The benevolent political country is considered purely from the perspective of morality, and this low tax policy is worthy of praise by future generations, so it is necessary to adhere to low taxes.

But morality is morality, morality is not practical, morality is not technology, from the perspective of the national economy, low taxes are not necessarily a good thing, tax increases are not necessarily a bad thing, the central finance still needs to control the appropriate amount of wealth, for unified allocation, which is beneficial to the country, if the government has no money, then nothing can be done.

This is the fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty, blindly governing the country with morality, without considering the actual situation, and when there is really no money, it is still necessary to go to the expropriation and expropriation, and the funny they are serious, under the shackles of morality, the Ming Dynasty lost its long-term plan.

The Ming Dynasty died of poverty.

"Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry."

Li Gui saw that Wanli became more and more excited, and hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

"I'm not angry, I'm just ......!"

Speaking of this, Wanli sighed helplessly, sat down again, suddenly glanced at Guo Dan, and said: "Okay, okay, don't sell Guanzi, what kind of way do you think of, just say it, there are no outsiders here." ”

Guo Dan was stunned, knowing that Wanli had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, there is really no way to be humble. ”

Wanli was really angry this time, and said: "You have no choice, you write the word 'poor' to be angry." ”

He knows Guo Dan too well, and he must have a purpose for suddenly making such a play, this is called wanting to promote and suppress first, it is nothing more than pretending to be forced, as long as you can make money, you can pretend as much as you like.

Guo Dan smiled and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, the humble post just wants to tell Your Majesty that this problem is analyzed, but it cannot be solved, it is very embarrassing, no matter how the humble position is analyzed, it will not only be of no benefit to the imperial court, but it will offend many people, but it is really thankless, so I humblely ask Your Majesty to cancel the cooperation between the household department and the tooth shop." ”

He flipped through them casually and saw a lot of problems, but these problems were not something he could solve, because many of them were not technical problems, but systems, traditions, and classes.

That's why he was reluctant to go to the household department to serve in the first place, even if he was the head of the household department, he couldn't do anything.

Wanli suddenly realized, it turned out that this kid had this idea, and said, "Is it?" Then you should give me an analysis, and I want to see who I will offend. ”

Guo Dan's eyes rolled and said, "Back to Your Majesty, one of the problems is that the annual income of the Inner Mansion is too small, which is not in line with Your Majesty's status at all. ”

Wan Li nodded and said, "This is really a problem. ”

This is really a word, as an emperor, I am a little too poor.

Guo Dan changed his words and said: "However, the proportion of silver from the inner government to the total income of the treasury is very high. ”

Wanli's expression changed, he looked at Guo Dan with displeasure, and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the meaning of humility is that this is all because the tax is too low, which leads to this phenomenon. ”

This is a very typical contradiction in today's finances, the treasury revenue is not much, but Wanli has no intention of reining in, and his expenses are very amazing.

If the tax base does not increase, it will not be enough to play.

Wanli asked, "Are you going to analyze these in the main hall?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "I don't dare to be lowly, but even if I don't say it, those ministers can see it, unless these are omitted from the lowly position, but the household department also knows about it, which can't be hidden." ”

Once this is drawn, it is very conspicuous.

This world is as black as a crow, and as soon as the financial statements come out, I don't know how many people will be offended, and maybe even Wanli will be offended.

You must know that about the consumption of the inner government, it has always been criticized by the minister, and the official often fights with Wanli for this, which cannot be drawn.

Wanli finally understood Guo Dan's hard work, don't lift a stone to hit his own feet, muttered a little, and said: "In this way, you make a financial statement every year to read with me, and no one can read it except me." ”

"Obedience."

Guo Dan was polite, but he sighed in his heart, in terms of face, I don't support the wall, I will help you Wanli.

What does Wanli mean by this, it is to deter the ministers, in terms of money, don't play tricks with me, I now have Guo Dan, a genius who reckons with me, although I don't publish the results of his analysis, but I can be very clear in my heart, but at the same time, I don't let the minister stare at me.

It can be seen that although Wanli has the heart to make the country prosperous, but he doesn't want to wronged himself, your emperor doesn't lead by example, this is very difficult.

But then again, in Wanli's opinion, your life is so luxurious, why should I wronged myself, and he doesn't feel that he is wrong.

Based on the difficulty of making money from luxury, this knot cannot be untied.

But as he spoke, Wanli said with a sad face: "I know that there is a financial problem, but I can't solve it, how good is this!" ”

He didn't want to wronged himself, but he wanted to make some great achievements.

Guo Dan secretly glanced at Wanli and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, although the humble position cannot help Your Majesty solve the financial problems, the humble position can help Your Majesty make money." ”

Wanli glanced at Guo Dan and said, "I know that you can make money, but if you can earn more, how much can you earn, is it possible that it can be more than the tax revenue of the national treasury?" ”

Guo Dan was silent.

What do you mean? Wanli suddenly cheered up, sat up straight, stared at Guo Dan and said, "Can you really earn more than the treasury tax revenue?" ”

Guo Dan sneered: "Your Majesty, as I said before, the fiscal revenue is small, and with Your Majesty's identity and status, if you want to exceed the actual income of the national treasury, it is also... It's not too hard. ”

Li Gui had to dust off again.

