On the second day of ascending the throne, Xiao Rui woke up from the excitement of being the emperor, what to do, after all, there are too many things to do.

Heavy rain in Fuzhou and Ganzhou, many low-lying areas have been flooded, and there are no crops that are not afraid of water, even rice must have a degree.

Although the drought in Huainan, Huaibei, and Xuzhou has not caused the phenomenon of land cracking and red land, it has also had a great impact on crops.

The lower reaches of the Yangtze River are also in danger of bursting their banks, because the increase in the volume of water in the upper reaches of the Qijiang River will inevitably endanger the downstream Yangtze River.

Xiao Rui's ascension to the throne made Daxia change the new lord, but Xiao Rui did not have the ability to shake the tiger body and make the disaster retreat, and the situation of multiple disasters during the Xiaoice River still occurred repeatedly.

The only fortunate thing is that from three or four years ago, Great Xia regarded growing grain and curing disasters as the two most important things in the imperial court.

Growing grain is naturally the popularization of new crops, and disaster management is the construction of projects in places where disasters may occur. Xiao Rui attaches the most importance to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and the two go hand in hand.

The Ministry of Industry has a great responsibility and shoulders the mission of saving the people.

Reservoirs and rivers and lakes can be built in drought-prone and flood-prone areas to store water and lakes. Cement has been successfully developed, so it can be used to strengthen the river embankment, and at the same time, while cleaning the river, while moving the people in the downstream areas that are prone to bursting the embankment, a variety of ways to treat at the same time.

The experience of the ancients has proved that it is better to be blocked than to be sparse, and Song Yingxing understands this truth very well, so he fully fights against disasters according to the terrain.

The scorching heat and cold weather are difficult to change by manpower, but flood disasters can defeat them like Dayu's water control!

Today, there are more than 1,000 officials directly under the Ministry of Industry, distributed in various states of Great Xia, and if you add the personnel of each workshop, it is even more massive, but this is far from enough, Xiao Rui is by no means satisfied!

Now, Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank have appeared, will Daxia Zhongjian Company be far away?

Therefore, on the second day of Xiao Rui's ascension to the throne, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to add a new division, called the China Construction Division, and most of the students who graduated from the junior college were from poor families, hard-working, not afraid of hard work, and willing to do practical things.

Under the China Construction Division, they are allowed to open various branches, such as the First Construction Division, the Second Construction Division, etc., to be fully responsible for infrastructure projects, which directly makes up for the small problem of unclear division of labor in the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time distributes responsibilities in place.

In order to express the importance of the construction of the department, the construction of the division of the secretary can directly to the cabinet, although the position has not been improved, but the authority has been greatly improved, and directly by the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Song Yingxing is responsible, the Ministry of Industry Lang Lang did not dare to make trouble.

Xiao Rui is the emperor, it is impossible to do everything by himself, fortunately, there is a group of officials who can do things and are willing to do things, Xiao Rui tells them the ideas and plans, and they can complete it for Xiao Rui.

However, there are also problems.

The Central Construction Division is doing big things, and naturally the money spent is also a lot of money, and the corresponding burden on the court will increase.

Although the people have new crops to make up for the deficit of the grain harvest, the imperial court cannot increase taxes and squeeze from the people, so the imperial court has to find a way to make money by itself, and there is no money to build any infrastructure.

Now the household department is still full, and the destruction of the Qi country has also obtained a lot of loot, but the Xiaoice River period will be very long, this is a long-term battle, there is no money in but money, that is not good.

So what Xiao Rui wants to grasp with his own hands is how to get money.

The seafaring trade was restarted again, this time with a total of 37 large seagoing vessels, and secondly, it was important to promote commerce.

On the second day of Xiao Rui's reign as emperor, his second intention was to reduce commercial taxes.

In the past, the positive tax in Daxia was divided into two types: residential tax and excessive tax. The residential tax is the tax of business, housing and sales, the tax rate is 4%, the tax is the tax passed by the business, the tax rate is 3%, in addition, the commercial tax involves a wide range of commodities, aquatic products, grains, bamboo and wood, books, paper, lacquer are all taxed, in addition to the positive tax, there are miscellaneous taxes such as economic money, general money, monthly pile money, and royale money, which greatly increases the burden on businessmen.

One of the reasons why Emperor Xia was able to make Great Xia strong and prosperous in just over 20 years and let the household have money was to reduce taxes on the people and increase taxes on merchants, so as to stabilize the people's hearts and make money.

However, the commercial tax is heavier, which is not conducive to the development of commerce, Xiao Rui understands this truth very well, and Emperor Xia also understands, but there are gains and losses, and after weighing, a choice must be made.

Now is also the time for Xiao Rui to make a choice, he began to reduce taxes, the tax on housing and sales is reduced to 3%, the tax on merchants is reduced to 2%, and at the same time, odd items, farm tools, and books are exempt from tax, and bamboo, wood, and firewood are exempted from taking points. At the same time, the Criminal Department added a part of the law to protect the self-interests of merchants and so on.

This will allow merchants to see the policy changes after the new emperor ascends the throne, and merchants are a group of people who are good at observing and thinking about changes, and they will perceive the importance of the imperial court to business, so they will expand the scale of business. Over time, commerce will form a chain reaction, expand manufacturing, handicrafts and other production, and drive the prosperity of the economy in an all-round way.

