The mystery of Chessboard Street is lifted, and a startling scene emerges, with the complex buildings gone, replaced by a huge square and four buildings. [No pop-ups. 】

Looking at this concise plan, the people of Jingshi didn't know what to say for a while, and they didn't know what these things were made of.

However, in the following days, as a large number of people from the Hanlin Academy and the Tiangong Temple moved in, and a large number of former court musicians and dancers were stationed in the Grand Theater, the functions of these four buildings slowly spread.

Especially the Grand Theater, the spread is even more colorful, saying how gorgeous it is, how gorgeous the performance is, many people are serving the emperor in the court, and they must go to see it.

Such rumors lasted for half a month, and then, on the Imperial Daily, when the library in charge of the Hanlin Academy opened a reward to seek a unique collection of books, promising to preserve and engrave them, when the Grand Theater under the head of the Imperial City Division recruited the world's entertainers, invited them to perform on stage, and performed in front of the emperor, when the Ministry of Culture and Culture, which was in charge of the gymnasium, issued an order that each province and each army should form a team to participate in the National Games in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, when the Tiangong Research Institute, which was personally under the jurisdiction of the emperor, issued an announcement to recruit experienced old farmers and herdsmen with high salaries. Skilled craftsmen, after invention.

These four buildings were completely on fire, and the entire people of Daming, through this newspaper report, all understood their use.

For a time, the Kyoshi became the center of the yearning of countless people, storytellers, playmakers, oirans, jugglers, blacksmiths, carpenters, shipwrights, and even scholars who studied miscellaneous studies, and families with books in their hands, all of whom set off and flocked to the kyoshi.

The flow of people from all directions made the road that had quieted down as the rebellion gradually subsided and the New Year approached once again. The endless stream of people, rushing to Beijing from all over the country, either for honor, or for money, or to catch up with the emperor and high-ranking officials, they all came.

In the Forbidden City, Zhu Youxiao looked at the reports everywhere and was indeed a little surprised to see so many people responding, but he was more happy, his plan was completed, and this place will become a holy place in the future, whether it is scientific researchers, literary researchers, or entertainers, sports people, they will all bow down here.

Indeed, the area formed by these four buildings was revered as a holy place by later generations, and Zhengyangmen, under the change of more and more people's words, was called the Holy Gate.

As soon as you enter this door, you are transcendent.

Four huge buildings are gradually put into use, but the square is not yet finished, the project here is a bit big, far from being completed in two months, now only the land has been leveled and paved with cement, but the more elaborate decoration has not yet begun.

For example, the laying of marble and other decorative materials has not yet dried, and the flag-raising ceremony has not been run-in, and the national flag class also needs to be selected. Fortunately, there is still a year before the first national flag raising and the big military parade, and there is still time to run in.

Soon, under the impact of the four major buildings, the winter solstice of the third year of the Apocalypse came, and the grand and much-anticipated court meeting began.

As usual, at the beginning, it was Zhu Youxiao's worship to the sky, and the host was Zhang Xianyong, the chief priest of the Heavenly Emperor Temple.

Sitting on the main seat, Zhu Youxiao looked solemnly at the ministers below. Standing under the steps of His Majesty, before the ministers, Xu Guangqi once again sat as the first person in the civil service, sitting on the summary work of the year.

At the beginning of this year, the things announced at the first lunar court meeting were implemented one by one, and road construction was carried out in an all-round way, and the results were also gratifying, at least the main roads between each province and each province were built, and it was much more convenient for both military and civilian use.

The land reform work is also carried out throughout the country, and the current progress is gratifying, especially many officials who spontaneously share worries for the country and the monarch, and can take the initiative to take responsibility and carry out land reform, which is really worthy of praise.

This is Zhu Youxiao's special will, the reason why it is put to the present is also to make a warning for the people in front, and now that a few months have passed, the warning effect is almost over, just open the net and let these people go, after all, they are also loyal to the royal family.

As soon as this order was announced in the report, many officials couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and they also had relatives and friends planted in this time, and it was naturally good to have a good result at this time.

Most schools have also been established at all levels, but due to strength and economic reasons, there are more schools in some places and fewer schools in others. In general, there are many schools in large provinces and few schools in weak provinces.

Everyone is familiar with the previous things, except for the information of the amnesty, everyone actually knows it in their hearts, after all, the Imperial Daily reports every day, and it is difficult to know it. It's just that when it came to the last business tax income, everyone raised their spirits and listened carefully.

This is not only related to their own vital interests, but also to the interests of the empire, and even more related to whether there will be another official purge in the coming year.

At the beginning, the emperor's punishment for the officials who failed to collect sufficient taxes is still vivid in his ears. With this sword of Damocles hanging over their heads, how could these officials not pay attention to taxes.

