Zhu Youzhen even noticed Su Tiancheng's ability to govern the locality, Jiangning County has changed too much, the first time to hand over 25 million taels of silver, that is because of the extermination of the salt merchant Kuang Siming, can not see other aspects of the abnormality, but two years have passed, Jiangning County has exempted the field tax, all taxes are paid, this year's income of the city's ship, can exceed three million taels of silver, it can be said that Jiangning County paid more than the entire Nanzhili. If the household department directly collects the annual taxes of the city, it will already exceed the sum of all the taxes paid by Nanzhili.

With silver, things are always done much more smoothly, and for two consecutive years, the situation of the silver tension in the imperial court has been greatly alleviated, and speaking of which, this is completely the credit of Jiangning County.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen wanted to ask Su Tiancheng what the trick was.

Since he ascended the throne, what he needs is such a minister, who can turn the tide and can do real things.

"Su Aiqing, Jiangning County has changed a lot, I even feel that the expenses of the imperial court in the past two years have almost relied on Jiangning County to support, I have always wanted to go and see, but unfortunately there is no time, let you leave Jiangning County, I am actually a little worried, if something happens in Jiangning County, I will be unbearable."

"No, it won't."

Su Tiancheng replied very simply.

"Oh, why is Su Aiqing so sure."

"The minister said this, of course, there are conditions, the first is the support of the emperor, the second is the support of the imperial court, and the third is the support of Nanzhili, in the final analysis, the biggest support is to maintain the system of Jiangning County, which cannot be changed, in one word, it is to rule by inaction. In fact, now, the minister is also ruled by inaction. ”

"Su Aiqing spoke carefully."

"For example, the tax policy of the city must not change, no matter who it is, as long as they want to do business in Nanjing, they want to do business in Jiangning County. The goods must be taxed, and the tax rate is fixed, within the range they can bear, and then talk about the affairs of the county government, in addition to the criminal name and money and grain matters, but also do a good job in the support of the businessmen, and pay attention to the businessmen, this is one of the most important things of the county government, even more than the criminal name and money and grain matters. ”

"Taxes and donations of money paid by merchants. It can meet all the expenses, but also reduce the peasants' taxes, can exempt the peasants from the field for a long time, so that the peasants have enough food and clothing, the peasants have grain in their hands, have silver, buy the goods of the merchants, and the county government collects taxes from them. In fact, the peasants also paid taxes. ”

"The gentry and wealthy families of Jiangning County. The same has to bear taxes, enjoy the gifts of the imperial court, and also have to contribute. ”

"These are basically Jiangning County's tax policies, which cannot be changed, and any change in any part of the process will have a great impact. It has a direct impact on tax revenues. ”

"The tax policy implemented by the county government is actually a win-win policy, which can be said from several levels, between the county government and the merchants, although the merchants have paid a lot of taxes and donations. But their income has increased, and the taxes and donations they have paid are fully bearable, and even more than the silver they earned before, and between the county government and the peasants, the peasants have received the greatest benefits, and they have been able to have enough food and clothing, and they have naturally kept their duties. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little confused, but the real changes in Jiangning County made him feel that there was no need to investigate the specific change process, as long as there was an effect, it would be fine.

"Well, Jiangning County must maintain the existing tax policy, I will personally pay attention to it, Su Aiqing has any suggestions."

Su Tiancheng was silent for a moment.

There are some words, he didn't want to say, because he has not yet reached that position, in the final analysis, what the Ming Dynasty needs, or reform, and Zhang Juzheng's original reform, must spend great efforts, ruthless reform, this is the foundation of the development of prosperity, but unfortunately the reform is not as simple as words, look at Zhang Juzheng's fate, offended too many magnates, after his death, all the reform results, in vain, reform must touch the interests of the magnates, this is unavoidable.

As a traverser, Su Tiancheng knows the truth of boiling frogs in warm water, he must take his time, laying the foundation is the most important, once everyone has formed a consensus, some things will be much simpler to promote.

Only in this way can it be possible to minimize the opposites.

"Your Majesty, the minister's consideration is not yet mature, but there are also some ideas, if there is something wrong, the emperor will forgive the sin."

"Just say it."

"The minister thinks that although I am in the Ming Dynasty, facing a lot of troubles, such as the invasion of the Houjin and the harassment of the Liukou, but to solve these problems, we still need to take our time, militarily suppress the Houjin, exterminate the Liukou, are all symptomatic rather than cure, want to solve the fundamental problem, or need to consider many aspects, the minister thinks that the most important problem, the first is to solve the problem of eating."

