Zhu Xiongying froze on the spot,
It can be said that what Zhu Yuanzhang said,
Completely shattered his illusions about Ming Dynasty's finances,
Not only is there no abundant national treasury as imagined,
And they are so poor that they can’t even earn a grain of rice? !
Zhu Xiongying asked subconsciously,
"Grandpa, the grandson's money..."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyelids twitched and he quickly changed the topic and said,
"Don't ask, we still have some private money."
Zhu Xiongying lowered his head and suddenly felt that the grain he had collected became extremely heavy.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and sighed,
Since Zhu Xiongying is trained with the goal of becoming the future emperor,
So Zhu Xiongying can't avoid the national financial problem no matter what.
So, Lao Zhu thought,
Why don't we just tell Zhu Xiongying everything about this matter?
It would also help him to be mentally prepared.
Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands and said to himself,
“From last year to this year, there have been frequent natural and man-made disasters.
There are wars in the west, floods in the south, and Tatars invading the border frequently in the north...
Oh, by the way, I will also overhaul your mausoleum.
Going here and there like this has drained the treasury.
Fortunately, we were able to squeeze out money for the children at home.
Otherwise, our old face will be completely disgraced! "
Zhu Xiongying was silent for a while,
It can be said that Lao Zhu takes great care of his family. The entire royal family,
All were supported by Zhu Yuanzhang alone.
Moreover, Lao Zhu also clearly stipulated that as long as he is a member of the royal family, he is not allowed to make a living for himself.
Judging from this posture, Lao Zhu wants to take care of everything, from beginning to end.
Speaking of which,
The Qing Dynasty also learned from Lao Zhu.
After the Eight Banners disciples entered the customs, they divided the territory around Shanhaiguan and strictly prohibited the Eight Banners disciples from making a living on their own.
At the beginning of entering the Pass, the number of Eight Banners disciples was not very large, and the Qing government could barely support them.
However, as more and more children of the Eight Banners were born,
The imperial court's annual allocation to the children of the Eight Banners has become an astronomical figure.
The tail is too big to fall off.
It brought down the Qing Dynasty's finances!
At present, Lao Zhu supports the royal family, although it is not to the point of ruining the finances.
However, it seems to be fast,
Every year, 50,000 shi of grain are given to the prince who is divided into vassals, and 20,000 shi of grain are given to the prince who has not been divided into vassals.
These princes under Lao Zhu’s knees,
Counting the youngest one, Xiao Eryi, who was born to Concubine Zhao the year before last.
These are the twenty-one princes,
Seven of them are in feudal vassals, and fourteen are in Beijing.
Just one year’s expenses on the prince,
That’s a full 630,000 shi of food! ! !
This doesn’t even count the princesses and emperors’ grandchildren under Lao Zhu’s knees! ! !
As far as Zhu Xiongying knows,
Last year, the tax revenue collected by the entire Ming Dynasty was 23 million stone of rice and 4 million stone of barley.
That adds up to twenty-seven million stones,
These taxes are used for the management of the entire country, of which the royal family has allocated nearly one million dan.
This is definitely not a small number! ! !
What’s even more frightening is that the prince will give birth to royal grandsons, and when the grandsons grow up, they will also join the vassal.
The number of royal family members will increase exponentially!
Even after the quantity expansion reaches a certain node,
This number will explode!
By then, Ming Dynasty will only be poorer!
At the very least, it seems that the word "poor" has been associated with the entire Ming Dynasty.
I don't know why,
Obviously, the silver economy is developing rapidly, and the cultivated land in the Central Plains region has been developed to its limit. It also has an excellent platform for international commodity trade.
Whether it is agriculture, textile industry, or business, they should enter a new peak.
But the result is,
Most of the time, Ming Dynasty was extremely poor!
Not to mention that compared with the Song Dynasty, even the finances of the Yuan Dynasty were far inferior!
The economy of the Ming Dynasty was in a complete mess!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xiongying and saw Zhu Xiongying's beautiful eyebrows furrowed.
I couldn't help but ask,
"Grandson, what do you think?"
Ever since Zhu Xiongying saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was deliberately checking and balancing civil and military officials, Zhu Yuanzhang taught Zhu Xiongying with extra care every day.
During these days, Zhu Xiongying frequently made shocking remarks,
It also broadened Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking a lot.
even,
Zhu Yuanzhang himself also learned a lot in the process of teaching Zhu Xiongying.
Lao Zhu was talking to Zhu Xiongying today about the financial issues of the Ming Dynasty, and he was also wondering if he could find some inspiration from Zhu Xiongying.
Zhu Xiongying paused and said,
"Grandpa, there are only two ways for a country to make money."
Zhu Yuanzhang leaned forward and asked anxiously,
"Which two?"
Zhu Xiongying raised his finger,
"Increase revenue and reduce expenditure."
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and murmured,
"Increasing revenue...reducing expenditure..."
The more Lao Zhu used these two words, the more interesting they became.
