"Is the arrangement clear?" Emperor Tianqi smiled, and then looked vigilantly at the county government office.

To be honest, Emperor Tianqi's attitude towards the officials is probably similar to that of the thief.

These are all a group of thieves.

So Emperor Tianqi said, "Okay, I'm tired, so let's retreat."

He felt that it was time to have a good chat with Guan Shaoning, so don’t continue to be upset with others!

Fengqiu's new policy has been effective.

But it is obvious that it also faces many difficulties.

Can this method last?

How long can it last?

The ministers were about to listen to the second half, but unexpectedly, His Majesty drove people straight away without hesitation, so he looked speechless.

But no matter how unwilling he was, he had to say goodbye one after another.

Emperor Tianqi sat down and looked straight at Guan Shaoning.

Now, only Emperor Tianqi, Zhu Youjian, Zhang Jingyi, and Guan Shaoning are left in this yamen.

Emperor Aoki's expression was very serious at this time, and he said, "Do you explain it clearly? It seems... you still have a backpack, right?"

Guan Shaoning nodded: "That's right. What I have done these days is actually to mobilize all farmers to investigate the situation of land and hidden households. Just by the government, there is no way to thoroughly investigate the land and hidden households. On the one hand, it is difficult to prevent. If you really want to thoroughly investigate, how much manpower and material resources are needed? Then it is very necessary to mobilize tenants and farmers. Instead of giving them to gentry for management, it is better to let the farming club manage it!"

"The members of the farming club are mostly farmers, and this land is their foundation. Therefore... when they hear that they need to be investigated, they are often very active and willing to expose the situation of rural gentry concealing the land and hiding the population, and collecting heavy taxes on the gentry. The essence is to prevent them from monopolizing and embezzling the land."

Emperor Aoki did not interrupt him, but just listened quietly.

Guan Shaoning only paused and continued: "In the past, the means for gentry to increase wealth were first to lend, and the other was to merge land! The lending itself was actually based on the land, so the issue of land was the top priority at the moment!"

"Your Majesty think about it. A family has been frivolous in the local area every day. They have lasted for more than ten generations. The only thing they do is to buy land continuously! These lands are only in and out. Over the past two hundred years, their land has changed from 200 mu to 2,000 mu, and then to 20,000 mu. The more land they have, the higher their status in the county, and they can exempt their own land taxes by relying on fame and other means."

"But what about those ordinary people? They only need to encounter a famine, and then they have to sell their land and become landless tenants from now on. They have to bear high tenant rents, and at the same time, they have to bear all kinds of harsh taxes! His Majesty has seen the situation of the Henan Provincial Administration Commission. Bandits are caused by refugees, and how do refugees come about? There is nothing else, they are lost."

"If this continues, the only possibility is that the land of the gentry continues to increase, and more refugees are increasing. The court cannot collect food taxes, but has to increase wages. It is more likely to suppress the civil unrest. The more the wages are added, the more the people cannot survive. If there is a natural disaster, can the Ming Dynasty be permanent?"

When Emperor Tianqi heard this, he finally nodded repeatedly: "This is the reason, this is also my confidant."

Zhu Youjian listened very seriously this time. After a great disaster of life and death, the so-called concept of relying on a gentleman to govern the world had collapsed. At this time, Zhu Youjian was like a piece of white paper, trying his best to absorb other knowledge.

At this time, Guan Shaoning said: "But what if this kind of land annexation is interrupted through taxation? Why is the land price getting higher and higher? Because a large amount of land is in the hands of the gentry, they will never sell it. They rely on these lands to obtain a lot of money. When they have money, they buy land, which continuously pushes up the value of the land. Once the step tax system is adopted and the tax is still spread out, then whoever owns more land will suffer the loss. If only people with only three or five acres of land in their family, houses or more than ten acres of land will bear the lightest tax. At this time, it is too late for everyone to sell land, are they still willing to buy land? There are many people selling land, but the people who buy land are waiting and watching. This is also the reason why the land price plummeted in Fengqiu County."

Emperor Aoki nodded and asked again: "What are the benefits of this?"

Guan Shaoning immediately replied: "There are two benefits. The first is to calm people's hearts. The land price has dropped, so many people can get land at a low price. When the land of the people reaches the upper limit of tax bearer, they naturally are unwilling to buy land. In this way, the land of a county is enough for more people to own it. Your Majesty sees the people who welcome Your Majesty into the city, which one is not sincere. Why? This is because the new policy really benefits them and makes them grateful for the new policy."

"The second is that it greatly increases tax revenue. When I came here, nearly half of the land here was in the hands of dozens of gentry, large and small. They concealed the population and avoided taxes through various means. His Majesty thought about it, they had all the best land and wealthy families, but the government could not collect their taxes. Why? In fact, they were essentially the powerful people in the Han Dynasty and the clans of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Can a county official do anything to them? As for those little officials who collected grain and taxes, they were even more afraid of them. Who dared to collect taxes? But now, in Fengqiu County, there are actually very few families who can own more than 500 acres of land, because the more land there are, the more they become the target of public criticism. The gentry had to sell land. If they didn't sell it, they would go bankrupt due to high taxes in less than five years."

