There are many statements about the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. Some people say that it was in Wanli, some people say that it was in the eunuch party, some people say that it was in Donglin, and some people even say that it was in Zhu Yuanzhang! It is all because of Lao Zhu's bad ancestral system, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have been destroyed. In Liu Chun's opinion, it would be a bit ridiculous to blame Lao Zhu. It would be better to say that Zhu Yuanzhang would not have the problem of the demise of the Ming Dynasty without establishing the Ming Dynasty. Isn't this as ridiculous as saying that a person would not have died if he was not born?

The most direct reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty was Chongzhen. It is said that the German army divided people into four types. Smart and lazy people were commanders, smart and diligent, chief of staff, stupid and lazy, and big-headed soldiers. The worst thing was stupid and diligent people, kill them quickly!

Unfortunately, Chongzhen was the kind of stupid and diligent. He was stupid, so he was fooled by civil servants and abandoned his martial arts skills. He was diligent, so he even made stupid moves, whether it was external or internal, and he kept flirting with cakes and tossing back and forth, but ended up at the end of his life and could only hang himself. It was really not worth pity at all.

Liu Chun would not blame Zhu Yuanzhang for the reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. He had to admit that many of Lao Zhu's measures were useful at the time, but they did have loopholes and drawbacks when used for a long time.

But this cannot be entirely blamed on Lao Zhu. After all, it was the Ming Dynasty that lacked sufficient innovation capabilities... In fact, it was not just the Ming Dynasty, but other dynasties, wasn't it the same!

A cow in the Tang Dynasty!

However, the system of government troops, renting and placing in the early Tang Dynasty, three provinces and six ministries, etc., were also corrupted decades later.

After all, even if the founding monarch is a brilliant man, he does not have the insight of seeing through the times, and making mistakes is inevitable.

Liu Chun thinks that the present is a very good time.

Lao Zhu has been emperor for more than 20 years, and many of the disadvantages of the policies have emerged, but they are not serious.

As for Lao Zhu, he is also energetic and tough in his ways, so it would be easier for him to reform than anyone else.

Liu Chun is very willing to do something, after all, the opportunity is rare.

Of course, Liu Chun also knew that with Lao Zhu's age, he could only lay the foundation at most. If he wanted to truly complete it, he would also need the support of the next generation of kings.

Whenever Liu Chun thought of this, he was worried about Zhu Biao. His Royal Highness looked very healthy and there was no problem.

Can he succeed in the throne?

If he still dies young, no matter who the new crown prince is, he will not have enough prestige and will definitely cause trouble. To be honest, there will be no more time left for Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Liu Chun thought about it, he could only try his best to lean against Zhu Biao, observe and find ways to extend Zhu Biao's life. To be honest, Liu Chun was not very sure.

After all, from ancient times to the present, not to mention the crown prince, even the emperor died in a mess, especially the Zhu family, which is even more serious.

I can only pray for God’s blessing!

"Your Highness, for the entire fiscal and tax reform... I think the D-tou tax should be gradually abolished, but considering the stability of the fiscal policy, the D-tou tax should be first distributed into the land. In this way, people with more land will pay more taxes. Anyone who wants to merge the land will have to bear more costs, and thus, the merger problem can be slightly alleviated."

"By the way, I have another idea. Can I change the excuses and exemptions for scholars and juren into subsidies?"

Zhu Biao wondered, "What do you mean?"

"Your Highness, this is the case. The court does not collect taxes. The so-called subsidies are paid by taxes. Through the local government's schools, food is given to the scholars."

Zhu Biao pondered and said, "Are you talking about the students in the rank of the rank?"

The so-called students who have excellent grades in the official schools can get food provided by the court, which is somewhat similar to the food subsidies for graduate students and doctoral students in later generations.

"It's still different. I mean to return the land tuition that should be collected to the scholars at one time!"

"Retreat? Then, what if you retreat too much and the court suffers a loss?" Zhu Biao's thinking is still very similar to Lao Zhu.

"If you retreat too much, even if the scholars take advantage of it!" Liu Chun said with a smile: "Your Highness, think about it carefully, is it necessary to retreat too much or collect more?"

Zhu Biao pondered a little, and was immediately shocked!

Yes, there can be many cases of retreat.

But the problem is that the food I got was more than the land tax, which only shows that he was a poor scholar and his family was really in trouble.

For such scholars, what's so great about giving more food for one stone or two stone every year!

However, those who are wealthy have lost the excuse of tax exemption and have allowed them to pay as much as possible. The court will definitely receive much more!

Moreover, the poor pay less taxes and the rich collect more taxes. This is just a matter of realizing tax fairness!

Zhu Biao's eyes shone brightly and he couldn't help but slap his face, "It's amazing! Liu Chun, your trick is good. My father promises to adopt it and it will be issued immediately."

Liu Chun didn't care, "Your Highness, this can only be regarded as a small means. What is really important is commercial tax. According to my judgment, in another twenty years, commercial tax will be able to compete with the land tax, each occupying half. Moreover, once the commercial tax exceeds the land tax, it will be permanently thrown away and become the most important source of wealth to support the annual income of the court. So what is really important is to make a decision on commercial tax. If you only know how to revolve around the land and the population, you will never be able to get rid of the dilemma of financial and taxation..."

