Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 497 Abolishing the Seven Gates of the Grand Canal and Reducing Commercial Taxes
Qianxue counted carefully: "Wang Cheng and the others, eight newcomers, plus Wang Jin, Hao Yi, Ruan Xi, Chen Xiang, and Gao Ping, a total of seventeen people, this position is not enough ah."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "If there is no position, I will create a position. In the future, I will also make the inner court into the form of a harem.

That is to say, there is no nominal head of eunuchs, and more than a dozen people each manage a share, and they are all equal in status, so that everyone will not have to fight, and the civil and military officials will not have a clear target to attack. "

Qianxue praised: "The harem, inner court, civil servants, and nobles are all relatively average, and there are no particularly strong figures, which means that the husband can absolutely control the entire court situation."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The advantage is absolute control, and the disadvantage is that if something goes wrong, I will be responsible for it alone, and no one will stand in front of me.

This requires me to be invincible and victorious in every battle.One or two big defeats could wipe out my prestige.

Yes, that's how it is. I must fight and win a game, and create a tall image of me who is ordered by the sky in the hearts of hundreds of millions of subjects.

Hey, no matter what, Annan must be defeated first, then Japan will be captured, and finally the Old Port Xuanweisi will be brought back.In this way, an overseas trade chain was preliminarily formed, allowing overseas silver and other wealth to flow into Daming continuously.

With these wealth, I can reduce business tax, reduce land rent, reduce corvee, build water conservancy, control floods, dredge water transportation, and relieve disaster victims.

By the way, the salaries of civil and military officials were greatly increased.

When people get real benefits from top to bottom, people will stop clamoring to stop Western trade every day. "

"Then should we take down North Korea as well?"

"What kind of North Korea? I don't want to fight that place. It was easy to fight after suffering hardships, but there was no benefit in the end. Those people still took a lot of effort to rule, and it was really thankless.

Besides, there is no reason to fight. Taizu had just established Daming, and he knelt down a thousand miles away, and bowed down at Taizu's feet with lightning speed.

Really, Taejo wanted to hide his ears and steal the bell, even if he pretended not to see it, he could only reluctantly accept North Korea as a vassal state.

North Korea is loyal to such a degree, and if you go to beat him, then the suzerain-vassal system of Ming Dynasty will collapse directly, and which small country will dare to follow you in the future. "

Qianxue smiled and said: "Slaves are rare maids and eunuchs bought from North Korea. They are obedient and clever, and they are easy to use."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "This is a one-shot deal, and we must never go to North Korea to buy people again. The last time it was a surprise attack, neither North Korea nor our Ming Dynasty was prepared.

Next time, if Daming colludes with North Korea and plant spies inside, it will be fatal.

We have so many sons and daughters, it would be honest if they killed a few of them.

But don't think that I just underestimate those people because I say what I say now.

As long as you have the mood of indifference, our sons and daughters will definitely die one by one.

Just like the current Emperor Gongrang, Concubine Xuanmiao Li, and Crown Prince, as long as I wave my hand lightly, they will all die.Now that Chen Xiang is in charge of Shangshan Supervisor, it is very easy and not complicated at all. "

"Understood. In addition, Zhu Jian, the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, requested to be appointed."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "Good job, I respectfully let the emperor lose one more loyal minister and approve it directly. It would be great if all the emperor's loyal ministers are as discerning as Zhu Jian."

"Also, Xue Huan, captain of the son-in-law, begs to share the use of the family of the late son-in-law Jingyuan."

Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "Which one is this song from? Jing Yuan died in battle in Tumu Fort, the court should pay him a favor, and Xue Huan wants to send away the servants assigned to Jing Yuan by the court? These How come I don’t understand what people do more and more.”

Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "It may be that there is a stunning girl among Jingyuan's maids, Xue Huan wants to get her hands on it."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "No, you are too imaginative. It would be a pity not to write a storybook."

Qianxue also smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true, what Yaner said may not be wrong. Husband, do you know that Xue Huan beat up Princess Changde two days ago.

Tsk tsk, that's the biological daughter of Xuanmiao and Concubine Li, the biological sister of Emperor Gongrang. "

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "It's normal, if I'm Xue Huan, I have to beat up Changde too. You don't know how miserable Daming's son-in-law is.

Especially Xue Huan, who was originally the son of Marquis Yangwu.

It took eight lifetimes of bloody misfortune to become a son-in-law.To be a son-in-law is not allowed to take concubines, and is not allowed to be a domestic servant. There can only be a princess and a woman.

