Chapter 2020: Peaceful Seas and Clear Rivers

"Uncle Xinghe, don't be alarmist. The gentry has contributed to stabilizing the countryside. If the gentry were removed, the Ming Dynasty would be in chaos!"

Jian Yi came out and said: "Your Majesty, the people are ignorant. Without the control of the old clans of the gentry countryside, how can the Ming Dynasty be peaceful?"

Fang Xing said expressionlessly: "Merge!"

Jian Yi was speechless.

"Bo Xinghe, the gentry is..."

"merger!"

"..."

The ministers' tongues bloomed like lotuses, but Fang Xing just replied with a "conquer".

"One tax system!"

Fang Xing finally said: "Your Majesty, I think a single tax system is feasible, and taxes and corvees will be calculated based on acres of land."

Yang Rong glanced at Fang Xing. He knew the benefits of the one-tax system, which was to avoid exploitation from below and allow the people to recuperate and live and work in peace and contentment.

But once the one-tax system is implemented, the possibility of mergers can be said to be almost half gone.

People's lives are getting better...

"Your Majesty, this matter is not appropriate for the time being."

Yang Rong left work again and immediately became the focus.

This traitor!

It's not possible for the time being. Do you mean it can be done in the future?

"Your Majesty, cleaning up the fields and dedicating them to tribute has already put the Ming Dynasty in crisis. According to the news from the south, the gentry are already hoarding food. If there is another tax system, I am afraid..."

Hoarding food is a dangerous sign!

When the one-tax system is implemented, officials will become disengaged!

Zhu Zhanji was not intimidated, however, and ordered: "Order the army in the south to be on alert, and the Governor's Mansion will follow up and send people to supervise. I don't want to see Li Wei's matter a second time!"

The warriors obeyed, Zhu Zhanji and Fang Xing exchanged quick glances, and then said: "The one-tax system... You should think deeply about it, and I will also consider it carefully, but the common people must not compete with each other.

Officials are not allowed to exploit, this is my expectation for the future! "

The emperor stopped the situation from spreading. According to the estimates of the officials, the clearing of the fields would take at least several years. The subsequent effects will continue and may still happen again a hundred years later.

So……

Most of the officials were smiling, thinking that Fang Xing's trip was in vain.

Fang Xing cupped his hands casually, and then Zhu Zhanji said helplessly: "The one-tax system... is a long-term idea. I will go down and talk to the following, so that everyone can think about it and brainstorm ideas..."

This is to spread public opinion!

Yang Rong's expression tightened, and he felt that the emperor was trying to add fuel to the fire.

The gentry are building momentum, saying that Fang Xing's trip to Jinan is to compete with the people for profit.

At this time, there were rumors in the palace that a one-tax system was being planned. This was a heavy blow to the "competing with the people" attack by the literati!

What benefit are you fighting for?

Who doesn’t know the benefits of the one-tax system?

This is to control the greedy hands reaching out to the people!

Do you want to exploit me?

The imperial decree says that apart from that tax, there is no need to pay anything else.

Do you want me to go to work?

The emperor said that the government is looking for labor, so use money to recruit them!

You can imagine the cheers of the people!

One can imagine how enthusiastic their support for the emperor would be!

What about clearing the fields? Come on! Hurry up and return those annexed fields. My whole family will work hard and sooner or later we will live like human beings!

This is the emperor, no, it's Fang Xing's conspiracy!

"Take control of the hands of the little officials below and cut off those greedy people!"

Zhu Zhanji said coldly: "If you can't control it, then chop off the upper hand!"

"Let's break up!"

The emperor's murderous words left the officials speechless. When they saw Fang Xing walking out first, some people snorted and chased him out.

Fang Xing wanted to go home and was impatient.

Thinking of his wives, concubines, and children at home, he felt light on his feet.

"Xing He Bo!"

Fang Xing had already walked down the steps and turned around when he heard the sound.

A group of officials stood on the steps, watching him quietly.

Song Laoshi watched this scene with his broom under his arm, and suddenly felt like the last time the two gangs of eunuchs were confronting each other.

Fang Xing smiled at him, then raised his head slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

The official who stopped Fang Xing had shrunk back and was feeling regretful.

Yang Pu looked at Fang Xing condescendingly and finally held back those words.

But Huang Huai couldn't bear it anymore. He coughed a few times and said, "Uncle Xinghe, this is earth-shaking."

Fang Xing took a step back and said, "So what?"

He held his head high.

