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- "Your Majesty, they are talking nonsense, they are talking nonsense~"
"I am loyal to Your Majesty. I am a member of the Ming Dynasty in life and a ghost of Ming Dynasty in death. How dare I be disloyal to Your Majesty and to the Ming Dynasty!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the loyalty of the ministers can be seen in the sky!"
Being labeled as such, Gao Yuanlong, Qian Qi and others immediately fell to their knees and continued to show their loyalty to Emperor Hongzhi.
They would not dare to accept this hat no matter what. Once they accept this hat, they will really be doomed.
"Loyalty is hard on the ears. Since ancient times, the sage kings have been light in corvee and low in gifts, and have governed the world with loyalty and filial piety. However, the kings who have subjugated their country are mostly those who conquered and extorted money, indulged in extravagance and lust, engaged in military warfare, and carried out large-scale construction projects."
"Our Ming Dynasty's territory is already large enough, and there is no need to maintain an army of millions. There are barbarian lands on all sides, which are far less wealthy than our Ming Dynasty. We, our Ming Dynasty, cannot resort to military warfare."
"Since ancient times, large-scale construction projects have wasted the people and cost money. Nowadays, our Ming Dynasty is building roads and railways on a large scale. It often costs hundreds of millions of taels of silver. These are the blood and sweat of the people. If things go on like this, the people of our Ming Dynasty will be in dire straits. According to time There will be wars everywhere."
¡°It¡¯s good that the imperial court¡¯s taxes are sufficient. There is no need to impose such excessive taxes, set up tax bureaus, and recruit tax agents to collect taxes by force.¡±
"I request your Majesty to abolish the tax office, implement the policy of light corvee and low tax, and let the people rest and recuperate!"
While showing loyalty to Emperor Hongzhi, he continued to criticize the super tax policy. He even described the expansion of territory in the Ming Dynasty as militarism and the massive infrastructure construction as large-scale construction projects.
The core is still around taxation. Emperor Hongzhi wants to abolish the tax bureau and abolish the current tax system.
"Your Majesty, they are simply full of nonsense~"
"My Ming Dynasty is now building roads and railways, all of which are built through employment. Whether it is building roads or railways, the workers involved in the construction can get at least five taels of silver a month. Five taels of silver is enough to easily to feed a family of eight.¡±
"Therefore, there are now millions of workers in our Ming Dynasty who rely on building roads, railways, ports, dams, bridges, etc. as their profession and earn a lot of money."
"It's not like the ancient times that used corvee labor to build construction projects. Since the 13th year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, people have basically not been forced to do corvee labor nationwide. Instead, they have used employment to build infrastructure. .¡±
¡°Secondly, our Ming Dynasty has built large-scale infrastructure, which is a policy that benefits the country and the people. The construction of roads makes travel easier. The construction of river embankments and dredging of rivers improve flood resistance and facilitate waterway travel.¡±
"The construction of the port has facilitated overseas exchanges and trade. Rice from Nanyang and white flour from Liaodong are still very cheap when shipped to the capital."
¡°Beijing and Tianjin are home to numerous factories, workshops, and businesses. Millions of migrant workers come to work through roads extending in all directions, and freight transportation is convenient.¡±
"The railway travels thousands of miles a day and has a huge carrying capacity. It only takes two days to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the Beijing-Tianjin area."
"The imperial court reorganized its military affairs, strengthened the country and its people, and expanded its territory. Nanyang, Liaodong, the grasslands, the Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyun, Australia, Huangjinzhou and other fertile and vast lands have all become the cradle of China. However, in their eyes, It¡¯s a desperate act of war, and even the army is being disbanded. Doesn¡¯t this mean that it is a waste of martial arts? When the time comes, everyone will be a swordsman and I will be a fish, won¡¯t the vast territory of our Ming Dynasty be made easier for the wolves, tigers and leopards from all directions?¡±
"Your Majesty, these people are truly determined to destroy our Ming Dynasty. They are the enemies and traitors of our Ming Dynasty. They are trying to destroy the foundation of our Ming Dynasty and destroy our Ming Dynasty."
Hearing what Gao Yuanlong, Qian Qi and others said, the officials on Liu Jin's side immediately became angry and pointed at their noses again, looking extremely angry.
ãá reduce 75z w.com ãá. These people simply want to punish Ming Dynasty to death.
The Ming Dynasty relied on a powerful elite army of one million people to have its current huge territory. Without this million-strong army, how could the Ming Dynasty conquer all directions?
You can fight the north of the north by your mouth, or you can annihilate the pirates that can destroy the southeast coast, or can you sweep the Western Regions and the river, and be able to capture Nanyun Province from the Ottoman Empire?
These are all based on having a strong army, so that we can seize Nanyang and suppress the barbarians from all directions.
But when it came to their mouths, they felt that the Ming Dynasty already had enough territory, so there was no need to raise so many troops. Some of the troops should be abolished and expenditures reduced, so that there would be no need to levy so many taxes.
牺如 xi&am?Li Dongyang, what do you think? "
After hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction and looked at Li Dongyang.
"Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Liu said is true~"
"Our Ming Dynasty's current tax revenue is collected from the people and used for the people. However, there are a large number of ignorant people who do not know the difficulties of Your Majesty and the court. They do not want to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. They evade taxes, evade taxes, and resist taxes with force. The policies of the tax yamen are also true. have no choice."
"I believe that in addition to continuing to adhere to the existing policies, we should also increase the publicity of the role of taxation, so that the people of the world know the importance of paying taxes in accordance with the law and the essence of taxation, which is actually to serve the people of the world. .¡±
Li Dongyang thought for a while and replied.
ãá reduce 75z¡¡w.co m ãá. "Well, that's good~"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction.
Li Dongyang is still very smart. The key is that he is a truly talented minister who knows what is useful and beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and what is not.
"Xie Qian, what do you think?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian again and asked.
Mi He Mi. "Your Majesty, what Mr. Liu and Mr. Li said is true. Taxation is the foundation of the imperial court and the basis for supporting the operation of the imperial court and the implementation of many national policies. I think we should continue to insist on it."
Xie Qian sighed helplessly in his heart. He was from Jiangnan and had always been firmly opposed to the introduction of commercial taxes, but he still knew the situation at hand and knew which side he should stand on
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