Not only will it not add a tax increase to solve the problem, but on the contrary, it will reduce taxes in a big way!

"After the tax cut, how to solve the government's expenditure?"

Although he agrees to reduce the burden of the people, it does not mean that Huang Zongxi does not understand that now is the critical moment for the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, and this tax reduction will naturally have a certain impact on the great cause of restoring the country.

"To solve the problem, you don't have to keep your eyes on the land, you have to find a way to solve it from other places!"

Looking at Huang Zongxi, who seemed puzzled, Zhu Mingzhong explained.

"Just like this winter only Qinghe with coal is not less than 100 million catties, the government in the coal mine tax is not less than thousands of taels, and the coal is transported to Qinghe, made into briquettes for sale, the government taxes again, so that the government income is not less than 10,000 taels, now, this briquette because of the ease of use, and accepted by the people, Xuzhou and other places are now new application for coal mine officials with no less than dozens, it is expected that this year, Xuzhou coal mines will produce no less than tens of thousands of catties of coal per month, according to the current tax rate monthly income of not less than tens of thousands of taels, and will only be more and more ......in the future."

Again, when Zhu Mingzhong mentioned tens of thousands of catties, he secretly thought to himself that this weights and measures must be changed, and "tons" must be introduced into the unit of measurement. Otherwise, this yield calculation alone is a problem.

"And the government will naturally collect more and more taxes from it!"

For the future market demand for coal, Zhu Mingzhong can be said to be full of confidence, after all, after a winter of cultivation has made the people in Qinghe and other places have adapted to the pottery briquette furnace and honeycomb coal, compared with fuelwood or even coal, honeycomb coal is cheaper, three to five briquettes a day, enough for a family to use, far more economical than burning wood and coal. After the beginning of spring, the clay briquette furnaces and honeycomb coal will be sold all the way along the Grand Canal, and when the time comes, as the use of briquette furnaces becomes more and more widespread, the demand for coal will increase day by day, and the coal mine production in Xuzhou will naturally increase. When the output increases by at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of tons, the government's tax revenue can reach hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels, and there is no shortage of government mines in Xuzhou.

"This law is great!"

Although he still doesn't know what briquettes are, if they can be taxed on them by the minerals to reduce the burden on the people, Huang Zongxi is naturally happy to see it, and in his opinion, the tax on this coal is not much.

"This law can be described as a move for the benefit of the people!"

"In fact, not only coal, but also glass mirrors, yarn and many other factories can also be taxed, and industrial and commercial prosperity can naturally get industrial and commercial taxes, so that the official reserves are used, and there is naturally no need to think about making a fuss on the acres of land!"

When Zhu Mingzhong's words fell, Zhu Zhiyu stroked his beard and nodded, which is exactly what he admires Zhu Mingzhong's grave the most, and compared with others, Zhu Zhiyu has his own unique economic thought, that is, the "practical theory" that he constantly emphasizes in the academy. In the past ten years, several times he has crossed to the east to ask for help, which does not prevent him from reflecting on the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and the result of painful reflection is that the reason why the Ming Dynasty perished is an educational failure and economic bankruptcy. In the case of the lack of financial resources of the imperial court, in the face of natural disasters and military disasters, and when the northern provinces were turned into a red land, the officials still only knew about the increase in taxes, and they talked about morality, but they were unable to solve the fundamentals. After reflection, Zhu Zhiyu summed up three ways on how to prosper the economy: First, politicians should understand the economy, and second, they should encourage the economy. The third is the innovation of technology, the progress of the people's farming skills and the skills of craftsmen, and the direct impact on Qinghe Academy is that after Zhu Zhiyu served as the head of the mountain, the academy not only taught, but also taught production.

Zhu Zhiyu teaches production, which can be said to be extremely famous in Qinghe, and often takes students to practice, either to the countryside to teach farming, or to teach engineering skills in the city shop, and once demonstrated painting in the paint shop, which impressed the onlookers. Including farming, winemaking, and slaughtering, as long as he knows it, he will teach it all enthusiastically. In Zhu Mingzhong's words, Mr. is an economist, and if there is no man's land in the wilderness today, Mr. can do both.

And Zhu Zhiyu's appreciation of Zhu Mingzhong is precisely because he not only understands the economy, but also encourages the economy, pays more attention to the innovation of skills, and he is more proficient in hundreds of skills, iron smelting, coal mining, shipbuilding, and cannon casting almost everything, especially when he visited the yarn factory, he saw the yarn machine that can spin dozens of yarns at the same time, which made him even more breathtaking.

A few hours later, Zhu Mingzhong, who was slightly drunk, left Zhu Zhiyu's residence, and spent a few hours talking to Huang Zongxi and Zhu Zhiyu about taxation and education from taxation, which can be said to have benefited him a lot, and it is precisely because of this that he seems very happy.