"According to statistics, the annual tax revenue ...... in the three years of the Apocalypse" Xu Guangqi raised his head and slowly glanced at the ministers.

Due to the existence of the Winter Solstice Dynasty, the statistics of the work are all from the Winter Solstice, the Winter Solstice of the previous year to the Winter Solstice of the next year, for a working year, focusing on the work of this period, and the tax is also, after all, everyone has a holiday during the New Year, and it is not easy to count, it is better to advance a little.

Looking at Xu Guangqi's slow movements, several ministers and ministers all glared angrily, knowing that everyone cared about this gesture, not because they wanted to see what the joke was.

Among the ministers, only Yang Sichang, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, and Fang Zhenru of the State Administration of Taxation had a mysterious smile on their faces, obviously the two of them had already known the amount of this tax.

“…… In total, two hundred and forty thousand taels of silver! Xu Guangqi's smile bloomed, and he said a number of shocking ministers.

Two hundred and four hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver!

This huge number made everyone's eyes widen, and they looked at Xu Guangqi embarrassedly, as if they wanted to confirm the authenticity of the number from his face.

This is more than double the figure set by the emperor at the beginning, and it can't help but distribute more than enough official salaries, and even carry out other work, such as education, such as health, such as medical treatment, etc.

You know, this is the income from military spending, and with such a large amount of money, the government can do countless things. It's no wonder that after a year of hard work, Xu Guangqi, who has been pressed by various things, smiled so happily.

Of course, this is not only the tax collected from all over the country, but more importantly, the customs duties and the taxes paid by the internal government, which alone account for nearly half. However, this amount is not bad, at least on average, each county has completed its task and received a commercial tax of 10,000 taels.

Of course, this is also thanks to the stimulation of the deer plan, and the 30 million taels of silver scattered all over the world really played an excellent role in stimulating the flow of silver hidden in the Ming gentry.

You must know that the entire Ming economy is very large, just the smuggling into the Ming Dynasty over the years, is more than a billion silver reserves, not to mention a large amount of silver and gold handed down from ancient times, as well as a huge amount of copper coins, the economic volume represented behind these currencies is simply amazing.

At present, 20 million is just the beginning of the tax, and there will be more in the future.

"I really didn't expect it!"

"That's a lot!"

"The Ministry of Finance won't be stingy now."

After a period of silence, countless rounds of voices came out, and everyone couldn't wait to express their opinions and discuss the future.

"Silence!"

The buzzing sound directly led to Liu Ruoyu's interference, he roared, and the ministers finally realized where they were and quieted down.

"Here, I would like to focus on commending two officials." After quieting down, Xu Guangqi continued to speak, but after the government affairs report was finished, he suddenly named the names of the two officials.

Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan!

Here, Xu Guangqi praised the two emphatically. The former relied on the port of Shanghai, had a rich income, and the government paid for the establishment of schools, so that every village had a teacher, and even in a large number of villages, there were several teachers, and then took advantage of the trend of self-land reform, and the second began the land reform work in Shanghai County.

Yan Yingyuan, on the other hand, found out the details of the entire county after the land reform was carried out, and with the information and strength in his hands, he forcefully implemented His Majesty's policy, and the people who were allocated to the fields were unusually supportive, so whether it was a commercial tax or a school, he did it beautifully and brilliantly.

The two of them and the others have heard of it for a long time, but being pointed out separately at this moment still makes the ministers jealous, this is a big court meeting, no one has ever been praised in person here, not only the emperor is here, but also the ministers. Unexpectedly, this is two people, two virtuous ministers.

At this moment, Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan are not only in the heart of the emperor, but also in the hearts of the ministers, and their fame has increased in vain. And after this praise, many people have no temper at all for their sudden promotion, and the resolution of becoming the prefect no longer has a little temper, and you will also come to the court meeting to praise them if you have the ability.

In the buzzing and jealous voice, Xu Guangqi withdrew, and then came up, it was Sun Juxiang, the imperial history of Zuodu, and Cao Yubian, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Their work is the same as ever, one by one, publicizing various cases, intimidating officials, and publicizing the importance of abiding by the law and operating according to the rules. The other announced a number of laws and regulations, announcing the implementation of a new criminal law, a criminal procedure law, and a law on the election of officials that will change the color of the ministers.

The election of officials is not the selection of officials, but the selection of unqualified officials, as for which are not qualified, there are provisions in the law on the selection of officials. The announcement of this decree made almost all officials feel that they had a rope around their necks, and this rope was pinched fiercely, not only in the hands of the officials, but also in the hands of the Imperial Procuratorate, and even more in the hands of the emperor.

For a while, the ministers' faces turned pale.