When Su Tiancheng said this, he was still a little cautious, he believed that some of the mentions and opinions of Donglin Academy and the Fushe were actually correct, but he was not able to find the right time.

Sure enough, Zhu Youzhen frowned, as if he didn't agree with this point of view very much, to say that some farmers have no food, that is the actual situation, and it is also because of the famine, but to say that it is a bit exaggerated to solve the problem of eating.

Zhu Youzhen also has face, he has been on the throne for so many years, and he needs to be affirmed.

Su Tiancheng was very sensitive, and when he found that Zhu Youzhen's expression was wrong, he immediately stopped talking.

In fact, the reform he had in mind needed to start from the perspective of education, first of all, to change people's thinking, which is similar to brainwashing, as long as it can unify thinking, it is not impossible to do so.

Before the crossing, Su Tiancheng, as a civil servant, has seen a lot of things, he has always felt that it is possible to improve economic strength in a short period of time, but it is not so easy to maintain it for a long time, and it is very likely to stand still or even retreat, even after hundreds of years, there is no perfect road to economic development, and it is still exploring, but there is one thing that can vigorously improve the speed of economic development, that is, plunder, plundering other countries.

This is the simplest and most effective way to do this.

When participating in the palace examination, Su Tiancheng once mentioned this aspect.

In fact, in this era, such things emerge in endlessly, that is, Houjin, is to follow such a practice, they invade the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty every year, the main purpose is to rob money, including looting the population, through these behaviors that do not need to pay, get great benefits, and rapidly develop and grow themselves.

Developing the economy and strengthening one's own strength is a systematic project, and it is not as simple as opening one's mouth to say.

The reason why Jiangning County can develop rapidly is that there are many favorable conditions, such as a large population, the former capital, a lot of rich people, the economic foundation and conditions are very good, especially the establishment of the wharf, to know that when Zheng Chenggong dominated the sea, he controlled the maritime trade, collected taxes every year, and the income exceeded 20 million taels of silver, which was almost equal to the income of the national tax of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in more than two years, Jiangning County has gone to great development, but this kind of achievement, to the north, must be difficult to replicate, the foundation is different, no matter if you have great ability, it is helpless.

After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he forced many wealthy households in the south of the Yangtze River to immigrate to the central capital, so that the central capital Fengyang developed rapidly.

But these methods, at present, do not have much effect, and the Ming Dynasty cannot do it for the time being.

Developing the economy, in the eyes of some, is very difficult and requires taking your time, which is actually relative.

In a place where one is poor and two are white. To develop the economy, when you start, it is really difficult, but once you start, the speed is very fast, almost every day is changing, to a certain extent, difficulties will gradually appear, will slowly stagnate, you need to think of other good ways.

The economic base determines the superstructure, which is the simplest truth of political economy, but unfortunately in this era, Zhu Youzhen, as the emperor, may not be able to understand.

Therefore, Su Tiancheng has a lot of words, and it is unlikely that he will say them, because Zhu Youzhen can't understand them.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't speak, Zhu Youzhen didn't force him, in his opinion, Su Tiancheng is young after all, and he has only been the magistrate for more than two years, and he can do so many things, which is very remarkable, and he is a very good talent.

The policy of Jiangning County must be adhered to, which has become the money bag of the imperial court, surpassing the area of Suzhou and Yangzhou, as long as such income can be guaranteed for a long time, the imperial court can maintain a lot of expenses.

Thinking of these, Zhu Youzhen's mood is still very good.

As for Su Tiancheng and Jiang Ningying's food, it is Henan Mansion.

He also felt that Su Tiancheng was very cunning, Henan Mansion was close to Shanxi Pingyang Mansion, and Su Tiancheng's home was in Shanxi Pingyang Mansion.

Su Tiancheng's little ninety-nine in his heart, Zhu Youzhen didn't think of it at all, and it was impossible to think of it.

When leaving the palace, Zhu Xianxin, Chunping, Wang Furong and Liu Ruis all looked very surprised, Su Tiancheng felt a little strange, and his wife chattered for a while, and he realized that the queen mother was very powerful, and she could even weave and cook herself.

Su Tiancheng rolled his eyes, what's the big deal, he still knows how to cook, and his skills are not bad, but he doesn't have a chance to show it, the queen mother used to follow Zhu Youzhen, and she also suffered a lot, at that time, Wei Zhongxian was in power, Zhu Youzhen had to worry about his life all the time, and it was reasonable for the queen mother to cook by herself to avoid Zhu Youzhen being plotted. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )