Zhu Yunxiu looked over and said Han Kezhong.

"Then tell me, why is this the case in this world!" Zhu Yunsheng smiled.

"I am stupid..." Han Kezhong said with a little hesitation for a moment, "I will talk to me myself!"

"Well... Scholars may not be one of the gentry, but scholars with fame must be gentry! I came from a poor family, and of course I am not the kind of poor family that I can't even eat!"

"I lost my father since I was young, but my family still has a few acres of thin land and raises large animals. There are two tenants. My mother weaves cloth to raise some poultry, and during festivals, I can eat some eggs, lard, white flour!"

"When I was a teenager, I asked my mother why she studied. My mother said, "Revitalize the family! Later, I asked my husband why she studied. My husband said that there is a golden house in the books!"

"I still remember that I went to the provincial capital to take the exam for a scholar at the age of seventeen. Before I went there, my mother paid the land at home to the clan leader, so I changed the money. After I passed the exam, the clan leader not only gave the land to my family, but also didn't even need the money I lent out!"

"Not only that, the clan also banishes many heavens and earths in the name of the ministers to exempt them from taxes. When the ministers were awarded the juren, all the aunts and aunts came. When the ministers were awarded the Jinshi, they wished that half of the landlords in the county would banish the heavens in the name of the ministers!"

"Now I have become an official and a high-ranking official. Not only do I not pay grain or pay taxes, but when the government collects taxes and levies corvee, I also have to bypass my hometown!"

"So I think that the articles of saints are one thing, but the world is another! And the world is far more convincing than the articles of saints. Scholars in the world remember the articles of saints because they were promoted because they wanted to take the exam. As for what the saints mean, it was not important and they didn't want to know!"

"At that time, after I was admitted to the juren, I had the same questions as the emperor. I even went back to my hometown to ask the gentleman who told me that he had a golden house in the book. Why did the teachings of Confucius and Mencius become the golden house in the book?"

Zhu Yunxiu was quite interested in hearing this, "What did he say?"

"Sir, when Confucius and Mencius said this, I, Zhongxia, did not respect Confucianism alone! If they were to take the imperial examination and then become the best, they would definitely not be able to say it!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Yunxiu laughed loudly, "Your sir is a wonderful person!"

"So whether it is scholars or officials, the world is prosperous and profitable! The emperor's new policy is their benefit. They are beneficial to the people of the court. This is not a matter of who is right or wrong, or a matter of who is beneficial to whom!"

"Well said!" Zhu Yunxiu slapped his thigh, "Well said! I want to seize the benefits of the gentry, to enrich the people of the world and to enrich the treasury of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head again, "I know that the emperor has done his best! But some things are really difficult. The lives of officials are already hard, and my Ming Dynasty salary has always been meager..."

Zhu Yunxiu interrupted him directly, "Don't you use this to talk about it. Didn't I say that I'm going to support Lianyin?"

Zhu Gaochi was choked again and rolled his eyes suddenly.

He didn't say anything, but cursed in his heart, "I knew you were not kind! You are a rooster who doesn't even care about food. He actually added free silver for the officials for the first time. It turned out that he was waiting here!"

"Oh, you took their tax exemption rights and gave them a few more melons. You're so smart!"

"You can't use Zhu Gaochi for this matter!"

Zhu Yunxiu also said in his heart, "Everything he said and thought was based on ensuring the stability of the empire. He cannot be said to be wrong, but he definitely lacks courage and courage! He also lacks foresight!"

"Actually, I think this matter may not be so difficult!" Suddenly, someone spoke again.

Everyone looked over and said that the Zuodu Censor Yan Zhenzhi was talking.

"Tell me!" Zhu Yunsheng said.

"Everything is divided into two sides!" Yan Zhen said straight, "The so-called form and content! The emperor wants to promote the integration of officials and gentry, but in my opinion, it is not enough to hurt them!"

"If the emperor insists on asking them to be the same as the people in terms of food tax, they will naturally not agree, and the emperor wants thunderous means, this is the form!"

