[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

Yinfeng: Harm, Gu just divided the household department, so where does it go?

Now he can divide the Ministry of Households, and when he grows up, he can also reform the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment...

If no one objected, he would feel itchy and uncomfortable.

However, all things are taken care of by one person, which is something a fool would do. Why do you have to rush forward when you have brothers and Amma?

In any case, the three ministers have already taken office, and there is absolutely no reason for temporary changes after the imperial decree is issued.

After a period of time, Yinzhen stayed in the Ministry of Agriculture, Yinzhi stayed in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Chen Tingjing was in the Finance Department, so there was no big trouble.

Yinzhen had experience in his previous life, and he was responsible for the land tax reform in Kangxi's later years. When he stayed in the Ministry of Agriculture, he saw the "poll tax" that was far behind when he was in power. Pick out a bunch of bugs.

The prerequisite for agricultural land reform is that the population of the common people continued to grow during the reign of Khan Ama, so that the original "poll tax" no longer applied to the national conditions, and during the reign of Khan Ama, the implementation of "peaceful and prosperous times, never increasing taxes" "(1), with these, Yinzhen has the foundation to carry out drastic reforms after he succeeds to the throne.

It can be seen from the source of the "head tax" of the Ministry of Agriculture that the current population of the Qing Dynasty has increased by almost [-]% compared with the same time in the previous life. The border wars have not affected the stability of the country. As a result, the output in the fields increased sharply, the roads were accessible, and the north-south exchanges were close, which also brought about commercial prosperity.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Commerce was established in advance, and there is a government office that manages commerce and trade across the country.

Yinzhen sorted out the materials at hand, and took the lead in reading through the change files of nearly ten years in detail.

When he arrived at the ministry, it was obviously not his style to do nothing. Only by knowing ourselves and the enemy can we carry out the reform.

He needs more property information, and if possible, he also wants the cooperation of the officials, but these are not what he can do now, so he can only ask the prince.

Yinzhen wrote an article, which is very in line with the ideas of his age. The initial plan is not perfect, but as long as the idea is conveyed, the tender shoots will take root and sprout by themselves.

"My son looked through the records of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the statistics of agricultural taxes in the past ten years are as follows..."

Today's agricultural tax is based on the population of the peasant family, and there may be plans for the common people to have fewer children because they cannot pay the head tax.Among the fields, some people have more fields and others have less, but the tax is the same. This is unfair, making the rich richer and the poor poorer.If things go on like this, farmers with less fields will feel unbalanced and will not continue to cultivate, and those with more fields will be lazy and will not continue to cultivate. This is a hidden danger.

In the previous dynasty, there was a "one-whip law" to change part of the agricultural tax, which was the same as the land tax.It seeks out people who own land, collects taxes from the land, and allows them to "substitute labor with silver" (2), but it causes new hidden dangers, such as tax evasion and avoidance.What's more, the powerful pass on tax items, causing the poor to bear even more taxes.

Today, I have an idea. If the amount of land property is used as the basis for taxation, the amount of land property can be used to balance the amount of farm households. The small people of Tian Shao have a livelihood, and they are encouraged to have children for plowing the land.

Yinzhen was a little awkward looking at the memorial he wrote. It was not perfect, which made Yinzhen, who knew how to change it in his heart, feel a little obsessive-compulsive. He simply closed his eyes and went to the prince to discuss this matter with him.

Since it is the "advanced" method brought up by the fourth child, he has his own mature system in his mind. From Yinfeng's perspective, of course, taxation from the land is more conducive to balancing the rich and poor among the common people, and in the future of the Qing Dynasty. Development has great benefits.

Yinfeng asked what happened, and asked Yinzhen all over before and after the reform of "spreading into the mu", and then asked him: "Why didn't Khan Ama implement this reform, but it fell on you instead?"

Yinzhen raised his eyelids, and said calmly: "In Khan Ama's later years, the brothers fought to the death for the throne. Although they wanted to reform the land tax, they were powerless."

Yinfeng's head is empty, and he has no memory of this aspect at all. It is not easy to pry open the mouth of the fourth child. Now he took the initiative to mention "brothers vying for the throne", which shows that it was dangerous at that time.

He didn't even ask himself what was going on at that time, if the brothers could fight, the crown prince would definitely be unstable.

