As soon as Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, said this, before left minister Su Yunqi could say a word, Ding Yongchang stood up in a hurry and said: "This method won't work!"
Seeing his son's actions, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, panicked for his son.
But fortunately, Su Yunqi didn't get angry because of Ding Yongchang's actions. He smiled slightly, looked at Ding Yongchang and asked, "Tell me what you think."
Ding Yongchang said: "Now the imperial court is indeed in urgent need of money, but the tax cannot be increased no matter what, because the people will not be able to afford it."
Before Ding Yongchang finished speaking, looking at Ding Yongchang who disagreed with his officials, Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, said: "If taxes are not increased, where will the money, money and food of this court come from? Have you ever thought about this? ?You’re young, don’t just talk about anything, use your brain to think.”
Ding Yongchang stopped talking at the words of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue. After listening to the words of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, Ding Yongchang knew that the words of Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Revenue, were more or less scolding him, but... Ding Yongchang is used to it.
After all, if you want to do good things and make decisions for the people, it is inevitable that you will encounter opposition from some people.
However, the high-spirited Ding Yongchang is not afraid of this.
"Cen Shangshu, you are the Hubu Shangshu of Da Mo. You are an official of the imperial court and a high official. You have to think about the people, right? We can't all care about money and food. Could it be that in your eyes, there is only money and food? Are you a family?" Ding Yong said.
Before Ding Yongchang finished speaking, Ding Liu, as a father, was already very afraid of his son and said: "Chang'er, don't be rude."
Sitting next to his father, Cen Anze couldn't stand seeing Ding Yongchang's appearance. If there wasn't someone here, he might have given Ding Yongchang some color.
Fortunately, there were several officials present. Cen Wenxing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, did not have the same understanding as Ding Yongchang, and said: "I naturally care about the people, but I can't just stop collecting taxes and let them do whatever they want just because I care about the people." Acting rashly is like cattle and horses being herded, right?”
Seeing that no one said a word about how to make more money for the state treasury, Ding Yongchang thought of his father's officials and the method he mentioned a few days ago. Ding Yongchang looked at the left prime minister and said: " Prime Minister Zuo, I think the method I mentioned last time is better."
"The first step is to lift the maritime ban and resume foreign trade exchanges between ordinary people and foreigners. Then, organize militiamen to station at various ports and other places along the coast to strictly guard them. As long as merchants and foreigners can communicate normally, hundreds of people along the coast can go out to sea to make a living. , In this way, the money collected will not be so shabby next year."
Listening to Ding Yongchang's words, Left Prime Minister Su Yun began to think.
Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites sitting below, listened to what his son Ding Yongchang said. He seemed to feel that his son dared to say this not only for the sake of the people but also for his own official position. He felt a little happy in his heart, but on his face On top of that, he still looked expressionless and worried.
Do you think Ding Liu looks like this both internally and externally? No, no, no, this is just superficial.
After thinking for a moment, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, said: "This method makes some sense, but at the moment, all the money in the imperial court is in short supply, so it may be difficult to come up with money.
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Come and form a militia team like the one you mentioned? "
"Prime Minister Zuo, I believe that we can first adopt encouraging measures. For example, those who join the militia and station on the coast to strictly guard against Japanese pirates will be exempted from taxes on their families." Ding Yongchang continued.
But the problem came again, Su Yunqi asked: "If their taxes are exempted, how much money can the court collect?"
"If I remember correctly, there are more than 90 million people in Da Mo, right? If this militia team is formed, it will only be tens of thousands. Compared with all the people in Da Mo, it will only be a dime in nine years. This Exempting tens of thousands of people from taxes has not done much harm to the imperial court. Furthermore, isn't it great that these militiamen are stationed in coastal ports and other places to strictly guard the sea and prevent Japanese pirates from entering Damo? They are stationed along the coast, and as the saying goes, the people who depend on the mountain eat the mountain. There is no need to pay taxes and money for water and water, and I only need to contribute a little to protect the people of Damo. As for the court, it only needs to exempt them from taxes." Ding Yongchang said again.
Listening to these words, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi thought again.
The officials sitting behind looked at this with thoughtful expressions on their faces, but in their hearts they didn't care at all.
After so long, Cen Anze, the Minister of War, and Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, have not had the right to speak.
Ding Liu was fine. Once he had a son, he could just sit back and watch, but Cen Anze, the Ministry of War appeal, didn't think so.
I guess what he was thinking was that his official position was several levels lower than his own, so why did he have so much say and talk about my father in public?
After thinking for a moment, Left Prime Minister Su Yun raised his head and looked at Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng: "Prime Minister Yang, in your opinion, is this method a good one or a bad one?"
