Chapter 127 Super Double, Armed Taxation
Wan Shihe described Yin Zhengmao’s capture of Luzon as a misunderstanding. This is an extremely shameless approach, but with a slight twist, it becomes extremely reasonable. .
Is the result or the process more important? In fact, it is the impact and feedback after the results that are most important.
"Wang Daokun and others came to remonstrate over the dispute over Songjiang Shipyard." Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial. This time the main content of the court discussion was focused on the opening of the sea. If you want to open the sea, you must There is a boat.
There have been some disturbances regarding Ming Dynasty’s shipbuilding.
There are mainly three ideas. The first is to follow the methods of the ancestors and fully imitate the ships of the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty; the second is to fully imitate foreign ships; the third is to combine Chinese and Western methods to create a unique A special ship from the Ming Dynasty arrived.
The first idea is difficult to realize. The wood used to build the ship was built with all the efforts of the world. It is really difficult to restore the glory of the ancestors in a short time. Moreover, one hundred and sixty years ago The shipbuilding experience and ideas are indeed a bit backward at the moment. Ming Dynasty lost its commodity advantage in shipbuilding.
The second way of thinking is what Songjiang Prefecture is doing now. This is also the reason why Hong Mao Fan set up a shipyard in Luzon. The wood that is so suitable for shipbuilding is in the place controlled by Hong Mao Fan. Not at all.
It is only distributed in Luchuan, Myanmar, Siam, Annan and other places. It is also very convenient to use nearby materials for construction. There is teak in Wanli Seawall. This kind of hardwood is most suitable for shipbuilding. Moreover, Luchuan’s teak industry chain is extremely stable. The supply was large enough to enable immediate shipbuilding.
That’s why there were imitations of three-masted merchant ships. The movement was very fast, and the ships were already launched. This was a kind of assembly, and it was also a restoration of the shipbuilding capabilities of the Ming Dynasty. It was not that there was no shipbuilding industry in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty, but Due to the long-term maritime ban and limited scale, the imperial court naturally clenched its fists to handle big things.
The third type is the opinion of the Maritime Hall, and improvement is also the consistent practice of the Ming Dynasty.
On the Thai and Western ships, the Ming Dynasty Navy also discovered some shortcomings and has made improvements. For example, the hard sails used by the Ming Dynasty are far more practical than soft sails, and can withstand winds from all directions, and the speed is faster. Fast, for example, Thai and Spanish ships do not have watertight cabin designs.
The watertight cabin design during the Yongle period was still ahead of that of the West, and its structure was simple and easy to improve.
"So that's it. The reason why the lucky boat is called the lucky boat is because it is a lucky boat." After reading Wang Daokun's memorial, Zhu Yijun realized that the origin of the word "Fu Chuan" was that because of the watertight cabin, the ship During the voyage, the probability of the ship sinking due to a water leakage accident has been reduced from 90% to 20%, which is a lucky ship.
In the watertight cabin, there is a water eye hole located at the bottom of the bulkhead. When the bulkhead board is flooded, it will quickly block the water eye hole under the pressure of the water to prevent Continue to permeate the shipwreck.
Once water seeps through a Western ship, it is almost certain to sink. The Ming Dynasty’s watertight cabin idea is to divide the ship into airtight rooms. Once there is water seepage, seal a cabin to prevent the ship from sinking, so it is called Fortune ship.
These ideas of combining ancient and modern forces, using both Chinese and Western ideas, immediately became a mainstream voice, and even the court heard their cries.
Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said: "The sea is tolerant of all rivers, so it is great. Learn from each other's strengths and eliminate weaknesses to retain the essence."
The Ming Dynasty lost the advantage of goods on ships, which was the loss of the Ming Dynasty for one hundred and forty years. , the supply chain of ships was lost, including the supply of wood, bamboo, iron, oil, hemp, rattan, etc. There were more than 40 kinds of materials alone. If the imperial court wanted to build sea-going ships, these would naturally have to be connected.
The loss of product advantages does not mean that Ming Dynasty’s design ideas have completely fallen behind.
