Qianxue counted carefully: "Wang Cheng, the four of them, the eight newcomers, plus Wang Jin, Hao Yi, Ruan Xi, Chen Xiang, and Gao Ping, there are seventeen people in total. This position is not big enough." ah."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "If there is no place, create a place. From now on I will make the inner court look like a harem.
That is to say, there is no nominal head of eunuchs. A dozen or so people are in charge of their own affairs, and they are all equal in status. In this way, everyone does not have to fight, and the civil and military officials have no clear target to attack. "
Qianxue praised: "The harem, inner court, civil servants, and nobles are all relatively even. There is no particularly strong person, which means that the husband can absolutely control the entire court situation."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "The advantage is that I have absolute control, but the disadvantage is that if something goes wrong, I have to take the blame alone, and no one is there to support me.
This requires me to be invincible and victorious in every battle. One or two big defeats might squander my prestige.
Yes, that's it, I have to fight and win, and create a tall image in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people that I am ordered by heaven.
Hey, no matter what, we have to defeat Annan first, then go to capture Japan, and finally get back the Old Port Xuanwei Division. This initially formed an overseas trade chain, allowing overseas silver and other wealth to continuously flow into the Ming Dynasty.
With this wealth, I can reduce or reduce business taxes, land rents, corvees, build water conservancy projects, control floods, clear water transportation, and provide relief to disaster victims.
By the way, the salaries of civil and military officials were greatly increased.
When everyone above and below gets tangible benefits, people will not make noises every day to stop Western trade. "
"Then should we take down North Korea as well?"
"Why are you fighting North Korea? I won't fight that place. It's easy to conquer it through hardship and suffering, but in the end there is no benefit. The people have to go to great lengths to rule it. It's really thankless.
Besides, there was no reason to fight. As soon as Taizu established the Ming Dynasty, he fell to his knees at the feet of Taizu with lightning speed.
Really, Taizu wanted to cover his ears and pretend not to see it, so he could only reluctantly accept North Korea as a vassal state.
North Korea is so loyal to this level, and if you go to beat him, the Ming Dynasty's vassal system will collapse immediately. Which small country will dare to follow you in the future. "
Qianxue smiled and said: "Slaves are those maids and eunuchs that I bought from North Korea. They are obedient and smart, and they are easy to use."
Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "This is a one-time deal, and we must never go to North Korea to buy people again. The last time was a sudden attack, and neither North Korea nor our Ming Dynasty were prepared.
Next time, if Ming Dynasty colludes with North Korea and inserts spies, it will be fatal.
We have so many children, if they kill a few of them, we will be honest.
But don’t think that just because I’m telling the truth now, I’m looking down on those people.
As long as you are indifferent, our children will definitely die one after another.
Just like the current Emperor Gongrang, Concubine Xuanmiao, and the Crown Prince, as long as I wave my hand gently, they will all die. Now that Chen Xiang is in charge of Shangshan Supervisor, it is very easy and not complicated at all. "
"I understand. In addition, Zhu Jian, the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has requested to be appointed official."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It's good to be an official. I respectfully let the emperor have one less loyal minister, so I can directly approve it. It would be great if all the loyal ministers of the emperor respectfully are as discerning and energetic as Zhu Jian."
"Also, the Prince Consort Xue Huan is begging for a share of the late Prince Consort Jingyuan's family."
Zhu Qiyu asked curiously: "Which part of the song is this? Jingyuan died in Tumu Fort in the battle, and the court should be merciful. Xue Huan also wants to divide the servants assigned to Jingyuan by the court? These Why do I understand less and less what people do?”
Lin Xiangyu smiled and said: "Maybe there is a stunning maid in Jingyuan, and Xue Huan wants to get involved."
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "No, you are too imaginative. It would be a pity not to write a storybook."
Qianxue also smiled and said: "That's not necessarily true. What Yan'er said may not be wrong. Husband, do you know that Xue Huan beat Princess Changde two days ago.
Tsk tsk, that is the biological daughter of Xuan Miao and Concubine Li, the biological sister of Emperor Gongrang. "
Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "It's normal. Even if I were Xue Huan, I would have to beat up Changde. You don't know how miserable the Ming Dynasty's consort was."
Especially Xue Huan, who was originally the son of Marquis Yangwu. He grew up with fine clothes, fine food, and a worry-free life.
It took eight lifetimes of bad luck to become the consort. As a concubine, he was not allowed to take concubines, and he was not allowed to support domestic slaves. He could only have one woman, the princess.
