There are many theories about the reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty, some people say that they died in Wanli, some people say that they died in the eunuch party, some people say that they died in Donglin, and some even say that they died in Zhu Yuanzhang! It's all to blame for Lao Zhu's bad ancestral system, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have perished. In Liu Chun's view, it is a bit ridiculous to blame Lao Zhu, it is better to say that Zhu Yuanzhang did not establish the Ming Dynasty, there would be no problem of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, isn't this as ridiculous as saying that a person is not born, he will not die?

The most direct reason for the death of the Ming Dynasty is Chongzhen, it is said that the German army divides people into four types, smart and lazy people, as commanders, smart and diligent, as chief of staff, stupid and lazy, as big soldiers, the worst is stupid and diligent, kill them quickly!

Unfortunately, Chongzhen belongs to the kind of stupid and diligent person, he is stupid, so he was fooled by the civil officials, and he abolished his martial arts, he was diligent, so he even made stupid moves, whether it was external or internal, he kept turning over the cake, tossing back and forth, and as a result, he was exhausted, and he could only hang himself. It's really not worth pitiing.

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

But this can't all be blamed on Lao Zhu, in the final analysis, the Ming Dynasty still lacked enough innovation ability...... In fact, not only the Ming Dynasty, but also other dynasties, isn't it the same!

Tang Dynasty cow bar!

But the government and military system, the rent and the adjustment of the government, the three provinces and six ministries, etc., which were determined at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, were all corrupted beyond recognition after a few decades.

After all, even if the founding monarch was eloquent, he did not have the insight to see through the times, and it was inevitable to make mistakes.

Liu Chun feels that this is a very good time.

Lao Zhu has been the emperor for more than 20 years, and the shortcomings of many policies have appeared, which are not serious.

As for Lao Zhu, he is also energetic and tough, and it will be easier for him to carry out reforms than anyone else.

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

Of course, Liu Chun also knows that at Lao Zhu's age, he can only lay the foundation at most, and if he wants to really complete it, he needs the support of the next generation of kings.

Every time he thought of this, Liu Chun was worried about Zhu Biao, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be in good health and there was nothing wrong with him.

Will he succeed in succeeding to the throne?

In case he still dies young, no matter who the new prince is, he will not have enough prestige, and there will definitely be a big mess, to be honest, there is not much time left for Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Liu Chun thought about it, he could only try his best to lean close to Zhu Biao, observe and pay attention, and find a way to prolong Zhu Biao's life. Frankly speaking, Liu Chun is not too sure.

After all, throughout the ages, not to mention the crown prince, even the emperor died in a daze, especially the old Zhu family, which is very serious.

I can only pray to God for blessing!

"Your Highness, the reform of the entire fiscal and taxation ...... I think that the tax should be abolished gradually, but in order to maintain fiscal stability, the tax should be spread among the acres of land first. In this way, people with more land will pay more taxes. Whoever wants to annex the land will have to bear more costs, which can also alleviate the problem of annexation a little. ”

"By the way, I still have an idea, can you change the preferential exemption for talent to a subsidy?"

Zhu Biao was puzzled, "What do you mean?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, it's like this, the preferential exemption is that the court does not collect taxes, and the so-called subsidies of the ministers are to pay taxes as well, and through the official schools in various places, they will give food to the talents."

Zhu Biao groaned: "Do you mean Di Shansheng? ”

The so-called food students are those who have excellent grades in official schools and can get food from the imperial court, which is a bit similar to the food subsidies for graduate students and doctoral students in later generations.

"It's still different, I mean to return the fields that should be levied to the talents at one time!"

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

"If you retreat too much, even if the talents take advantage!" Liu Chun smiled and said, "Your Highness, if you think about it carefully, is it more to return or more to levy?" ”

Zhu Biao groaned slightly, and was immediately shocked!

That's right, there can be a lot of refunds.

But the problem is that the grain he got is more than the land endowment, which can only show that he is a poor talent, and his family is really difficult.

For such a talent, what is the great deal about giving one stone and two more stones of grain every year!

However, those who are wealthy have lost the excuse of tax exemption, let them pay the amount in full, and the court will definitely receive much more!

And it is the poor who pay less taxes and the rich who tax more. Tax fairness has been achieved!

Zhu Biao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but slap his face, "Wonderful! Liu Chun, your trick is good, my father promises to adopt it, and it will be issued immediately. ”

Liu Chunman didn't care, "Your Highness, this can only be regarded as a small measure, the real important thing is the commercial tax, in my judgment, in another twenty years, the commercial tax will be able to compete with the Tian Fu, each accounting for half, and once the commercial tax exceeds the Tian Fu, it will be permanently thrown off and become the most important source of revenue to support the imperial court." Therefore, the real important thing is to make up your mind on commercial taxes, if you only know how to go around the land and people, you will never be able to get rid of the predicament of finance and taxation......"