Zhu Biao nodded happily and said anxiously: "If you write down all these, your father is determined to make drastic moves and reform. If it is really reasonable, I will support you!"

...

Just as Liu Chun and Zhu Biao were discussing the reform method, the Tianguanfu and Zhan Hui's mother celebrated her birthday, and several friends came, including the deputy chief censor Lian Zining, who was from Jiangxi and ranked second in the imperial examination. He was awarded the Hanlin Academy. Shortly after he entered the Hanlin Academy, his mother died of illness. He went home to mourn for three years. After Dingyou's period expired, he returned to the court again. Li Shanchang happened to be killed. There were many officials involved in the court. The Censorate was vacant, and Lian Zining became the deputy chief censor.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, it was very common for officials to be promoted. Lian Zining stayed at home for three years, just avoiding Liu Chun's edge.

But after he returned to Beijing, he found something was wrong everywhere.

For example, he often went to the East Palace to give lectures, such as Huang Zicheng and Qide. Many civil officials often appeared in the East Palace and were even inseparable from the prince. But the current prince is obviously alienated from them. The Eastern Palace is no longer the world of literati, including the Liang Kingdom Duke Lan Yu, who often went to the East Palace and taught the Emperor Sun the military and martial arts.

In recent days, Liu Chun has been running to the East Palace every day to discuss taxes.

In the past, such things were all the patents of their civil servants. What happened to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Have you changed your mind?

"You don't know!"

Zhan Hui sighed, "In the past two years, a little bastard named Liu Chun emerged from somewhere. He claimed to be the descendant of Guo's family. He also claimed that his knowledge inherited Mozi and Yang Zhu. He was the most quirky and cunning. The first few days, I also suffered from him in the Golden Palace. His Majesty and the Prince were instigated by this person and intended to reform the finance and taxation. The country of Ming Dynasty was going to be in chaos again."

Lian Zining took a breath, "In recent years, I worked hard to govern the country, and the treasury is still abundant, so why reform it?"

Zhan Hui laughed, "What's wrong with this? Liu Chun's little traitor just used the name of reform to weaken the reality of scholars. This heavy tax and labor service will fall on the heads of gentry! Since ancient times, those who have no permanent property have no perseverance. The king and literati and officials have jointly ruled the world is the foundation of all prosperous times. But now the treacherous and evil words confusing the public and alienating the enemy from Your Majesty and the scholars. They have ulterior motives and their hearts can be punished!"

Zhan Hui mentioned Liu Chun, and was so gritting his teeth and hated him to the core.

Lian Zining hesitated and said, "Sir, since that's the case, why don't you write a letter to tell the story and explain the key to Your Majesty clearly?"

Zhan Hui rolled his eyes and thought to himself that I could convince His Majesty?

"You don't know that Liu Chun is extremely cunning, and has a very sensible and sensible villain. I have the heart of a gentleman. How can I beat him as a villain?"

Zhan Hui picked up the wine glass and sighed helplessly: "The so-called gentleman can deceive his precepts. I am exhausted, but I am afraid that I will retire and return home soon and enjoy my old age."

After saying that, he had no choice but to lower his head, drink and eat.

Lian Zining pondered for a moment and put down his wine glass, "Sir, don't be discouraged. I returned to Beijing from home and passed by Changsha Mansion on the way. I heard that His Highness, the King of Tan, had annexed land in the local area, and the fish and meat village, had a great grudge! Moreover, Tan also likes women and robs the people of the people. His actions are more than a thousand times better than the Xu family!"

"King of Tan?"

Zhan Hui remembered that this King of Tan was Lao Zhu's eighth son. His mother, Da, was said to be Chen Youliang's concubine. She was stolen by Lao Zhu and gave birth to King of Tan Zhu Zi.

His Royal Highness Tan was handsome and elegant, and he was good at studying since childhood. He was soft and gentle in character, and was good at pleaseing Lao Zhu. After being enfeoffed in Changsha, he returned to Beijing to visit his father.

Walking around is more diligent than any vassal king.

Lao Zhu also favored him very much. King Tan also liked to make friends with Confucian scholars and often held poetry meetings. If there were any excellent works of poetry, he would immediately reward gold, which was very generous.

Zhan Hui did not expect that this Tan King, who has a good reputation, had such unbearable deeds.

"Do you have evidence?"

"Yes!" Lian Zining replied: "I originally wanted to impeach Zhu Zi, so I collected his crimes. Does Lord Tianguan need it?"

Zhan Hui frowned slightly and suddenly slapped his thigh, "That's great, I'm sure Your Majesty will deal with the Xu family. At this time, I'll reveal the matter about King Tan. I think His Majesty should investigate it?"

The so-called tiger poisons and does not eat their children!

Zhan Hui doesn’t believe it, Lao Zhu can do it!
Chapter completed!