Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 194 I want to plow the land (second more)
The emperor called, and Liu Hongjian had no choice but to turn around and find a seat to sit down.

But meetings have always been a very boring thing, Liu Hongjian couldn't sit still at all, he took the teapot from a small yellow door, put it on the briquettes stove, warmed the fire and made tea.

"Your Majesty, last year I collected a total of 270 million taels of silver into the treasury including the summer tax and autumn grain tax, including the tea tax and salt tax.

Last year, the emperor also exempted Shanxi, Shanxi, and Shuntian Prefectures in the north from taxes for three years, and the taxes and food in the south were also halved, so this year's taxes are expected to be less than last year..."

There seems to be hidden worry in Ni Yuanlu's elderly voice, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is the first time in my dynasty that such a large tax reduction and exemption has been achieved. Although the treasury has some surplus silver, the gold will always be spent.

When the people everywhere are used to enjoying the preferential treatment of tax reduction and exemption, there will definitely be wailing again when the tax is collected again, and the voices cursing the court for being fatuous and immoral will surely rise everywhere.

After Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, she still didn't forget to take a look at Anguohou, who was warming up by the fire. He was the one who came up with this bad idea.

"Lord Ni, it's just a petty profit. I take [-]% of my tax revenue from tax and grain, right?" The tea was boiled soon, and Liu Hongjian took the teapot and filled Chongzhen's cup first.

"Yes, Lord Marquis, there are eighty-five percent." The Minister of the Household Department is in charge of taxation, household registration, civil affairs and many other matters.

According to later generations, only Shangshu is the director of the State Administration of Taxation, the minister of the Ministry of Finance, the director of the logistics department, etc., without a good memory, it is really impossible to quit.

"Then the rest must come from the commercial tax?" Liu Hongjian went around and poured tea for each of the elders and sat back in their original places.

"Yes, Lord Hou, the rest comes from salt, tea, tea, etc." Ni Yuanlu said truthfully.

"As far as I know, the annual income in the former Song Dynasty reached 8000 to 7000 million, and even the Southern Song Dynasty, which was smaller than our Ming Dynasty, had an annual income of 400 to [-] million. Why, it became [-] million taels in my Ming Dynasty?
Master Ni, can you explain this question to me? "

Of course Liu Hongjian knew where the problem was. The people were poor and had no land to cultivate, the scholars had more fields and did not need to pay taxes, and the merchants had a lot of money but paid a tax of 120 yuan, or even [-] yuan of tax.

In the end, Daming's finances were supported by a group of miserable people. It is a miracle that the court has not gone bankrupt until now. In fact, when he first came to this land, most of the ministers had already planned to go bankrupt and reorganize to find a new chairman. up.

This question was extremely acute, and he just wanted to see which side the Household Minister, who was in charge of the national taxation, was on.

"My lord, the two taxes on tea and salt used to take up a large proportion in the early years of our dynasty, but later the illegal salt and tea flooded, and the imperial court was too busy suppressing bandits to deal with it.

And our dynasty has an ancestral system that gives preferential treatment to merchants. The amount of tax collected by the court is still in accordance with the tax amount of the emperor Taizu, and the tax is [-] yuan per banknote.

However, the treasure banknotes are no longer in use in our court, and the courtiers have kept this secret, but the humble minister and the emperor are alone, so..."

Ni Yuanlu's nonchalant cases include tax maladministration and the helplessness of herself and the emperor.

Although he mentioned this disadvantage to Chongzhen, it was only mentioned. Since this agenda was raised, there has been no response.

The reason is also very simple, everyone does not support it, not to mention other departments, even his household department, the servants and chiefs below all strongly oppose this matter.

If you drag it to the end, it will be nothing. What should you do? As long as there is no tax increase or commercial tax, everything is easy to talk about. Otherwise, just wait and fight!
This is a great resistance, from Beijing officials to local officials, to gentry and merchants from all over the country, including court dignitaries and some generals, if everyone opposes it.

