In April, after bidding farewell to the cold of the whole winter, the city of Nanjing finally ushered in the long-lost spring, and the people began to go out to the green and move their muscles, especially like the Nanjing Gymnasium that has just opened, it has become a place where many people are willing to gather.

Not only did the people below take advantage of this weather to come out to play, but even Emperor Ning Yu began to take his three children, as well as Empress Cui Ji and Concubine Chen Caiwei and others, to watch the ball game at the Nanjing Gymnasium.

That's right, the football game created by Ningyu in the army, because of its strong competitive interest, gradually became popular in the army, and began to expand to the people, and with the gradual development of industry and commerce, football games have gradually entered the sight of major businesses, and many industrial and commercial groups have begun to organize their own football teams to play leagues, so as to expand the attention of major brands and chambers of commerce.

Although the traffic conditions inherent in this era made it impossible for the Industrial and Commercial Guild to organize events at the national level, places such as Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou were able to organize events, and each of them had professional large stadiums that could accommodate tens of thousands of people to watch the games.

Therefore, when Ning Yu had not yet entered the stadium, she could already hear the boiling cheers inside, but this scene made Queen Cui Xi frown slightly, her temperament has always liked a quieter environment, and she is more or less unaccustomed to such a noisy place.

Ning Yu was very keenly aware of the change in Cui Xi's expression, so he gently pulled Cui Xi's little hand and said with a smile: "Today is also a day to be happy with the people, it is normal to be lively, and although they are still young, they should also start to be strong." ”

Now among Ning Yu's two sons and a daughter, the eldest son Ning Chengze is only five years old, this son Ning Chengming is only four years old, and the youngest daughter Ning Luoshui is also three years old, but the good news is that Cui Xi and Chen Caiwei are now pregnant again, so Ning Yu doesn't have to worry about the heir problem now.

At this time, whether it was Ning Chengze, Ning Chengming, or Ning Luo, they rarely had the opportunity to come out to play, so they were all looking at Ning Yu and Cui Xi at this time? Afraid to go back early? But it made Cui Ji love for a while.

Seeing that Cui Xi's brows gradually calmed down, Chen Caiwei on the side also had a smile on her face? said: "If the queen is unwell? When the concubine is ready, she will accompany the queen back to the palace first, as for the children? After all, it's hard to get out of the palace, so let them play here. ”

"Okay? Then go check it out. ”

Cui Ji is no longer against it now? Under the guidance of the guards, the group went to the highest platform in the gymnasium, only to see that all the surrounding platforms had been emptied of idle people, except for the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard? And no one else? There are several sets of sofas on the high platform, and a large number of fresh melons and fruits are placed on the round table next to it.

Ning Yu sat directly on the soft sofa, looking at the unobstructed football field under the stage, but he felt a little emotional, even if he hadn't watched a few football games in his previous life? But sitting here today, I can't help but feel like a world away.

But haven't waited for him to come to his senses? With the sound of a whistle, the players on both sides begin to officially play? A soccer ball made of leather shuttling through the crowd looks a little dazzling? Someone snorting from time to time? Hearing not very clearly, though? But that feeling of enthusiasm is very vivid.

Although from the perspective of Ning Yu's later generations, the current level of football matches is still a little uneven, but after all, there are not too many differences in form, but others watch it with taste, and applaud from time to time.

Especially the three little guys, who had never seen such a scene on weekdays, were naturally attracted at the moment, and watched it with relish, and even couldn't help but dance with their hands, and had the urge to rush in to imitate kicking football.

Chen Caiwei had also seen the emperor playing football in the previous military camp, but the feeling was a little different today, and after seeing everyone sweating on the field, she couldn't help but smile and said: "The concubine also saw the scene of His Majesty playing football back then, and now if she returns to the court, I'm afraid she will play even better than them." ”

When Cui Ji heard this, she couldn't help but shake her head and said: "Although I don't understand the truth of football, I think it's really boring to let so many people compete on the field, why don't you send one to each of them, how good is it to kick yourself?" ”

Ning Yu couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded when he heard what the second daughter said, he didn't expect that he not only saw the ball game today, but also heard such familiar remarks, so he smiled bitterly: "This football game just needs competition to win, if everyone on both sides has a football, how can we talk about the fun of competition?" ”

When the second daughter heard Ning Yu's words, she let out a burst of laughter like a silver bell, making Ning Yu and the remaining three children look at each other.

After the ball game was over, Ning Yu and the others returned to the palace all the way under the escort of the guards.

Speaking of which, since Ning Yu set the current tone of development at the joint cabinet meeting, it can be regarded as completely cutting off the cabinet's control over the military, and almost all military actions are only transmitted to Ning Yu through the Privy Council, and the corresponding money and food consumption is allocated by the cabinet, and the emperor can order it completely.

In the original model, although the cabinet could not dictate the actions of the Privy Council, it was necessary to conduct a strict audit of the military's expenditure, which was set by Ning Yu himself, so this step was not modified, but the main addition was that the emperor's own edict could also be directly ordered, and only audit and accounting should be carried out afterwards.

After adding this article, the most intuitive impact is the skyrocketing military spending - with the deepening of the Fu Han army in the northern provinces, military spending is naturally gradually soaring, although the number of troops used is less than 50,000, but there are more than 200,000 people who maintain the logistics line behind, and a large amount of logistics expenditure is naturally further squeezing military spending.

The second is the policy issue of southern Mongolia and northern Mongolia, in order to promote the fallow grazing system in the early stage, the Great Chu naturally needs to invest a lot of resources in the early stage, and only after a few years, perhaps we can really stop this kind of resource delivery, and completely integrate Mongolia into the Great Chu, so as to achieve feedback.

