Liu Jin was in a very good mood, and followed Emperor Hongzhi out to see the cement kilometers of the northern line that was being built, and the total amount of treasury tax and silver in January had been counted.

All parts of the Ming Dynasty, including overseas, the city and the tax yamen collected a total of 8.21 million taels of tax silver in January of the 14th year of Hongzhi, which was even larger than the number estimated at the beginning, and it also shocked the government and the opposition.

Who would have thought that Daming would be so wealthy, and the tax silver collected in just one month was more than the tax silver received in the previous year, which is incredible.

Although everyone actually knew very well in their hearts that they had not confiscated any commercial taxes before, they also knew that if the imperial court really levied commercial taxes, the treasury revenue would definitely increase significantly.

But no one thought that they would be able to receive more than 8 million taels of tax silver in just one month, which is a very large amount.

Calculated down, the tax silver of the Ming Dynasty can be almost nearly 10,000 taels a year.

Such a huge financial income also made everyone from Emperor Hongzhi to ordinary officials can't help but get excited.

Without it, it's easy to do things with money.

Emperor Hongzhi wanted to do a lot of things, such as lightly punishing the small tax, abolishing the tax on people, reducing or reducing the field tax, etc., these are all measures that can really benefit the people at the bottom, and he has always wanted to implement them before.

It's just that the imperial court also needs silver to operate, and the previous tax silver and taxes from grain, cloth and other places can barely maintain the operation of the imperial court.

If you want to exempt people from taxation and reduce land tax, it is almost impossible to give Liwen Network

In addition, Emperor Hongzhi has always wanted to build a strong Ming army, and now he has fulfilled his wish, this military power is owned by himself, and the military expenditure is also from his own internal funds.

The government and the opposition also support the construction of a strong Ming army, and the Ming Navy and the Daming Royal Naval Academy, which are now being planned and constructed, have received the support of the government and the opposition.

Because everyone knows that the current Ming Dynasty, it is no longer the Ming Dynasty of a few years ago, it not only needs a strong army, but also a strong navy to protect the interests of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time open up more markets and financial routes.

In addition, disasters often occur in several northern provinces, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, and Shandong, the four provinces, locusts, droughts, and floods occur almost every year, and there are disasters and famines every year.

This has almost become Daming's heart disease.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi also planned to not only try to move the population of these places outward, whether it was to Liaodong, to overseas Nanyang, or to the Golden Continent, grassland, and even Australia in the future.

In short, the population of these places should be relocated on a large scale to reduce the contradictions between man and land in these places, so that even if there is any famine, it will not be too serious.

Immigrants require a lot of money, and they all require money.

Unless you plan to disregard the lives of ordinary people and harden your immigration.

Obviously, Emperor Hongzhi is not, he loves the people like a son and is a good emperor.

The first batch of 300,000 people to Liaodong was properly arranged by Emperor Hongzhi, even if they migrated in winter, no one froze to death or starved to death on the distant road.

After arriving in Liaodong, the problems of accommodation and meals were also arranged in place, which cost money.

It's all things that couldn't be done before, but now with silver, you can do everything.

There is also the control of the Yellow River, the construction of dams on both sides of the Yellow River, and the construction of reservoirs, etc., these are all big projects, all of which require a lot of silver to be constantly smashed into them.

Now not only the cement, but also the silver in the imperial court, can be done and these things can be done well.

The Ming Dynasty will be more stable, and the north will no longer have to worry about any famine.

This is what Emperor Hongji wanted to do.

Since he ascended the throne for more than ten years, Emperor Hongzhi feels that from now on, he can be regarded as really making a difference, as for the past, it was just a light tax, diligent government and love the people, but it is difficult to really do something practical for this country and this land.

No matter how much you love the people, how can you be diligent in government?

In the final analysis, there are still not many great things that have been done for this country that are truly beneficial to future generations.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi attached great importance to the large-scale construction of cement roads in the imperial court, because he clearly knew that this matter was a major event that was really beneficial to the present and the future.

Once the cement roads connecting all parts of Daming can be built, it will be of great significance to Daming.

There are a lot of things I want to do, and with money, I can really do some things.

As for the many ministers in the court, they are also very excited, and the court is rich.

The local officials below opened their mouths to ask the imperial court for money, and to build roads, rivers, reservoirs, and schools were all good things that were useful for local construction and could quickly swell their pockets.

