Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 371 Housing prices, railways and insurance, the emperor became a blind, deaf and fool

After the collapse of Spain, Portugal rose rapidly, dominating Asia-Europe trade and European-American trade, especially with dozens of gold and silver mines in the Americas.

As far as Zhu Youtang knew, the emperor divided seven kings in North America.

North America is the Xia land of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Jianmo, the thirty-first son of the emperor, was named the King of Xia.

He was not familiar with King Xia, but Zhu Jianpeng, the twenty-fifth son of the emperor, grew up with him naked. He was enfeoffed on the east coast of America and was the king of Yue.

It happened to be opposite Europe, and Zhu Jianshen had correspondence with him.

The King of Yue sent him a lot of news. Portugal's gold and silver mines were mainly in the territory of Yue.

Portugal was so powerful that the King of Yue had to hold his nose to recognize it. When mining gold and silver mines in the country, Portugal had to get a hand in it.

Therefore, to attack Portugal, he had to join forces with the King of Yue and destroy the Portuguese Armada in the Atlantic Ocean before he could steal the country.

You also have to contact the Kamal Alliance.

The three Nordic countries are definitely willing to compete with Portugal.

In the last war of aggression against Chu, Britain was ravaged by the Vikings. In recent years, Britain has been instigating the split of the Kamal Kingdom.

The problem is that if they dare not support it, the emperor will make them disappear.

New technologies of the Ming Dynasty have a ten-year protection period, and each vassal state can also participate in technology research and development, either independently or jointly with the Ming Dynasty.

Germany and France took the lead in forming the Europa Technical Alliance to jointly tackle steam engines.

The white-haired Zhu Qiyu yelled naturally, but suddenly said: "Feng Xiao is gone? Alas, I am getting old, and my memory is getting worse and worse."

As long as he has the idea of ​​replacing the prince, the prince can be replaced, because although the prince handles national affairs, he has no team, especially no team in the military.

"The King of Chu passed away?"

On the one hand, it is to share the power of the chief minister, and on the other hand, it is to supervise the prince.

Zhu Qiyu is becoming more and more capable, especially able to survive.

However, none of the five kings had this intention and refused to invest money here.

Only the Ming Dynasty will not sell them, except for vassal states that have made outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty. They can be sold specially. As for how this rule will be implemented, the emperor has not said.

The emperor appeared less and less in public, and all daily government affairs were handled by the crown prince Zhu Jianqi and the princes who had not been sealed away.

Later, nothing happened.

As the emperor grew older, his temper became increasingly erratic.

Emperor Taizu lived to be 71 years old, but how much work did Emperor Taizu have?

Turn your attention back to the country.

It also took the Ming Dynasty more than thirty years and hundreds of millions of silver coins to build a steam engine and form an industrial chain.

Just like the electricity discovered in Jingtai forty-one years.

Dachu and Germany have carried out joint technology research and development for a period of time, but they were unable to solve the problem of steam engines. Steam engines have been around for hundreds of years and their development is very slow.

In the fifty-second year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu is 74 years old this year.

It is being used in all walks of life, and the prospects are very broad.

In fact, these ten years were used to develop new technologies, form a technology monopoly, and then eliminate old technologies and sell them to the vassal state.

Many vassal states were dissatisfied and believed that the vassal state and the Ming Dynasty were integrated. What the Ming Dynasty had, the vassal states should share, and the patent fees should be paid.

The secret of longevity is Concubine Tan. Concubine Tan is sixty years old this year, but she does not appear to be particularly old. She carefully prepares herbal meals for the emperor every day.

The domestic market is booming and there is no need to open up foreign markets for the time being, so the people do support the emperor's imperial edict.

The military power of the Governor's Mansion and the Military Aircraft Department was firmly in the hands of the emperor.

Currently, there are 112 companies that master steam engine technology in the Ming Dynasty and are registered in the Ming Dynasty, and 4 companies are registered in the vassal state.

When Zhu Jianshen was in power, he wanted to join forces with the Five African Kings to set up a scientific research institute to develop steam engines.

It's just that when Zhu Jianshen was in office, the relationship with them was so tense that he should promise more benefits to win over the Vikings.

However, every country in Europa has a hundred different ideas. How can we share technology? It would be nice if we don't harm each other.

Over the years, he has been in charge of the general direction. The prince has made the decision on small matters, and he has reviewed the major ones. The number of assistant ministers in the cabinet has increased to 13.

The emperor also taught himself medicine and was extremely controlling of his diet and emotions.

It is no secret that the Ming Dynasty invented trains and steamships, but these technologies were not made public by the Ming Dynasty, not even in the vassal states.

Important matters are handled in the Yangxin Hall.