Is this what people should say?

Wanli trembled and said, "You... Are you serious? ”

Guo Dan said: "How dare you deceive Your Majesty, at present, the silver taels I get from Daming are all from overseas, so as long as Your Majesty monopolizes overseas trade and exceeds the national financial revenue, it is by no means a difficult matter." ”

If it was in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, Guo Dan would never dare to play this bullshit, it would be impossible, but this was the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in the Age of Discovery, and the treasury income of three million taels was really not a lot.

Wanli nodded slightly.

Guo Dan said again: "Your Majesty, since you have contracted Weihui Mansion with a humble position, you have a lot of feelings, and I feel that Your Majesty is not easy for you, many people say it well, but they are not reliable at all, they only care about their own interests, and do not care about the country, Your Majesty, and the people, if Your Majesty wants to work hard, you can only rely on yourself to make money." ”

This is actually very sensitive, but it is also open and secret, this tax is only so little, and the fool also knows who the money is.

"That's right."

Wanli nodded firmly and said, "I can only earn money on my own. ”

He basically didn't hesitate, because this idea had already been formed in his mind, in fact, he did the same in history, he completely relied on his own power to collect money, but at that time he relied on eunuchs, and now he is replaced by Guo Dan.

Wanli said to Guo Dan again: "You mentioned before that you asked King Lu to go to Tianjin to become a vassal domain, and after thinking about it, I think it is feasible, but the question is, how can you get the ministers to agree, this is not a simple matter to change the land to become a vassal domain." ”

Guo Dan said confidently: "First of all, the first step is to release King Lu." ”

......

And at this time, Wang Jiaping and Song Qi finally came back from Weihui Mansion.

East Pavilion.

"How?"

Shen Shixing immediately asked.

Wang Jiaping really didn't know whether to be happy or worried, and he had to inform Shen Shixing and other ministers of the Weihui Mansion about the tax payment.

Embarrassment was written all over everyone's face.

After a long time, Shen Shixing said: "In other words, Guo Dan can pay all the taxes as promised?" ”

Wang Jiaping looked at Song Qi.

Song Qi immediately said: "I'm afraid it's more than that." ”

Shen Shixing asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Song Qi said: "From Guo Dan's contract to Weihui Mansion to now, it is about half a year, so according to the contract, Guo Dan has to pay 180,000 taels to the imperial court every year, leaving 50,000 taels to the local area, and in half a year, Guo Dan needs to pay about 90,000 taels to the imperial court at the beginning of next year, leaving 25,000 taels to the local area."

However, according to the tax system of Weihui Mansion, each person needs to pay six yuan in taxes this year, and the current adult population of Weihui Mansion is about 300,000, and there are 50,000 or 60,000 people in the middle who came later, and they pay less taxes, but even if it is calculated at five yuan per person, there are as many as 150,000 taels, and there are nearly 40,000 taels more here.

There are also deed tax, city tax, and local coal and iron income, I roughly estimated that the total tax income of Weihui Mansion in the past half a year is about 160,000, and after deducting some expenses, Guo Dan can at least earn at least 50,000 taels from it. ”

"Earn so much?"

Yu Youding was stupid when he heard it.

They estimated before that they could earn 10,000 taels a year, which was already very good, but Guo Dan earned tens of thousands of taels in half a year, which was really too dark, and Marseille was not so ruthless.

Wang Xijue said: "It's unlikely. ”

Song Qi sighed and said: "Actually, I thought it must be more than this, because there is still a lot of income, we have no way of knowing, such as the deed tax income, Guo Dan has not made it public." ”

“.....！”

Shen Shixing asked, "Why is he able to earn so much?" ”

Song Qi said: "First of all, the expenditure of Weihui Mansion is very low, and the annual expenditure of the picket court, the court, and the litigation court together is less than 4,000 taels. ”

"Less than four thousand taels?"

Xu Guo's eyes widened and said: "This is impossible, I will go to Weihui Mansion, these three courtyards together, the number of people is not small, and there are military expenditures over there." ”

Song Qi said: "This number is really not much, and the current employees of Weihui Mansion are only about 10% of the previous ones,"

Yu Youding was shocked: "About one percent? How is this possible? ”

Song Qi nodded and said: "This is true, such as the local Caoyun and post stations, and official pastors have all been canceled, Guo Dan has not even arranged for people to collect taxes, and Guo Dan only pays salaries, not to mention that the salaries are not high, and they are not equipped with servants, maidservants, palanquin men, grooms, etc., the litigation court and the picket court are all young people, they don't need these, and those gentry are all local squires, they themselves are very rich, and they are not in the court for money, but to consolidate their status and reputation."

As for the local army, Guo Dan incorporated a part of it into the picket yard, and at the same time rented out all the land controlled by the government, even including houses, post stations, etc., Guo Dan did not even leave a house for himself, he went there to live in a hotel, and the rental money obtained from this was used for military expenses, and the soldiers were also responsible for building rivers and water conservancy, and here they would get additional income, Guo Dan did not need to use taxes to support the army at all. ”