The officials above looked down at him with cold eyes.

You want to completely dig out our roots!

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This is... a fight to the death!

Song Laoshi felt that the people above him were so mean, so he shrank his neck, and then thought that Fang Xing was kind to him, so he mustered up the courage to walk to him.

Fang Xing stood with his head held high, and Song Laoshi stood beside him with his broom in hand, looking at the officials stubbornly.

No matter what position the officials held, when they figured out the emperor and Fang Xing's plan, the fear in their hearts could not be suppressed and lingered in their brains.

Without these, what is a civil servant?

What is a literati?

Lost everyone!

Civil servants will become city bricks, covering the city walls of Ming Dynasty.

The literati will pick up the hoe again and work in the fields, or they will lose their so-called dignity and go into business!

His eyes focused and gradually became hot.

It was like a raging fire, trying to burn Fang Xing to ashes!

Huang Huai covered his chest and said with a red face: "Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants! Without this... the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos!"

"The Ming Dynasty cannot be in chaos!"

Fang Xing said coldly: "This is a battle. The opponents are the people and you, and I am just an introduction."

No one can do such a big thing!

Wang Anshi can't do it!

Zhang Juzheng can't do it either!

"You have great power, but I also have allies!"

Fang Xing pointed outside the palace and said, "My allies are the people. When I take off those hypocritical masks, the people will know what to choose. I believe that they will make the right choice, and then you will be terrified and worried all day long..."

Xia Yuanji shook his head and said, "Xinghe Bo, calm down!"

He felt that Fang Xing had gone too far and too fast. Waves of attacks made everyone panic, and then there would be a counterattack, and finally... a fight?

What a good situation!

Can't we take it slow?

When the national strength of the Ming Dynasty rises to a certain level, we will take action. At that time, the opposition will be much smaller!

Fang Xing shook his head slightly and said, "Whether it is the removal of preferential treatment or the tax system, both are measures that will have a transformative effect on the Ming Dynasty, but what are you thinking about?"

"You are thinking about the orthodoxy, the benefits, your own family and descendants, what about the Ming Dynasty? Where is the Ming Dynasty?"

A pair of gloomy eyes stared at Fang Xing, and the eunuchs who came out of the palace saw this scene and were frightened and ran back.

"Your Majesty, the Xinghe Earl and the officials are in a confrontation!"

Zhu Zhanji, who had just returned to the warm room at the back, was furious when he heard this, and there was more murderous intent in his eyes.

"You are a person who clings to the old and refuses to change!"

At this moment, Zhu Zhanji was thinking about expanding the academy immediately and opening it to various places.

He held the jade pendant, which was a gift he prepared for Yumi, but he wanted to play with it for a while first, and then give it to him after the edges and corners were rounded.

Angles...

Zhu Zhanji raised the jade pendant, breathing rapidly, and finally put it down slowly.

At this time, Li Bin, who was beside the queen mother, came to ask for an audience.

"But is there something wrong with the mother?"

Zhu Zhanji got up and prepared to go to Ningshou Palace.

Wang Zhen bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has something to say."

Zhu Zhanji was startled and sat back slowly, "What?"

Wang Zhen said respectfully, "The Queen Mother said that the affairs of the court should not be rushed, and should be handled one by one, just like planting crops, you can't think about harvesting them as soon as you raise the seedlings."

Zhu Zhanji calmed down and said, "Go tell my mother, I know."

After Wang Zhen left, Zhu Zhanji looked outside coldly and said, "This is just a test, a test to give the people hope."

He is not stupid, and Fang Xing is not stupid either.

The idea of ​​throwing out a tax system at this time is just a tug of war with civil officials and literati.

If the tax system is temporarily shelved, those people will definitely be relieved.

Then the news was deliberately spread, and the people naturally knew what the future would be like.

So... who is still willing to donate land to the gentry?

If there is still, it must be a fool!

This is just a double act between him and Fang Xing, the purpose is to break the fear in the hearts of those who donated land.

But... resistance...

Zhu Zhanji covered his forehead and felt a wave of fatigue.

The tax system must be implemented!

No matter how long it takes!

Once it is implemented, it will lead to a chain reaction, a positive reaction.

The people are happy and live and work in peace.

The gentry can't take advantage of others and can only find another way out.

Officials have no chance to exploit, and with strict supervision, the Ming Dynasty will truly...

Zhu Zhanji let go of his hand and murmured: "The sea is peaceful and the river is clear..."