In the 46th year of Wanli, after Nurhaci in Liaodong established the Later Jin Dynasty, he sent troops to Fushun. The military pay in Liaodong in Ming Dynasty increased by 3 million taels. Although there were reserves in the palace at that time, he refused to allocate them.

In order to solve the shortage of military salaries, the court decided to increase the tax on silver, 35 cents per mu, and an additional tax of more than 2 million taels of silver. This tax was one of the three taxes that forced the people to rise up in the late Ming Dynasty.

Isn’t it strange that the emperor, as a time traveler, has never had the will to abolish such a harsh rule?

In fact, historical books cannot be fully trusted. Zhu Youxiao believes in science and based on data. He does not easily draw conclusions or denies or affirms a certain policy.

According to the price at that time, 3 cents and 5 millimeters were about one or two kilograms of rice. One or two kilograms were collected per mu, and it was not enough to make the people unable to survive.

What's more, the peak of the Little Ice Age disaster has not yet reached. Although there are disasters in various places, they are not very serious and not large-scale. This is different from the Chongzhen period in history.

Therefore, although the increase in Liao pay increased the burden on the people, it was not unbearable, nor was it the main reason for the chaos in the late Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, if you look at the tax increase policy carefully, it is not based on the cap, but on the land. If you add a little more per mu, whoever has more land will pay more taxes. In theory, it should be the landlord who complains about geniuses.

During the Chongzhen period, Yang Sichang expressed his support for the court to increase taxes, and the same was true for the reason, "The tax was increased from the earthen land, and all the earthen land was returned to the home of Youli. A hundred mu of silver was increased by three or four cents, which slightly suppressed the merger."

It makes sense that increasing taxes can also inhibit land annexation and control the two-level differentiation of society.

But in fact, in the process of collecting taxes, the officials in charge will always try their best to pass on the taxes of vested interest groups to the lower classes; and even take this opportunity to make a fortune in the national crisis.

This is by no means new, nor is it only existed after the appearance of Liao Sheng. How could Yang Sichang not know about an open secret? It was just talking lies with his eyes open and fooling Emperor Chongzhen.

In this way, the imperial court only added 3 cents to 5 cents per mu, but the people had to pay 3 cents to 5 cents, even dozens of times or hundreds of times.

Therefore, the root cause of the harsh government of the disabled is not the tax increase itself, but the deviation in implementation, and the greed and shamelessness of the vested group.

There is also the distribution of Liao pay. From the imperial court to the front line, officials at all levels and generals in the army were overwhelmed by the water and wet land, and layers of corruption were deducted. When the officers and soldiers at the lower level had never received enough money, and were as poor as beggars.

When Bi Ziyan was going to supervise Liao, he was deeply moved and wrote in his memorial: "Even if the Dongnu was asked to leave a single arrow to the west, my world would be gone."

To put it simply, even if Jiannu did not launch an offensive and raised those officials and generals, as well as beggar soldiers, the Ming Empire would sooner or later beggars.

Zhu Youxiao saw through the key points and did not rashly cancel the Liao pay, but only took ruthless measures against corrupt officials.

Didn’t civil officials become groups? Didn’t they regard corruption as a common thing? Didn’t they just deceive me by protecting each other?

Then I value the factory guards, kill the ones that should be killed, and the family will be raided and exiled. I will start with the corruption of military pay, and from the Ministry of War to the local area, and then I will defeat them.

Then, the Minister of War was replaced, and then the iron-faced Bi Zisu was promoted, from the Inspectorate to the Factory Guard, and a two-pronged approach was used to expand the crackdown on corruption from the court to the local area.

In the second year of Tianqi, Zhu Youxiao thought it was the most difficult and depressing thing that made him the most. Too few people could use it, and if you beat one, the successor would still be a virtue.

But in the third year of the Tianqi revelation, Zhu Youxiao felt much more relaxed. A large number of officials who formed corruption and gangs were overturned, and more and more new officials were able to use it for him, and the power of the court took a fundamental reversal.

The local situation also improved greatly. Officials such as Yang Lian, Sun Chuanting and others vigorously implemented the abandonment of wages in the Qingtou. Using Xu Hongru's rebellion, they ruthlessly dealt with a group of gentry and landlords who were secretly leaking, which shocked the people and greatly changed the atmosphere.

Improvement and change are still not the emperor's ultimate goal. The washing of the officialdom and the handling of officials are like waves swaying, and there is no stop.

The Inspectorate set up a patrol mechanism according to the will of the sages and the state government set up a specialist, which was only a system strengthening. Relying on the secret exploration of the factory guards made the officials feel even more trembling as if walking on thin ice.

Officials are dismissed every year, and the number is increasingly concentrated in local areas, especially at the county magistrate level.

The reason is very simple. County officials are considered the most grassroots government organization in the Ming Dynasty, and they collect taxes and taxes all through their hands. And corruption and harming the people is also the most direct contact with the people.

