After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 406 Social Productivity is the Fundamental

"Emperor Dog, unexpectedly came up with such a way out of conscience." Zhang Ning couldn't help cursing.

The emperor's money-distributing measures left him no way to grab benefits. Of course, he would scold his mother, "There are no lower-level officials like us to do things for him. Let's see how he implements this measure."

"Master Zhang is right." The chief secretary said, "The emperor's actions, in the final analysis, still depend on us low-level officials to implement them. If we don't give us benefits, without our wholeheartedly helping him, his actions will be in vain."

"And have you ever thought about it?" County magistrate Zhang Ning said, "Who did the money distributed to the common people finally bleed from?"

"From whom?" asked the master book.

"It's from us." Zhang Ning said, "Where does the money from the imperial treasury come from? It's not from the taxes paid by the counties. Now all the places are rich, and there are also wealth in the localities."

"The emperor distributed the money handed over by our counties to the people. It is equivalent to distributing our local wealth to the people."

"It's really sinister."

"Isn't it superfluous for the emperor to do this?" The chief book said, "Isn't it enough to directly reduce the tax burden of the people?"

"You know what!" County magistrate Zhang said, "Now the main income of local governments is not poll tax and agricultural tax, but commercial tax. By doing this, the emperor is giving part of the commercial tax money to the common people, so as to equalize the rich and the poor." the goal of."

"Those untouchables, why are we equal?"

"And the most important thing is to distribute money to the people, which will lead to an increase in food prices, and our wealth will shrink accordingly." Zhang Ning said.

"However, as food prices rise, the wealth of the common people will also shrink." The director said.

"Is it the same thing that the common people have only a few dozen taels of silver shrinking, and our millions of taels of silver shrinking?" Zhang Ning said coldly, "Suppose the treasure bills shrink by 10%, and the shrinking of a million taels is [-] taels, and The shrinkage of ten taels of silver is only one tael."

"Each household received ten taels of silver, and if the price shrank by 10%, they made a profit of nine taels of silver? So even if the price of food rose, the common people made a profit, but we lost [-] taels of silver."

"So that's how it is!" The chief book suddenly realized.

"So, the dog emperor's measure looks ordinary, but it is extremely insidious." County magistrate Zhang Ning said, "I will write a letter to the chief political envoy, asking him to unite with the officials of the entire province to boycott this money distribution measure. "

"The dog emperor! Since ancient times, the emperors have always been in the same boat with us officials and scholar-bureaucrats. And this dog emperor is actually united with the people to deal with us."

"Those untouchables in the world, are they his father? He defends him so much?"

"It's no wonder those scholars scolded Emperor Zhu as a bad guy, and he killed heroes at every turn. Now it seems that this is true. He is working with the lowly people in the world to deal with noble people like us!"

"Those scholars scolded are not wrong at all."

"The dog emperor was born as a beggar, and he likes to help the untouchables. He really is a born lowly."

"My lord Zhang, if you scold the emperor like that, you won't be afraid..." the master said.

"I'm afraid to ask!" Zhang Ning said, "We are far away from the emperor, so I don't believe that Emperor Zhu's hand can reach our remote county."

"But, I heard that the emperor has Jinyiwei..." the chief secretary said.

"The Emperor's Jin Yiwei, can you come to us?" Zhang Ning dismissed it, "Do you think that Jin Yiwei is a god, with hands and eyes all over the sky?"

"Also, I heard that the person who advised the emperor was Qin Yu, the dean of Jixia Academy."

"If it weren't for this bastard, with the vision of the dog emperor, he would never have come up with such a vicious strategy. This bastard, I wish I could tear him into pieces. Fortunately, he hid in the mountains and dared not come out."

"If he dares to come out of the mountain, there will be tens of thousands of people who will kill him."

"There are many people who attacked Jixia Academy."

"I can't wait to eat his flesh and sleep his skin."

……

Ying Tianfu.

Royal Palace.

On Fengtian Temple.

The policy of distributing money has been implemented for some time, and Zhu Yuanzhang intends to check and accept the results and see the reactions of the people.

The best way to check and accept the results is for the emperor to visit the impoverished mountainous areas in person in private to experience the people's conditions.But Zhu Yuanzhang was too busy as the emperor, so he didn't have so much free time.

Therefore, he could only sit in Fengtian Hall and listen to the reports of the officials.

Although the emperor's policies are good, if the local officials do not implement them properly, no matter how good the policy is, it will not benefit the people.

"Shen Wansan, how much has the food price in Yingtian Mansion increased after the money was distributed?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"My Majesty, Yingtian Mansion's rice has increased by one penny per stone." Shen Wansan replied.

"Rice only increased by one penny, but we gave the people ten taels of silver. Now, some of you are saying that it is useless to distribute silver?" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly, "Even fools know that the rise in food prices is fundamental. It is impossible to offset all the money that the court gave them."

"However, a one-dollar increase is not good for the people."

"It's better not to raise a penny."

"Your Majesty, you have sent so much money to the people. It is impossible for the price of food not to rise at all." Shen Wansan said, "Unless food is mobilized from Korea, Fusang Kingdom, and other overseas regions to stabilize prices. .”

"Then mobilize from overseas." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"In addition, after the large-scale use of steam turbine looms, the silk industry in the Jiangnan area has developed significantly, and a lot of money has been earned from overseas countries. This has also played an important role in the stability of Ming's prices." Shen Wansan said ,
"The leverage of economic prosperity, invisibly, eliminates the negative impact of sending money on prices."

"The price of grain in Yingtianfu has not increased much, but I heard that in other places, the price of grain has increased a lot." Yang Xiandao, "It is reported that in the remote Sichuan and Shu provinces, the price of grain has increased by three renminbi .”

"It's only an increase of three qian, compared to ten taels of silver, it's not a big deal, and the common people have also made a profit." Shen Wansan said.

"The development of the Southwest is not slow now. I believe that after the next season's bumper harvest, the price will return to the previous one. I am afraid that the weather will not be smooth in the coming year. If there is a natural disaster and a poor harvest, then the price of food will continue to rise."

"However, now that the Ming Dynasty has started to grow potatoes, the people are no longer so dependent on rice for their livelihood. The large-scale planting of potatoes, it can be said, has also played a role in stabilizing prices."

"I heard from Mr. Qin that he is now making people breed high-yielding hybrid rice." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If the hybrid rice is successfully cultivated, then the common people will have more food and clothing."

"It can be seen that the high yield of crops is the root of everything."

"The emperor's words directly point to the essence of the problem." Shen Wansan said.

(End of this chapter)