Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1336 All in one sweep

  Mou Bin let out a sigh of relief as he spoke.

  He did not dare to argue with the crown prince and Fang Jifan.

   I just want to prove my worth and my ability.

   "So, now Jinyiwei's thousands of households and hundreds of households are all mobilized for me. No matter how difficult it is, we must not slack off."

  Mou Bin can only explain it like this. At this time, it would be too pale to say more. I just hope that Jin Yiwei will do their best to arrest the group of Bailian Sect.

  Early the next morning, Emperor Hongzhi called Mu Bin into the palace.

  When Mou Bin saw him, he saw that Emperor Hongzhi was holding the latest statistics in his hand, and Xiao Jing was waiting on him.

  The new statistical data looked extremely frightening, and Emperor Hongzhi showed a deep thought on his face.

  Fang Xiaofan designed a new statistical method, which is to discount all output, and then calculate the production value of each prefecture and county based on taxes.

   Although this calculation method may not be completely accurate, it can roughly see the output of each prefecture and county.

  In the statistics of the latest year.

  The growth of the capital is particularly high, and its output is more than double that of last year. This is naturally related to the influx of a large number of disaster victims, as well as the output of various constructions and countless workshops.

  The second is the Baoding Chief Political Commissioner. The Baoding Chief Political Commissioner governs only one prefecture and one prefecture. Among the provinces, the area under its jurisdiction is extremely small, but its growth is also unprecedented.

  The output of the capital and the Baoding chief envoy has surpassed that of the originally affluent provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, so that the sum of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces is still far behind.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the tax situation again, and the gap was even wider. Because of the promotion of the commercial tax by the capital and the Baoding chief envoy, the annual revenue of the treasury has reached 19 million taels of silver, which is the income of other provinces. Ten times the difference, the provinces adopted the tax in kind, but...

  Emperor Hongzhi picked up the reports from other provinces, and the governors and chief envoys of the provinces seemed to be appealing to the gentry to pay the silver tax.

  The reason is that in the past, everyone was willing to pay the tax in kind. This is because the tax in kind is divided into good and bad, good and bad, and there is a lot of wear and tear, which gives many people the opportunity to do something.

   It also claimed to have turned in the grain, but the newly paid grain, there is a difference between good rice and poor rice, but it was sent to the grain depot, it is rice.

  As for food, it always needs to be transshipped. During the transportation process, manpower and material resources are needed, and food will inevitably be lost. This is another income.

However, due to inflation, people are no longer willing to pay taxes in kind. After all, the same catty of rice may be worth three Wen in the first half of the year, and four Wen in the second half of the year. People realize that the value of assets is always With the increase of commercial activities, the sale of commodities has become easier and easier, and even many merchants are now going directly to various villages and lis to purchase grain directly, which saves a lot of trouble.

   So, why not pay taxes in silver?

  Emperor Hongzhi pondered, and said lightly.

"Nowadays, the Bank's banknotes have been promoted, and this business is getting easier and easier, but...the banknotes have to be wary of the lessons learned from the Ming Dynasty's banknotes...Baoding's new policies have achieved results, and this is thanks to Ouyang Zhi. With the Baoding chief envoy as an example, the implementation of the New Deal is on the right track, and in my opinion, Ouyang Zhi should be called back to Beijing."

Then, Emperor Hongzhi murmured to himself: "As for calculating taxes with silver, I think it's time to implement the method of one whip. However, grain is the foundation of the imperial court. For other practical affairs, taxes can be calculated with grain. Food, but don’t rush it.”

Emperor Hongzhi bowed his head, picked up the ink pen, approved a note, and handed it to Xiao Jing: "Send it to the cabinet, let's discuss it. What I mean is that other provinces can use silver instead of grain to calculate taxes, but only Jiangnan provinces But it is absolutely impossible. Let the cabinet come up with a charter."

  Xiao Jing naturally understood what Emperor Hongzhi meant, and after receiving the approval note, he nodded submissively.

  The grain tax in Jiangnan accounts for half of the world's grain tax.

It's not that Jiangnan's grain production accounts for half of the world, but that there is a Grand Canal connecting Jiangnan and the capital, which makes it convenient to transport grain with minimal loss. It also saves manpower by going directly by water. If half a catty of grain can be sent to Beijing, it is considered Amitabha, and grain tax is really of little significance.

   "Go." Emperor Hongzhi waved lightly to Xiao Jing who nodded.

   After listening, Xiao Jing bowed his body, agreed, and started to leave, raised his head, and glanced at Mou Bin.

  Mou Bin lowered his head and stood with his hands tied.

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mu Bin, and said calmly: "Mou Qing's family, you are here."

  Mou Bin bowed down immediately: "I have seen Your Majesty."

   "I've been waiting for you to come, how about it, White Lotus Sect, do you have a clue?" Emperor Hongzhi expressed concern about this.

   Stealing so much gunpowder is not bad, and these people are so ambitious that they even want to murder ministers. This is intolerable. Only when Emperor Hongzhi is captured can he rest assured.

