Yu Xin is a well-known official in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Linhuai, Fengyang Prefecture. He successfully passed the imperial examination in Hongwu in the 21st year and was appointed as the Minister of the Central Secretariat. Later, he served as a Hanlin and a lecturer.
Historical records show that Yu Xin's appearance is relatively handsome, majestic and loud. After taking a look at it, Zhu Yuanzhang liked him very much. He gave him the name "Xin" and promoted him to the head of the Ministry of Revenue. Later, he was moved to the doctor of the Ministry of Revenue.
Hongwu 24 years ago, Yu Xinbei court, who had always performed well, was promoted to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Once, Zhu Yuanzhang asked him about the world's household registration, land tax, geographical security, etc., and he could answer in detail this without omissions. Zhu Yuanzhang praised his talent very much, and soon he was directly promoted to the Minister of Revenue.
At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang set a high annual salary for the prince, which was 50,000 stones, which put huge pressure on the finances. Yu Xin, the Minister of Revenue, immediately proposed to cut off the prince's salary by four-fifths, leaving only 10,000 stones.
At that time, the Ministry of Revenue had a head of Xia Yuanji . His personal ability was very outstanding. He could handle extremely complex government affairs in an orderly manner and gain Yu Xin's attention. He would be entrusted to do many major things.
Wait until Zhu Di takes over Nanjing and succeeds to become the emperor of Yongle , he summons Yu Xin to take charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue and asks the Minister Gu Pu to assist him. At that time, a locust plague soon occurred in Henan, and local officials concealed it and refused to report it. Yu Xin learned about this and immediately impeached him.
At the beginning, most of the grain needed for Beijing city was transported through the canal. However, Yu Xin said: "There are many shallow slopes distributed in the section of the river from Huaihe to Yellow River . When ships pass here, they will encounter many obstacles. In order to avoid this danger, a shallow ship that can only carry 300 stones of grain can be used to carry grain from the Huaihe River. Shahe area was transported to the downward slope of Yingxikou, Chenzhou, and then it was transported to the downward slope with a shallow ship that could only hold 200 stones of grain. As long as it was on the downward slope, it could be used to use a large ship to transport it to the Yellow River. After stopping in the Baliu Shu area, a driver from Henan transported the grain into the Wei River by land transportation, but it could be directly transferred to Beijing City. "
Zhu Di thought his suggestions were very good, so he followed it.
In addition, Yu Xin also said: "In the area of , the things produced by farmers' military farms are different. Please allow them to be paid to the country as taxes. For example, two stones of millet, millet, barley, buckwheat, etc. can serve as one stone of rice, two stones of rice, sorghum, etc. can serve as one stone of rice. One stone of beans, wheat, sesame , etc. can also serve as one stone of rice."
Zhu Di still obeyed and wrote it as a regulation.
When the second year of Yongle was in the second year, Yu Xin formulated a new regulation that all the salary received by the Duke, Hou, Bo, Prince, Prince, Yibin, etc., would be given as much as two hundred stones per year.
Yu Xin finally died in August of the third year of Yongle, and the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue were handled by Xia Yuanji.
