In order to occupy the moral high ground, Zhu Youxiao hyped up the atrocities of the Russian army in Siberia in the "Daming Imperial Daily", and even used illustrations for the first time in the "Imperial Daily", and the content of the illustrations was to describe the atrocities of the Russian army in Siberia. The application of illustrations has made many illiterate people in Daming aware of the atrocities of the Russian army.

Under the vigorous propaganda of the "Imperial Daily", Zhu Youxiao's plan in Siberia was successfully shaped into a righteous action to save the people from fire and water, thus gaining the support of the general public of the empire.

"I have decided to set up the Eastern and Western Pol Cheng Xuan Envoy Division, and the territory west of the Lena River will be placed under the jurisdiction of the Eastern and Western Pol, and the administrative office will be placed in Weiqing City." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, the climate in Xipol is extremely harsh, it is uninhabitable in winter, and it is not suitable for immigration, so the minister thinks that it is better to assign the existing territory to Heilongjiang for jurisdiction." Wen Tiren suggested.

"Wen Aiqing, first of all, you underestimated people's ability to adapt, although the climate here is harsh, it has always been inhabited. Although the establishment of a feudal domain in East and West Pol may not be worth the loss now, I believe that one day the Empire will be able to mine the treasures hidden beneath West Pol, and then the Empire will realize how wise it is to make today's decisions! I am doing this for the sake of future generations. Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, how to solve the problem of the garrison of East and West Pol? We now have only 10,000 troops in the whole of East and West Pol, and the Russians could launch a new attack from the west at any moment. Yuan Chonghuan asked.

"Let's take a look at the map of Sipor." Zhu Youxiao said. Zhu Youxiao made a major change to the background of the dragon chair, and he placed a huge world map behind the dragon chair.

Zhu Youxiao pointed to the Yenisei River and said: "Next year, the empire's goal is to take here, and after taking here, I expect that our army is very likely to have a big battle with the Russian army of 100,000 people, and this big battle will determine the ownership of Xipol, so the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion must prepare early." ”

"Your Majesty, if there is a decisive battle with the Russian army within two years, the minister believes that the use of troops against Sipol should be suspended and concentrate on preparing for this decisive battle." Sun Chuanting suggested. Sun Chuanting is now the secretary of the military department.

"No, I want to push the borders of the empire here, and only by pushing the borders here can the empire completely control Sipol." Zhu Youxiao pointed to the Volga River and said.

"Your Majesty, the lower part of this area is still controlled by the Oirats, but the upper part is controlled by the Russians......" Sun Chuanting was halfway through his words, and suddenly stopped, he understood what Zhu Youxiao meant, Zhu Youxiao not only wants to do it to the Russians, but also to the Oirats, "Your Majesty, the labor expedition, logistics and supply is a huge problem. ”

"Chi Road, I want to build Chi Road all over the empire, only in this way can we solve the problem of logistics and supply." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The construction of Chidao not only requires money, but also people, and I am afraid that the national treasury will not be able to support such a large-scale construction of Chidao." Sun Chuanting said.

"People don't need to worry at all, all we need to worry about is money, and if we can solve the problem of money, everything will be fine." Zhu Youxiao said, "I decided to raise taxes on industry and commerce, raising taxes to 1 out of 10. ”

"Your Majesty can't ......," Li Rixuan said.

"When you hear this, do you think I'm rampage again?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile, "In fact, the appropriate tax increase on industry and commerce will not affect the rule of the empire, since the tax reform, on the contrary, the treasury revenue of the HITE empire has increased significantly, and the rule of the empire has become more stable." In the Empire, only an indiscriminate increase in agricultural taxes will affect the rule of the Empire, and in terms of agricultural taxes, I demand that the Empire never increase taxes. ”

"What does Your Majesty think is the best amount of taxation for both the industrial and commercial sectors? The minister thinks that it is impossible to have no limits. Sun Yuanhua asked.

"Within a hundred years, if the tax amount is within the range of ten taxes and one, it will never shake the rule of the empire, and even if the commercial tax reaches five taxes and one after two hundred years, it will never shake the rule of the empire." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, why do you say that?" Sun Yuanhua asked.

"My book is expected to be published in two or three years, and when the time comes, look at my book and you'll understand." Zhu Youxiao said.

Zhu Youxiao originally didn't plan to write a book, but he found that if he didn't write this book, many people in the empire would only know about many of his policies, but not why.

"When the time comes, the minister will definitely read His Majesty's writings carefully." Sun Yuanhua said.

"My book is definitely worth reading, and it will be of great help to both governing the country and engaging in business." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile. Zhu Youxiao is still very confident in this point. Although Zhu Youxiao's knowledge of economics is not even a fart in later generations, at this time, Zhu Youxiao's little knowledge of economics can definitely make him a qualified economist.

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The news of Zhu Youxiao's tax hike again quickly spread throughout the empire. The merchants of the empire were very dissatisfied with this, and there were even tabloids in Jiangnan that published articles in the south of the Yangtze River, implicitly accusing Zhu Youxiao of such wanton expropriation and tyranny. And the big businessman represented by Zhang Guoji directly approached Zhu Youxiao to communicate about the tax increase.

"Suppose you want to sell this cup for one or two silver dollars, and I want to add a tax of one percent to this cup, how much are you going to sell this cup? Are you still going to sell it for a tael of silver? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"It's definitely going to sell one, two, one." Zhang Guoji said without hesitation.

"Isn't that right, does the tax hike affect you?" Zhu Youxiao said.

"This ......" Zhang Guoji always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't find the problem for a while.

"I still say the same thing, taxes are taken from the people and used by the people, and all the taxes collected will eventually be used for the construction of the empire, and the money will eventually return to the hands of the people of the empire." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, now the empire's labor is extremely high, and the monthly wages of ordinary workers in Jiangnan have reached one or two silver dollars, and now everyone hopes that the empire will allow the use of slaves." Zhang Guoji said.

"I will never open this opening, I will never use slaves in the empire, I know that some people are using female slaves, my original intention was to use female slaves to solve the problem of more men and fewer women in the empire, but now some businessmen have taken advantage of the loopholes and used female slaves to produce, don't think I don't know about this matter." Zhu Youxiao said sternly.

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(End of chapter)