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263 Warm body and benevolence

"Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty mainly divides tax exemptions into second-class."

"First, the royal relatives and nobles were given the land of the royal family and nobles, and they were not reported to the official for naturalization, and they enjoyed the privilege of exempting taxes, grain and servants."

"Secondly, the court officials have a fixed quota for the court. Taking the "Extradition Rules" in the 38th year of Wanli as an example, the current Beijing officials are exempted from land for the first grade of the first grade of the Academic Department, which is reduced below, and will be exempted from land for 2,700 mu. The foreign officials are reduced by half, and the resignation of the township officials are exempted from land for 60000. The maximum land for land for the gentry is exempted from land for 3,350 mu. The students are supervised and the students are supervised."

Wen Tiren's face became extremely serious when he heard this, and his voice became a little excited: "Your Majesty, this kind of land grant system has been concluded during the Taizu period. He said that the land granted by the ministers and the monks who were granted by the ministers rely on their power to attack the law. In the villages, the meritorious officials did not impose any bans. Therefore, in the 25th year of Hongwu, "give the dukes and marquis annual salary and grant land to officials." However, after only one hundred years, the land grant system was restored, and the land granted was more and more. However, if only this was the case, he would give up..."

When he said this, he looked at the face of Emperor Chongzhen. Seeing that he was listening seriously, he was not dissatisfied with any dissatisfaction, he continued: "However, in addition to giving land to the royal family, there are also private fields, and there are countless private fields. Among them, there are their own acquisitions, some clever plunders, etc. Because of their great power, their private fields also enjoy the right to grant land, and there is no tax service. In this way, many unruly people offered their land to the royal family, Sun Gui, to avoid tax service. Such a vicious thing has become more and more serious."

"This kind of private land is unwilling to serve as a member of the people, and it also appeared at the beginning of this dynasty. Therefore, Taizu strictly prohibited the contract in the "Great Precepts". However, now, the contract is like waste paper. Many royal relatives, Sun Guiguang, collected the land for his own private business, and the company was under the control of the government, so that the officials could not organize the submissions and collect taxes."

If Emperor Chongzhen hadn't seen Wen Tiren's memorial, he wouldn't understand that there were so many things in this land fu. At this time, although he had read it again and again, he was still surprised.

Hearing this, seeing Wen Tiren looking at him as if he was waiting for an opinion, he nodded and signaled Wen Tiren to continue.

"There are quotas for officials and gentry to be exempted from grain and land. According to the Ming Dynasty, the land and land of officials and gentry should also serve as the people. However, officials and gentry are like royal relatives and nobles, ignoring the court's laws and regulations, and all land is treated with the treatment of land and land. This has led to the unruly people's contributions."

Speaking of this, Wen Tiren bowed deeply and replied: "Your Majesty, if you can't stop such matters, the taxes collected by the court will definitely be less. And ordinary households who pay grain and pay taxes also feel unfair and join the unruly group. This is a vicious regression, which is a major drawback of this dynasty!"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, but he said a little serious: "Wen Qing, I know what you mean. Do you know? If you really implement the law of the ancestors, the interests of royal relatives, nobles and officials at all levels will be damaged. Will they be willing?"

This is a sharp word! Wen Tiren nodded in his heart. He stood up and looked up at Emperor Chongzhen. He said with an extremely serious attitude: "I have received the kindness of Your Majesty's knowledge of the favor, and I have no way to repay you. I am willing to give up this body and compete with them!"

For Wen Tiren, he also knew how powerful his opponent would be! But he believed that after more than two hundred years of accumulation, this disadvantage had reached the most dangerous time. If it was not dealt with, the emperor's wish to revive the Ming Dynasty would not be realized at all.

If the emperor is willing to support him fully, he will be willing to be the first to succeed. If he succeeds, the Ming Dynasty will surely revive, and he will become a Ming prime minister who surpasses Zhang Juzheng.

Emperor Chongzhen felt a little moved after hearing his words. It would be great if all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were people like Wen Tiren. However, he was not the real Emperor Chongzhen and he did not have experience and could not effectively evaluate it.

Therefore, after a moment of thinking, he said to Wen Tiren: "Wen Qing has specific implementation steps?"

When Wen Tiren heard this, the emperor should have been considering it seriously. He was happy in his heart and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I have verified it. Now the most serious ones are the vassal kings and other Daming royal families in various places. If Your Majesty can regulate it from the Daming royal family, I think that the rebound of other nobles and officials should be much smaller."

After saying that, he saw Emperor Chongzhen frowning and seemed dissatisfied, so he quickly added: "Your Majesty, the problem of the royal family is also a major factor in the Ming Dynasty's financial difficulties. I think that the problem of the royal family must also be solved, and by the way, the matter of the land will be solved!"

"Oh, let's talk about it in detail!" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately when he heard this. He was very interested in listening.

Wen Tiren saw that there seemed to be a play, so he quickly replied: "The salary of our royal family in the Ming Dynasty is 10,000 stones of Prince, 2,000 stones of Prince, 10,000 stones of General, 10,000 stones of General, 10,000 stones of General, 100 stones of General, 100 stones of Lieutenant of General, 100 stones of Lieutenant of State, 100 stones of Lieutenant of State, 2,000 stones of Prince and Prince Consort, 200 stones of Prince and Yibin, 200 stones of Prince, 100 stones of Prince, 100 stones of Prince and Yibin, 200 stones of County, 100 stones of Prince, 100 stones of Prince and Yibin."

"These salary is nothing at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. But now more than 250 years have passed, and the number of members of the Ming Dynasty's royal family has reached 100,000. Even if all the taxes are paid for by the court, it is not enough! The court has been owed for a long time, or refuses to register for the bill, but in this way, it will also lose the prestige of the court, showing the emperor's...because of the emperor's grace!"

If it were the original Emperor Chongzhen, you might be furious. You Wen Tiren, Balabara, and then pointed the finger at my uncles, brothers and other relatives. You also want to say that I am not kind, what are your intentions? Is this world surname Zhu or Wen?

However, Emperor Chongzhen at this time came from later generations. The Ming royal families at this time were no different from ordinary people. You should just say it, and let's just talk about it.

This matter of the Ming Dynasty royal family is indeed a problem. However, if there is no proper solution, it may not be easy to move. He frowned and thought for a while, and then asked, "What should we do in detail?"

When Wen Tiren heard this, the emperor was not even angry and had patiently discussed it. He was surprised and quickly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I think you can try the waters from the King of Tang. If it works, I will promote it and solve it."

Speaking of this, he took out a memorial and delivered it to him with both hands: "Your Majesty, this is the matter of the Tang King reported by the governor of Nanyang, Henan. He said that he had not had a saint's order and commanded the troops and horses, intending to serve the king, which was contrary to the ancestral system!"
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