If the princess can be as gentle and weak as a frowner, submissive, a woman can be a woman, and patience is fine.

The key point is that the princess is still like the son-in-law and the third master every day, never showing a good face.

Who cares about serving her, only beats her, but doesn't feed her medicine, Xue Huan is already conscientious enough.

Look at Zhao Hui, the son-in-law of Princess Baoqing, who was completely free after the death of the princess, and took more than 100 concubines. "

"Then leave Xue Huan alone?"

"Whatever he does, as the saying goes, people don't sue, officials don't prosecute. Princess Changde didn't sue, why do we want dogs and mice to meddle in their own business?"

Qianxue teased: "How can I call myself a dog. Zhang Yi, a doctor of the imperial hospital, learned from Yang Xun, and also published a memorial book, which talks about the capital's commercial tax. Husband, do you want to listen?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "Read on."

"Zhang Yi, a doctor of Chentai Hospital, said that the capital and all parties are united, and all daily necessities are unavoidably funded by business travel. The imperial court set up official stores, lightly collected taxes, and owed the business. It was often ordered to be supervised by the censor, so it was recruited. It is also.

The officials who are close to financial management don't know the general idea, but they only care about cutting and stripping, such as a bundle of tax bills to seven coins of silver.

Every ten bolts of Sanshuo cloth costs seven coins of silver.Everything else is the same, and one-fourth of the tax silver will be taken first based on the real thing.

The minister is afraid that business travelers will avoid heavy taxes for a long time, and refuse to come to Beijing, which will cause everything to boil. "

After Qianxue finished reading, she asked curiously: "A doctor in the Taiyuan Hospital who worries about the problem of excessive business taxes is considered a dog and a mouse, meddling in other people's business?"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "No, I asked him to do this. Didn't the original imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital be killed in the mutiny? This Zhang Yi is a famous doctor we hired from the people with a lot of money. Now I put him in Into the hospital too.

I asked him to write a playbook and fill in the gaps for the imperial court. It was a small contribution, and then I took the opportunity to give him a promotion.

It would be impossible without our people in the hospital. "

"Then what about the business tax?"

"Let's discuss it with the court. When I conquer Annan, Japan, and Old Port, I will directly waive all these commercial taxes."

Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Isn't it said that the more business tax revenue, the better? The more business tax revenue, the more revenue the court will have.

The more income the court has, the stronger the country will be.

Why does the husband do the opposite and want to reduce business tax with all his heart? "

Zhu Qiyu explained: "Chaoguan was first established in the fourth year of Xuande. Our wise and mighty Emperor Xuanmiao set up seven counties in Huo County, Linqing, Jining, Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou and Shangxinhe on the Grand Canal in one go. banknote pass.

Just think about it, assuming you are a businessman, transporting a shipment of goods from the south to Beijing to sell.

From the time you set off by boat to the time you arrive in Beijing, you have to go through seven checkpoints, so you can take your time.

When you arrive in Beijing and your goods have not been sold, they will charge a quarter of the value of your goods as commercial tax.

All of the above are just theories, based on the fact that tax collectors are honest and law-abiding.

If you run into corrupt officials, there are many ways to deal with you.For example, if your goods are worth 1000 taels, he insists that the value is 2000 taels, and then charges you a quarter of the commercial tax, which is 500 taels.

Your goods worth 1000 taels were transported to the capital with hard work, but they charged you 500 taels in a blink of an eye, and you have nowhere to cry. "

After all, Zhu Qiyu added: "The seven bills of the Emperor Xuanmiao can collect about 40 taels of tax silver a year. This silver has to be divided between the inner court and the imperial court, and the imperial court only gets 30 taels.

Xuande's gang of monarchs and ministers screamed all day long to recuperate, and they didn't know what they were recuperating for.If they do something good to the common people, they know how to collect money and enjoy it all day long.

The key point is that it’s no use even if you charge so much money, Shanxi is still in a mess.

It's like a peaceful and prosperous age, and it's just a random hit, and it's all pierced easily.

I, the most absurd emperor of the Ming Dynasty, am about to sing against them again. Let me decree that the seven gates on the Grand Canal will be abolished. "

Qianxue asked: "Didn't you discuss it with the ministers?"

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "What are we still discussing? When Wang Anshi carried out the political reform, wasn't Wang Anshi the one who had the final say?

This is an in-depth reform, everything is discussed, until when. "

(End of this chapter)