Boying looked at Lao Zhu.
This question made Lao Zhu speechless for a moment.
The oppression of the common people by petty officials occurs all the time.
Unlike the corruption of the powerful in the temple, it covers the entire Ming Dynasty. It is easy to kill the officials in the temple, but it is too difficult to kill all the petty officials in the entire Ming Dynasty.
Tigers are easy to kill, but flies are difficult to fight;
The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with.
This is true regardless of the feudal dynasty or later generations.
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes, and said.
"Just because the people cannot support themselves by farming on their own, it is better to give the land to the local gentry. When the powerful gentry accepts the land from the farmer, he needs the farmer to work for him and earn rent for him."
"With the power of the gentry and the powerful, the local officials naturally dare not make things difficult. After all, delaying the farming of these tenants is tantamount to harming the interests of this group of gentry."
"Or to be more precise, these petty officials were instructed by the gentry to oppress these farmers and force them to donate their fields."
"In this cycle, the road of land annexation by the powerful and gentry has become a closed loop."
"This is the core of surrendering into slavery."
"What the people are escaping from is not heavy taxes, but hard labor, and hard labor is worse than taxes."
Boom...!
‘Hard labor is worse than taxes’!
These five words rang in the hearts of all the emperors and princes.
There is one thing that needs to be mentioned in particular.
In many readings popularizing land annexation in the Ming Dynasty, it is stated that the gentry in the middle and late period are exempt from tax. In fact, this statement is wrong.
From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to its demise, the imperial court had never promulgated a tax exemption system for the gentry. The gentry were exempted from serving as slaves and only had a certain amount of tax exemptions, and this amount of exemptions and exemptions increased with each new generation. p>
For example, in the Jiajing Dynasty, the first-grade official in the capital was exempted from rations of 30 dan and the population was 30 ding, and the following decreases in descending order, up to the 9th-grade official who was exempted from rations of 6 shi and the population of 6 ding; foreign officials were reduced by half; officials in promotion, supervision, and birth were exempted
Two stones of grain, two people of ding; if you become an official, you will be exempted from seven tenths of this product.
In the Wanli Dynasty, the preferential exemption quota for gentry was further increased. The current Jiake Jingguan was exempted from 10,000 acres of land for the first rank, and the following was reduced gradually. The eighth rank was exempted from 2,700 acres of land; the foreign official was halved; the official was exempted from six-tenths of the same rank;
The maximum number of acres of land that can be exempted for those who have not yet entered the imperial examination is 3,350 acres; for those who have not yet been promoted to official positions, the land that is exempted is 1,200 acres; for those who have not yet been promoted to official positions, the land that is exempted is 80 acres.
The common people donated land to the gentry and powerful people, mainly to rely on the power of the gentry to avoid being oppressed by the endless apportionment of corvee.
As for the reduction of imperial tax revenue.
This is also easy to understand.
After these gentry and powerful people have used up their quota of concessions, the remaining land can be used as long as it is not on the fish scale book.
After all, this preferential exemption amount is too low. A Beijing official has a rank of 10,000 acres, which is one hundred hectares of farmland. However, Mr. Xu Jie and Xu Ge had more than 20,000 hectares of land under his name back then, so it is not even a fraction.
When the Fish Scale Register was created in the early Ming Dynasty, there were approximately 8 million hectares of arable land in the country.
By the fifteenth year of Hongzhi's reign, even if some uncultivated fields were added over the past hundred years, the number of registered fields had been reduced by half, to only more than 4 million hectares.
In this land where the blood of Yan and Huang flows, officials protect each other and collusion of interests is an eternal tradition.
"Brother, what can we do to allow the people to work independently and no longer be oppressed by the powerful and annexed by the powerful?"
Lao Zhu frowned tightly.
He was originally a civilian from Huaiyou and came from a humble age.
After Lao Zhu ascended the throne, one of his administrative goals was to ensure that all people in the world had land to farm and could afford to eat. He treated officials even more harshly, because he did not want officials to oppress the people again in the Ming Dynasty he created.
