Cutting 1719

Chapter 594
Nanjing city in April, after bidding farewell to the cold of the whole winter, finally ushered in the long-lost spring. People also began to go out for outings and exercise their muscles and bones, especially the newly opened Nanjing Gymnasium. A place where few people like to meet.

Not only the people below took advantage of this weather to come out to play, even the emperor Ning Yu also began to take his three sons and daughters, as well as the empress Cui Si, the imperial concubine Chen Caiwei, and others to the Nanjing Stadium to watch the football game.

That's right, the football game created by Ning Yu in the army was gradually popular in the army due to its strong competitive interest, and began to expand to the civilian population. With the gradual development of industry and commerce, football games also began to gradually enter In the eyes of major businesses, many business groups have begun to organize their own football teams for league matches, in order to expand the attention of major brands and chambers of commerce.

Although due to the inherent traffic conditions in this era, the industrial and commercial guilds are unable to organize national-level events, but places like Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou can already organize events, and each has a professional large-scale stadium that can accommodate Tens of thousands of people watched the game inside.

Therefore, before Ning Yu entered the stadium, he could already hear the roaring cheers inside, but this scene made Empress Cui Si slightly frowned. She always likes a quieter environment, like this Such noisy places are more or less unaccustomed.

Ning Yu was very keenly aware of the change in Cui Si's expression, so she gently pulled Cui Si's little hand, and said with a smile: "Today is also a day to have fun with the people, and it's normal to be more lively. It's still young, but it should start to get stronger."

Among Ning Yu's two sons and one daughter, the eldest son Ning Chengze is only five years old, this son Ning Chengming is only four years old, and the youngest daughter Ning Luoshui is also three years old. Chen Caiwei is now pregnant again, so Ning Yu no longer has to worry about the issue of offspring.

At this time, Ning Chengze, Ning Chengming, and Ning Luoping rarely have the opportunity to go out to play during the day, so they are all looking at Ning Yu and Cui Si eagerly at this time, for fear that they will have to wait in advance. When he went back, Cui Si was fond of him for a while.

Seeing that Cui Si's brows gradually calmed down, Chen Caiwei on the side also had a smile on her face, and said: "If the queen is unwell, I will accompany the queen back to the palace when I become a concubine. As for the children, it is rare to get out of the palace after all. Come on, let them play here."

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

Cui Si no longer objected at the moment. Under the guidance of the guards, a group of people went to the highest platform in the gymnasium. They saw that the surrounding area of ​​the high platform had been cleared of idlers and others. There were no other people, and there were several sets of sofas on the high platform, and a large number of seasonal melons and fruits were placed on the round table beside it.

Ning Yu sat directly on the soft sofa, looking at the unobstructed view of the football field below the stage, feeling a little emotional in his heart, even though he hadn't watched many football games in his previous life, but sitting here today, Inevitably, there is a feeling of being in another world.

But before he came back to his senses, with the sound of a whistle, the players on both sides began to play the game officially. The footballs made of leather were shuttled non-stop in the crowd, which seemed a bit dazzling, and there were people on the side He shouted, although he couldn't hear it clearly, but the feeling of enthusiasm was vividly expressed.

Although from the perspective of Ning Yu's future generations, the current level of football games is still somewhat uneven, but after all, there is not much difference in form. On the contrary, other people watch it with gusto and applaud from time to time.

Especially those three little guys, who have never seen such a scene before, they were naturally attracted at the moment, they watched with great interest, and even couldn't help dancing, and they had the urge to rush in and imitate playing football.

Chen Caiwei had seen the emperor playing football in the previous military camp, but the feeling today is a bit different after all. After seeing everyone sweating profusely on the field, she couldn't help laughing and said: "I also saw the scene of His Majesty playing football back then. , now if they return to the court, I am afraid they will play better than them."

Cui Si couldn't help but shook her head when she heard this, and said, "Although I don't understand the principles of football, I think it's really boring to have so many people competing on the field. Why don't you give each of them one and kick it yourself?" How good is your own?"

Ning Yu couldn't help being stunned when he heard what the two women said. He didn't expect that he not only saw the football game today, but also heard such familiar remarks, so he smiled wryly and said: "This football game requires competition to win. If both sides share a football , how can we talk about the fun of competition?"

When the second daughter heard Ning Yu's words, she let out a burst of laughter like silver bells, which made Ning Yu and the remaining three children look at each other in blank dismay.

After the game was over, Ning Yu and the others returned to the palace all the way under the escort of the imperial guards. This time he came out more or less to relax, so after relaxing, he naturally had to go back and deal with the unfinished business.

Speaking of it, since Ning Yu set the current development tone at the cabinet joint meeting, it can be regarded as completely cutting off the cabinet's control over the military. Almost all military actions are only forwarded to Ning Yu through the Privy Council, and The consumption of money and food should be allocated by the cabinet, and the emperor can give orders in the middle.

In the original model, although the cabinet cannot dictate the actions of the Privy Council, strict audits must be conducted on military expenditures. This step itself was decided by Ning Yu himself, so this step has not been revised, but the main increase There is one point, that is, the emperor's own handbook can also directly order, and only need to be audited afterwards.

After the addition of this item, the most intuitive impact is the skyrocketing military expenditure—as the Fuhan army penetrated into the north, the military expenditure naturally also gradually skyrocketed, although the number of troops used was less than 5, but later There are more than 20 civilians maintaining the logistics line, and a large amount of logistics expenditure will naturally further squeeze military expenditures.

The second is the issue of policies for Monan Mongolia and Mobei Mongolia. In order to promote the rest grazing system in the early stage, Great Chu naturally needs to invest a lot of resources in the early stage. Only after a few years can we really stop this kind of grazing. The transportation of resources will completely integrate Mongolia into the Great Chu, so as to realize the feedback.

