Chapter 586: When the total volume ranked first, His Majesty started talking about per capita!
From the outer court, Hai Rui, to the inner court, Li Fang, and then to Empress Chen, they all tried to persuade Emperor Longqing not to be too extravagant. Because the dynasty was experiencing huge financial losses, Emperor Longqing sent Hai Rui to drive away He fell in love with Li Fang and alienated Queen Chen.
When you have no money, save some money. If you had been more frugal, the budget for Emperor Longqing's imperial mausoleum would not have been only 500,000 taels of silver.
It is difficult for the current Ming Dynasty courtiers to understand why the imperial mausoleum was built in the sixth year of Longqing and the first year of Wanli. Why did the court default on the 110,000 taels of silver for the imperial mausoleum and did not pay it back until December of the first year of Wanli? Clear 110,000 taels of silver.
Not to mention the emperor’s 37.12 million silver investment in opening up the sea, nor the terrifying figure of 11 million silver in annual military expenditures, not to mention Suiyuan Chidao and mining debts of up to 20 million silver. Road construction and mining.
Only one Zhengya Bell and Drum Tower, the emperor spent 1.2 million silver to build such a Bell and Drum Tower that needs to be wound up and corrected every three days.
So, some courtiers spent only 500,000 silver on the late emperor's mausoleum, understanding that it was Zhang Juzheng's revenge for the late emperor's disobedience, and they asked you to be frugal and you were not frugal. After Long Yu invited the guests, they settled the matter together; The completion of Zhengya Bell and Drum Tower is Zhang Juzheng's reward for His Majesty's support of the New Deal.
When Zhao Mengyou heard about such rumors, Zhu Yijun felt incredible at the power of public opinion. He looked at Zhao Mengyou and said blankly: "Isn't it true that in their hearts, Mr. Zhang is so powerful?"
"Well, I didn't know Mr. Zhang was so powerful! Sometimes I feel that Mr. Zhang is timid, hesitant and wavering."
During the Longqing period, Zhang Juzheng wanted to Ranked behind Xu Jie, Li Chunfang, and Gao Gong, it was not until June of the sixth year of Longqing that Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong decided the winner.
Gao Gong said in the cabinet: How can a ten-year-old prince govern the world? He also said in Chen Wushi: Those who approve internally must be allowed to implement it only after the officials and other ministers understand it.
Although the emperor is only ten years old, when reviewing memorials, is it appropriate to use the word "Jingzi"? These two sentences completely angered Queen Mother Li.
So, Zhang Juzheng is not that powerful. It is not that Gao Gong is floating, it is difficult for Zhang Juzheng to win, because before the death of the late emperor, he took Gao Gong's hand and entrusted him with the country and the country.
"Your Majesty is the king's father. Naturally, Mr. Zhang is not that powerful." Tishuai Zhao Mengyou thought for a while and explained the problem. The perspectives are different. Your Majesty is the emperor and looks at it from top to bottom, while ordinary people look at it from the top down. Looking from bottom to top, the position of this station is different, and the problem will naturally be different.
Zhao Mengyou shared some small rumors with the emperor. These rumors were not elegant, but he still wanted to let the emperor know.
The demon book stirred up public opinion, and the public opinion interfered with the imperial decree. This was not a strange thing in the Ming Dynasty. For example, in the tenth year of Wanli, after the death of Zhang Juzheng, a book named "Last Words on the Sickbed" was written by Gao Gong. " spread in the capital, eventually setting off a comprehensive liquidation of Zhang Juzheng.
The "Last Words on the Sickbed" was not written by Gao Gong, but the demon book stigmatized Zhang Juzheng and prepared public opinion for the liquidation.
For example, the two demon book cases during the Wanli period, "Wei Wei Hong Yi" and "Xu Wei Wei Hong Yi", were both caused by the turmoil caused by the establishment of the crown prince.
Zhu Yijun is more skilled at this trick than the humble Confucians. "The Romance of Famous Confucians" is a bestseller in the capital. There are two issues in total, and each time it is a rush.
Zhao Mengyou took a step back and shouted loudly: "Marquis Ningyuan sent a New Year's gift. There are three auspicious animals, ten thousand-year-old ginseng, one hundred catties of century-old ginseng, six carts of furs, hazel mushrooms, and Hericium. 30,000 catties of dry goods such as mushrooms and fungus, 3,000 livestock of all kinds, and 18 live fish. Marquis Ningyuan congratulated: "Every year has this day, every year has this day, every year has more than its share, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the government is harmonious."