Building a ship is by no means that easy and simple. For example, the iron alone includes cut iron, steel, construction iron, new nails, yellow nails, nail blanks, iron wires, anvils, iron bars, poles, scales, etc. There are several types, all of which require work.
Songjiangfu Shipyard recruited a total of 3,260 shipwrights, more than 6,000 laborers, and labor and materials from Qingjiang Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, etc. There are 317 Nan soldiers, who are responsible for the inspection of garrison, laws and other matters.
This is a huge system project. If you want to realize it, you must have an efficient court to schedule it. Obviously, the Ming Dynasty under the imperial examination can do it.
Songjiang Shipyard has been in a state of temporary confusion since its establishment. Money has been spent, people have arrived, and expectations have been raised. What kind of ship is more suitable to build? Yin Zhengmao came down to Luzon and sent all the information from the Manila Shipyard to Songjiang Prefecture. Since the Hongmao people used this kind of ship to cross the ocean, they should build this kind of ship first and make do with it first. Then solve the problem whether it is good or not.
Obviously both Songjiang Shipyard and Maritime Academy are very concerned about whether the solution is good or not. Combining ancient and modern efforts, the combination of Chinese and Western methods has become a mainstream.
This combination of ancient and modern forces, the simultaneous use of China and the West, was not just the first one proposed by the little emperor. The Ming Dynasty improved bird guns and Franco cannons, all based on this idea. This idea of improvement has a long history. .
This matter really needs to be decided by the court, and it requires decisiveness, otherwise the quarrel will be endless, and no one can bear the responsibility of violating the ancestral family law. The ancestral things are not good, and the foreign ships are good. With the wind and public opinion coming together, should the shipyard continue to work? Songjiang Shipyard certainly knows what to do, but such political pressure cannot be decided by a shipyard.
This is a concrete manifestation of the political rigidity of the Ming Dynasty. When a new thing appears, the first consideration is the political impact.
This sentence itself is Zhu Yijun's instructions for external communication, and there is nothing to refute. If you want to criticize, it is also to criticize the old Taoist priest Jiajing. He first started to improve the matchlock gun and the Franco machine gun. This is the ancestral law. , Jingtian Fazu are the four characters of Qianqing Palace.
The court discussion is still going on, and the noisy issue is still the issue of collecting the official tax. The country is not rich and the people are poor, and the issue of returning the land is also a huge issue on the table.
"How to collect the official tax after the land is returned? The past grain chiefs have been eliminated due to long-term mergers. Now the Ming Dynasty's official tax is simply robbing. The powerful and powerful households cannot receive it, so they can only plunder it from the small people. The small people don't have it. The two taxes in summer and autumn are fought every year, which is really difficult to deal with. "Wan Shihe talked about the common phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty.
Hai Rui also said with some emotion: "It is indeed common. When I was in Yingtian Mansion, I also discovered this vicious cycle."
"So Yin Butang is in Jinan , demolishing the door and moving the bed, what can be done if the court knows that the gentry is a powerful person? Will the bandits be suppressed? Will the Japanese pirates be punished? "Ge Shouli was also full of emotion. said.
Hai Rui, a wealthy Jin gentry, was impeached and went home to stay idle and was no longer allowed to sign official documents. However, Yin Zhengmao had already visited the house and the court was indifferent.
The Ming Gongs of the Ming Dynasty are the ministers that His Majesty has identified and can be brought to the Ancestral Temple to show to the ancestors. They are not rotten fish or shrimps, nor are they wine bags and rice bags.
In fact, what they discussed involved a common phenomenon both inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, and it was also a topic that could not be touched. The small people were armed to resist taxes, or civil unrest.
Powerful men are extremely good at creating chaos among the people in a royal way.
That is to shift the pressure on the court to collect taxes downwards, forcing the court not to increase taxes or even collect taxes.
This was also the main contradiction of the Japanese invasion at that time. The imperial court wanted to collect taxes and set up banknotes like the Yuegang Rating House to draw points. The powerful people immediately exploited the money and caused civil unrest.
This is the plan that the scholar Gu Shaofang used when faced with the order from the court to return the farmland. The powerful people have already formed a path dependence, forcing the people to have no way to survive, and they become bandits and bandits into the sea. , forcing the court not to collect taxes.
