The fourteenth blessing of the koi carp in the Qing Dynasty

He pondered for a moment, and said: "I remember that there is a son in the Tulu family who is about the same age as Buyecuk, why not let his family become the master when the time comes." Married children tend to be weak, and perhaps this is what Fol Guochun is worried about.

Buyechuk was not born to a queen, so marriage should be fine.

The Wanyan family is a big family, and now it has become a descendant family. If the next generation does not marry, he is worried that others will say that the emperor is cold, or that the emperor is guarding against the Wanyan family. This is not what Kangxi wants to see.

"I guess Fur Guochun will not refuse this time."

Yinzhen brought the words to Foer Guochun, but she really didn't refuse.Buyechuk treats her like her own daughter and nephew of her natal family. She believes that her sister-in-law can also educate her well.Now that the two children are young, it is good that they can cultivate their relationship from an early age.

After the merits and deeds were rewarded, Yinzhen began the three fires of his new emperor after he came to the throne—reform.

According to the old calendar, the new emperor will reduce taxes for three years when he ascends the throne, and Yinzhen didn't criticize anyone in this regard.Now the national treasury is full, with hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and the country has other sources of income besides taxes, so he generously reduced and exempted the population tax for five years.

There are few people with land, and the per capita tax is the main tax for the people.Kangxi was competent when he was emperor, and he announced the policy of "breeding people and never raising taxes" since 50 years ago.That is, the population tax has been levied on the population of the previous year from this year. Even if your family has ten children this year, you will not be taxed.

This policy has lightened the burden of the people to a certain extent. Yinzhen also loves the people like a son. After he took office, he did not change this policy. On this basis, he reduced or exempted taxes for five years.

In addition to the population tax, the land tax is also symbolically reduced for one year.

Most of the land is in the hands of nobles and landlords. If it weren't for the fear of being harsh and stingy, Yinzhen would not want to give them tax relief at all.These people are not ordinary people. Their life is very good, and they don't know how nourishing they are every day.

He comforted himself in his heart, it doesn't matter, the reduction this time, sooner or later they will return the principal with interest.

In addition to meeting the taxation as usual, the first meaningful thing he did was to open schools in various counties.It is difficult for the common people to go to school. Apart from being poor and unable to afford it, there are few schools.It would be nice to have a school in a small county.

Yinzhen decreed that no matter how large or small the county is, schools should be established in all directions, so that people from nearby villages can come to study.In order to show that he attached great importance to this matter, he set up an education department separately from the six ministries, dedicated to the education of the Qing Dynasty.

Now the world is peaceful, Mongolia has been beaten and is afraid to invade, Xinjiang and Tibet also have "foreign gun teams" in battle, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.Putting money aside does not make money. The Qing Dynasty was not short of money, but was short of talents.Where do talents come from? It is not enough to rely on these nobles. The largest population base is still the common people. This is the place where talents can be selected.

He stipulated that people over the age of eight in the Qing Dynasty must go to colleges to study for up to five years. He knew that the people were in poverty, and many people did not want to study but had no money to support their children.He did not want to increase the burden on the people by letting children study, so these poor people can go to school for free with their own household registration.

Not only does the school not charge a penny, but it also provides food and accommodation, and even clothes are provided twice throughout the year.Even if the clothes are only cotton clothes, they are extremely precious to the poor.

Eight or nine-year-old males, who can be regarded as half-children, are at the time when they can eat. Now that the college has taken over, they can not only read and read, but also reduce the burden on the family. There is no one who is not happy.

Do you really think that the common people don't want their children to study well?On the contrary, the poorer the people, the more they want their children to succeed. Sometimes in order to change the status quo, the family saves money and saves money in the hope of cultivating a scholar.

As soon as the policy came out, everyone in the country applauded, and everyone looked forward to the establishment of the school.Some people are simple and simple, and even go to the local yamen to inquire about the construction of schools, saying that they have strength, but they can help build schools for free without wages.

Things like this happen every day in every county in the Qing Dynasty, and there are quite a few people who come here.

