Women's clothing in the Ming Dynasty

Zhang Cong, courtesy name Bingyong, was born in Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province.In the 16th year of Zhengde, the second-class Jinshi, the number one main attacker of the Jiajing side in the Daliyi, and the troll among the trolls.

Zhu Houcong has always had a clear distinction between grievances and grievances, and he must repay his kindness, although Zhang Cong came out because of his own and Li Chengfeng's design.But after all, he suffered so much scolding in front of others, and was almost beaten to death by Yang Shen and others, so he still misses this person very much.After the ceremony ended, the little emperor tried his best to promote Zhang Cong from the fifth-rank official of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing to the minister of the third-rank official department of the central government, forming a qualitative leap.

You must know that it is only three or four years since Zhang Congzhong became a Jinshi. From Baishen to Minister of the Ministry of Officials, he has already crossed the road that others can only complete in half a lifetime.

Of course, the courtiers still disdain people like him, after all, this speed of promotion is really not in line with the etiquette of the ancestors.Even if it is given to you by the emperor, you must refuse it to show your dignity.But Zhang Cong, an old thief, not only does not refuse, but also enjoys being an official all day long, how can he not be despised?

However, this disdainful mood has completely disappeared until now. Regardless of whether they agree or not, all civil and military officials just want to say a word to him-brother, you are too awesome! ! !

Zhang Cong’s memorial is not too long, and he read it in just half a stick of incense. To extract the central idea, he mainly put forward three points:

[-]. Integrate land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous taxes into one, and collect silver taels together.

[-]. Re-clear the land of the whole country and try to eliminate hidden fields and hidden households.

[-]. From now on, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce will be taxed equally.

When everyone heard the second point, they couldn't sit still, and they were discussing in the hall. When the third point came out, most people's jaws dropped in shock, and a few directly cursed, and even called Zhang Cong a national traitor.

They said what they said, but Zhang Cong himself was unmoved. No matter what the result is today, his goal has been achieved. Zhang Cong will definitely be famous in history!

Jiajing motioned to the people around him, and the servant of the Supervisor of Ceremonies raised his voice and shouted "Quiet", finally calming down the place.

Jiajing said unhurriedly: "What are you doing here? If you disagree, we can discuss it slowly. What does it look like?"

At this time Jiang Mian stood up and hesitated for a moment, thinking that since the little emperor succeeded to the throne, almost all the things he wanted to do had succeeded, and he knew that his temper could not tolerate others' refute.So after thinking twice, he said, "I would like to report to the emperor, I think that the first item Mr. Zhang said is still feasible. The second item, I remember that the emperor himself has been doing it all the time. Things won’t be seen for a while, but as for the third point, it’s absolutely impossible.” This time, he also learned to be smart, and instead of opposing the little emperor to his face, he took a step forward and took a step back.

Zhu Houcong had a half-smile and said, "Master Jiang, why did you say this to me? This is a suggestion made by Zhang Shilang, and Mr. Jiang Ge came to him."Who in this court doesn't know that Zhang Cong is the number one horse boy of your Emperor Jiajing!

Zhu Houcong sat on the dragon chair, and he could see all kinds of expressions below him. A mocking smile floated on his face, and he straightened up his expressions immediately.Slowly opened the mouth and said: "What Zhang Shilang said, do you have any thoughts?"

Dead silence, a dead silence in the court.All the officials also looked away, since the emperor is arbitrary, we will be passive and sabotage.Seeing that no one spoke, Zhu Houcong was obviously a little angry.It is not an option to stare at him here, he simply announced his withdrawal from the court, and asked everyone to go home and think about it, and then re-negotiate after thinking clearly.

That is, not long after the disbandment of the Morning Dynasty, several elders knocked on the door of the Tiangong Bureau together.

At this time, Li Chengfeng was still devoting himself to the experiment.These days, in order to create enough space for the little emperor and the newly arrived Korean show girls, he hides whenever he can.It just so happened that the research on landmines has matured, and the Bureau of Tiangong plans to start the next project.

Seeing all the elders, Li Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, and almost immediately realized that something might have happened to the little emperor, so he hurriedly led him into the hall and asked nervously.

When he learned of what Zhu Houcong had done in the court, Li Chengfeng was silent.

"Realist Jinghua, I also admit that I have a deep prejudice against you on weekdays, but in today's matter, I am afraid that only you can persuade the emperor. Even if I beg you, the tax system cannot be changed! Only this, absolutely cannot be changed!" The first one to speak was Mao Ji, Mr. Mao Ge. He and Li Chengfeng spoke no more than five sentences, and most of them were sarcasm. I didn't expect to be so humble.

