LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 8
“Let Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang and others come over to discuss it!”
“Yes, please keep this in mind.”
Zhu Biao responded quickly.
Zhu Heng’s matter is the royal family’s own business, and as the eldest son of the emperor, he is also related to the throne, and his identity is extremely sensitive.
It cannot be easily known to foreign ministers. Zhu Yuanzhang met Zhu Biao first and asked Li Shan to grow up. The others were waiting behind.
After being summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Hu Weiyong, and Ru Taisu came to see them…
Before they could salute, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said:
“No need to be polite, I see you have important matters to discuss, Biao’er, take out your things.”
Zhu Biao showed the paper that Zhu Yuanzhang had personally recorded to Li Shanchang and others.
Li Shanchang and others were used to it. Zhu Yuanzhang was such a model worker emperor. After the conference, a small meeting was held.
They summoned their advisers to discuss national policies. It was also common. Everyone was ready to answer the questions that Zhu Yuanzhang would ask later.
But… after seeing the words on the statement, Li Shanchang suddenly shook his hands in disbelief:
“Dynasty Week���law? What a loud tone!”
“Those who are virtuous in the world will live there, and those who have received destiny will live there. If there is a theory of cycles, doesn’t it mean that it is wrong for saints to be sent from heaven to found countries and govern the world?”
Ru Taisu and Hu Weiyong next to them also had wonderful expressions on their faces.
This is the theory of subjugating the country and killing the heart!
The most important thing is that it goes against the Confucian theory of governing the country by the inner sage and the outer king.
They all accept the traditional Confucian theory of the inner sage and the outer king. After growing up in education, I can’t accept it just by reading the title.
“We thought so at first, but……”Zhu Yuanzhang said slowly:”Look at the back”
“yes……”
Li Shanchang frowned, patiently looked through them one by one.
Follow.
The more he looked at it, the more wonderful his expression became. At the end, everyone including him looked confused.
This statement is all about the shortcomings of the dynasty, and it has detailed examples, detailed data, and quotations…
The many books mentioned above are mostly just geography, ancient household registers, and even travel notes… but there is no word Not to mention the Four Books and Five Classics.
But it makes so much sense.
This was a completely unique theory, which immediately had a huge impact on them!
“this……”Li Shanchang was confused for a while:”May I ask the superior, who submitted this statement?”
Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly:”What?”
“What this Chen said……”Li Shanchang frowned and thought for a long time, and finally frowned and shook his head:”This is not the theory of a saint.”
Hu Weiyong immediately followed his teacher and said:”Yes, although this theory has some truth, it goes against the teachings of the saints. Since ancient times, Yao and Shun ruled the world, and kings and tyrants used miscellaneous functions”
“But this statement is about utilitarianism! Contrary to the teachings of saints”
“This theory only looks at the data and does not mention the way of inner sage and outer king. It seems to be an evil way, not the royal way of governing the world.……”
“oh?”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at Liu Bowen.
But at this time…
Liu Bowen didn’t say a word from beginning to end. He just looked at the articles over and over again.
Everyone has become accustomed to…
Liu Bowen has rarely spoken since the founding of the People’s Republic of China. , and since the Huaixi Xungui Group became bigger, he looked for every opportunity to suppress the Zhedong Group. As the leader of the Zhedong Group, he could only say less and make fewer mistakes.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes darkened, he turned away and followed. Xiang Li Shanchang:”We don’t care what theory he has, we only care whether it is useful or not!”
“Haven’t you read through the annals of history? Tell me, what percentage of the total tax revenue did commercial tax account for in the Song Dynasty?”
“It’s 70% to 80%……”
Zhu Yuanzhang’s eyes narrowed.
Then he looked at Ru Taisu and said,”You are in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs. What percentage of our tax revenue will be accounted for by commercial taxes this year?”
Although he was diligent in his work, the Ming Dynasty had been at war in recent years. His main energy was on the military. These internal affairs , basically left it to the ministers, and he would only deal with some urgent matters at most.
I never paid much attention to this issue of tax ratio.
“this……”Ru Taisu’s face froze:”This year’s tax collection has not been completed completely, it is estimated that…”
“Half a percent?”
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the case and said angrily:”Doesn’t that mean that the people are all relying on the land for their livelihood. If land annexation occurs and the number of landless farmers increases, our dynasty will definitely collapse?”
“this……”
“Then you still dare to say that this is a heart-breaking statement! Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily:”We don’t care about your evil ways!””
“All we want to know now is how to eliminate the shortcomings of land annexation?!”
“Wei Chen understands!”
At the moment, Li Shanchang looked at the statement.
After thinking for a moment, he suddenly put down the statement and said calmly:”There is actually a way to solve it based on my Confucian theory.”
“First, the land equalization system was implemented. The court allocated unowned wasteland to the people. Part of the land belonged to the farmers after they had cultivated it for several years, and the remaining part was taken back to the state after their death!”
As farmers get rid of the control of powerful families and become state-registered households, the number of small-scale farmers will naturally increase greatly!
“Second, the square field equalization tax law! The imperial court inventoried and measured the cultivated land in the world, verified the amount of land occupied by each household, compiled cadastres, and determined the tax amount per mu of land.”
“This policy can also increase tax sources, reduce the burden on farmers, and identify those who hide their land! It is equivalent to increasing land in disguise!”