Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 649
Hearing the emperor's question, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, smiled all over his face, and bowed with an ivory board in his hand:
"Your Majesty, since Hongwu founded the country, among all the ministers of the household department, I should be the happiest minister of the household department. All this is because of my emperor's wise decision.

It can also be said that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chen is the only household minister who does not have to worry about the treasury having no silver. So far, excluding all expenses, the Ming treasury still has 800 million taels of gold and silver and 900 million dragon coins.

In addition, Daming Bank also has 5000 million taels of silver deposits and about 4000 million dragon coins. Of course, Daming Bank’s silver deposits and dragon coins do not belong to the imperial court, but are private deposits of silver.

But it is enough to show that not only is the country at its peak, but the people of Ming Dynasty are also rich. This is a grand occasion that has never happened before in history. Congratulations! "

All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Daming was not short of money, but they never expected that there would be so much savings. The words of Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately made the Huangji Hall boil.

"With so much money, Daming finally has no shortage of money. My God, the agricultural tax is so low. Where does this money come from? Is it all commercial tax? Didn't the Donglin Party say that merchants have no profit?"

What Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said was within Zhu Youjian's expectations. He knew what a huge income commercial tax was.

During the Chongzhen period, the merchant tax was supposed to be collected, but it was firmly resisted by the scholar-bureaucrats and civil officials.

They said that levying commercial taxes is to take profits from the people, which will definitely cause the upper class to be unstable and prone to turmoil, so that it will cause the instability of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to fight against the captivity in the East and to pacify the world, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to increase the collection of agricultural taxes, which was precisely what benefited the people.

The imperial court increased the collection of agricultural taxes, and the local government increased the collection again. They were still greedy for the country's wealth in the face of the national crisis, which eventually led to bandits everywhere, so that the Ming Dynasty was overthrown.

Since Zhu Youjian crossed, he not only distributed the land to the people, but also exempted the agricultural tax, only collected the land use tax of the people, and levied [-]% of the tax according to the income.

In this way, as long as the common people have income, they will have [-]% of the food stored, and they can also work in farms and cities to earn money, and their income will of course increase significantly.

With the opening up of Ming Dynasty, capital is blooming all over the place. Commercial tax collection is a huge amount of income, and various smugglers have been eliminated. The smuggling alone has brought 3000 million taels of income to the treasury.

In this way, of course Daming will not be short of silver. In fact, Daming now has far more silver than what the Minister of the Household Department said.

The emperor still has a few million taels of internal funds, and the Royal Chamber of Commerce will not pay its taxes until the end of the year. Zhu Youjian's system warehouse still has more than 1000 million taels of gold and silver.

It can be said that most of the silver in the world has been owned by the Ming court and the people.

Seeing Hubu Shangshu's triumphant look, Zhu Youjian would not be upset because of his gaffe, it would be the same for anyone.

Looking down at Xia Wanchun below, he was still standing there solemnly, and he couldn't see what was going on in this kid's mind at all, as if the money in the Ming treasury had nothing to do with him.

"Ni Aiqing, do you know where most of the money in the Ming treasury comes from?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I know that most of them are commercial taxes. I was stupid back then, but my emperor is wise."

Indeed, as Ni Yuanlu said, when Zhu Youjian imposed commercial tax, many ministers opposed it.

But Zhu Youjian was not the original Emperor Chongzhen. As long as you dare to stop but levy business taxes, the court will destroy you all.

It was under Zhu Youjian's thunderous means that the Ming commercial tax could be collected smoothly. Of course, someone needed to resolutely implement it. Xia Wanchun was his staunch supporter.

"Okay, I got it, continue to implement the policy that was formulated at the beginning, and I will give you some rewards during the Chinese New Year. How is the population recovery of Daming now?"

The population of the Ming Dynasty was about 1.5 million in the Wanli period, which was also the peak of the population in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, due to the arrival of the Little Ice Age, natural disasters such as drought and cold occurred frequently, so that many people died of starvation and cold.

Later, with the invasion of Dongkuo and the army of rogue bandits who rose up one after another, the Ming Dynasty continued to be in chaos, and the population dropped sharply again to only about 7000 million people. It is estimated that nearly 3000 million Chinese people were massacred by Dongkui.

Of course, that is a record in history, because of Zhu Youjian's problem, the course of history has been changed, and so many Daming people will not be massacred.

Even so, Zhu Youjian still adopted many methods to restore the population of Daming. If you want to develop, you must have the support of the population, otherwise you will be exhausted and rely on development.

After hearing the emperor's question about population, Ni Yuanlu reported again:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the population of the Ming Dynasty was around 9000 million in the early days. Later, many women were brought back from Mengyuan, and you distributed them to the soldiers to pass on. Now almost all of them have two children.

At present, the population of Ming Dynasty is close to 1.1 million. Because the food problem has been solved, the population growth is very fast, and it should return to the original level in two years. "

Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction:
"In the future, there will be more overseas territories in the Ming Dynasty. We must ensure rapid population growth. While increasing the import of troops, we must also ensure the smooth progress of immigration."

"According to the purpose"

After Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, received the order, he returned to his class in a proper manner.

Meng Zhaoxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, went out to report:

"Your Majesty, the construction of streets in Daming City is proceeding step by step, almost all the roads between major cities have been connected, cement roads have been built for official roads in various provinces, and more than a dozen trains have passed.

Weichen suggested that during the war, more prisoners can be captured to build roads. Daming is currently in short supply of road workers. It would be best if there are free ones.

In addition, there are almost problems with the inland waterway when transporting grain from the south this time, and the speed cannot keep up. It is recommended to increase the dredging of canals to strengthen inland waterway transportation. "

Zhu Youjian nodded slightly:

"There is no problem with this. Didn't the Minister of the Ministry of Households exaggerate the amount of money in Ming Dynasty just now? The construction of roads and rivers requires more investment. Workers' wages cannot be deducted harshly. Workers' wages must be paid in full and on time."

Ni Yuanlu hastily bowed and saluted:

"According to the order."

When it comes to dredging the canal, Zhu Youjian thought of Zhu Dadian, governor of water transport.

This man used to be a big corrupt man, but because of his loyalty to Daming, Zhu Youjian exempted him from death and fined him 300 million taels of silver. Now he is very honest and dare not embezzle even a penny.

Zhu Youjian looked at Zhu Dadian:
"Zhu Dadian, as the governor of Water Transport, tell me about the situation of Water Transport."

Zhu Dadian hastily stepped forward and played:

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the canal water transportation is still normal, because the dry weather in the north also affects the water level of the canal, which does have some impact on the transportation. I have already applied to the Ministry of Households for the cost of dredging the canal."

Zhu Youjian is very satisfied with Zhu Dadian's performance during this period:
"Okay, we must increase the transportation capacity of the canal. It is very convenient to transport materials by water from the south, and there will be no problems with this transportation route.

To dredge the river as soon as possible, it must be unimpeded. In terms of funds, the Ministry of Finance must fully support, but it cannot be wasted. "

(End of this chapter)