I, the grandson of the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty, earned 100 million taels at the beginning

"Who says they can't afford it? The food shipped from the Asan area every year is enough for these people to eat. In addition, the large-scale planting of potatoes in the next two years, let alone let these people eat it, it can support them to death. .”

Good guy, these two groups of people are also addicted to quarreling.

As soon as the old pedant expressed his concern, a blushing and thick-necked veteran on the other side rolled up his sleeves and refuted.

"Nonsense, the food in the Asan area is the foundation of the country, and it is used to deal with emergencies in various parts of the country. You soldiers have eaten all of them. If there is a disaster, I will use you to rescue the disaster."

"Ha, I said you old bastard is nonsense."

"Did you forget potatoes? They are very productive. This year, both Jinling and Shandong will be planted. This harvest will be enough for people to eat. The food delivered in the Asan area will definitely not be needed." Yes, food is not silver, it can’t be stored for too long, Ah San can bring so much food every year, if you don’t eat it up this year, it will become heavy food next year.”

"Stop, stop, can you listen to me!"

Zhu Zhangui blocked the spout of saliva from both sides with his sleeves, and shouted loudly.

Hearing the words, the two parties snorted coldly at each other, turned and went back to their own queue, intending to listen to what Zhu Zhangui had to say.

After shaking his sleeves and tidying up his clothes, Zhu Zhangui said to the civil and military officials: "The reason why the imperial court wants to implement such a system is based on two considerations."

"The first aspect is that with the increase of our country's territory, the area that needs to be defended is gradually expanding."

"My Daming's troops are almost all from military households, but there are only so many of them. The territory is bigger, and more soldiers need to be added. Our court can't let the military households' families guard the land!"

"So it is imperative to recruit soldiers from civilians, but according to the imperial court's system, once you join the army, you will be registered as a military householder. In this way, some civilians will quit."

"After all, they pay a little less tax when they are ordinary people, but the tax will increase when they become military households."

"So after consideration, the emperor combined with Emperor Taizu's last words, the general's household registration will be gradually cancelled, and those who enlist in the army will no longer change their household registration."

"And the second aspect is to consider the aspect of national self-defense."

"As we all know, every time a clan invades, our people are the targets of massacres, and they don't even have the strength to resist every massacre."

"Although with the protection of the imperial court, this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, but it is normal for ordinary people to encounter bandits and beasts when they travel. If they have experienced two years in the army, when they return to the lives of ordinary people, If you can resist when you encounter danger, you won’t be called a lamb waiting to be caught.”

"More importantly, if there is a very big national war in the future and the court needs to increase its troops, then the veterans who have been in the army for two years can quickly go into battle with only simple training, forming a team capable of fighting A fighting force."

"Your Highness, these two ideas are good, and the old minister has no objection, but why must the literati join in?"

"They originally had little time to study. If they wereted two years in the army, or even died in a war, then all their years of hard study and the cultivation of their families would have been in vain."

As soon as Zhu Zhangui briefly explained the reason, the old pedant stood up frowning and put forward his own ideas.

Zhu Zhangui looked at him and explained earnestly: "The reason for recruiting literati and martial arts is that the future weapons of Ming Dynasty will become more and more complicated, and will use many aspects of knowledge, such as arithmetic, geography and weather, etc. .”

"As we all know, ordinary people and military households are illiterate. If these high-end weapons are handed over to them, they don't have the knowledge to use them. The weapons are a pile of scrap iron in their hands."

"So it is imperative for the Ming army to join educated soldiers and officers. This is also the reason why the imperial court opened a new school, allowing students to take half a day of astronomy and half a day of martial arts."

"Can…"

"Okay, nothing to worry about."

The old scholar wanted to say more, but Zhu Zhangui reached out and stopped him and said solemnly: "Scholar Chen, there is a saying that is good for the rise and fall of the world, everyone is responsible, guarding the frontier, defending the country is not just a matter for ordinary people. Talented people also have the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the enemy."

"And more importantly, after you hear the next edict, I don't think you have the heart to discuss this issue."

Smiling at the civil servants and generals, Zhu Zhangui turned his head and gave his father a dead wink.

Zhu Pangpang's expression must have been serious, he reached out and picked up the last imperial decree, took a deep breath and said loudly: "Follow the heavens, the emperor, the edict said: Since the incident in Shandong, I have been thinking about it day and night. With the help of the tax-free policy, the common people’s fields are widely collected to offset the imperial court’s taxes, causing local government offices to impose taxes on those who have not taken refuge in the common people.

"After careful consideration, I have decided to abolish the tax exemption policy for officials, scholars and gentry from next year, and implement the official and gentry payment system!"

In an instant, needles could be heard throughout the hall, whether it was civil servants, military officials, or vassal princes, all of them stared round and stared at the squinting old man sitting at the top in disbelief.