Just these two words explain the entire country's financial problems.
Quite a bit of simplicity!
Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his thigh excitedly and said excitedly,
“Well said!!!
Open source is to attract more money, while cutting back on expenditure is to save less money!
Hahahaha, eldest grandson, you speak much more clearly than the Minister of the Ministry of Finance!
He has been talking to us for two hours, but he really can't talk nonsense, and all he talks is nonsense!
It's better if you understand these four words clearly! "
Zhu Xiongying smiled shyly. Zhu Yuanzhang's laughter gradually stopped and he looked at Zhu Xiongying expectantly.
Then he asked,
“Grandson, it’s good to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, but is there any ready-made method?
We thought of an open source method to give you a try! "
Zhu Xiongying was a little curious. He didn't expect that Lao Zhu had a talent for economics.
Is this an idea? !
"Grandpa, please tell me, do you have any good ideas?!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed,
“Open source just wants to attract more money.
We were thinking about finding an opportunity to make some big case so that we could kill a group of officials who didn't like it and then ransack their homes! "
Zhu Yuanzhang made a snap and clapped his hands, looking extremely excited.
"Look, isn't there money coming from this?!"
When Zhu Xiongying heard this, his head was full of black threads.
Good guy, I take back what I said about Lao Zhu’s economic talent!
Isn't this just nonsense? !
If you run out of money, you’ll ransack the officials’ homes!
Co-author: Are all the officials of the Ming Dynasty your pigs and sheep? !
Kill after fattening? !
"Grandson, how are you?!"
However, Zhu Yuanzhang still looked very proud, waiting for Zhu Xiongying to praise him.
Zhu Xiongying sighed and said,
"Grandpa, this method is not good at all."
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled and asked,
"What's wrong with this?!"
"Grandpa, have you ever thought about it, if you kill all the officials in the DPRK and China, who will do your work for you?"
Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his neck and said,
"Why haven't we thought about this?!
However, don’t worry about this. The imperial examinations were widely held in the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be the most prosperous dynasty in history.
A three-legged toad is hard to find, but a two-legged scholar is also hard to find? !
We finally understand that these officials are like leeks. Once you cut one, another will grow right away.
Never worry about no one being an official! "
Zhu Xiongying shook his head,
"Grandpa, my grandson feels something is wrong."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed and he said,
"Oh? Tell me what you think."
"My grandson feels that grandpa cannot compare officials to leeks.
Nowadays, the officials of the Ming Dynasty are all talented leaders, and they have been polished in political affairs for several years.
It can be said that I have an extremely good understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China, and I can handle political affairs with ease, which saves you a lot of trouble, grandpa. "
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded,
"That's true."
"But if you kill them all and use new ones,
No matter how powerful this group of scholars is, they can't just get started on the political affairs of the DPRK.
Without several years of hard work, they would never be able to reach the level of old officials.
National political affairs affect the whole body.
A casual decision made by the DPRK affects thousands of Ming people.
We must not allow new officials to gain experience at the expense of the people.
Therefore, my grandson feels that it is wrong to compare officials to leeks.
One stubble of leeks grows again, and there is no difference before and after.
But a good official needs careful care and training. If you kill one, you will lose one! "
Zhu Xiongying said a lot in one breath,
As Zhu Yuanzhang listened, his disapproving eyes gradually became serious.
Lao Zhu looked at Zhu Xiongying in amazement and couldn't help but sigh,
"Grandson, what you said makes sense.
No one has ever told us this. I really thought it was wrong.
Our approach is not good. "
Zhu Yuanzhang established the Yushitai, and this year he changed the Yushitai into the Imperial Procuratorate.
There are all officials in the Imperial Procuratorate. They are low-ranking and powerful. They can scold the emperor at the top and the officials at the bottom.
but,
The fact is that these officials only dared to scold the officials, but they did not dare to question Zhu Yuanzhang.
the reason is simple,
Zhu Yuanzhang really killed people!
These officials are not stupid either.
There is no need to say a few words in exchange for being beheaded.
Therefore, over time, Zhu Yuanzhang heard fewer and fewer doubting voices.
The heart of a single husband is becoming increasingly arrogant,
This is not a good thing for the emperor.
Today, Zhu Xiongying does not shy away from Zhu Yuanzhang at all.
Grandpa is right when he is right and wrong when he is wrong.
Zhu Yuanzhang was convinced.
Our grandson not only dares to question himself, but he can’t find any fault with what he says.
We feel comfortable listening! ! !
However, this is Zhu Xiongying,
If it were someone else, tell Lao Zhu exactly what Zhu Xiongying said,
The results range from being scolded to being beheaded!
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and looked at Zhu Xiongying expectantly,
"Grandson, please give me some advice!"
Zhu Xiongying paused and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Grandpa, my grandson doesn't have a way to increase revenue for the time being, but there is a way to reduce expenditure."
Zhu Yuanzhang tensed up and said seriously,
"you say!"
"Abolish the annual royal subsidy expenditure!"
