Wanli Youming

Chapter 181 Let Hai Rui Lead the Military Guards to Supervise the Tax

Chapter 181 Let Hai Rui Lead the Military Guards to Supervise the Tax

Xinuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace.

After Zhang Juzheng came, the clouds and rain had stopped outside, and the world seemed to have been washed.

But when Zhu Yijun saw Zhang Juzheng coming, he saw that he looked lonely, so he said: "Mr. has only recuperated at home for a few days, and when I saw him now, he became much haggard."

After speaking, Zhu Yijun ordered Zhang Hong: "Tell the imperial supervisor to give the ginseng that Li Chengliang sent a few days ago to the husband to help him recuperate."

Zhang Hong clapped his hands and said yes.

Zhang Juzheng also got up and wanted to kowtow to thank him.

Zhu Yijun said "Excuse me", and then said: "I already know about the Jiangling matter, and I have ordered the Jin Yiwei to investigate strictly. You can rest assured, sir, I will uphold justice for you."

Zhang Juzheng's eyes turned red, and then he cupped his hands and thanked him for his kindness.

Then, Zhu Yijun said again: "I read Mr. Zhang Zou, and I approved it."

"It's just a refugee shanty, so they may not be willing to be registered by the government. After all, registered households have to pay taxes and pay small silver."

"It's better than this. The edict stipulates that after being registered as a household, the squatter refugees can be exempted from corvee for three years and various miscellaneous taxes for two years. After they are a little rich, they will pay taxes and silver for the court. Registering households, after all, is the only benefit of registering households, if you can start a business, your property and life are protected, the court can also build water conservancy for them, and give relief to those who cannot rely on themselves."

"Your Majesty is wise, this is benevolent government."

Zhang Juzheng stood up and replied.

"The collection of the summer tax is imminent, and this year, the tax collection is different from previous years. It is necessary for the officials and gentry to pay the food and errands together. I am afraid that the local officials will be cunning and do not want to offend the officials and gentry, and I am afraid that even if the local officials are willing to offend, they will not have enough manpower; "

"That's why I believe that the imperial court should directly send a team of soldiers and horses and a group of bureaucrats who are responsible for supervising tax collection and supervising tax collection, and local officials should be supervised and cooperated by them."

"This is also conducive to the unification of finance and taxation. The tax and money will be collected by the newly established government office of the imperial court, and the liberation movement will be unified. This will also prevent local bureaucrats from being dismissed and investigated for ineffective tax collection, which will affect other local governments in the entire region."

Zhu Yijun didn't mention Zhang Juzheng's criticism, as if it didn't happen, but only talked about political affairs.

Because Zhu Yijun knew that it was useless to talk, Zhang Juzheng had his choice.

"What your Majesty said is that if the officials and gentry pay their errands together as soon as possible, the effect should be better, and if there is any change, it can be suppressed in time."

Zhang Juzheng also followed suit, and said: "It's just soldiers and horses. I think it can only be transferred from the pro-military guards. After all, the pro-military guards are the emperor's personal guards, so naturally they pay attention to dignity, so as not to oppress the people as soon as they arrive. ;”

"Moreover, the discipline requirements of the pro-military guards are also stricter;"

"What's more, most of them are former Qihou's old troops, so they can do nothing wrong in the autumn, but once other soldiers and horses arrive in the place, they may be self-defeating."

Zhu Yijun nodded, and said: "The first batch of soldiers and horses in charge of taxation were drawn from the pro-military guards to set up a national taxation department, each bureaucracy set up a branch, and each prefecture and county set up bureaus and sub-bureaus. And the soldiers and horses drawn from the pro-military guards will be organized into various divisions, sub-divisions, bureaus and sub-bureaus as officials."

"As it happens, it has been half a year since the pro-military guards started their training in August last year. Now, they have been transferred to border towns in batches for two months of actual combat training. It is more than enough to deal with the local civil uprisings caused by the New Deal. .”

Then, Zhu Yijun said: "It's just that taxation is not just deterrence by force, but more importantly, how to successfully levy taxes in a better way while deterring by force. This is not to conquer a place, but to urge the gentry and common people of the dynasty Completing the payment of taxes naturally does not mean eliminating the gentry and common people who do not pay taxes, but giving different measures of intensity according to their different degrees of reaction!"

"This requires officials with rich experience in playing games with the gentry and the people to control and command the army, so that the gentry and the people of different status and different consciousness can complete the tax payment."

Zhu Yijun then said: "From my point of view, Hai Rui will be appointed as Deputy Privy Envoy, Secretary of the Household Department, and Royal Censor of Youdu. Officials, and are responsible for collecting taxes and requesting tax exemptions and refunds for some disaster victims and poor people."

