People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 268 Summary of two years of reform! Taxes hit new highs! It has reached a huge amount of million taels!

Chen Han felt even more guilty when he heard his wife say this.

"Madam, although I have achieved some achievements now, compared with those achievements, the biggest gain I gained from coming to Ming Dynasty is to marry a wife like you." Chen Han said emotionally.

Princess Jiangdu's heart almost melted when she heard such words.

As Chen Han said, how could a pregnant woman not want her husband to be by her side at all times?

But he knew that his husband was going to do big things and could not always stay by her side.

So she reluctantly pushed her husband to make decisions for the people.

But every time in the dead of night, she would ask herself in her heart, do you really not feel lonely?

She will definitely feel lonely and it is impossible not to feel it, but she is a strong woman and will never force her husband to stay by her side.

She's not the kind of person who doesn't understand things.

"With your words, the pain of separation that I have suffered in the past two years can be wiped away." Princess Jiangdu said.

Chen Han smiled and said, "I can stay with you for a while, until our child is born."

"Yeah!" Princess Jiangdu laughed.

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Court the next day.

The Minister of the Ministry of Finance told the story of the recent changes in the world.

The general meaning is that the entire world has changed.

The situation where people used to be looked down upon when doing business has changed a lot in the past two years.

Even the status of merchants has rebounded to a certain extent as they paid more and more taxes, but correspondingly they also received a lot of taxes from them.

Then there is the issue of people's livelihood.

The issue of the value of treasure banknotes that people are most concerned about has received a good reply.

Today, the exchange rate for converting treasure banknotes into copper coins is always 700 copper coins for a treasure banknote.

The two taxes this year will still be collected with treasure banknotes. This result will make the value of treasure banknotes even higher.

The Minister of Household Affairs looked at Chen Han who had just returned to the court and said: "Due to the policies and reforms promoted by the Duke of the State, our Ming Dynasty has now been completely reborn.

People in the northwest can finally eat food produced in the south of the Yangtze River.

Before leaving, the Duke of Guo told us to use the imperial court to transfer grain instead of Kai Zhongfa. We organized officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate this opinion, and it turned out to be exactly what the Duke said.

The cost of transporting food is not as much as the missed salt tax. Now cement roads have been built all the way from the capital to the north. In another two years, the entire line will be connected from north to south. By then, without opening up China and France, it will also save the court. Massive salt tax. "

After hearing this, the civil and military officials were either happy or a little unhappy.

There is no other reason than that they are the ones who pay the salt tax.

Many people's families are related to the Lianghuai Salt Tax, and of course they are worried that they will be found out by the court.

But no matter what, you can get some benefit from it.

So now that the imperial court has canceled the opening of the Central Law, it will have some impact on them, but who dares to put forward opinions on this kind of matter?

Whoever makes an opinion is someone else's fault.

Many officials now feel conflicted.

They hope that the court can build better roads to facilitate walking, but they are also worried that their own interests will be harmed after everything is made transparent and public.

However, this trend is not something they can change.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has now officially become the Crown Prince of the Supervisory State. Nowadays, the old man is rarely seen in the court.

Zhu Yuanzhang has started to work as a hands-off shopkeeper in the past two years. He seems to have enjoyed the leisure of being an emperor. Now he does not read memorials or listen to court meetings. Instead, he is willing to go fishing in the imperial garden, or he goes to the capital privately to visit various markets. new stuff on.

He even likes to go to the engineering college to do scientific research with his grandchildren.

The emperor often went to the Engineering College, which surprised many officials. They were curious about what could be so attractive about the Engineering College that could attract His Majesty the Emperor.

And this has become a living sign of the Engineering College. Seeing that even His Majesty the Emperor is so interested, the people are naturally willing to let their children take the Engineering College entrance examination.

Now, not only the children of officials are studying there, but even Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and the second generation of the army are studying there.

In this case, Zhu Gaochi and the others, who were much younger than them, became seniors.

One thing to note is that Zhu Gaochi and the others have been in the engineering college for almost two years now.

They have achieved a lot in the past two years.

