Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun looked at the four cabinet scholars in front of him, the expression on his face was a little exciting, didn't he just ask them to retrieve the information of the Hetao, and use it to make such a big move? What's going on?

"A few Aiqing, let's get up and talk!"

Zhu Yijun looked at the four people and spoke, and when the four people stood up, Zhu Yijun continued: "Hetao! Since the Han and Tang dynasties, the Hetao is a famous place. ”

"Not only is the land fertile there, plugged into the south of the Yangtze River, but also rich in Hetao horses, what a good place."

Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, the corners of Shen Shixing's mouth twitched, obviously the emperor had moved his mind to repeat the set.

"Your Majesty, this is the situation about the Hetao sorted out by the minister!" Saying that, Shen Shixing handed over a copy of the recital to Zhang Whale, and then continued to speak: "Since the beginning of the Jiajing year, the winter in the northwest has come exceptionally early. ”

"It's been seven out of ten years since the drought came, and the Hetao area is no longer suitable for reclamation."

"If troops are sent to re-establish a garrison in the Hetao, then all the garrison's food, grass and military supplies need to be supplied from the northwest. However, the year in the Northwest is not good, and it is getting worse every year. ”

"The grain and grass in the northwest are not enough to supply the Hetao garrison, so we have to transfer grain from farther away."

"The grain in the capital must be transferred from Jiangnan, and if the grain in the northwest is also transferred from Jiangnan, the cost of loss is too great for the imperial court to bear. Coupled with the bitter cold in the northwest, there were too many soldiers who escaped and it was difficult to maintain it. ”

Listening to Shen Shixing's words, Zhu Yijun sighed helplessly.

In fact, this has something to do with the military system of the Ming Dynasty, which is based on the reclamation, that is to say, the army has to feed itself with the grain of the reclamation, rather than the central finance to feed the army. In a place that cannot be cultivated, there can be no garrison for a long time.

In addition, the destruction of Shangtun made this kind of reclamation military system further collapse.

Now the Ming Dynasty's northwest combat power is very strong, but once the drought in the northwest begins, the northwest army will completely collapse. The court has no money or food for them, and desertions have become a common thing, after all, you can't go hungry and work for the court!

Transporting grain to the northwest, with the current mode of transportation, the loss of it makes people have a toothache.

Money!

Zhu Yijun sighed helplessly, to put it bluntly, he is still poor, if he has money, he will completely abandon this military system of Tuntian and adopt the recruitment system instead. Recruit soldiers on a large scale, and then give them money and food, and they are willing to go to the Hetao.

If you have money, you can transport the grain yourself, but it will cost a little more.

"Your Majesty, now that Warat has been defeated, the core area of Monan Mongolia is not in the Hetao, but in the Tumut River, that is, the city of Naturalization. Now between Datong and Guihua City, no one can stop me from Daming, and there is no need to repeat it. ”

"If Your Majesty wants a Hetao horse, then buy it from the Warats."

"The minister has calculated that the cost of buying 50,000 war horses every year is less than half of the cost of building four guards."

In fact, after listening to Shen Shixing's words, Zhu Yijun already knew that his re-enactment plan was about to be stillborn. In fact, compared to Shen Shixing, Zhu Yijun knew another thing, that is, the Xiaoice River period was coming.

Many people in later generations knew that the Chongzhen drought lasted for a long time and suffered a large range of drought, which has not been seen in nearly 500 years. Twenty-three provinces (autonomous regions) in the south and north of Daming have suffered from severe drought one after another.

The main areas of drought and lack of rain are in North China, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, these areas have been in drought for more than 5 years, and Henan Province, where the center of the arid area is located, has been in drought for 7 years, and the early stage of the drought event is a pattern of drought in the north and flooding in the south, and the arid area is expanding to the east and south year by year.

Later, it changed to increased rainfall in the north, and changed to flooding in the north and drought in the south. During this period, the plague epidemic and the rampant locust plague were absolutely fatal for the entire Ming Dynasty.

Everyone calls this drought the Chongzhen drought, in fact, God's change of face and sneezing have already begun, and this disaster began in Wanli and finally Chongzhen. Since the 20th year of Wanli, the Ming Dynasty has entered a situation of many disasters and difficulties.

There is a drought here today, and there will be water there tomorrow, or there will be plagues, locust plagues, and even earthquakes.

After this stage, it was the so-called Kangqian prosperous era, at that time, the days became better, coupled with the promotion of new species, the grain output of the entire Chinese land ushered in a big peak, and it was this peak that launched the so-called Kangqian prosperous era.

What I have to do is how to carry this wave, which is much more important than repeating.

When he has money, it is not a matter of time to re-set, thinking of this, although he is still a little unwilling, Zhu Yijun has already suppressed this thought. Anyway, Varat can't get a thorn now, so let them put the horses there!

With the wool trade, it must have been very simple to tie the warat to the chariot of the Ming Dynasty.

