Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Prince's Secret Thoughts Eavesdropped on by Zhu

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to listen to it first.

Wei Su heard Zhu Hu ask about his family's property, and said with some hesitation

"This, this, this is a family matter of Weichen, what is the prince asking for this?"

Zhu Hu walked up to him with a smile and patted Wei Su's shoulder.

"Master Wei doesn't have to be restrained, you are the famous general of the Tang Dynasty after Wei Quansar, the Wei family has been a famous family in Fuzhou for hundreds of years, and no one knows about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. "

Wei Su smiled awkwardly and nodded in agreement.

Zhu Hu then said to Lu Ben

"Lord Lu, you have worked as an errand in the household department, how much grain tax do you have to pay a year for this acre of land?"

Lu Ben scolded his mother in his heart, what kind of rush did he commit today, why did anyone come to ask him.

"Returning to the prince, the grain tax paid by the people for one acre of land in a year varies due to the differences between the north and the south and regions.

Taking Shandong as an example, the annual output of wheat and rice is about 2 stones, and the grain tax set by the saint is set at 20 taxes, and each mu of land receives 10 liters of grain a year. "

10 liters is 0.1 stone, which is equivalent to one acre of land of grain.

The state only collects 5% of it.

Although this grain tax cannot be said to be unprecedented and unprecedented, it is already very low.

Zhu Hu nodded.

Every word he said next made everyone present uneasy.

"For one acre of land, the grain that should be harvested in a year is ten liters.

Ten acres of land, the grain receivable for a year is 100 liters, that is, one stone.

For one hundred acres of land, the grain to be harvested in a year is ten stones.

For 1,000 acres of land, the grain receivable for a year is 100 stones.

Lord Wei, your family's land should be no less than 1,000 acres, right?"

Wei Su nodded very unhappily.

"Now that you can stand in the Fengtian Palace, your family should have no less than a thousand acres of land, right?"

The so-called wealth is not exposed, and this kind of topic related to family property is often not brought to the table.

Zhu Hu's words made several people impatient.

"Prince Hu, if you want to say anything, hurry up. "

"Yes, the big guys have official business to do, and they don't have time to make plans with you here. "

Zhu Hu didn't care about these words at all, and said with a smile on his face

"I, the Ming Emperor Lixian Corporal, has a very high courtesy to the gentry, exempt from forced labor and no food, and some of the ministers have benefited from the first year of Wu for many years, right?"

"A thousand acres of fertile land can pay less than 100 stone of grain a year. "

"In the summary of the officials reported by the Ministry of Officials, there are 1,346 prefectures, prefectures, and counties in the world, and a total of 27,800 officials are registered. "

"These 27,800 people are not counted as 10,000 acres of land, but only 100 acres of fertile land, not much, right?"

"If it is folded down in that year, it is equivalent to a loss of 278,000 stones. "

"But this is only a civilian official, and there are military generals?"

"The number of military generals in the Ming Dynasty is only a lot more than that of civilian officials, so it is also 27,800 people. "

"In the next year, it is equivalent to 556,000 stone less. "

"Judging from the past dynasties, the number of officials tends to only increase, after all, the world is bustling with scholars, and everyone wants to worship the emperor. "

"Ten years from now, how many officials will be there?"

"Twenty years from now, thirty years from now, fifty years from now?".

"When you hear this, you may think that it is not worth mentioning compared to the 10,000,000 stones that the royal clan will spend two hundred years later. "

"But the land of officials can benefit their children and grandchildren, which is equivalent to the immortal Zhu family. "

"If you hear this, you still think that it is appropriate to dedicate your life to the Ming Dynasty and take some geography that does not pay taxes. "

"Then what if the common people attached their land to the gentry and enjoyed the grain tax exemption policy for nothing?"

"It's not a matter of giving birth to a few Zhenguo generals. "

"If you really want to calculate it, in the end, all my Ming land will be under the gentry, and then there will be no land available in the imperial court, and there will be no grain tax to collect!"

Zhu Hu changed his amiable appearance just now, and said sharply to Wei Su:

"Lord Wei, as far as this king knows, you have 30,000 acres of fertile land in Fuzhou, and 10,000 acres of them are affiliated with local middle peasants and rich peasants, do you recognize it or not?"

"There are many bad policies for sealing the king that you just said, is it okay if the gentry don't pay food?"

"A seven-grade official has 10,000 acres of fertile land under his hands, hmph, can the descendants of the Zhu family eat rice, or can thousands of officials avoid taxes?"

When Zhu Hu brought this out, all the officials in the audience were boiling.

It's not much different from holding a knife around their necks!

The officials' opinions on Zhu Hu rose to a peak in less than a stick of incense.

His good impression also fell to the bottom in an instant.

Zhu Hu knew the truth of slapping a date, and learned from Zhu Yuanzhang's serious look:

"I was established at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and all kinds of waste were prosperous, countless maladministrations were waiting to be solved, and countless new policies were waiting to be implemented. "

"You can't be thick and thin, right?"

"The original intention of the king is to protect the family and the country and protect one party, not to favor the royal family as you say. "

"The original intention of the gentry to pay for food was to recruit talents and do their best for the country, and it was not greedy for money as I said. "

"This thing has to come one by one, I just got the good news from General Xu Da today, the newly laid land, the people on the land, do you have to have someone to protect it?"

"The north of the desert is cold and frozen, the northwest wind and sand are constant, and the south is full of poisonous insects and miasma

"If the descendants of my Zhu family don't suffer that hardship, do you want your virtuous ministers and good generals to eat it?"

That's fine.

But from Zhu Hu's mouth, there is a big problem.

Is this ten years old?

Other people's 10-year-olds are still peeing and mud.

The ten-year-old Zhu Hu here is already educating the ministers in the Fengtian Temple.

This must be written in the history books, and future generations must not say that the historian made a mistake.

In fact, Zhu Hu, as the beneficiary of the king, played a role in saying these words in person.

It is more shocking than Zhu Yuanzhang's tirade just now.

Zhu Yu licked his lips and began to mumble in his heart.

[The death of the Ming Dynasty was due to the emperor's neglect of government, the civil and official party disputes, the large clan, the gentry and the country, and the unkindness of God. 】

[Under the emperor system, no one can guarantee that the next emperor will be a virtuous monarch, civil and official party struggle for internal attrition is the ultimate trend of all political collectives, the descendants of the Zhu family sit and eat empty mountains without setting the rules at the beginning, the gentry landlords and businessmen who only care about the small profits in front of them and ignore the overall situation are the greed of human nature, as for the Xiaoice River period hundreds of years later, it is the last straw that crushes the camel. 】

[Today's words are regarded as a dose of reassurance, paving the way for the officials and gentry behind to pay for the grain. 】

[The policy of the official gentry paying grain in one place must be implemented by Lao Zhu and the eldest brother as soon as possible. 】

[The sooner it is implemented, the better, as for the low income of officials, it is enough to provide for it with incorruptible silver. 】

[Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu, if you really can't do it, move your butcher's knife. 】

[It's just that when these words come out of the mouth of my ten-year-old children, they won't take it seriously...].

Zhu Hu's words and thoughts just now.

beat Zhu Yuanzhang's whole brain into a daze.

This, what is this!

The statement that the five deaths of the Ming Dynasty directly hit Zhu Yuanzhang deep in his heart.

Is your own son so terrible?

Who taught him, those teachers who lectured on the scriptures in the main hall, could they have such a big question?

While Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised, he couldn't help but start to reflect on the series of national policies he had set.

There were many reflections in his life.

But because of my son's reflection, it was the first time!