Yinfeng sighed and thought: So in his last life, he made a wish not to be an emperor, it must be because being a prince is too tiring.It's normal for courtiers to object, but if the brothers also object, Khan Ama is still not milking him, it's so heartbreaking, it's almost like betraying relatives.

The third grandpa's previous style of writing mistakes in the account books, his subordinates' corruption, and his old-fashioned personality, when he saw a bright pearl, he wanted to rush up to fight a cock, and it didn't seem like he could help him.

Xiaomei is as quiet as a chicken, but in just a few years, the big friend with an empty mind has already guessed about the things in her previous life, guessing a lot.

Yinfeng doesn't worry about his previous life, his mind is completely empty, except for dreaming in the middle of the night, the dreams are always bizarre, and it doesn't have much impact on his life.

Oh no, it actually had an effect, he found that he could swing the whip subconsciously, and if he didn't learn the hand feel, he could swing it smoothly without hurting himself!

Yinfeng asked: "What do you think is the best time to put this matter on the agenda?"

Yinzhen murmured: "It's best to rest and recuperate after the war, after Khan Ama's three expeditions to Galdan."

Yinfeng: "..."

Yinzhen noticed the strange silence, met the prince's piercing eyes, and his heart trembled suddenly.

Yinfeng: The fourth son, the donkey, only moves once he is pumped, and he won't run without pumping.

"When was the Sanzheng Galdan, what happened during the period, such an important thing, you can be more specific!"

Yinzhen said helplessly: "I was only 12 years old when Khan Ama first conquered Galdan, and I was locked up in the upper study room to study. How could I know so much?"

The memory is too far away, can you not embarrass a grandfather who is nearly 70 years old in two lifetimes?

"I joined Khan Ama on the expedition to Galdan, which was his third expedition. I was 19 years old that year. Although I was in charge of the Zhenghongqi Camp, I had no chance to go to the expedition." Yinzhen recalled his childhood, and would be able to say Tell Yinfeng everything.

Yinfeng asked him: "How is the geographical location of the Junggar Khan? How many troops do they have, how is their army armed, and how about their guns? When the Junggar Khan came to attack the Qing Dynasty, the Raksha and Kazakh Khanates at that time , What actions can the Womor Empire take?"

Yinzhen directly confused him, and asked him instead: "Do you think I can know these things? When I passed by, Khan Ama had already weakened Galdan twice before, and the known strength of troops cannot be used as a reference."

Therefore, the fourth child, the "prophet" who has resurrected his life, is too young to know anything.

Yinfeng regretted: "Why didn't the eldest brother live again?"

The eldest brother is so smart, he uses troops to fight, he has the courage to know people first-rate, he must have participated in this battle at his age!

Seeing his regretful expression, Yinzhen blurted out: "Do you think you had a good relationship with the boss in your last life?"

Yinfeng lowered his head, and looked at Yinfeng who hadn't grown tall yet.

"The relationship is not good. Could it be that he is staring at Gu's position and making things difficult for Gu everywhere?"

Yinzhen rolled his eyes: "Boss has never been content with mediocrity."

He was the fiercest rival with the crown prince in the early days, and he could only wish to drag the crown prince down from his position.

Following Yinzhen's words, Yinreng sighed heavily, and that sigh was three parts regretful, three parts melancholy, and four parts sad.

Yinzhen said: "That's just a matter of the last life. Since you can't remember it, what does it have to do with you? In this life, your relationship with the boss is not so hot, and you and the boss don't seem to let Suo'etu The appearance of being at the mercy of Mingzhu. At least you..." It has changed a lot.

Yinzhen: In this change, it is a good thing to love brothers, but it is also true that Khan Ama is worried about death.

"Hey, it would be great if the elder brother had a little bit of thought. In fact, Gu didn't want to be the prince. The courtiers and Khan Ama insisted on doing it alone. The elder brother told Gu Xiao to stop thinking about resigning from the position of the prince. Instead, support is lonely? I can’t find anyone to object, and Mingzhu... hey, Mingzhu is struggling for a long time now, but as soon as Rong Ruo became a minister, he himself became low-key.”

There was more melancholy in the crown prince's brows, he sighed, obviously his face was full of melancholy, but Yinzhen was itching with hatred.

Yes, you have won the hearts of the people in this life, what is there to show off?