The auspicious animals are a white deer, a white tiger, and a specially selected seaweed, which is a bird. His Majesty the Emperor actually doesn't care about such things. It is a traditional gift. That seaweed, Does Zhu Yijun still have to deal with it? The effort of reviewing memorials can kill an eagle.
The most valuable thing here right now is the three thousand heads of livestock. Of course, the emperor will reward them as well.
"The live fish were caught by Ning Yuanhou himself when he went to Heilongjiang to cut the ice." Zhao Mengyou explained the specific situation of the eighteen live fish that had sneaked in. These eighteen were all caught by Li Chengliang when he went to Heilongjiang to cut the ice. Take the fish and send it to the capital to express your respect.
The reason why Heilongjiang is called Heilongjiang is because of the Liao Dynasty, the law of Taizu of Liao Dynasty was Abaoji, the temple of Taizu of Liao Dynasty is called Heilong Temple, and the gate of Taizu Mausoleum of Liao Dynasty is called Heilongmen, and because of the water of Heilongjiang River There is a lot of humus in it, so the water color is black, hence the name Heilongjiang.
"Why do I think Li Chengliang is looking for me to bring goods?" Zhu Yijun flipped through the list of gifts. The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong. There were too many things in it. When the emperor collected them, he said, "Queen's furs, emperor's spirit" Aren't these specialties from Liaodong already marketable?
Li Chengliang sent so many gifts, and Zhu Yijun also wanted to reward him. Naturally, his character would not be doubled, but Li Chengliang or the Liaodong area would definitely not suffer a loss.
Zhao Mengyou whispered: "It should be."
"I know that Marquis Ningyuan is good at fighting, but I have never heard that Marquis Ningyuan is good at business. It should be Hou Yuzhao who advises Marquis Ningyuan." Zhu Yijun let out a sigh of relief. When Huangzhuang sold everything, it was first used by Zhang Juzheng, who used Zhang Juzheng to carry the goods. Now, this method has backfired.
Liaodong came to the emperor to bring goods.
Liaodong, the Ming Dynasty is in the land of solid counties and counties. It is up to you, the emperor, to decide whether to bring the goods or not. Anyway, this is the land of your old Zhu family.
"Take it." Zhu Yijun waved his hand, isn't he just bringing the goods? Liaodong's current main sales are hard currency, which is very hard and of high quality.
"It should be Hou Yuzhao's idea, because this time there is a memorial to the capital." Feng Bao placed Li Chengliang's petition in front of His Majesty.
Li Chengliang mainly explained the rumor that their dog had horns. It was not horns, but the hair on the top of its head was thicker. The dog also entered Beijing in the livestock team.
Dogs are one of the six traditional animals, including cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens and dogs.
Li Chengliang expressed his feelings in the memorial. He was a rough old man who had not read for a few days and could not make much sense. He felt that it was too far-fetched to link a dog's life with rebellion. , Li Chengliang does not approve of this impeachment.
He believed that to impeach himself for treason, to be honest, the impeachment should be done from the perspective of three thousand servants, not from the perspective of a dog. Therefore, Li Zhi, the Zhili censor who patrolled the Zhili, was making false accusations. .
"Ning Yuanhou is not as good as Li Rusong when it comes to fighting with courtiers. Li Rusong also knows how to find a way to dig up people's ancestral graves by raising taxes. Li Chengliang is better off. He has made a petition. Shu, instead he talked about the three thousand servants. Isn't this giving excuses to the cheap Confucians?" Zhu Yijun looked at Li Chengliang's statement and his eyes darkened.
He, Li Chengliang, might as well not have such a romantic relationship.
Chen Qingshu cannot be controlled by others, because it is not Chen Qingshu if others control it. Therefore, Li Chengliang completed this memorial independently. On the contrary, it gave the base Confucians a reason to impeach. It's not a rebellion, it's the three thousand servants.
"I think that the three thousand guest soldiers are a topic that cannot be touched. Otherwise, we would not be impeached by such weird things as dogs. Without these three thousand guest soldiers, the situation in Liaodong will be very different. It will be ruined. No matter who arrives in Liaodong, they will have to rely on these three thousand guest soldiers to continue to make progress." Feng Bao analyzed the three thousand guest soldiers.
