Chapter 152: Taking the bait
The court changed the tax collection system and the salaries of officials were increased, and the corruption trend would definitely improve. Another point is that the biggest beneficiaries of land annexation are the sons of the vassal kings in various places and the sons of the vassal kings. If they want to solve these biggest borers of the Ming Dynasty, the most important thing is to reduce the salaries of the vassal kings.
Not only should the salaries of the vassal kings be reduced, but the royal relatives cannot own land. Even if they own land, they cannot buy and sell the people's land. This is another matter of state reward.
As for the people's land, the poorer they grew. In the end, they had no choice but to sell the land to landlords, to royal relatives, and to state heroes. Then these farmers became tenant farmers, working hard all day long, but in the end they could only barely maintain food and clothing.
Just like Zhu Song's grandparents, when he died, he didn't even have a decent coffin board and could only wrap the body with a straw mat. Isn't this a sad thing?
As for this, Zhu Song actually thought of a solution, that is, the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban cannot exist. Even if the state wants to control it, it can set up some officials and positions in coastal terminals to collect customs duties.
For example, the Maritime Bureau and the Lijian Bureau, as long as the Ming Dynasty can strengthen trade with surrounding countries and the economy will improve, the people's lives will naturally be better than they are now.
However, in this way, problems will also arise. For example, if the maritime ban is lifted, the status of merchants will rise sharply, but the status of merchants will rise sharply, and it is very likely that they will use the money they have in their hands to collude with the government and then do illegal things.
Therefore, Zhu Song did not feel that there was a need to change the status of a businessman. The status of a businessman can always be ranked at the bottom of society, or can always control the high consumption of a businessman, but he cannot let others not wear a decent piece of clothing.
The rules of the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to wear silk but only coarse cloth clothes. Wouldn't this have damaged people's enthusiasm for making money?
When a businessman makes money, he can carefully check the merchant's income in a year according to his personal income tax. The more he earns, the more tax he pays, and the country will naturally have money.
But now Zhu Song knew that he had thought about this earlier. If King Jingnan of Yan really succeeded, he would at most continue to be the prince of the court, and would take the salary paid by the court every month, and then plant the land that the court rewarded him.
I will be completely idle at that time and there will be no position in the court. Naturally, the emperor will not listen to him. Therefore, Zhu Song should consider the true fate of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Song's life ideal is to make a bad move, but what the soldier said to him today made Zhu Song doubt his ideal for the first time. Did he actually come here with some mission?
If you travel through time, you can only continue to show off your mistakes and then there will be no change to the future of the entire Ming Dynasty. Then the tragedy like Yangzhou in the last ten days will still happen again.
"Do you want to make a fucking mess? It's really a difficult choice."
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After the prisoner left the Northern Army camp overnight, he entered the Southern Army camp overnight. After finding Li Jinglong, he handed Zhu Song's handwritten letter to Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong was very excited when he received Zhu Song's letter. In his opinion, since Zhu Song was willing to reply to him, the matter was half completed. He opened the letter with excitement and nervousness. After seeing what Zhu Song said to him above, his heart was finally let go.
"I didn't expect that the King of Yan would put all the food in Beiping City because of insufficient food. There was not much food in the military camp. This means that the rations that support the Northern Army every day had to be transported from Beiping City one by one, transported to the military camp and then eaten into the stomachs of each soldier."
"This is like the style and habit of the King of Yan leading troops. He is like half a Yuan person. On the grassland, the Yuan people will bring enough food for one day to ensure the supply of the army. They often do not bring a lot of food and grass, because this is not conducive to their advantage and invincible mobility."
"Zhu Di has been stationed in Peiping for many years and knows how to use his strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses. However, because of this, he still uses this method within the pass. It seems that he will definitely lose. Didn't this give me a great opportunity to take advantage of?"
"You are a great achievement. I have made an agreement with King Han. As long as we capture King Yan, the day we return to the capital is the time when you become the general and the marquis. Don't forget to invite my country's Duke to have a glass of wine!"
The soldier was so happy that his nose was almost out of his way to fantasize about the beautiful days of defeated generals and becoming a marquis. After hearing this, he quickly knelt down to Duke Cao Li Jinglong.
"It is the honor of the villain to be able to contribute to the court and the Duke of the Kingdom and His Highness of the King of Han! If the villain really worships the general and is granted a title of marquis, then asks the Duke of the Kingdom to wait and see. The villain will definitely hold a banquet for the Duke of the Kingdom! In this way, I would like to thank the Duke of the Kingdom for his kindness of his grace."
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According to the agreed time, after midnight, Li Jinglong personally led a army out of the Southern Military Camp and rushed towards Beiping. After bypassing the Northern Military Camp, he confirmed that it did not attract the attention of the Northern Military Army, Li Jinglong and his troops appeared on a hill outside Beiping City with his troops.
Li Jinglong stood on this hill, looking at the long grain transport team pulled down, he felt funny.
I had actually felt fear of such an opponent before. I was really talking about military tactics on paper. I read too much military tactics, and even I was afraid of something like Zhu Di.
Now it seems that I should not be afraid of Zhu Di, but Zhu Di should be afraid of him, because he can tell whether he has it as soon as he takes action. He can destroy the logistics supply of the Northern Army in an instant! Without logistics supply, the Northern Army in Beiping City will really have no way out. At that time, the King of Yan will only be a small contribution in his credit book.
When Li Jinglong thought of this, his inexplicable self-confidence came back again. He pulled out the sword around his waist and gave orders.
"My Ming dynasty, the time we are loyal to the country has finally arrived. Below is the Beiping of King Yan Zhu Di, where there is food and grass for the Northern Army. As long as we cut off the logistics supply line of the Northern Army, the war will be over when we take advantage of the chaos to enter the Beiping City Lord!"
"All the guys! Follow me and fight..."
Chapter completed!