"But if they dare to resist taxes, I am not a vegetarian. I have a farming club, a Jinyiwei, a teaching team, and a county servant, and they dare not refuse to follow. Now Fengqiu County has formed a large number of people who own land, but everyone's land remains between three or five acres and a hundred acres. In fact, these farmers can no longer be called landlords. They no longer can influence the government like the gentry in the past, so naturally they cannot make their land exempt from taxes."

"In this way, the land that should be collected will be increased by half, and the grain received will naturally increase greatly."

Emperor Tianqi listened very seriously, and even his eyes were glowing. At this moment, he couldn't help but say, "This is the reason."

As he said that, Emperor Tianqi smiled and said to Zhu Youjian: "Look, tax collection is the foundation. If the government does not collect taxes, how can it rule the world?"

Zhu Youjian listened and nodded in conscience and said, "My brother has received the teachings."

Guan Shaoning continued at this time: "But... solving the land problem is only the first step."

Zhu Youjian was stunned and couldn't help but say in surprise: "First step?"

"That's right." Guan Shaoning said: "Your Majesty must have heard the complaints of the gentry and the children of officials! To be honest, this first step was completed by me by rough means. Because it is not rude, who would be willing to sell his ancestral property? But would these people give up? This is definitely unwilling to stop! Fengqiu was able to suppress them, on the one hand, relying on the strong support of His Majesty and his mentor, because there is a teaching team and an Embroidered Uniform Guard, but... what about other prefectures and counties? Therefore, the mentor proposed the second step."

Zhu Youjian said: "What is the second step?"

"The first step is to cut off the gentry's fantasy about land, no longer allow them to hold land, and find ways to cut off their intention to continue to merge. After breaking these thoughts, the second problem arose, that is, these people have a lot of money through the savings of many generations and selling land, even if the land is sold at a low price. This gold and silver cannot be purchased anymore, which is of course extremely unpleasant for them."

Emperor Aoki was curious at this time.

However, he can actually understand these thoughts.

The eighteen generations of ancestors continued to buy and buy, but they didn’t know anything else. Although they had money, they probably felt very uncomfortable.

Guan Shaoning continued, "So they must be eliminated and lead them to the right path. So, we must control the problems of gentry at present, just like water control, is it blocked or loosened? The teacher's method is to block first and then loosen it."

"How to lose it?"

"This..." Guan Shaoning smiled and said, "It's hard to say. What's wrong? Your Majesty will have to see it in the county tomorrow before you can find out."

"You guy, I thought you were an honest person, but who knew you knew to keep it in the way."

Guan Shaoning looked at Zhang Jingyi.

Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to see it at first sight than to hear it. Let's take a look tomorrow and everything will be clear. Besides, Your Majesty has been working hard all the way, so I'm afraid it's hard. I'll take a break earlier today. Early tomorrow morning, let Guan Shaoning take you to have a good walk and see how the second step of this new policy is effective."

Emperor Tianqi then had to say, "If you can't see me tomorrow, I will only ask you."

He refers to Zhang Jingyi.

Zhang Jingyi felt that he was very unfair and clearly was in charge of Shao Ning.

Zhang Jingyi actually didn't see Guan Shaoning for a long time and wanted to have a deep conversation, so she said goodbye with Guan Shaoning.

However, even though the tired Emperor Tianqi still couldn't sleep like Zhu Youjian.

On the one hand, I have something to worry about, and on the other hand, I am used to staying up late.

After tossing and turning, in the middle of the night, the two brothers got together again.

"The emperor must have a good rest."

"the same as you."

As they said that, the two looked at each other and smiled, and then they had their own thoughts.

Emperor Aoki glanced at him and said, "Do you have something to say?"

Zhu Youjian said honestly: "I think that if this new policy can be implemented, it may not be a bad thing for the world. Zhang Jingyi is indeed a capable person, and I am really convinced. In the past, I had many misunderstandings about Zhang Jingyi, but now I know that he is a good talent in governing the world. I really want to know what the second step to manage Shao Ning tomorrow is. But... what is the emperor thinking?"

Emperor Tianqi sighed: "I think the same as you, so there is one thing that makes me feel as if I am in my throat."

Immediately afterwards, the two brothers looked at each other.

Zhu Youjian immediately guessed the intention of Emperor Aoki.

Emperor Tianqi then shouted loudly: "Come, come, prepare horses for me. I and King Xin have great things to do."

………

It was late at night and Zhang Jing was sleeping very sweetly. His residence was not far from the emperor. When he talked to Guan Shaoning to the night of the candle, he couldn't stop his sleep and fell asleep directly.

But at this moment, something suddenly became cold, which made Zhang Jingyi in the dream suddenly feel uncomfortable.

Zhang Jing woke up in a flash.

But I found that there was a knife on my neck.

Fortunately, it was the back of the knife.

But Zhang Jingyi was still so scared that she shouted suddenly: "There is an assassin... a good man can spare your life..."

Then, the oil lamp was lit.

Suddenly, Zhang Jing's eyes were stinging, and then he rubbed his eyes and saw two terrifying faces smiling at him under the faint light.

An Apocalypse Emperor.

A Zhu Youjian.

"hey-hey……"

At this time, Emperor Tianqi flexibly turned the knife. This time, the blade was really aiming at Zhang Jingyi's neck.

Emperor Tianqi said, "You can spare your life. Now you will only give you two ways. Do you want to eat this knife or marry my sister? You can choose it yourself!"

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