Even flintlock muskets are in the process of being developed.

The foundation for this kind of gun already exists, at least everyone has accepted the existence of firearms, so even if a better flintlock gun is developed, it is just considered an upgrade.

But the steam engine had been developed at the School of Engineering for two years and was still in its infancy.

Although the current School of Engineering has nearly 10,000 people, most of them are newly admitted, and only less than 1,000 people are really focused on doing research, so the foundation of the School of Engineering is still very thin.

Fortunately, Chen Han no longer has to teach in person.

They spent a year compiling the textbooks for the School of Engineering. Basic knowledge can be learned by simply studying the textbooks. However, scientific research is always explored in practice, and the knowledge in the textbooks can only be learned. Let beginners have a certain foundation, but if they want to truly become successful, they must rely entirely on themselves.

Just like Zhu Gaochi and others, they have now begun to enter the research stage.

Of course, it should be noted that engineering schools are not necessarily all sciences, there are also pharmacy and drama.

The professor of pharmacy is now the famous His Highness King Zhou.

It should be noted that His Royal Highness King Zhou has now been released from prison and has gone directly to the School of Pharmacy of the School of Engineering to become the dean and professor.

Perhaps he has found a career that he likes, so King Zhou is quite happy now.

Not only did he start studying medicine himself, but he also recruited a large number of folk medical scientists.

And Chen Han's request in this regard can be approved no matter how much funding is required.

Anyway, there is nothing else but a lot of money in engineering schools now.

His Royal Highness the King of Zhou did not waste these funds and began to invest heavily in research, which also gave more folk medical scientists a greater platform to perform.

His Highness Zhou Wang is indeed a man who cares about the world. He has turned the School of Pharmacy into a research and development platform. After recruiting talents, he develops prescriptions. Once a new prescription is proven to be effective, he will update it in the School of Engineering.

Because for him, studying these is not for profit, but to benefit the people.

Also, why does a prince like him need money?

Under this situation, the School of Pharmacy has almost become a comprehensive hospital, not only serving as a research institution, but also the best hospital in the capital. Of course, not all patients can receive free treatment. All patients must have rare and difficult diseases to receive treatment.

If someone with a minor problem like a cough joins in the fun, the doctors there will be extremely busy.

On this basis, in just one year, the School of Pharmacy collected a large number of cases, which was of great help to the development of pharmacy.

Especially the research on wind and cold has made rapid progress.

Chen Han also gave the penicillin extraction technology to King Zhou.

After all, this is the most important time travel video project he has ever done.

The current progress is not ideal, mainly because there are too many higher-end equipment for sterilization and disinfection that are difficult to process at one time.

However, this is also a problem that can be gradually overcome in the future.

Let’s talk about the Academy of Drama. Zhu Youdun is now the dean of the Academy of Drama at a young age.

Under his leadership, folk dramatists and folk drama teams also had a stable research and development institution.

Chen Han absolutely supports these cultural things.

Precisely because of the comprehensive university, the School of Engineering, Ming Dynasty’s cultural projects are also advancing by leaps and bounds.

Due to the increasing openness and breaking through the constraints of Confucianism on the common people, the Engineering College has now begun to have female students. Although men and women cannot be taught together, the women's college has enrolled more than 300 students.

This is a very good phenomenon.

It is precisely because today's engineering colleges are becoming more and more open and have more and more new things that the old man goes to the engineering colleges every day to mingle with the students.

Of course, the old man would not say that he was the emperor, but would go inside to observe and learn as an old man.

So now it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is presiding over the court meeting in the court hall.

Zhu Biao was very happy after hearing what Shangshu said. Now the atmosphere in the court is getting better and better.

So he then asked: "To what extent has the construction of the Municipal Shipping Department reached now?"

The Minister of Household Affairs immediately said: "According to the instructions of Your Highness and the Duke, we are now stepping up the construction of city ships in Hangzhou and Ningbo in Zhejiang, Mizhou in Shandong, Songjiang in Zhili, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in Fujian, and Guangzhou in Guangdong. Si Yamen.