"That's true. Those cheap Confucians who can talk about it have already talked about it." Zhu Yijun agreed with Feng Bao's statement, which was the same as the 1,500 guest soldiers brought by Ling Yunyi.
Liaodong Li Chengliang, Nagasaki Xu Wei, Ryukyu Matsue Chen Lin, Lu Song Yin Zhengmao, and Jiugang Zhang Yuanxun all sent congratulatory gifts as Wu Xun. Because Zhu Yijun did not miss the Longevity Festival, so every New Year, gifts were given to the emperor. The only opportunity, and Zhu Yijun also made corresponding rewards.
Reciprocity is a courtesy, and this money really cannot be saved.
On the contrary, Pan Jixun, the governor of Suiyuan, did not send any congratulatory gifts, only a congratulatory form. It was not that Pan Jixun did not have a respectful heart, but that Pan Jixun did not lead troops. Suiyuan was the same as the hinterland of the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. The heart of the country is completely different from other places.
“Let’s go to the Ten Kings City.” Zhu Yijun gave corresponding rewards and wrote letters to the governors in various places, preparing for the final busy work before today’s New Year.
In the busy schedule before the Chinese New Year, there was an extra trip to go to the Ten Kings City to express our friendship. This trip is particularly important, because whether the transfer of the Ten Kings City to the feudal clan goes smoothly is directly related to the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. Census results from Dinkou.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly. This year, five more royal palaces were moved to Beijing. Together with the previous five palaces, it is now a well-deserved city of ten kings. The conflicts between people and land are sharp in Henan, Shandong, In Shanxi and other places, the most difficult obstacle to Qingzhang has completely disappeared.
The Ming Emperor's chariot arrived at the Ten Kings City first, and Zhu Yijun met the vassal kings from all over the country who had moved into the capital, especially the acting king Zhu Naixuan.
"On behalf of the king, you asked me in the memorial, is it a law for our ancestors to beg on the street?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Naixuan in front of him with a complex expression, and said with a little helplessness: "Junzizhe Fifth Generation However, the inheritance that the ancestors worked hard to achieve and the blessings and blessings left to future generations have been exhausted after several generations."
"The vassal kings everywhere are in trouble, and the court is also in trouble, and everyone is reluctant to do so. Well, the starting point of the descendants of the clan is much higher than that of most people in the Ming Dynasty. If they can be reduced to begging on the street, it can only be said that they don’t want to make progress.”
A very real problem is that the distribution of imperial certificates in the Ming Dynasty has been tightened. Even if there are imperial certificates, they cannot get a salary. There are only more than 20,000 people who receive the imperial salary. And there are more than 60,000 imperial certificates in the Ming Dynasty. Not everyone can get it. If they can move to Beijing, they can only find ways to make a living by themselves under the jurisdiction of the prince.
It is for this reason that in order to be the first to move into the Ten Kings City, the acting king Zhu Naixuan was so bold as to ask the emperor.
I came too late and couldn’t even get any leftovers!
Zhu Naixuan bowed his head and said: "I can take care of myself well and don't care about others."
The memorial to the king was for his own welfare and for his support in the capital. Birds walking dogs and fighting crickets, not for others. How could he, a prince who grew up under the vassal policy, be able to control so much? In the capital, he could still have good food, clothing, and housing. When he was in Prince Dai's Mansion, even scammers wouldn't come to his door, because there was really no money to be squeezed out.
Zhu Yijun stayed in the Ten Kings City for nearly half an hour, met with many princes, and got in touch with each other. He mainly told the princes to avoid being cheated, and don’t receive the stipend only to be cheated. Cheated away.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty left the Palace of the Ten Princes and went to the Royal Institute of Technology. The construction of the second phase was nearing completion, and the overall atmosphere of the Royal Institute of Technology was indeed much better than that of the Imperial College. Inside and out there is a down-to-earth, pragmatic style.
Zhu Yijun has to walk through the east, west, north, south and four directions of the capital. This is the case every New Year.
Time flies, December 25th, the 11th year of Wanli, is the last court meeting. The court meeting will continue until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
“Last year, Xishan Coal Bureau, Shengzhou Coal Bureau, Womagang Coal Bureau, Yongping Coal Bureau and many other coal-iron joint venture factories produced a total of 93,000 kilograms of coke, coal bombing, and honeycomb briquettes. , the output of crude steel was 5.08 million jins, and the output of pig iron was 42 million jins. Compared with last year, coal increased by 58%, crude steel increased by 145%, and pig iron increased by 116%. The reason for such a difference in growth is mainly that coal can be supplied In addition to spending the winter, people can finally use it to make iron and steel." Wang Chonggu, as the general office of the Xishan Coal Bureau and the person in charge of the official factory group, reported on the coal and steel production.