If the princess can be as gentle and submissive as Yan'er, just be a woman and forget about being patient.
The key is that the princess acts like the consort and his third uncle every day, never giving him a good look.
Who would take care of her? He only beat her but didn't feed her any medicine. Xue Huan was already conscientious enough.
Look at Zhao Hui, the consort of the eldest princess of Baoqing. After the death of the princess, he was completely free and took in more than a hundred concubines. His life was better than that of a living god. "
"Then just ignore Xue Huan?"
"No matter what he does, as the saying goes, if the people don't complain, the officials won't investigate. Princess Changde didn't complain, so why should we ask a dog to meddle in other people's business?"
Qianxue teased: "How can anyone call themselves a dog? Zhang Yi, a doctor from the Imperial Hospital, learned from Yang Xun, and also wrote a memorial about the commercial tax in the capital. Do you want to listen to it, husband?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Think about it."
"Zhang Yi, a doctor at Chentai Hospital, reported that all the people in the capital were united, and daily necessities were inevitably spent on merchants and travelers. The imperial court set up official stores and levied light taxes. If there were debts in transactions, the imperial censor was often ordered to supervise the responsibilities, so it was necessary to attract money. It's also.
The officials who manage finances these days don't know the big picture, and they only carve and peel it, like a piece of silk, from a tax note to seven coins of silver.
Three shuttles of cloth for every ten pieces are worth seven coins of silver. The same is true for other things. If you calculate the tax on the original thing, you should first take a quarter of it.
I am afraid that business travelers who have been traveling for a long time are afraid of tax evasion and are unwilling to come to Beijing, causing everything to boil. "
After Qianxue finished reading, she asked curiously: "For a medical doctor from the Taiyuan Hospital to worry about excessive business taxes, does that mean he is meddling in other people's business?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I asked him to do this. Wasn't all the original imperial doctors of the Imperial Hospital killed in the mutiny? This Zhang Yi is a famous doctor we hired with huge amounts of money from the private sector. Now I have put him in Entered Tai Hospital.
I asked him to write a memorial and fill in the gaps for the court, which was a small contribution. Then I took the opportunity to give him a promotion.
The hospital cannot live without our people. "
"What about the business tax?"
"Let's discuss it with the court. When I conquer Annan, Japan, and Old Port, I will directly waive all these commercial taxes."
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "Don't they all say that the more business taxes, the better? The more business taxes, the more revenue the court will earn.
The more income the court has, the stronger the country will be.
Why does my husband do the opposite and focus on reducing business taxes? "
Zhu Qiyu explained: "Chaoguan was first established in the fourth year of Xuande. Our wise and powerful Emperor Xuanmiao established seven counties in Miao County, Linqing, Jining, Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou and Shangxinhe in one go. A banknote pass.
Just think about it, suppose you are a businessman, transporting a shipment of goods from the south to sell in Beijing.
From the time you set off on the boat to the time you arrive in Beijing, you have to go through seven banknote checkpoints, so just take your time.
When you arrive in Beijing, before your goods are sold, they will charge you a quarter of the value of your goods as business tax.
All of the above are just theories, based on the integrity and law-abiding nature of tax collection officials.
If you encounter a corrupt official, there are many ways to deal with you. For example, if your goods are worth one thousand taels, he insists that they are worth two thousand taels, and then charges you a quarter of the commercial tax, which is five hundred taels.
Your goods worth one thousand taels of silver, which you worked so hard to transport to the capital, are suddenly taken away from you by five hundred taels, and you have no place to cry. "
After that, Zhu Qiyu added: "The seven banknotes of Emperor Xuanmiao can collect about 400,000 taels of tax silver a year. This silver needs to be divided between the inner court and the imperial court, and the imperial court only gets 300,000 taels.
Xuande's gang of monarchs and ministers were shouting to recuperate all day long, and I don't know what they were recuperating for. No matter what kind of good they do to the people, they just collect money and enjoy it all day long.
The key point is that it’s no use even if you charge so much money, Shanxi is still in a mess.
It sounded like it was a peaceful and prosperous time, so I just hit them casually and easily pierced them all.
I, the most absurd emperor of the Ming Dynasty, am going to rebel against them again. I decree that the seven banknote checkpoints on the Grand Canal should be abolished. "
Qianxue asked: "Aren't you going to discuss it with the ministers?"
Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "What are we still discussing? When Wang Anshi carried out the political reform, Wang Anshi had the final say alone.
This is a deep reform. Everything is discussed, and how long will it take? "
(End of chapter)