A tax increase that was not serious and turned into a disaster in the end. Could it be that these grassroots officials were not caused by these grassroots officials? The court and the emperor were just the scapegoats for their corruption and harming the people.

For the bastard who dared to take the blame, the emperor showed his ruthlessness and cruelty, and also created several governors who were cruel officials. Jiang and Zhejiang governors Wei Guangwei and Ni Wenhuan were the most outstanding.

Wei Guangwei has been in office for a long time, and has investigated and learned about the local situation. He also has the information of the factory and security investigation to help him, so he has no ambiguity in accepting the will of the Holy One.

The taxes set by the court are as much as possible. If the local government dares to add a penny, it is corruption, no matter what excuses or reasons you make.

First, the family will be confiscated and then the punishment will be determined according to the thickness of the family property. The whole family will be exiled below 5,000, and more than 5,000 will be beheaded for public display. The family will be exiled.

This standard has been relaxed by Zhu Youxiao, but after real handling, most of the corrupt officials who were dismissed were in danger of being protected.

Xue Zhen, the Minister of Justice, presented the list of criminals who were to be sentenced to death by the Ministry of Justice, and secretly looked at the emperor who was reading Gou Jue, and felt much more at ease.

As one of the six ministers who have been newly promoted for less than half a year, although Xue Zhen thought he knew very well about the Holy Heart and was usually praised by the emperor. However, after the first time he was executed after the autumn, he was worried that the emperor would be dissatisfied.

There are really many officials who have been scouted and beheaded, even more than last year. The main reason is that the factory and the factory are focusing on this, and the random tax collection and tax collection also shocked and angry Zhu Youxiao.

Corrupt officials, killing; corrupt officials, killing; killing, killing, killing...

The emperor seemed to be numb or dominated by anger. He just glanced at the case, then wiped his pen, and his head was about to fall to the ground in the autumn, and his family members were driven away thousands of miles away.

In the late Ming Dynasty, wars broke out, Jiannu entered the pass and stole the world, and the people were killed and injured, and their families were destroyed. All these corrupt officials were rewarded with the poor officials. It was not a pity to kill them at all.

Zhu Youxiao, who knew the direction of history, seemed to see thousands of miles of naked land, mourning everywhere, as if he saw the displaced people, hungry and hungry everywhere, as if he saw the light of swords and swords, blood flowing into a river...

Kill, kill, kill...

If a country is killed, the country will increase its vitality, and the people will be more relaxed and relaxed. The Ming Dynasty's reform path will be less hindered and more smooth.

The emperor finally finished the list, stared at the blood-colored vermilion on the paper, narrowed his eyes, and let out a breath of turbid air.

"Xue Qing--" Zhu Youxiao signaled the palace servants to pass the list to Xue Zhen, and asked in a deep voice: "Is there any criticism of the handling of these corrupt officials? Can Dali Temple still cooperate?"

Xue Zhen hurriedly bowed and replied, "The harsh punishment of corrupt officials began with Taizu. Although there is no specific provision in the "Da Ming Law", it is legitimate to create the "Da Qi" form."

"Compared with Taizu, my emperor's punishment was considered magnanimous. During the Hongwu period, the magistrate of Jianchang County received 400 guan and was executed by Lingchi; the magistrate of De'an County accepted 10 pieces of silk and cloth, with 80 guan and was executed by Lingchi; the magistrate of Laiyang County received 10 guan and was executed by Lingchi..."

Listening to Xue Zhen, who was designated as a eunuch party in history, Zhu Youxiao's face gradually relaxed. It turned out that he was so kind that he was just beheaded, not yet lingchi, but the amount of corruption was far higher than that in Hongwu.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang often used external punishments when dealing with the issue of corruption of officials, a typical example of which was skinning and slaughtering. However, there seemed to be no corrupt officials who were actually sentenced to this punishment, and it was completely slander.

After hearing Xue Zhen defended himself, Zhu Youxiao said with a slight look on his head, "Xue Qing is very familiar with the law and is very familiar with the cases of law. I have appointed you as the Minister of Justice, which can be regarded as a wise person."

Xue Zhen was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to thank him.

Zhu Youxiao encouraged him a few more words before Xue Zhen stepped back.

Although Mr. Wei’s leash was not used, Zhu Youxiao has reused a lot of the so-called eunuch party that relied on Mr. Wei in history.

There is no way, people are aware of the knowledge and tactful person. The emperor will rush to wherever he points. They will do their best to attack anyone. Who doesn’t like such subordinates?

If Chongzhen had the wisdom of Zhu Youxiao, it would be okay to kill Lao Wei, and it would be okay to kill a group of corrupt officials in the "eunuch party". Don't overturn a bunch of people. Change to those civil officials who claim to be justice and speak out and ruin the country!