The pessimistic Wang Zhigao said with a little helplessness: "The serious harm of appeasing bribery has been done, and it is difficult to recover."
"It is difficult to overcome difficulties, the road to Shu is difficult, it is difficult to reach the sky!" Wang Xijue, who is in charge of the Hanlin Academy, is also full of emotions.
A dead end.
Local officials, if they want to complete the taxes distributed by the court, must appease the local big households. Otherwise, if the big households don't pay, they have to go to the countryside to plunder. When they go to the countryside to plunder, the people will use everything they can use to resist the taxation. , it’s not that the common people don’t respect the imperial court, because there are too many. Large local households have appropriated most of the means of production but refuse to pay, so the common people have to bear these taxes.
The court's fish scale book is placed there, and how much land a county has and how much official talent it should have are placed there.
The specific manifestation of this terrible vicious circle in taxation is: if local officials want to collect taxes, they must appease the powerful people who occupy the vast majority of the means of production. The more they tolerate it, the more the means of production will be affected. It is not uncommon for land to be used for strong personal dependence in the hands of powerful people, including the people themselves.
The powerful and powerful people will become more and more arrogant when they take advantage of the self-respect of the land and the people, and do not take the court into consideration. And the local officials will indulge in the powerful and powerful people.
Once the imperial court forces the powerful to return their land, the powerful and powerful who previously followed the imperial court to expropriate the common people will use the people who are attached to them to resist and fight against taxes with arms, leaving nothing but chicken feathers in the land.
Is it just a tax? All local activities, including corvee labor, suppressing bandits, repairing bridges and roads, building schools, etc., and all government decrees were caught in this predicament, but there was nothing they could do about it.
This is what Zhang Juzheng repeatedly mentioned that the New Deal and power are both top-down and bottom-up.
"Let's continue the court discussion." Zhang Juzheng did not give any specific method.
After the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng still looked sad. He thought of a way, and this method was effective.
I just don’t know if His Majesty the Emperor is willing to do it. Once this thing is done, it will not only be Zhang Juzheng who will be scolded, but the little emperor will also be scolded.
"Sir, tell me what you have to say." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng's constipated look, and even considered asking Chen Shigong to come over with a three-grade gun and give Zhang Juzheng a big look, and speak hesitantly if he had anything to say.
Zhang Juzheng took out a memorial and handed it to Zhang Hong, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial."
"Sir, it seems that you have violated the rules." Zhu Yijun took the memorial , without opening it, Zhang Juzheng bypassed the cabinet, bypassed the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and presented the memorial directly to the little emperor, indicating that this matter was of great importance.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "It's a very great achievement."
Zhu Yijun calmly finished reading Zhang Juzheng's memorial, closed the memorial very calmly, handed the memorial back and said: "Sir, I can't afford this reputation. I'm still young, so I don't think it's a big deal. If the trouble gets serious, I'll bow my head, admit my mistake, write a note about my sins, and go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. From the previous reading, everyone should just pretend that nothing happened."
"Your Majesty, how can you be wrong?" Zhang Juzheng held the memorial and said, "It is the greatest disrespect for a minister to bring his Majesty into a bad name. "
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Sir, why can't you use all the people and things you can use to bring about the resurrection of the Ming Dynasty? , I am not sure whether I am guilty of all kinds of sins or not. Whether I will read this note of sin is another matter.”
Zhang Juzheng said with an embarrassed look: "Your Majesty."
"Sir." Zhu Yijun said gently.
Zhu Yijun continued: "You cannot submit to this memorial. If you submit to the memorial, you will prove Fu Yingzhen's accusation, and you will be convicted of transgression. Ge Shuli, Zhang Siwei, Wan Shihe, and Fu Yingzhen are all waiting for this day. , waiting for the day when Mr. Xiang takes the initiative to usurp imperial power, the disciples who follow Mr. Mr. will also leave him. Then, with the help of my big flag, they will knock Mr. to the ground, step on him in the dirt, and trample him severely. . ”
“The disciples promoted by the teacher and the new policies implemented by the teacher will disappear with the departure of the teacher.”