Looking at the information sent in a hurry from all over the country, Yinzhen sighed: This is the most simple person.

After thinking about it for a while, he decided to make a decree, allowing them to recruit the artisans who built the school nearby. The masons paid [-] yuan a day, and the other craftsmen paid [-] yuan a day. They were still in charge of eating and drinking at noon.

The imperial decree was issued by a special person sent by him, and corruption was strictly prohibited, and once it was discovered, it would be severely punished.

Maybe he was really tainted with the good luck of Foer Guochun. Most people dare not touch this money. There are a handful of people who want to take money and break the law. get.

Yinzhen didn't care about the bad blood at the beginning of his enthronement, and all the people he caught ransacked their homes and beheaded. He used severe methods to "kill chickens to scare monkeys".Underestimating the new emperor's attitude, no one dared to take this money anymore, so that this money became the first real payment in the Qing Dynasty.

This is not mentioned for the time being.

Kangxi was a little curious about how Yinzhen would think of these things. You must know that after the establishment of a school, the national treasury will spend a lot of money every year. It is not as simple as a little money.According to the territory of the Qing Dynasty and Yinzhen's plan, at least one million taels of silver started every year.

"Yinzhen, are you ready for money?" Either he hadn't thought about Yinzhen's plans, or they ran aground because they cost too much.The national tax revenue mainly comes from the common people, and he worries that it will increase the burden on the common people because of the expense.This is still miserable for the people.It would be better not to let the children go to school.

"Ama Khan, my son has thought about everything you said, except for the overseas area where my son plans to continue trading. My son also plans to increase taxes." Seeing Kangxi staring at him, he remained calm, "Ah Khan Ma, listen to your son first."

Kangxi was furious and said, he just wanted to see what kind of flowers this brat could come up with.It's a shame he can figure out how to increase taxes.If he dares to destroy the foundation he has built up with great difficulty, it will be up to him how he will deal with him.

Yinzhen was not frightened by Kangxi's cold face, he calmly expressed his thoughts little by little.

Today's land is mostly in the hands of nobles and wealthy businessmen, and few people own land, which Khan Ama also admits.He once mentioned to Foer Guochun that he wanted to make the people live a better life, and a word from Foer Guochun inspired him.

Foer Guochun said that the common people are easy to be satisfied, and it is enough to earn a little money from one mu of land and one field to eat.

His inspiration comes from Fol Guochun's phrase "one acre, one field".

"The land in the Qing Dynasty is vast, and Khan Ama once sent out land reclamation missions. However, there are still many wastelands in the country. The wasteland production is small, and many people feel that it is not equal, so the enthusiasm is not high."

"So, my son decided to make a deal. Ten acres of wasteland can be exchanged for one acre of medium fertile land. And this mu of medium fertile land will never be taxed. The wasteland will be exempted from tax for ten years. After that, if you want to continue farming, you will only be charged half of the tax." .”

In Kangxi's confusion, this is a tax cut, what Yinzhen just said was an increase in taxes.

"This is for the common people. The tax increase I am talking about is for the nobles and landlords." The landlord has a lot of land under his name, and he can earn a grand slam every year by renting.In his plan, each person's name should not exceed five acres of fertile land, and taxes would increase if more than five acres.

Only [-]% of the tax is paid for good land below five mu; [-]% for land of more than five mu but less than [-] mu; [-]% for land of [-] to [-] mu; [-]% of the tax revenue, [-]% for more than [-] mu.If anyone can have a thousand acres of fertile land, then I'm sorry, more than [-]% of the taxes should be handed over to the state.

Kangxi still shook his head, "Yinzhen, you have intensified the conflict with the nobles and landlords. Not to mention the other people are the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, I am afraid that they will be the first to oppose it." No civil and military family of the Manchu Dynasty has hundreds of acres They are definitely not willing to let them work hard for a year to call out most of the benefits.

It's okay for the civil servants to say that military officers have military power in their hands, what if there is a mutiny?

