Chapter 132 Counter
On the day of the dynasty, Wang Anshi's remarks were too shocking.
There is no problem in counting the country’s cultivated land, and there is no problem in counting the country’s population.
There is no problem in lightening corvee and low taxes, and there is no problem in abolishing exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
But you should never, never, ever reach out to a big family, a big official, or a big businessman!
Which one of them is not rich enough to rival the country, and which one is not encroaching on countless interests.
And now, Wang Anshi is actually investigating them and asking them to pay taxes. How is this possible!
"Your Majesty! This case must not be opened!"
"Your Majesty! We are all disciples of saints and are extremely honest. We really have no money to pay taxes!"
"Your Majesty! The king doesn't say what he has or doesn't have, and the princes don't say how much. He lives in a family that lives and earns money, and he doesn't compete with the people for profit."
"Your Majesty! If you tax merchants, everyone in our country will benefit, which will definitely lead to chaos in the court!"
"Your Majesty! You must not listen to slander and be deceived by villains!"
"Your Majesty! Let me kill this treacherous villain Wang Anshi!"
"Ah...!"
For a moment, the entire court broke into a scuffle.
Seven or eight old men surrounded Wang Anshi and beat him. Wang Anshi respected the old and the young, so he did not resist, but kept avoiding and retreating.
But when facing some young officials, they used fists and kicks, and many officials were beaten to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers.
Wang Anshi was killed from the chaos in Yongzhou, so he certainly had some boxing skills in his hands.
There was such a commotion until Zheng Yi ordered and Xu Mujun and others separated many officials.
In the main hall, a large number of torn clothes, boots, hats and other items were left on the ground, which was very miserable.
"My dear friends, please be patient and calm."
Zheng Yi said quietly: "I am also aware of Wang Qing's policy. It is a great plan for me, and reform is inevitable."
"Wang Anshi obeys the order."
"Wei Chen is here!"
"Promote Wang Anshi to the position of Second Assistant to the Cabinet and Minister of Household Affairs to implement this reform. I do this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, many courtiers present began to cry for their fathers and mothers.
"Your Majesty! You must not do this!"
"Your Majesty! You have been deceived by a villain!"
"Your Majesty...!"
Seeing that many veterans were running up to him, Zheng Yi immediately stood up and left quickly.
Liu Chengen also quickly followed, shouting: "Retreat!"
"Quickly retreat!"
"Your Majesty!"
Liu Chengen quickly followed up and said hesitantly: "Prince Supervisor of Ceremonies, would you like to help Mr. Wang? I'm afraid he won't be able to support himself alone."
"Yeah."
Zheng Yi nodded and said: "There are many things involved in the nationwide reform. Grandmaster-level warriors are sent from the Shangwu Division to protect him closely and ensure Wang Anshi's safety."
"In addition, I would like to see Wang Anshi."
"No!"
Soon, Zheng Yi met Wang Anshi, Yuan Qichang, Cai Dashi and other three people in Baiyujing.
"I have met Your Majesty, and may my Emperor live long, long live!"
"Get flat."
Zheng Yi said casually: "From today onwards, do you and the three of you have any complaints?"
"I have no complaints, my ministers!"
"Okay!"
Zheng Yi clapped his hands and said: "You three can do this with confidence and boldness. I will support you later."
"I will not pay attention to any memorial that wants to slander you and the three of you."
"I believe in my three beloved ladies, and I hope that my three beloved ladies will not disappoint me."
The three of them said respectfully: "I am willing to die for Your Majesty!"
"Okay!"
Zheng Yi said: "There are many serious diseases and chronic diseases in Yu, which need strong medicine to cure. You, gentlemen, all rely on you."
"Choose a day and I will issue an imperial edict."
"No!"
In the next few days, many ministers rushed to see Zheng Yi, hoping that Zheng Yi would withdraw his order or change the content of the law, but they were all rejected by Zheng Yi.
Since that day, Zheng Yi has been in seclusion in Baiyujing without seeing anyone.
This matter lasted for half a year, and it was not until after the Lantern Festival that all officials recognized the reality.
Reform is imperative!
And just after the Shangyuan Festival, Zheng Yi issued an imperial edict and confirmed the reform.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, it was the fifteenth day of the first month.
"The Emperor of Heaven carries the order, and the edict says: The responsible Wang Anshi is the Minister of Household Affairs and the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, and has full authority to preside over the Dayu Reform."