"Alright, I know!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "I'm not thinking about this anymore, let's put it down first!" ”

Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Shen Shixing and several people suddenly showed joy on their faces, and their hearts burst with a sense of accomplishment. Since Zhu Yijun came into power, they rarely have this feeling, and this time it is quite proud.

"Alright, stand down!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said helplessly.

Now Zhu Yijun is depressed, too lazy to look at their expressions, driving away is the right way.

The four of them also knew that it was better not to provoke the emperor at this time, the goal was achieved, and it was not the way to stimulate the emperor. The four of them saluted and then exited the Mandarin Hall.

Looking at the backs of the four people, Zhu Yijun rubbed his forehead and sighed helplessly.

"Emperor, the king is here!"

After waiting for a while, seeing that Zhu Yijun seemed to have recovered a little, Zhang Whale came over and said to Zhu Yijun.

Did the king bring it?

Zhu Yijun sat up straight, he had just been hit hard enough by the money, and now when he heard that Wang Yongji was coming, Zhu Yijun was instantly interested. This one got money for himself, and when he got the money, he had to take revenge today.

As for the catastrophe, there is no food, there is a catastrophe I can't do anything, the earth has a cold, and I can't cure myself.

But there was no food to grab, so I promoted potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn by myself, and if it didn't work, then go to the south to shoot. The royal sailor must be put on the agenda as soon as possible, and when the time comes, Daming will go to Southeast Asia to grab it without collecting grain.

Of course, Wang Yongji didn't know that Zhu Yijun had the idea of grabbing things with money, and after entering the main hall, Wang Yongji saluted respectfully.

Waving his hand to signal the king to use the salute, Zhu Yijun said directly: "I heard that you are going to Daxing in person? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is going to Daxing, this is the first time that the Department of Taxation has opened a commercial tax, and there can be no mistakes." Wang Yongji's attitude was very serious, and the expression on his face was also very serious. In fact, Wang Yongji also knew that if the tax department failed this time, then there would be no way to do anything in the future.

Zhu Yijun also attaches great importance to the tax department, after all, it is his foundation in the future!

"Let's talk about it!" Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Yongji and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Yongji nodded: "According to Your Majesty's explanation, the tax collected by the Tax Department this time is roughly divided into several types, one is the business tax, which is for the store. Depending on what you are doing, the tax system is different. ”

"The registered trademark that Your Majesty said is also going to be put into operation this time, and the illegal operation will be banned."

"Among them, casinos and brothels have relatively high tax rates, and the tiered tax system mentioned by His Majesty is adopted, the more money you make, the more taxes you will pay, and the fines for tax evasion have also formulated detailed rules."

"In addition to the business tax, there is also a transaction tax, which is for the transaction of bulk goods."

"In addition to the transaction tax, there is also a production tax, which is for the workshops."

Wang Yongji gave Zhu Yijun a detailed introduction to the tax collection methods and the punishment regulations after violation.

"Your Majesty said that the notary office has also prepared manpower, and all sales and transaction contracts need to be notarized at the notary office, and the court will not recognize the contract without notarization. Taxes are collected according to the amount of the transaction contract, and the minister will run and promote it in Daxing this time. ”

After listening to Wang Yongji's words, Zhu Yijun nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Very good, do a good job, don't let me down." ”

"Your Majesty rest assured, the ministers will do their best!" The king bowed with a serious countenance.

Wang Yongji left, and after leaving the palace, he went to Daxing, and a courtier didn't pay much attention to it, but it was destined to shock countless people.

The emperor dispelled the idea of repetition, and many courtiers breathed a sigh of relief, and the focus of the imperial court shifted to the news that Qi Jiguang was about to return to Beijing. This time, not only Qi Jiguang returned triumphantly, but also Wara's Zhongshun Lady and Shunyi King Bu He rudely entered Beijing to meet him.

This is definitely a big thing for Daming, and Wara, who has plagued Daming for many years, has finally been subdued.

Zhu Yijun's attention also shifted to this matter, after all, this was a big thing for Daming. The Ministry of Etiquette is also busy formulating etiquette, Zhu Yijun doesn't care much, and when the time comes, he just needs to do what the Ministry of Etiquette says.

Qin Tianjian.

Originally, Qin Tianjian was not a busy yamen, but in the past two days, Qin Tianjian has been very lively, because a person named Xu Guangqi brought a big guy, a big guy called a grandfather clock.

A new timekeeper that works better than a sundial and doesn't require sunlight either.

Shao Deren, the supervisor of Qin Tianjian, has been busy with this matter for the past two days, and glanced at Xu Guangqi, who was sitting there drinking tea, Shao Deren was a little angry, this bad thing was all done by this guy.

You said you had nothing to do with such a thing, but he didn't dare to say.

For this matter, the emperor also made a special decree, and if he didn't do it, he would end badly.

"Brother Xu, do you have any ideas?" Shao Deren looked at Xu Guangqi and asked cautiously: "After all, this bell is from you, if you have any ideas, let's say it and we will study it!" ”