Chapter 292: The Super Brawl at the Gate of the Palace

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the entire Ming Dynasty, from the nobles of the royal family to the officials and common people, was shocked and dumbfounded by the several imperial decrees announced by the Dachaohui.

It is no longer a topic for the court to win a few corrupt officials and Shandong's handling. Now everyone is discussing the compulsory military service system and the policy of paying food for officials and gentry.

As for these two new policies, many people remain concerned.

The common people don't care about the fact that officials and gentry pay food together. It has nothing to do with those gentry and landlords who are officials, whether they pay taxes and food or not, and it has no effect on them.

They thought that if these people paid taxes, the imperial court would not send them to the common people. If they did not pay, the common people would still have to pay them. Therefore, among the common people, this topic was only mentioned.

There are two issues that the common people are most concerned about.

The first is the compulsory military service system that everyone cares about.

My son feels sorry for himself.

No parent would be willing to serve in the army as soon as he was an adult, and he might even go to the battlefield.

If something goes wrong, how will the whole family live.

Of course, some people are sad and some are happy.

Ordinary people were dissatisfied with this policy, but the military households cheered happily.

There was no such system in the past. Except for the common people who voluntarily voluntarily died and died in wars, they were all military households.

After every war, the locations of all military households are covered with white flags, and what makes them even more desperate is that their descendants will not be able to escape this fate.

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, if a military household wants to change its household registration, it must be at the level of Minister of the Ministry of War.

There are so many military households in the world, how many of them are able to be ministers of the Ministry of War.

In addition, in order to sympathize with the common people, Lao Zhu put part of the taxes on the military households. The taxes paid by military households are higher than that of ordinary people, and the military households have long complained in their hearts.

They are the ones who bleed and sacrifice their lives for the country, and they are the ones who pay higher taxes, and they can't take the imperial examinations, and they can only serve as soldiers for the rest of their lives. This is too unfair to their military households, and there is no such thing as wool.

They were all raised by their fathers and mothers, and they were all common people of Ming Dynasty. Why should their military households have to pay so much and endure the oppression of officials from hundreds of households and thousands of households.

Since the end of Hongwu, the conflicts between military households, common people and the court have gradually occurred.

But because Lao Zhu was pressing on it, it didn't burst out.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he fought almost every year. Even if the military households had ideas, they didn't have time to talk about them.

Now that the war between the north and the west has ended, and the imperial court has announced that they will recuperate for a few years, many military households have already planned to find an opportunity to chat with the emperor's grandson about this matter.

They didn't dare to find the old man, and the prince knew that he couldn't get involved in this matter. Only the grandson of the emperor they knew had the ability to change everything.

But just when they started planning and were about to find an opportunity to find the emperor's grandson, a surprise suddenly fell from the sky.

When the news was received, many people burst into tears.

The imperial court did not forget them, the emperor knew their suffering, and now finally came up with a way to let their descendants get rid of this shackle.

As for the fact that their generation is still a military household, many people didn't even think about it.

People live not only for themselves, but also for their children.

As long as the children can live well, it doesn't matter if they suffer a little.

"Competing with the people for profit, what a people! It's against the will of Taizu, bastard, don't I know what my father thinks, you need to tell me."

In Shang's study room, the old man angrily pushed a large pile of memorials to the ground.

Since the end of the Great Court Meeting yesterday, the number of memorials in Shangshufang has increased in piles.

These memorials are not to report things, but to oppose the imperial court's proposal to pay food for officials and gentry together, as well as the compulsory military service system.

Among them, the vast majority of those who oppose the integration of officials and gentry pay rations, and the remaining small part is the issue of forced military service.

Zhu Zhangui stepped forward, picked up one and opened it to have a look.

Although the article is full of flowers and flowers, the overall meaning is one.

Officials and gentry pay food together, which is contrary to the intention of Taizu, and it is even more competitive with the people, which may shake the foundation of the country.

"Look at it all, take a good look, this is the official of Daming, this is the disciple of the sage."

The old man kicked the stack of memorials angrily, pointed at the door and cursed.

In the past, all the officials were afraid of the old man, and they would divide into two waves, either agreeing or opposing, and then the two parties would make peace there.

But this time, everyone agreed, no matter if they were nobles, officials, or those vassal kings, they all stood on the opposite side of the old man and opposed these two systems.

As a result, the old man, who originally thought that he would be executed unconditionally if he said something, felt his face was severely beaten, his majesty, and he was seriously provoked.

When the husband was angry, blood spattered five steps, when the emperor was angry, corpses lay all over the field.

The old man was really angry this time.

He originally wanted to solve the troubles of his children and grandchildren before he abdicated, but he didn't expect that the troubles of his children and grandchildren would suddenly become his troubles.

"Grandpa, in fact, this kind of result is very normal. After all, they have enjoyed so many years of good treatment, and they suddenly took it away. They will definitely not do it. This is taking money out of their pockets. Who would be willing to give away their own money?" Send money out."