In the past, the court had no money, and if you wanted to do some of these things, you could only do it in the form of forced labor.

So in the past, they were all more Buddhist, and there was no enthusiasm for taxation, and there was no enthusiasm for doing any major things.

Now it's different, the imperial court has money, and it has to build a lot of infrastructure, and all parts of the country are asking for money.

The same is true among the various ministries of the imperial court, all of which have put forward their own various plans, not to mention the construction of roads, bridges, rivers, reservoirs, etc., and the ministry has also proposed a new salary increase plan, which will increase the salaries of officials in the imperial court, and a rise is several times higher.

Even the Ministry of Rites also proposed to build a special post house to receive envoys from various countries in Beijing and Tianjin, and the standard is naturally to refer to the standard of Tianjin Inn.

It can be said that all ministries are asking for silver, and as for the purpose, it is naturally the same, first get the project up, and with these things, the silver can naturally get into your own pocket.

Of course, in this process, it is also appropriate to do something practical and good for the court and the Ming Dynasty.

In a word, from Emperor Hongzhi to ordinary officials, they are very happy, and with the silver, many things are much easier.

Many officials who used to oppose taxation and tax reform are now silent.

Liu Jin's work has also been fully affirmed by the Hongzhi Emperor and the government and the opposition, although from time to time some people will impeach Liu Jin, saying that the local tax arrest is very tough when collecting taxes, and those who do not pay taxes are often miserable.

Whether you are a gentry with a reputation or a prince in a place, it doesn't matter if you are caught in taxes, they only recognize whether you have paid taxes or not, and if you don't pay taxes, you won't have a good life, and after paying taxes, there is nothing.

Now seeing where these unfinished people are crying constantly, Liu Jin's mood suddenly became very bad.

Before the crossing, Liu Jin was an ordinary person, he knew the hardships of ordinary people, and he also knew what the house meant to ordinary people.

Many people have emptied their savings for generations to buy a house in the city.

Once they bought the unfinished building, they really didn't even have the sound of crying, and no one would make decisions for them.

I can't take care of it in the future, but now.

In this matter, Liu Jin is in charge.

Take a horse-drawn carriage ride along the concrete road all the way west.

The first batch of cement roads built in the Ming Dynasty were mainly the north line and the east line, and the north line was repaired from the capital to the west to Shanxi, and then to Shaanxi.

Not too far out of the capital, I arrived at the concrete road where construction was begins.

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin got out of the four-wheeled carriage and came to the site of the construction of the cement road, where thousands of people were constantly busy on the originally long official road.

The original curved pipes were straightened and widened, the original sloped areas were leveled, and the bridges were built with reinforced concrete where the water was located.

The whole scene was in full swing, and the people involved in the construction were enthusiastic.

Looking along the official road, you can see this huge team at the end of the field of vision.

For the first time in the Ming Dynasty, a large-scale cement road was built, and the silver was paid by the imperial treasury and the local land, and at the same time, it was also a contribution to build the cement road in the form of conscription and employment.

The so-called conscription and employment were also put forward by some officials above the court, who believed that the construction of roads by the imperial court was not only beneficial to the imperial court, but also beneficial to the local government, so the local government must also contribute.

Conscription plus employment refers to the local side of the conscription of local people to participate in the construction of cement roads through the form of conscription, but it is not free work, and the imperial court will pay a certain amount of labor remuneration, but it will not be very high.

In this way, the enthusiasm of the local government for road construction can also be mobilized, and the treasury expenditure of the imperial court can also be built.

Because we all know the benefits of building cement kilometers, in this matter, the enthusiasm for the construction of cement roads is very high, and a large number of people are actively participating in the construction of cement roads.

The construction of the cement highway is also a sectional construction method, according to the plan, the construction of each place at the same time, and finally in the merger of the plan.

The advantage of this is to be able to repair the cement road at the fastest speed, the disadvantage, in a short period of time, the demand for cement will be very large, so that the cement in Beijing and Tianjin began to be tight again, the output can not keep up, and the price of cement is also rising.

"Cement is really a good thing, with it, the moat becomes a thoroughfare~"

Standing on a hillside, Emperor Hongzhi held a telescope to watch the hot picture, and the whole person couldn't help but sigh.