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Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:
"Anyone who violates our Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away it is. This is the foundation of our Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, some people falsely said that this was a waste of national power and a waste of money and people.
Look at the refugees everywhere in the past two years, and look at the boatloads of rice that Zhen and the crown prince brought back. What we won is the granary of Ming Dynasty in the future. "
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty hurriedly bowed and saluted:
"Yes, my emperor is wise."
Zhu Youjian shook his head slightly:
"Dear dears, now is not the time to be nice and obedient. All departments are talking about what happened in Daming territory and the results of their handling after Zhen Yujia's personal conquest."
Sun Chuanting held the prelude on the ivory board:
"Your Majesty, after your Royal Conquest, everything in Daming is running normally, but there are also some disasters.
Severe droughts occurred in the two northwestern provinces of Ming Dynasty. Shanxi, Henan and northern Anhui all suffered droughts of varying degrees.
The cabinet and the six ministries have tried their best to rescue the disaster. Jiangnan first transferred rice from the south of the Yangtze River for disaster relief, and later His Royal Highness the Crown Prince transported a huge amount of food for disaster relief.
With the full support of various departments of Ming Dynasty and businessmen from all over the country.
Although there is still no rain, the people have no worries about eating for the time being.
Rest assured, Your Majesty, today's Daming will never happen again the kind of disaster that almost overthrew my Ming, all this is thanks to His Majesty's blessing. "
Before Sun Chuanting finished speaking, all the ministers fell to their knees:
"Yes! Your Majesty is blessed and blessed, and my emperor is long live long live long live long live!"
To be honest, no matter who is the emperor, he must like to hear such words.
This is also the reason why sycophants of all dynasties and generations have been able to run rampant since ancient times.
Of course, the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty today are not flattering and flattering, they are really expressing their feelings for the fact that the Ming Dynasty has such a sage.
Of course, Zhu Youjian is no exception. He also likes to listen to this kind of singing.
However, he is very clear-headed and knows what to do to enable Daming to start the prosperous age, and to prolong the prosperous age as much as possible.
He is not a god, and it is impossible to guarantee the eternal prosperity of Ming Dynasty forever.
Zhu Youjian smiled and stood up, raising his hands:
"My dear ones, don't be polite, let's live in peace!"
It is not due to me alone that Daming can be what it is today, and I would also like to thank all my lovers for their devotion to Daming.
Corruption will exist at any time. I hope you can lead by example. Even if you can't do nothing, you must be worthy of the official reputation you have, and do your best for the Ming Dynasty and the people of the world. "
After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, the officials bowed again and saluted:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, there are absolutely no corrupt officials in the imperial court!"
Zhu Youjian nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Ni Yuanlu:
Minister of the Household Department, please tell us about the situation of the Ming treasury! "
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Chapter 649: The Great Ming Treasury
Chapter 649
Hearing the emperor's question, Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, smiled all over her face, and bowed to salute with the ivory board in her hand: "Your Majesty, since the founding of Hongwu, among all the Ministers of the Household Department, I should be the happiest Minister of the Household Department. It's all because of my emperor's wise decision.
It can also be said that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Chen is the only household minister who does not have to worry about the lack of silver in the treasury. So far, after deducting all expenses, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty still has 800 million taels of gold and silver and 900 million dragon coins.
In addition, Daming Bank also has 5000 million taels of silver deposits and about 4000 million dragon coins. Of course, Daming Bank's silver deposits and dragon coins do not belong to the imperial court, but are private deposits of silver.
But it is enough to show that not only the country is at its peak, but the people of Ming Dynasty are also rich. This is a grand occasion that has never happened before in history. Congratulations! "
All the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty knew that Daming was not short of money, but they never expected that there would be so much savings. The words of Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, immediately made the Huangji Hall boil.
"With so much money, Daming finally has no shortage of money. My God, the agricultural tax is so low. Where does this money come from? Is it all commercial tax? Didn't the Donglin Party say that merchants have no profit?"
What Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said was within Zhu Youjian's expectations. He knew what a huge income commercial tax was.
During the Chongzhen period, they wanted to levy commercial taxes, but they were firmly resisted by the literati and civil officials. They said that the collection of commercial taxes was to take profits from the people. .
In order to fight against the captivity in the East and to pacify the world, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to increase the collection of agricultural taxes, which was precisely what benefited the people.
The imperial court increased the collection of agricultural taxes, and the local government increased the collection again. They were still greedy for the wealth of the country in the face of the national crisis, which eventually led to bandits everywhere, so that the Ming Dynasty was overthrown.
Since Zhu Youjian crossed, he not only distributed the land to the people, but also exempted the agricultural tax, only collected the land use tax of the people, and levied [-]% of the tax according to the income.
In this way, as long as the common people have income, they will have [-]% of the food stored, and they can also work in farms and cities to earn money, and their income will of course increase significantly.
With the opening up of Ming Dynasty, capital is blooming all over the place. Commercial tax collection is a huge amount of income, and various smugglers have been eliminated. The smuggling alone has brought 3000 million taels of income to the treasury.
In this way, of course Daming will not be short of silver. In fact, Daming now has far more silver than what the Minister of the Household Department said.
The emperor still has a few million taels of internal funds, and the Royal Chamber of Commerce will not pay its taxes until the end of the year. Zhu Youjian's system warehouse still has more than 1000 million taels of gold and silver.
It can be said that most of the silver in the world has been owned by the Ming court and the people.
Seeing Hubu Shangshu's triumphant look, Zhu Youjian would not be upset because of her gaffe, it would be the same for anyone.
Looking down at Xia Wanchun below, he saw that they were still standing there in a serious manner, and they couldn't see what was going on in this kid's mind at all, as if the money in the Ming treasury had nothing to do with him.
"Ni Aiqing, do you know where most of the money in the Ming treasury comes from?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I know that most of them are commercial taxes. I was stupid back then, but my emperor is wise."
Indeed, as Ni Yuanlu said, when Zhu Youjian imposed commercial tax, many ministers opposed it.
But Zhu Youjian was not the original Emperor Chongzhen. As long as you dare to stop but levy business taxes, the court will destroy you all.
It was under Zhu Youjian's thunderous means that the Ming commercial tax could be collected smoothly. Of course, someone needed to resolutely implement it. Xia Wanchun was his staunch supporter.
"Okay, I got it, continue to implement the policy that was formulated at the beginning, and I will give you some rewards during the Chinese New Year. How is the population recovery of Daming now?"
The population of the Ming Dynasty was about 1.5 million in the Wanli period, which was also the peak of the population in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
Later, due to the arrival of the Little Ice Age, natural disasters such as drought and cold occurred frequently, so that many people died of starvation and cold.
Later, with the invasion of Dongkuo and the army of rogue bandits who rose up one after another, the Ming Dynasty continued to be in chaos, and the population dropped sharply again to only about 7000 million people. It is estimated that nearly 3000 million Chinese people were massacred by Dongkui.