"Since the fifth year of the Apocalypse, I proposed the Ten New Policies, and now it is the end of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, and nine years have passed in between, and the New Policies are only five articles, but in fact only four articles need to be implemented, and the "Patent Law" does not need to spend too much thought on the part of the imperial court, and if it is implemented at this rate, it will take twenty years and ten new policies to be implemented throughout the country, but it will take a while to achieve results, and I will not know if I am alive at that time?" Zhu Youxiao said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks you can choose ......" As soon as Han Yi's words came out, he was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao continued: "In the Ten New Policies, the tax reform is the foundation of all the new policies, only with money can we do things, and we can't do anything without money, this tax reform must be implemented gradually, and the tax reform has achieved very good results when it was tried in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hebei and other provinces, why can't it be implemented in the whole empire?" I demand that the tax reform be completed before the next cabinet takes office, or that the cabinet ministers be selected in advance. ”

For Zhu Youxiao's firm attitude, the cabinet ministers did not know how to deal with it for a while, Sun Chengzong saw this and said: "Your Majesty's tax reform is mainly three articles, one is to raise the commercial tax to fifteen taxes one, the second is to levy a resource tax in the empire, the third is to levy stamp duty, the minister thought that the stamp duty can be implemented first, this tax is calculated to be micro and macro, the opposition of the people must be very small, stamp duty is only collected every time the transaction amount is only one thousandth of the transaction amount, but in the daily life of the empire involves the contract every day, There are a lot of documents such as vouchers, and even if you only take one thousandth of them each time, they add up to a very large amount. ”

Stamp duty is a new tax introduced by the Dutch in 1624, when the Dutch government experienced an economic crisis and financial difficulties. In order to solve the financial difficulties, the Dutch government wanted to solve it by increasing taxes, but it was afraid of the opposition of the people, so the government tried to find a way to get the best of both worlds, but it could not think of it. As a result, the Dutch government adopted the method of public bidding, and sought a new tax design plan with heavy rewards, seeking a clever way to make money. Stamp is a masterpiece selected from thousands of applicants' designs.

"The minister seconded that the tax reform should be carried out gradually, and the stamp duty could be implemented in the empire first." Guo Yunhou also agreed.

"Three steps in three years, tax reform must be completed within three years." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Three years is a bit of a rush, but it's something to try." Sun Chengzong nodded.

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The tax reform came to an end for the time being, but as soon as Zhu Youxiao returned to the harem, he received very bad news - Xu Guangqi died of illness.

Just two days later, the governor of Shandong, Yuan Keli, died of illness. Both of them were virtuous ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and both of them were born in the same year but died in the same year.

Within a month, Zhu Youxiao lost two powerful ministers one after another, which made the entire empire seem to be a little sad. Since learning the news that the two were seriously ill, Zhu Youxiao mobilized all the manpower and material resources that could be mobilized, but only helped the two of them delay for less than a month.

At the same time, Sun Yuanhua took over Xu Guangqi's position and served as the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture.

In a slightly sad atmosphere, the empire ushered in the fourteenth year of the apocalypse, which was also the tenth year of Zhu Youxiao's coming to this world. After the end of the outer court ceremony this year, Zhu Youxiao returned to the inner court and accepted the queen, concubines, princes, and princesses when they saluted.

This has a lot to do with Zhu Youxiao's knowledge of fertility, according to Zhu Youxiao's knowledge of fertility, the concubines can always invite Zhu Youxiao to sow seeds at a more accurate time. Although it is not nine times out of ten, as long as half of the success is a very big number, this is mainly because the base of concubines is large, and now only a few concubines such as Zhang Yan, Concubine Zhang Yu, and Concubine Fan Hui are not pregnant.

It is said that Song Huizong is the most capable student, and it seems that Zhu Youxiao can break it at any time.

Although Zhu Youxiao's fertility knowledge has only mastered a little bit, this little bit of knowledge has been known as the "secret method of the palace" in this era and has spread to the entire empire, and it is this little bit of knowledge that has increased the population growth rate of the empire a lot.

By February of this year, Xiaoxiao was also pregnant. Zhu Youxiao arranged for Xiaoxiao to raise a baby in the harem, but Xiaoxiao still did not accept the title, and Zhu Youxiao did not insist, and the matter of Phoenix Qiuhuang and the Community Chest was temporarily handed over to Maria to preside.

By the end of February, Gu Mei was also pregnant. If the small things were deliberately arranged by Zhang Yan, then Gu Mei was arranged by herself, and Zhu Youxiao only now understood why Gu Mei always came to him at the same time every month.

"You can also enter the palace to raise the baby, but you can't be rewarded for the time being, Xiaoxiao doesn't want a reward, and I can't give you a reward." Zhu Youxiao said softly.

"The concubine understands, and the concubine Xie Emperor forgives the concubine's crime of bullying the king." Gu Meicheng said with trepidation.

"People are selfish, I understand, I am not a gentleman, let alone a saint, I also have selfishness, I am greedy for beauty, now there are nearly 100 concubines in the harem, and they are still messing with flowers and grass, sometimes it is inevitable to take care of one or the other, you want to have a child, it can be regarded as a sustenance for you, so I will not blame you for doing this." Zhu Youxiao comforted.

"Concubine Xie Emperor Longen!" Gu Mei said.

"In this world, gold and silver and many other things, you can all try the truth or falsehood, but only the human heart can't try, you can't gamble, this time you won the bet, because I think this is what should be yours, but there are some things that shouldn't be yours, you can't touch it, don't try it, let alone gamble, otherwise, there will be no good results." Zhu Youxiao warned. This Gu Mei's scheming was too heavy, and Zhu Youxiao had to warn her.

"The concubine understands that what the emperor rewards is the concubine's, not the emperor's, and the concubine will never touch it, let alone try it." Gu Mei said respectfully.

"You and Xiaoxiao live in the apse of Chuxiu Palace together, and the wool spinning matter will be handed over to Xiaolan for the time being, with me, there will be no problems, but some plans will be suspended." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No. After the concubine gives birth, the concubine will immediately start to implement it, and it will not delay the emperor's major events. Gu Mei said.

"Don't worry, nothing is as important as you and your children, I will postpone things such as the ready-to-wear exhibition." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Emperor Xie!" Gu Mei said.

Gu Mei's pregnancy did not cause any waves in the palace, even if a few people knew that Gu Mei did it on purpose, after all, Gu Mei's background was too low.

(End of chapter)