Daming Jingshi, as the New Year approaches, the north wind is howling, and the snowflakes are fluttering.

A goose feather snow covered the entire capital tightly, making the originally lively streets much more deserted.

The Qianqing Palace is as warm as spring, and it feels cold in winter at all, and even makes people feel a little hot.

The heating circulation system is adopted, and in winter, when the coal is burned, a steady stream of water vapor begins to circulate in various areas of the Qianqing Palace, bringing heat to the entire huge palace.

Emperor Hongzhi is study, Emperor Hongzhi, the cabinet of the three elders, Zhang Mao, Tong Zhong, and Liu Daxia gathered together to discuss national affairs.

"Your Majesty, the cost of building houses for 300,000 people in Liaodong is huge, and although the treasury now has a small surplus, there is still a big gap......

The head of the household department was still in the book, and he talked about the emptiness of the treasury.

Compared with his predecessor Hubu Shangshu Zhou Jinglai, his life is still much better, after all, now Daming is thriving, various industries are developing rapidly, and the treasury is gradually filling.

Originally, the annual tax silver of the state treasury was less than 3 million taels of silver, but now, after several years of development, the tax and silver revenue of the state treasury has exceeded 7 million taels, which can be said to have doubled.

However, although there was a lot of silver, and the military expenditure was also from the internal treasury of Emperor Hongji, it stands to reason that the treasury should have a surplus.

But the treasury had more revenue, and the expenses were naturally larger, and in the end there was not much silver left in the treasury.

This time, to develop Liaodong, it is necessary to carry out the current pilot project and build houses for 300,000 people in Liaodong, and the state treasury has come to cry poverty again.

"There's a big gap?"

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly stunned, then looked at Tong Zhong in disbelief and said, "I remember that the tax and silver revenue of the treasury has been as high as seven million taels, how can there be a big gap?" ”

"Your Majesty, the income of the treasury has increased a lot, but the expenditure in all aspects has also become much larger, although there is a small amount of savings, but not much."

She Zhong thought about it and said helplessly.

"You mean to get out of my inner pockets?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the bell and immediately said dissatisfied.

These ministers, one by one, have no skills, so they keep an eye on their own small treasury.

In the past, Zhou Jing was known as Zhou Papi, and now this bell is similar, the treasury stares at its own internal money as soon as it has no money, and now it has borne the expenditure of military spending, and the treasury can't even take out the expenses for 300,000 immigrants.

This made Emperor Hongzhi very annoyed.

"The minister doesn't dare~"

He Zhong hurriedly bowed his head.

He is also helpless, there is only a lot of income in the treasury, and there are many places to use money.

There is a lot of money in this treasury, and there is a lot of silver in various places, and it is very difficult for him to be a housekeeper.

Of course, he is actually the same as Zhou Jing, as a civil official, he has never thought of collecting more taxes, and he is even unwilling to collect taxes.

First, taxation will offend the merchants, gentry, landlords, etc., and second, taxation will not have a good reputation, and will be scolded half to death, after all, there is nothing good about taxes since ancient times.

The Ming Dynasty's thirty taxes were originally a very light tax, but on the contrary, these civil officials were unwilling to collect these thirty taxes.

This is also one of the important reasons for the emptiness of the Ming treasury.

From the officials of the Ming court to the local officials, all officials do not like to collect taxes, because taxation will offend people, have no good reputation, and have no benefit to themselves.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when the tax was almost zero and the salt government completely collapsed, the Ming court couldn't even take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

This is also one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court has no money, and it can't do anything it wants.

Tong Zhong, like Zhou Jing, is stable, and he is very qualified to pick the door, and he is also very qualified to find a way to get Emperor Hongzhi's internal money, but he will not think about taxing, nor dare to collect taxes.

"Hmph~"

"What don't you dare?"

"Everyone just knows how to keep an eye on my internal affairs, but no one has ever dared to collect taxes, and they are afraid that those merchants and gentry are more powerful than they are afraid of me."

Emperor Hongzhi snorted coldly, very dissatisfied.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, the ministers immediately fell silent.

To tell the truth, these civil officials are really not afraid of the emperor, but afraid of the merchants and gentry of the Ming Dynasty, because Emperor Hongzhi can't do anything to them.

However, if anyone wants to say that they come to collect commercial taxes, inventory acres of land and the like, they will inevitably be attacked by the ministers, not to mention being an official soon, and even have no place to bury their deaths.

In the fifth year of Hongzhi, when the treasury was empty and the border armament was slackened, Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department, proposed to levy a commercial tax to increase the treasury revenue.

There is a resolute and strong opposition from the cabinet minister Xie Qian, and the six Shangshu, Shilang, etc. are also opposed, and there are also Yushi and Hanlin impeaching Ma Wensheng.

If it weren't for Emperor Hongzhi's trust in Ma Wensheng, coupled with Ma Wensheng's deep-rooted tree, that one would have been enough to make him step down.

