Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 327
After Zhu Youjian returned to Qianqing Palace from the arsenal, he felt a little complicated.

He is not only happy about the development of Ming Dynasty's military industry, but also worried and angry about the problems of the people. It has been half a year since the reform, but there are still people who cannot solve the problem of food and clothing.

What is the concept of eating porridge twice a day, it is a serious shortage of food, and they can only barely make ends meet without being starved to death.

Since Taizu ascended the throne, the Ming Dynasty's tax has been the lowest in the entire Chinese history, with a tax of one forty people. When this tax was formulated, Emperor Taizu fully considered the vital interests of the people.

He himself was born in poverty, his parents and elder brother were all starved to death, and he himself became a monk in order not to be starved to death.

Since Zhu Youjian's crossing, in order to reduce the burden on the people, the people in the north have been directly exempted from tax for three years without receiving a cent, and they still can't eat enough. This should be a problem with the Ministry of Household Affairs.

When Zhu Youjian thought of this, he wanted to remove Ni Yuanlu at that time. It was completely dereliction of duty, and he did nothing in a high position.

Just when Zhu Youjian was thinking about getting rid of Ni Yuanlu, the eunuch came in and reported:
"Your Majesty, Ni Yuanlu, Secretary of the Household Department, please see me!"

"Good job, say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, let him in."

"According to the purpose"

Just as he was about to settle the score with Ni Yuanlu, he actually delivered it directly to his door. Zhu Youjian immediately let Ni Yuanlu come in to see him.

Ni Yuanlu stood outside the hall with his head bowed, feeling very depressed. He was ready to go home and farm. When he saw the little eunuch come out, he hurried forward and asked:

"Eunuch, what does the emperor say?"

The little eunuch bowed his hands to Ni Yuanlu:

"Lord Ni, His Majesty summoned you!"

Ni Yuanlu bowed to the little eunuch and stepped into the Qianqing Palace. Seeing the emperor sitting on the dragon chair with a big horse and a golden knife, his face was very unkind, Ni Yuanlu hurriedly knelt down on the ground.

"Weichen see Your Majesty."

Under normal circumstances, ministers don't need to bow down when they see the driver, they just bow and salute, but Ni Yuanlu feels guilty, so he thinks it's better to admit his mistake honestly.

Zhu Youjian was already angry with Ni Yuanlu. Seeing him pay homage directly, Zhu Youjian said angrily:
"Mianli, Ni Yuanlu, you came just in time. I just wanted to find you, so let me tell you why you are looking for me?"

Ni Yuanlu didn't dare to flatten her body, knelt and climbed a few steps to come to Zhu Youjian, and raised the account book in her hand above her head:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Household Affairs has calculated the taxes of Daming this year, but the numbers are quite different. I really can't make any mistakes in the inspection. Please punish me..."

At that time, Zhu Youjian was a little confused by Ni Yuanlu's actions, so he immediately took over the statistical account book of the household department and looked at it. After seeing it, he was overjoyed and stood up to help Ni Yuanlu.

"It's a good thing, Ai Qing, tell me what's wrong?"

Ni Yuanlu shook her head helplessly and bowed again to report:

"Your Majesty, the difference in the amount is too big. My annual tax revenue is at most 400 million taels, but you can see that the amount is ten times different, and it is still tax-free in most areas. This is absolutely impossible. When the time comes When your Majesty asks the humble official for silver, the humble official cannot even give one-tenth of it, so it is not a capital offense."

It turned out that after all the taxes were paid to the account, the tax revenue of the Ming treasury actually reached more than 300 million taels of silver, which was a figure that had never been reached in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.

The people have been displaced, the land has been reformed, and the entire north has been exempted from taxes for three years. There must be a problem with this number, and it is a big problem.

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly:

"Sit down, Aiqing, have you checked where the big taxpayers are?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the agricultural tax has reached an unprecedented 700 million taels, and most areas are still tax-free. If you add up your net worth, you won’t reach this number!”

Don't think Ni Yuanlu is stupid, he was also reused by Zhu Youjian just this year. He used to be the minister of the Ministry of war, and he was the secretary of the household department for a few days.

At that time, Daming couldn't afford the tens of 10 taels of silver, otherwise Emperor Chongzhen would not have hanged himself on Meishan Mountain.

However, it was suddenly discovered that the treasury tax bank had reached more than 4000 million taels, and Ni Yuanlu was at a loss, as if in a dream, thinking that it was normal for a serious miscalculation to occur somewhere.

If we talk about levying business tax, this has happened before, but a mere 10 taels a year is considered an astronomical figure.

"Hahaha……"

Seeing Ni Yuanlu's bewildered face and trembling all over, Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing out loud, he laughed at Ni Yuanlu's cleverness and confusion for a while.

Getting up and walking in front of Ni Yuanlu, Zhu Youjian reached out and patted Ni Yuanlu's shoulder, almost knocking him off the chair to the ground.

"Aiqing, do you figure out how much salary the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty need for a year? Let me tell you, there are 27 vassal kings, dozens of county kings, and even more township generals. The salaries of these families alone have reached more than 500 million taels of silver.

So what now?There are less than ten vassal kings, fewer county kings and town generals, and the salary alone has reduced by more than 300 million taels of silver, and they have to pay taxes to Daming.

In this way, for their salary of 500 million taels of silver, the imperial court does not need to pay another tael of silver. Is it more than 500 million taels of silver?

It is good for ordinary people in the north to be exempted from taxes for three to five years, but country gentry, wealthy officials and businessmen must pay taxes in full. Their family’s land is almost more than the sum of tens of thousands of ordinary families, so although the north is exempt from taxes, the tax money On the contrary, there will be a lot more.

Now mines, salt mines, etc. are not allowed to be privately owned, but the imperial court will not evade taxes, and these parts will be fully taxed.

The Jiangnan consortium, Shanxi merchants, Huizhou merchants, Shaanxi merchants, Lu Gang, etc. are all wealthy countries. They only pay a small part of the tax, which reaches tens of millions of taels of silver. This is not considered smuggling by sea.

My Royal Chamber of Commerce has also handed over 300 million taels of tax silver. All of the above are newly added tax silver. How can it be impossible for 4000 million taels?

Is Daming short of money?Is Daming really poor?Of course not, the poor are the state treasury, and the rich are the collusion between government and businessmen. They earn a lot of money and don't want to pay any taxes.

As a result, a lot of money flowed into the hands of captives and bandits, and all the heavy burdens were placed on the heads of the people. Could the people not rebel?Even if I am a common people, I will rebel!

In addition, I tell you, Ni Yuanlu, that tax revenue will increase next year. In the next five years, the national treasury tax bank will reach hundreds of millions of taels. I hope that you officials of the household department will not be scared to death! "

Zhu Youjian had already made a rough calculation and knew that this year's tax would not be less than 3000 million taels of silver, but he was surprised to reach more than 4000 million taels.

What the emperor said made Ni Yuanlu suddenly enlightened. Although he couldn't imagine where the hundreds of millions of taels of silver would come from within five years, he knew that the Ministry of Accounts did not miscalculate the accounts this year.

"God..."

Ni Yuanlu crawled at Zhu Youjian's feet again, tears streaming down her face:

"Your Majesty, you are truly a man of God. Not only did you destroy the bandits and captives, save the people from the fire, but you can also restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty in such a short period of time. The Han, Wu and Qin emperors are no more than this in front of you."

(End of this chapter)