The Imperial Palace Qianqing Palace, the office of Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi is smiling and accepting the New Year's wishes of important ministers, the three elders of the cabinet, the head of the household department, Tong Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the five armies, Zhang Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Fu Han, and Liu Jin and the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, who were named by the Emperor Hongzhi.

"It's been fourteen years in a blink of an eye, fortunately thanks to the blessing of our ancestors, all of you are conscientious, my Ming Dynasty is thriving, prosperous, gratifying~"

Emperor Hongzhi was also full of smiles in the face of the New Year's wishes of the ministers, and sighed that time flies and time flies.

Emperor Hongzhi was eighteen years old, and now he is thirty-two years old.

At the age of thirty-two, if it is placed in the next generation, it is just now, and many people are still unmarried children.

But look at Emperor Hongzhi sitting on the dragon chair, he looks very old, the whole person is gloomy, and the gray hair on his head is gray, as if he is an old man in his fifties who is about to die.

This is related to the fact that Emperor Hongzhi has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and his health is not good.

When he was a child, because of the persecution of Concubine Wan, even if he was the emperor's son, he did not dare to appear in everyone's field of vision, and survived under the cover of the palace maids and eunuchs.

Eating 100 family meals, wearing 100 family clothes, and eating the last meal but not the next meal, this is also the root of his body.

In addition, after becoming the emperor, he was very diligent and thrifty, and the diligence in handling the national credentials was estimated to be comparable to only the comrades of Lao Zhu, the founder of the country.

The long-term leather case also caused him a lot of pressure, and at the beginning of the Hongzhi Dynasty, all kinds of things were very annoying.

There are steppe people in the north, Tusi in the southwest is constantly rebelling, the southeast coastal areas are rampant with pirates, the government and the opposition are dominated by civil officials, the treasury is empty, and nothing can be done.

All of this added up to make Emperor Hongzhi exhausted, and he looked very old at a young age.

Otherwise, at the age of thirty-two, it should be the peak period of life, and it is also the most productive period in life.

Fortunately, in the past few years, because Liu Jin crossed over, the wings of the traverser flickered, bringing great changes.

The situation in the Ming Dynasty is constantly improving, the country is safe, prosperous, and Hongzhi Zhongxing is definitely not just a boast of civil officials, but a real Zhongxing.

The improvement of the situation in the Ming Dynasty also made Emperor Hongzhi worry a lot less, so in the past two years, his complexion has improved.

Historically, Emperor Hongzhi died of illness in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, that is, four years later, as for now, Liu Jin does not know how long the Hongzhi Emperor in front of him can live.

To be honest, Liu Jin still hopes that he can live longer.

He is a good emperor, with a good temper, a good person, and a good heart, sometimes in Liu Jin's opinion, he is not suitable to be an emperor at all, to be the king of this country.

A good man can't be an emperor!

But Liu Jin still hopes that he can live a little longer, do things for such an emperor, be down-to-earth, and will not worry about his disaster because of some things.

And the crown prince Zhu Houzhao is still too young, and he is very playful, if Emperor Hongzhi can last a few more years, Zhu Houzhao is a little bigger, and his temperament is more restrained, maybe it will be much better for the Ming Dynasty.

"Liu Jin?"

Liu Jin fell into deep thought, but he didn't hear Emperor Hongzhi naming him.

"Oh~Your Majesty~"

Liu Jin came back to his senses and hurriedly said respectfully.

"Liu Jin, it's a new year, do you have anything to say?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin, this Liu Jin was a little strange today, but he didn't think much about it, and asked again.

"Your Majesty~"

"Princes~"

"As the so-called plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning, the same is true for our Daming."

"The minister thinks that on the occasion of the next New Year, the imperial court should formulate a New Year's plan, for example, in the new year, the amount of tax silver in my Ming Dynasty should reach 30 million taels of silver, and at the same time, a plan should be worked out on how to spend the 30 million taels of silver."

"For example, this year, we Daming will build cement roads from the capital to Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, or how many people will immigrate and how many fields will be reclaimed in Liaodong."

"At the beginning of the new year, we will set a New Year's goal, so that the whole year can continue to work hard according to this goal, and the monarch and the minister will work together to create a more brilliant era."

Liu Jin thought about it and replied.

In fact, this is also a five-year plan for later generations, but there is definitely no way to say five years now, but a plan for a year is still possible.

The imperial court of this era basically didn't have any plans, and Liu Jin felt that the management was very loose, and he would do things in a targeted manner when he encountered anything, not to mention preparing in advance, lacking planning.

