Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 85 Banknote Tax Law
"Peach patter..."

At this time, with the sound of rain, the entire city of Nanjing was surrounded by rain. The outer city wall that stretched for hundreds of miles looked particularly majestic in the rain, like a yellow-brown earth dragon, lying on the ground.

In front of the Baoding Underground Palace of Dongling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty, rainwater splashed on the blue bricks on the ground. The sound of raindrops dripping on the trees was heard all around, adding a bit of vitality to Purple Mountain.

The rain came by chance, only after all the yellow paper had burned out.

Standing under the Huang Luogai umbrella, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, the grandfather and grandson, looked at the underground palace in front of them quietly, not knowing what to think in their hearts.

In the distance, Zhu Gaoxu, Guo Ying, and Xu Zengshou stood under umbrellas. The difference was that Guo Ying and Zhu Gaoxu each held an umbrella, while Xu Zengshou was held by a soldier behind him.

Seemingly thinking that this was not good, Xu Zengshou took the umbrella himself and asked the soldiers to retreat.

After the soldiers retreated, Zhu Yuanzhang also started talking to Zhu Yunwen beside him under the Huang Luogai umbrella:

"How are things going at the Imperial College?"

"Back to grandpa, everything is ready. The students in the Imperial College can leave at any time." Even though it was raining, Zhu Yunwen still raised his hands and bowed in reply.

But under Zhu Yuanzhang's glance, all his thoughts seemed to be exposed.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't pay attention to Zhu Yunwen's little movements, but looked back at Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing in the rain holding an umbrella by himself.

"Look at me..."

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little guilty. After all, Lao Zhu's eyes were really lethal. Every time he looked directly at him, Zhu Gaoxu felt that he might be killed in the next second.

"We order all the students in the Imperial College who are over 30 to go to the teaching center tomorrow, and then order the Ministry of Revenue and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to transfer two guards and [-] yuan... and pay the money to go to the teaching venue and wait."

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to transfer 30 yuan in banknotes, but for some reason, he thought of what Zhu Gaoxu had said to him before, so he changed it to money.

In response, Zhu Yunwen's eyes flickered, but he quickly hid them.

"I'm going to order the people from the Ministry of Household Affairs to count the annual income of absenteeism this year and submit it to me. In addition, at the beginning of August, I will tell the world that for this year's autumn tax, the Susong Second Mansion can use money to offset the tax."

"My grandson has received the order..." Zhu Yunwen's heart skipped a beat, but he still agreed first. Then, seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing else to say, he put forward his own opinions and views.

"Grandpa, Su Song's Second Mansion paid military taxes, money, grain, silk and other items last year. After discounting, it was roughly more than three million guan."

"If taxes are paid with banknotes, I'm afraid the taxes these two governments will be able to pay this year..."

Zhu Yunwen said three things, but he had said this before when he argued with Zhu Gaoxu about the money issue. Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knew what he wanted to say.

After all, the vast Jiangnan region of Jiangsu, Fujian and Zhejiang accounted for most of the tax revenue in the early Ming Dynasty, especially the Susong and Song Dynasties proposed by Zhu Yuanzhang were the top priority.

Although there were only two mansions, they accounted for one-tenth of the Ming Dynasty's tax revenue.

For these two tax-rich areas, it was a cautious proposal for the Ming Dynasty to propose tax exemptions, disaster relief, or other economic policies to either government.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang just listened to Zhu Gaoxu's views on money, and then he proposed to let the people of Su Song's second mansion use money to offset their taxes.

Once this decree was issued, Zhu Yunwen did not dare to think about what the tax situation would be like this year.

Of course, the court's taxation is one aspect, and the more important aspect is Zhu Yunwen's personal thoughts.

He had never seen his grandfather pay so much attention to anyone's proposal, not even his own father.

"On the mine map drawn by that boy, three locations have been found."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words cleared up Zhu Yunwen's doubts, but at the same time, they also made him take a breath of cold air.He calculated the time carefully and found that it had only been a month and a half since his grandfather sent people to Yunnan to survey, but in such a short period of time, based on the map he drew, he could actually find three mineral veins.

Zhu Yunwen knows the mining class and knows that prospecting for minerals is not easy.

Because of this, he is very aware of the importance of these three mineral veins.

If they could be found so quickly, they must be easy-to-exploit veins.

In other words, they can bring great benefits to Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yunwen is worried about other mineral veins on the map.

If the mountains Zhu Gaoxu painted had mineral veins, then he might...

"After you return to the palace, ask the Ministry of Revenue and the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to prepare and move more people from South Zhili and Zhejiang to Yunnan. Don't let these three gold and silver mines be abandoned."

"Yes..." Zhu Yunwen held his breath and concentrated, the shock in his heart was beyond words.

"Gold and silver mine..."

Zhu Yunwen was not a fool. He knew what the three easy-to-exploit gold and silver mines represented, and he was not surprised why his grandfather asked Su Song's second mansion to use banknotes to offset taxes.

Since Zhu Gaoxu said so accurately about mineral prospecting, I'm afraid what he said about the "Money Banknote Law" also makes sense.

In this case, it is not surprising that my grandfather wanted to use Su Song's second house to test the "Money Banknote Law".

It's just that Zhu Yunwen still doesn't believe it. After all, prospecting and money are two different things. He doesn't believe that what Zhu Gaoxu said can be realized one after another.

Thinking of this, he glanced vaguely at Zhu Gaoxu, who was holding an umbrella in the distance.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't look back, he could probably guess his little movements.

But when faced with this incident, Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not stop it, but instead raised the corner of his mouth slightly, as if he did it deliberately.

"Let's go back to the palace."

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and spoke, and Zhu Yunwen quickly put away his gaze and followed Zhu Yuanzhang towards the foot of Purple Mountain.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and others approaching, Zhu Gaoxu and others also gave way to the Shinto, and then followed them.

More than a hundred people began to walk down the mountain, and the rain during the Hungry Ghost Festival seemed to have fallen enough and began to gradually become lighter.

When everyone came to the foot of the mountain, the rain stopped, and Zhu Yuanzhang also took Zhu Yunwen to the big chariot.

But before returning to the palace, he still reluctantly opened the window and took a look at the Purple Mountain washed by the rain. It seemed that even sitting here, he could see what he wanted to see.

"Swing back to the palace!"

After watching for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang withdrew his gaze, closed the window, and Zhu Yunwen also took the opportunity to let the team return to the palace.

More than a thousand Leopard Tao guards jumped on their horses to clear the way for the big train, while Guo Ying and Xu Zengshou commanded the troops and horses to defend the big train in an orderly manner.

Compared with them, who had more things to do, Zhu Gaoxu was squatting in the stable at the foot of Purple Mountain, cursing at Chi Huan, who was lying lazily eating grass in the stable:
"Eat, eat, eat! You just know how to eat. If you don't get up, we will be left behind. Get up quickly!"

"Sorry..."

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