Chapter 52: A Million Men Repair the Road (2)
Chongzhen looked at the bitter Sun Chengzong, "Alas" sighed in his heart, I understand your worries, but who can understand my worries, according to the original history, the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty is only ten years away, but in this case, who can I talk to. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Everyone, Aiqing, get up, I will tell these plans, let's refer to them together, if it can be done, it's good, no, I don't force it, you should be satisfied now" Sun Chengzong, talents like Shi Kefa are capable and not bad, but they were born in this era, and their eyes have been limited by this era. A person's ability is against the sky, and he can't get rid of the time and space in which he lives, and his plan is simple, but it's just a salary from the bottom of the kettle and work for relief, but these people haven't thought about this method.
"Emperor Shengming" Hearing Chongzhen's words, the ministers below finally breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, it is better to listen to it first, and there is a discussion.
Chongzhen did not have the group of sycophants below Dali, and said to himself, "I plan to recruit millions of people in Shaanxi, northern Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Shanxi, build official roads, strengthen the river, clean up the river, build a series of projects such as post stations, all the people who are recruited, during the period of conscription, the individual's family is exempt from all taxes, and the conscription is tax-free for one year and two years, if I participate in the five-year conscription, the person's family is exempt from tax during the five-year period, and after the conscription is completed, after returning to the hometown, The Ministry of Industry issued a document to exempt the tax for another ten years by virtue of this instrument. If there are 2 young and strong people in a family, the 2 families will also be exempt from tax for ten years after the separation" The unlucky places of northern Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Shanxi occupy most of the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the peasant rebellion in these places is the most fierce in later generations.
"Now that Liaodong is using troops and the war is fierce, I plan to increase the salary of Liaodong in the provinces just mentioned, and double the tax collected at present." Chongzhen's purpose is to force the young people in these places to take the initiative to participate in the conscription, and in the later generations, these provinces will rebel the most intensely, and now Chongzhen plans to start in advance, come to the bottom of the kettle, and transfer all the young and strong people in these provinces to participate in the conscription, and collectively pull other provinces to engage in construction.
"Your Majesty, this year's Hubei is cold, with heavy rain and hail in many places. Seriously affected by the disaster, whether the tax increase is "whether it is something or not" the minister who did not know Chongzhen who made the opinion below did not continue to say, but what does it mean next, no need for him to say that Chongzhen also knows that it is not a good thing.
"Didn't I exempt the family taxes of the people who participated in the conscription, if I don't work hard, the court can't help much, you can step down." The official still wanted to say something, but in the end he was unwilling to retreat, Chongzhen shook his head when he saw this scene, he was still too young.
Directly issue the holy decree tax exemption, such a brain-dead policy Chongzhen never thought about it, taxation is not only a shackle on the people's heads, but also a whip that can drive the people, if you want to be exempt from taxes, you can, according to my requirements, the hungry can't eat, you want disaster relief, no problem, it's not a matter to open a warehouse and release grain, but you must participate in various projects organized by the government, such as building bridges and paving roads. As for those people who didn't work, just sat on the side of the road, basking in the sun and waiting for the court to release grain, and lived a more comfortable life than usual in the disaster year, it was better to let them starve to death.
"Is there too much time for the emperor to exempt taxes, so these provinces, I am afraid that the taxes in the next few years will not be able to be collected" Shi Kefa, the head of the household department, put forward his own opinion, once these provinces go, there will not be much in the entire north, and it is estimated that it will not be enough to rely on the taxes in the south alone.
"I am only exempted from the agricultural tax of the common people, and the matter of taxation will be discussed later, and I have my own arrangements" This is the limitation of the times, and Shi Kefa's eyes are still on the agricultural tax, the main tax of the empire. In the future, Chongzhen plans to increase the proportion of taxes on salt and iron ore, and gradually reduce agricultural taxes, of course, the most profitable of which is the tariffs after the opening of the sea. It's just that at present, the Ming sailor is already disabled, and before his new sailor is formed, Chongzhen does not plan to open the sea ban. If you don't have a strong sailor, you want to collect tariffs, that's a joke.
"Your Majesty, in recent years, the imperial court is facing a huge funding gap, and now the minister really has no money available, and please ask the emperor to take the idea" Shi Kefa showed his fox tail, this is looking for the emperor to ask for money, anyway, the Ming Dynasty has a precedent for the emperor to use the treasury to subsidize the treasury, according to the news he received, the emperor once deceived the emperor Taiji into entering the customs after robbing a batch of treasures along the way, this money should not be less than 10 million. Some time ago, those bigwigs in the Donglin Party were uprooted with a large number of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and there were more than 30 million taels of silver announced in the emperor's list, not counting the title deeds and houses, jewelry and antiques, not to mention that a large amount of land, the ghost only knows how much silver is piled up in the emperor now. Pity the treasury in charge of himself, which is empty, and even the rats are hungry.
"This matter, after you retire from the court, come to my study to discuss it again, and now deal with the matter of requisitioning and issuing the people's husband first" Chongzhen gritted his teeth and said, it seems that he is going to break the fortune, someone must have leaked the news, the time when he deceived Huang Taiji, so many people participated, and he couldn't hide it, this time he copied the house, and there were many people, but I don't know how much people in the court know, but now it's okay, many people in the court are worried about my inner library.
Since the last time he was fooled by Sun Chengzong, 200,000 new soldiers have a set of armor to spare, Chongzhen doesn't believe much in this group of ministers in terms of money, Sun Chengzong just doesn't know where to get it He copied Wei Zhongxian's house and got a lot of silver, and then he stupidly believed that Sun Chengzong was fooled and lame, and then his money was gone, and then he was forced to almost sell the palace short, so he insisted until now, and now he finally made some money Shi Kefa is eyeing it again. Before paying this time, you must figure out what to do and how much to spend, and you can't pay directly in such a stupid way.