"But how to implement and implement it is indeed the content!"

These words made everyone's eyes lit up.

"I think it is acceptable to take the content, and give up the form!" Yan Zhenzhi said again, "It is not appropriate to not pay the tax on land under the name of officials and scholars, but it is not appropriate to force the collection. It is better to add special orders!"

Zhu Yunxiu pondered and frowned, "You can explain it clearly!"

"They reserve the right to exempt them from taxes, but they must pay taxes to the court once a year!" Yan Zhen said directly, "It is too difficult to exempt them directly. So I think that if I settle for the second best, the treasury will also add a large amount of input every year, gradually..."

"No!"

Zhu Yunxiu interrupted him without waiting for him to finish speaking, "Reserve their rights and then add them to the tax. Can they pay as much as possible? Who promises, do you promise? Besides, who can guarantee that what they paid to the court is directly added to the people?"

"If I have the hearts of the people, I want the same as the officials and the people..." Zhu Yunxiu looked at the ministers again, "I haven't done it yet, I have only so many concerns. How can I do it?"

~~

The court meeting came to an end for the time being. It was not because the emperor said he was tired, but because the military information from Yunnan came to report it.

The ministers retreated out in groups of three or three, with different expressions. But everyone's eyes were filled with deep worries.

They are not seeing the benefits of the new policy, but are worried about whether the empire can withstand the negative pressure brought by the new policy.

"No wonder the emperor had to wait until the Supreme Emperor returned to heaven, took all the rights of the vassal kings, and grasped all the military power before he could speak out! It was difficult!"

Someone thought to himself.

Everyone shook their heads and returned to their respective yamen and sighed.

But the same thing is sad for some people, but it is an opportunity for others.

~~

"Great Sage!"

Xie Jin was sitting in the office room, and someone came in outside. He looked up and saw that Li Zhigang, who had just become the Minister of Rites, had just become the Minister of Taichang Temple, walked out from outside.

"You act! What's the matter?" Xie Jin felt a little fucked with this person, but he still smiled politely on his face.

"This is a document about the renovation of the tomb of the late emperor. There are several places to ask you, the Grand Secretary of the Nanshu, to use the seal!" Li Zhigang said with a smile.

"Last Emperor?" Xie Jin was stunned and turned it open casually, "The Supreme Emperor..." and he understood.

The former emperor Li Zhigang mentioned was not Emperor Taizu Gao, but the emperor's pursuit of the emperor's reign, and Emperor Xiaokangxing.

"Did you meet the emperor just now?" Li Zhigang asked as if he was casual.

Xie Jin didn't want to say it, but a sudden enlightenment appeared in his mind.

First of all, the emperor did not say that this matter was not allowed to be circulated. Moreover, the emperor now needs someone to break the deadlock.

And this Li Zhigang is a person who only has the official hat and is desperate!

Moreover, with his understanding of Li Zhigang, even if Li Zhigang knew about it, he would never talk about such a big thing to the public. Because the fewer people know about it, the more beneficial it is to Li Zhigang.

"It's hard to say!" Xie Jin smiled and kept silent, wanting to speak but stopping.

"But the new policy?" Li Zhigang said directly at the key point.

"Hey!" Xie Jin sighed, and looked at no one around and whispered, "That's the case?"

~~

The more Li Zhigang heard, his eyes became bigger and bigger, and he suddenly grabbed Xie Jin's arm.

"What did the emperor say?" he asked anxiously.

"The emperor said that the gentry seemed to maintain local stability, but also harmed the interests of the country..."

"It's not this!" Li Zhigang said anxiously.

"Oh! The emperor said that the imperial power will not be placed in the county..."

In an instant, Li Zhigang understood everything.

What harms the interests of the country and what tax exemption privileges are all fake.

The essence of this new policy is that the imperial power will not fall into the county.

Because the gentry class was present, the imperial power only stayed at the county level.

"You guys are stupid enough!" Li Zhigang smiled in his heart.

~~
Chapter completed!