"I...see your Majesty!"
In the wind and snow, the Ganqing Palace, which was originally a deep palace, is now the gathering of civil and military officials in the court gathered, and the sound of worship was swept by the wind and snow, floating in the sky.
This sudden summoning, not to mention that the generals and generals were confused, even the important officials of the ministry were confused.
They couldn't help but look at Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites who was obviously the first to arrive, as if they wanted to see something.
Huang Jin was calm and calm when his eyes gathered. Although he was also shocked by this big scene, he probably knew the reason.
Immediately, the emperor waved his hand, and the eunuchs handed it to the important civil and military officials.
The civil officials and military generals looked at each other, but they did not dare to say much, and they all picked up the files and read them.
Almost at the same time, the civil officials and generals seemed to be infected, their faces changed, and various emotions and expressions were also intertwined in this hall.
Especially Liu Qiyuan, the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet, was now looking at the clear records on the file, sweat had already oozed out of his eyebrows.
The content of the documentary is very clear. It is the crime of finance and taxation in Zhaowu for four years and one year!
After financial and tax reform, Daheng's tax system has become very clear.
The main core is agricultural tax and commercial tax.
In addition, the other harsh taxes and even corvee labor levies were completely abolished.
However, on this document, there are clearly records of the chaos in Zhaowu's tax collection in various places over the past four years.
Some are still making tricks on the people, some are still levied on the formerly harsh taxes, some are private tax cards for local officials, and some are fed by private pockets, and some are colluding with local prefectures and counties, concealing and misreporting taxes...
If it were just this, Liu Qiyuan would not have been too panicked. After all, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. It is impossible for officials in the world to be honest and upright.
But the problem is that taxes are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, but the result is that most of the records recorded in this file were not discovered by the Ministry of Revenue, and the Inspectorate did not find them, but the emperor knew them, and he still knew them in such detail...
"Okay, let's talk about it!"
The emperor glanced at Liu Qiyuan, the chief minister of the cabinet, leaned slightly towards the back of the chair, and made a sound slowly.
"I am guilty!"
The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Qiyuan, the left and right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the left and right inspector of the Censorate, also knelt down one after another and shouted.
"This is the problem. It's not about asking you to confess your guilt. Let's talk about how to solve it!"
The emperor waved his hand indifferently, but his eyes seemed to have inadvertently glanced at Huang Jin, the Minister of Rites.
Feeling the emperor's gaze, Huang Jin couldn't help but feel his heart pounding. Just for a moment of confusion, Huang Jin reacted, silently bowed his head, waiting for the discussion of the ministers.
Most of the ministers of the ministries and ministers obviously reacted. Such high-standard discussions naturally could not be just for the chaos of tax collection in just local prefectures. After all, the emperor had to solve the problem of the decree, and these people would have to be put to the ground.
It is obvious that the emperor uses this to lead to something and what is specific, that is, it is different from one's own opinion.
The ministers of the ministries talked and discussed with each other, and the generals and generals were stunned. What does this matter have to do with them?
But the emperor was right in front of him and did not dare to act evil. They shouted like a decent person.
The emperor glanced at the civil servants and generals, but his eyes gathered on this book again.
The lessons from the previous Ming Dynasty are still vivid in my mind.
Why can't tax be collected in the previous morning?
The reason is also very simple. One is that the richer the richer the poorer the poorer the poorer the country's tax collectors are not the rich, but the poor.
The second is the powerlessness of the tax system. Under the complex interest relationship, the rich can arbitrarily arrears the taxes that are not much, and they will default on them every year, eventually forming bad debts that are not clear at all!
From the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty, we can clearly understand what kind of system the taxation of Daheng should be.
The first is a strong tax system.
Furthermore, no matter whether it is the powerful or the nasty, the poor or the rich, those who should pay taxes must pay taxes!
Daheng's fiscal and tax reform is also aimed at this goal.
At present, as far as Daheng's overall fiscal and tax changes are concerned, this purpose has been initially achieved.
But it is undeniable that the powerlessness of the ruling system at the grassroots level is destined to be this result and it is difficult to last for a long time.
Just like the agricultural tax, the existence of agricultural tax is based on land. Under his repeated slaughter and suppression, it can well investigate the land across the country and then force everyone to pay taxes in an integrated manner.
But when power has not been placed at the grassroots level, how long can this powerful authoritative pressure last?
Strong authority pressure is just a temporary solution. The deepening of the ruling system, that is, the imperial power goes to the countryside, is the long-term strategy!
"Your Majesty, I think that the ultimate source of such tax chaos is the chaos of power in the county government offices in various places. Nowadays, taxes in various places are collected by local government offices. However, except for the magistrate, the county magistrate, the local government offices have all the powers of a county..."