The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are particularly close. It is said that they are deciphering the steam engine technology of the Ming Dynasty.

In the fiftieth year of Jingtai, the emperor held a vassal alliance meeting and directly told each vassal state that Ming Dynasty's new technology had a ten-year protection period. Once the protection period expired, vassal states would be allowed to use it.

"Feng Xiao..."

The prince is just his tool.

Zhu Youtang invited Liu Daxia to come and have a secret discussion with Liu Daxia.

In the past ten years, development has been slow. The emperor killed several leaders in research and development and invested tens of millions in the power research and development industry.

The emperor was very determined on this point.

Zhu Qiyu still remembered the snot-nosed kid back then. He was so jealous that when he tried to seize the door, he still wanted to open the door for Zhu Qizhen.

In a blink of an eye, everyone was dead.

The past is like smoke, which makes people sigh.

"Back to your lord, the King of Chu passed away last year. I heard that the Prince of Chu succeeded him and changed the country's name to Da Chu." Wang Zhi was sowing discord.

Zhu Qiyu snorted: "When Liu Daxia returns to the court, he will call himself me. Just change it. Once it is enfeoffed, don't think too much."

"Your Majesty, there is only one vassal state in Europe, the Ming Dynasty. It is inevitable that it will be alone. I think it is appropriate to secede another one."

Wang Zhi was threatening Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang's ambition is too great.

Although it does not threaten Daming.

But it’s disgusting. How much money did the Ming Dynasty spend and how many people died for the Chu Kingdom over the years? Just change it if you say so? Have you asked Daming if he agrees?

This kind of ambition is exposed, which is actually stupidity.

Zhu Jianshen's evaluation of Zhu Youtang is correct. He seems to be lenient, but in fact he is ruthless. He looks decisive, but in fact he is controlled by the inner court.

"Are you attracted to Spain?" Zhu Qiyu did not object to eunuchs interfering in politics, but he opposed incompetent people to disrupt government.

Wang Zhi has been in the palace since he was a child and has served in the Qianqing Palace for more than thirty years. He has first-class vision and insight. However, this person is greedy for power. Once he is released, he will be a guy who brings disaster to the country and the people.

But the emperor didn't care.

Who in the world is not greedy for power? If greed for power is a crime, everyone should be killed. Those who are capable are greedy for power, and those who are incompetent will be a disaster.

"I can't hide it from your Majesty, Spain is in extreme decline."

Wang Zhi said seriously: "What I mean is that I, the Ming Dynasty, can make a vassal king and occupy Spain. It is best to occupy Tangier on the opposite side. I have complete control over the Strait of Gibraltar."

"In this way, Spain and Italy look at each other from a distance, and they can help each other or threaten each other."

Zhu Qiyu also thought so.

But Zhu Youtang would not agree. He wanted to grant the Spanish title to his son.

But he never thought that with him, he could establish another great feudal state in the extremely xenophobic Europe? There was no Ming Dynasty behind Da Chu, and it would have been destroyed long ago after several wars.

Zhu Youtang didn't know how high the sky was, he couldn't even control his younger brothers, and he still coveted Spain.

If you want to occupy Spain, you have to defeat Portugal. Who else has this ability except the Ming Dynasty?

In fact, Zhu Qiyu did not try hard to make kings on one continent, but five or six in each continent. This was to leave enough territory for them to make his sons king in the future.

It was also because it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to concentrate its efforts to develop the territory of a vassal state.

Let them develop slowly and be gentle.

A hundred years later, all the land in the main continent will belong to the Han people.

"Who do you think is suitable?"

Of the princes who have not yet been granted a title, only the two youngest ones are left, Zhu Jianzhu, the forty-first son of the emperor, and Zhu Jianya, the forty-first son of the emperor.

The two princes were young and did not have any special talents, so the matter of feuding the country was put on hold.

In fact, after the Central Committee received the news about the Polish Noodle Army, Zhu Qiyu wanted to occupy Poland and give it to Lao Forty and Forty-One.

It's a pity that these two princes are not very talented and will easily be wiped out by the Shang king when they go to Eastern Europe.

Zhu Jianjian was also very ambitious. While he was stabilizing the Shang Kingdom, he was probably also making plans for his son's feudal state.

Poland and Belarus are definitely his home territory.

But the territory of the Baltic Sea was so large that the King of Shang could not occupy it.

The King of Shang had few sons and many grandsons.

There are also many neighboring countries such as Sui, Wei, and Yi. They all have many sons, and they probably want to find opportunities to entrust them here.

"I don't dare to say anything about the prince, but the two princes in the palace are suitable to be entrusted to Western Europe." Wang Zhi asked for a coincidence.

Spain.

It is also a piece of bad land, it just dominates the Strait of Gibraltar. Without the Strait, it would have collapsed long ago.

