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In March of the 14th year of the Apocalypse, a five-magnitude earthquake occurred in Huanggang and Luotian in Huguang one after another.

In April, Wu Ganlai asked for disaster relief in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. From August last year to April this year, drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces one after another, and famine broke out in several parts of the two provinces.

The cabinet ordered Wu Ganlai to mobilize grain from the granaries of Beijing, Sichuan, and Hebei provinces to provide relief to Shanxi and Shaanxi grain, and Liaoning Province achieved good results in clearing land for the first place, and last year's grain output in Liaoning Province not only met the needs of Liaoning Province, but also had a surplus, which made Yuan Chonghuan see the hope of Jin after the Second Northern Expedition.

The three wars in the five-year plan were the most expensive for the Houjin War, and now the treasury is unable to make ends meet, which makes Yuan Chonghuan very worried that it will affect the second Northern Expedition Houjin, but Liaoning's bumper grain harvest made Yuan Chonghuan see hope again.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was discussing the plan submitted by the Chengdu Governor's Office for the southern expedition to the East.

"Xiong Aiqing, what do you think of Qin Liangyu's strategic plan for Qin Dudu's southern expedition to the east?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Xu Chengming has outstanding military achievements, Zeng Sheng captured the bandit leader An Bangyan, and put down the eight-year-long luxury rebellion in one fell swoop, and is a rare general, and Ma Xianglin is the Eastern Han Dynasty Fubo General Ma Yuan, after the brave crown of the three armies, can write good books, often ride alone to charge the battle, take the head of the enemy general. The army is called 'Zhao Zilong' and 'Xiao Ma Chao', and it must be no problem to take the two as generals, but the army that Donghu can mobilize is nearly 200,000, and this time the southern expedition to Donghu, our army only has 50,000 troops, and there is a disparity in strength, but our army's equipment is better than that of Donghu, so the minister thinks that the probability of our army winning is more than fifty percent. Xiong Tingbi said.

"The number of artillery pieces in this battle is very critical, can the manufacturing bureau of the Chengdu Metropolitan Mansion produce artillery to meet the needs of this southern expedition?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"If it is only for the southern expedition, it should be enough, after all, there is still a year to prepare." Xiong Tingbi said.

"Then the plan of the governor of Qin, I will be approved." Zhu Youxiao said.

"No, the minister will immediately send someone to inform the governor of Qin." Xiong Tingbi nodded.

"Is Ma Xianglin wearing silver armor, riding a white horse, heroic and chic?" Zhu Youxiao asked suddenly.

"Exactly, his wife Zhang Fengyi is also good at writing and martial arts, and she is also a fierce general." Xiong Tingbi paused and said.

"Hmm." Zhu Youxiao just nodded and didn't speak again.

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In May, the calendar, which had taken years to revise, was finally completed. In history, this calendar is called the "Chongzhen Calendar", but in this time and space it is called the "Apocalypse Calendar", this calendar is basically the same except for the different names in history.

"The Apocalypse Calendar will be promulgated throughout the country immediately, and from next year, the Empire will use the Apocalypse Calendar, and the previous calendar will be abolished." Zhu Youxiao made an order.

"No."

"How's the stamp duty going?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"This matter is going very smoothly, although there is a slight criticism from the people, but the amount of tax collected each time is very small, and there is not much opposition from the people." Sun Chengzong replied.

"How much money is expected to be provided to the treasury by stamp duty this year?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"This year, it is expected to provide the treasury with 1 million to 3 million taels of silver dollars, and the minister estimates that the maximum peak of stamp duty should reach about 10 million taels." Guo Yunhou replied.

"In the tax reform, there is a plan to set up a special tax bureau, I plan to prepare for the implementation, I decided to set up a tax bureau in the central government, the bureau is from the second grade, all provinces, prefectures, governments, counties have set up tax bureaus, responsible for taxation and other tax-related affairs, what do you think?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Zhou Yingqiu immediately agreed.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Sun Chengzong also agreed.

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As soon as Sun Chengzong agreed, there was basically no opposition.

"The head of the State Administration of Taxation, do you have a suitable candidate?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The minister recommended the squire of the military department." Han Yi said.

"Hou Shilang, I have other uses." Zhu Youxiao vetoed.

"The minister recommended Xue Guoguan, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites." Zhou Yingqiu said.

"But are there any other candidates?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The minister recommended Cheng Guoxiang, the head of the household department." This is Sun Chengzong said.

"This person is an honest and honest official, and he is able to do his job effectively. In addition, the provincial, state, government, and county taxation bureaus should try to select candidates from among the officials, who are more familiar with taxation matters than others, and in addition, they can also give preference to retired soldiers. Zhu Youxiao said.

"No."

"Pass Cheng Guoxiang and Yao Junping to see you in the Qing Palace." Zhu Youxiao said.

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Cheng Guoxiang, the word Zhongruo, the number I spin, Guguan people. This is really a Qing official, according to historical records, he lived in Nanjing after his death, and lived in great poverty, and after his death, his family was so poor that he couldn't open the pot.

"Cheng Aiqing, although the position of the Taxation Bureau is not as good as the books of the ministries, its importance is not weaker than that of the six ministries, taxation is the foundation of the country, and there can be no slackness." Zhu Youxiao said.

"The minister understands that although Your Majesty has done something unprecedented, it has thousands of years of experience." Cheng Guoxiang replied.

"I have thought about it again and again, and I think that it is necessary for Xu officials to complete it satisfactorily, most of the tax collection in the entire empire is done by Xu officials, they have more experience in this area than anyone else, I do not want to use laymen to lead insiders, the tax bureau will use a large number of former officials to hold important positions, and at the same time, at the grassroots level, I ask that retired soldiers be used as much as possible, to find a way to earn a living for these people who have shed blood for the country and the people." Zhu Youxiao demanded.

"Shanxi, Shaanxi and other feudal divisions used Xu officials as officials, and the results achieved were very good, and the ministers were willing to give Xu officials a chance." Cheng Guoxiang said.

"This is Yao Junping, Xu was born, he has served as the prefect of the county, the prefect and other positions, and his political achievements are outstanding, I specially transferred him to the State Administration of Taxation as your deputy this time to assist you in completing the construction of the tax bureau." Zhu Youxiao said.

"See Cheng Juzheng." Yao Junping said respectfully.

"In the future, you and I will cooperate sincerely to do a good job of the things assigned by Your Majesty, and we must not live up to Your Majesty's expectations." Cheng Guoxiang said with a smile. For officials from the imperial examination, most of the officials from the imperial examination will look down on them to some extent.

"No." Yao Junping replied respectfully.

"Yao Aiqing, you are currently the person with the highest position of Xu official, and I hope that one day I can see the cabinet minister from Xu in the cabinet." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"The minister doesn't dare to have extravagant hopes, he just wants to be able to do the things that His Majesty has explained." Yao Junping said respectfully.

"You have to be a man with proper ambition, and thousands of officials in the empire can keep an eye on you." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"The minister understands that the minister will not disappoint His Majesty." Yao Junping replied.

(End of chapter)