The reason for this difference is that the amount of coal extracted can finally be used for civilian use and large-scale steelmaking can be carried out.
“Previously, the construction cost of each mile of Chidao was 9,800 silver. Now the cost is 8,600 silver, a decrease of 1,200 silver. With the increase of steel production and the improvement of the engineering regiment and camp system, the cost of Chidao will increase. Further reduction." Wang Chonggu briefly explained the impact of this increase. Needing an indicator to measure the impact of the growth in steel production, Wang Chonggu chose the reduction in the cost of Chidao. The cost seemed to have been reduced by 12%, but anyone who has supervised the Dingjian project knows that this cost reduction is extremely large. Huge!
This is also the indicator that many officials in the imperial court feel most deeply about, Chidao's cost.
Chidao is good, but expensive. Expensiveness is not the shortcoming of Chidao, poverty is the shortcoming of the Ming Dynasty.
The total budget of Beijing Kaichi Road is 13.75 million silver. In terms of current costs, the budget can be reduced to 12.1 million silver, saving 1.65 million silver. This directly saves the money for the tombs of three late emperors, and also saves 1.65 million silver. There are 150,000 taels for Your Majesty to use as a reward for Aoshan lights and Baiyi.
“Last year, the two official woolen factories in Beijing had 600,000 pieces of woolen wool, 100,000 pieces of worsted wool, and 150,000 pieces in the Lanzhou woolen official factory. This year, they were included in the hinterland. There are 120,000 bags of rough-washed wool. This year, the Yongding Yongsheng Woolen Official Factory has 720,000 pieces of wool, and the worsted woolen factory has 120,000 pieces, totaling 820,000 pieces. The Lanzhou Woolen Factory has 180,000 woolen pieces. "< br>
"This year's woolen output has finally exceeded 1 million pieces. I would like to congratulate the Ming Dynasty and congratulate Your Majesty!" Wang Chonggu said solemnly.
The output of woolen wool has exceeded 1 million, which means that there are fewer horses and more sheep on the grassland. There are not so many horses on the grassland, which is all the prerequisites for Suiyuan to become king. .
Originally, the wool business was supposed to be the Ming Dynasty’s version of the ‘sheep-eating-man movement’, but now it has become a sheep-eating-horse movement.
According to the memorial of Xu Fan, the special envoy to the West and Portuguese Minister of State, due to the impact of the Ming Dynasty cotton, England's woolen output dropped to 130,000 pieces, while Spain's woolen output was 740,000 pieces. The total woolen output of the Ming Dynasty, for the first time More than Tessie combined.
Eleven years have passed since the sailing ship arrived in Hong Kong. Ming Dynasty has finally completed another transcendence in its commodity advantage, which is the comprehensive transcendence of the woolen textile industry.
The reason why the Celestial Kingdom is the Celestial Kingdom is that it is leading in all aspects. That is the Celestial Kingdom. Under the leadership of His Majesty, Ming Dynasty is gradually realizing the strategic proposition of becoming great again.
“We are happy together, we are happy together, if the Ming Dynasty is strong, the Ming Dynasty will be strong, and the people everywhere will be strong, and if the people everywhere are strong, the country will be strong.” Zhu Yijun said with a smile: “Those who do it are just faithfulness, faith, It means trustworthiness, what you say must be counted, and what you promise must be fulfilled; reality is the fact, practice it and don’t lie.”
“Being behind means falling behind. In the early years of Wanli, shipbuilding was not as good as that of Taixi. Woolen production is not as good as that of Western Europe. I admit it. This is a big step. I solemnly thank Wang Cifu for his economic development and his contribution to making the Ming Dynasty great again."
"This year. I decided to award the Chonggu Technology Progress Award to the hydraulic technology of the Royal Gewu Academy. I wonder what Wang Cifu thinks?”
“Your Majesty!” Wang Chonggu didn’t expect that he would be qualified to participate in the decision-making process. He didn't climb along the pole, but immediately bowed his head and said.
This matter is up to Your Majesty.
The Ming Dynasty Technological Progress Award is jokingly called the Chonggu Award among the people, because there is an inscription on the merit reward plate "Wang Chonggu presented it to me", and Zhu Yijun also followed the trend and called it that.
