Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 315 Sponsored by Big Brother
"Damn, careless..."

Boss Zhu is a vigorous and resolute man, and he is a data maniac. He has all the files of the previous dynasty, and he immediately ordered someone to fetch them for a look.Then I saw that what Zhu Zhen said was not true at all, and even said less——

In the first few decades of the Yuan Dynasty, the income of the Yuan court, including tariffs and direct participation in maritime trade, increased year by year, reaching a maximum of 300 million guan in the Yuan to Da years.

Then it began to decrease sharply year after year, and by the early days of Emperor Yuan Shun's reign, it had shrunk to less than 30 guan.Then it will return to zero in Zhizheng year...

"At the beginning, the people from Zhongshu Province only showed us the income of Shibo in the last few decades of the Yuan Dynasty. Of course, we didn't care about it." Boss Zhu finally realized that he had been fooled.Angrily said:

"So when we came to this dynasty, we didn't pay much attention to the matter of Shibosi. We couldn't collect [-] yuan in taxes every year, and we also attracted criminals, colluded with Japanese pirates, spied on information, and sold weapons. The gain outweighed the loss, so we simply Stop Shibo Division."

"Have you ever thought about why the Shibo Department, which has been making money before, stopped making money in the late Yuan Dynasty? Is it because the maritime trade has stopped making money, or is it simply that the Shibo Department can't collect taxes?" Zhu Zhen Shen Sheng asked.

"No, there are so many things in the country's initial creation, how can we cover everything?" Zhu Yuanzhang said awkwardly, of course he would not admit it, or because he was limited by his background and had no knowledge in this area, so he didn't think about it at all.

"Then you know what's going on?"

"Even though I didn't have time to investigate, I'm sure that maritime trade has always been very profitable——Shen Liuniang said that her family became very rich because of overseas trade. And that Wang Dayuan also confirmed that maritime trade can be profitable. Ten times more profitable. And..." Zhu Zhen paused and said:

"My son was in Taicang, and I saw the masts of ships full of goods standing like a forest. If maritime trade does not make money, how could there be so many ships going to sea!"

"Hmm." Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his chin and said in deep thought, "That's the reason."

"Therefore, there is only one possibility left—it is simply that the Shibo Department cannot collect taxes!" Zhu Zhen patted his chest and said, "Father, please hand over the Shibo Department to my son. I promise to find out the reason and send the Shibo Get your income up!"

"If you want anything, I'll give it to you." Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, and before the sixth son had time to thank you, he changed the subject again: "But I have something to say first, you have to earn and spend yourself. Now I can't wait to treat my trousers as my own." I really don't have the money to give you trouble."

"Father, this is what you said. You don't pay, and if you earn or lose, it's all mine..." Zhu Zhen was elated when he heard it. Is there such a good thing?
"No repentance!" Zhu Yuanzhang clapped hands with Lao Liu again.

~~
After the two of you finished chatting, His Royal Highness also raised his head and said, "It's over."

"Awesome..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the thick memorial in the prince's hand in shock, and asked, "How is it? Do you feel the same?"

"When I read it for the first time, my son did not complain." The prince said with a wry smile, "but he said that he could not take the meaning out of context, so he decided to read the memorial before making an evaluation. When he read [-] words , finally read the point."

And that memorial is only [-] words in total...

The prince turned to the last five hundred characters and showed it to his father, and Zhu Yuanzhang saw that in the last five hundred characters of the memorial, Ru Taisu proposed five strategies, four of which were very insightful.

"This old child is quite knowledgeable," Boss Zhu sighed after reading it.

"Then the latter will be exempted..." the prince persuaded.

"No." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Bring him in."

After a while, the guards carried Ru Taisu, who was battered and battered, into the hall.

"The sinner pays homage to the emperor, the crown prince, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu." Ru Taisu forced himself to kneel down to salute.

"That's all." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and checked his injury himself, he was really serious.

"Well, it's really hard to be a king, and it's not easy to be a minister." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and said to Ru Taisu: "The reason we ask for the bluntness is to let you say what you have. There are too many words, so I will listen to you. You say Why do you have to write a long story about something that can be clearly explained in five hundred words?"

After a pause, he said again: "It's a waste of a court rod."

"Yes, I know I'm wrong." Ru Taisu also said regretfully, "Long speeches are harmful to others and yourself."

Seeing this, Zhu Zhen thought to himself, it seems that civil servants in this era are not proud of the imperial staff yet.He remembered that if anyone in the later generations received the court rod, he would become famous all over the world in an instant.

Alas, I don't know when that bad atmosphere started.

"From now on," Zhu Yuanzhang became serious again, announcing the edict: "All official documents and memorials must be concise and to the point. The crown prince asked Zhongshu to save an edict, stipulating the format and number of words for future proposals. All civil and military must be strictly implemented. Violators will be severely punished!"

"Yes, father." The prince replied in a deep voice.

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Coming out of the Hall of Martial Arts, the prince accompanied the sixth child to pay his respects to the queen mother.

As the prince walked, he asked the sixth son: "Just now I heard you tell the emperor that you want to reopen the Shibo Department, and you need to find out why Shibo's income is meager?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Anyway, I just want to mention it first. When to do it, I have to listen to my elder brother."

"You have to be careful about this matter." The crown prince reached out his hand to wipe the dust off his shoulders and said, "I didn't pay much attention to the matter of Shibosi before, but I just heard some rumors."

"What rumor?" Zhu Zhen asked hurriedly.

"At that time, Zhang Shicheng was separated from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the most powerful maritime merchant group was in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They supported Zhang Shicheng for a long time, which made my father very disgusted." The prince said slowly.

"Didn't it mean that those who supported Zhang Shicheng were the landlords of Jiangsu and Zhejiang?" Zhu Zhen asked in confusion at first, and then suddenly asked, "Is it the same thing?"

"I heard it's like this." The prince nodded and said: "The Yuan Dynasty's control over Jiangnan was very weak, basically it was local autonomy, and the people of the Yuan Dynasty only cared about collecting taxes.

"This has created a class of wealthy gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang that combines government and business for self-interest. After they make a fortune through maritime trade, they seek official positions to protect themselves, or after obtaining official positions, they turn to overseas trade. After making a fortune through overseas trade, they They will also purchase land and properties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. So, the two are the same thing.”

Speaking of which, the prince looked at Zhu Zhen worriedly and said, "Besides, as soon as the ship goes to sea, it breaks away from the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Long-term shipping and trading overseas, friction and conflicts with pirates, Japanese pirates, and foreign nations have made these wealthy maritime merchants lawless and unscrupulous in their actions. .If you want to compete with them for jobs, you have to prepare for the worst."

"I remember, big brother." Lao Liu nodded heavily.

"Besides, I can't really let you start from scratch." The crown prince smiled and said, "I'll give you [-] pennies as capital. If you make money, you'll pay me back the capital with interest. If you lose, just lose it..."

(End of this chapter)