When walking in this Qinghe Academy, you can vaguely hear a burst of reading from afar, but what you hear is a somewhat immature voice, the sound is coming from a row of red brick houses, and when you get closer, you can clearly hear the sound of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child reading.

This is the affiliated Mongolian school of Qinghe Academy, although under Zhu Zhiyu's rectification, although this Qinghe Academy has become the center of practical learning, but this affiliated Mongolian school, but Zhu Mingzhong instructed to build, in fact, according to his ideas, he hopes to establish a primary school. In the future, secondary schools and universities will be established, and eventually a modern teaching system will be built.

Education is the foundation of a nation!

Listening to the immature sound of reading, Zhu Mingzhong's mind once again came to mind the conversation with Zhu Zhiyu last year.

"The reason why the Ming Dynasty fell into the same position was first an education issue, and then an economic issue. I think that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Gao has always attached importance to education, and the country has been raising scholars for more than 200 years, but in the end, those who have been cultivated are either hypocrites or nerds, why are there so many people in the world? In the end, it's the education that goes wrong. ”

The shocking words, even now, will still make Zhu Mingzhong's evaluation of Zhu Zhiyu a few points higher. After all, in this day and age, it is rare to be able to point out such a view.

"In the teacher's opinion, how to solve this problem?"

Zhu Mingzhong looked at Zhu Zhiyu and asked.

How to solve this problem? This is Zhu Zhiyu's "social theory", at least according to the summary of later generations.

First of all, the purpose of learning should be changed, and it is no longer the profit-seeking theory advocated since the Song Dynasty, such as "there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book", which ruined the number of people for hundreds of years, and is the root of the failure of education. The purpose of reading is not to promote officials and talents, but to learn for the benefit of society, and at the same time, the content of learning should also change, not only to learn moral articles, but also to learn the wisdom and production knowledge of people, and to use it when you learn it; Learning methods should be changed, not closed-door learning, students should be fully practiced; Teaching methods should also be changed, and no matter how complex the knowledge is, it should be popularized in an easy-to-understand way, so as to educate the people of the world......"

And in order to achieve this goal, the knowledge of the Four Books and Five Classics was even turned into a catchy children's song by Zhu Zhiyu, and now even a three-year-old child can sing it in Qingjiang. In Zhu Mingzhong's view, Zhu Zhiyu's most successful place is probably the popularization of education, and historically, it was under the influence of Zhu Zhiyu that Japan began the process of universal education, and in the following two hundred years, Zhu Zhiyu's theory has been influencing Japan.

Compared with the enslavement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Confucianism tends to be conservative, and the Japanese scholars under the influence of Zhu Zhiyu have shown another form in the face of Western science.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that China and Japan have gone in two completely different directions in modern times, China summed up at the cost of the demise of one dynasty, and the last fundamental change in Confucianism blossomed in Japan, while China deviated more and more from the track of history under the enslavement of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

And now, Zhu Mingzhong is trying to bring all this back to the normal track, so that the nation's summarized scholarship at the cost of the country's demise can be spread, and then fundamentally change the fate of the nation.

"What's the use of winning the war just with muskets, even if it's driving out the Manchus?"

Listening to the sound coming from the red brick house, Zhu Mingzhong muttered to himself.

Even if the war is won with muskets and artillery, if there is no ideological change, I am afraid that this will be nothing more than a 17th century "Westernization Movement", and two hundred years later, China, like Spain in history, will fall into decay again, at most it will be a large Spain with a large area of colonies.

"Hope is still there!"

Hope lies in these children, who will be the first generation in China to receive "practical education" throughout their lives, and perhaps, the way out of change lies in them, although they cannot see the children in the classroom, but listen to the sound of reading in their ears. Zhu Mingzhong clearly knew that the way out was on them.

"Ten years, fifteen years at most!"

After leaving Qinghe Academy, he looked at Xinshi Street outside the car through the glass window of the carriage, although his vision was a little distorted because the glass window was made of defective products, Zhu Mingzhong still looked a little proud.

"Fifteen years, fifteen years at most, everything will change."

Zhu Mingzhong, who was sitting in the carriage, just looked at the street outside the car window, he could hear his heartbeat, and his eyes were full of expectations for the future.

Several times, he even looked back at the Qingjiang Academy hidden in the trees, what that academy carried, only Zhu Mingzhong himself knew, because he knew the power of thought very well.

"The mind does not bleed, it does not feel pain. Thoughts don't die......"

Thought has no weight, but once people identify with it and follow it, it has the power to knock everything down. And now, this power is gathering......