After the unstoppable skyrocketing of expenses, the calculation of annual financial expenses will naturally become very unattractive. Even if the estimated annual income in the sixth year of innovation will increase by 20.00% compared with the fifth year of innovation, it can reach about 500 million silver dollars. However, the expenditure has increased by 60.00%, reaching more than 300 million silver dollars in an instant, and the fiscal deficit is as large as 800 million silver dollars.

According to the original intention of the cabinet, it is to stop the war in the north, reduce the expenditure of the army, and then try to achieve a balance of income and expenditure on the basis of ensuring industrialization. However, with the insistence of the emperor, it can only further expand the financial Compiled to meet various needs.

Of course, there are problems.

Emperor, if you want to work hard and quickly, and don't want to dawdle, then you can pay for it.

But now it has been six years since the reformation. Da Chu increased his annual income to 3000 million yuan in just five years from the original financial plan of more than 500 million taels in the first year of the reformation. Can be regarded as the first.

Developing industry and commerce, reforming land tax, issuing national bonds, minting gold and silver coins, setting up stamp duty, and even the stock exchange has now been implemented. In just a few years, Ning Yu has actually done everything that can and should be done. It's over, and it is in the face of so many measures that the fiscal revenue can be doubled, but this also shows that there is not much fiscal space that can be tapped in Dachu under the current environment.

"The method of living without money is almost exhausted, and the method of reducing expenditure is irreducible."

Looking at the map in front of him, Ning Yu couldn't help muttering to himself. Since he ruled this country, he felt more and more difficult to govern the country, but when he thought about some things that happened in history, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Even if someone is sent to find Ernst.

Ernst's figure is much plumper now. He was wearing a tight official uniform, and immediately knelt down to salute, and then said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor has sent someone here, presumably there is something important to discuss."

"That's right, I really have some doubts when I came to you, and I need to understand it!"

Ning Yu was also unceremonious at the moment, and said softly: "Ernst, I believe you should have a deep understanding of Dachu. Now I want to ask you, is there anything unfinished about my Dachu's financial affairs?"

"What's not to be done? Naturally, there are some measures, but there are some measures that Dachu doesn't have the conditions to implement, and there is no need to implement them." Ernst smiled slightly. He still has a very good understanding of the emperor's temperament.

Ning Yu snorted softly: "Ernst, you really are becoming more and more like a Chinese person, and your words are starting to beat around the bush. But you have to understand, I don't need such a courtier."

After hearing the emperor's words, Ernst couldn't help laughing bitterly. He said softly: "I naturally understand what your Majesty asked, but I have the truth. If the system of Great Chu and the systems of European countries It's not the same, it's just different."

"The reason why Your Majesty has doubts is because there are typical differences in the financial structure between China and the West."

"Take the United Kingdom as an example. Their fiscal revenue structure is based on tax revenue plus national debt revenue. Therefore, in addition to collecting taxes from ordinary people, their government itself can also expand its revenue base through operations. Although Da Chu is now We have also started to develop industry and commerce, and promoted national debt, but after all, due to the relatively short period of time, we are still in the stage of sowing seeds, and it is not yet time to harvest.”

Ernst talked eloquently: "In terms of tax structure, the British government currently has income tax and movable property tax that directly collect property and income, but it is difficult for China to advance. Due to management reasons, taxes, cattle and sheep taxes, and personal income taxes cannot become the country's tax sources. Even in the industrial and commercial industries that His Majesty attaches great importance to, the tax system is difficult to further refine. On this point, His Majesty seems to be Some went astray."

Ning Yu was a little surprised immediately, and asked back: "Is there anything wrong with this festival?"

"Your Majesty has always encouraged the development of industry and commerce, and has also increased the intensity of tax collection, but these are not enough. For the country, encouraging the development of industry and commerce does not mean indulging industry and commerce. Like the British government itself, it is just Provide a good development environment for industry and commerce, but there are clear tax systems for the three main links of commodity circulation, sales and income, but this point has not been further refined in Dachu.”

Ernst explained: "Currently, Dachu's tax collection system for industry and commerce is about 10%, while the original Huaxia's tax collection on business is far less than this figure, only about 5%, most of which are still It was swallowed up in the middle link, but now that Da Chu can directly receive 10%, it can more than double the current tax revenue of Da Chu, which can fully explain the effect."

"But the problem is that for European governments, 10% is also a low figure. For example, the British government collects 15% of taxes on business and industry in daily life, and it may reach 20% to 30% during wartime. , but Dachu has been in a war environment for a long time, but has always maintained a taxation scale of 10%, so naturally it is impossible to leverage more taxation."

Speaking of this, Ernst sighed softly again, "One more thing, Your Majesty knows that the living conditions of the vast majority of people in Dachu are far better than those of Europeans. Because in the current European , all countries aim to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but there is no option to enrich the people in the rich country and strengthen the army.”

Ning Yu understood in an instant. Ernst actually revealed one thing when he said it, because he always has a heart of compassion for the subordinates, and the oppression of the subordinates is not hard enough. If he can be ruthless, the existing The land tax and industrial and commercial tax have been doubled, and the money can still be collected, but it will be the common people who will not be easy at that time
"From the day capital was born, blood and filth dripped from every pore"

Ning Yu suddenly thought of such a famous saying, maybe only by witnessing all this with your own eyes, can you truly understand the ugly face of capital in the period of primitive accumulation, this is the voice of the people!
When this monster was just in its infancy, it had already shown a great thirst for resources, and even forced Ning Yu, the emperor, to think of various ways to feed and strengthen it.
Just thinking of this, Ning Yu raised his head involuntarily, and looked at the Nanyang region on the map, only to see that the map had been dyed red, which seemed to have a different taste.

(End of this chapter)