Even though the estimated annual income in the six years of innovation will increase by 20 percent over the five years of innovation, reaching about 85 million silver dollars, the expenditure has increased by 60 percent, reaching more than 123 million silver dollars in an instant, and the fiscal deficit is as high as 38 million silver dollars.

According to the original intention of the cabinet, it was to stop the war in the north, reduce the expenditure of the army, and then try to achieve a balance of revenue and expenditure on the basis of ensuring industrialization, but with the emperor's insistence, it could only further expand the financial establishment to meet the needs of many aspects.

Of course, the problem arises.

The emperor wants to work hard and quickly, and he doesn't want to grind, so you can come out with the money.

But now it has been six years of innovation, and Da Chu has grown from the original financial plate of more than 30 million taels of silver in the first year of innovation to 85 million yuan in only five years, which can be regarded as the first in the world.

The development of industry and commerce, the reform of the field tax, the issuance of treasury bonds, the minting of gold and silver coins, the establishment of stamp duty, and even the stock exchange has now been implemented, in just a few years, Ningyu has actually done what can be done and what should be done, and it is in the face of so many measures that the fiscal revenue can be doubled, but this also shows that there is not much financial space that can be tapped in the existing environment.

"Yin's method of eating food has almost been used, and the method of reducing expenses has also been reduced......

Ning Yu looked at the map in front of him, and couldn't help muttering to himself in his heart, since he ruled this country, he felt more and more difficult to govern the country, but when he thought of some things that had happened in history, he couldn't help but have some doubts, and even sent someone to find Ernst.

Ernst was now much plump, he was wearing a tight official uniform, and immediately knelt down and saluted, and then said with a smile: "His Majesty the Emperor has sent someone here now, thinking that there is something important to discuss." ”

"That's right, I really have some doubts to find out about you!"

Ning Yu was not polite at the moment, and said softly: "Ernst, I believe you should already have a deep understanding of Da Chu, I want to ask you now, do I still have unfinished business in Da Chu's financial affairs?" ”

"What's not enough? Naturally, there are, but some measures do not have the conditions for implementation, and there is no need to implement them. Ernst smiled slightly, he still knew the emperor's temperament very well now.

Ning Yu snorted softly: "Ernst, you are really becoming more and more like a Chinese, and you are starting to talk around the bush. But you see, I don't need such a courtier. ”

After listening to the emperor's words, Ernst couldn't help but smile bitterly, and he said softly: "The meaning of His Majesty's question, the minister naturally understands it in his heart, but the minister has the truth, if the system of Great Chu is compared with the system of European countries, there is no difference, but there are differences. ”

"The reason why Your Majesty has doubts is because there are typical differences between China and the West in terms of fiscal structure."

"Take Britain as an example, their fiscal revenue structure is based on tax revenue plus national debt income, so in addition to collecting taxes from ordinary people, their government itself can also expand the revenue base through management, and although Dachu has now begun to develop industry and commerce and implement national debt, but after all, because of the short time, it is still in the stage of sowing seeds, and it is not the time to harvest."

Ernst said eloquently: "In terms of tax structure, the British government currently has income tax and movable property tax directly levied on property and income, but it is difficult to promote in China at present, in addition to the land tax itself, such as housing tax, cattle and sheep tax, personal income tax, due to management reasons, there is no way to become a national tax source. And even in the industrial and commercial industries, which His Majesty attaches great importance to, it is difficult to further refine the tax system, and in this regard, His Majesty seems to have gone some astray. ”

Ning Yu was suddenly a little surprised, and asked rhetorically, "Is there anything wrong with me in this festival?" ”

"Your Majesty has always encouraged the development of the industrial and commercial industry, and has also increased the intensity of taxation, but these are not enough, for the country, encouraging the development of industry and commerce is not the same as indulging industry and commerce, like the British government itself only provides a good environment for the development of industry and commerce, but in the three main links of commodity circulation, sales and income, there is a clear tax system, but this point is not further refined by Dachu at present."

Ernst explained: "At present, Da Chu's tax system for industry and commerce is about 10%, and the original Huaxia tax collection on commercial tax is far less than this number, only about 5%, most of which is still swallowed up in the middle of the link, and now Da Chu can directly receive 10%, which can more than double the current tax revenue of Da Chu, which can fully explain the effect." ”

"But the problem is that for European governments, 10% is also a low figure, such as the British government in the daily tax on the industrial and commercial industry has reached 15%, wartime may reach 20% to 30%, but Da Chu has been in a war environment for a long time, but has always maintained a 10% tax scale, naturally unable to leverage more taxes."

Speaking of this, Ernst sighed softly again, "There is another point, Your Majesty, do you know that the living conditions of the vast majority of people in Dachu today are far better than those of Europeans....... Because in today's Europe, all countries have the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army, but there is no option for the people to be rich in the rich country and the army......."

Ning Yu instantly understood, Ernst said that what he revealed was actually a point, because he always had compassion for the lower classes now, and the squeezing of the lower classes was not ruthless enough, if he could be ruthless and double the existing land tax and industrial and commercial tax, the money would still be collected, but it would be the common people who would not be easy at that time......

"From the day capital was born, blood and filth dripped from every pore......."

Ning Yu suddenly thought of such a famous saying, perhaps only by witnessing all this with his own eyes can he truly understand the ugly face of capital in the period of primitive accumulation, this is the voice of the people!

When this monster was just in its embryonic stage, it had already shown a great thirst for resources, and even forced Ning Yu, the emperor, to think of various ways to feed it and strengthen it.......

Just thinking of this, Ning Yu involuntarily raised his head and looked at the Nanyang region on the map, only to see that the map had been dyed red, which seemed to have some different flavors.