"Every time you want to do something, your household always says that you don't have any money."

Emperor Hongzhi was very annoyed, this was not once or twice, every time he had to do something, the household department said that he had no money, and the Emperor Hongzhi had nothing to say.

If Liu Jin hadn't given Emperor Hongzhi so many industries and could earn tens of millions of taels of silver every year, he would have been really poor as Emperor Hongzhi.

But the treasury is the treasury, and the treasury is the treasury, so we can't always use our own treasury to subsidize the treasury.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi felt very unhappy when he looked at Tong Zhong, and really wanted to find someone to replace him.

"That's right, it's time to find someone to change the clock."

"Liu Jin~"

Soon, a figure flashed in Emperor Hongji's mind.

There is no doubt that Liu Jin will make money.

If the household department has no money, then the Ming court will have no money, so this is not good, we must find someone to get the household department up and fill the treasury.

"Liu Jin, find him~"

Emperor Hongzhi commanded Xiao Jing.

"Yes~"

Xiao Jing nodded hurriedly and instructed the little yellow gate, and soon the little yellow gate hurriedly left the palace to announce Liu Jin's entry into the palace.

"What do you think of letting Liu Jin go to the household department?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a moment and asked everyone.

"The minister thinks it's inappropriate, the reform of the Ming military system is being implemented, Liu Jin went to the household department, and it will be difficult to do the military system reform on my side."

The British public Zhang Mao was the first to stand up and shook his head.

Liu Jin is his right-hand man, with Liu Jin here, the military restructuring is smooth and smooth, Emperor Hongzhi is very satisfied, and the military strength of the Ming Dynasty is also rapidly improving.

The original military households were also very satisfied, because they got rid of the lowly status of the military household, the military household became a peasant, and they no longer had to endure the oppression of hundreds and thousands of households, and the descendants of the descendants could also go to the imperial examination.

"The minister also thinks it's inappropriate~"

"Although Gong Tong doesn't have much merit, he also has hard work in charge of the household department, and he hasn't made any mistakes, so if he is replaced like this, I'm afraid the ministers will not accept it."

Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, also stood up to express his opposition.

"Besides, the position of the first secretary of the household department is listed in the six departments and nine qing, and the position is high and powerful, although Liu Jin is talented, he is still relatively young, he was promoted from the third grade not long ago, and now he is promoted to the third grade, is it too fast."

Li Dongyang also said.

They all thought that Emperor Hongzhi was going to replace the bell and let Liu Jin be the head of the household.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate."

"First, Liu Jin is in charge of the military system reform in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, and it is a critical time, once he is transferred, I am afraid that it will affect the military system reform."

"Second, Liu Jin is still too young, and now he is in a high position, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the world's ministers to obey."

Xie Qian was even more anxious to object.

What are you kidding, let Liu Jin take charge of the household department, this is worth it.

There is nothing in the world that Liu Jin can't do, let him be in charge of the household department, this businessman, gentry, big landlord and the like don't want to have a good life.

Whoever is the head of the household department cannot be replaced by Liu Jin to be the head of the household.

"You don't think it's appropriate, but I feel that the household department, like my Ming army, has reached the time when it must be restructured."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at everyone and said with a smile.

The more you object, the more I want to get Liu Jin to the household department, and it may be a little urgent to replace Tong Zhong now, but you can go to be a waiter first, work for a few years, and get results, and then replace Tong Zhong with it.

The more Emperor Hongzhi looked at the bell in front of him, the more dissatisfied he became, and he couldn't wait to let him get out of now.

The guy who eats the corpse vegetarian meal, like the previous Zhou Jing, knows every day that he is staring at his own internal money, and every day he knows that he is diligent and thrifty, and he is light and thin.

I used to believe their words, but the burden of the common people is getting heavier and heavier, and the merchants, landlords, and gentry of the Ming Dynasty are getting fatter and fatter.

In the end, it was him, the emperor, who was poor, and the common people below couldn't even eat enough, but in the end, these big landlords, big businessmen, and big gentry were full.

Well, the household department has to change.

Taking advantage of the good situation in the Ming Dynasty now, this situation must be changed.

This tax must not only be levied on the common people, but also on the merchants, landlords, and gentry.

The treasury must also be filled, and if the court has no money, it will not be able to do anything, and in the end it will lose the prestige of his old Zhu family.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone immediately fell silent.

Emperor Hongzhi was obviously really dissatisfied.

If you think about it, you can say that you don't have money if you want to do something.

If the previous Hongzhi Emperor was forgotten, they would always be able to find a way to go back, so that the Hongzhi Emperor could live honestly and thriftily, lightly and lightly.

But now, obviously, it won't work, Emperor Hongzhi is ambitious, he has activated the factory guard, he knows everything, and he also knows that it is easy to do things with money, and he is extremely dissatisfied with the emptiness of the treasury.