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Encouraged by Luo Xin, Yuwang became more confident. The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info said in a condensed voice: "Let's not talk about the war at the border pass, although the Japanese in the southeast are fierce, but the real disaster of the Ming Dynasty is the northern grassland. Now that the northern grasslands have been disqualified, it can be said that the biggest external scourge of the Ming Dynasty has disappeared, but the internal calamity is worrying. ”

Luo Xin didn't say anything, just looked at King Yu encouragingly. King Yu really held back for a long time, and when he met someone who was willing to listen, the words poured out like the tide of the sea.

"There are two internal troubles in the Ming Dynasty, one is Yan Song......"

Speaking of this, King Yu's eyes looking at Luo Xin were full of gratitude, because Yan Song did not support King Yu, but was more inclined to support King Jing. Therefore, King Yu hated Yan Song very much. And Yan Song was brought down by Luo Xin.

"But this internal turmoil has also been cleared up by you, so you have immeasurable merit to the Ming Dynasty."

Luo Xin shook his head lightly and said, "Let's talk about the second scourge inside." ”

"The second internal scourge is that the court has no money, and I heard that the court can't even pay the officials' salaries. If this situation continues, Daming is worried. ”

Luo Xin nodded, he was not surprised that King Yu was able to see these points. These things are facts, ordinary people can see them, but Yuwang can't see them?

"Big brother, do you have a solution?"

King Yu's expression was dark, and he shook his head and said, "I live cautiously every day, and I can only see these few points. If I had to figure out a solution, I would have to know more about the government and the opposition, but ......"

King Yu's face showed a trace of bitterness, and he looked at Luo Xin and said, "No, you can have a way?" ”

Luo Xin thought for a moment and said, "Big brother, if we want to find a way to solve the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty, we must first find the cause of the financial problems. ”

"Not bad!" King Yu nodded happily and said, "Please don't advise." ”

"Land!" Luo Xin's mouth softly spat out two words.

"Land?" King Yu looked at Luo Xin in amazement.

"Not bad!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "Now eighty percent of the land is in the hands of scholars, eldest brother, you know that scholars with fame do not need to pay taxes." As a result, the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue could only be obtained from only 20% of the land. In other words, Daming is using 20% of the land to feed the entire Ming Dynasty, so how can the court have money? ”

"How so?" King Yu asked in amazement.

"On the one hand, it is the system!" Luo Xin said softly: "As long as the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are promoted in the examination, the court will not only pay them a fortune, but also exempt them from taxes, so naturally there will be many people who will defect to the people with the land deed, so as to avoid the court's taxation." On the other hand, it is the aristocracy's cunning of the common people. ”

"This ...... How to fix it? There was confusion in Yuwang's eyes.

The corners of Luo Xin's mouth flashed with a sneer: "Do you dare to disobey the system formulated by your ancestors?" For example, abolishing the system of tax exemption for nobles with meritorious reputation? All people, how much land do you own, how much tax do you have to pay? ”

King Yu's face turned pale, and he could imagine that if he made such a move, he would become the enemy of all the literati in the world. Such a decision simply cannot be implemented. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said:

"We can raise our business taxes!"

"Your Majesty once proposed, but it was not implemented." Luo Xin said lightly, "Big brother, do you know the reason? ”

King Yu pondered and said, "I once heard that the ministers of the court thought that once the merchant tax was raised, it would make the merchants think that their status would increase, which would hurt the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Do you believe it, big brother?"

King Yu hesitated for a moment and said: "Merchants are pursuing profits, if their status is improved, they will definitely fight for power and profit, so it is not an exaggeration to say that they will shake the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Did you think of it yourself, or did you?"

King Yu's face turned red and said, "It's what Elder Xu Ge and Elder Gao Ge once told me." ”

"They're farting!" Luo Xin said angrily.

"Don't ...... you" King Yu's face changed, under the teaching of Xu Jie, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and other celebrities of this generation, he had not heard such vulgar words for a long time, and he couldn't help but show surprise on his face. However, Luo Xin didn't seem to be able to scold a sentence, and continued to scold:

"It stinks!"

