But when the words came to his lips, Sun Chengzong swallowed them back and said: "There are many ways to be frugal, but it is difficult to determine the way to develop financial resources!"
Xu Guangqi took a sip of tea and said: "But now the people are becoming more and more prosperous, and more and more people are enjoying dignity. It is not enough to rely on frugality. The old army cannot be stopped, and the new army must be trained. For example, those postmen at the post station. If you abolish the post station, you will We can save a lot of expenses, but what will happen to these postmen once they have no more work to do? These people will cause trouble. By then, it is very likely that the border troubles will not be resolved, but the internal troubles will arise again, so we must develop financial resources."
Sun Chengzong nodded: "This is exactly the reason, but opening up financial resources also affects the whole body."
Xu Guangqi laughed sarcastically: "You guys from Donglin don't always like to talk loudly. You only pay attention to family affairs, national affairs, and everything in the world. How come you don't have any ideas when it comes to taking real action?"
Sun Chengzong was not angry when he was ridiculed by Xu Guangqi. He only said: "It doesn't matter if you talk about it, but this is a national policy dedicated to His Majesty. How can you do it casually? Otherwise, you will end up harming yourself. If you harm the country and the society, wouldn't it be a big deal?" ?”
Xu Guangqi smiled slightly, and he quite agreed with Sun Chengzong's answer.
However, because of this, Xu Guangqi took the initiative and said, "I have a few ideas. Brother Zhisheng, would you like to hear them?"
Sun Chengzong stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation and said with a smile: "Please tell me your opinion."
Xu Guangqi said: "Why don't you learn from Zhang Juzheng, clear the land and clarify the land tax, so that the small people can reduce the tax and the powerful can increase the tax, and then the national treasury can increase the revenue without increasing the burden on the people?"
Sun Chengzong laughed and said: "Zhang Juzheng is such a smart and capable man. Even Feng Bao, the chief minister of the inner court, obeyed him, and Qi Shaobao, the border general, had to be his dog. He has not been able to completely prevent the land annexation. How can I, Sun Chengzong, be like that?" With my ability to be an enemy of the world, I’m afraid I’ll be dead before I can revolutionize the world!”
Xu Guangqi then said: "How about you become Yan Song, and from now on, you will be loyal to your superiors and kind to your subordinates, collect money and plunder it, and then give the stolen money to you. Although you will be called a traitor, you can still protect the country." !”
Sun Chengzong laughed again, waved his hand and said: "How can I not be defeated by Yan Fenyi for twenty years! Besides, I don't know where Sun will be in his career in the future. Just let me learn the methods of those chief ministers!"
"But this is your Majesty's intention! I am the one who made you prepare to be the chief assistant in advance."
As Xu Guangqi spoke, he added: "If I can't clear my father-in-law's land, and you don't want to make money and plunder it, then I have another idea!"
With that said, Xu Guangqi said: "In my hometown of Songjiang, the cotton and weaving industries are developed. Therefore, there are many silk-harvesting shops. These shops earn huge profits by earning the price difference. Every day can count as a fortune." It's small, but our Ming Dynasty commercial tax only collects customs clearance tax and transaction deed tax. There is no tax on this kind of intermediary business. You can suggest to the imperial court to impose a commercial tax, especially the tax on tooth travel! Nowadays, Not only Songjiang, but also Jiangnan and the capital are full of large and small shops. If these taxes are levied, they will not hurt farmers or small traders. Isn’t it possible to have both?"
Sun Chengzong stood up in a panic and said in fear: "This must not be done! Who doesn't know that the people who open dental shops are either relatives of the emperor or the old ministers of the cabinet as their backers. If I propose to collect business taxes on these dental shops, I will It's okay to be ruined, it will also harm His Majesty! Thank you Xu Zi for thinking of it first!"
Xu Guangqi shook his head and said: "Then I have no choice. If we don't find a solution from the commercial tax, will we have to add additional taxes to the land tax?"
Sun Chengzong said: "Of course it won't work. It doesn't matter if you in the south impose more land taxes. Anyway, you have side jobs to support it. But if we people in the north increase the levy, we will really suffer from starvation and even chaos!"
