Chapter 192: A year and a half have passed since the two large-scale cleanups in Jin Dynasty.
This place has completely become the private territory of the Ming Dynasty, and outside martial arts forces cannot enter.
Among the internal martial arts forces, only the righteous forces are left who have to be honest.
Other classes are also being continuously purged, and without the support of force, they have to be honest.
Teachers from all walks of life, in the past year and a half, the Jin officialdom, with new officials as the main force, has given the court a satisfactory answer.
Counting the population and measuring the land are the two most important events.
According to the latest statistics at the end of the second year of Shengwu.
In the 16th year of Hongzhi, the official record of Jin land was 33,539,216 acres of farmland.
The population is approximately 13.62 million.
(Don’t take this data seriously. The fields are almost the same, and the population must be larger. As mentioned before, there are hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty. How to feed so many people will be explained.)
After a year and a half Inventory and measurement of time.
The population is 21,962,357, which is an increase of more than 8 million people.
Most of the more than eight million people are the people hidden by the martial arts class.
The original martial arts class numbered more than 200,000 people, and with the addition of hundreds of thousands of bandits, there were nearly 400,000 people.
After supporting these 400,000 people, plus officials, gentry, landlords, etc., more than 8 million people no longer exist in the court records.
In terms of farmland, including Huangzhuang, the total is about 66.38 million acres, which has nearly doubled.
Last year, Shanxi’s tax revenue on land and population was very gratifying, exceeding any previous year.
A total of 4.68 million shi of grain, plus other items, amounted to about 10 million taels of silver.
Almost equivalent to half of the total tax revenue in a year during the Hongzhi period.
In addition, there is business tax.
Most of them are from the imperial commerce department, and the business tax is about 5 million taels.
In other words, the total income of the Jin Dynasty last year was about fifteen million taels of silver.
This was absolutely unimaginable before, directly surpassing Nanzhili at its peak by many.
More importantly, last year was just the beginning.
Many people's land is tax-free for one year.
Business tax also started to recover after suffering heavy losses.
The tax potential of Jindi is not small.
With so much tax collected from Jin, the overall life of the people in Jin is much better than before.
Such a situation made the court appear happy.
This is a great governance that has not happened in hundreds of years!
Of course, amid the joy, there are many people who are worried and worried.
Worried and worried that with such good results, the emperor would be eager for quick success and attack other parts of the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention, they were right to worry. Zhu Houzhao did have such thoughts.
However, after carefully looking at the situation in Jindi, he felt that there were still many shortcomings that needed improvement.
The most suitable policy must be found in Shanxi, and then it can be implemented nationwide in one fell swoop.
In addition, the power of the imperial court was not enough, so Zhu Houzhao gave up the idea of impatiently taking action against various places.
But on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, he summoned the cabinet and senior officials of the six ministries to discuss the areas that needed improvement in Jin.
“I carefully looked at the situation in Jin again and found that there are many problems.
The first is that various taxes are too complicated, and it is easy for officials and petty officials to oppress and ignorant of the people.
I thought about it, and the poll tax can easily cause people to hide their population.
Population is easy to hide, but fields are not.
It would be better to collect taxes based on fixed fields and no more population tax.
Also, those officials and landlords, no matter what, have ways to annex the fields.
I think, if the fields cannot be bought and sold, wouldn’t that be enough?
I have taken all the fields in Shanxi as state-owned, and cannot buy or sell them. They will only be farmed by the common people, and then a unified land tax will be collected.
What do you think? "
Zhu Houzhao proudly expressed what he had been thinking about for many days, and looked at everyone with pride and expectation.
The three people in Liu Jian's cabinet and the six and seven people were all shocked. .
There is a lot of information and it is a bit shocking.
The poll tax was no longer collected, and all fields were state-owned.
Why is Your Majesty bothering with such a big thing again?
The ten people thought quickly, and then several people gave advice and quoted scriptures.
Zhu Houzhao pulled his face and immediately shut up again.
"I have decided that the cabinet will improve the policy and consider all aspects." Zhu Houzhao said arrogantly.
"Yes." Liu Jian and the others felt a little helpless and were under great pressure. This was a change in the tax and land policies that had been in place for more than two thousand years.
But His Majesty insisted on this, so they could only respond.
Also, it’s just Shanxi. If something goes wrong, it can be corrected in time.
“One more thing is commercial tax.
I have decided to fully implement commercial tax in Shanxi.
Ye Shangshu, Wan Shilang, Fan Shilang, the Ministry of Revenue discussed with the Ministry of Commerce to see how to comprehensively collect commercial taxes? "Zhu Houzhao looked at the three people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce.
"Yes. "Ye Qi, Wan Sanqian, and Fan Fenyang responded seriously. They are happy about this.
Because this means that they have greater authority.