Seeing King Yu's surprised look, Luo Xin said with a solemn expression: "Big brother, in fact, almost all the businessmen in the world have the shadow behind the court officials. ”

"This ......" King Yu's face swelled and reddened: "Isn't this the same as agricultural taxes, the money has been earned by those family lords, but it has suffered the court?" ”

"Not bad! And there is nothing to be done! ”

"Father is wise and wise, so ......"

"That can't be the enemy of all the family door valves, from ancient times to the present, this world has always been the imperial power and the family door valve competition. And...... To put it mildly, the world has been replaced for hundreds of years, and there has never been a country for eternity. But...... If you look at those family gates, no matter who is in charge of the world, it does not prevent them from being officials, so I have not heard of the thousand-year-old world, but I have heard of the thousand-year-old family. ”

"They all deserve to die!" King Yu said one after another.

Luo Xin shook his head lightly and said, "You can't kill it!" ”

"Why?" King Yu looked at Luo Xin with red eyes.

"If you kill them all, who will govern the country? Isn't that a mess of Ming? ”

"And they kidnapped like that?"

King Yu stared straight at Luo Xin, Luo Xin didn't say a word, and gradually his face showed a look of disappointment, followed by frustration. His cowardly nature gradually occupied the peak again. Imagine that once he raised the butcher's knife and offended the gate valve of the world's family, would he still be able to sit on the throne of God? Even if he can sit on the throne of God, can he sit firmly? At the same time, he was also disappointed in Luo Xin, Luo Xin could only see the problem, but could not solve the problem, and was helpless, what is the difference between this and him?

He let out a long sigh and said with the last glimmer of hope: "No, isn't there a way?" Could it be that the Ming Dynasty, like those dynasties in history, is going to decline irreversibly? ”

"It's not like that!" Luo Xin said softly.

Yuwang's spirit is a lift: "Please don't give me advice." ”

"Commercial taxes and land matters can only be worked out slowly, and we must not rush to achieve results, otherwise there will be disadvantages and no benefits."

"How?"

"Whether it is commercial tax or land, this is all the appearance, the root is in the family door valve, only by cutting off the foundation of the family door valve, removing the soil of the family door valve, so that the family gate valve no longer exists, at that time, everything will fall into place."

"This ......" King Yu looked at Luo Xin like a fool, the meaning in his eyes was very clear, how could this be?

Luo Xin smiled faintly and said: "It's still the same sentence, if we want to remove the soil of the family door valve, we have to know why the family door valve exists?" ”

"Why?"

"What do you say?"

Yuwang frowned and thought deeply. Banxiang said: "Because the royal family needs to rely on the family gate valve to govern the world, almost all the learned people in the world are in the hands of the family door valve." ”

Luo Xin nodded appreciatively: "Why is this happening? ”

"Do you need to ask?" King Yu raised his eyebrows and said: "Almost all the books in this world are in the hands of the family lords, where is it so easy for ordinary people to want to read, not to mention whether they can afford to read, that is, they can read, but they have too few books, so they have less knowledge, so it is impossible to compete with those children of the family." Therefore, the nine achievements of the people who finally passed the Jinshi examination are the family gate valves. ”

"Not bad, big brother wisdom!"

Luo Xin gave a thumbs up to King Yu, this was the first time that King Yu was praised for his wisdom, and his face immediately flushed with excitement, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said:

"No, you don't have to laugh. Doesn't it make me ashamed to speak of wisdom before you? Besides, I can only see the problem, but there is no way to solve the problem, and please teach me how to solve the problem. ”

"There is only one way, and that is to build a wide range of learning, compulsory education."

"Compulsory education?" King Yu looked at Luo Xin in bewilderment.

"It's free to recruit students, and as long as someone wants to come and learn, everything is free. The court printed a large number of various books and provided them to students for free, and each school established had to establish a library, and the books in the library were provided by the court for free, and the students of the school could borrow them for free. ”

"This ...... How much does it cost? And...... Isn't it that there are more and more scholars who have been trained in such a large number of scholars, so that they have gained fame, and the state has to be exempt from taxes, and in the end, the state may not even be able to collect 20% of the land tax. ”

Luo Xin smiled faintly and said, "Big brother, at that time, are we still afraid of the collective resignation of the family gate valves?" Even if the family gate valve collectively resigns, we also have a large number of scholars to supplement it, and the court will not be chaotic, and the Ming Dynasty will not be chaotic. To put it mildly, at that time, whoever dares to take the lead, His Majesty will dare to kill. If you kill them, you can confiscate a lot of land. At that time, the royal family no longer needs to rely entirely on the family gate valve, and the family gate valve will lose the soil that must exist.