  Now there is a lot of turmoil in Beijing, and the three cabinet scholars, Emperor Hongzhi have sent ministers to protect them properly, but if this continues, it is not a long-term solution.

  Emperor Hongzhi could only hope that Jin Yiwei would catch those people soon, so he looked at Mou Bin with some expectation.

  Mu Bin knew that this matter was no small matter, so he solemnly said: "Jin Yiwei and his subordinates are already doing their best, please rest assured, Your Majesty, within a month, I will definitely catch them all."

Emperor Hongzhi nodded his head slightly to express his trust, but he pondered for a while, and then said: "You are an old minister who serves by my side, I know you are stable, and the White Lotus Sect behaves treacherously, and has always been secretive. A month's work is hard for you. But at the moment, if you are not in a hurry, you will not be able to do it, I believe you can handle the errand well."

  When Mu Bin heard the word "veteran", he seemed to be touched, and he became excited.

He is not a very smart person, but when Emperor Hongzhi was the prince in Zhan Shifu, he served him in front of him. It can be said that he watched Emperor Hongzhi grow up with his own eyes. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi was full of hair. Huafa, and Mou Bin himself are very old. Although His Majesty doesn't like factory guards, he has always been kind to himself.

  Mou Bin's eyes were reddish, he couldn't help sobbing, and prostrated himself on the ground: "It's a great fortune for the old minister to share your majesty's worries, how can you not be so heartbroken, even if it's an axe, axe, soup, and wok, I'm sincerely happy."

  Emperor Hongzhi smiled, heaved a sigh of relief, and said to Mou Bin seriously: "I just ordered you to suppress the bandits of the White Lotus Cult. What kind of ax and ax are you? You are the commander of Jinyiwei. How can you say such a thing?"

   "Yes. The veteran will die."

  Emperor Hongzhi comforted him: "Do it well, your grandson is not too young, let him enter Xishan Academy, and when he learns well in the future, I will reuse him."

"yes."

  …

   Just as he was talking, an **** hurried in from outside: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... The White Lotus Bandit... got it... got it."

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mu Bin in surprise when he heard this.

  This old guy is very skilled.

   Just now I said in front of me that within a month, the Bailian sect bandit must be captured, and when I turned my head, he was caught?

  Mu Bin was stunned, as if something was wrong.

  Seeing Mou Bin's dazed look, Emperor Hongzhi was also full of doubts. Why, he didn't know anything? what's the problem?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the eunuch, and the **** understood: "Shuntian Mansion captured it, outflanked a warehouse, found that batch of gunpowder, and arrested thirteen people on the spot. , and arrested more than 90 people, almost killing them all."

  Shuntianfu…

   This is a bit like a dog taking a mouse.

but…

  The dog really caught the mouse.

  You really have to admire it.

A few days ago, the crown prince was struggling a lot. This is another new Yamen building. Emperor Hongzhi only thought that his son was crazy about selling land, and his mind was full of money. This is not like him. No.

  But who would have expected...

  Emperor Hongzhi looked at the eunuch, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Where is the man?"

   "It's in the prison of Shuntian Prefecture."

  Emperor Hongzhi's face was unpredictable.

  Shuntianfu…

  Officials do not repair Yamen.

  Those two guys repaired Shuntian Mansion dozens of miles away.

  He really admires these two guys.

  Emperor Hongzhi pondered: "I'll go and have a look."

   "Your Majesty..."

  Mu Bin had complicated thoughts. When he came back to his senses, he seemed a little worried when he heard that His Majesty was going to Shuntian Mansion.

   "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled at Mou Bin and said, "I have the protection of the Qing family, so what is there to worry about? Let's go, Shuntian Mansion is relocated, I haven't visited it yet, isn't it common people's house relocation, it's called housewarming, you want to give gifts Yes. Let's see what gift our Shuntian Governor wants to give me."

  Mu Bin was confused: "..."

   After a long time, he took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, the joy of housewarming is... yes... it is a gift from the guests to the host's house. It is not a gift from the host to..."

   "Oh." Emperor Hongzhi nodded, with a look of recollection on his face: "So that's the case, I was wrong."

  Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "To be more specific, I am the Son of Heaven, and I am the master of Shuntian Mansion, isn't it? Let's go, I want to see where the White Lotus Sect really is."

  Mu Bin's thoughts are extremely complicated.

  But Emperor Hongzhi didn't mean to blame him. At this moment, how could he dare to neglect, and immediately followed behind Emperor Hongzhi.

  Emperor Hongzhi drove, got into the car, surrounded by imperial guards, and left the palace all the way. After traveling for more than an hour, Nashun Tianfu was far away.

  Look from a distance.

  Na Shuntian Mansion is actually extremely majestic, occupying a large area, with a main building and dozens of auxiliary buildings.

  Emperor Hongzhi got out of the car, looked around, and couldn't help thinking, this must have cost a lot of money.

  …

   This is the third update last night, not counting today, the third update is as usual today.

  (end of this chapter)