Wang Anshi also told the whole story about the contents of his own reform, compiled it into a book, registered it in the Propaganda Department newspaper, and distributed it to thirteen states.
The reform memorial, called "Ming Determining State Affairs", has a lot of content, but the overall idea is directed at big landowners, big families, and even many vassal kings and sects!
"Article 1 of the reform: Order many counties and counties in the thirteen prefectures to strictly check the specific acres of cultivated land in their counties, including land for common people, land for officials, land for aristocratic families, land for feudal lords, and land for clans."
"Article 2 of the reform: Order many counties and counties in the thirteen prefectures to strictly check the specific population of the county, reconstruct the household registration, including tenants, runaway households, refugees, etc., and not let anyone go."
"Article 3 of the reform: Implement a whip law to combine land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous levies in various states and counties into one, consolidate and levy silver taels, and pay per mu. No clever names are allowed to collect exorbitant taxes! Once found out, they will be dismissed immediately and investigated."
"Article 4 of the Reform: The Green Crop Law is implemented. During the lean years in February and May each year, the government will provide loans and grain loans to farmers. The interest will be two cents or three cents every six months, which will be returned with the summer and autumn taxes respectively. To support the refugees on the spot. Farm and increase population.”
"Article 5 of the reform implemented the law of exemption from service, which changed the original rotation of service on a household basis to the responsibility of government employees. Households who did not want to serve in service had to pay a certain amount of gold and silver according to the rich and poor levels."
"Article 6 of the Reform: Implement the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, encourage reclamation, and build water conservancy projects. The cost of building water conservancy projects will be funded by local households according to their rich and poor levels, and loans may also be obtained from state and county governments."
"Article 7 of the Reform: Establish a Commercial Taxation Department to levy tariffs on merchants' goods. Each piece of goods must pay a certain tax when it is circulated. Except for agricultural supplies (required), all other goods must pay taxes!"
"Article 8 of the Reform: Official tax. It is said that those who have achieved fame and fame do not pay taxes. All people of Dayu, including but not limited to officials, nobles, relatives of the emperor, etc., must pay taxes based on their annual income." "Ninth Reform Article..."
There are more than ten items in total that basically cover all aspects of national politics, economy, culture, population, agriculture, and commerce.
Once the content of the reform was released, it immediately caused a huge sensation.
There are those who applaud it, saying that this is a strategy to rejuvenate the country, and the court should vigorously implement it.
There are more angry people.
Many people clamored that this strategy was a strategy to tire the people and weaken officials. Countless officials and memorials floated to Bai Yujing like snowflakes, but His Majesty stayed away from them all.
"Your Majesty has been deceived by a villain! How can you compete with the people for profit!"
"My family followed Grandpa Taizu to conquer the world. We are part of the Yu world, and we actually have to pay taxes!"
"Your Majesty still calls me cousin. Even though he is a royal relative, he still has to pay taxes!"
"Villain! Your Majesty has a villain by your side!"
"The traitorous officials jumped out on their own! Wang Anshi is one, Yuan Qichang is another, and Cai Dashi is another!"
"Hmph! Your Majesty turned a deaf ear to our words of loyalty, what a sign of troubled times!"
"No wonder your majesty cannot give birth to a prince, no wonder Tianshou Mountain keeps making a dull sound. It turns out that the ancestors of Dayu have condemned your majesty!"
"Shh... you are crazy! How can you say such a thing?!"
"Your Majesty is crazy! Your Majesty is unkind and caused a disaster from heaven. He gave birth to ten princesses in a row. This is nothing but a disaster!!"
"Qingjun's side! I'll wait for Qingjun's side!"
"Your Majesty is unkind... You have surrendered ten princesses in a row. Such a reversal of yin and yang will definitely lead to the heifer Si Chen. We should help the building to collapse...!"
Above the imperial court, in the mountains and fields, and in the streets and alleys, discussions about Wang Anshi's reforms were everywhere.
And some rumors and deceptions against Yu Zheng Yi became increasingly arrogant, spreading throughout the capital like a storm.
But even so, Wang Anshi's reform was still in full swing.
Groups of troops from the Royal Guards, the Taxation Department, and the Commercial Taxation Department were sent out, heading towards the counties and counties in the Thirteen Prefectures of Dayu, in order to implement the new law!
Faced with this situation, countless officials also fought back.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, on the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month, eighteen officials resigned, but His Majesty refused.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, on the fifth day of February, twenty-three officials resigned, and His Majesty agreed.