"Even if it is a major tax matter, it will be carried out by the minor officials of each yamen in the end..."
"In this way, the powers and responsibilities are unknown, and the powers are chaotic..."
"I think that if we follow the Ministry of Rites' trial in Shuntian Prefecture, the Ministry of Revenue can also trial tax yamen in various places, independent of local prefectures and counties, directly under the center, and directly under the court center..."
The so-called words are not shocking and never stop until the civil and military ministers discuss for too long. The advice of the chief minister of the cabinet, Liu Qiyuan, instantly caused the noisy Qianqing Palace to fall into a deadly silence.
The emperor was also stunned by such remarks. Then, looking at Liu Qiyuan's solemn appearance, the emperor also raised his eyebrows, and the eyes of Liu Qiyuan looked at him a little more scrutinized.
Such words are so easily spoken from the mouth of a cabinet chief, but the meaning of them is not just the meaning of this sentence.
In just a few breaths, the emperor withdrew his gaze and looked around the ministers present: "What the Chief Minister said, what do you think of your beloved ministers?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Hong Chengchou took the lead in speaking out: "I think it is OK, but I think that if the local tax rights are directly deprived of local tax collection, it will form a system and be under the vertical jurisdiction of the central government, there will be no source of wealth in the local prefectures and counties, which may affect the duty of local prefectures and counties, and will greatly affect the power of local officials in governance, resulting in cumbersome procedures..."
As soon as this was said, the ministers of the ministers were immediately talking about it. The supervisory yamen was just a matter of education, and the central government had little to do with the local government, but it was related to tax revenue and financial resources. It was the most important authority of local prefectures and counties. If they were separated from the local government, the relationship involved was too great.
"I think..."
The ministers discussed every word and every word. It was obvious that when the cabinet chief Liu Qiyuan directed the topic to the tax system, which was closely related to local grassroots levels.
The focus of the discussion naturally shifted to the balance and relationship between local grassroots and taxation systems.
That is... the imperial power in the traditional sense has gone to the countryside!
Such changes were naturally favored by the emperor. According to his expectations, the tax issue was to lead the ruling system to touch this deep into the grassroots level.
For this reason, he also specially pointed out Huang Jinyier, the Minister of Rites, to let him add fuel to the fire.
However, unexpectedly, Liu Qiyuan, the chief minister of the cabinet, made a move directly and directly promoted the discussion as the chief minister of the cabinet.
After such discussion, even though the civil and military ministers present reacted slowly, they obviously understood the emperor's thoughts one after another.
This discussion was completely as expected by the emperor, with the tax system as the core and the discussion was discussed and debated around allowing Daheng to go deep into the grassroots level.
The emperor is still free and free. The land division brought by reform, the promotion of drought-resistant crops, and the engineering disaster relief that lasted for nearly a year, naturally brings considerable results.
In the fourth year of Zhaowu, the originally planned disaster relief money and food was reduced by nearly half after the autumn harvest.
The ability of people in various places to resist disasters has increased greatly under such a large-scale allocation and coordination.
The results brought are naturally a significant reduction in disaster relief money and food. It can be expected that even if natural disasters remain next year, even if major projects in various places continue, the money and food consumed for disaster relief will inevitably decrease again.
However, Daheng's tax revenue is increasing every year. Coupled with the recovery of Jiangnan and the expansion of maritime trade, the tax revenue in many years will inevitably be higher and higher every year.
Moreover, this time, the pseudo-Ming Dynasty was wiped out and the treasury of the pseudo-Ming Dynasty was seized. In addition, the crackdown and cleaning of various parts of Jiangnan like today will inevitably bring about a huge amount of home search income.
In this way, he also has the confidence and Daheng also has the capital to spread the tentacles of his rule to the grassroots level little by little.
Of course, the premise is that civil and military officials in the court can work together to do this.
The emperor's eyes were faint, and he was looking around the civil and military ministers in the hall inadvertently.
Every official and every military general present is good at using it, when can it be used, what situation will be unusable, and what kind of interests are involved behind it... The emperor is very clear.
Most of the civil and military officials and generals had no substantial conflict of interest with the imperial power discussed this time, and even only benefited them.
After all, the imperial power goes to the countryside, which means that the ruling order touches the grassroots level, will only increase the rights of the central government and their powers.
Moreover, once the ruling order goes deep into the grassroots, it means that Daheng's ruling order and all Daheng's systems will be completely on the right track!
This will only be a good thing for the civil and military officials present, and even for the vast majority of officials and generals in the world.
Of course, this goodness refers to the goodness in the Daheng system, not the goodness of the literary gentry in the decayed environment of the previous Ming Dynasty.
The emperor naturally hopes that they can see clearly, otherwise, this time, they will have to kill a group of people to establish their authority and then clean up the wave before they can implement his will...
Chapter completed!