Longevity Begins with Jinyiwei

"I... see Your Majesty!"

In the wind and snow, the Qianqing Palace, which was originally a deep palace, is now a gathering of important civil and military officials from the court.

This sudden call, not to mention that the generals and generals of martial arts are confused, even the important ministers of the ministries are not clear about the situation.

One by one, they couldn't help looking at Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites, who was obviously the first to arrive, and seemed to want to see what was coming.

With such a gathering of eyes, Huang Jin was also calm and composed. Although he was also shocked by this big battle, he should probably know the reason for it.

Immediately, I saw the emperor waved his hand, and the eunuchs handed the files to the hands of the civil and military officials.

All the civil servants and military generals looked at each other in dismay, so they did not dare to say more, and they all picked up the file and read it.

Almost at the same time, the generals and officials of the civil servants seemed to be infected, their faces changed, and various emotions and expressions were also intertwined in this hall.

Especially the newly appointed chief assistant Liu Qiyuan, at this moment, looking at the clear records on the dossier, sweat is already seeping on his brows.

The contents of the dossier are very clear. It is the crime of finance and taxation all over the world during the four years of Zhaowu!

After the financial and taxation reform, Daheng's taxation system has become very clear.

The main core is the agricultural tax and the commercial tax.

In addition, other extortionate taxes, and even the apportionment of corvée, were completely abolished.

On top of this file, it clearly records the chaos of taxation in various places in the four years of Zhaowu.

There are those who are still tossing the common people through clever pretensions, those who still levy extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, and there are local officials with private tax cards who are rich in their own pockets.

If it's just these, Liu Qiyuan wouldn't be too panicked. After all, the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds, and it is impossible for all officials in the world to be honest and upright.

But the problem is that tax is under the jurisdiction of his Ministry of Household, but the result is that most of the records recorded in this file are not found by his Ministry of Household, nor by the Inspectorate, but the emperor knows it, and he knows it in such detail...

"Okay, let's talk about it!"

The Emperor glanced at Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, leaned back slightly on the chair, and spoke out in a leisurely manner.

"My lord is guilty!"

The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Qiyuan, the left and right servants of the Ministry of Household, and the left and right inspectors of the Imperial Court, also knelt down and shouted.

"The problem is here, it's not for you to confess your guilt. How to solve it, let's talk about it!"

The emperor waved his hand indifferently, but glanced at Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites, seemingly inadvertently.

Feeling the emperor's gaze, Huang Jin couldn't help but his heart skipped a beat, but after a moment of doubt, Huang Jin reacted, bowed his head silently, and waited for the deliberation of the ministers.

Obviously, most of the ministers have responded. Such a high-level discussion cannot be just for the taxation of local governments and counties. After all, the emperor wants to solve it, but it is only a matter of decree, and these people are all Get heads down.

Obviously, the Son of Heaven is using this to elicit something, specifically what it is, that is, the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom.

The ministers of all ministries talked and discussed with each other, but the generals and generals were dumbfounded. What does this have to do with them?

It's just that the emperor is close in front of him, and he doesn't dare to be a demon, and he shouts in a decent manner.

The Son of Heaven glanced at all the civil servants and generals, but his eyes were once again focused on this volume.

The lessons of the past are still vivid in my mind.

Why can't I pay taxes before?

The reason is also very simple. One is that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, and the tax object of the country is not the rich, but the poor.

The second is the incompetence of the tax system. Under the intricate relationship of interests, the rich can arbitrarily default on the tax that is not much, and default each year, eventually forming a bad debt that is not clear at all!

From the previous lesson, it can be clearly drawn what kind of system Daheng's taxation should be.

The first is a strong tax system.

Furthermore, no matter whether it is the rich or powerful, the grassroots, the poor or the rich, those who should pay taxes must pay taxes!

Daheng's fiscal and taxation reforms are also aimed at this purpose.

Up to now, in terms of Daheng's overall fiscal and taxation changes, this purpose has obviously been initially achieved.

But it is undeniable that the powerlessness of the ruling system at the grassroots level is doomed to this effect, and it will not last long.

Just like the agricultural tax, the existence of the agricultural tax is based on the land. Under his repeated slaughter and repression, he can well check the land of the whole country, and then force everyone to pay taxes in an integrated manner.

But how long can this kind of strong authority pressure last without power down to the grassroots level?

Strong authority pressure is only a temporary solution, and the deepening of the ruling system, that is, the imperial power to the countryside, is a long-term solution!

"Your Majesty, this minister believes that the ultimate source of such taxation chaos is the confusion in the powers and powers of the yamen and yamen in various counties. Nowadays, all taxes are collected by the local yamen, and the local yamen has a few officials except the magistrates and county magistrates. , but shoulders all the powers of a county..."