So what if you are the Secretary of the Household Department?So what if you are the emperor?
Ni Yuanlu is not ashamed to say that last year the entire Yunnan province collected only 12 taels of tea tax, Sichuan province collected 420 taels of tea tax, and the combined consumption of salaries and other expenses of the tax bureaus of the two places was [-] taels.

What the hell is this, the tax department, which was originally the wealthiest source of money, actually wants the court to subsidize money?
"What do the other adults think?" Liu Hongjian took some time off, and it seemed that Uncle Ni was advocating the levy of business taxes.

But what about the others?If the few uncles in the cabinet can't be twisted together, how can they be the opponents of many civil servants in the world.

"The ministers and others all listen to the emperor." Tax collection has always been a big problem.

Well, it's nothing to do with yourself, but these old men are real.

"Then what does the emperor think?" The question ran around, and I had to listen to the boss.

"As long as the ancestral system is unreasonable, it can be changed. I think that business taxes should be increased, and the tax deduction of treasure notes should be abolished. Ni Aiqing should start to draw up an appropriate ratio!"

According to the ancestral system, the Ming emperor needs at least five new imperial robes every year. The ancestral system must also stipulate that the imperial robes cannot be patched, but in reality?Why didn't the courtier say anything?

The ancestral system also stipulates that 60 liang of corruption is peeled off the real grass, how come the courtiers don't say it?

That's right, the imperial court is like this, can the ancestral system save Daming?

The problems are all on the bright side. Since Chongzhen became vigilant last year, he has become less rigid and stubborn about the ancestral system.

"It's not right, Your Majesty. If you want to reform the system, you must have a strong army to support it. The time has not yet come! And if you continue to collect taxes and grains now, this year's banditry will definitely never end!"

Start tinkering now, and when the scholars and businessmen in the world know, it will be fine. Believe it or not, your newly recruited 50 soldiers will soon have no food to eat or clothes to wear?

Still breaking ground on the heads of the people who have no food to eat, what's going on after decades of civil uprisings?

"I think that you have to wait for the recruits from the Beijing camp to be trained before you can start to handle this matter. Moreover, the selection of new recruits and generals must be of clean background. It is best to be promoted directly from the recruits!"

Have an army that absolutely obeys your orders, uncle! !
"Oh? I would like to ask you, how is your recruit training going, Admiral of the Beijing Camp?" Zhuzi didn't say something earlier, but now he comes to refute me. It's really unreasonable. Chongzhen's beard trembled slightly and was very dissatisfied.

"This capital camp is under the supervision of Vice General Li. Don't worry, my majesty, look at me. I'm going to help you handle the farming affairs of Huangzhuang, and also produce firearms for our Daming, and I also want to supervise the capital camp.

Busy people often can't sleep in the middle of the night, and their backs hurt when they wake up in the morning. Your Majesty, my minister is miserable! "

Liu Hongjian had a pitiful look on his face. As for whether he was busy or not, whether he was tired or not, and why his waist hurt, God knows.

"I know that you have worked hard. These are important affairs of the country. I will entrust them to you. Whether they are done well or not, I have never criticized you. You just need to put your heart into it.

Taicang silver is still full at present, as for the taxation, let's wait! "

Chongzhen was an emperor with his own subordinates. Although he knew that Liu Hongjian was suspected of pretending to be pitiful, he must be really busy doing so many things alone.

"His Majesty Xie understands that the Emperor has nothing to say to his ministers, and his ministers keep it in mind.

I will try my best to share the emperor's worries, just watch, I will help you change Daming, just this year! "

Liu Hongjian got up and took orders, and the day when the army is trained, it will be the time to take the heads of profiteers and gentry.

I want to plow the land!
PS: Hanhan is slow at coding, but I don’t plan to go out today. As for the reason, you all understand.

　Thank you for the 100 coins rewarded by the book friends who were forced to turn over, and thank you for the 500 coins rewarded by book friends YechoH and Narennashannatu. Thank you, I will continue to add more today.

　　
　
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