Tens of millions of acres of land to harvest 3 million stone grain and raise 80,000 soldiers... This requirement is really not too high!

When Zhang Juzheng was in power, this amount of imperial rations had to be handed over, and the actual troops in the four towns of Xuan, Dachang, and Jing must have exceeded 80,000.

Zhu Youjian's ability to fight and punish people is definitely better than Zhang Juzheng! It is impossible for Zhang Juzheng to challenge the first warrior of Mongolia in a duel!

Moreover, now that the Ming Dynasty is suffering from a lot of internal and external troubles, the little emperor collects some food and trains his troops, in order to protect the country of the Ming Dynasty!

If the Ming Dynasty is protected, only the glory and wealth of everyone can be preserved, right?

Zhu Youjian's eyes slowly slid over the faces of the ministers in the palace, taking in all the faces of the treacherous ministers who showed no expression of joy or anger.

Except for Luo Sigong, Luo Yangxing and his son, the treacherous ministers who came to Nanhaizi's palace today are all civil servants, and Zhu Youjian's current punishment is mainly the nobles and hereditary military attachés in and around Beijing. Xuan and Daer towns are all Shitubian towns.

Of course, they all belong to the generals and military officials. And most of the land in Northern Zhili and the capital is occupied by honorable ministers, hereditary military attachés and eunuchs. Of course, civil servants also have a certain share. For example, Huang Liji and Sun Chengzong are both from Northern Zhili.

Landlords and scholar-bureaucrats were subordinates. But in general, their share was not large, and officials had certain tax-free privileges in every dynasty and generation. As long as the amount of land they occupied was not too large, they could continue to enjoy tax-free privileges.

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Civil servants who are registered outside the towns of Beizhili, Xuan and Daer will basically not be harmed, and can even benefit from the increased strength of the imperial court - now the civil unrest in the northwest is getting bigger and bigger, and the chaos in She'an in the southwest

There is no end to it, and the Hou Jin Dynasty rises in the Northeast. The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, and those of them who are civil servants are at a much greater risk. If the place where they serve as officials is broken, won't they die for the country?

Therefore, if the imperial court can have 80,000 soldiers who can actually fight, their official positions will be secure!

"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong of the Donglin Party stood behind him and was the first to speak, "I feel that the annual harvest of 3 million Shihuang grain in Beizhili, Xuanfu, and Datong is not excessive at all. The actual land and land in these three places is total.

For an area of ​​more than 60 million acres, the annual income is 3 million shi, which is only 5 liters per mu on average, and at most it is only 20 shi per mu.

As for raising 80,000 troops, that is necessary! Originally, one Beijing camp alone had 140,000 troops! Including the three towns of Xuan, Da, and Chang, there are 400,000 troops! Now we have reduced to 80,000 solid troops.

It is a great good governance for the country and the people!"

Sun Chengzong's old enemy, the Minister of War, King Wang, rarely reached an agreement with Sun Chengzong in Jin Dynasty, and immediately expressed his position: "Your Majesty, I also thought that the annual revenue of 3 million shi in Beizhili, Xuanfu, and Datong would be enough to support 80,000 elites.

The military is a policy to consolidate the origin of the world. As long as it can be implemented, the world will be as stable as a rock."

In fact, these 80,000 elite soldiers are not many. There are already 40,000 in Datong. The six regiment leaders Gao Hongtu, Shi Kefa, Yang Sichang, Lu Zhenfei, Lu Daqi, and He Tengjiao still have more than 20,000 in their hands. The remaining ones are more than 20,000.

The 20,000 troops will be handed over to Xuanfu Town...Zhu Youjian is preparing to train 20,000 new troops in Xuanfu after Sun Yuanhua arrives with foreign soldiers and generals.

Chief Assistant Huang Liji frowned, "Your Majesty, the current land and grain tax in Beizhili is less than 600,000 dan. Counting the extra dispatch, the actual revenue is only 4 to 50,000 dan..."

"Hubu," Zhu Youjian looked at Feng Quan, the Minister of Hubu, "what do you think? 50 million acres is worth four to five hundred thousand shi. How much grain does one pay per acre? One liter? Is that two catties or three catties? Yes

Isn’t it too little?”

It is indeed less... If the four to five million stone emperor grain can really be spread evenly over 50 million acres of land! Even if it is increased to five liters per mu, it will only be 11 or 2 kilograms, which is very important to farmers.

It's not too much of a burden.

But the problem is that there are too many powerful people in Beizhili, and the powerful people do not pay taxes on the land they occupy, so the people who bear the tax of 500,000 stone are only a few homesteaders who own very little land.

"Your Majesty," said Feng Quan, the Minister of Household Affairs, "the ancestral system of this dynasty is officials and scholars, and the promotion of people has the advantage of being exempted from food..."

