Zhu Yunxuan blamed himself and said: "The losses suffered by the people this time will be borne by Gu alone and compensated."

"But Uncle Qi, you made a big mistake after all."

"Just reflect on it in the mansion for three months, and then help me handle other matters in the future."

Zhu Yunzhen fulfilled his promise and did not give any real punishment to King Qi.

King Qi couldn't help but feel relieved.

But what followed was a burst of anger. Zhu Yunxuan took it lightly and brushed the matter aside.

Doesn't this mean that in his mind, he is no trouble at all?

Thinking of this, King Qi couldn't help but clenched his fists and hated Zhu Yunzhen even more!

Zhu Yunzhen naturally saw King Qi's movements. Looking down from above, everyone's movements could not escape his eyes.

But Zhu Yunzhen did not reveal it.

King Qi was right, he just didn't take King Qi seriously!

After deciding what to do with King Qi, Zhu Yunxu then dealt with other vassal kings.

"Fifth uncle, sixth uncle, and twelfth uncle, the three of you will return the money to the treasury. If it is not enough, you can work for the court to pay it off."

"Uncle Wu has always loved medical skills, and I happen to be planning to compile a new volume of medical skills, so I'm here to help."

"Uncle Twelve is so talented that he took over the duties of Uncle Seven and took full charge of the construction of national highways. I want to see that every province is connected to at least one national highway before next year!"

"As for Uncle Six, I just have one more thing to do."

"It's up to you to do it."

Zhu Yunxuan arranged one thing for each feudal king to do.

After all, he recalled the vassal princes to the capital, so he couldn't leave them idle, lest they do something secretly and waste their energy on guarding against it.

It's better to just put it under your nose and watch.

It's also simpler.

And after what happened to King Qi, they must not dare to act as boldly as King Qi.

Unscrupulous!

Taking advantage of the fact that he had just established his authority, Zhu Yunxuan quickly said what he was going to do next.

Unify land tax!

As early as when he was pacifying the Japanese pirates and passing by Suzhou Prefecture, Zhu Yunxuan knew that land taxes were different in various places in the Ming Dynasty, and he had this idea especially to suppress Suzhou Prefecture.

But at that time, his foundation was not stable.

Inside, Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi were working against him.

So there is no way to let go and do anything.

Now that the pattern has been initially decided, it is time to change the Ming Dynasty according to your own ideas.

"I plan to unify the land tax across the country and reduce the land tax as much as possible to reduce the burden on the people."

"Although this matter is complicated, you must draw up a charter."

The matter of unifying land tax is not simple.

On the contrary, it is very complicated.

There are really too many involved.

But even if it’s complicated, you have to do it!

"You have thought a lot about it and written down many feasible suggestions into a memorial and submitted it to the Advisory Office, where I will review them one by one."

There are three major difficulties in unifying land tax, especially unifying land tax in Suzhou Prefecture.

Most of the land in Suzhou is government land. People not only have to pay the government to rent the land, but also bear taxes, which can be several times or even ten times more than private land!

One of the major difficulties is to balance the taxes on official land and private land.

Secondly, among the fields in Suzhou Prefecture, many private fields are tax-free!

Fields that don’t pay taxes at all!

The tax exemption for gentry in the Ming Dynasty began in the Hongwu Dynasty. As long as the gentry had the title of the capital, they did not have to pay taxes.

How can we unify the land tax for these tax-free fields?

Thirdly, Suzhou Prefecture is located in the south of the Yangtze River and has been a prosperous place since ancient times. However, places such as the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province are often affected by disasters and have insufficient grain production.

If taxes were unified between Jiangnan and Northwest China, it would inevitably increase the inequality between regions.

Therefore, there are many difficulties in unifying taxation.

Quite difficult.

But this matter was done anyway and must be resolved.

Land equalization tax is a good thing for both the people and the court.

Ming Dynasty’s land taxation cannot continue to be such a mess!

The people of Suzhou Prefecture cannot continue to bear such heavy taxes!

"In addition, I plan to set up a propaganda group, and Liu Shuqian will be the director."

"Going to the countryside for the orphans, preaching the land tax policy, and letting everyone in the world know about it."

This can be considered as a way for King Chu to find something to do.

Anyway, the King of Chu has always been extravagant, so he sent him to the countryside to exercise and reform, and maybe he would have a different look when he came back.

It is also very necessary to go to the countryside to preach.

Zhu Yunzhen has done such practical things for the people, so he must let the people know about it, right?

The propaganda team preached everywhere in the form of drama, which not only prevented the blind and ignorant rural people from being deceived.

It also allows the people to be grateful for everything Zhu Yunzhen has done.

Consolidate rule.

So from every aspect, it is a good thing.

But the officials below were in trouble.

Of course they won't object to the preaching team, after all, it has nothing to do with them.

Land taxes can be unified...

"This... Your Highness, the land tax system was formulated by Your Majesty himself..."

"If we want to make changes now, should we ask His Majesty for his opinion?"

The grandson had just established his authority, and the officials did not dare to oppose him directly.

I only dare to express my opinions in a roundabout way, after all, this matter is quite difficult.

It’s not easy for anyone to handle.

There was nothing the ministers could do.

Moreover, if the land tax is unified, can the tax on private land be the same as that on official land? Will those fields that were originally tax-free need to be taxed again?

No matter how you look at it, it’s a headache!

And when the land tax was first formulated, it was Lao Zhu who made it himself!

Baiguan really didn't want to offend Lao Zhu.

Then there will be rivers of blood and heads rolling in!

"Don't worry, I will definitely get Grandpa Huang's consent for this matter."

"You just need to take care of it!"

"Don't ask too many questions!"

Zhu Yunzhen's attitude was tough, and the ministers could not say anything else.

He could only nod his head in agreement.

Get ready to go down and discuss a charter.

But in my heart, I couldn't help being surprised, and I respected Zhu Yunzhen even more.

Look like this.

Your Majesty really allows His Majesty the Grand Sun to do whatever you want!

Today's Ming Dynasty... I'm afraid even Lao Zhu doesn't want to take care of it anymore, and leaves it all to his grandson.
Chapter completed!