At that time, His Majesty can make a decree that no more tax exemptions will be granted to those who have meritorious fame. But he was promoted to the rank of official. This fundamentally solves the land problem. ”

King Yu's face was a little pale and said, "If the family gate valve has bad intentions......"

"Don't be afraid of them." Luo Xin said firmly: "The Ming Dynasty has always ruled the world with literature, the status of literati in Daming is too high, and the status of martial artists in Daming is too low. Therefore, there are almost no people from the family of the martial arts, so there are not many military generals who have tax-free fields, and they will naturally not oppose this policy, but will be happy in their hearts. Even if there are a few people from the family, they can gradually deprive them of their military power in the next few years and cultivate a group of innocent people. With such military power in their hands, the family gate lords are just some literati, and there are no soldiers in their hands, and whoever dares to rebel will only die. ”

King Yu thought for a moment, then continued to shake his head and said, "It won't work." No, you have to pin all this on the basis of the court's money. Now that the court has no money, it can't do the kind of compulsory education you said. ”

"Let's not talk about this yet!" Luo Xin smiled and said: "Big brother first said that if the court is rich, is this plan feasible?" ”

King Yu thought about it seriously for a while, nodded and said, "It's feasible!" Especially now that there is no trouble in the north, even if there is some chaos because of this, as long as the Ming Dynasty is rich and the people live and work in peace and contentment, the family gate valve will not set off much storm. But ......"

"Where does the money come from, huh?"

"Do you have a way?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "Now the only way for Daming is to restart the city!" ”

"You mean maritime trade?"

"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "The City Division was once established, but it was finally closed because I thought it was willing. But now only maritime trade can save the Ming Dynasty. Don't look at the arrogance of the Japanese invaders, the Ming Dynasty really wants to be serious, and it is not a problem to sweep away the Japanese invaders. And the Wa Kingdom, as well as Western Frankie and other vassal states admired our Ming Dynasty, especially our Ming silk, porcelain and other products full of admiration. As long as we are willing to sell, they will definitely buy it at a high price, and we can completely solve it with the help of the city's finances.

Having solved the problem of money, the next step is to establish learning, compulsory education. ”

Yuwang's eyes also lit up, and the two of them talked more and more, and before they knew it, it was dusk.

"Gollum ......"

The stomachs of the two people screamed almost at the same time, and King Yu looked at Luo Xin and said a little embarrassed:

"No, stay and eat with me."

Luo Xin nodded and agreed without refusing, he originally came to make friends with King Yu, King Yu left him for dinner, he naturally would not refuse.

But......

When the meal was served, Luo Xin couldn't help but regret staying here. There are only two dishes for dinner of a dignified prince, one green vegetable and one tofu. This makes Luo Xin, who is already accustomed to a rotten life, really ...... Not enough to eat......

King Yu ate very little, and said with shame on his face: "No, my life is hard, you will eat some ......"

Luo Xin only felt a little bitter in his mouth, he thought of King Yu's life was bitter, but he didn't expect that the bitterness would be like this. After eating a two-point full, under the send-off of King Yu, he left King Yu's mansion.

waited until he returned home, still sad for King Yu. This Emperor Jiajing's suppression of King Yu was also ruthless enough. In fact, he also knew in his heart that if King Yu had no ambition, his life would not be so hard, and he should have taken out almost all of his money to win over the ministers of the court, so his life was very poor. Came to the study, put a jade pendant in his hand on the table, this is a gift from King Yu, looking at this piece of jade pendant of high-grade sheep fat jade, Luo Xin's heart was filled with bitterness, this is King Yu from his own body, he saw that King Yu only has such a pendant, it can be seen that this jade pendant is very precious to him, I am afraid it is also his last valuable thing.

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*(To be continued.) )