The key is that occupying the strait is the target of public criticism. The prince who wants to succeed the vassal must be good at dancing and playing both sides in order to live a good life.

He has a tough personality and can't get any advantages. Spain does not have the foundation of a king, so it has to be a Gouwang and have both sides.

But it would be good for a prince raised in a deep palace not to go out and bully others. Look at the five African kings, they are all stupid.

Instead of helping Da Chu, he only wants to enjoy himself. This kind of idiot can only do well when Zhu Qiyu is alive. When Zhu Qiyu dies, it will be over to see if Zhu Youtang can annex them.

Old Forty and Old Forty-one are equally unintelligent.

He would discuss this matter with Xiang Zhong. There must be another vassal state in Europe to curb Chu's ambitions.

With the successful development of steam engines, great changes occurred in the country.

The world's first railway, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, was officially opened in the 49th year of Jingtai. It has been in operation for three years now, and the accident rate is not high.

Such a short railway took three years, but the Beijing-Beijing Railway was successfully built in just one year.

Because the first way is to cross the river by feeling the stones. There is no experience, and all problems are solved bit by bit. There is a shortage of engineers, a shortage of railway workers, and a shortage of everything, so it is very slow.

But after the success of the first railway, it was built faster and faster, and there were more and more skilled workers.

In the past six years, the framework of fourteen main railways has been built. Currently, the longest railway in Ming Dynasty is the Beijing-Harbin Railway, from Beijing to Harbin.

The most important railways today are the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, which runs from Nanjing to Shanghai, and the Ganxi Railway, which connects Gansu and the Western Regions.

The railway is definitely a gold-eating beast, every inch is worth gold.

Why is it said that railways represent the level of an industrial country and the comprehensive national strength? Because building railways will drive the entire machinery industry chain.

A large number of technologies will mature, develop and give birth to new technologies in the process of building railways.

Although the Ming Dynasty was extremely wealthy, it was somewhat unable to support the construction of railways, which were too expensive.

Steam engines are also used in ships, factories, military industry, chemicals, and mining, and innovations are taking place in all walks of life.

It is worth mentioning that with the development of steam engines in the Ming Dynasty, housing prices soared further.

Housing prices in megacities, like Beijing, for residential buildings in good locations have reached 3000 yuan per square foot, so every inch of land is precious.

In order to maintain housing prices, in the 50th year of Jingtai, the central government issued an order that the ancient houses be used for cultural protection and were not allowed to be bought or sold. They were mainly used for visiting.

The big water pipe that holds a large number of gardens is directly scolded.

People who own big houses are also cursing.

Originally, I was longing for a big house when I lived in a building. I laughed out loud and thought that the building was not bad. Apart from the lack of land property rights, many construction problems, no sound insulation, and arbitrary property charges, it was not bad.

This policy led to a sharp rise in building prices.

Tourism is also an industry driven by real estate. Because people have money in their pockets and want to invest in buying a house, they have to go out and explore where there is value.

Especially with the development of railways, transportation has become increasingly convenient.

Taking a quick trip has become a trend.

In fact, everything modern people see is marketing means behind it. Any travel that can be done as soon as you want, diamonds that last forever, and one that will be passed down forever are all marketing.

As long as there is profit, there will be a team to manipulate and start marketing. The most classic marketing cases are diamonds and avocados.

What the common people see is what they want you to see. It has nothing to do with the era. Being popular just means adapting to this era.

As Ming Dynasty society developed, many people were engaged in marketing.

Behind every brand are marketing methods, and everything that people see is marketed.

The public has no aesthetic taste, it is the public aesthetic given by the marketing team.

Times are cyclical, and people have always stayed in the same place, but one civilization after another was destroyed by war, causing people to forget the past.

If the tourism industry is developed, then construction must be carried out.

Tourism resources require real money investment to make them beautiful. Natural landscapes must also be transformed, otherwise how can they look the same?

After investing real money, we have to find ways to attract tourists, which becomes a headache for the local tourism bureau.

The first time you travel is new, the further you go, the higher the threshold becomes.

Scenic spots are all one-time deals, so all kinds of rip-offs happen frequently.

People in the front eat meat, and people in the back drink soup. As tourism becomes more and more developed, popular places are overcrowded, and places that are not popular can't even drink soup.

But if money is invested and the cost cannot be recovered, it is sinful.

There are geniuses who think of using romance to make a fuss.

Especially as the central government continues to relax restrictions on women, a large number of women are leaving the house and enjoying the same social rights as men.

Romance, this word was created for women.

It is also to empty their pockets of the special meaning given to words.

In the end, the market proved that creating romance is far more powerful than any cultural, natural landscape, or historical significance.