The emergence of hydraulic technology is quietly changing production, and it is a well-deserved technological advancement.
"I have never liked the idea that the country advances and the people are weak, and the country retreats and the people are strong. This is completely inconsistent with the objective facts of production." Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers and said with emotion: "And now, the coal and steel joint venture mentioned by Wang Cifu and Mao Zedong This production is a typical example of the country advancing and the people strengthening."
"How can the country be strong if the country retreats and the people are strong?" When the country retreats, the people will be strong. The key is what kind of people are they? The people are strong, and the people are weak. " Wang Chonggu said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, when the country retreats, the people are strong, and the people are weak, but when the country advances, the people are strong, the people are strong."
The definition of people is very important. Is it a wealthy people or a poor people?
When dividing the cake, the wealthy people can still cut more pieces of the cake than the common people. Therefore, as the country progresses, the wealthy people are also becoming stronger, but the common people are just taking a breather.
This is in line with the discussion on distribution in the second volume of Zhang Juzheng's "Class Theory". The superstructure that occupies 10% gets 70% of the profits, while the lower base that occupies 90% gets 30% of the profits. Profits can already shout long live the emperor.
When the country advances and the people are strong, when the country retreats and the people are weak, this is the experience that Ming Dynasty summed up in practice.
"Your Majesty, Wang Cifu concealed the output of coal and steel." Zhang Juzheng said with a very calm expression.
"Huh?" Wang Chonggu frowned and looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked, "What have I concealed? What have I concealed? There are six books per account, so I don't dare to talk nonsense!"
< br>"Why are the coal and steel production in Shandong and Henan not included in the report this year?" Zhang Juzheng also asked with a solemn face.
Wang Chonggu breathed a sigh of relief, feeling angry and happy at the same time. He hurriedly said: "Ah, well, the main reason is that the accounts have not been settled yet. I will report to Your Majesty after the year."
"That's very good." Zhang Juzheng said this It's very good. I don't know whether it means that the current Ming Dynasty is very good, or that Wang Chonggu is very good, or both.
Wang Chonggu was so angry that Zhang Juzheng gave him a hard fight at every opportunity and beat him dizzy. This is coal and steel. Hiding a hundred kilograms is equivalent to three pairs of armor. Hiding tens of thousands of kilograms, Wang Chonggu What do you want to do?
Fortunately, Zhang Juzheng is actually patching up Wang Chonggu. If someone takes this to make trouble, Wang Chonggu has reported it to His Majesty, so it is not a concealment.
This matter is indeed a trivial matter, but once it is used by cheap Confucians to stir up trouble, it will be a big deal. I have never seen such cheap Confucians lift the extra hair on a dog’s head to Li Chengliang Want to reach the height of rebellion?
Wang Daokun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked around and said: "This year, a total of 83 five-masted ocean-going ships and a total of 720 three-masted plywood ships were built. It is worth noting that only a few fast sailing ships were built. Four ships, in this regard, did not meet expectations. Initially, the shipyard planned to build six fast sailing ships, but in the end only four were completed. "
Wang Daokun suspected that the fast sailing ships were in conflict with him!
Ever since he became the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, every time he reported to His Majesty, it was not as good as expected, which made Wang Daokun plan to become an official!
"Did Sikong underestimate the difficulty of building fast sailing ships? Then Felipe II didn't even know how to build a five-masted ocean crossing ship. Spain is an empire on which the sun never sets, a powerful shipbuilding country. , we can already mass-produce speedboats, not bad, I can’t eat hot tofu in a hurry.” Zhu Yijun said with a smile on his face: “The energy production is already blessed by the ancestor!”
“Then. Can our Ming Dynasty compare with Fan Yi? Isn’t that a surrender of status?” Wang Daokun said, still a little dissatisfied.
Zhu Yijun laughed and shook his head and said: "Now you treat me as a barbarian? How many years have you been rich? In the first year of Wanli, it was not the surnamed man who went to Manila, Luzon and robbed the shipyard. At that time, even the three-masted plywood ship I can't even build it. I remember that Da Sikong was in Songjiang Prefecture at that time, but he was carrying the unbuilt ship, and he had food and accommodation on the ship. "
Yin Zhengmao towed the ship back to Daming and entered Xingang. At that time, Wang Daokun really lived and fed on that unbuilt ship for more than a month, and then he finally understood what was going on. When he needed it, he was a foreign master, but now he was no longer needed, he was a Fanyi.
