After only two or three days, Xu Liang's new stove came out, and the workmanship has become very exquisite, my imperial study, the Queen Mother's Cining Palace, the Queen's Middle Palace, the Lady's Concubine, Concubine De, Concubine Xian's bedroom and even all the houses in the palace have begun to install this stove one after another. No, there are more than a dozen tall stoves with carved dragons around the Daqing Palace, and the blazing stove will bake the entire Daqing Hall as warm as spring

"This stove is good, the whole hall is very warm now, and the hands and feet are not icy at all, Xu Aiqing, this is your credit, every minister in the hall, you give them a stove, the New Year, it is a benefit for me to the ministers." I said to Xu Liang in a good mood

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order." When Xu Liang heard my praise, his mouth grinned from ear to ear

"Hehehe, all the ministers, do you feel that today's hall is very warm, this is the benefit of the stove, you all take a look, look at it, this stove is also burning charcoal, you smell whether there is no sour smell in the past, I also tell you, in this winter with this stove to boil water for cooking, it is both time-saving and convenient, especially to call friends and confidants, sit around this stove, cook a pot of one-year-old lamb, and then drink a cup of old Huadiao, this little day is absolutely moisturizing hahahaha." I smiled and said to all the ministers

"This stove has so many benefits, the ministers and others have the shame to accept it, and the ministers thank the emperor for always remembering the grace of the ministers." Cui Wenbo, a scholar of Huagai Temple, bowed to me and said. Then the ministers rushed at me like a tidal wave

"The emperor Cui is right, the ministers thank the emperor for his care, but your old man only rewarded the ministers with a stove, which is not enough in this house." Liu Shihai came out of work and complained to me with a smile

"Since you all still want it, then go to Xu Liang, but if you want it again, you will have to spend money to buy it hahaha." My words drew laughter from the ministers of the Manchu court

The joke was almost the same, I waved my hand to the ministers, and I said to Xu Liang: "Xu Aiqing, how is the cement road from Bianliang to Yan'an Mansion being built." After talking about the stove, I asked Xu Liang about the construction of cement roads and bridges

Xu Liang bowed slightly and replied: "Long live, after three months of construction, the cement avenue has now been built through Hezhong Mansion, due to the sufficient supply of personnel and materials, so the construction speed of the road is relatively fast, but now in winter, the land is frozen and difficult to excavate, and the cement is easy to freeze in the mixing process, so the construction speed in winter is still very slow." ”

"I know that construction is difficult, but you still have to think of a way, and remember that I don't have a lot of time for you."

"The emperor can rest assured, the minister will definitely guarantee the completion of the task."

"Household Department, how is the overall tax situation this year?"

"Long live, because in the past two years, the new agricultural tools and new rice varieties are mainly distributed in the seven roads of Jingbei Road, Jingnan South Road, Huainan West Road, Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road, Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, so the yield per mu of these seven roads alone is about 40 stones, so the total grain output of these seven roads alone is as high as about 1.77 billion stones."

"Hiss~" A neat inhalation sound sounded above the main hall

Liu Shihai only paused slightly, and then continued: "Due to the war, the Xinzhan Third Road is in the period of war recovery, and the emperor decrees that he is not required to produce grain, and exempts them from taxes for three years to support the people's livelihood, therefore, these three roads are not included in the scope of taxation, as for the other twenty roads, new agricultural tools and new hybrid rice varieties have not yet been popularized, so their average yield per mu is still about fifteen stones, so the total grain output of these twenty roads is 1.89 billion stones." According to the emperor's divide-and-conquer tax and grain strategy of that year, the seven roads of tax grain are 10 taxes and 1, and the other 20 roads are 20 taxes and 1, so the total revenue of China's tax grain this year is 271.5 million stones, an increase of nearly 20 million stone compared with last year, and this year's tax grain is converted into tax silver of 135.75 million guanwen, and when all the new agricultural tools and grain varieties are used in the whole country of the Great Song Dynasty, as long as there are no natural and man-made disasters, China's total grain output will be as high as 6.8 billion stones. The tax and grain revenue will reach nearly 700 million stones. ”

"Hiss~" inhaled again, and then the entire hall erupted into a constant buzzing discussion

I didn't interrupt them, just quietly watched almost all the ministers continue to talk, and the ministers above the Kung Fu Hall, which was about half a cup of tea, gradually calmed down the buzzing discussion

"Liu Aiqing, continue to talk about business tax." I pretended to be very calm and said to Liu Shihai, in fact, when I heard his report, my heart was also turbulent, the huge grain production means that there will be more people, and the more the population, the more fighters

"Yes, the minister obeyed the decree, due to the royal merchant house and the royal post station transportation, China's commodity and currency circulation speed compared with the previous years greatly accelerated, and Fuso, Goryeo, Cochin, Dali, Khmer, Tubo, Tianzhu and other countries and regions, the trade quota has risen sharply, and driven the rapid development of China's handicraft industry, therefore, China's import and export, and the total amount of domestic commercial tax this year is 73,970,08,124 guanwen, which is only China's commercial tax, Since the Royal Comptoir was established solely by the Imperial Family, the income of the Royal Comptoir was not included in the total tax revenue. Therefore, the total tax revenue of the whole country this year is 206,728,124 yuan. ”

"The breadth of taxation depends on the hardships of the people, the tax income of the imperial court should be taken from the people for the people, water conservancy construction, road paving, this is a major event for the establishment of the country, grain security, sufficient agricultural tools, stable houses, this is a major event for the benefit of the people, build school buildings, educate the people, so that they know astronomy, understand geography, understand the changes of the four seasons, this is a major event for the prosperity of the nation. Ministry of Rites, build school buildings, hire teachers, teach the people and their descendants, I don't require all the people of the Great Song Dynasty to be as talented and full of wealth as you, but, at least they must be able to read and write, and the teachers hired don't have to be those who have the talent to the heavens and the earth, those who have landed on the ground, and they can be hired, but I don't want nerds, the Ministry of Rites, do you understand what I mean? I said

"The emperor can rest assured, the ministers will take care of it." Zheng Junyan replied

I waved my hand for Zheng Junyan to return to his shift, and then asked, "Are the people from the Ordnance Department here?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the ministers are here." Gong Yi naturally went out of class with Ling Zhen to answer the channel. Both of these? That's just right, everything is said at once

"Gong loses Aiqing, I told you to ...... last time"

"Your Majesty, you're talking about the crossbow." Before I could finish speaking, Gong Yi naturally preemptively said to me. In the past few years, although the habit of losing the natural vernacular has changed a lot, he can't change the kind of things that are deeply imprinted in his soul, such as now......

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all surprised and inexplicably looked at the public defeat, because no one had ever interrupted the emperor's words at the court meeting, not to mention that today was still a big court meeting, and many ministers watched the public defeat naturally with the mentality of watching jokes