After I was reborn, I became a plug-in for the country

When Yinfeng finished eating, Kangxi didn't let the servants make another preparation. As usual, the father and son sat on the imperial court together and went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony for the morning court.

He had already thought about it while waiting for his son to eat. The original rules would remain the same, but the scope of land reclamation would expand from Henan Province to the surrounding Zhili, Shanxi, and Shandong provinces.

But after the beginning of the early court, Kangxi said this, and the faces of the officials were strange.

Zhili?How much wasteland can there be?Aren't they all circled?Immediately, a courtier stood up and suggested whether to change to another place.

Kangxi sneered, and immediately ordered: Strictly investigate the matter of enclosing land, including all relatives of the emperor, and from now on no more land will be arbitrarily enclosed.From this land reclamation, he could see that the good land was occupied by the ministers of the Northern Clan, and they were eating the country's empty salary.

There were still some ministers who wanted to be recommended again, but seeing Kangxi's gloomy face, they sighed and did not dare to speak.

Yinfeng slandered from the bottom of his heart that Khan Ama was unhappy because of lack of money, and he dared to speak at this moment with no eyesight.

No one objected, and Kangxi ordered the official documents to be drafted and sent to the governors of Shanxi and Shandong.

On the Zhili side, he was going to ask someone to come over for an interview in person.There was a heavy snowfall last winter, and the price of cotton was several percent higher. Zhili planted cotton instead of sweet potatoes instead.

Today's morning court is short, not more than an hour before and after.After the dynasty was over, Yinreng did not follow Kangxi, but went back to Yuqing Palace by himself.He looked at the clock placed in the dormitory, and thought to himself whether he would still have time to attend the lessons of the masters.

His current class time has completely followed the time of the morning court, because the masters also have to go to the court.Morning hours are long, and there are no classes in the morning.The morning time is short, and each master can be allocated half an hour.

While waiting for the master to come to class, Yinfeng stroked it. He has finished talking about the things that should be bothered at this stage. Now he only waits for the harvest in the wasteland in June before he can see how to discuss the thorough reform with him Khan Ama in the next step. tax thing.

He was lost in thought, and only after the system reminded him did he realize that the master had already entered the door.

Yinfeng raised his eyes and saw that it was Mingzhu who played in the first quarter.Immediately stood up straight, respectfully said: "Master."

Strange, how could it be the Pearl, Xiong Cilu?

Mingzhu accepted his gift, and said with a smile: "Lord Xiong still has official business, so let me teach His Highness instead."

After a pause, he added: "Now that the emperor ordered Zhili Province to open up wasteland, His Highness has fulfilled his wish."

Maybe it was because his eyes were too sharp today, Yinfeng's heart skipped a beat.The old fox knew that he had long wanted to use Zhili.

He calmed down, and said with a smile, "Master is just joking. It was Khan Ama's decree to open up wasteland in Zhili. I am naturally happy to do things that are beneficial to the country."

The two of them tacitly agreed that they should not expose each other as teachers and apprentices on the surface, and just pass each other with a haha ​​and a smile.

This class is also simple. Ever since Ming Zhu taught Yin Reng, she discovered very early on that he seemed to have nothing to teach this highness.Regardless of his gentle and harmless appearance, in fact, these things to learn probably already have a certain meaning in his heart.

In the 22nd year of Kangxi, time passed quickly because of the large-scale land reclamation in the four northern provinces.In the blink of an eye, it's June.

At the end of June, Henan, Shanxi, and Shandong basically had bumper harvests.The sweet potatoes grown were purchased by the government and sold in large quantities to the south.

Of course, this suggestion was put forward by Yinfeng.

When the sweet potatoes were first harvested, the whole court was very happy, but then everyone discovered almost at the same time that the grain had been harvested and the land had grown.Then what?

The common people have already handed in [-]%, but there are so many sweet potatoes in the house that the whole family can't finish it.How did everyone worry about the wasteland back then, but now they worry about the piles of sweet potatoes.

Yinfeng was also worried, he was the first to mention the idea of ​​planting sweet potatoes, and now, Khan Ama is still waiting for his next idea.

Fortunately, he still has a system that can help him make suggestions.

System suggestion: "If it is a future generation, the ruler will purchase agricultural products from the people's homes in a unified manner, and then help everyone find sales channels, and then other people in the sales place will buy them separately."

"The government purchases and sells all the products, the price is guaranteed, and the transportation cost is also low."

Yin Reng thought about it carefully, and felt that what it said made a lot of sense.Because there is no large-scale land reclamation in the south, food for the common people is still a problem.He has learned that sweet potatoes are different from other vegetables and fruits in that they are easy to store but not perishable, even if they are stored for a long time.

"How about taking the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, you can go directly to Suzhou and Hangzhou. If you take the sea, you can even go to Fujian."

"You can also pick out good quality and average quality, divide them into two types, and sell them at different prices." The system continued to propose.

Yinfeng repeatedly denied it, "It's not jade. Who cares whether it's worth one penny or two pennies for rich people? As for the poor, it's good to be able to eat enough. Who cares about quality?"

Thinking about the problem should still be based on the actual situation.It is still too early to engage in commodity classification now.

The system is embarrassed, this is the first time it has been educated by Yinfeng in turn.

In addition to this, they talked about other details, such as whether the sweet potatoes should be sold in buckets or by the catty, and whether additional taxes should be paid after the local government sells them.

After discussing everything, Yinfeng offered this suggestion to Khan Ama.

Naturally, there was another big debate in the court.