A romantic sentence can overwhelm a city with crowds of people.

There is no iron rice bowl for civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, and nothing is static. Everyone relies on political performance to speak for themselves. The capable are promoted and the mediocre are demoted. This has been the case since the eighth year of Jingtai.

Never underestimate a person who wants to be an official.

Officials of the tourism bureau are working hard every day, and there are endless good things in the newspapers, which make people feel itchy.

After romance was developed by tourism.

The entire Ming Dynasty has discovered that women make the best money.

Look at those who make women's clothes, they are full of money, and those who make men's clothes, they are in debt.

Those who sell jewelry count their money every day, and those who sell belts cry every day.

No matter how many cultural landscapes we create, how many poets write so many poems, the natural gimmicks will no longer attract people. Women only like romance and love. Reading 10,000 poems by the bold and unrestrained school is not as good as one song by the graceful school. Love poetry.

Especially when the new generation of girls grow up, this trend becomes more and more intense.

In addition, influenced by the New Culture Movement, they have received equal education between men and women since childhood. Independence and equality are their new slogans.

After they have their own families and children, they become more open-minded about love, and naturally become more open-minded about spending money.

People in the past would save when they could, but people now spend tomorrow's money.

When the atmosphere is impetuous, people will spend money, but the more realistic they are, the more stingy they will be.

This was the best era and the worst era of Ming Dynasty.

It is the most open and free era, and it is also an era of being addicted to dreams.

Fortunately.

When there were signs of real estate collapse, railways were developed, and the huge railway network successfully absorbed funds from real estate.

Because of the railway, people have more confidence in real estate, which in turn stimulates real estate development.

The reason is that Ming Dynasty is getting better.

I used to think that after great prosperity and decline, the Ming Dynasty was already the best when it developed to this point. From ancient times to the present, there has never been such a prosperous age.

In the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, prosperity was no worse than today, but in the blink of an eye, the blood collapsed.

But the opening of the railway made everyone realize that now is the beginning of the prosperous age, because the railway has changed so many things.

Directly changed the way of war.

When the Ming Dynasty marched and fought, the most difficult thing was logistics. If the logistics problems were solved, the Ming Dynasty would be invincible.

The transportation capacity of the train is enough to support Ming Dynasty in going to fight anywhere. Even if the Anshi Rebellion breaks out now, Ming Dynasty can rely on trains to quickly put down the rebellion.

The steam engine also changed all walks of life.

Innovating the industry is a huge opportunity, enough for everyone to lower their heads, focus on the application of steam engines, and concentrate on technical research instead of rebellion.

No one is born a rebel. As long as they have a stable job and a stable income, few people are willing to participate in rebellion.

In addition, there are no foreign enemies in the Ming Dynasty. The nomadic people in the north are now naturalized and have all joined the money-making army. Who is a nomad? Isn’t it good to open a factory to make money?

The most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty's finances are rich. In the 27st year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue was 100 billion, and the total revenue of state-owned enterprises exceeded billion.

You read that right, several times more than before.

Because of inflation.

Daming’s current total assets have reached 2000 billion.

There is too much silver in Mexico. Silver in Mexico is just like stones.

What the outside world still doesn’t know is that the Ming Dynasty Coin Pressing Factory has 500 billion in silver deposits, but it has not yet been put into the market.

There are also a lot of gold coins, and the total number of private gold coins has reached 50 billion.

Therefore, it is normal for private assets to be highly inflated and house prices to rise accordingly. Of course, commodity prices will also rise accordingly.

Nowadays, an ordinary worker in the private sector earns about 1500 yuan in salary.

Therefore, in recent years, a large number of workers have been poached by the feudal state with high wages, and their families have immigrated to the feudal state.

Active immigration is increasing.

People move dead trees to move living things. With the 40-year-long great migration, the common people have looked away. It is not bad to go to the feudal country. It is the same life.

Apart from the difference in distance, there is no other difference between the vassal state and the Ming Dynasty.

People who moved there all wrote back, saying how nice it was there, and some people came back to visit relatives. Multilateral exchanges resulted in everyone no longer looking at the vassal country through colored glasses.

Nowadays, it is still popular to exchange what is needed.

Let’s look at how much money the feudal state can make?

Especially after the discovery of America, there was a lot of silver in America, which was widely spread among the people.

Every year, a large number of people actively immigrate to America.

It is estimated that more than 100 million people have immigrated since the discovery of America, and more and more people have immigrated in recent years.

Next is Australia. It has been under construction for more than 20 years. It is a picturesque place and a good place to make money.

Each vassal state has its own vassal laws.

Those who were born bad have been removed long ago.

No one dares to commit crimes in Ming Dynasty.