"This person not only dares to speak out, but also dares to plead for the people, and even denounces the emperor's faults for the people, so I am relieved to let this person manage taxes."

"It just so happens that Ding You has finished, let him go directly to Nanjing to wait for the soldiers from the National Taxation Department to arrive, and then officially start to be in charge of various taxation matters in the Ming Dynasty. I allow him to act cheaply, to make decisions on small matters, and to travel six hundred miles for major matters." Play it in a hurry."

Zhu Yijun then said a few more words, and asked Zhang Juzheng: "What do you think, sir?"

Giving Hai Rui the title of deputy privy envoy is equivalent to giving Hai Rui the power to dispatch troops to deal with military coups on the fly, and having the title of Minister of the Ministry of Households is equivalent to allowing Hai Rui to intervene in the dispatching of various types of money and food collected by the Ministry of Households. , and taking the censor of the right capital naturally gave Hai Rui the power to impeach local officials who were not ministers.

Zhu Yijun's arrangement was naturally planned long ago.

"Your Majesty is holy, Haigong is honest and loves the people, but he is not afraid of the powerful, but a minister who makes the powerful fear like a tiger. He is the sword of my Ming Dynasty!"

"Let Haigong take charge of the national tax, then the country will be able to increase taxes without increasing the burden on the people, and the new policy of government and gentry paying food and errands will not be just a show."

Zhang Juzheng quickly agreed.

"That's the order!"

Zhu Yijun ordered.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his hands and said yes.

"In addition, in order to prevent the army responsible for tax collection from being bought by the right, a special allowance system is set up for those responsible for tax collection;"

"The pro-military officers and soldiers who are assigned to the National Taxation Department to collect taxes every year are given a special allowance. The specific amount of the allowance is determined to be rewarded with silver. The Ministry of Households will first determine the expected increase in taxes after the implementation of the integration of officials and gentry. , Delineate a level that just makes it difficult for tax collection officers and soldiers to be bought."

"I believe that the officials and gentry will not pay too much money to buy them. After all, instead of paying too much money to buy all the officers and soldiers who collect taxes, I'm afraid it's better to pay food and work honestly."

Zhu Yijun continued to speak.

Zhang Juzheng still insisted on the decree, and said flatteringly: "Your Majesty's consideration is very comprehensive. If so, I'm afraid that all the relatives and guards want to go south to collect taxes for the emperor. If only some officials are allowed to do this all the time, other officials may be dissatisfied. How about His Majesty's decree to be changed every year, and the pro-army will be dispatched in turn to collect taxes?"

"What the gentleman said is that not only the other officers and soldiers of the pro-military division will be greedy, but the officers and soldiers of border towns and localities may also be greedy."

"In this way, starting from next year, each capital division will select the most disciplined military officials with the best record to serve in the Beijing camp every year, and conduct drills and competitions. After the tax collection is over, these military officials can stay in their posts, or they can be promoted to local posts."

Zhu Yijun said.

Because it was just selecting military officials instead of mobilizing a large number of soldiers and horses, it disturbed the local people and increased the consumption of money and food, causing internal and external chaos. In addition, the six guards of the emperor were reorganized before, and the military guards of the emperor were greatly trained. This is to facilitate the integration of officials and gentry today. The government of paying food is a errand, so Zhang Juzheng didn't remonstrate, so he nodded in agreement.

"The combat effectiveness of the pro-military guards must be maintained for a long time, and the Minister of the Imperial Guard must issue an order to the Privy Council to regularly request the decree to send the pro-military guards to fight in rounds."

Zhu Yijun asked again.

Zhang Juzheng still said that he obeyed the order.

Therefore, the matter of mobilizing troops to participate in tax collection was settled in this way.

And Zhu Yijun thought that although Hai Rui would not show any kindness to officials and gentry, in order to further increase Hai Rui's enthusiasm for tax collection, he told Zhang Juzheng:

"Sir, remember to ask the Minister of the Imperial Court to write in the will of the National Taxation Department of Governor Hai Rui, how successful Hai Rui's new policy of letting officials and gentry pay their food and errands is implemented, and how much money is added to the imperial court, the imperial court will spend according to a certain percentage. It seems that there are many poor people in Qiongzhou, his hometown, so Hai Rui must be very willing to do his best to promote the integration of government and gentry to pay food for the poor in his hometown and the world."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhang Juzheng glanced at Zhu Yijun, but in the end he didn't say much, and continued to say Zunzhi.

Then, Zhu Yijun said again: "I don't know if Hai Rui Dingyou has adopted an heir under his own name after returning to his hometown."

(End of this chapter)