“Can you bear to give up your long-cherished wishes?”< br>
Zhang Juzheng discovered that he could no longer treat His Majesty as a child in the future. Gan Luo became Prime Minister at the age of twelve, and Yue Yun fought on the battlefield at the age of twelve. His Majesty said that young people are full of energy and will work hard.
"I will give the order." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng without speaking, thinking that he had agreed and was ready to make a decision. Zhang Juzheng still refused and said: "It is better for me to come and report. This minister reports to the late emperor and is loyal to your majesty. Your majesty is a saint, his achievements are faultless, and he is wise and untainted."
Zhang Juzheng still insists on his political views. He respects the power of the emperor, and the rituals, music, conquests, rewards and punishments come from the emperor. He refuses to agree to put this sewage on the head of the little emperor. It is more appropriate for him to bear the infamy. , the emperor's prestige cannot suffer any loss when he is in power.
This is what a loyal minister should do.
Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng are not always in sync with each other on certain matters, and there is no conflict of ideas. There are also some minor conflicts between the monarch and his ministers. If the overall goals are consistent, the conflicts can be put aside.
Zhu Yijun found that he could not refute, so he could only shake his head and said: "Okay."
"Then let's talk about the method of sir in detail. Sir is still not cruel enough, let me tell you. My thoughts." Zhu Yijun sat up straight, and he also thought of a way when he was debriefing at the Ancestral Temple.
What a coincidence! Zhu Yijun and Zhang Juzheng thought of a place to go.
Zhu Yijun considered his words and said: "Why did Yinbu Tang suppress the powerful Jin gentry in Nanya so much that they couldn't even lift their heads, so suppressed that they didn't even dare to speak out? They were bullied. They can only hand over the door, because they dare not transfer Yin Butang's oppression to them and cause a civil uprising. Yin Butang really wants to kill them."
"Yin Butang can really kill them."
"Song Yangshan, Zhang Jin, Yu Dayou, Chen Lin, Wang Daokun, Zhang Cheng and others were in charge of the affairs of Songjiang City's Ship Division and the return of farmland in Nanya , why were so many cases detained, even Xu Fan was involved in a murder case, and was exiled to Jizhen, but after Luo Bingliang arrived, he confiscated the Gu family and killed the chickens to scare the monkeys, but he immediately did not dare to do it because it provoked a civil uprising? Yes, Luo Bingliang is really capable of ransacking homes.”
“Yin Butang is a bad guy, but Luo Bingliang is a hawk who can quell Japanese bandits and confiscate homes.” , isn’t it a matter within their authority?”
“The disadvantages of appeasement in the world today are that local governments appease powerful people, or the main reason why local governments cannot defeat powerful people: We have no swords in our hands. What he did was to hand this knife to the local officials.”
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "It is true."
This is the content of Zhang Juzheng's memorial, how to hand the sword to the local officials and let them fight.
Zhu Yijun continued: "With this sword, we must first ensure one thing, not to hurt the foundation of the court, so we need to draw a boundary and formulate good rules. Mr. also said that the people are the foundation of the country. Gu Bangning, what should we do? We can’t give the local government too much power to prevent the danger of feudal towns, and we need to be able to defeat powerful people. All we need is intelligence, which cannot replace criticism with weapons.”
< br>"This sword should be handed over."
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said.
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Sir, I insisted on Gao Qiyu's death. I sent Gao Qiyu to Suzhou to investigate the encroachment of Ma Yilong's reclaimed land. He found that he couldn't handle it, so he went to invite Luo Bingliang. The fox pretended to be the tiger's power. The matter is done."
"The fear of local financial independence and the loss of the imperial power can be solved by pretending to be powerful."
"Sir's method is my method. It's the same. Fusi in Beizhen opened a tax audit room. Each provincial road sent Fusi from Beizhen to punish thousands of households to guard it. Each prefecture sent to jail a hundred households. Each county sent Tiqi to specialize in tax inspection, and they were only responsible for it. Tax inspection."