Upon hearing the benefactor's question, Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng hurriedly said: "Left Prime Minister, I think it is good, but this method can be changed like this. It does not require too many people to form a militia to guard foreign Japanese pirates. Try to Control the number of people, and wouldn’t it be better if the people here are only children?”
After listening to what Yang Youcheng, the right prime minister, said, the first person to be praised was Ding Yongchang.
"What the Prime Minister said makes sense." Ding Yongchang said with a smile on his face.
Seeing that Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng and Ding Yongchang agreed with this matter, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi had no choice but to ask the sitting officials: "What do you think?"
"I agree." Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, was the first to agree.
It seems that Ding Liu and Ding Yongchang really have a deep love between father and son. The son strives for him to return to the court, and he helps his son with his methods.
"The lower official also agrees." Du Antong, the governor, agreed for the second time.
However, after the two agreed, there was no more sound.
Seeing that the fathers seemed to disagree, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, asked: "What objections do you two have, Mr. Cen? You might as well talk about it and listen."
I wanted to disagree, but I couldn't think of a reason to disagree. Cen Wenxing, the Minister of Household Affairs, had no choice but to say: "I agree."
As soon as the father said this, his son Cen Anze also said, "I agree, too."
It seems that there is a tacit understanding between the father and son of the two families.
Everyone agreed, thinking of his son Su Yanzhi who was in the main force of the three provinces, thinking of the group of unruly people in Guangnan, and then
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Thinking about this year's locust plague, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi said: "In that case, then lift the sea ban. Restore business transactions between merchants and foreigners, and let coastal people resume fishing at sea. Organize 50,000 militiamen to station at various locations along the coast. The port and some places are strictly guarded against the sea, and those who join are exempt from taxes at home." After that, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked at Ding Yongchang with a smile on his face and asked: "Are these 50,000 people enough?"
"Enough." Ding Yongchang responded.
Okay, now another question comes up.
The sea ban has been lifted and the militia has been established. So how can the people in this territory earn more money and collect a lot of money during the next tax collection?
For this reason, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, asked Ding Yongchang: "In your opinion, how can the people of our dynasty earn more money and collect a lot of money when collecting taxes next year? You know, this year's tax The locust plague has spread throughout South Vietnam, Mozhang, Guangnan, Huguang and other places."
It seems that Ding Yongchang did not think too much during his free time these days. He said: "If the people want to make more money, the first thing is to have a good harvest of crops. When I was free a few days ago, I After consulting some ancient books, locusts are afraid of birds and frogs, such as swallows, cuckoos, sparrows, frogs, toads, lizards, spiders, etc. We can let all prefectures and counties raise such things, among which swallows, frogs , cuckoos, etc. are all used to catch pests. When there is no locust plague, they can be placed in the farmland to help capture pests. When the locust plague comes, swallows, cuckoos, sparrows, frogs, etc. can be released into the fields to catch locusts."
"In this way, it will be of great benefit to the people's crops, and it does not take much effort to raise such things. Food can be found in the farmland. In addition, the official also learned in the book that locusts like dry places best. , Therefore, dry land is most likely the best place for locusts to breed, and converting dry land into paddy fields can greatly reduce the occurrence of locust plagues."
Seeing Ding Yongchang say so many words in one breath, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites sitting behind him, admired his son extremely. He felt so happy in his heart that Ding Liu couldn't wait to tell his son what he said. These words spread throughout the country, letting everyone know that their son could have such thoughts.
Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, was equally happy. After hearing Ding Yongchang's words, Su Yunqi's smile became even brighter and he said with a smile: "What a good idea, what a good idea." After speaking, Su Yunqi smiled brightly. Yun Qi looked at Right Prime Minister Yang Youcheng and asked, "Prime Minister Yang, what do you think?"
"Replying to my benefactor, I think this is a good idea." Right Minister Yang Youcheng said.
This time, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi did not ask those officials for their opinions, but made the decision: "Okay, let's do it like this."
It seemed that all the problems had been solved. Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi admired Ding Yongchang very much and asked: "What is your official position?"
"Back to Prime Minister Zuo, my subordinate is the doctor of the Department of Civil Affairs, Dushuiqing, Ministry of Industry." Ding Yongchang replied.
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked at these officials and said: "Now that the solution has been solved, you can go back first."
After hearing this, several officials stood up and left one after another.
Just as Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, and Ding Yongchang, the Minister of Rites, were about to walk out, Su Yunqi, the Prime Minister of the Left, called out: "Ding Shangshu, stay here."
After hearing this, Ding Liu turned around and looked at Zuo Xiang calling him. Ding Liu turned around, and his son Ding Yongchang also stopped walking.
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