For example, the Ming Dynasty's punishments stated that those who abducted children or women were not allowed to bury the nine tribes' grass basins, and they were burned directly and then thrown into the sea.

Committing petty crimes, such as not allowing girls to go to school, having parents tattooed and having their faces carved.

The punishments of the Ming Dynasty were all kinds of strange, which can be said to be a devastating blow to human nature.

In border provinces such as Yuerhai, Turks, and Tatars, you will see all kinds of tattooed people with all kinds of strange characters carved on their faces.

Anyway, you can tell at a glance what crime you have committed, and it is written on your face.

After getting the tattoo, he was directly exiled to the frontier.

Nowadays, the places of exile are extremely cold places. It can reach minus 50 degrees Celsius in winter and minus 50 degrees Celsius in extreme weather conditions. It is difficult to stay alive.

There must be unjust, false and wrong cases. Once they are found out, all the investigators will be exiled with tattoos on their faces. Therefore, it is extremely difficult and almost impossible to overturn the verdict.

Bad guys all want to take the initiative to immigrate to the vassal country to do bad things. The vassal country is short of people and wants anyone. The cost of committing crimes in the Ming Dynasty is too high.

The center encourages voluntary immigration. To those who voluntarily immigrate, an immigration fund and an immigration package will be given to them.

In the forty-seventh year of Jingtai, a gang was discovered in Dali Temple that specialized in defrauding the central government's immigration funds. After being discovered, they fled.

Dali Temple went to great lengths to arrest them all, and then paraded them all over the country. While parading, they were harassed and frightened by the people in the country, not to take advantage of the imperial court.

The vassal state is short of people, and the Ming Dynasty is overcrowded. The population has reached a terrifying 30 billion people.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had several large granaries, such as the Western Region Granary, the Northeast Granary, the Bengal Granary, the Siam Granary, the Borneo Granary, the Huguang Granary, etc., so eating was no problem.

Mainly due to the promotion of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

In this area, Daming is far ahead.

However, technology was strictly monopolized, and the vassal state also had to purchase fertilizers, pesticides, and even seeds from the Ming Dynasty.

The seeds cultivated by Ming Dynasty are particularly high-yielding.

Technology is innovating every year.

In terms of farming, no one in Ming Dynasty accepted it.

The Ming people's farming technology in the vassal state was also excellent. In the Ming Dynasty Patent Office, many agricultural technologies were registered by the vassal state.

It is worth mentioning that.

In the 50th year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty introduced a pension system and proposed that the elderly should have support and support.

When I was young, I deducted a part from my salary, the company subsidized the corresponding part, and the court subsidized a small part. The state established a social security bureau and established a social security account. After retirement, I relied on pensions to live.

When the Central Committee issued the decree, there were very few public voices.

Who wants to believe the Central Committee, those corrupt officials, if we give you the money, it will definitely be corrupted.

Factory owners are even less willing. I have to pay for education, and I have to pay for agricultural subsidies. Why should I pay for pension insurance now? Is it crazy?

However, the central government issued an order and the people enforced it, covering the entire population.

Zhu Ying, the chief minister of the cabinet, took the lead in handing it over.

The courtiers followed suit one after another.

When the emperor proposed it at that time, Zhu Ying was embarrassed to listen. The emperor was asking for money from the people. Whether he would give it to the people at that time was not a matter of the emperor's words.

Sure enough, the emperor said that the money in the social security account should be used for unified investment, mainly investing in railways, highways and other businesses that are sure to make a profit without losing money.

These words are high-sounding.

In fact, even if the emperor disliked the slow construction of the railway, the central government could not spend all the money and pour it into the railway, nor did it want the private sector to take more shares.

The money gap is too big, the central committee has been discussing it for a long time, and there is no charter.

Finally, the emperor came up with a way to let the people pay pension insurance.

As for the public scolding me as much as they like, I have only a few years left to live. History books will only record how many railways have been built and innovative policies created. Who cares whether the public scolds me or not.

Zhu Qiyu can see clearly.

He just wants to see the prosperity of today, he just wants to see the prosperity of Jingtai, and whether it will collapse in the future is none of his business.

The people are in an uproar and the sky is filled with anger.

The factory owner is firmly opposed to paying this amount. It’s fine for the employees to pay, so why should I have to make up for it? The government should fully compensate. You collect factory taxes, product taxes, and workers’ taxes.

What have you done after collecting so much tax?

Isn't it just to raise a few masters and ride on the heads of the common people so that they can eat and drink!

You are the emperor or the ministers, the sons of the nobles or the nobles, the ministers for generations, what about us? You work hard to earn some money, and all of it is taxed!

Yes, the objection is invalid.

The workers also followed suit.