"Even if it is a major tax matter, it is ultimately carried out by the yamen's little officials..."

"So, the powers and responsibilities are unclear, and the powers are confused..."

"This minister believes that when we follow the example of the school inspector yamen piloted by the Ministry of Rites in Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Households can also try out taxation yamen in various places, independent of the local prefectures and counties, directly under the central government, and directly governed by the central court..."

The so-called remarks were not astonishing, and the ministers of civil and military affairs did not wait for too long to discuss. The remonstrance of Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, instantly caused the noisy Qianqing Palace to fall into a dead silence.

The emperor was also stunned by such remarks, and then, looking at Liu Qiyuan's solemn appearance, the emperor also raised his brows, and looked at Liu Qiyuan with a little more scrutiny.

This kind of words, so easily said from the mouth of a cabinet chief assistant, the meaning of which is not just the meaning of this sentence.

After just a few breaths, the emperor withdrew his gaze and looked around at the ministers present: "What do you think of what the first assistant said?"

Hong Chengchou was the first to speak out: "I think it's okay, but I think that if the local tax collection rights are directly deprived in this way, it will be a self-contained system, and if it is governed vertically by the center, the local prefectures and counties will no longer have financial resources, which may affect the dedication of local prefectures and county officials. , it will also greatly affect the power of local officials to govern, resulting in cumbersome procedures..."

As soon as these remarks came out, the ministers of the ministries and halls were immediately discussing. The supervising of the yamen is only a matter of education. The place is stripped out, which involves relationships, but it is too big.

"I think..."

The ministers are discussing with each other, and it is obvious that when Liu Qiyuan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, led the topic to the taxation system, and the taxation system is closely related to the local grassroots.

The focus of the discussion naturally turned to the balance and relationship between the local grassroots and the tax system.

That is... the imperial power in the traditional sense has gone to the countryside!

Such a change, the Son of Heaven is naturally pleased to see it. According to his expectations, it is the tax issue that leads the ruling system to reach the bottom of the grassroots level.

To this end, he also specially ordered Huang Jinyi, Minister of Rites, just to let him fuel the flames.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qiyuan, the first assistant of the cabinet, actually came forward, and directly promoted this wave of discussions as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Under such deliberations, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, no matter how slow his response was, obviously gradually understood the emperor's mind.

This discussion was exactly as the emperor had envisioned, with the tax system as the core, and the discussion and debate centered on letting Daheng's rule go deep into the grassroots.

The Son of Heaven is still an old **** at ease. With the division of fields brought about by the reform, the promotion of drought-tolerant crops, and the disaster relief project that lasted for nearly a year, the results are naturally not small.

In the year of Zhaowu's fourth year, the original plan of tens of millions of disaster relief money and grain has been reduced by nearly half after the autumn harvest.

Under such a large-scale deployment and coordination, the ability of people in various places to resist disasters can be said to have been greatly increased.

The result is, of course, a great reduction in disaster relief money and grain. It can be expected that even if natural disasters remain the same in the coming year, and even if major projects in various places continue, the amount of money and grain consumed by disaster relief will inevitably decline again.

However, Daheng's tax revenue is increasing year by year. Coupled with the recovery of Jiangnan and the expansion of maritime trade, the tax revenue for many years in the future will inevitably increase year by year.

Moreover, this time, the suppression of the pseudo-intellectuality, the seizure of the treasury of the pseudo-intellectual government, and the suppression and cleaning of various places in the south of the Yangtze River like today's Luodi network will inevitably bring a huge amount of home raiding income.

In this way, he also has the confidence, and Daheng also has the capital to spread the tentacles of **** to the grassroots.

Of course, the premise is that the court, civil and military, can work together to do this well.

The emperor's eyes were faint, and he casually looked at the minister of Chinese martial arts in the hall.

Every official present, every military general, whether it can be used, when it can be used, and under what circumstances will it be unusable, and what kind of interests are involved behind it... The emperor is clear.

Most of the civil servants and military generals ~www.wuxiahere.com~ have no substantial conflict of interest with the emperor's power to go to the countryside.

After all, the transfer of imperial power to the countryside means that the ruling order touches the grassroots, which will only increase the power of the central government and their powers.

Moreover, once the ruling order goes deep into the grassroots level, it means that the ruling order of Daheng and all the systems of Daheng will be completely on the right track!

In this way, it will only be a good thing for the civil servants and generals present, and even for the vast majority of officials and generals in the world.

Of course, this good refers to the good in the Daheng system, not the good for the literati and gentlemen in contrast to the rotten environment of the former Ming Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven naturally hopes that they can understand, otherwise, this time, he has to kill a group of people to stand up first, and then clean up a wave to carry out his will...

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