When Zhao Chongyuan and Wang Lishi arrived at Qishui Ferry.
The black-hearted tour guide has already taken the people from Youzhou away.
As for the goods brought back from Youzhou, they had already been packed and placed on the cargo ship.
A whole cargo ship.
Surrounding the cargo ship, people like Erwazi were fully armed and standing with knives.
Seeing Zhao Chongyuan and Wang Lishi coming over, he quickly knelt down and saluted.
"Well, you don't need to be like this outside."
Zhao Chongyuan waved his hand.
He was born into a royal family, but he didn't like these etiquette either.
Sitting inside the cabin.
Zhao Chongyuan looked slightly worried, and Wang Lishi asked: "Lishi, how much money do we have in the treasury?"
Let the cargo ship slide slowly on the Qishui river.
Zhao Chongyuan looked at Wang Lishi beside him and asked.
As the chief official, the ceremonial supervisor, and the eunuch in charge of the seal.
In addition to Wang Lishi's power to suppress the Daqian cabinet, he also has the power to inspect the Six Ministries for him, Zhao Chongyuan.
"Your Majesty, the southern border has been unstable in the past few years, and domestic famines have continued year after year. Last year, Ganshui flooded, and nearly seven million taels of silver were allocated at one time. You also exempted the taxes along the Ganshui coast. Our treasury is currently full. There are less than four million taels of silver left."
After Wang Lishi thought seriously for a moment, he whispered back.
Besides Qishui, Ganshui is another river in Daqian with a wide drainage basin, covering almost half of Daqian's territory. It is an important trade channel between the north and south of Daqian. It can be said to be the mother river of Daqian.
But success is also dry water, failure is also dry water.
Over the years, Ganshui rivers have always overflowed during the rainy season, and countless people along the way have been ruined by the floods.
Even in the construction of river embankments, Zhao Chongyuan has allocated a large amount of money over the years.
"Then how much money do I still have in my inner treasury?"
Zhao Chongyuan asked.
"Your Majesty, there are still a little more than 1.02 million taels in total. If we exclude the 200,000 taels returned to His Highness King Yan, there are still 800,000 taels left."
Wang Lishi replied respectfully.
The money in the royal treasury mainly comes from the income from the salt and iron monopoly, and the income from tribute, Shanze garden production, customs and wine tax belongs to the royal family. In addition, in fact, the great cadre masters who are under the age of 14 You also have to pay a poll tax, which is called oral money. It is twenty-three coins per year, of which twenty coins go to the royal family and three coins go to the treasury.
This is the rule that Daqian has established since the founding of the country.
But since Zhao Chongyuan ascended the throne, the head tax has been waived.
The reason was that a minister in the imperial court reported that some families among the people had their children strangled to death at birth because they could not afford to pay for their children.
Zhao Chongyuan couldn't bear this, so he waived the poll tax that had been in place since the founding of Daqian.
In fact, twenty-three cents a year for a child does not seem to be much, but in fact, during the collection process, the officials below will use chicken feathers as arrows to collect money many times a year, plus local The amount of various additional additions has already been several times the prescribed amount.
It is precisely because of this that Zhao Chongyuan ordered the head tax to be cut off directly from the source.
However, it is precisely because of this that Zhao Chongyuan's internal treasury is far less than that of the previous royal family.
"Add another 500,000 taels to the national treasury and leave 300,000 taels."
Zhao Chongyuan replied calmly, and then said with some emotion: "Oh, the emperor doesn't have any money either."
Zhao Chongyuan sighed.
The reason why the treasury is short of money is not because of the poverty of the country, but because of the accumulation of two hundred years of history, the power of those powerful families who are colluding with the court is too great.
If it weren't for Dagan, he would be surrounded by powerful enemies from all over the world.
Zhao Chongyuan had already operated on these blood-sucking moths lying on Da Gan's body!
"Your Majesty, I have an idea that I don't know whether to say or not."
After thinking for a long time, Wang Lishi said hesitantly.
"That's right. Do you think I'm the kind of emperor who can't listen to advice?"
Zhao Chongyuan turned his head and looked at Wang Lishi sideways.
"Actually, I think there is a great way to make money right now."
Wang Lishi replied.
"Um?"
Zhao Chongyuan frowned slightly.
"Your Majesty, in fact His Highness King Yan has already opened up a good way for us to make money."
With that said, Wang Lishi took out the glass cup he had taken out before from his sleeve.
"you mean?"
Zhao Chongyuan's eyes lit up and he looked at Wang Lishi with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this thing is cheap in Youzhou, but it is not popular in Daqian Imperial Capital. In addition, when Goryeo paid tribute before, these glasses were boasted about. Which of the princes and nobles in the capital would not want to get one?
To be honest, this slave knows it.
A glass cup circulated from the palace has been sold for a sky-high price by the dignitaries in the capital.
If we sell all the goods we brought back from Youzhou this time, I think the profit from this trip will at least double,"
Wang Lishi looked at Zhao Chongyuan meaningfully.
There is no money in Daqian's treasury, and the people have no money in their hands, but the wealthy families who are sucking blood from Daqian are not without money.
If he were to perform direct surgery, it would inevitably arouse their resistance.
But if you do this, it will be easier for them to pay.
"Okay, okay, Lux, Lux, you have followed me for many years, so you understand my thoughts."
Zhao Chongyuan laughed.
Without blushing or out of breath, he picked up the idea that Wang Lishi had come up with.
Seeing Zhao Chongyuan like this, Wang Lishi rolled his eyes calmly.
"Then what does Your Majesty say about the price?"
After deciding on this method, Wang Lishi looked at Zhao Chongyuan again.
"I remember the jade girl's fire, oh, no, it's fine wine and fairy dew, it's like eighty taels of silver per tael."
Zhao Chongyuan smacked his lips and said somewhat ambiguously.
Wang Lishi: "..."
When it comes to blackness, you are still black...
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Just when Zhao Chongyuan was taking Wang Lishi by boat along the Qishui River towards Daqian Emperor Yingtian.
The king of Qi, Zhao Zhe, was beaten by Zhao Chongyuan after he was thrown from the beam of the house. The news spread like wildfire that he had to confiscate his salary for three years.
In an instant, the whole Daqian court was in a state of uproar.
In the harem, Prince Qi's biological mother Zhang Guifei burst into tears.
Inside the cabinet.
At that time, Taifu Yang of the Yang Mansion, the chief minister of the dynasty, was extremely busy. An old man who was nearly eighty years old was lying on a slip of paper and writing fast and furiously. One memorial after another passed quickly in front of his eyes: "Where is the tax amount of the Ministry of Revenue this year? Why haven't you seen it yet?" bring here."
"I've called in sick and asked for leave. The Minister of Household Affairs is making arrangements?"
"Ask for leave?"
Listening to the auxiliary officer's reply, Yang Fu slapped the table: "I am already eighty this year, and I am still busy here. He is a sixty-year-old kid on high school leave? How dare he ask for leave at his age? Can he sleep?"
You tell him that before tonight, no, before His Majesty comes back, if the Ministry of Revenue has not calculated the tax amount this year, let him come to see it with his head raised.
If I was implicated by him and was fined three years' salary, I would just carry the coffin board and sleep in his house! "