Tragedy.
Therefore, in the Hongwu Dynasty, all the officials wished that the emperor would send it earlier, but the common people were extremely supportive of the emperor.
But Lao Zhu never thought of it.
The Ming Dynasty under his rule, after just over a hundred years, would turn into what he hates the most. How is this endless hard labor different from the former Yuan Dynasty, which will tax taxes fifty years later?! Lao Zhu's sharp gaze swept across these emperors in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
The emperors in office in the mid-Ming Dynasty all had evasive eyes and did not dare to look directly at Lao Zhu.
"Do you still remember the illusion I took you to see when you were able to pass the Dharma exam?"
The words fell.
Abiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he remembered what was written on the rice paper that day. He had even memorized some of the important ones that day. This is the memory of a top student.
"One whip!"
"Integrate corvee service and various taxes into the Spring and Autumn Period taxes, and pay them all in silver. This will prevent the people from being squeezed by petty officials. How wonderful!"
The emperors and princes in the first issue all had stunned expressions, recalling the content of the tax reform written on rice paper that day.
As A Biao said in this passage, the core point of a whipping method is to unify a series of miscellaneous taxes and corvees into taxes paid in money.
But the whip law also has its limitations. When Zhang Juzheng formulated this whip law, he had many loopholes in the whip law because he needed to compromise with the powerful, so that these powerful people could continue to take advantage of the loopholes to make money.
The students in the second period were confused. They didn't know what this 'one whip method' meant.
‘The Immortal Master is indeed an Immortal Master, and every word and deed has deep meaning.’
Just when everyone was sighing at the mystery of the Immortal Master, Ji Boying's voice sounded.
"What I want to teach you today is not a whipping method."
"In other words, it's not just a whipping method."
Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu Di, Zhu Laosi and others, especially the serving emperor, all frowned.
Not just a whipping method?
What could that be?
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes present, and could see the doubts in their eyes.
"Before solving this problem, we must first find out the core of the problem."
"1. How to prevent land annexation."
"Second, how to cut off the oppression of the people by grassroots officials."
After finishing his words, Ji Boying paused for a moment.
The entire main hall of Zuixian Tower was silent, and even the sound of everyone's breathing could be heard, waiting with bated breath for the immortal master to start speaking.
They all know that what the immortal master is going to say next is the solution to the problem.
Ji Boying's eyes especially glanced at Hong Xi and Zhu Zhanji.
Hong Xi and Xiao Zhu straightened their backs.
"Don't worry, Immortal Master, I will definitely bring you back every word! And urge my father to study!"
"Hmm."
Ji Boying nodded and then spoke.
"First, implement the Wang Tian proportion system."
‘Wang Tian’s proportion?’
When these four words fell into the ears of all the emperors and princes, they all looked confused. They had never heard of this thing before.
Have you ever heard of the Wang Tian Zhi, what is the Wang Tian Proportion System?
"Keep listening."
Ji Boying could naturally see the doubts in these people's eyes.
In fact, he initially thought about whether he could farm acres by allotment, but considering that Ming Dynasty will use overseas productivity to rapidly promote its own social development in the future, a large amount of arable land productivity will inevitably be greatly liberated, and farming acres by shareholding will soon be possible.
Eliminated.
"First, measure the land across the country, and issue an edict in the name of the emperor to recognize the land acquired by the powerful gentry."
"Absolutely not!"
After hearing this, Lao Zhu slapped the case and stood up.
In his opinion, these powerful gentry who annexed people's land are the worms of the country and should all be put to death!
"You have to do it even if it doesn't work."
Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu.
The trend of annexation in the Ming Dynasty was carried out by everyone from the chief minister of the cabinet to the county officials. Even the swords of the emperor such as Jin Yiwei were like this. If they were all executed, it would really be killing from the beginning to the end. No one would be left.
, the entire country's machine was down instantly.
Lao Zhu opened his mouth, but still didn't speak. He sat down again and continued to listen.