Being a worker means you are already precarious, and you still have to pay personal income tax. Why?

Okay, you have an army, we recognize it and pay it!

We are afraid of commodity tax, so we pay it and accept it.

Who the hell do you believe in your insurance? Will you be able to pay us back the money we handed over when the time comes? What a fool!

This is a group of nobles who eat people without spitting out their bones!

If you believe what they say, it's better to eat a few mouthfuls of shit and calm down.

Okay, we can tolerate pension insurance, but what the hell is maternity insurance? Do we grown men also have children? Give birth to your uncle!

These days, the only way to give birth is to find a stable woman. No one goes to any hospital. It is a place that sucks blood. He dares to sell a pack of medicine for a hundred, but it is not effective. It is not a crime to kill people. It is simply a murderous den.

Pay one thousandth of the annual salary, and after losing your job, go to the Social Security Bureau to receive three months of subsidies.

Is this called a subsidy?

What we pay is saved by ourselves. If we lose our job, won’t we spend it? We have neither hands nor brains!

Those who shouldn’t be able to afford a house still can’t afford it!

The workers went on strike.

But what's the use?

The emperor was short of money. He wanted to see the railway construction be successful before his death. He didn't care what the people thought.

In June of the 50th year of Jingtai, the frontier army took the initiative to pay three insurances and one fund.

Subsequently, some large private financial groups...

As for those who went on strike and stopped production, their voices soon became silent and they all surrendered obediently.

Those who don't pay may disappear...

The emperor was very experienced in collecting taxes.

At the beginning of Jingtai's 1950s, the Ministry of Finance proposed to collect asset tax and conduct accounting on private assets. If the amount exceeds a certain limit, asset tax would be levied.

The asset tax is used for local development and is not collected by the central government.

Because it can't be collected.

Once the central government comes, private capital will definitely rebel.

When used for local development, local officials must risk their lives to collect it and use it for the construction of their own provinces and cities.

Then, with these capitals, various provinces and cities established railway companies and invested in railway construction.

"Why can't the medical system be built yet? It is a major matter for people to seek medical treatment and it is a major matter related to people's livelihood. It must be built quickly!"

In the spring of the fifty-second year of Jingtai, Zhu Qiyu went crazy in the Yangxin Hall.

Then, hospitals sprung up all over the country.

But these hospitals are all private.

Public hospitals are useless, even a monkey can become a doctor.

Don’t think it’s a joke. In the Ming Tai Hospital, there are many imperial doctors who can’t even write. They treat the emperor and they can’t even write.

In the eighth year of Jingtai's reign, Tai Hospital was reformed and many such scum were eliminated.

Therefore, the hospital must not be left in the hands of the central government. The key is that there are always disputes and it is a big thunder. When the central government becomes the referee, don't value this small amount of money. The appearance cannot be too ugly.

When the hospital was just built, the center added two more insurances, medical insurance and work-related injury insurance.

It became five insurances and one housing fund.

He also decreed that insurance must cover all people and all people must enjoy insurance.

As for the rural areas, the emperor came up with the idea of ​​asking farmers to take the initiative to pay insurance to the Social Security Bureau, and the subsidy part would be subsidized by the court.

It seems that the common people have taken advantage, but the bank interest is not calculated. If the interest is calculated, the loss is guaranteed.

The prescribed insurance age is 55 years old, and men and women are equal, both are 55 years old.

Calculated according to the number of years of payment, the principal will be repaid in 15 years.

But there are only a few people who lived over 70 years old in the Ming Dynasty.

Although life is getting better and better now, and the average life expectancy has reached 57 years, this number is still far from 70 years old.

If you wait until you are 60 years old, you won’t even be able to get your money back.

The key is that the center, especially the issue of children's education and growth, avoids talking about the issue of old age care.

It seems that young people are allowed to create benefits quickly. After creation, they will die immediately when they are no longer useful.

In the eyes of the central government, the people of the world are like donkeys spinning around in circles.

The Central Committee thoughtfully proposed that in order to ensure the people's life and health in old age, everything was for the sake of the people, so it proposed the most complete pension system in history. This is a historic breakthrough.

Folk writers also boasted that the emperor was benevolent and treated the people of the world as his sons and daughters.

Suddenly, there were compliments everywhere.

Although Zhu Qiyu didn't quite listen, he was very satisfied with the attitude of the people.

"The Ming Dynasty has taken another historic step forward."

Zhu Qiyu said proudly: "It is my contribution to make the people have something to rely on in their old age and to have their illnesses cured."

Anyway, he has the pen in his hand, and he can blow it however he wants.

Those who dare to smear Emperor Jingtai will be killed.

Zhu Qiyu couldn't listen to nonsense now.

