Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 995 Clan Tax
The vast Ming Dynasty was not poor at all. It just had too much wealth and resources, which were hidden by some groups under various names.

There is absolutely no difference on paper, but in reality there is a huge discrepancy.

Zhu Youxiao knew the tricks too well.

But if he wants to squeeze all of these out, he can only use the righteousness of the law to squeeze them out bit by bit. If he really sends troops to rob without any regard for the consequences, that would be a lot of fun.

Because he broke the rules.

Once the rules are broken, no one will follow them.

After all, the Ming Dynasty ruled the world, not seized it.

"Your Majesty, King Zhou has arrived."

When Wang Sheng was leaving with the imperial edict, Liu Ruoyu walked towards the emperor with his head lowered and told Wang Sheng what to do in case of emergency.

After all, dismantling the silver reserves of Huahui Bank is a very bad idea. If any information dares to leak out during this process, Huahui Bank will inevitably suffer a run.

So keeping something in reserve doesn't mean you have to use it.

But when it is really used, it means that the reform has reached a critical period!
Zhu Youxiao's idea of ​​finding financial resources was actually to be achieved at the clan affairs office.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"

Unlike Wang Sheng, Zhu Gongyao, who was summoned, felt a little surprised about the emperor's sudden summons, but he also knew that the emperor summoned him most likely because of something related to the Ministry of Clan Affairs.

"The Nine Frontier Inspections have not affected the customs at the border, right?" Zhu Youxiao stepped forward, held up Zhu Gongyao's arm, and said calmly, "Also, in the south of the desert, the joint supervision by the Lifanyuan and the Military Affairs Council has had no impact on the customs in Liaodong?"

"Your Majesty, it won't have much impact."

Zhu Gongyao said without hesitation: "Not only did the above things have no impact, but on the contrary, they also contributed to the expansion of border trade, especially in Liaodong."

Zhu Youxiao thought about this.

The more turbulent the situation, the stronger the convergence of resources.

The bustle in the world comes because of profit, and the hustle and bustle in the world all goes away because of profit.

One benefit can make too many people crazy.

"The treasury is short of money."

Under such circumstances, Zhu Youxiao changed the subject.

"Your Majesty, the clan government still has a lot of money in deposits."

When Zhu Gongyao heard this, he immediately expressed his opinion.

No one knows better than him what kind of existence this clan leader of the clan affairs bureau is. Although he seems to hold great power, he is actually just an extension of the imperial power.

Especially since the establishment of the Huangming Zong Army and Huangming Zong School, the vassal groups in various places have been bound together invisibly.

No one dares to do anything too outrageous.

At least that's what it appears to be.

After all, their descendants were either concentrated in the capital or active in Lianghuai. Anyone who dared to offend the emperor would suffer a miserable end.

Absolute heir!

If this is really the case, then no matter how much money you have, it will be of no use.

"The little money from the clan government cannot meet the expenses of the treasury." Seeing Zhu Gongyao like this, Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied, but he said: "What the Ming Dynasty is like now is known to everyone in the world. It is difficult for me to be the emperor."

Hearing this, Zhu Gongyao's hanging hands trembled slightly.

It's quite difficult.

How many people have been killed in the past few years?

Although there are not many speeches on this kind of thing, many of them are passed on privately. The emperor in front of him does not seem to be bloodthirsty, but he has killed the most people.

"The Zhu family's country and people are on my shoulders. The burden is too heavy."

Zhu Youxiao sighed lightly and spoke to Zhu Gongyao. At the same time, Liu Ruoyu, who was serving beside him, came forward with a memorial in his hands.

"Look, someone is messing around."

Zhu Youxiao pointed at the memorial and said to Zhu Gongyao, "It is said that I am so harsh to my subjects, but I am extremely lenient to the royal family and the vassal states. How can this set an example for the world?"

hum.

Just hearing these words, Zhu Gongyao became nervous and even cursed inwardly.

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What blind person can say such a thing?

Is the emperor lenient towards his vassal states and royal family members?
However, Zhu Gongyao only dared to think about this in his heart. He would never dare to speak it out loud. He only dared to say this.

Not only will his clan leader be gone, even his title will probably be gone.

"If we want to collect taxes from the royal family and remove some of their privileges, we must find a name for it." At this moment, Zhu Youxiao looked at the nervous Zhu Gongyao, picked up the memorial and read it, and thought to himself, "The royal family tax must be implemented in the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can we restrict the royal family from frantically annexing land in private. This is a replica of the land tax. The core is the same, just a different name."

"Your Majesty, this..."

After reading the memorial, Zhu Gongyao's face changed drastically. He had never thought that this person, whom he had never heard of before, would dare to submit a memorial to the emperor to collect taxes from the royal family. If this were to get out, the royal family in the southeast would definitely not behave themselves.

"You think it's ridiculous."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked at Zhu Gongyao and said, "The royal family and the vassal states are exempt from tax. This was set in the early Ming Dynasty. Now, someone actually wants me to do this. If this gets out, what will become of me?"

Zhu Gongyao always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"But you are also aware of the current national situation. The court is in a passive position."

Zhu Youxiao changed the subject and said, "If you don't pretend to do something, let alone the central government, even in the local areas, there will be some people who will use it to make a fuss."

"So I thought about it and decided to impose a tax on the land owned by the clan and the royal family every year. This tax will be collected by the Zongrenfu, and it is called the Zong tax to the outside world."

"As for the memorial mentioning the industries that the royal family and the vassal clan had secretly built, and even the commerce that they were involved in, I will pretend that I don't know about it. What do you think about this matter?"

Zhu Gongyao: “…”

He understood.

This is clearly the emperor's true thought.

This also made him think of why the Ministry of Clan Affairs had sent people from the Huangming Zong Army, or even people from the Huangming Zong School, to various places to investigate the land of the kings and manors.

It is true that they wanted to investigate this part of land and order the royal family and vassal states not to annex any more land, but it is also true that they wanted to investigate this part of land!
However, Zhu Gongyao did not know that the emperor before him wanted more than just these. In the future, he would implement the policy of relocating vassals overseas to transfer all the vassal groups in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and all their properties would be nationalized.

Of course, this was not an easy task, but many of the Ming Dynasty's accumulated problems and cancers could be solved at that time, so this seemingly difficult task was actually the easiest.

(End of this chapter)