Chapter 24: Taking the Initiative (Asking for Recommendations)
After such a fuss, the news of the emperor's visit to the kiln spread like the wind throughout the entire Beijing Division, this is the emperor's visit to the kiln, which era is a big news. And it is human nature to like gossip, and I believe it will not take long for this matter to spread throughout the country.
It is the power of the imperial history, and now all the imperial histories are working hard to write, and the civil official group has been suppressed by Zhu Youxiao for so long, it is rare for Zhu Youxiao to make such a big mistake, and if he doesn't seize the opportunity, it will not be the imperial history.
Zhu Youxiao's visit to the kiln is not all negative news. In this era, the literati have more or less such a habit, and even have written a lot of books on this aspect, during the Apocalypse, there is a man named Pan Zhiheng through practice, summed up a book, called "Jinling Prostitutes", "Jinling famous prostitutes are divided into four categories: one is called a product, typical victory; Second, it is said that rhyme, Feng Yi wins; Three talents, scheduling wins; Fourth, Ying Xiusheng. "Quality, rhyme, talent, and color" summarized the four styles of famous prostitutes in Jinling, which also became the four criteria for the "flower list" of the Qinglou later.
It can be seen how open the atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty was!
Zhu Youxiao's visit made Zhu Youxiao become close to the people among the ordinary people, the emperor used to be high, and in the hearts of ordinary people, he was the son of heaven and the grandson of the dragon, and now they found that the emperor also had the same place as them. In addition, Zhu Youxiao's invention of the game "Catch Fast and Kill" has now become popular in Beijing, especially in places like Goolan Hutong, which has become a mainstream game.
If Zhu Youxiao is not the emperor, then he is only about to become the spokesperson of Goolan, and if Zhu Youxiao works harder, even his portrait may appear in every hall where Goolan enters the door.
The emperor became the spokesperson, thinking about it is a thing that makes the industry proud!
The next morning, Zhu Youxiao didn't wait for the imperial history to attack, he decided to take the initiative and change from passive to active.
"I went out of the palace yesterday, observing the people's feelings, although it was only one afternoon, but I found that there are a lot of problems in the empire, I didn't know if I didn't go out before, I only listened to what you Aiqing said every day, I didn't know that the empire had so many problems, it was really better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, the ancients did not deceive me, I will go out more in the future, and see if I am the same as the Qing family." Zhu Youxiao didn't wait for the imperial historians to speak, he first set the tone.
As soon as Zhu Youxiao's words fell, someone raised his hand to speak, Zhu Youxiao didn't see it at all, and continued: "The first question I want to say now is related to Gu Ge Lao, is Gu Ge Lao not here today?" ”
"Gu Ge Lao is sick today and rests at home." Wang Liqian replied.
After Gu Bingqian fainted last night, he didn't wake up until this morning, he knew that the Gu family was finished, and he was already arranging the funeral at home, he only hoped that the emperor would be extrajudicial to show mercy, of course, Gu Daowen had already burped. To tell the truth, Zhu Youxiao really didn't think about Gu Daowen's life, but he didn't expect that after Gu Daowen was carried home, not only did he not get timely treatment, but he also knew that it was the current emperor who had a conflict with him today, so he disappeared directly.
"It's okay if you're not there. What I want to say is that according to the income of Gu Ge's old family, I don't know where Gu Daowen got the money to spend a lot of money in Goolan Courtyard, just to help the little people in Goolan Courtyard comb it used a thousand taels of silver, and this thousand taels is only for the old bustard in Goolan Courtyard, and there are other expenses not counted. Tell me, where did Gu Bingqian get so much money? Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
Zhu Youxiao's words, no one dared to reply. The officials of the Ming Dynasty are as honest as water, but it can really be said that they are rare, and the Ming Dynasty's income is too low.
"I have ordered Dongchang to investigate this matter thoroughly, this matter is only limited to the Gu family, I will not be implicated, I also understand that the income of my Ming officials is too low, the officials can't even eat, how can they be honest, I decided that from next month, the officials' salaries will be doubled, and the future salaries will be converted into silver and distributed monthly." Zhu Youxiao said.
"Your Majesty, now that the treasury is empty, it is really impossible to take out so much silver." Li Zongyan raised his hand and said.
"This time, the confiscation of the Ke clan and Wei Wei obtained a total of 2,350,000 taels of silver, and I decided to send half of it to Neinu and half to the household department." Zhu Youxiao said.
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, there were many fewer people raising their hands this time, and Zhu Youxiao still didn't give them a chance to speak, he continued: "This time I have found a way to increase taxes for the treasury, which can bring millions of taels of income to the treasury every year. ”
"Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear that now the treasury is unable to make ends meet every year, and the minister, the head of the household, should be miserable." Li Zongyan said.
"I have decided to levy a tax on the implementation of the Goolan establishments throughout the country, and this matter is the responsibility of Jinyiwei, and every Goolan place must hold a certificate issued by Jinyiwei to allow business, and must pay one hundred taels of silver every year, and every person who has a Golan must register with Jinyiwei, and pay fifty taels of silver every year. I expect to add one million taels of silver to the treasury every year. Zhu Youxiao said slowly.
Zhu Youxiao is not going to ban it, but is going to make it institutionalized and large-scale, so that it can not only provide the state with a large amount of tax revenue, but also prevent the spread of diseases.
"Commandment." Luo Sigong didn't wait for others to express his position, he said first. Taxation is a fat difference, he doesn't care what others think, this matter can not only get the emperor's approval, but also increase the income of Jinyiwei.
"There is no room for any mistakes in this matter, and all the taxes received will be directly handed over to the treasury." Zhu Youxiao commanded.
"The minister understands, and the minister will personally supervise this matter." Luo Sigong said.
Regarding Zhu Youxiao's decision, the ministers didn't know what to say.
Zhu Youxiao didn't wait for the minister to speak, he continued: "Now I want to talk about the third thing, I went out of the palace this time and found that the dust and feces of the Jingshi were flying all over the sky, and the smell was stinking, is this still my Ming Empire?" In such an environment, it is not difficult to understand that plagues will run rampant in the future. Zhou Yuanzheng, are you right? ”
"Your Majesty Shengming, the ancients have clouds and ......" Zhou Jian made a long argument and argued for Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao waited for Zhou Jian to finish speaking, and he continued: "Zhou Yuan is right, I have decided to set up a health bureau, which will be managed by Tai Hospital, with a director, Zheng Jiupin, two deputy directors, and several cleaning personnel from Jiupin. He is responsible for cleaning and sprinkling the streets of Jingshi every day, and the cleaning staff is five dollars per month per person. Moreover, I am going to issue a decree that the daily excrement is strictly forbidden to be messy, and it is strictly forbidden to defecate in the open, and violators will be fined five copper coins, and the feces of each household will be collected by the health bureau every day, and then transported out of the city before dawn every day. ”