The old ministers in the court were all cautious when talking to him. The old emperor became more and more eccentric as he got older.

"This money cannot be left lying around in the bank. Set up a fund management company to properly manage this money. It must be invested in businesses that will make a profit without losing money."

"You can't lose people's money."

"No one is allowed to misappropriate it, and no misappropriation is allowed under any circumstances."

Zhu Qiyu still has some conscience: "Several billions. In the future, there will be tens of billions, hundreds of billions, in the hands of the central government."

With this money, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be stable for five hundred years, not to mention its inheritance for a thousand years.

The courtiers expressed their helplessness, where could there be a business that was sure to make a profit without losing any money?

Besides, if the money is placed in the central government, it is guaranteed to be wiped out tomorrow. Corruption is now common among North Korean and Chinese officials.

The emperor didn't know at all, and no one dared to tell the emperor, fearing that the emperor would not be able to breathe and would be mad to death.

The prince knew this, and he was worried that he would anger his father to death and lose his position as prince.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu tried his best to get money for the central government, but the central government fooled him as a fool. When Zhu Qiyu was complacent, the courtiers looked at him strangely.

The main reason is that the emperor's grip on power is getting looser and looser.

Otherwise, no one would dare to do anything under his nose.

The people are right to criticize.

The central officials are monopolistic and have served as ministers for generations, thus blocking the way for advancement at the lower levels. This creates a barrier between the upper and lower levels, and something will happen sooner or later.

However, this monopoly was precisely promoted by the emperor.

In order to create a team for his sons, he let his sons intermarry with important ministers. There was me and you among everyone, and a monopoly was naturally formed.

I'm afraid the emperor is unable to break this monopoly.

Because the power of these families goes deep into the vassal state, once the Ming Dynasty attacks them, they will incite rebellion in the vassal state.

Once the vassal state rebelled, Emperor Jingtai would be a criminal in history.

He spent billions for the sake of the vassal state, and Ming Dynasty continued to provide blood to the vassal state. If the vassal state rebelled, wouldn't it mean that Emperor Jingtai had done something wrong?

Therefore, no one dares to pierce this layer of window paper.

The people who have risen to the center now are no longer those who fought side by side with Emperor Jingtai. They are all dudes resting on their merits.

Even though there are capable ministers such as Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, don't they want to be ministers for generations? Will they personally destroy the best era for their subjects?

Everyone knows who the emperor is.

Once the emperor lifts the table, he will dare to kill anyone!

Now everyone is waiting for the emperor to die. If the emperor dies and the prince ascends the throne, everyone will be safe.

Everyone can see that the prince is a useless person. When he ascends the throne, the most he can do is laugh out loud, and he is far from being as ruthless as the emperor.

Over the years he has been in power, corruption has become rampant in the Ming Dynasty, and he is completely unable to stop it. This shows that Prince Zhu Jianqi is a waste.

After he ascends the throne, he will not be able to control the imperial power.

Besides, the emperor is 74 this year, and he is also the longest-lived emperor among all the emperors in the past dynasties.

Maybe it will be gone tomorrow.

If this layer of window paper is broken, if the emperor dies, no one will support him, and the person who breaks the window paper will be unlucky.

"Why do I feel that I can't understand the ministers anymore?"

In the Yangxin Hall, Zhu Qiyu murmured to himself: "Did my eyes and ears fail?"

Pfft!

Wang Zhi was so frightened that he knelt on the ground. Everyone in Yangxin Hall was prostrate on the ground, not daring to breathe.

The emperor is old, not dead.

He wants to kill people, and no one can stop him.

Because he holds military power and has absolute imperial power.

"Wang Zhi, what do you think?" Zhu Qiyu opened his cloudy old eyes, the fierce light in his eyes flashed away.

He suddenly thought of the fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes.

He was so happy today, and the courtiers only complimented him, which made him keenly aware that something was wrong.

He can play dumb, but hates being lied to.

"I don't know." Wang Zhi had cold sweat on his forehead.

He knew it too.

Everyone in the government and the public knew it, but the emperor alone did not.

"Why are you sweating so much?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Go and get the head of the Jin Yiwei commander. I want to see it."

Wang Zhi trembled with fright: "Your Majesty."

"go with!"

Zhu Qiyu murmured to himself: "It seems that my old eyes are dim and I can't see people clearly."

When Zhu Jianqi received the oral instruction and walked into the Yangxin Hall, he was shocked. His father was sitting on the throne with a human head in front of him. He was staring at the head.

"My son Zhu Jianqi, I wish you all the best." Zhu Jianqi knelt down honestly.

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak, just looked at his head.

"Do you know him?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"I know, it's the commander of the Jinyi Guards." Zhu Jianqi was a little scared. He had never seen his father like this. He had heard his mother say how cruel his father used to be.