Xu Guangqi suddenly said: "In the Han Dynasty, in order to conquer the Xiongnu, we had to collect salt and iron for official profit. Why don't we also propose that your majesty agree to government-run some industries? Similar to the establishment of the imperial shop and imperial village in the Chenghua Dynasty, you should know that at that time, it was also the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the end, Emperor Xianmiao used the benefits of Huangzhuang and Huangdian to build up a strong army and plowed the nests of the Eastern captives! As a result, Liaodong had no more troubles from the Eastern invaders for a hundred years. It was not until recently that the Li family's self-respect in raising the Japanese invaders caused the Eastern troubles to arise again. "
After hearing this, Sun Chengzong became interested and nodded: "But this also caused people at that time to criticize the Xian Temple, thinking that it took the interests of the people and manipulated hundreds of officials. Therefore, there are people who made three pavilions made of paper and six ministers made of clay. "
"If the master is strong and the ministers are weak, naturally there will be three ministers made of paper and six ministers made of clay. They are just talking about officials. They hope that important ministers such as the ministers will go against the emperor and listen to their words! But in the end, the world is full of words. The official has the final say or the emperor has the final say. Are we, as ministers, loyal to the official or to the emperor?"
Xu Guangqi asked.
"Of course he is the emperor."
Sun Chengzong replied.
"So, using official business to make profits is a good strategy! You were right just now. As long as taxes are raised, no matter what aspect of the tax increase, it will affect the whole body. But making money does not need to involve too many people. It only needs to invest money and send people to run it. It is naturally difficult for the court to directly ask the rich and noble people for money. However, if the court earns money from the rich and noble people, it will be less difficult. Moreover, it can be achieved by changing the imperial camp to an official camp and making profits in the name of the court. The effect of the Xianmiao Dynasty can also prevent people at that time from slandering my father. At most, they just say that you, Sun Zhisheng, are good at making money!"
Xu Guangqi continued.
Sun Chengzong suddenly stood up again: "This is a great idea! Let's expand the benefits of the official business! At that time, your majesty's internal funds can be used exclusively for the military, and the civilian wealth can be fully supplemented by the official profits!"
Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "After all, it's you, Xu Zixian, who can think of new ideas. By the way, His Majesty asked you to recommend veterans who have leisure time or career to serve as teachers. How did you do? Do you have any clues?"
Xu Guangqi replied: "I went through the files of the military generals of the Wanli Dynasty's three major campaigns in the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War, and I selected a group of veteran generals who have not yet passed away! I am preparing to present it to His Majesty at that time. Don't tell me, His Majesty is really Shengming Zhuzhao, it is difficult for him to think that it is a waste to let these veteran generals disarm and return to the fields and stay in the mainland. They should be raised in the court to train the future of our Ming Dynasty! It is said that the chiefs of Donglu are good at fighting, and our Ming Dynasty has so many generals. Wanli Dynasty The three major conquests have only been going on for more than 20 years, so I don’t worry, there is no one better than Nurhaci!"
Sun Chengzong laughed: "You, Xu Guangqi, have to train troops for the imperial court and now also select generals for the imperial court. You are quite like Tan Xiangmin (the famous anti-Japanese official Tan Lun)! I haven't asked you yet. You have been coming to Beijing often recently." What's happening near the camp? Tell me, why do you like to run here every day? It's in the wilderness!"
Xu Guangqi looked towards the direction of the Beijing camp and said: "Your Majesty said that to run a martial arts lecture hall, we can't just have veterans sitting in the hall as teachers, but also have to have outstanding young military attachés in charge of the new martial arts supervisors. They say that the military equipment in the Beijing camp is lax. I am now every day I came here just to see if there are any generals who still insist on training. I don’t believe that all the military officers in Nuo Da’s Beijing camp are not good at training.”
Sun Chengzong laughed after hearing this: "I don't know if there are any military officers in the Beijing camp who are still diligent in practicing military equipment, but in our Imperial Academy, I found that the Yiyi Prisoner practiced riding and archery every day. It is said that the Donglu will be a big problem in the future. Those who wish to serve the country should not forget the Six Arts of a Gentleman, so as to prepare troops for the king's battlefield in the future!"
After hearing this, Xu Guangqi was shocked: "Really? This is a character. What's his name? Xu wants to know him!"
Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Lu Xiangsheng, named Jiandou, is from Yixing, Changzhou, South Zhili! I will bring him to see you some other day!"