The position he resigned was quickly occupied by members of the Imperial Party.
Zhengyong eight years, February 25th.
Lu Xiangqing, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, and Li Yuanhao, the Assistant Minister of the Cabinet, requested to become officials because they were old, but His Majesty refused.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, on the third day of March, Lu Xiangqing and Li Yuanhao once again requested to serve, but His Majesty refused.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, it is the fifth day of March.
An imperial doctor went to Kunning Palace to ask for Ping An's pulse, and he was immediately overjoyed.
Queen Lu Lin'er is pregnant again.
His Majesty was overjoyed and the harem was shocked. The incident immediately spread throughout the court.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong year, on the eighth day of March, Lu Xiangqing issued a memorial to his official post.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, on March 15th, Li Yuanhao continued to request to become an official, and Emperor Zhengyong agreed.
Zhengyong eight years, March 20th.
Yuan Fang, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was promoted to Minister of Dali Temple and became one of the Nine Qings.
Zhengyong eight years, March 28th.
Thirty-five officials asked to resign. Emperor Zhengyong scolded them and immediately agreed.
The officials who left office were quickly replaced by members of the imperial party.
Part of it was occupied by young Qingliu officials at Zheng Xuanyue's request.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, it is the fifth day of April.
A landowner in Jingzhou was unwilling to let officials from the Ministry of Revenue measure his cultivated land, so he instigated his tenants to kill officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and destroy their bodies. However, he was still discovered by the accompanying Jinyi guards.
His Majesty was furious and ordered his entire family to be confiscated, and all his property and land to be confiscated into the national treasury.
Instead of deterring the officials, this move caused even greater backlash.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, on the tenth day of April, seventeen landlords and sects in Jingzhou refused entry to the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and expelled them.
On April 21, the eighth year of Zhengyong, twenty-three landlords, officials, and nobles in Yangzhou refused to allow the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs to enter and expelled the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, it is the first day of May.
Water bandits appeared in Jiangzhou and killed thirty-two officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, making the whole country furious.
The emperor ordered the first division of the new army to enter the river to suppress the water bandits.
It was the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the eighth year of Zhengyong.
In the name of "the laws of the ancestors are immutable, and the laws of Dayu cannot be changed," the King of Shu, Zheng Zongxuan, expelled Dayu officials, commanded the subjects of Shu, and divided Shu into princes.
He left Sichuan and entered Hanzhong under the name of "Qing Jun Side", occupying three counties in Hanzhong, with the military peak pointing at the capital far away!
In the eighth year of Zhengyong, it is the sixth day of the fifth lunar month.
Ning Wang Zheng Yuanhao issued an edict and followed his uncle Zheng Zongxuan. He also sent troops to the capital in the name of "Qing Jun Side"!
Subsequently.
King Zheng Yuanlie of Qing, King Zheng Zongyang of Jin, King Zheng Zongkai of Chen, and King Zheng Zongyue of Jiang all sent troops to the side of Qing!
Same month.
Civil riots broke out in Qingzhou. Countless rioters attacked the government offices and shouted, "The sky is dead, the world will shine brightly in the daytime." The White Lotus Sect was resurrected!
In Tianlong Temple in Jiangzhou, the light of Buddha spreads throughout the world. One hundred thousand monks and soldiers drove out the soldiers of Jiangzhou County and occupied the six counties of Jiangzhou Prefecture. They said that "the light of Buddha is the bliss of the West and does not touch worldly things"!
In Yunmengze, all the elite warriors of the Tuoba family came out. One hundred thousand water bandits under their command went around plundering the army and spreading to Jingzhou, Yangzhou and Yuezhou. Their power was huge.
In Yongzhou and Youzhou, the Tianming Sect also revived, but was quickly extinguished by new soldiers.
Immediately, the followers of the Destiny Sect broke into Shuzhou, joined the King of Shu, and became willing vassals.
In Haizhou, 30,000 disciples from Yuanhe Mountain came down, and most of the county soldiers in Haizhou also rebelled, occupied the government offices, and established themselves as princes!
Bingzhou.
A mysterious man attacked the local garrison. Cui Xiawu was defeated, but was seriously injured and was rescued. He killed thousands of enemies in one battle!
The visitor claimed to be a member of the Wang clan, and Bingzhou also rebelled!
In just a few months, the thirteen states of Dayu, at least ten states, have rebelled!
And under this situation, another big event happened in Wu Kingdom far in the north!
(End of chapter)