When the Apocalypse came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, King Shin and the others were already waiting inside. Generally speaking, even if the people in the city government do things that pit people, they will be a little embarrassed to use the visit to this site v Wang, Liu Yixiao, Liu Zong, and the three people to throw the mess to the apocalypse to solve, which itself has a bit of a pit flavor, but not only are they not ashamed, but they are also colorful, as if they have made meritorious contributions and want to praise the apocalypse□ Yixiao and Liu Zongzhou are old and refined, not to mention them, even the king of faith is also high-spirited, which makes the apocalypse very puzzled, is it Huang Zunsu, Qian Qianyi and others who taught the king of faith to be pampered or is there another reason?

After the three of them saluted, the apocalypse gave them seats, and first asked King Xin: "King Xin, how do you feel about handling the affairs of the Government Council independently for this time?" Feeling struggling? ”

King Xin said with a smile on his face: "Returning to the emperor's words, I was a little nervous at first, and I felt quite uneasy when I had no support, but fortunately, a few old ministers in the Government Council were able to help, and with the help of Lord Liu in the Holy Academy and the tall people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there was nothing difficult about it. ”

Seeing that King Xin was very confident, Tianqi asked directly: "In the past few days, many people have been asking questions about the Yuanlu Commercial Bureau and Central Qianzhuang shares, how did you solve them?" ”

King Xin said: "The courtiers have discussed with several old ministers in the Government Council and the Holy Academy, and the unanimous opinion is to delay until three or five years later, and when the imperial court has money, it will be rearranged ♀. ”

Tianqi thought for a moment and said, "Brother Wei just promised that their shares will be passed on from generation to generation, what other considerations do you have for doing this now?" ”

King Xin said: "Last year, the imperial brother invited Wen Zhenmeng, Huang Zunsu, and Qian Qianyi to his courtiers, and the courtiers studied with them for half a year and had a great understanding, realizing that they should not rely on feelings to deal with government affairs, but should pay attention to interests and compare gains and losses. ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "It seems that King Xin has made progress, let's talk about how to consider withdrawing shares this time." ”

King Xin said: "From the perspective of interests, the reason why the shares were sold began was that the imperial court did not have silver, and in order to pay the soldiers and emigrate, the imperial brothers were forced to raid the house and become a wicked person. At that time, the imperial court had projects but no silver, and the merchants had silver but had nowhere to invest, and cooperating with each other was just an expedient measure. ”

Apocalypse said, "Then they don't make trouble?" Won't it be said that the imperial court is crossing the river and demolishing the bridge? ”

King Shin said: "Merchants are profit-seeking, and as long as they are compensated with some benefits, they will not be dissatisfied." The courtiers meant to allow them to freely exchange a batch of silver for silver coins, and only charge fire consumption and no taxes, which was regarded as a compensation for them. In addition, they were allowed to switch from commerce to industry, and the industrial profits were not capped at 20%, so that they had long-term investment projects, and they should be very satisfied ♀ with the fact that the two items had already been reported to the imperial brother because of the importance of the matter, and seeing that the imperial brother did not object to the ministers, he boldly let the government affairs yuan order it. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "Collecting taxes and coinage is a matter of the imperial court, and it is understandable that the Government Council will take it back, and now the merchants have no opinion on compensation, so they can be regarded as having their own place." However, the remaining shares are concentrated in the use of the highway bureau and silver coins, and now there is no income from the reduction of the loan interest of the bank, and the road repair affairs of the highway bureau have also come to a standstill. If this problem is not solved, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. I won't tell you anything, in the past few days, many people in and outside the palace have asked for news from Brother Wei through various channels, and you should take a note and show it as soon as possible. ”

King Xin said: "The younger brother didn't expect them to harass the imperial brother, it was the younger brother who didn't think about it and asked the imperial brother to forgive the specific ♀ idea of the matter was collectively sorted out by the Holy Academy, and the younger brother knew the reason but was afraid that he couldn't understand it, so it was up to Lord Liu Zongzhou and Lord Liu to come to it." ”

Seeing that Tianqi nodded and looked over, Liu Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty, I began to believe that the king said that the pros and cons of doing things should be considered, and the ministers and others thought like this after careful comparison, but fortunately, it has not been finalized." I thought that after two days, I finally decided to report to the emperor for permission, but since I came today, I will make it clear, if the emperor thinks it is inappropriate, the ministers can correct it. ”

Tianqi said: "I am not a saint and I am not very smart, so I don't want to interfere more, but because someone is annoying, so ask the reason, as long as you really make sense, I will definitely support □ Lord first, let's talk about how you compare the pros and cons of gains and losses, so that I can have a bottom in my heart." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Through the analysis of the flow of people and goods, the ministers and others originally believed that several roads out of Beijing were very busy, and this busyness was still in addition to the data of the officials who came and went, so they thought that the toll collection without the Commercial Tax Highway Bureau could be operated independently." Later, after careful analysis, it was found that many of these people were immigrants to the north, as well as a false prosperity caused by the post-disaster construction in central Beijing and nearby areas. Therefore, there is no need for the current highway bureau to continue its business activities, and there is no need to build roads for at least three to five years. ”

