OBS Chapter 285 Do you mind sacrificing a little for the sake of the country?
Chapter 285 Do you mind sacrificing a little for the sake of the country?
ha?
Yinxuan was stunned, and when he looked up he saw his father Kangxi's worried old eyes.
and so……
Hahahahahaha.
Yinzhen was so happy that he couldn't straighten his back: "So, Khan Ama, do you think that your son's intention of eliminating future troubles is to completely kill them? Hahahaha, no, no, no. My son is still a child, how could he do such a bloody and cruel thing?"
Even though Kangxi was so embarrassed that his face turned red, he couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
child?
Before you followed me last year, you might have been innocent and naive. Even if you had some thoughts, they were clearly written on your face.
Your bodyguard was infected with toad plague. After the auxiliary star awakened, you became concerned about the country and the people. All you thought about was the development of the Qing Dynasty. How could you still treat him as an ordinary child?
If those who relied on their seniority to bully others delayed the distribution of land tax, Kangxi had no doubt that the little guy was so cruel.
That's why when he said that the trouble would be eliminated forever, I subconsciously thought of something wrong.
But the truth cannot be told.
Kangxi had no choice but to admit that he had overthought and misunderstood his beloved son's intention. He then asked him about his specific ideas to see if they were feasible.
Although, what if?
Kangxi mentioned it with an attitude of giving it a try, and then his three views were almost shattered.
After the misunderstanding was resolved, Yinxuan generously forgave his Khan Father.
As for the specific method?
Hey.
Yin Xuan held his chin up and said seriously, "Before I tell you everything, I want to clarify one question. As the helmsman of the Qing Dynasty, do you mind taking some losses for the sake of the country? If so, to what extent? Minor losses, moderate losses, major losses, or abnormal losses?"
puff~
The Crown Prince, who was reviewing memorials nearby, couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Haha, I'm sorry, it was Second Brother who couldn't help it. Second Brother was wrong. Eighteenth Brother, please continue, continue, don't let Second Brother affect your thoughts anymore."
Well.
After thinking for a while, the prince added: "Khan Ama devoted his whole life to the Qing Dynasty, and all he thought about was to build the foundation of his ancestors. Naturally, he was willing to make some sacrifices for the country, but the history books are clear, and it is easy to affect his reputation. As his sons, we always have to think more about Ama, don't you think so, Eighteenth Brother?"
So just be nice, but don't be too abnormal.
After the cards were revealed, the old man no longer pursued reputation excessively, but that didn't mean he didn't want fame at all.
Uh-huh-huh.
Yinzhen nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "Don't worry, Prince, I only said that the Dharma is a bit bad, but I didn't say that it will harm Khan Ama. It's just that Third Brother will inevitably suffer a little."
Why?
Yin Xuan smiled: "Because this prince wants to make good use of the power of public opinion!"
"First, we have to publish a front-page headline in the Qing Daily, describing how my fourth brother wrote to the emperor, how Khan Ama thought deeply, and how he sympathized with the people. He finally decided to carry out the tax reform of the land tax nationwide. But for the sake of safety, we decided to implement it as a pilot around the capital."
"First, any problems around the capital and under the emperor's feet can be discovered and rectified in a timely manner. Second, the emperor is the first to start with the princes and grandchildren, and the royal relatives, so that everyone is truly equal before the tax law. It is absolutely fair and just, based on the acreage of land. The more you have, the more you pay, and the less you have, the less you pay. No one will not pay. And..."
Yinzhen knocked on the table with a serious face: "One point, the most important point! Khan Ama must not only guarantee with his status as the emperor, but also that once the tax is paid, the government cannot collect taxes from the people again for any reason, and cannot order the people to work without reason. As for those miscellaneous jobs in the government offices across the country?"
"My son suggested setting up a special department to take care of these things, and all expenses should be paid from the national treasury. Or the government should be allowed to have a certain amount of special funds to hire workers to do these things."
This matter was big and sudden enough that Kangxi couldn't help but feel a little hesitant.
But Yinzhen argued with reason and did not back down at all.
He said this in his heart: [Why did Zhang Juzheng's "One Whip" and my fourth brother's "Taipei" cease to exist, or exist in name only? Isn't it because the court took away all the money, and no one is doing the local work?]
[No matter how insignificant the officials at all levels are, they are appointed by the imperial court. They can’t do those menial tasks themselves, right? They can’t do it at their own expense, right?]
[In order to solve the problem, they collected taxes twice and made the people work for nothing. There were all kinds of tricks, and the people were miserable. The good policies that benefited the people ended up increasing the burden on the people. Because of this, the Ming Dynasty had more refugees and civil unrest. The Han emperor couldn't curb the surging public opinion, let alone you outsiders?]
Kangxi and the Crown Prince, both outsiders: …
Every time at this moment and in this situation, the little guy seems to have left the Aisin-Gioro family and perfectly puts himself in the perspective of the victimized people.
Truly love the people as if they were your own children.
Well.
There was no way. As native Qing people, their ideas were still a bit conservative. In addition, with the shaman's life backing them up, they could not and would not think of borrowing corpses to revive the dead.
He just thought that everything he suddenly learned was the innate magical power awakened by Fuxing.
Yinzhen didn't know they could have such a misunderstanding. His thoughts were jumping. Speaking of refugees in the Ming Dynasty, he thought of the famous Jingxiang uprising of millions of refugees. Then he thought of the Qing Dynasty, and remembered the migration of people from Huguang to Sichuan. In the late years of Emperor Qianlong, Sichuan was overcrowded and gradually became a hotbed for the development of the White Lotus Sect.
The White Lotus Rebellion broke out just after Qianlong abdicated and before he even died.
[The Taiping Rebellion even reached the Forbidden City. They fought their way to the Longzong Gate, leaving a memorial of their oppression. It was at that time that Daoguang was awarded the title of Prince of Zhi for his meritorious service in protecting the emperor, which added an important weight to his success in becoming the crown prince. It also added another unlucky emperor to the Qing Dynasty who was in a changing situation but unable to change his disadvantage. He could only be stingy and thought he was thrifty, but in fact he was fooled by those rats in the Ministry of Internal Affairs...]
hiss~
Kangxi and the Crown Prince both raised their eyebrows. What religious uprising had taken place? Where had it been launched?
Is this fair?!
Because of this unfilial and incompetent descendant, Kangxi didn't care how dirty the brat cursed.
He just wanted to know why the uprising broke out, where its source was, and how he could prevent it from happening.
But then, he heard the little guy babble again: [Although the Sichuan issue broke out in the late Qianlong period, the blame is not entirely his. The cause was the ancestors of the Aisin-Gioro family, who entered the pass that year, cough cough cough...]
[Sichuan is a vast province with a sparse population. There are only 10,000 households in such a large province, less than 100,000 people. In the 22nd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Emperor Kangxi issued an edict to encourage people to go to Sichuan. All the people in the Qing Dynasty who were willing to go to Sichuan to reclaim wasteland, regardless of whether they had an owner or not, would belong to the new reclaimers as long as no one cultivated the land or paid taxes. Good guy, once this big pie was revealed, the people in the surrounding areas cheered and went to Sichuan.]
[Who wouldn’t want to be a poor peasant who can become a big landlord in a second by sticking bamboo sticks and wooden chips everywhere?]