"But sir, Beizhen Fusi is a criminal department, with only 600 people in total, so there is still a selection process."
Zhu Yijun. Zhang Juzheng was not allowed to report. Just because of this matter, a department that Zhang Juzheng could not touch, Jin Yiwei, was called.
How to preserve Zhang Juzheng's reputation, the little emperor also had his own little trick. He continued: "This tax inspection matter is related to the country's financial resources. How can it be given full power to Jin Yiwei? In a few days, this yamen, this system It will rot away in confusion."
"Contradiction exists among all things, and balance and harmony also exist among all things."
"I think it is better to set up a special tax collection agency. Bureau, various places select Jinshi who are proficient in arithmetic to serve as affairs officers, Tiqi specializes in tax collection, and various provinces and highways send internal officials to supervise. "
After Zhang Juzheng heard this, his expression finally changed slightly, this. Once the tax inspection bureau is established, it will inevitably lead to criticism from Shilin Qingliu. After all, a gentleman is ashamed of speaking for profit. As a result, Zhang Juzheng only wanted to speak for profit. He also established a special tax inspection bureau. Together with the public opinion, Zhang Juzheng can withstand this trend. Can you live there?
"It should be so." In Zhang Juzheng's memorial, he sent Tiqi to keep an eye on the spot, which was a temporary emergency. If anyone was dissatisfied, he would kill the chickens to scare the monkeys and raid every house, so that the court's laws could be upheld.
As a result, His Majesty's order was doubled. Not only did Tiqi go there, but there were also officials in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and internal supervision.
The Ming Dynasty used such checks and balances only for conquest. It was obvious that the emperor had equated taxation and conquest in his mind. There seemed to be no difference. Conquest and taxation were both the same levy.
Zhang Juzheng asked himself whether he could withstand this trend of public opinion.
Zhu Yijun continued: "The system has been solved, but what about manpower? Manpower is a big problem. There is only one Tiqi in a county to collect taxes. That is forcing the Tiqi to a dead end. We have to allocate some to the Tiqi. Manpower.”
“The people have manpower.”
"I thought that when I issued a tax invoice, each household should fill in the number of acres of land they own and file their own tax return. If they dare to steal or make any mistakes, I would ask the Tiqi to recruit heroes from the Jianghu to make up the difference. , set the share, and give them 30% of the amount that escapes. "
"These powerful people can use them to bully the people, why can't they be used by the court to bully the powerful? "< br>
The imperial power has a special license to eat big businesses, and the bandits all over the world should be very interested.
In the little emperor's words, Zhang Juzheng understood the little emperor's meaning. Armed to collect taxes, make full use of the people's travels to catch bandits and bandits. Of course, they can be called heroic rangers to fight against the powerful and wealthy. Expropriation by force.
Zhu Yijun's method was copied from the American tax police, the third largest armed force in the world in later generations, from the Xichang and Nehang factories of the Ming Dynasty, and from the tax inspector of Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty.
During the thirty years when Emperor Wanli was in ruins, he was extremely focused on one thing, and that was making money. Zhang Juzheng taught Emperor Wanli so many things, but Emperor Wanli remembered one thing. , make money.
The mining tax supervisor of Emperor Wan Wanli was notorious, and was even known as: one from internal funds, nineteen from private pockets.
The method proposed by Zhu Yijun has been carefully considered. While the taxation bureau is directly subordinate to the emperor, there are also civil servants involved. The income tax is not used as internal funds, but is used as internal funds. Half split.
Zhang Juzheng was stunned after hearing this. His Majesty not only doubled it, he also doubled it super. This method is too vicious!
He also understood why His Majesty didn’t let him bear this infamy. He really couldn’t afford it. Could he bear this infamy?
Zhang Juzheng was silent for a long time and said with difficulty: "Your Majesty has issued an order to supervise the implementation? I will not go to the memorial."
Look at how many vicious thoughts this sunny and cheerful little emperor hides in his heart!
Zhang Juzheng discovered more and more that he was protecting the courtiers and the powerful gentry in the world!