"New Year's resolutions?" Jiujiu Chinese

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up slightly, this is good, I always felt a little passable before, when the emperor hit the clock for a day, now that I think about it, it seems that there is indeed a lack of a goal and plan.

"This Liu Jin ....."

As for Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and the others, they couldn't help but have a slight headache, knowing that they couldn't let Liu Jin come, and he would be able to toss something out as soon as he came.

In the past, everyone did things, how could there be any plans and goals, everyone's favorite was actually inaction, and what I hoped was not to toss, which was called recuperation, and it was also the favorite state of the courtiers of all dynasties.

In such a state, as long as the wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, and there is no invasion by foreign enemies, then they will have a good time as courtiers, and they can pat the emperor on the back every day.

Liu Jin is good, what kind of New Year's plan is this, isn't it torturing himself, finding things to do for himself.

"The idea is very good, I wonder what the tax restructuring work you are responsible for has plans for the new year?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded, then thought about it and asked.

"Your Majesty, this is a note written by the minister~"

Liu Jin naturally had been prepared for a long time.

For more than two months at the end of the year, Liu Jin has been training those who come to report on how to become a qualified tax officer, and it is almost time to start.

At the beginning of the new year, Liu Jin was ready to send them to various parts of the Ming Dynasty to start the official implementation of taxation.

"Oh?"

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed, this Liu Jin can always make people's eyes shine when he does things.

Soon, Xiao Jing handed Liu Jin's recital to Emperor Hongzhi, who opened it and looked at it carefully.

Liu Jin's recital is completely different from that of other ministers.

Generally speaking, if a minister wants to explain a matter to the emperor, he often has to go around in a big circle, quote scriptures, explain the truth of the matter, look for historical cases to increase his persuasiveness, and only then will he tell the matter at the end.

Therefore, there are often a lot of words in a recital, and sometimes even tens of thousands of words have not yet reached the core point, all of which are showing off their own writing and style.

Many times, if you don't have a certain level, you can't understand what is really going on in this recital, and you talk a lot about it.

But Liu Jin is different, he has very few recitals, and he has always relied on writing recitals, but every time he writes recitals, he directly puts things forward, raises questions, and then gives solutions to solve problems.

It's simple and clear, and it's all at once, and it's clear that the things that will be reported will be clear.

Liu Jin's recital is clearly written.

In the 14th year of Hongzhi, in the tax reform led by Liu Jin, it was necessary to establish a sound taxation system, and set up nearly 200 imperial court tax yamen directly under the household department in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time set up municipal shipping departments in Tianjin, Songhu, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, Ryukyu, Crescent City, Yinshan County, and Hyogo no Tsu to collect customs taxes.

At the same time, Liu Jin also estimated that the tax target for the entire whole year of Hongzhi's fourteenth year was 30 million taels of silver.

"Thirty million taels of silver!"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he saw this number.

"Liu Jin, this year's tax will be 30 million taels of silver, will it be too much, this tax will be levied too much, and the people below may have a hard time."

Emperor Hongzhi thought for a while and said.

In the final analysis, he is still a good emperor, and he is also an emperor who is deeply influenced by Confucianism, and he always feels that if there are too many taxes, the people will be miserable.

"30 million taels of silver~"

When the others heard this, they couldn't help but take a slight breath, last year, the tax and silver of the Ming treasury added up to less than six million taels, and this year they will collect 30 million taels of silver at once, which is too much.

"Your Majesty, the tax of 30 million taels of silver, the minister thinks it is not much, and even it is relatively low."

Liu Jin thought about it and replied.

How can there be more than 30 million taels of silver, just these industries under Liu Jin's command, if you pay taxes and silver, you have to pay tens of millions of taels of silver, more than a dozen industries, on average, one industry pays one million taels of silver, it is really a drizzle.

Therefore, the tax target of 30 million taels of silver is really not much in Liu Jin's opinion.

"As for whether it will affect the people's livelihood, Your Majesty, please rest assured, because the land tax and the per capita tax are not among them, but the local government will collect the tax, and this part will not increase, so it will not affect the lives of the people at the bottom."

"If it really has an impact, it may have an impact on businessmen and factory owners, workshop owners, trading houses, etc., but these are rich people, and they should pay taxes when they make money."

"Only when our court is rich, can our court have more strength to protect the interests of our Ming people, and at the same time, it can also play the role of taxation, appropriately adjust the distribution of social wealth, and take into account the people at the bottom."

"For example, when the imperial court is rich, it can exempt the tax from taxation and never increase it, etc., which will not only not affect the people's livelihood, but also reduce the burden of the people at the bottom."