Not to mention that Wanyan's family will help Yinzhen, Wanyan's family has been passed down for so many years, and there are only a lot of fertile land.

Yinzhen smiled knowingly, "That's why I want to open schools all over the country. Besides, this policy is mainly to let the landlords hand over their land. As long as they don't have so many fields on hand, they don't have to worry about taxation. .”

He felt that as long as the landlords knew that the land would not bring them a rich life, but would bring heavy taxes, he believed that these people would be willing to hand over the land.He didn't want these people's land in vain, he had already thought about it, the low-grade field could be compensated for 15 taels of silver, the middle-grade field would be doubled, and the high-grade field would be doubled again.

With this silver compensation, the landlords can naturally use the money to do other things.

Besides, talking about this system today is only because he talked about reducing taxes. He saw the hardships of Khan Ama's implementation of the new system.He is still perfecting this taxation system, and it will take at least five or six years to implement it.

Five or six years is enough for him to recruit a group of talents.

When he has more talents in his hands, he will naturally not be afraid of the rebellion of these ministers. If you disagree, go home and farm if you disagree. Naturally, someone else will fill this position.

He is not afraid of the army. The Qing Dynasty had tens of millions of people, and there were tens of millions of young and middle-aged people.He has never stopped serving in the military. In the past, Khan Ama would distinguish between Manchu and Han people. Now he has to serve in the military regardless of Manchu and Han. In five years, he does not believe that he will not be able to cultivate an army that can always compete with these people.

What's more, he still has the foreign gun team in his hand. These people are his confidantes. The lethality of foreign guns is huge, and Khan Ama has also experienced it.

"Of course, I also know that their income will definitely decrease without this field. In addition, I also plan to increase their salaries." Official salaries are indeed cheap nowadays, and the lowest eighth-rank annual silver is only a few dozen taels. Two taels of silver are indeed enough for the common people, but for an official, it is only two or three months of expenses.

Kangxi also knew that the salaries of officials were low, but the Qing Dynasty had just entered the customs, and the treasury was empty, so he had no money to pay, so what could he do?Yinzhen is really bold. He built a school and increased his salary, and also reduced taxes. He was really worried that the little money in the treasury would be wiped out in a few years.

"Khan Ama, you are looking at this." He handed the folder in his hand to Kangxi.

Kangxi opened it suspiciously, and it clearly stated the treatment of his concubines in the harem. He didn't understand why Yinzhen showed him this.

"Khan Ama, you have been in power for nearly 60 years. I would like to ask, do you know all the masters and ladies in the harem? You see, there are two maids and two eunuchs in the lowest dressing room. One of these five people It’s only seven or eight taels of silver per month. How many maids and eunuchs are there in the Queen’s Palace? How much is their monthly money?”

"Han Ama, do you think we really need so many people to serve?" Before Kangxi could answer, he shook his head first, "I feel that four people, not to mention eight, can serve people comfortably. Here comes the question, what did the remaining four people do?"

Four people can do the work, but eight people are recruited. This is not just a matter of half the cost.Also, because of the large number of people and the small number of jobs assigned to various places, many people are stealing and playing tricks.

"Since you don't need so many people, why do you keep so many waiters around? To put it bluntly, it's just a matter of face, and it's a matter of comparison. It's just like the food problem that my son told you a few years ago."

When Yinzhen was still in Baylor, Kangxi went to Yinzhen's mansion for dinner. At that time Yinzhen talked about it, and Shisan was still under house arrest at that time.Kangxi looked at the expenses of the two mansions, and later he really ordered to reduce the expenses of the harem, and asked people to watch the imperial dining room to get their purchase records.

In that year, the head of the imperial dining room changed wave after wave, and no one dared to buy silver in large amounts after that.Only one thousand taels of silver was saved in that month.

Later, he decreed that the clan and officials should not be extravagant and wasteful.At the end of the year, he asked several of his sons, and found that each family had saved thousands of taels of silver.