Among them, Guangzhou Shipping Division and Ningbo Shipping Division have been put into use.

A large amount of grain has already come in from the two places, and the grain business in Nanyang and Nanyang is on the right track.

A large number of Nanyang merchant ships entered the Ming Dynasty through several shipping offices.

According to the Duke's instructions, we all use treasure banknotes for transactions. "

When it comes to using treasure banknotes for transactions, the courtiers feel very proud.

Nothing else, just because treasure money used to be something that everyone was afraid of, but now everyone is vying to use it, and they have never disliked it.

Zhao Mian, the Minister of Household Affairs, said: "The common people are not fools. After knowing that the treasure banknotes are becoming more and more valuable, they all use them for transactions.

Of course, one thing that inconveniences the people is that they cannot bury their treasure money in the ground. "

When Shangshu Hubu said this, the officials burst into laughter.

The military generals also said: "In the past, when we got treasure money, we wanted to spend it quickly, but now we don't dare to use it too much, because no one knows when the value will rise. It would be a waste if we use it."

“It’s not like everyone is just watching the value of treasure banknotes more than double in two years, and we don’t know whether it will appreciate even more in the future.

The Duke also said that in the future, treasure banknotes may become worth more than silver. Now that the people have seen the announcement, they are reluctant to spend money. "

As he spoke, everyone became happy.

Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is like this.

There was a time when everyone liked to hide silver at home, saying it was a valuable thing, but it is different now. Nowadays, treasure banknotes are becoming more and more valuable.

Even treasure banknotes will soon surpass silver, and then they will be treasure banknotes.

However, treasure money is paper after all, and if it is hidden for a long time, it may rot.

So some officials asked: "My lord, according to the current rate of appreciation, the value of treasure banknotes may exceed the value of silver. By then, people must be able to save treasure banknotes."

Speaking of this, Chen Han immediately said: "There really is such a business. As the treasure banknotes become more and more valuable, in order to satisfy the people's business of saving money, the Baobao Bank will launch a banknote deposit service. The company's treasured banknotes can earn a certain amount of interest.

Prince Zhu Biao was also very interested: "Chen Aiqing, tell me quickly!"

Chen Han said: "Okay, Your Highness! In fact, when we first launched the concept of the treasure banknote lifting device, we thought that we must allow the people to use it with confidence, not only to use it, but also to exert greater value.

People realize that their banknotes will appreciate in value and are naturally unwilling to use them carelessly. Therefore, we appropriately propose the banknote deposit business and it will be a matter of course.

This business still needs to be improved. We will naturally propose it after the study is completed. It is necessary to propose it only when the value of the treasure banknotes increases to the value when it was first issued. "

This has given officials a shot in the arm.

With such a business, just wait.

After Chen Han finished speaking, His Highness the Crown Prince was also looking forward to it, and at the same time, he felt that he was quite hopeful now.

Zhao Mian, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, said again: "In the past two years, under the vigorous implementation of the reform by the Duke of the State, our Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, not to mention other things, just in terms of taxation.

After switching to using treasure banknotes to collect taxes, it is only the second year now. Including commercial taxes, our Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue has reached 40 million taels, which is 28 million taels converted into silver. "

hiss! !

Officials were shocked to hear this figure.

You must know that when the reform just started last year, the annual tax of 10 million taels shocked officials all over the world. Even His Majesty the Emperor was surprised.

But now in the second year of the reform, it has reached 28 million taels, which is more than double.

"Oh my god, no way, so much? Our daimyo actually has so much tax revenue?"

"In the past, our annual taxes for the Ming Dynasty were converted into silver, and it was only seven or eight million taels. Now, the reform has more than tripled in just two years. If this continues to be implemented, it will not be more than ten or twenty times. ah!"

"Okay! This proves that our daimyo is getting stronger and stronger now."

"Twenty-eight million taels, we never dare to think about it!"

"So the reforms made by the Duke are correct."

"We must implement the reform plan of the Grand Duke in the future."

"Twenty-eight million taels!"

Prince Zhu Biao was also very excited...

(End of this chapter)