Zhu Youxiao sighed for a while, and then picked up the list of house searches to read it. Although it was not as rich as a corruption like Li Sancai and others, it was not without any loss. At least, if you have the money for rewards, you can also give some small benefits to officials.

The Birthday Day – let’s keep it simple!

Zhu Youxiao also thought about receiving gifts in large quantities, but if you want to do it, it would be as simple as setting up a few tables to drink and drink. The decoration of the capital and the decoration of the imperial city, it seemed like you were going to lose money.

Forget it, let’s talk about it after pacifying Liao! At that time, I had money, and some of it was money.

"The emperor, the new governor of Shaanxi Li Jingbai came to your resignation." Wang Tiqian came inside to report.

Another "eunuch party", Zhu Youxiao lowered his eyes, put down the list of house searches, and said, "Xuan!"

In the late Ming Dynasty in history, when attacking someone, as long as you put a certain label in time, it would be impossible to get worse.

When Mr. Wei was in power, he put the hat of the "Donglin Party" on his face. Not to mention being imprisoned, he was definitely hopeless in his career.

When the Donglin Party gained power, as long as the label of the "eunuch party" is posted on the forehead, there will be no place to stand in the court.

The party struggle has reached an inexplicable level. As long as you say something politically incorrect before, you will be defeated and criticized.

The Donglin Party reached this level of pursuing the rest of evil, but there was no way to save the country, and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was a crime to harm the country.

Li Jingbai is an example. In history, because he once built a temple for Wei Zhongxian and burned incense to congratulate him, "Yao Tian is so majestic, and the emperor's virtue is hard to be named." He was impeached by the Donglin Party. He was imprisoned for three years and lost to the people.

In fact, Li Jingbai was a Jinshi in Wanli. He started as a magistrate of Xiajin County and served as the governor of Shandong, the right assistant censor of the Censorate, and the young tutor of the crown prince, but he had great achievements.

What's more, during the period when Mr. Wei was in power, countless people built temples for him. Are they all people with inferior character?

Grandpa Qi also gave gifts and bribed Zhang Juzheng and others, but wanted to keep his official position and military power in order to do more practical things and make more contributions to the country and the court.

Due to the general environment, you should either keep yourself clean and be an idle person or a commoner, and keep the destruction of other countries and suffer; or you should be with the flow and not be incompatible with others, do your best to do some good deeds.

Grandpa Qi is the latter. He knows that his future lies in the thoughts of those in power. If there is no one in the court, he cannot lead troops to fight with peace of mind, and may even lose the right to lead troops. What are you talking about serving the country?

Under the abnormal political ecology, it is helpless to happen such things. Even if you are a hero or a skill, you often have to do something against your will in order to realize your ambitions.

Zhu Youxiao neither defended this or pursued it deeply, but only looked at people's abilities.

Li Jingbai took office as the governor of Shaanxi, while Zuo Guangdou was appointed as the governor of the river. This is a new position, with the full title of "Governor General of the Ministry of Rivers and the Right Deputy Censor of the Censorate".

Water conservancy facilities, as an important means to fight against the disasters of the small glacier, must be built. However, Zhu Youxiao does not understand this, and there are really no few who can be called water conservancy experts.

Zuo Guangdou did a good job in his tenure in Shaanxi. The overall water conservancy facility planning has been completed and construction is underway. Li Jingbai only needs Xiao Guicao.

Only then can Zhu Youxiao reassure himself to transfer Zuo Guangdou from Shaanxi, the hardest hit areas in the future, inspecting Huang, Huai, Cao and other rivers, especially Zhili, Henan and Shandong, and there must be an overall water conservancy construction plan.

Li Jingbai was summoned into the hall, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted long live the mountain.

"Li Qing is exempted from courtesy." Zhu Youxiao raised his hand and "give him a seat."

After Li Jingbai thanked him, he signed his body and sat down. Zhu Youxiao did not speak nonsense and said, "When Li Qing was the first county magistrate, he was able to investigate the sufferings of the people, pardon the sand tax, and erect the monument of "Eliminating Shatian". The people were grateful and wept. I also praised it deeply and also won the heart of your love for the people."

Li Jingbai was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, the emperor appointed him as the political achievement of his first county magistrate.

"Shaanxi will be the beginning of a major disaster. The newspaper has said that I will not talk about it anymore." Zhu Youxiao said in a deep voice: "Zuo Guangdou has a water conservancy plan, and Li Qing will do it as he does. Only by appeaseing the people and allowing the court's good governance to be implemented will Li Qingke be responsible for his duties and loyalty."

The requirements are not high, so the emperor's expectation is to repair the water conservancy facilities designed by Zuo Guangdou, implement the court's policies, and work hard in a loving and caring for the people.

Li Jingbai bowed and agreed, but the emperor's explanation and orders were not finished yet. The arrangements on Gansu and Shaanxi were not only detailed, but also longer-term.
Chapter completed!