Throwing away the memorial in his hand, Zhu Zhangui waved the eunuchs who were kneeling on the ground to go out, stepped forward and poured a cup of tea for the old man, and comforted him.

After receiving the tea poured by the eldest grandson, the old man said angrily: "I was thinking of helping you and your father solve these two troublesome things before abdicating, thinking that with my prestige, these people would accept it even if they were dissatisfied." , but I didn't expect that I just finished talking the day before, and the next day collectively opposed it, even those generals..."

The more the old man talked, the more angry he was, he looked left and right and wanted to smash something, but there were treasures all around him, so he couldn't bear it, and finally threw the tea bowl in his hand out the door.

"Your Majesty, countless gentry gathered outside the gate of the palace to sit quietly at the entrance of the palace, asking the emperor to take back your order and abandon the policy of forced military service and government-gentle payment of rations."

Dodging the little snot in the tea bowl at the door, walked in cautiously, and reported the situation outside.

Good guy, what Little Snot reported suddenly added fuel to the flames. The old man who was already very angry turned red eyes and roared loudly.

"Damn it, what do they want to do? Do they want to rebel, really want to rebel, right? Then I'll let them go and tell Ji Gang that anyone who dares to sit quietly outside the palace will be arrested. I will torture them and ask who the mastermind is. Who."

But before Xiaonai went out to give the order, another eunuch walked in.

"Report to Your Majesty, after the gentry gathered countless people, they also shouted for the imperial court to abolish the official and gentry payment of food."

The angry old man was stunned. He stared at him, pulled out his ears in disbelief, and asked the eunuch.

"What did you say?"

The little eunuch lowered his head and answered quickly.

"A lot of people came from outside the imperial city, and they also shouted, let the emperor take back the order that the officials and gentry should pay the grain together."

Zhu Zhangui could clearly see that the old man's eyes were full of bewilderment.

The policy of government and gentry paying food in one package is also of great benefit to the common people.

For example, the money collected can not only solve the problem of the emptiness of the national treasury, but the imperial court can also use the extra money to build private roads, making it very convenient for the people to travel and ship goods.

This kind of policy that benefits the country and the people, it is reasonable to say that even if the common people do not applaud, they should be concerned about themselves. How could they stand up and oppose it?

Zhu Zhangui didn't think about it at first, but then he thought of something and asked the eunuch.

"There are scholars among the crowd!"

The little eunuch thought about it and nodded quickly.

"There are some poor scholars among them, but there are not many of them."

Zhu Zhangui suddenly understood.

What is the purpose of studying? Isn't it just to take the imperial examination and get a name so that you can become an official, and then enjoy the high rights and beautiful life.

Even if these people with fame do not have the chance to pass the examination and become officials, their ordinary fame, according to Lao Zhu's policy, will have a certain reduction or exemption in terms of taxation.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, some famous scholars even started a business based on this, helping those fleets and caravans press ships and carts, and profit from it.

But now that the policy of government and gentry paying food in one package comes out, the welfare of these famous people will be gone at once, and they will definitely not do it.

Zhu Zhangui guessed in his heart that most of the people who stood up to support the gentry were people in Jia's family who were studying or were about to take the imperial examination.

After all, only these people are direct or indirect beneficiaries, and the policy of government and gentry paying for food will have the greatest impact on them.

Zhu Zhangui pondered for a while, and said to the old man who was still angry: "Grandpa, it is not appropriate for the imperial court to directly arrest people in this matter. Based on our grandson, we should find another group of people to get rid of these officials and gentry. The conflicts in the imperial court are transferred to the people and become the conflicts among the people, and we can directly pick them out and act as notaries to uphold justice for both parties.”

Hearing what Zhu Zhangui said, the anger on the old man's face gradually disappeared. Looking at Zhu Zhangui, he pointed out: "Military household!"

A smile appeared on Zhu Zhangui's face.

Outside the palace, hundreds of gentry students sat on the ground, facing the palace with serious expressions.

Behind them, thousands of common people knelt on the ground and sobbed softly, holding big-character posters asking the emperor to consider for the people.

Such a scene was obviously deliberately arranged by someone, otherwise these common people would not have thought of this trick.

"Brother Li, can we do this? If the emperor gets angry, we will lose our lives."

Among the gentry sitting quietly in the line, a fat man with a big head and big ears glanced at the guards of the palace who were fully on guard. Seeing the gleaming weapon, he felt guilty and asked a thin man beside him.

The thin man was a middle-aged man, he squinted his eyes and stroked his goatee when he heard the fat man's question.

"Brother Han, don't worry, so many of us are here, and we only came here to ask for an explanation, and we didn't attack the palace. Although there was a small mistake, the emperor didn't dare to take the risk of angering the gentry all over the world, and cut us all off. "