Plane Travel Guide

Chapter 1078: Royal Central Bank of Ming Dynasty

In as long as two and a half months, it was enough for the real products of Baihualou to be displayed in various provinces and regions in the entire Ming Dynasty. . lvsexs. cc

Most of the people who came to the capital used to go to the Movie and Painting Palace to see what was new, but after the opening of Baihua Building, its limelight even overwhelmed the newly opened upgraded version of the Movie and Painting Palace.

All the women in the capital are crazy about Baihualou, and if they can buy even one of them and use it in their daily life, they will quickly become the focus of attention of the surrounding people.

And businessmen from all over the world and even all of East Asia are rushing to the capital. The Movie and Painting Palace may not be able to move away, and the movies and videos inside can only be viewed in the Movie and Painting Palace, but the things from Baihualou can be brought back to their hometown to sell!

Especially after the Changming lights lit up the entire capital, the capital of Daming has completely become a city that never sleeps.All kinds of night markets have begun to appear, and the number of newly born industries is simply dizzying.Plane Travel Guide 1078

Under Tang Shaozhe's previous suggestion, Zhu Di had set up a new Ministry of Commerce in the imperial court, which was regarded as a newly established institution independent of the Six Ministries and directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family.After that, all commercial taxes in the country will be handed over to this department for collection.

The business in the Ming Dynasty was actually good, and by the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had developed a kind of budding state close to commercial capital.

However, the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was a joke. There were even officials who collected commercial tax by throwing a basket on the street so that merchants would take the initiative to pay the commercial tax.This has also been passed down as a good talk, and countless literati praised it as good governance that does not disturb the people.

But in fact, the business of the Ming Dynasty was developed, but because the tax was almost equal to zero, the country had no extra source of income.It can be explained that all the "government" revenues and expenditures of the generation depended on the poor land tax, no matter how it was done, the above articles were too little.

As we all know, the planting industry in the agricultural era is almost a typical example of relying on the sky for food.There are no improved seeds cultivated by genetic technology, no chemical fertilizers synthesized from various elements, and no more detailed division of agricultural product planting in modern times. Everything is just a cloud.

Zhu Yuanzhang also came from a poor family, and he never forgot this when he became emperor.The taxes in the Ming Dynasty were actually very low, and ordinary people could easily pay them under normal circumstances.

However, the low salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were also the most famous in history, so officials did not want to be poor and had to rely on various means to exploit the people.Without commercial tax, most of the similar exploitation was added to the land tax.

And businessmen also need the support of officials if they want to do business well, so large sums of bribes flow from the hands of businessmen to the private pockets of officials.The more the society of the Ming Dynasty developed, the more deformed it became.

The polarization is too serious, the rich and powerful gentry of the people, while the poor people have little place to stand.In addition, most of the officials are rich and famous, but the national treasury is just a running mouse that can only be empty.

Therefore, on the premise of not touching the entire official system for the time being, Tang Shaozhe first suggested to Zhu Di to open the Ministry of Commerce to collect commercial taxes.This can expand the source of income of the treasury and minimize the agricultural burden on the people of the world.

The accumulation of agriculture is very long, and it is absolutely not enough to rely on agriculture alone if you want to make the country rich and strong.The growth rate of commerce is relatively faster, especially the future goal of Ming Dynasty is to build an empire on which the sun never sets.

At that time, with the quality and quantity of Ming products, it will be possible to unify the global commercial market.The commercial tax at that time will be an extremely astonishing figure, so it is essential to lay a foreshadowing before that.

What's more, similar political reforms look at Ming Dynasty. Except for Ming Chengzu Zhu Di who can innovate and set rules, Tang Shaozhe really can't think of who he can rely on to achieve such a shocking event.

On the day when the Ming Dynasty becomes an empire on which the sun never sets, you can't just watch the people of the Ming Dynasty be impoverished, right?Not to mention that that appearance too tarnishes the reputation of the global empire, even Tang Shaozhe himself can't stand it.

Now that the first step has been taken, Tang Shaozhe came back this time to take the second move to lay out the layout for future actions.

算上影画宫的359712吊钱和百花楼的172563吊钱,现在的国师府总共掌握着高达532275吊钱的铜板。每吊钱是1千文,所以唐少哲手头目前有5亿3千万文铜钱。

Such a huge reserve of copper coins, not to mention the panic of money in the entire capital, has even caused a money shortage in the entire Ming Dynasty.There are fewer and fewer copper coins circulating in the market, so more gold, silver and precious metals are introduced into people's daily trade.

There is no problem with gold and silver being used for trading and circulation, but it is very inconvenient for daily use.Scales and silver scissors needed to be introduced to artificially shorten gold and silver into more trivial units for everyday use.

However, the use of precious metals has great disadvantages, the most critical one being the payment of taxes.Plane Travel Guide 1078

Since the government's tax revenue needs to be turned over to the treasury in the end, it is definitely not appropriate to provide wheat, rice or copper coins to the treasury.First, it is inconvenient to transport, and second, it is inconvenient to store, so it is best to turn in gold and silver ingots of standard weight.

The manufacture of gold and silver ingots needs to melt scattered gold and silver, and then recast it into official silver.During this process, the dissolution and recasting of gold and silver will produce necessary chemical losses.This is the so-called tax fire consumption, and the government will definitely not pay for it by itself.

This part of the fire consumption silver also needs to be paid by the people in the land tax, and sometimes the additional fire consumption silver is more than the formal tax.This caused a great burden on the common people, because the officials took the opportunity to make a fortune in it.

Regarding the fire consumption of tax and silver, this is the standard set by the local government itself.The vast majority of officials will not let go of this good opportunity to make a fortune. After all, the standard of fire consumption is completely up to them.

Officials not only need to ensure a certain quality standard in their daily lives, but also need to welcome and send them to build a network of relationships through human relations. If they think about their children, grandchildren or families, then the number of needs will only increase.

This part of the money was obtained from the common people in the name of Huo Consumption Silver, so in many places, the land tax may only require the common people to pay 1 penny, while Huo Consumption dared to receive the same or even higher amount.

In order to cut off this black hand silently, Tang Shaozhe had long ago requested an imperial decree from Zhu Di: allow him to open the Daming Royal Bank—in the future, the bank can also be used to control the country's economy and secretly control the whole country.

Don't doubt this kind of thinking, Tang Shaozhe can do the same with those big chaebols in modern America.

"Well, there are actually 532275 hanging coins in total. Yes, it is probably enough for the early stage of opening a bank." Tang Shaozhe made a rough calculation, then hooked his finger at Hu Zhan, and said, "Yun Shu, come here with your ears. Tonight, you Go so and so..."

After telling Hu Zhan all the key points one by one, Tang Shaozhe raised his head and waved to Mu Rui, and then gave him the same explanation.This time, if the famous Royal Bank does not open, it will be a blockbuster.

Before that, Zhu Di didn't understand the difference between modern banks and Ming Dynasty money houses at all, but he satisfied all of Tang Shaozhe's requests.As for the so-called reform of the taxation system of the Ming Dynasty by Master Guoshi, he didn't take it to heart at all.

No one has ever heard that the national tax reform will be related to a bank!Well, even if the bank changes its name to the Central Bank and allows the issuance of paper money similar to "flying tickets", so what?

It's not that Ming Dynasty hasn't issued banknotes before, and the value of Daming Treasure Banknotes is getting worse day by day.Although the government can specify its denomination, it cannot intervene in actual value changes.

Therefore, Zhu Di didn't believe that Tang Shaozhe could play tricks in this respect at all. Cultivation and immortality are not for this, right?

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