Chapter 36: Induction (2)
"Third brother, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. Why do we, as a family, have any trouble?"
What made Wang Bing very speechless was that Wanli, the little fat man, once again showed his 'lazy' side. He didn't even bother to think of ways to perfect the 'one whip' method, but directly asked Wang Bing.
stand up.
"I said Brother Zhu..."
"Brother Zhu, call me brother-in-law, haha!" Before Wang Bing could finish his sentence, the fat man in a good mood interrupted Wang Bing directly.
"Hey, what a beautiful thought! My eldest sister hasn't married you yet. Let's wait until February 19th next year to talk about it!" Wang Bing glanced at the sullen little fat man, but he couldn't help being speechless. I'm not talking to you.
When we were talking about business, you got involved in other things because of a title.
"Isn't there still a big gift left? Who dares to snatch a little girl from your brother-in-law and me now? You're right, second brother!" Seeing Wang Bing's speechless look, the little fat man looked even more shameless.
Extremely frustrated.
'Damn it, do you have any shame for saying this? Who has the guts to snatch the emperor's fiancée away from him!'
Seeing the shameless face of the little fat man, Wang Bing could only secretly complain in his heart. There was no way, who calls a man the emperor!
"Okay, Third Brother, if you have any ideas, please tell me...brother-in-law!" Just when Wang Bing was complaining secretly, the second brother Wang Dong, a 'traitor' who was not firm in his position, easily 'betrayed'.
"Okay, no more joking. If you have any good ideas, third brother, just tell me brother-in-law!" With the second brother Wang Dong, the 'renegade', echoing this, the little fat man said the word "brother-in-law" even harder.
"Brother Zhu, what do you think is the biggest benefit of the 'one whip' method?" Complaints are complaints, and business cannot be delayed.
However, Wang Bing did not directly come up with his 'idea'. Instead, he 'tested' the little fat man as the emperor again.
After all, directly telling the emperor how to handle the matter, and letting the emperor "enlighten" it by himself, are two completely different results.
In Wang Bing's view, the biggest mistake Zhang Juzheng made was actually this. He failed to let the emperor actively participate in his new policy. In the end, his relationship with the emperor collapsed, and after his death,
The New Deal that was worked out so hard during his lifetime is also the end of the people and the government.
"Well, the biggest benefit? The biggest benefit is naturally to increase the revenue for the court. And under the unification of taxes, the collection matters of the court will become easier! Unlike in the past, a large part of the taxes of the court were collected in kind.
, so that the national treasury cannot produce much cash at all, and even the salaries paid to officials can only be converted in kind..."
It seems that the little fat emperor is actually quite good. At least before Zhang Juzheng's death, he had a very clear understanding of various situations in the country, and he was not just focused on 'making money' like he did later!
"Then why does Brother Zhu think that if this 'one whip' method is implemented, it will definitely increase the income of the imperial court?" Seeing that the little fat man understood the 'one whip' method fairly well, Wang Bing asked again.
"Well, isn't Mr. Zhang preparing to clear out acres of land across the country? As long as those hidden fields can be cleared out and all the former servants can be redeemed, the income of the imperial court will naturally increase." Regarding Wang Bing, Wang Bing said:
The little fat man didn't hesitate at all about this question.
"How much cash do you think ordinary people can have in their hands? After all taxes are discounted, do they have other options besides selling grain in exchange for money? And once..."
"Once there are more people selling grain, the price of grain will definitely fall. If people want to raise the cash needed for taxes, they will have to sell more grain at a lower price. In the end, they will have to pay more taxes than before.
Got it!" Under Wang Bing's repeated guidance, the little fat man quickly reacted, took Wang Bing's words and analyzed the pros and cons.
There is no way, this is not an era in which anyone can take out money casually in later movies and TV dramas. In real situations, many ordinary people in ancient times may have never seen money several times in their lives, let alone money.
Money!
"And this is for those people who have land. If it's the poor people who don't have land..." Wang Bing continued to induce the little fat man.
"Uh, this...this..." Regarding this question, the little fat man couldn't find the right words to answer for a while. It wasn't that he couldn't think of that kind of result, but he didn't dare to think about it.
"Those who don't have land probably sell their sons and daughters to sell themselves!" The little fat man didn't dare to think about it, but that didn't mean Wang Bing didn't dare to say it either.
"In this way, once this method is implemented, the income of the imperial court will increase, but these my subjects will..." At this time, the little fat man was not the emperor who only cared about making money later. He analyzed the situation for himself and Wang Bing
Naturally, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to these situations.
"Actually, how much money can be squeezed out from those poor people who don't even have any land? The really rich people are the landlords and wealthy businessmen who have land!" Seeing that the little fat man was silent, Wang Bing then
He slowly began to reveal his true purpose.
In fact, the Ming Dynasty was not without money, but the court made a mistake in collecting taxes. Instead of taxing a large number of wealthy people, they exploited the poor. In this way, it is no wonder that the court was not poor.
Got it!
"Third brother, do you think if I just waived the land tax for those who don't have land, would it..." After Wang Bing's analysis and 'inducing', the little fat man finally 'enlightened'!
"No! Those with more fields will pay more, those with less fields will pay less, and those with no fields will not need to pay. In this way, as long as Mr. Zhang can clear the land across the country, I dare say that the income of the imperial court will only increase.
, and will not decrease." Regarding the little fat man's concern about the decrease in the court's income, Wang Bing gave him a very positive answer.
"Furthermore, you can also incorporate the current number of young people in the country into the land tax as a permanent quota, without any increase or decrease. In the future, there will be no tax on new people in terms of money and food, and by the way, you will get a holy king who will never increase the tax.
reputation."
Seeing that the little fat man finally thought of exempting those landless people from taxes under his own 'inducing', Wang Bing took advantage of the situation and revealed his real purpose, to spread the land among the poor!
That's right, Wang Bing planned to borrow the little fat man's hand to implement the tax system of "dividing children into acres", which was derived from the "one whip" law, but was more complete in one step and was given to him in advance in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!