Yinzhen said with a dark face: "If you mention again that you don't want to be a prince, Khan Ama Minger will deal with all the people around you!"

Yinfeng soon cheered up again: "That's why Gu never expresses his thoughts in the open. You see now, God knows, you know, I know, no third person knows."

The corner of Yinzhen's mouth twitched, feeling like he was stepping on a thief's boat.

Yinfeng: "Since you can't resign, let's hurry up. You said that Khan Ama spent nine years in his last three conquests of Galdan. Nine years is too long. How many great things can he do?"

When Yinzhen heard him say "If you can't resign, then do it quickly", the ominous premonition grew stronger.

The crown prince handed the memorial to Yinzhen: "You can submit this memorial to Ama Khan in person. You don't need to postpone it until after the war. Ring the bell for Ama Khan now so that he can have a mental preparation. We will plan for the future.”

It seems that in the mouth of the prince, Khan Ama is coming to work.

Yinzhen said angrily: "Only the sons have always shared the government affairs for Khan Ama. How can anyone let Khan Ama do things like you?"

"Gu is sharing the government affairs for Khan Ama! War is the most expensive. Since we have to prepare for the war, according to what you said, we still have a year and a half to prepare. Why don't we take advantage of this to set up the trade center and see How much can you earn in a year?"

The memorial that Yinzhen planned to give to the prince returned to his own hands, and Yinzhen fell into deep thought.

If it was placed in the previous life, such a good political achievement as "spread into the mu" would definitely be included in the pocket of Prince Yinreng's character.

In this life, why does the prince wish to be the hands-off shopkeeper?

Soon, Yin Mo's doubts were answered.

At the court meeting the next day, Yinfeng put on the agenda the long-prepared trade center plan.

"Since the opening of overseas trade in the Qing Dynasty, more than a dozen ports have flourished, and the customs system has gradually matured. The exchanges between countries are endless. Foreigners are eager for our products from the Qing Dynasty. Why don't Chinese people love the products they bring? ?The mutual market is beneficial to the treasury to generate income. It is better to let the imperial court take the lead, open a trade base, attract merchants from all over the world to station in it, and act as a host to build a trade center in the Qing Dynasty."

Yinzhen: Good guy, I thought why didn't he take on a job, just finished the work of splitting up the household department, and started to engage in overseas trading non-stop, and didn't give the household department officials any time to breathe!

As soon as the foreign trade market came out, there was a lot of opposition from the DPRK and China.

Kangxi, who had learned about this before, stood on the sidelines with the cabinet officials, and no one helped.

Those who opposed the prince were like old hens who had finally caught the prince's handle. One by one, they were beaten up and jumped out with their wings flapping.

The conservative forces oppressed filial piety and denounced the prince: "The empress dowager's bones are not yet cold. As a descendant, His Highness the prince doesn't want to keep filial piety for the ancestors, but he can't wait to arrange a grand occasion, so we should welcome those foreigner sons to our country!"

The clan's opposition was even louder: "Foreigners are treacherous and cunning, and have repeatedly entrapped wealthy businessmen in the Qing Dynasty. Those who come from barbaric lands do not follow the rules and are like unreasonable robbers. Cooperating with them is seeking skins from tigers, and they will be punished at any time." There is a possibility of being backlashed!"

None of the people who spoke for the prince had yet to stand up, and for a while the whole court was full of doubts and condemnation of Yinrong.

Kangxi didn't speak, just sat on the court hall, with a serious face, holding back in his heart: I will definitely not help him, let him stand on his own, let's see if he dares to poke him, I will definitely not help this time!

Seeing Yinreng turned sideways and glanced at himself, Yinzhen raised his head and found that the prince was chuckling.

Yinzhen panicked: laughing, laughing, what are you laughing at? !It's almost like a thousand people pointing fingers, and laughing!

The author has something to say: Yinzhen: There are lemon fruits on the lemon tree, and I am the only one under the lemon tree Note on the preconditions of mu (1): A whip method in the Ming Dynasty is that part of the stipends go to the mu, and they can use silver as a substitute for labor. If you don’t do labor in person, you can pay silver instead, but there is still a small silver burden.Those powerful people tried their best to evade the small tax, practiced the so-called "flying" and "spoofing", and transferred the small money of their own family to the households without power, resulting in a heavier tax for the weak and poor with little land.