Therefore, it seems that the commercial tax is reduced, but the country's income will not be reduced too much, and it can even be increased.

At the very least, the prosperity of commerce will drive the rapid development of the First Bank of Great Xia, which is also the income of the imperial court.

Speaking of money, Xiao Rui thought of his own money.

When Xiao Rui was the crown prince, there was not much money in Zhan Shifu, all of which were used up by him, and the internal funds that Xiao Rui is talking about now are the emperor's internal funds, to be precise, after His Majesty abdicated, the internal funds left to Xiao Rui.

A few days ago, His Majesty was going to hand over all the authority of the internal government to Xiao Rui, but at that time there happened to be something to forget, now that Xiao Rui has ascended the throne and inherited the family business, he naturally has to inherit the family's money.

So the question is, how much money does His Majesty have in his inner pocket? extraordinary

This question immediately evoked Xiao Rui's sad memories.

He inspected the state capital to inspect the silver looted by corrupt officials, and most of it went into His Majesty's pocket. Half of the pure profits of the seafaring trade went into His Majesty's pocket. The silver obtained from the handling of prominent officials was also distributed to His Majesty, and with other income, how much silver did His Majesty's internal money swallow?

And this internal money is Pixiu, only in but not out, the war has a household department, the promotion of new crops has Xiao Rui's hard resistance, I have never seen His Majesty spend a lot of money.

So Xiao Rui dealt with political affairs in the morning and went to Emperor Xia in the afternoon.

Emperor Xia lived in Ruixiang Palace in the northwest corner of the harem, and after Xiao Rui entered the harem, he found that all the palaces were very busy, packing their bags and things.

Xiao Rui became the emperor, and Emperor Xia, who was the emperor, was naturally unwilling to live in the palace, he was ready to cross the sea to live in the palace in Yingzhou, and the concubines and ladies of the harem naturally had to follow.

When he came to Ruixiang Palace, Emperor Xia was reading a book.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" Xiao Rui said respectfully.

Xia Huang put down his hand, patted the seat next to him, and said with a smile: "Sit down!" What does it feel like to be an emperor? ”

Xiao Rui thought about it seriously, "I don't feel anything special, it's the same as the previous prison country!" I just feel like I have a heavy burden on my shoulders! ”

"Well said! Remember this feeling and don't forget. When you forget the weight of this burden, but are enthusiastic about the control of power and the desire for power in the hands of life and death, it means that something is going to happen. As a father, I will leave for Yingzhou the day after tomorrow, and the future can only depend on you. Emperor Xia said sincerely.

Xiao Rui asked, "Didn't you say to stay longer?" It's okay to go late in Yingzhou, where the palace has just been repaired. ”

Emperor Xia shook his head and said, "Don't delay, I want to go out for a walk and go overseas!" ”

Although he said so, Xiao Rui understood that His Majesty wanted to go to Yingzhou as soon as possible to avoid suspicion.

Xiao Rui can be the emperor, and the help of the system accounts for fifty percent, of which forty percent is the Xia Emperor, and it is the honor of Great Xia and Xiao Rui to have such a father.

"Father, if you are bored living in Yingzhou, come back often." Xiao Rui said.

Xia Huang smiled: "Of course, I think my grandson and granddaughter will come back by boat." Oh yes, I took Xiao Feng's child to Yingzhou. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, Xiao Feng was demoted to a concubine, and he didn't know where to go with Cao Wan. Emperor Xia now has time, and he sees that his grandson is pitiful, and it is appropriate to take him to Yingzhou.

At this point, the conversation shifted to business.

"Father, the sons and daughters came to you for internal expenses." Xiao Rui explained his intentions.

Emperor Xia said: "Let the sea companion accompany you, just explain the situation to you, and hand over the internal money to you by the way." I've worked hard to save some property for you, don't spend it indiscriminately! ”

When Xiao Rui heard this, his eyes lit up.

His Majesty personally admitted that he had saved some family property, how much is this?

Xiao Rui hurriedly urged Hai Dafu to go to the inner treasure house and prepare to see the world.

When you come to the inner treasure house, it is protected by three layers inside and three layers outside the strict forbidden army, and there are three gates, except for Your Majesty, everyone who wants to enter must have Your Majesty's hand.

"Grandpa Hai, how much money is in it?" Xiao Rui couldn't help but say.

Hai Dafu took the accounts, then found the general accounts, and then said respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, there are more than 2.2 million taels of gold, 233.5 million taels of silver, and a number of treasures, and the specific details are in the accounts, and the slaves and maids are not detailed." There is not much money, please look at it! ”

After saying this, Haida Futon felt that his chest was transparent.

Nima, it feels so comfortable to pretend to be forced! There's not a lot of money, it's all a little money!

Xiao Rui's eyes widened and he was shocked: "How much?" ”

One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, so it is converted into silver, that is, 260 million taels of silver, not counting other treasures! Xiao Rui took the account and flipped through it briefly, good guy, there are countless treasures, and it is a huge amount of money to exchange it for silver.

"Hmm... It's really not much, you have to be diligent and thrifty. Xiao Rui immediately regained his composure and blew it out.

In fact, there are really not many, a He Shen is greedy for hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and His Majesty has saved a small treasury for twenty-seven years, and there are not many sincerely.

Then again, why don't you come to He Shen and let him collect money for his own fish farming?