Section 1239 Darkest Age (1)
The atmosphere in the imperial capital of Nanjing was solemn, the people were whispering, and the officials in the official office were not smiling, and they were in a hurry, with serious expressions.
The New Ming Empire encountered one trouble after another, and the new land policy of the gentry paying grain in one, apportioning the land into the mu, and paying taxes progressively aroused strong opposition from the clans, officials, and landlords!
In the past, the imperial court experimented with the gentry to pay grain in one and divide the land into the mu, but now no one is exempted, especially the progressive payment of taxes, which the landlords think is worse.
stipulating that the rent of landlords and tenants cannot exceed 30%; Agricultural tax, 20 taxes for 100 acres of land or less, 1 tax for 15 acres between 100 acres and 500 acres, and 1 tax for all more than 500 acres.
The imperial court and the government wanted to snatch food from the landlords, and they didn't have to pay taxes before, but now they have to pay them, and the landlords, big and small, will not be satisfied.
Since the beginning of spring this year, bad news has come one after another, first of all, the Baoding gentry Cui Dehai and others were seriously dissatisfied with the new land policy of the imperial court, instigated the clan to make trouble, and drove away the officials from the city to inspect the land.
At that time, the waters of Baiyangdian were vast, the reeds were tall and long, and the people in them were like the heroes of Liangshan in the Song Dynasty, and they could not be cleared without tens of thousands of troops.
Moreover, they did not openly kill officials and rebel, did not kill people, but only had opinions on land policy, which did not seem to meet the standard of using a large army.
Although the imperial court appoints officials with the new academic standards, it takes time to replace all the officials of a boss's empire and replace the personnel of the ruling body from top to bottom, which takes time, not overnight.
There is also the possibility that the new school officials and the old school figures are in collusion, the land is loved by everyone, everyone wants to intervene, and it is possible that the officials from the new school will replace the old school figures, and they have already degenerated!
Therefore, without waiting, Ma Shiying, the chief assistant of the government, asked for the full implementation of the new land policy throughout the country, especially the progressive payment of taxes on land, and the imperial court approved it.
immediately detonated the people's resentment, and Ma Shiying became the finger of thousands of people!
The public sentiment in various places reported is generally not good, and the officials and landlords do not cooperate with the policies of the imperial court and resist, voting with their feet, and they do not cooperate!
The local government forcibly pushed, but the landlords did not cooperate, and they did not want to protest in front of the official office; Or they have disrupted the land boundary markings, or some have simply colluded with the government and the landlords, making it impossible to carry out the new land policy at all.
In Ma Shiying's own words: "The imperial court land edict does not leave Nanjing City!" ”
In Huzhou, a fire burned the fish scale book information in the Yamen room!
The government's fish scale register is an important basis for population and land, and after it is burned, the government has to re-examine the land and nod people's heads, resulting in a protracted period.
In some places, the means are not so drastic, but the loss of the scale book and the defacement of the fish scale book are common.
The government went to the countryside, but the people did not cooperate, and they didn't know what to ask.
It is clear that the land policy is a good thing for the general public, but who dares to cooperate with the government, then drive out the clan and eliminate the name on the genealogy, who is not afraid?
At the time, people were superstitious that if they were driven out of the clan, they would become lonely ghosts, and even if they knew that the government was good to them, they did not dare to disobey the patriarch and clan elder who occupied the most land, and they could not cooperate with the government.
The vassal kings from all over the country also came to intervene, they were all big landlords, from the original do not have to pay taxes, to ten taxes and one, money is still a trivial matter, the key is that the heart is seriously unhappy.
This is still the world of the Zhu family?!
They folded up one after another, froze Ma Shiying, cried to the court about their wives and children, the court's money was getting less and less, everyone drank the northwest wind, the prince became a beggar, please come to Beijing, we want to visit the tomb, cry to the ancestors.
In the past, the children and grandchildren born to the princes had titles, and they received the court money, that is, the more they were born, the more they received, and the princes from all over the world competed to have children.----
Now it implements the feudal feudal state, emphasizing the "unification" of the world, and there is a difference between meritorious sealing, grace sealing, and examination sealing.
Meritorious titles are those who have special merits and are crowned princes, and the number is very small and can be hereditary;
Enfeng is the promotion and sealing of some clans when the state celebrates the Great Anniversary;
The examination is downgraded in order according to lineage, the father is a prince, and the son becomes the king of the county, so decreasing, so that it is reduced to an "idle clan" that does not enter the rank, and there is no difference from the common people.
The titles of the rest of the princes will be reduced by one level. For example, all sons other than the prince's concubine can be crowned as the king of the county, but now they are changed to the general of the town.
The new Ming Dynasty mainly recommended the examination seal, coupled with the new land system, the princes were like thunder.
However, they are arguing and making trouble, they are all opposed, and they dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool!
After the summer solstice, the Tusi Benrov of Songpan in Sichuan openly opposed the new Ming who was the heroine of the world, saying that the new Ming was a princess to supervise the country, and he did not dare to obey the edict.
If Emperor Ming is on the throne, then he Benrov will definitely obey his orders.
This is Chiguoguo's sexism!
The Tusi system is the organizational form and system of local political power established by the Yuan and Ming dynasties in ethnic minority areas. "Tusi", also known as "Tuguan", is a local official appointed and subdivided by the central government of the feudal dynasty, and "Shiguan, Shitu, Shimin" is its important feature, that is, hereditary political rule, hereditary ownership of the land under its jurisdiction and hereditary rule over the peasants attached to the land. The main form of exploitation of serfs by Tusi was mostly labor rent. In addition to providing heavy unpaid labor for the toast, the serfs also had to pay or pay tribute in kind to the toast.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were two kinds of titles: military and civilian. The military positions are the Xuanfu Division, the Xuanfu Division, the Recruitment Division, the Appeasement Division, the Chief Officials Division, and the Barbarian Division. The civil service is Tufu, Tuzhou, and Tuxian, which are subordinate to the Ministry of Officials and the Provincial Political Secretary. The Tusi system in western Hubei only has military positions. In addition to Tusi, the imperial court also set up guards and stationed heavy troops in the marginal areas. The purpose of adopting a military system combining "guards and tusi" in the border areas is to strengthen control and rule over minority areas.
Benrov took the initiative, and many Tusi responded en masse, demanding that the imperial court return the power to the emperor himself, instead of the current nondescript princess supervising the country!
When the news was reported to the imperial court, it immediately caused differences of opinion between the two factions in the court and many contradictions.
Some advocates of appeasement, they give an example of Banzhou (Zunyi area) Tusi Yang Shi triggered one of the three major campaigns of the Ming Dynasty, with a lot of silver, protracted, is one of the reasons for the decline of the Ming Dynasty.
There are many mountains in the Songpan area, the roads are rugged, there is not much production, the war is useless, it is a pity to abandon it, and the chicken ribs are also!
Some people think that this trend cannot be long, no matter who is in charge of the government, who is in charge of the country, and no matter what the land is, anyone who dares to oppose the imperial court must be eradicated.
When the princes of the temple were arguing, another news broke out in the court!
The combined forces of the Khalkha Mongolian tribes in the north wiped out the Mongolian Sunit department, the big leader Tengjisi was killed in battle, and the Khalkha Mongolian tribes who controlled 400,000 wanted to go south to drink horses!
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