Wei Guogong's matter was settled, and he also followed him to the capital. Along the way, he looked south frequently, and his eyes were full of reluctance to those hard-working fields and estates.

Even so, there are still a lot of things at home, and you have to clean them up. From Nanjing to the capital, the family property in the family has shrunk a lot, and the original house land is gone.

Wei Guogong's flesh hurts, his heart trembles in pain, and he hasn't eaten for several days.

These are okay, Zhu Youxiao gave Wei Guogong a little real estate in the capital, but a lot of floating wealth has to be handed over.

Wei Guogong's shops in Nanjing were sold at a low price, and most of them went into the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

All of a sudden, the Interior Ministry's industries in the south were expanding rapidly. This time, I copied so many from my home, and I also gave them to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It is impossible to give all the money on the surface to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and most of it must be spent on the household department, which is the tacit agreement between the emperor and his courtiers.

Everyone does things together, everyone shares the spoils together, it has always been like this.

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The emperor can't eat alone, otherwise, the next time the courtiers won't play with you, they won't do this kind of thing.

This time, the civil officials also worked a lot, so they also had their share of the money. Once in the household, the money is quickly dispersed. At that time, it will spread to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, where Zhu Youxiao needs it.

Looking at Empress Zhang who came over, Zhu Youxiao pulled her into his arms and said, "What do you eat at night?" I've just taken a shower for too long and I'm a little hungry. ”

"I've already asked people to prepare." Empress Zhang sat on Zhu Youxiao's lap and said, "It's all old husbands and wives, how bad is it for people to see like this?" ”

As she spoke, Empress Zhang wanted to struggle to stand up.

But how could Zhu Youxiao be as she wanted?

hugged Empress Zhang back into her arms, and then Zhu Youxiao said, "Come, who will take a look?" Do you see if anyone is watching? ”

Hearing the emperor say this, everyone below hurriedly bowed their heads.

The eyes ask the nose, the nose asks the mouth, the mouth asks the heart, as if I haven't seen anything, I haven't heard anything, and my heart is bitter.

The emperor is joking with the empress, why should we be involved?

We are wooden stakes.

Empress Zhang glanced at Zhu Youxiao helplessly, and could only say: "Okay, don't embarrass them, scare them again." The concubines will also go and prepare, and then they will have dinner with His Majesty in the evening. ”

"By the way, the concubine has already reported to the concubine, as well as Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan, and they will bring someone over later."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Okay, it's up to you to call the shots in this matter." After so many years, you have taken care of the affairs in the harem very well, I can rest assured. ”

This is not Zhu Youxiao's nonsense, this is a fact.

He rarely asks about the affairs of the harem on weekdays, what he does is to establish the authority of Empress Zhang, and he doesn't care much about the rest, and leaves everything to Empress Zhang.

For this reason, Zhu Youxiao also polished Wang An and sent him to Empress Zhang.

After a few years, Queen Zhang can be said to be proficient, and this time she has done a remarkable job.

The emperor is back, and he can't always stay with her, so it seems a little too domineering.

The lord of the harem, the queen, you can't dominate everything by yourself, you have to learn to share.

This time, the dinner party when the emperor came back was naturally more grand, and the concubine invited him over, which was filial piety; As for the other two concubines, it naturally shows Queen Zhang's mind; And their children, too, let the emperor take a look.

Such an arrangement is good. Of course, it is definitely impossible for the emperor to leave tonight, and he has to stay with Empress Zhang. First, to show the love of the emperor and queen, and secondly, after being away for so long, there are indeed some misses, and there are many things to say and things to do between husband and wife.

If he could, Zhu Youxiao would stay tomorrow. Of course, it's not a matter of three. On the third day, he could not stay, and he had to go to the other concubines.

In the past few days, Zhu Youxiao felt that his body might have to be replenished. At present, there are only a few women, and if it continues more, it is estimated that life will be even more unbearable.

If you don't pay attention to them, the women in the harem may have anything to do, and the resentment is very deep, and the harem may not be what it will look like at that time.

So Zhu Youxiao was very careful, so he followed Empress Zhang's arrangement, ate at Empress Zhang's place that night, and then spent the night.

The second day was still here for Empress Zhang, and on the third day, it couldn't be here.

After running for four or five days in a row, Zhu Youxiao finally finished this process and returned directly to his residence.

Now that it has entered the sage time, Zhu Youxiao wants to have a good rest and doesn't want to do anything.

Zhu Youxiao didn't summon the courtiers, so he emptied himself in the palace.

Soon, Zhu Youxiao thought of what to do next.