Wang Daokun said very confidently: "Felipe is also a Fanyi, and the comparison is also with the Ming Dynasty itself. When the five-masted ocean crossing ship was put into production, it was very smooth, but now it is dragging its feet."
"Isn't this to verify the technology of copper-clad wood? The cost of a fast sailing ship exceeds 50,000 silver, how about protecting it?" Zhu Yijun was very clear about why he failed to complete the production target as scheduled. In order to wait for the copper cladding The implementation of wood technology.
The copper-clad wood technology is designed to deal with the ship's enemy of life and death, shipworms.
That thing can lay hundreds of thousands of eggs at a time, and they can mature and reproduce the second generation in half a month. Half of Columbus's fleet was killed by shipworms, whether they were fast sailing ships or wooden ships. Although the Ming Dynasty also used tung paint to prevent shipworms, the effect was still not very satisfactory.
Copper-clad wood is a good solution. Copper is expensive, but copper was scarce in the Ming Dynasty. If copper materials from Luzon were not constantly flowing in, the Ming Dynasty would not be so extravagant to use copper-clad wood.
But it can greatly increase the stability of navigation and the life of the ship. As long as it can successfully sail once, the profit will be enough to offset the investment of copper-clad wood.
"I looked at it and saw that it wasn't a lot. There were 120 million people in the Ming Dynasty. The per capita coal was just over seven kilograms, and the per capita steel was less than half a kilogram. Is that much? It's not much at all, big hoe Two and a half kilograms, two kilograms with a small hoe, and one year of tinkering with steel is not enough for even one hoe. We still need to work hard," Zhu Yijun said sincerely after reading this year's production report.
"Huh?" Zhang Juzheng suddenly raised his head and looked at His Majesty, and then at the courtiers. When the total number came first, His Majesty started talking about per capita!
There are so many people in Ming Dynasty, how do these people want to be number one? Can it be so average?
Your Majesty’s practice is that the amount of steel produced by the official factory is really not enough to issue a farm tool to each person. This is indeed true, but there are also pit smelting among the people, and there are also blacksmith shops among the people. Since the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu After the dismissal of the government and the foundry, it was not that iron tools were no longer used. Moreover, if a farm tool was well maintained, it could be used for ten or twenty years. Even if the shovel pole was replaced by two or three, the shovel could still be used.
Zhang Juzheng understood it as a means of motivation to prevent excessive pride and complacency both internally and externally.
Some things can also be averaged, such as income. Once income is averaged, everyone will immediately feel the true existence of class.
After the production report, Wang Guoguang and Zhang Xueyan made a huge chart and posted it on a page, explaining the specific situation of the court's fiscal and tax revenue this year.
“We can clearly see that this year’s commercial tax accounted for more than 40% of the overall revenue, reaching 14.23 million taels of silver. This year’s overall fiscal and tax revenue, including the profits handed over by major official factories, "It's 35.14 million silver." Wang Guoguang introduced the overall situation. The tax reform of the Ming Dynasty is in progress. Now the court reports all kinds of physical objects to His Majesty after discounting them, which is more intuitive.
This is also a concrete manifestation of the Ming Dynasty's transformation from rent to mediocre tax system to currency tax.
Compared with the annual income of about six million silver during the Jiajing and Longqing years, the overall taxation in the eleventh year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty increased six times.
"Your Majesty, please order me to try out the One Whip Method in Nanya area next year." After Wang Guoguang introduced the extremely high revenue of Ming Dynasty's fiscal and taxation this year, he immediately talked about the next step in the fiscal and taxation reform, the One Whip Method. , currency tax began to be piloted.
"Then let's hold a court discussion and see what the courtiers Ming Gong thinks. Then in the next chapter, we will go to Nanya Yingtian Mansion and Songjiang Mansion to ask the governor and local governments for their opinions. If they all think it is okay, then we can go to Nanya first. Let's pilot it on a small scale." Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and decided that the whipping method would be piloted in Nanya, not implemented nationwide.
Only by constantly summarizing experience and lessons in practice can we generalize them.
The implementation of the whip method requires caution, but we cannot stand still.
"I think it is better to start in Songjiang Prefecture first, just like the Tax Inspection Institute." Zhang Juzheng expressed his views and narrowed the experimental area to Songjiang Prefecture.
Because Songjiang Prefecture is the most suitable.
(End of this chapter)