Most of the tax policies of the Ming Dynasty followed the previous dynasties, that is, starting from scholars, they had a certain scale of tax-free land. The bigger the official, the more tax-free land. This is linked to the rank of the official. One thousand acres of tax-free land, which is the maximum tax-free land for individuals.The land that exceeds the tax-free land standard of the corresponding grade, even if it is a grade one, must pay the corresponding land tax.

In addition, starting from the scholar, the individual corvee tax is basically exempted.If it’s just like this, it’s fine. In ancient times, the news was blocked and the illiteracy rate was high. After all, the so-called intellectuals and scholar-bureaucrats were limited in number. If they were given some land, they would be given some.

But what is even more frightening is the so-called "contribution", which is the real foundation of destroying the country.

The word "touxian" refers to entrusting the land property under the name of the gentry to reduce taxes and labor.The earliest "Law of the Ming Dynasty" did not realize the seriousness of the dedication, and only attributed it to the category of fighting for other people's property, and the most serious punishment was exile.

In the days that followed, because the harm of this kind of behavior was too great, even many officials in the DPRK and China called for rectification.But it's too late now, the forces among the Ming gentry are intricate, and even the common people are willing to contribute.Firstly, it can save money and avoid taxes, and secondly, it can use the power and prestige of the big family to resolve disputes. It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

And the only one hurt is the country.Many people have a misunderstanding, thinking that the people of the Ming Dynasty had a hard life and uprisings continued, so the tax must be high at this time.In fact, on the contrary, agriculture in the Ming Dynasty was definitely ranked among the lowest in history in terms of taxation alone.Not to mention the business tax, the emperor and the ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang simply didn't have the slightest business acumen. For business, the tax was one in thirty at the earliest, and then they didn't collect tax at all!In this way, the country itself will not be able to collect taxes, and there will be all kinds of digging. It is no wonder that Zhu Houcong worked day and night after he succeeded to the throne.

Wanting to understand this point, Li Chengfeng firmly shook his head while looking at the official uniforms worn by everyone present, and refused: "Please forgive me for being impolite, Jinghua will absolutely stand by the emperor in this matter."

Yang Yiqing was silent at first, but he couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, he got up and said, "Little Taoist priest, I think you have misunderstood something." After saying that, he blew off his official hat, pointed at his white hair and said: "This old man is 70 years old this year. He has no children and no daughters. He has nothing to look forward to. We old men are basically the same."

He stared into Li Chengfeng's eyes, and said calmly: "But your majesty's approach will never work. At least, it's not the time yet. Back then, the emperor and ancestors made a rule to exempt scholars from land tax, so that they could feel at ease Read the books of sages. If you decide to abolish this rule rashly, can you think of how to appease thousands of scholars?"

"This..." Li Chengfeng was at a loss for words. In fact, according to his thinking, there are naturally countless solutions, such as vigorously developing industrialization and diverting domestic conflicts through various means... However, these will take time.

Thinking of this, he bowed deeply to everyone: "The elders are right, indeed, the emperor is a little too hasty, so I will go to persuade the poor."

Yang Yiqing nodded in relief, and watched the female Taoist priest go to face the saint.Sighing sadly, I hope this girl can persuade that little stubborn donkey, otherwise...

The author has something to say: 1. First of all, it must be stated that no matter how much Zhu Houcong struggled in this article, the land system has not been changed. From the implementation of the two-tax system in the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China, the two-tax system was generally implemented.Even if our little emperor plays tricks, it is only a change in the taxation issue.So everyone can rest assured that he will not create his own rebellion and kill himself.

2. Regarding the integration of gentry and gentry in the article, it actually borrowed some Yongzheng systems.But it is definitely not called this name in official history, and it seems to mean this.And it should be noted that this system has not been implemented! At that time, Yongzheng only asked Tian Wenjing to do a pilot in Henan. Tian Wenjing was a relatively talented courtier, and he was backed by the iron-fisted emperor Yongzheng, so he achieved great results.But it also aroused fierce resistance. Finally, after Tian Wenjing's death, this policy was not implemented very much. When Qianlong, the prodigal son, simply abolished these things.

3. Many things in this chapter have historical prototypes, and perhaps the most famous one is Zhang Juzheng's reform.In fact, these reforms were initiated during the Jiajing period. After years of precipitation, Zhang Juzheng vigorously promoted them when he was in power.In fact, it is called a reform, but not a reform, which can explain the problem very well.If you compare it with the previous ones, you will find that many problems in this reform are just scratching the surface, such as the clan. The reform of the Jiajing clan in history only restricted the expenses of the clan.Not to mention Shang Yang's reform, even Wang Anshi's reform is far behind.

Writing these two chapters is really tiring... I will continue tomorrow