Zhu Biao nodded happily and said eagerly: "You write all these down, my father has the intention to make drastic changes and carry out reforms." If it's really reasonable, Lone will support it! ”

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Just when Liu Chun and Zhu Biao were discussing the reform method, Tianguan Mansion, Zhan Hui's old mother did longevity, and a few friends came, including Lian Zining, the deputy capital of the imperial history, he was a native of Jiangxi, the second place in the imperial examination, was awarded the Hanlin revision, not long after entering the Hanlin Academy, his mother died of illness, he went home to keep filial piety for three years, Ding Wei expired, and returned to the dynasty again, it happened that Li Shanchang was killed, and there were many officials involved in the court.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, it was a very common phenomenon for officials to be overpromoted, and Lian Zining had been at home for three years, just avoiding Liu Chun's edge.

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

For example, it turns out that he often goes to the East Palace to give lectures, like Huang Zicheng, Qi De, many civil officials also often haunt the East Palace, and even are inseparable from the prince. But the current prince is obviously estranged from them. The East Palace is no longer the world of literati, including Liang Guogong Lan Yu, he often goes in and out of the East Palace, and also teaches the emperor and grandson the art of war and martial arts.

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

In the past, this kind of thing was the patent of their civil officials, what happened to His Royal Highness the Prince? Have you changed your mind?

"You don't know!"

Zhan Hui sighed, "In the past two years, I don't know where a little rabbit cub named Liu Chun has appeared, claiming to be the descendant of the Guo family, and also claiming to inherit Mozi and Yang Zhu in learning, the most tricky and eccentric, treacherous and cunning. In the first few days, the old man also suffered his loss in the Golden Palace, and His Majesty and the prince were instigated by this person to intend to reform the finances and taxes. ”

Lian Zining took a breath, "In recent years, we have made great efforts to govern the country, and the treasury is quite abundant, so why bother reforming?" ”

Zhan Hui laughed, "What's so incomprehensible about this, that little traitor Liu Chun is just weakening the scholars in the name of reform, and this heavy tax and servitude will fall on the heads of the gentry!" Since ancient times, there is no permanent property of the person without perseverance, the king and the scholar rule the world together, is the root of all prosperous times, but at the moment the traitor and the devil confuse the public, the separation between His Majesty and the scholars, the heart can be punished! ”

Zhan Hui mentioned Liu Chun, which was called a gritted tooth and hated to the core.

Lian Zining hesitated: "Lord Tianguan, since this is the case, why don't you go to the book and explain the key to it to Your Majesty?" ”

Zhan Hui rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, Your Majesty, can I convince you?

"You don't know, that Liu Chun is cunning, and his words are mean and tricky, a complete villain, I have the heart of a gentleman. How can he fight his villainous nature? ”

Zhan Hui picked up the wine glass and sighed helplessly: "The so-called gentleman can be bullied. The old man is exhausted, and he is afraid that he will return to his hometown in the near future. ”

After speaking, he helplessly bowed his head, drank wine and ate vegetables.

Lian Zining pondered for a moment and put down the wine glass, "Lord Tianguan, don't be discouraged. When I returned to Beijing from home, I passed by Changsha Mansion on the way, and I heard that His Royal Highness King Tan annexed land in the local area, and the people were very resentful in the fish and meat township! Moreover, the king of Tan also likes women and robs people's girls. His actions are more than a thousand times more powerful than the Xu family! ”

"King Tan?"

Zhan Hui remembered that this King of Tan was the eighth son of Lao Zhu, and his mother Concubine Da Shi was said to be Chen Youliang's concubine, who was snatched by Lao Zhu and gave birth to Zhu Zi, the king of Tan.

His Royal Highness the King of Tan is handsome and elegant, he has been very good at reading since he was a child, and his personality is soft and gentle, and he is good at pleasing Lao Zhu. After being sealed in Changsha, he returned to Beijing to visit his father.

He walked around more diligently than any other vassal king.

Lao Zhu also likes him very much, the king of Tan also likes to make friends with Confucian scholars, often holds poetry meetings, if there are good poems, he immediately rewards gold, very generous.

Zhan Hui didn't expect that this Tan King, who had a good reputation, would have such unbearable deeds.

"Do you have proof?"

"Yes!" Lian Zining replied: "I originally wanted to impeach Zhu Zi, so I collected his crimes, but Lord Tianguan needs it?" ”

Zhan Hui frowned slightly, and suddenly slapped his thigh, "Great, I expected Your Majesty to deal with the Xu family, at this time, poke out the matter of King Tan, I think Your Majesty should investigate it?" ”

The so-called tiger poison does not eat children!

Zhan Hui doesn't believe it, Lao Zhu can do it!