I just want to provide disaster relief, and the court wants to allocate money.
To form an alliance with the Japanese country, you need to send a large army to support it, and you also need money.
The treasury bonds issued for Lan Yu's army to go to war are about to expire.
One by one, money must be taken out of the treasury.
But now, where can I find so much money?
"A penny can't help a heroic man."
Zhu Yuanzhang said and sighed again.
This person is in a difficult situation and is almost as poor as he was as a beggar in Fengyang.
"There will be a solution tomorrow."
Zhu Ming raised his head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, thinking that he was here.
The clearing of land has been implemented for some time, and those people should have some money in their hands.
"What can my dear grandson do?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ming and asked seriously.
After several previous exchanges, he had already acknowledged his good grandson's ability to govern the country.
He might actually have a solution to the empty treasury.
"Grandpa Huang, my grandson thinks, tax reform."
Zhu Ming looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with certainty. He had been thinking before that in this era, there are too many people exempt from tax.
Landlords are exempted from taxes, temples and monasteries are exempted from taxes, and scholars are also exempted from taxes.
These rich people don’t contribute any money, so in the end the tax can only come from the hands of the people.
How can the little money of the common people be enough to support such a huge empire?
"Tax reform?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Ming with some surprise, but he had never thought about this.
He has already thought about all the taxes he can collect.
If more taxes are added, it will probably become exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes that will make people's livelihood difficult. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?
"But people already have a difficult life. If we add taxes, how can we survive?"
He patted Zhu Ming's head sincerely, saying that if he continued to love his good grandson, raising taxes would not be feasible.
As an emperor, you must never treat the people as human beings.
Otherwise, if the people rise up, they will die without a burial place.
He also wants to train Zhu Ming into an eternal wise king.
"Who said that people's taxes will be increased?"
Zhu Ming looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, but he hadn't spoken yet.
Why, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, do he belong to the common people?
"What do you mean, grandson?"
When Zhu Ming said this, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.
If we don’t raise taxes, what else can we do to solve the problem of empty national treasury?
He is so worried because he cannot raise taxes and it is too difficult to replenish the national treasury.
"Taxes will be increased, but the people's taxes will not be increased tomorrow."
Zhu Ming looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and spoke proudly.
Broaden your horizons. If you keep a lot of money in the hands of people who don't have to pay taxes, if you collect some money from them, the treasury will have money.
"If you don't want to increase taxes on the people, then, dear grandson, whose taxes do you want to increase?"
Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more confused as he listened. Is there any other place where taxes can be increased?
"Whoever has money will be taxed."
Zhu Ming raised his head proudly and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang hadn't thought clearly yet, he simply said: "For example, temples and Taoist temples."
"Well, temples and Taoist temples?"
When Zhu Ming said this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt his eyes light up.
He is not unfamiliar with temples either.
When he was desperate, he let the monk go for a while, but that was not a memory worth recalling.
The places that were good for alms were all taken away by the senior brothers, leaving only some poor places for me to beg for some porridge.
These monks are no different from the common people, and their intrigues are even more intense.
Moreover, in all dynasties, temples were rarely used to collect taxes.
How could such a good grandson of mine think of this?
"Yes, Ming'er remembers that when Grandpa Huang made his fortune, he also served as a monk for a period of time."
Zhu Mingming nodded sincerely and showed admiration when talking about Zhu Yuanzhang's past.
This worship is not fake either.
No matter what era we look at, Zhu Yuanzhang's experience of making a fortune is legendary.
Start with a bowl and kill directly into the Nine-Five Supreme, becoming an emperor.
Even the people on the RMB have said that only the Han and Ming dynasties were the most righteous in winning the country.
"Those monks and Taoists don't farm or work, yet they still charge so much money for incense. There is a lot of money stored in the temple."
Afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would disagree, Zhu Ming also explained to him the reason why he asked them to collect money.
"That's true."
Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded, and Zhu Ming made some sense.
However, he still had some concerns in his heart: "If we accept money from the temple, will those who believe in Buddhism accept it?"
There are many people in the world who believe in Buddhism and Taoism. They collect money from temples and Taoist temples. If they cause trouble, it will not end well.
"Confucius once said that if you don't talk about it, your strange power will confuse your spirit."
In order to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Ming even moved Confucius out.
No matter how much you think of gods or Buddhas, Confucius is not as good as Confucius in this land.
Confucius said, if you don't talk about strange power and chaos, then you are just a strange power and chaos.
"The people don't have enough to eat, but the temple occupies a large area of land. Don't you think it's ironic for the Buddha to have a two-foot-long golden body?"
Zhu Ming also looked down upon these Buddhas.
"If Buddha had knowledge in heaven, he would also sympathize with the suffering people."
Don't you, Buddha, claim to save all sentient beings? You can't have any objections to this money being used to help the people.
"If these monks don't agree to spend money to save all sentient beings, it means that these monks have no common people in their hearts and are monster monks who deceive the world and steal their reputation."
Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Zhu Ming's words and nodded repeatedly.
What Zhu Ming said makes sense. If the Buddha was unwilling to spend money to help the people, how could he say he was saving all sentient beings?
"If the money in the temple is not enough, those businessmen and scholars also have a lot of money."
After Zhu Ming said this, Zhu Yuanzhang finally reacted.
Collecting taxes from monks is just the beginning. What Zhu Ming wants to collect is the money from those who did not have to pay taxes in the past.
Whoever has money pays taxes.
"Ming'er has already thought about it. The more money we have, the more taxes we will have to pay."
"The common people are taxed one ten thousand taels. If the family property is ten thousand taels, they are taxed five one.
Zhu Ming has already thought about the reasons for collecting these taxes: "These people have never paid taxes on weekdays, and now they have paid off their debts."
"That makes some sense."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, Zhu Ming's payment ratio was quite reasonable.
These people still make money, but they make less than before.
"In this way, the national treasury can be enriched a lot."
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's heart moved, Zhu Ming grinned and smiled innocently at Zhu Yuanzhang as if asking for credit.
"It's a good idea."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, but this matter was not as simple as Zhu Ming thought.
The ministers in the imperial court may not agree to this.
Once he became emperor, the court was no longer the exclusive domain of his Zhu family.