" All must be done quickly. Everything must be decided before February. After the spring plowing in Jin this year, preparations will begin.
It is implemented immediately after the grain is harvested. "Zhu Houzhao said seriously.
"Yes. "Everyone responded.
Everyone retreated, and soon, Li Xunhuan returned alone.
Li Xunhuan, who had not spoken to dissuade him just now, now looked slightly worried and said: "Your Majesty, taxation and land policies. , has been formed for more than two thousand years, and rash changes may cause turmoil. "
"Lao Li, don't worry, I won't be wrong.
I think this is the best choice for the people and the court. "Zhu Houzhao said proudly.
What he thinks is definitely not wrong.
Li Xunhuan also realized this. Your Majesty really hasn't missed it yet.
"Yes. , I will pay more attention. "
"Well, I told Lao Wang first, and Lao Wang also said that I can give it a try. "Zhu Houzhao said quite proudly.
Li Xunhuan felt even more relieved.
“By the way, Lao Li and I want to abolish the hereditary tradition of local officials and appoint them directly from the imperial court.
Public officials are also included in the imperial hierarchy and officially become officials. You What do you think?" Zhu Houzhao thought for a moment and suddenly said.
Li Xunhuan is used to His Majesty's sudden and unexpected situation.
Thinking about it carefully, he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be decided easily. It needs to be discussed carefully. And no matter what, it is best to only implement it in Shanxi first."
"I know, then your staff should discuss it with the cabinet." Zhu Houzhao easily added another task to the cabinet.
"Yes." Li Xunhuan led the mission and left.
The new year has just begun, and the cabinet and the six ministries are feeling more pressure.
Zhu Houzhao didn't feel that at all. He still trusted the cabinet and the six ministries. He only needed to issue the order, and they would definitely complete it.
Three things, no, it should be said four things, quickly spread throughout the court.
Even though everyone was used to his majesty's troubles, the four things of no poll tax, nationalization of land, comprehensive collection of commercial taxes, and the abolition of hereditary inheritance of minor officials still caused huge waves in the court.
After all, the impact is too great.
Even Wulin, whose attention was attracted by the matter of choosing a concubine, could not help but cast a worried look.
Although it is clear that the experiment is only in Jin, once it is successful in Jin, Emperor Shengwu will definitely want to implement it in all parts of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Of course this is not something they can endure.
But things haven't reached that point yet, so naturally no one dares to take the lead.
The discussion in the martial arts circles of the Ming Dynasty was still dominated by the matter of choosing a concubine after the establishment of the emperor.
Over the next twenty days, the cabinet and the six ministries approached Zhu Houzhao for discussion.
Finally, four things have gradually improved the policy.
On the first day of February, Zhu Houzhao held a court meeting.
"Your Majesty, the land will be nationalized, the population tax will be abolished, and the land will be the main tax collection. I think we can do it together."
Liu Jian said, the cabinet, the six ministries, and the military cabinet, etc. More than a hundred high-level people are here.
He spoke mainly to explain to these officials. Zhu Houzhao had known about it for a long time, and he had personally set the policy.
“Let’s talk about the state-owned land first. All the land will be taken over as state-owned. No one, including officials and nobles with high status, can keep even half an acre privately.
I am the Ming Dynasty. It is the center of the world, the power of heaven and earth is strong, and the food produced is unparalleled by barbarian lands.
On average, the annual output of one mu of land can reach about three stones.
If an adult eats food from a barbarian land, he will need about two and a half stones of food.
But to eat the grain produced by our Ming Dynasty is less than one stone.
For a family of five, four kilos of food is enough to survive.
Of course, these are good times.
Generally speaking, a family of five needs at least two acres of land if they want to survive. "(To explain the issues of acres and population, it is due to the power of heaven and earth. The food is nutritious and people eat less.)
"The imperial court took over all the fields in Jin as state-owned, including Huangzhuang. A total of about 66.38 million acres.
Adult men and women aged 16 will be divided into three acres of land for men and two acres for women.
There are about 17 million adult men and women in Jin, and a total of about 43 million acres of land must be divided.
According to this standard, the imperial court will purchase with money from those with more land and take it into state ownership.
Of course, the imperial court doesn't have that much money now, so it will be paid yearly, and it will all be settled within five years. "
"From now on, the land cannot be bought or sold. If the person who has been divided for farming dies, his farming rights will be taken back.
When everyone reaches adulthood, they can go to the government to receive the corresponding acres. "
"The population tax has been completely abolished, and the tax per mu is one-twentieth of the grain produced.
In addition, all fire consumption will be returned to the public, and no official will be allowed to collect excess taxes in any way..."
Liu Jian explained the general situation clearly in one breath.
Many officials were confused.
The tax exemption for officials and prominent people is gone!
No, even the fields are gone.
Although it is still limited to Jin, what about the future?
(Chapter 1.)
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