Apocalypse asked puzzledly: "The matter of immigration started last year, and you haven't heard of it for so long?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The ministers only knew about the migration from the north to the south, but they didn't expect that there were still a large number of civilians in the Jizhou Military Region and the Liaodong Military Region who moved over, because military affairs were confidential issues, and the ministers and others only learned about it later." ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "It seems that it is still my problem, I have dismantled the cabinet and abolished the ministry, and the government and military affairs are a little unsmooth ♀ in some aspects, I will inform the Military Affairs Yuan to inform the Government Affairs Yuan in the future, and you should also ask more questions when you count the statistics, so as not to have this kind of thing in the future." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Yes, after the ministers found that there was no need for the Highway Bureau to continue to carry out affairs, they thought about how to calm the emotions of the shareholders, and the final conclusion was still delayed. The reason why there are three ways to withdraw shares is to avoid all shareholders from withdrawing shares, and the imperial court does not have so much silver now. As long as it drags on long enough and is skillful, I believe that the shareholders will choose to withdraw, and their own withdrawal has nothing to do with the credibility of the imperial court. But I didn't expect them to harass the emperor, nor did I expect the emperor to be so attentive, in fact, the emperor can be pushed to the Government Council. ”

After listening to Liu Zongzhou's words, Tianqi understood, it turned out that it was because he was anxious. The best way is to create a little panic and let the shareholders withdraw their shares, so that it cannot be said that the court will backtrack ♀, the key is to push the scary and not too fierce, not to let the shareholders get the money immediately, but also to let the shareholders have the idea of withdrawing. The only miscalculation was that I didn't expect that Apocalypse would not kick the ball to push the responsibility, which even the king of faith who had just entered the rivers and lakes was stronger than Apocalypse.

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "You said that you have considered the pros and cons of gains and losses, where are the specific gains and losses?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "First of all, by separating the highway bureau and the money bank with shares from the tax bureau and the mint, the imperial court can have its own possession of the commercial tax and fire consumption revenues. The proceeds of fire consumption can be used to stop corruption and bribery as much as possible, and can be regarded as a supplement to economic inspection. It can be roughly estimated that the annual tax revenue can increase by at least 10 million taels after collecting business tax, even if the shareholders get back the principal and half of the dividends after five years, it is only equivalent to the court borrowing them for five years with one cent of interest, which is considered a good deal. ”

Tianqi said: "Lord Liu only said the pros, what are the disadvantages, have you analyzed it?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "A while ago, they asked local officials to organize people to help build roads, which made many people miserable. The people had to serve the conscription every year, and now they have to build roads after the conscription, which in itself is an act of disturbance. In addition, after the road is repaired, it is necessary to collect fees every day, which is another form of disturbance to the people, and it is another advantage to temporarily suspend the affairs of the Highway Bureau and wait for everything to be considered. As for the drawbacks, at most these shareholders are a little anxious, and their silver can't run and they can still pay dividends, at most they will wait a few more years, anyway, they are not bad for money. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and asked: "There are still forty percent of the income of the imperial court in these shares, have you also given up?" ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The minister has calculated, although the Lu Shang Bureau and the Qian Zhuang claim to be 10,000 taels of principal, but in fact it is only 50 million, and the imperial court can only get 4 million taels a year, which is still calculated according to the highest loan interest of two cents. If the loan is not reduced to one cent, then the imperial court can only get a mere two million taels of ‖, if all the shares are not stripped out, on the side of the commercial tax, it can only get 40%, according to 10 million, it can only get 4 million, a total of 6 million per year. On the other hand, after the shares are stripped out, the interest of 50 million is just paid to the shareholders, and the imperial court has a net loss of 10 million in commercial taxes, which is cost-effective. ”

Liu Yixiao added at this time: "Lord Liu Zongzhou also missed one thing, if you don't strip off the shares, you will not only have to divide the business tax but also the fire consumption, which involves too much." If the commercial tax increases in the future, more will be distributed, and now the dividends of the shareholders can be used by the imperial court for five years, which is more cost-effective. ”

Seeing that Tianqi's face was not very good, Liu Yixiao smiled and said: "Your shares that the emperor doesn't use, the emperor can withdraw them at any time if he needs them, and the ministers have also discussed, and the income of Liaodong can be added to the emperor for another ten years." ”

Tianqi almost laughed when he heard it, Nurhachi was dead, but the Jurchens under the leadership of Huang Taiji not only did not stop but became more energetic, I heard that they had just taken advantage of the battle with Lin Dan Khan, and the scenery was unmatched for a while, and it was probably a fool's dream to ask Huang Taiji to pay taxes to Tianqi.

Tianqi thought for a while and said, "I don't want to lose my trust to others, why don't I hand over the shares of the Highway Bureau and Qianzhuang to me to operate?" ”