Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

For a moment, several people held their breath involuntarily and their mouths became dry.

Zhu Yunhuan, who was sitting behind the dragon desk, took another sip of tea slowly, then smiled faintly and said, "Speak."

Wang Yingxin was also unambiguous.

He spoke directly, "Your Majesty, I believe we should first select one or two provincial governments as pilot projects, and dispatch capable personnel from the imperial court to conduct a thorough survey and verification of all land, using the revised Fish Scale Atlas. This will clarify the ownership and quality of all land, and whether there are any problems with tax evasion, the concealment of population and land, etc."

Having said this, Wang Yingxin paused as if hesitantly. In the empty and quiet hall, people around him could even hear the sound of him swallowing.

But this hesitation was short-lived.

After a moment, Wang Yingxin took a deep breath and said, "If these problems are discovered, then... all the land involved will be declared the property of the Ming Dynasty. It will no longer be allocated to individuals. Your Majesty will have the right to allocate and arrange its use!"

His tone seemed particularly solemn.

When Wang Yingxin finished saying these words, beads of sweat appeared on his head and his whole body felt weak. At the same time, he felt that the words he said were... crazy... too crazy!

Zhu Yunhuan, who was sitting behind the dragon desk, sat up straight unconsciously, his eyes slightly narrowed, and a hint of cold sharpness appeared in his eyes.

Zhan Hui, Fu Youwen and others were right.

Today, Wang Yingxin was his mouthpiece, a shill for his thoughts! What he wanted to do wasn't just to abolish the poll tax, which was full of drawbacks, nor was it just to investigate and punish those gentry and powerful officials...

He wants to...completely put an end to land annexation!

Even during the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, when the head tax was completely abolished and the land tax was distributed among the land, the problem of land annexation could not be eliminated.

As for how to eliminate this problem.

Later generations have already found the answer: nationalization of land!

Now is a good opportunity to take advantage of the land inventory, in the name of "punishment" and "punishment", to make a start, and start the first step imperceptibly, and then gradually complete this matter in a step-by-step manner.

When his idea fell into the ears of people of this era, it was undoubtedly a great shock.

"As long as you are involved in the case...will it be completely confiscated as the Ming Dynasty's land?"

"This... Wang Yingxin, you..."

Everyone present, even Qin Kui, was shocked. Zhan Hui, Fu Youwen and others pointed at Wang Yingxin and almost started cursing.

Even if there really were problems such as concealment, false reporting, under-reporting, etc., they could have just corrected them and imposed certain punishments. Such radical handling methods, could it be that they were worried that the Huaixi nobles, the most arrogant warriors in these matters, would not rebel!!!

There are so many gentry and powerful people in the world...

The consequences could be disastrous!

It would be fine if Your Majesty acted so radically.

Wang Yingxin, you old bastard, instead of trying to persuade His Majesty, you actually followed His Majesty in doing such nonsense.

now.

A thousand horses were galloping through the hearts of these people. If it weren't for the fact that this was the Qianqing Palace, they would have wanted to drown that old bastard Wang Yingxin with their saliva!

But in front of Zhu Yunhuan, they didn't dare to say anything more and could only hold it in.

What Wang Yingxin meant was the same as what Zhu Yunhuan meant.

Complaining about Wang Yingxin was tantamount to disobeying that little ancestor... At this serious juncture, they really didn't dare to provoke Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded and immediately agreed with Wang Yingxin's suggestion, "Great! That's a good idea! Why not start with Guangdong and Sichuan provinces?"

in history.

When Yongzheng began to implement the land tax system, he used these two places as pilot areas and then gradually implemented it nationwide.

Although what Zhu Yunhuan wanted to do was somewhat different from Yongzheng's tax-sharing plan...

But in essence, they are all reform policies on land taxes.

Copy the formulas from homework.

Not easy to make mistakes.

Seeing that Zhu Yunhuan agreed deeply and even thought about where to start, several people couldn't help but feel despair in their hearts - he was courting death, there was no way to persuade him, no way!

Behind the dragon desk, Zhu Yunhuan paused and raised his brows slightly.

He looked at Yuan Tai and said meaningfully, "Yuan Tai, you always love to contradict me. What do you think of what Wang Yingxin and I just said?"

Yuan Tai's heart skipped a beat and cold sweat instantly broke out on his back.

Yet, he could only bite the bullet and bow his head, replying, "Your Majesty, I believe that your intentions are good. Those who dare to hide, conceal, or falsely report their land are indeed disloyal and unrighteous. However, I still feel that... Your Majesty's methods and actions are too radical, not... inappropriate!"

Yuan Tai is still a straightforward person after all.

It is really impossible for him to say anything against his will.

After saying that, Yuan Tai took a deep breath, lowered his head slightly, closed his eyes with drooping eyelids, as if he had accepted his fate, waiting for Zhu Yunhuan to fork it out again.

But this time.

The emperor in front of him seemed not to hear his stubborn objection. He turned to look at Zhuo Jing on the other side and asked calmly, "Lord Zhuo, what do you think?"

Yuan Tai opened his eyes and looked up.

I looked at Zhu Yunhuan with some surprise... Hmm, His Majesty is not angry with me. Why do I feel a little uncomfortable with this? ? ?

And the other side.

As a contestant gifted a three-clan set meal by Zhu Di, Zhuo Jing already believed in the sage principle that scholars should be loyal to the emperor and the country. Furthermore, his current position was entirely promoted by Zhu Yunhuan, and he was even more grateful for Zhu Yunhuan's recognition...

So he looked serious.

He looked at Zhu Yunhuan resolutely and said, "I think what Lord Yuan said makes sense, and I agree!" He felt that he could not bear to see his monarch and benefactor suffer eternal damnation.