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Chapter 690 The Chinese New Year brings trouble to Zhu Di

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    "Your Majesty, I think business is booming."

    All the officials were stunned, but saw Fang Xing Shi Shiran leaving work, and then leaned over and said: "Your Majesty, most of the taxes in the Ming Dynasty were paid in true colors. Although it was enough, there was a lack of money. How about treasure money? Mr. Xia is an expert.  I won¡¯t go into details here, I just want to talk about my views on taxation.¡±

    The honorable relatives all looked sideways. Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo who came to court today, looked at Fang Xing coldly, and then whispered to Zhang Fu in front of him: "You are a funny brother-in-law. You are obviously knighted for your military merits, but  He ran to the civil servants, how uncivilized and unmilitary he looked!"

    Zhang Fu did not look back and moved his lips slightly: "Your Majesty allows him to run around, do you still have any objections?"

    Fang Xing often jumped in the ranks of the civil service, and some people had impeached him for this, but Zhu Di seemed to think that the civil service lacked vitality and that Fang Xing would be better off multiple times, so he simply ignored these impeachments.

    Zhu Yongyang was stunned and glared at Fang Xing bitterly.

    "Your Majesty, the salary of our government has always been a big problem. If you give it too much, the government will have no money. If you give it too little, all the officials will be embarrassed. After all, not everyone has the skills to make money like me!"

    "Ha ha ha ha!"

    Fang Xing¡¯s words immediately won the favor of many people, especially civil servants, and those with lower grades were almost the Moonlight Clan.

    Zhu Di listened calmly. The salary of Ming Dynasty officials was set by Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was also an ancestral system.

    But just now Fang Xing said that this ancestral system has some flaws, but no one came out to impeach it.

    Thinking of this, Zhu Di couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

    In the final analysis, it is still a question of interests!

    "Currently, the Ming Dynasty's taxes mainly come from the fields. Of course, farmers have no money, so they mainly pay taxes on grain."

    Fang Xing took the opportunity to raise his head and glanced at Zhu Di. Seeing his expressionless face, he said: "But the consequence of a single tax source is that farmers are miserable. In some places, 80% of the tax collected is collected, forcing farmers to bring their families with them."  Fleeing into exile is the price of having a full warehouse of food in front of my Ming Dynasty, what do you think?"

    Fang Xing is not the first person to expose this matter. Someone has already filed a memorial, saying that the local farmers are too miserable and the local officials are too greedy.

    Everyone knows more or less what the officials below are like, so no one dares to say that the taxes of the country are not that high!

    In the silent court, only Fang Xing's voice echoed.

    "And the military settlements have also begun to rot. Civil and military officials collude with each other, and land embezzlement occurs from time to time. I guess there are not a few people who are eating empty pay, right?"

    Fang Xing looked at Meng Ying.

    Jin Zhong felt a little warm in his heart, but Fang Xing didn't attack him. This is friendship.

    Meng Ying looked at Zhu Di and said with difficulty: "There are such things, but they shouldn't be many."

    Fang Xing smiled and said: "Mr. Meng, I don't think so! I heard that those who are unwilling to serve can escape as long as they give some benefits to civil and military officials, and their annual military salary is openly embezzled. This  , isn¡¯t it much?¡±

    Meng Ying couldn't answer. This was an unspoken rule, and everyone in the Fifth Army Commander's Office knew it.  It's just that it's just rotting away locally, while the guards in the border areas still maintain their combat effectiveness.

    Zhu Di snorted coldly: "Fang Xing, what do you want to say?"

    Meng Ying¡¯s back was instantly wet with cold sweat.

    Fang Xing said: "Your Majesty, the local guard station is in decay. I am worried that this trend will spread to the border fortress, or there will be a warning in the local area and it will not be able to respond. The central government needs to deploy a large army to eliminate it."

    "Bo Xinghe is exaggerating."

    Jin Youzi came out of the class and said: "In today's Ming Dynasty, Haiqingheyan, the local people have not heard of such traitors for a long time. Can Xinghe be more rigorous when talking about things?"

    Fang Xing smiled, looked around and said, "Master Jin's words remind me of Bian Que, haha!"

    It¡¯s rare that Bian Que didn¡¯t know the story of his meeting with Duke Huan of Cai, so Jin Youzi became angry.

    Are you really saying that I am blind?  Or do you think I'm a blind person?

    Zhu Di squinted his eyes and looked down, with more than one thought running in his mind.

    Fang Xing said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed. Otherwise, if it spreads, no one will dare to take action. The implications are too great!"

    This is blatantly slandering civil and military officials!

    The civil and military classes started to flirt with each other, and soon Zhu Yong came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have visited many guard posts. The personnel are neat and well-trained. Uncle Xinghe is trying to please everyone!"

    "Your Majesty."

      Fang Xing did not refute Zhu Yong's words, "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is surrounded by enemies everywhere, and we will be beaten if we don't use force. I thought that I should thoroughly investigate the corruption of the guards, revive the glory of the Ming army, and then use swords and guns to defend the Ming Dynasty."  Get all the resources you need!¡±

    It¡¯s getting late!

    If we delay it any longer, there will be no one available by then. How much time will it take to retrain the troops?

    Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and said, "I have heard about this matter and have my own opinion!"

    In the fifth year of Yongle, there was a memorial to the imperial censor that mentioned this matter, and it was more serious than today. But when Zhu Di sent people down, they found that it was already a dead end.

    The military status of the Ming Dynasty was lifelong and inherited.

    The biggest reason for the decay of the guards is that northerners go to the south to serve as soldiers, while southerners, on the contrary, become homesick after a long time.  In addition, they were secretly enslaved and enslaved by the officials, and those who did not escape were either numb from the torture or timid.

    The brave ones have all fled. What kind of combat effectiveness does such a guardhouse have?

    Of course Zhu Di is aware of these shortcomings, but if he wants to get rid of them, he must undergo major surgery.

    But this takes time and courage!  And bear the consequences!

    Jin Youzi glanced at Fang Xing with disdain, and said deliberately when returning to class: "Uncle Xinghe, are you planning to cause trouble for His Majesty during the New Year?"

    Zhu Yong also chuckled. The beard on his face looked a little charming, which made Fang Xing retching.

    "Now that the Ming Dynasty has achieved peace, I would like to congratulate Your Majesty!"

    Zhu Yong made a start, and the remaining officials came out to congratulate him.

    "I congratulate Your Majesty!"

    "I congratulate Your Majesty!"

    "My Lord"

    The sound gradually became more uniform, echoing in the cleverly designed hall.

    Fang Xing stood there alone, with his back straight and his eyes sharp.

    The Ming Dynasty was full of shortcomings, but these civil and military officials did not want to make progress and only wanted to maintain the status quo.  When it comes to reforms that require drastic measures, no one will come forward to agree, not even Hu Guang, the ¡®chief assistant¡¯ who wants to leave his name in the history books.

    Zhu Di was not happy either. He just accepted the congratulations and then sent people away.

    Hu Guang caught up with Fang Xing and said with a livid face: "Uncle Xinghe, is it necessary to say these words at this time?"

    "have!"

    Fang Xing turned around and stood still, the two of them seemed to be the mainstay in the crowd of people leaving the court.

    "When you are just thinking about singing about peace in the world, I think it is necessary to pour cold water on you and let you know that the world is still full of crises! Innovation is urgent!"

    Hu Guang exhaled heavily: "I know what you are talking about, but I have to do it slowly!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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