Zhu Youjian laughed, looked at Feng Quan and said: "Feng Quan, are you afraid? Are you afraid of offending the officials and scholar-bureaucrats in Beizhili? When you knelt by the road and cried to Wei Ni, why didn't you know you were afraid? You asked Wei Ni

Why didn't Wei Ni feel afraid when he suggested using the imperial staff and setting up a great prison? I ask you, have you ever suggested that Wei Ni conspire to usurp the throne?"

"Your Majesty..." Feng Quan was reminded by Zhu Youjian, and he immediately came to his senses. He quickly threw himself to the ground and kowtowed like garlic, "Your Majesty, I have no choice but to adhere to Wei Ni. I am loyal to the Ming Dynasty."

, I, I will go through fire and water for the sake of Long Live Lord, even if I die!"

Zhu Youjian smiled: "Then I ask you, how much tax should you pay on the 50 million acres of land in Beizhili?"

How dare Feng Quan bargain with Zhu Youjian, "3 million, 3 million stones... You can't pay even one stone less!"

"How to collect 3 million stones?" Zhu You asked, "Should we ask the small people who have no land to stand on to collect it, or should we ask the big households who occupy thousands of fields to collect it?"

"Everything is harvested, according to the land, and you pay five liters per acre..."

"Okay!" Zhu Youjian nodded, "You go down and become the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture. You will be in charge of the Qingtian of the 22 counties in the five prefectures of Shuntian Prefecture, inspect the land, and share taxes... In addition to the duties of the front army, Tian and I

The five-liter grain tax per acre on the Huangzhuang farmland is unavoidable!" His tone suddenly became stern, "Whoever refuses to pay the tax will be arrested and sent to Ji Liao and Yan Yun as dead soldiers! If you, Feng Quan, dare not go,

Take it, I will arrest you and serve as a dead soldier in front of the Liaoxi Army!"

Feng Quan was a remnant of the eunuch party, and he could have joined the rebel party in a serious situation. It was justifiable for Zhu Youjian to kill him!

Feng Quan kowtowed repeatedly, "I will accept it according to Long Live Lord's wishes...I will accept it!"

"Huang Liji, Xu Yingyuan!" Zhu Youjian said calmly, "Now, draw up the decree and wear red... Beizhili has implemented a new tax law. Officials and gentry will pay grain together, with a tax of five liters per mu, and former military positions will be eliminated.

Divide the fields, Huangzhuang fields, and the rest are inevitable!

In addition, Feng Quan is appointed as Shuntian Prefecture, and the tax reform will be implemented by Shuntian Prefecture!"

Is this an order? It’s against the rules!

Huang Liji and Xu Yingyuan were both dumbfounded. It was not a court meeting now, and... the six subjects were not involved in the matter! It involved such a big thing as Zhili's tax reform, and it also had to implement the unified payment of grain by officials and gentry.

The six subjects will participate in the matter, and the subjects will definitely be rejected when the time comes!

However, Xu Yingyuan, the master of ceremonies and pen-holder, did not dare to say anything, and immediately ordered the little eunuch beside him to get a pen and ink to start this chapter.

"Your Majesty," Huang Liji was the chief assistant and had to maintain the system, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Liuke Shizhong is not here... It would be better to summon Liuke Shizhong to Nanhaizi tomorrow and then go to the university."

An edict?"

He didn't dare to object, otherwise he would have to be imprisoned even if he didn't die as a soldier - he was a fellow villager of Wei Zhongxian, and he was also the chief assistant promoted by Wei Zhongxian!

Zhu Youjian chuckled: "I am a benevolent king, you ministers must be content! I want to reform the land tax in Beizhili, not for my own enjoyment, but to train troops to defend the captives and defeat the thieves... The reason why

We need to reform it in Beizhili. First, because Beizhili is under the emperor’s feet. If I can’t take care of the things under my own feet, I can’t take care of other places. Secondly, once the slaves and thieves break through the wall, Beizhili will die.

Across the countryside, North Zhili will become the second Liao Town!

So the land tax reform in Beizhili is about self-help... If the people in Beizhili cannot save themselves, how can they expect people from all over the world to come to save them?

None of the people in the current six subjects are from Beizhili. How can they block the military and civilian tax reform in Beizhili to save themselves? If so, where is their conscience? Sun Chengzong, you are from Beizhili, do you agree with the Beizhili tax?

Do you want to save yourself instead?"

Sun Chengzong is the elder of Donglin, and most of the current six subjects are Donglin Party members, so Zhu Youjian now wants Sun Chengzong to express his position.

"Your Majesty," Sun Chengzong said, "the tax reform in Northern Zhili is a good thing, and I completely agree with it... I believe that the Sixth Section will also support your Majesty."

"Okay!" Zhu Youjian said, "Tomorrow I will hold a small court meeting in Nanhaizi to finalize all the tax reform matters in Zhili! If the Sixth Section wants to exercise scientific reference rights in the matter, then I will let them go to Liaoxi
Chapter completed!