A lot of problems have been solved, but there are still many problems that have not been solved.

First of all, there is the matter of Liaodong and Mongolia, which needs to be warned, and it will definitely not work in a short time.

In addition, there are two main domestic things, one is tax reform, and the other is military reform.

Needless to say, the tax reform is basically a joke in the Ming Dynasty. Whether it is a field tax or a commercial tax, it basically has no effect, and it needs to be revised to make them play a role.

Commercial tax reform is not very difficult in Zhu Youxiao's view. After several purges, the big businessmen of the Ming Dynasty basically stood on their side, and the disobedient ones were almost cleaned up, basically around the Internal Affairs Office.

As long as the laws of commerce are enacted, there will be no problem in issuing them. No businessman dares to object, and when the time comes, a tax bureau can be set up to check and collect taxes well.

The difficulty lies in the land tax, and the implementation of apportionment into mu is still relatively difficult. Since then, the Ming Dynasty has been taxed according to the land, not according to the capitation.

There are also many benefits of this, local taxes have nothing to do with the population, they can untie the people, prevent them from farming on the land, they can go out to work, and they can concentrate in the big cities. The benefits of this are many.

And according to the land tax, there will not be an excessively large gap between the rich and the poor, and your family will pay as much as you want on land, which will reduce the burden on ordinary people.

Of course, there is also a problem here, that is, the gentry will pass this part on to the tenants, which involves another problem - population movement.

Zhu Youxiao needs to expand the scale of business, recruit more workers, open more workshops, and then let ordinary people go to work instead of tenants, so that they can have a way to live.

In this way, the landlords can improve the treatment of tenants, so that more people can leave the land and live.

In addition to the apportionment into the mu, there is another one, that is, the officials and gentry pay grain in one. To put it bluntly, it is to cancel the treatment given by Zhu Yuanzhang to scholars, let everyone pay taxes together, and no one can have exceptions.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang gave preferential treatment to readers, so that poor readers could study well. But in the end, this policy was taken advantage of by the civilian officials, and it developed into non-payment of taxes, which made people angry.

Moreover, the civil servants also used a lot of wisdom to come up with a contribution, and this policy is even more disgusting. Fewer and fewer people are paying taxes, and ordinary people are taking advantage of this policy to get a lot of benefits.

It is the state that suffers, after all, ordinary people give their land to scholars and only pay less land rent than the state's taxes. In this way, they can get a little more; As for the scholars, they can also collect rent; It's just that the state can't collect taxes.

They divided the tax of the state, partly to themselves and partly to these scholars. That's the truth of the pitch.

Scholars and ordinary people do this, if Zhu Youxiao wants to pay taxes, ordinary people may not necessarily support it, and if it is not done well, it is easy to cause chaos.

It's time to work the matter of paying taxes.

However, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care, reform is imperative, it's not a matter of money.

In addition, it is the reform of the army, which is not so difficult, and many of the current military households actually do not like to be military households.

And after Zhu Youxiao has the current equipment, he can completely decentralize them, distribute the army's tuntian to them, and let them take root and become ordinary people.

As for the remaining elite soldiers, it will be changed to a recruitment system, and the elite equipment can raise a little less army. Besides, in this era, there is no money to rob, you can do business, anyway, you have to open up trade routes.

If you have too many workshops, you need a market. The domestic market is part of it, and of course the foreign market is also part of it.

Next, in addition to fighting a war, it is necessary to open up the market.

The first thing is to go and occupy these pieces first.

Sitting up from the couch, Zhu Youxiao moved his muscles and bones.

This time I made so much money, and everything that should be equipped was equipped. Backyard guns, mortars, metal shells, these can all be used. On top of the gun, you have to get what you need to get it, and you have to invest more. Anyway, in a word, get everything together.

At the same time, the research and development of the steam engine can also be accelerated, and with money you can do anything.

"Emperor, Elder Han Ge is asking to see you outside." Wei Chao came to Zhu Youxiao and said respectfully.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was stunned.

You know, I haven't invited anyone these days, and it's clear that I'm resting, so there are no courtiers to disturb me.

As a scholar of the first assistant to the cabinet, Han Yi has always been very sensible, how could he come at this time?

It seems that there is something.

Zhu Youxiao said with a strong spirit: "Let him come in." ”

"Yes, Emperor." Wei Chao hurriedly agreed respectfully, and then turned around and went outside to greet Han Yi.

It didn't take long for Han Yi to walk in from outside.

After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Han Yi hurriedly saluted respectfully and said, "Minister Han Yi, see Your Majesty." ”

"Alright, excuse me." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Don't make those false courtesies." ”

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