"After this, the emperor issued an edict that all land in the world, except for the land owned by the powerful and gentry, would be nationalized. In this way, farmers in the world essentially became tenants of the state."
"Then, this state-owned land is defined as an independent land investment collective, called Wang Tian."
"Let's give an example."
"A certain powerful man owned ten thousand hectares of land. The imperial court took out ten thousand hectares of land from the king's field and combined it with the powerful man's ten thousand hectares."
"After the merger, the state was responsible for managing the cultivation of these 20,000 hectares of land, and gave the powerful 60% of the income from the 20,000 hectares of land."
Hearing this, Immortal Jiajing frowned and couldn't help but speak.
"Master, why is it all my money, they take 60%, and I only take 40%?"
Ji Boying glanced at Jiajing, gave him a look that told him to shut up and listen carefully, and then continued.
"The following year, the imperial court allocated another 20,000 hectares and combined them with the 20,000 hectares. This year, the powerful people were given 30% of their income."
"Another year, the imperial court allocated another 40,000 hectares, combined with these 40,000 hectares, and gave the powerful 20% of the income."
"By analogy, when the proportion of land owned by the powerful is less than 10%."
Ji Boying glanced at the group of emperors and princes with a ruthless look in his eyes.
"Leave it to your own devices."
As these emperors and princes listened and thought, their eyes gradually changed from confusion to clarity.
The so-called "left to your own devices" means that you are out of the game with one kick, and it can even be accompanied by a house raid, so that you can get back everything you gave before, including the principal and interest.
"That's great!"
"It's really wonderful!"
The Jiajing deity clapped his hands and laughed happily.
"In this case, it will all be my money!"
Ji Boying glanced at Immortal Jiajing, wasn't this old boy devoted to cultivating immortality? He looked like he was out of money.
The other emperors and princes also had their eyes lit up after thinking for a moment.
The core of land annexation is to deal with the powerful people who own the land. Forced retrieval will inevitably cause chaos.
This method of boiling the frog in warm water is very good. By the time the frog reacts and wants to send it, it is already too late to resist.
Ji Boying's initial source of inspiration for the idea of Wang Tian accounted for the proportion of Wang Tian was Wang Mang's Wang Tian system, as well as several real cases he witnessed during his years of working in a large modern factory.
It is undisputed that the best way to solve land annexation is to nationalize all land, prohibit land sales, and rent instead of sell.
It's just that Wang Mang's reforms were too radical and ideal, and the land in the hands of all the powerful people was taken back to the country at once, which naturally caused crazy attacks and opposition from the powerful people.
The proportion of Wang Tian is like boiling frogs in warm water, allowing these powerful people to get more money every year than in the past. This captures people's short-sighted inertia and vested interests theory.
In the end, after these powerful people completely lost control of the land, they were kicked out.
It’s just that once this trick of boiling frogs in warm water is implemented, it will take more than ten years to gradually recover.
"Two, private land sales are prohibited, and future generations of kings are not allowed to grant land to powerful people and clan members."
At this point, Ji Boying mainly looked at Hongzhi Zhu Youtang.
Zhu Youtang was startled and quickly stood up.
"Remember the teachings of the immortal master!"
The young man Zhu Houzhao sitting behind him also stood up.
"Don't worry, Immortal Master, I will supervise the country from now on, and land granting will never happen again in Hongzhi's reign."
The Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, who was in the position of "Guiyi", looked at Hongzhi Zhu Houzhao with envy.
If he had been able to enter the court and supervise the country in advance, he would have fought with the civil servants for more than ten years after he ascended the throne, and ended up being chronically poisoned.
"Hmm."
Ji Boying nodded slightly and then continued.
"Third, after the land in the world is nationalized, farmers will become tenants of the imperial court. All miscellaneous taxes and miscellaneous servants such as field taxes, taxes, corvees, and servants will be abolished and unified as "rent taxes", which will be paid once every spring and autumn, and will be converted into silver taels."
