Emperor Hongzhi's face became meaningful.

He is not a ruling emperor.

But this is the foundation of our ancestors.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "In this matter, Xiao Fanfan also thought that the Duke of Wei had a rebellious intention. If he had a rebellious intention, why did he come to Beijing in a hurry? This is unreasonable."

Xiao Jing immediately said, "Your Majesty... I dare not speak nonsense, but the Duke of Wei has made great contributions in Jiangnan. If he says he rebelled, I dare not believe it. But... how could this matter be groundless? I can't say it."

Xiao Jing felt that he was walking a tightrope, so he would not be able to offend the Duke of Wei’s Mansion!

This kind of government office, which lasted for more than a hundred years, was complicated and was related to almost all the princes and marquis.

At this time, people are definitely not vegetarians if they dare to take advantage of such a major matter.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and sighed, "I also think this may be a false thing. Xu and I share the same kindness and woe to the Ming Dynasty, so it will not be like this. This impeachment memorial will be kept for the time being and will not be published, and there is no need for ministers to discuss it. Tomorrow, I will only summon Liu Qing and others to privately. Where is the factory guard in Jiangnan, but I have to cheer up and not visit openly, but need to be secretly investigated."

Xiao Jing hurriedly said, "I understand."

Emperor Hongzhi looked tired and said, "The prince is still thinking about the calculation?"

"yes."

"He." Emperor Hongzhi smiled: "I don't know what he had figured out, and I don't understand either, but my son is extremely smart... Besides, when Jifan looks at me, I feel more at ease."

Even though he said so, Emperor Hongzhi was thinking that it is now suspected that the rebellion of the Duke of Wei State was rumored to be slandered. This rumor is full of slightness. The Duke of Wei State has controlled so many soldiers and horses in Jiangnan, and there are not many military generals. They are old subordinates of the Duke of Wei State. Even if this is just a matter of time, it will be enough to make the court frustrated. Because of this, Emperor Hongzhi has to be cautious.

After all, the crown prince is the future crown prince, and he has no sense of crisis about this. If he is not here, he does not know whether the crown prince can control the land of the world.

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cabinet……

These days, the world has become peaceful, especially after the money house has no rent, the cabinet has noticed that the things that have made them anxious have become more relaxed.

In the past, grain collection was the most troublesome problem, but now, the problems caused by grain collection have been solved.

The biggest problem when the imperial court collects food is actually the loss.

This loss is extremely amazing. Often, one hundred kilograms are charged, and half of the amount you can enter the warehouse in the end, which is considered lucky.

In order to seize the remaining food from ordinary people, local tax collectors and chief insurance officers who work for the government, they need a lot of manpower whenever they go to the countryside to collect grain. So much manpower is just a mouth. In this way, this not only brings great trouble to the court, but also adds a great burden to ordinary people.

Nowadays, the land is free of rent, and this land is not owned by the people, but also by the people.

The people have enough land to cultivate to support the family and even have a certain amount of surplus grain, so they are not seriously resistant to paying imperial grain. Therefore, they often don’t have much trouble just by going to the countryside to collect their debts.

On the other hand, land rent-free is linked to the payment of imperial grain. If the payment of imperial grain is not paid, the land will be recovered the following year.

Therefore, the people are very enthusiastic about paying food.

Na Fang Jifan instructed his disciples to set up grain warehouses in various townships. The grain warehouse was small in scale and recruited several people. Then, the people naturally came to pay the grain. The accounts were clear. Most of the areas where the grain was paid were in the south of the Yangtze River. In other places, silver was used to pay the grain tax. Jiangnan was a water town. Once the grain in this grain warehouse was full, it was sent to the treasury by using the water network scattered in the south of the Yangtze River, and then escorted to the capital through the canal.

Li Dongyang, who also served as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was particularly enthusiastic about this. He remembered the names of seven or eight people. These were the local parents who entered the officialdom after the Xishan Academy of Literature and Arts. They tried to adopt a new method of collecting grain taxes in the local area. Therefore, when the first batch of grain was escorted into the warehouse, Li Dongyang immediately praised these people.

"Mr. Liu, this new grain tax law is probably going to be rolled out." Li Dongyang found Liu Jian and said with a gaze: "Mr. Liu knew that in previous years, the grain was in storage at the end of the year, but now... it was still early to the end of the year, but this year, there have been four prefectures and nine counties escorted the first batch of grain taxes to Beijing."

Liu Jian stroked his beards and didn't care much about the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. After all, he had to take care of too many things, not to mention that this was Li Dongyang's responsibility, and Liu Jian would not interfere.

"Oh, it's so early this year?" Liu Jian's words also showed surprise.