Someone suggested that a small portion should be selected first, and those that ripen early should be transported to the south to test the waters.Although there is no great land reclamation in the south, people have already cultivated Baobuqi.Don't pull it all over at that time, but you can't sell it, lest the joy will be in vain.Immediately, everyone agreed unanimously.

Therefore, under the leadership of the imperial court, [-]% of the people's hand-in and tens of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes were shipped, along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, all the way from Shandong to Suzhou and Hangzhou.

But as soon as the boat arrived in the south, the whole boatload of sweet potatoes was snapped up.

There is no way, the people in the south are hungry.The Beijing official was right. Some people also wanted to grow sweet potatoes, but they were a minority after all.Most of the poor have no food left in their homes, and the land has not been planted yet.Sweet potatoes from the capital are cheap, only a few cents a catty.

If you have something to eat, don't pick and choose.

Then came the second ship, and the third ship. Shandong and Henan provinces joined hands to charter more than a dozen large ships, and sold the collected sweet potatoes to the south one after another.

Fortunately, there are millions of catties of sweet potatoes grown in these three provinces, and the uncultivated land in the south did not starve to death due to famine.

Because the government unified the purchase and sales, and finally the Ministry of Households took a unified charge, the profit of this big unified sales exceeded 500 million taels.When the news came, the whole court was shocked.

The emptiness of the national treasury was filled, and the military expenditure was available.Kangxi immediately issued an order, ordering Yao Qisheng and Shi Lang to lead troops to fight cross-sea Ryukyu.

At the end of July, the Zheng family was defeated, and Ryukyu was successfully recovered.

After Ryukyu was taken back, Kangxi considered again and again, and agreed to Yao Qisheng's memorial to expand the navy system.

Moreover, seeing that the strategy of opening up wasteland has been very effective, it is time to extend it to the [-] provinces across the country.

At the beginning of August, Kangxi decreed that the whole people will open up wasteland, no matter whether they have land or not, as long as you open up wasteland and grow food, it is your land.And it is guaranteed that, except for the [-]% of the income that is handed over, the court will never increase the tax.

Following this order, the arable land area across the country is gradually expanding every month.However, everyone has calculated the seasons, and it is better to plant corn instead of sweet potatoes.

Generally speaking, the income of the imperial court is rising steadily.But the courtiers have also gradually realized that there seem to be two different tax policies in the whole country.

One is the newly developed land, which is taxed according to the area of ​​the land.One is the population who owned land before, and taxes are still collected in the way of Dingyin in the past.

Some people proposed to unify the taxation and collect taxes in one way, but the ministers have different opinions on which method to collect.

Since the whole country opened up wasteland, the court in the second half of the year was very lively every day.

Kangxi was tirelessly quarreled by the ministers, so he ordered the Minister of the Household Department to show the actual data, and the officials had read the facts before discussing how to change the taxation.

He has been instigated by Yinfeng in private, and he collects taxes completely according to the area of ​​the field.But Kangxi didn't listen to all his son's words, and was still hesitating.

For a big country, every small reform may set off a bloodbath, so we must be more careful.

Throughout October, everyone in the household department was busy from morning to night, busy counting the newly opened fields in each province.Finally, detailed data was obtained at the end of the month, and the number of new fields was several times higher than that of old fields.

Then another morning, Li Guangdi proposed that all taxes should be collected according to Xintian's method.His reasons are also very good. After all, at that time, the imperial court advocated the people to open up wasteland, and promised that the land would be returned to the people and that there would never be any additional taxes.Now it's about court credibility.Naturally, the promise shall prevail.

A minister immediately retorted: the old land occupants were all well-known local gentry, and a sudden rectification would be met with resistance.

Mingzhu, who had woken up a long time ago, sneered in her heart, this person probably had her finger on the pulse of her head before she made this suggestion.Immediately stood up and echoed: "I think what Master Li said is true."

He took the lead, and the voice of opposition was much smaller.

Suo'etu, who had been marginalized for a few pounds, yelled frantically in his heart: "Look, Your Majesty, he is clearly forming a party."

Of course, there are old-fashioned officials who have taken a firm stand and do not agree with this.The reasons are also very good: those in Arita are all from the country gentry, and they have the right to speak in the local area.If they resist, it will be difficult to implement this policy.

Standing beside the dragon chair, Yinreng felt numb.These people are so good at quarreling, why don't they all come to a language training class with him, and they will be able to quarrel with Thai and Western people in the future.

"What do you think of this?"

Just when he was in a daze, Kangxi's questioning voice suddenly came from his ear.

Yinfeng's expression was serious, he lowered his head and said respectfully: "My son still supports it, and all the taxes will be collected based on the area of ​​the field."

"I'm asking about the squire." Kangxi emphasized his tone. Is this kid pretending to be confused with him?

Yinfeng smiled slyly, "My son thinks that the squire's objection is not enough to lure the interest. What if we promise a lot of interest?"

"for example?"

"Allow their sons to take part in the imperial examination."

Aren't the so-called squires just businessmen with some prestige?For several generations, merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, so they had to keep their interests.If they are allowed to participate.

Kangxi looked his son up and down: "Where did you get the weird idea?"

If it was Xu merchant's imperial examination, wouldn't the old officials below be even more fried.

The smile on the corner of Yinfeng's mouth widened, "Khan Ama said, is it more difficult to get them to agree that the sons of the gentry take part in the imperial examinations, or is it more difficult to make them spit out the circled land?"

How will the opposition weigh the interests of the present and the interests of future generations?