"Fourth, a special Taxation Department is established under the Ministry of Household Affairs. The head of the Taxation Department has direct authority to hear from heaven. In the future, the taxation department will be solely responsible for the collection of national taxes. It will report to the emperor together with the Ministry of Household Affairs, and local governments will no longer be involved.
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After Ji Boying finished speaking, he glanced at the group of emperors and princes who were still digesting these four points, and sat back on the imperial chair.
Magic tricks.
I have an extra bottle of blue canned fire beef in my hand.
Open the easy-pull ring, take a sip, and refresh yourself.
"Brother..."
But at this moment, before Lao Zhu could speak.
"Reminder: The mandatory patch update has started"
A series of silver codes quickly passed before Ji Boying's eyes.
In just a few seconds, when the code disappeared, Ji Boying frowned.
The content of this mandatory patch is indeed a bit confusing at first glance.
"In order to reduce the influence of the host on the countries of various time and space, except for the emperors and princes of each time and space and the white list of the host, all other memories related to the host will be erased."
"The white list is open, and each time and space is limited to five people."
Ji Boying thought for a moment.
This means that for people like Hong Xi, Zhu Gaoxu, Hong Wu, Xu Da, and Tian Shun Yu Qian, their memories of themselves will all be erased.
However, this patch is actually beneficial to extending the country.
If you show up too much and everyone can remember your existence, you will inevitably lead to theology.
The great rise of theology is actually not conducive to the development of the times.
After all, looking at the development process of the West, it is the king's power that breaks the theocratic power, and then capital breaks the king's power, and finally promotes the society to move forward and enter modernization.
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Hongxi time and space, late at night.
Le'an, Hanwang Mansion, Houhua Courtyard.
‘Bang! Bang!’
This is the sound of the vat breaking.
At a glance, in this huge yard, under the moonlight, there are seven or eight large vats that have been smashed.
The bearded Zhu Gaoxu sat slumped next to a large vat, panting heavily. Ever since he returned from the orthodox time and space civil fort half a year ago, Zhu Gaoxu had started smashing ten vats a day.
In the past six months, not only 2,000 but also 1,800 large tanks have been destroyed in his hands, so much so that people in Le'an now give Zhu Gaoxu a nickname: His Highness the King of Tanks.
Zhu Gaoxu's hatred for his eldest nephew Zhu Zhanji had been building up for half a year, and it was getting deeper and deeper.
I am the king of Han Dynasty. If Jingnan had not been there for me, all of you would have been dead by now.
How dare you roast me!
When he thought that he was cooked alive by Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Gaoxu was so angry that he wanted to go crazy.
However, under strong mental pressure, he did not dare to take action.
Because he knew himself in other time and space, the rebellion failed.
Because he also knew that the immortal master could bring others to his Hongxi Dynasty, and with the existence of famous founding generals like Xu Da, if he rebelled, there would be no chance of winning at all.
Angry in his heart, he punched the vat next to him.
The big vat suddenly cracked under this punch, which shows that Zhu Gaoxu's iron vat fist has been completed.
And at the next moment, Zhu Gaoxu's face suddenly became startled, and the anger on his face turned into a daze. He seemed to be down on the spot and was uninstalling software.
In just half a cup of tea, Zhu Gaoxu went online again and glanced at so many broken vats.
‘Huh?’
‘Why on earth have I smashed so many tanks over the years? Why do I hate my eldest nephew so much?’
He had forgotten how he died, and had completely forgotten everything he had experienced half a year ago. Naturally, he could not remember the various scenes in the orthodox civil fort.
Zhu Gaoxu stood up and paced back and forth under the moonlight.
Although he couldn't figure out the reason, the cruelty he had accumulated towards Zhu Zhanji over the past six months could not be suppressed no matter what, and it kept impacting his mind.
This symptom is typical of ‘Unloading unclear cache’.
Although Zhu Gaoxu had forgotten why he hated him, his overwhelming hatred for Zhu Zhanji remained undiminished.
"No, I can't bear it."
"While the boss is critically ill! I'm going to send troops to surround Shuntian! Kill this kid!"
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