This time I really saw it.

He didn't dare to stare at a dead head, but the emperor looked at it so seriously. If the dead man opened his eyes... Zhu Jianqi shuddered and didn't dare to think about it.

"What do you think of him?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Duty and loyalty."

Zhu Qiyu raised his eyelids and looked at him: "Is it you or me?"

"I will never dare to covet the throne in the slightest, I don't dare!" Zhu Jianqi was extremely frightened.

He is 44 years old this year. It would be a lie to say that he has no idea about the throne.

But he didn't dare to stab someone in the East Palace and cursed his father to die early.

The disaster of witchcraft is no joke.

"Then how do you know that he is loyal to his duties?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

Zhu Jianqi was helpless. This is not what you asked. How can I answer?

"Prince, are you hiding something from me?" Zhu Qiyu said in a gloomy tone.

There are so many things hidden from you, which one do you ask?

Zhu Jianqi didn't dare to be shy and kowtowed vigorously: "I dare not hide anything from Your Majesty."

"I think you've had enough of being a prince."

Suddenly, Zhu Jianqi froze, extremely frightened, and nodded vigorously, not daring to say a word.

Fear, boundless fear.

As long as his father lives, he can be replaced by the prince.

The key is that his other sons are so outstanding. The fourth son, Zhu Jianji, has conquered such a large territory in Eastern Europe, the twenty-first son, Zhu Jianjun, occupies the space between the Aral Sea and the Caspian Sea, and the thirty-first son, Zhu Jianmo, is flourishing in America. .

The Five Kings of Oceania are doing well.

Among the emperor's sons, were they particularly bad? Prince Zhu Jianqi was above average, and there were at least ten who were better than him.

Once the emperor takes Yi Chu's fancy, it is not impossible for the vassal king to return to the country and succeed to the throne.

The key is that his father is cruel.

If Emperor Taizu concocts a major case, he can still let the vassal king inherit the throne.

Zhu Jianqi became more and more frightened when he thought of this.

He has been the prince for almost forty years and is about to take over. Has he been replaced? How frustrated he is.

If his father suddenly died suddenly in Yangxin Hall...

He didn't dare to think about it.

I don't even dare to think that everyone in Yangxin Palace is under the control of the emperor.

Moreover, he has a team, but he does not have a military team. All those in military power are the emperor's confidants, even if Xiang Zhong is joking with him.

But Xiang Zhong despised him from the bottom of his heart, and he did so back then.

There are also the old and mature Li Bing and Wang Shu, these few who are good at conquering and fighting, are firmly on the side of the emperor.

What's even more frightening is that Yang Xin is in charge of the capital camp, and Guo Deng is in charge of the nine admiral's mansions.

Yang Xin didn’t say anything.

The relationship between Guo Deng and him was definitely not good. When his aunt Changde was alive, she had nothing to do with his mother. Over the years, Guo Deng never met him in private and had no dealings with him.

Once something happens to the emperor, he will have no control over the Nine Admirals' Mansion.

Also, the imperial guards, the nobles who are now in charge of the imperial guards, are all confidants trained by the emperor, and it is impossible for them to turn to him.

Even more terrifying is the foreign vassal.

The Ming Dynasty had more than thirty foreign vassals, all of which had strong soldiers and horses. Once they knew that the emperor died suddenly, would they return to Beijing to seize the throne?

The frontier army was also completely in the hands of the emperor. People like Wang Yue, Li Jin, Li Zhen, Chen Shao, etc. were all the emperor's loyal confidants.

These people will never fall to him, Zhu Jianqi.

The only thing Zhu Jianqi has is a reputation for benevolence. Once he is accused of patricide, I am afraid that the civil servants who support him will immediately leave him. Even Li Dongyang, who supports him the most, will immediately turn against him.

Zhu Jianqi suddenly discovered that he seemed to have everything, but actually had nothing.

The emperor can take away everything from him with just one word.

"Father, my son doesn't know why you are angry. He has realized his mistake!" Zhu Jianqi activated his traditional skills and cried. The son cried with his father. It was not embarrassing.

Zhu Jianqi cried and kowtowed: "If your son doesn't satisfy you, tell him to change!"

"Dad, my mother has been dead for so many years, and all my brothers have gone to inherit the vassal. You only have your son and two younger brothers to serve you. Your son is unfilial and makes you angry. Please punish your son!"

Zhu Jianqi knew very well that if he wanted to keep his position as prince, he had to keep his reputation for benevolence.

This is his biggest trump card.

Once this trump card is lost, he is nothing.

As long as the emperor's affairs are unreasonable, his position as prince cannot be dethroned.

After figuring this out, he started crying.

(End of this chapter)