"My son knows that Khan Ama is worried about the rebuttals of the ministers, but don't forget what life we ​​lived before we were full. Today's life is much better than before even if we cut down on food and clothing."

Layoffs can save a lot of money, and he is improving the salaries of officials. According to his prediction, everyone's life may not be worse than now.Especially the low-level officials are afraid that life will be easier.

Seeing Yinzhen talking eloquently, Kangxi threw down the note, "Then how much do you plan to increase your salary?"

"A family of four is enough to live a good life with two taels of silver a year. The words of the officials will be greeted and sent. The food, clothing, housing and transportation are more refined than the common people. This is more to give the common people a motivation. Can."

Still take the officials of the eighth rank as an example. In the past, the eighth rank only had 33 taels of silver a year, half of which was 16 taels, and it was calculated according to 17 taels.17 taels of silver a month, he thinks it is completely enough.

"It's good to have ideas, and you must not act too hastily." Knowing that Yinzhen didn't come up with a policy on a whim, Kangxi was relieved.

Yinzhen scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, the shrewdness before was gone. "Khan Ama can rest assured that other than building a school for the common people to study and reducing or exempting taxes, the other sons will come in the same way."

Yinzhen did not tell Kangxi that in addition to building a school for boys to study, Foer Guochun also proposed to build a girls' school.What is it to seize the land from the landlord, and let the girls study is the most exciting objection to the group of ministers.

After the morning court that day, Prince Zhi Yinti asked to see him.Yinti still has that temperament, straight to the point, he is looking for Yinzhen this time for sailing.

"Your Majesty, you should know that my eldest brother has no other skills, but he likes to fight. I have fought many battles on land, no matter how big or small, but I have never been to sea." He was a little embarrassed when he said this, "I just want to So, can you also give me a chance to go overseas. Don't worry, I have been practicing naval battles these years, and sailing is absolutely fine."

Except for the fifth elder brother's official department, Yinzhen's superior position has not touched the rights of other elder brothers, and Yinti is still in charge of the military department.But now there is no battle to fight in the peace of the world, and his hands are itchy.In the early years, he set his sights on shipping. At that time, the emperor did not agree. In his heart, the fourteenth brother was better than the emperor's father, and he was sincere to his brother. He just wanted to see if he could go to sea.

He has always yearned for the outside world.

Yinzhen chuckled lightly, "What am I supposed to do? Brother Ten can go to sea if he wants to, as long as Brother Ten is willing to give it to you. Brother Ten and Brother Nine came to me some time ago and said that there is nothing wrong with Beijing. They clamored to go to sea to earn money. You know, Brother Nine is a professional in earning money."

Brother Jiu likes to make money, and Yinzhen is even thinking whether to set up a business department and let Brother Jiu manage it.Landlords are not the only people who are rich in this world, businessmen are also very rich, and none of those big rich businessmen are rich.

"Old ten is so unkind, he has been out to sea once, what's wrong with letting him go. I'll go find him right away." He came in a hurry, and left in a hurry.

Otherwise, Prince Chen kept saying that Yinti was stupid, and I don't know how he did it, and all the brothers who made a fuss about going to sea knew about it.Who is not interested in the outside world? Even Prince Yong secretly expressed his desire to go out and have a look.

Yinzhen was annoyed by the noise of this group of people, so he simply called everyone together, "You all want to go to sea, right? No problem, let's draw lots to decide whether to 'go' or 'not to go' depends on God's will, whoever catches it, Who will go this time. After that, we will take turns, and those who are caught will automatically go to the back row, and then go after everyone has gone, how about it?"

Yinfeng was spinning a fan in his hand, this method is fair, but, "Brothers, you see that I don't have much time, otherwise how about letting me do it for the first time?"

Yinti was regretting it, and when he heard this, he pushed people aside, "Second brother, you keep saying that you don't have much time, so why aren't you dead yet?" This second son has become more and more thick-skinned since he was not the crown prince. Every time he wants to say this, he will not be fooled, but the younger brothers will sympathize with the second child and give him their chance.

A bunch of stupid brothers, he is angry.