Zhu Yijun showed a smile and continued: "Okay, but the implementation of a government order cannot be achieved overnight, so let's try it out in Nanya first. Luo Bingliang will supervise this matter, and first in the 14th Mansion of Nanya Trial implementation, while summing up experience and lessons, perfecting the law. Similarly, the emperor's uncle in Beijing also asked him to train internal officials, Tiqi, and tax officials from the Ministry of Households to learn arithmetic and cultivate talents together. "
Zhang Juzheng blinked and finally understood why His Majesty had to ask Zhao Mengyou to be the commander-in-chief instead of Luo Bingliang. Luo Sigong was the screaming partner of the little emperor who fought in the palace every day. It can be said that Jane is in the heart of the emperor, the holy family is prosperous, and Luo Binliang In fact, it is more suitable to be Tishuai.
Love, waiting here!
Gray threads of grass and snakes, traveling thousands of miles, one drink and one peck, could it be predestined? The little emperor may have been planning this for a long time, pushing forward bit by bit!
"Sir?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked doubtfully: "Sir, don't you agree?"
Zhang Juzheng came back to his senses, bowed his head and said, "I am guilty and distracted."< br>
"Let's talk about the feast." Zhu Yijun opened the textbook and planned to teach. Zhang Juzheng began to explain the direct interpretation of the Four Books. Last year, he studied Mencius, and this year he started to teach the Doctrine of the Mean.
The collection of currency taxes must be accompanied by fierce social conflicts, so super doubling and armed taxation have become inevitable means. The powerful people are all extremely rich, and their servants are even better than those raised by local officials. There are even more yamen servants, and even the yamen servants raised by local officials are mostly powerful people.
The imperial court currently does not have that much money to support so many people, so it needs to actively mobilize the enthusiasm of dynamic social groups and collect taxes.
The taxation bureau is only responsible for collecting taxes and does not care about others. Even if it is a kiln, it must pay taxes.
Zhu Yijun drafted the edict, but did not mention the tax office or tax bureau. The organizational structure was not established overnight. Luo Bingliang worked in Nanya first, and then established Beizhen after some results were achieved. The Fusi Taxation Office and the Taxation Bureau are independent of the six ministries.
Zhu Yijun obtained a set of tax stamps and tax payment certificates. The tax stamps were issued to powerful households, and they filled in the number of acres and tax payment themselves. If the court supervision was correct, the tax stamps would be sent to the Qingli Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Tiqi Qianhu. Luo Bingliang sewed the seal together, one half for each person.
The tax payment certificate is sewn together with a seal and then torn open, which is an anti-counterfeiting method that cannot be copied.
Nothing in the world can be solved overnight. Zhu Yijun just told Zhang Juzheng his thoughts and did not make any big moves.
This imperial edict had minimal impact when it was promulgated.
The courtiers, courtiers, Beijing officials, and foreign officials were completely unaware of the terrifying power of this memorial. Countless people were even ridiculing that His Majesty the Emperor was too young, inexperienced, and long-term. At one year old, the edict seemed like a joke.
When you issue a tax stamp, do you want the rich and powerful to pay the tax themselves?
Ge Shouli finished reading the newspaper, looked at the imperial edict above, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty is still too young and has some whimsical ideas. Now, with a tax stamp and a fully stamped tax payment certificate, you can collect taxes." If all the powerful people in the Ming Dynasty were so loyal to the emperor and the country, how could they still be in such a situation of huge financial losses? "
Hai Rui frowned, he smelled the smell of conspiracy, but He didn't think about what happened for a while. He just instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong specifically.
Hai Rui said sternly: "So let Luo Qianhu keep an eye on him. Whoever refuses to pay taxes will have his or her house ransacked. If several houses are confiscated, they will pay the tax? Ge Zongxian, do you really think that His Majesty is here?" Is it pointless? We have all read His Majesty’s remarks on the banquet, and we have all vividly remembered His Majesty’s scolding of the courtiers. Do you think His Majesty would really do such useless things?”
“There is something wrong with this? . ”
Mr. Zhang is still too gentle in doing things. He is scolded anyway, so why not double it and then double it? The Armed Tax Inspection Bureau was established today! Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)