Li Dongyang was in a very happy mood and smiled and said, "Yes, not only early, but also this batch of escorted grains, guess what is the loss reported?"

Liu Jian smiled. He rarely saw Li Dongyang keeping him in hiding. This was a big happy event, so he boldly guessed: "It won't be 40%?"

The loss of 40% was an extremely low amount. What Liu Jian remembered most was that when Emperor Wen was there, only the Nanyang Prefecture in the ninth year of Yongle broke this record, which was a legend for a while.

Li Dongyang smiled and shook his head: "Guess again."

How could he be in a bad mood? The responsibilities of the Ministry of Revenue are nothing more than two, one is to pay and the other is to pay. The 'payment' is divided into 'payment' and 'grain'. Money is actually easy to handle and easy to collect. However, the difference in grain is the most troublesome. However, this grain is a magical tool to stabilize the country. If the grain is dissatisfied with the grain in the capital, it will shake the country's foundation. Therefore, for the Ministry of Revenue, the income from grain collection is far less than that of commercial tax, but it is the top priority. If this problem can be solved, the Ministry of Revenue can reduce most of the burden.

Liu Jian is an experienced person and doesn't like to play this puzzle game, so he smiled: "Let's say it quickly."

"Twenty percent, the loss is only 20%..."

"What?" Liu Jian looked shocked.

Li Dongyang nodded and said, "It's only 20% of the money house is free of rent. It seems to have suffered a loss, but in fact, after the people can share the land, they do not need to pay grain to the gentry. With the surplus grain, they hope to continue to rent. They are extremely enthusiastic about paying grain, and they don't even need to send people to the countryside to collect debts. They just need to wait in the granary to weigh the scales, and then summarize them through the grain channel. Liu Gong and Fang Jifan's disciples, yes, these prefects and county magistrates are promoting this matter in Jiangnan. I heard that it was Liu Wenshan who led the matter behind the scenes. However, Liu Wenshan went to Franji this time, but others left, and the economic way left was still there. It is precisely because of the following rules that parents and officials do a good job in the aftermath, and then they will be invincible."

Liu Jian was still shocked. He lost more than 30% of the loss at this moment, and there was no need to waste a lot of manpower. This...

He couldn't help but say, "The way of economy, what kind of economic way?"

As the chief minister of the cabinet, I naturally thought deeply.

"Treat the people with lenient treatment!"

Li Dongyang continued: "The so-called doctors save punishment and impose levies, and everything is lenient. In other words, tax collection is the same. What I thought about before was how to collect, but they were thinking about how to make the people full and have surplus food. At the same time, how to ensure that the people can be rich and solve this problem of taxation can be solved. In the past, because it was related to the foundation of the country, parents and officials have always regarded tax collection as the top priority, because this is the key.

What they tied was their black hat. But these people, on the contrary, were in the control of the land, hired military farm lieutenants, established farmhouses, tried every means to promote good varieties, went to the countryside to teach the people to grow grain more reasonably, grasp the status of their land, and even... set up disaster prevention mechanisms to personally understand the irrigation situation. Some people also found ways to build reservoirs, store water in normal times, and divert water to irrigate when water is needed... If these problems are solved, other things will be solved..."

Liu Jian kept nodding, and he subconsciously began to reflect. Judging from Li Dongyang's words, it seemed to make a lot of sense. To put it into practice, everyone understands the principles, and it may be difficult to do these things.

Li Dongyang continued to say: "In fact, if these problems are solved, the economic situation of the people can be basically grasped. They set up granaries in the countryside, and the people are willing to personally escort grains to pay the grain. Alas... Liu Wenshan always breaks the rules. Hey, he is such a genius. And those disciples are willing to do things, and they are all talents."

Liu Jian smiled and nodded.

This is actually... understandable.

Even if an ordinary parent official makes some achievements, most people may not be able to like it.

But the new disciples are different. Even if they are just parents, they are in charge of them in the capital. They just need to follow Liu Wenshan's economic principles and work hard to do it. With achievements, they will not worry about their future.

Therefore, these people are simply a stream of fresh air, never rushing to do anything to deal with the superiors in the local area, and they can often make their Shangguan angry, and that whoever breaks the rules.

But they always dare to make a breakthrough and fight. Their achievements are often amazed by the emperors in the capital.

Li Dongyang couldn't help but sigh at this time: "This method can be implemented. Several people need to be invited to Beijing and the Ministry of Revenue. I have to discuss it with them in detail and then draft a new charter. This matter is urgent. What does Mr. Liu think?"

After hearing so much, Liu Jian understood the benefits of this, so he did not object and even cheered up: "Call me, I'm here to give me official documents, and I just want to see them too."

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Chapter completed!