In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, it came to an end, and at this time Fang Congzhe died of illness, and this old minister, who had been a lone minister for seven years, finally finished this life.

After Zhu Youxiao received the news, he immediately gave Fang Congzhe the title of Taishi and Taifu, nicknamed Wenrui, and buried Fang Congzhe in the scenery.

Fang Congzhe's life was undoubtedly successful, and he also left with a smile before leaving, because he saw that the twilight Ming Dynasty was moving towards revival and burst out with strong vitality. Perhaps the Ming Dynasty can continue for hundreds of years, and this revival may also be called the Apocalypse.

By the end of the year, the statistics of various localities were coming up one after another, and last year's investment policy was a great success in an all-round way, and the tax revenue of various provinces increased by a large margin.

Among them, the income from agricultural tax exceeded 100 million yuan. At this time, there were already a lot of cultivated land resources in the New Deal area, and a lot of land that had been cleared had also passed the tax-free period.

Among them, in the Northeast region, nearly 400 million acres of cultivated land have been developed, and there are about 200 million acres of resources have not been developed, mainly because the Northeast is different from the Northeast in later generations, and the Outer Northeast has fallen into the control and development scope of the Ming Dynasty, together with Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido are officially controlled by the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to increasing more than half of the Northeast in later generations, but the agricultural yield in the Outer Northeast is lower.

The cultivated land area in the New Deal area also has about 400 million mu of cultivated land, and more than 100 million mu can be developed. It is equivalent to the northern region, with about 1.1 billion mu of cultivated land, and the current development is 800 million mu.

In addition, the cultivated land resources in Taiwan and Nanyang add up to about 800 million mu, but the development level of Nanyang is very low, and a lot of cultivated land that can be opened up is still virgin forest, and about 350 million mu has been developed.

The yield of cultivated land in Taiwan and Nanyang is very high, and the amount of agricultural tax is also higher than that of the northern provinces, and now the area of land engaged in agricultural production in the New Deal area has reached 1.15 billion mu. In the past, when there was no new policy, the northern provinces were supported by about 400 million mu of arable land.

In recent years, the imperial court has vigorously restored production, and has increased the output of about 750 million mu of cultivated land, and the scale of agricultural production has increased tremendously.

If all this land is used to produce food, it will not be able to eat it all. So not all land is used for food production.

In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty has completely gotten rid of the food supply dilemma.

However, the demand for arable land is still huge, first of all, the development of urbanization, which has greatly increased the demand for oil crop products. In the past, farmers lived in rural areas, and they might have raised some pigs and had lard to eat, or if they didn't, they could even not eat it. But in the towns, there is not so much lard available. At the same time, workers also have an income from working in the towns and cities, and they can afford to buy cooking oil.

The other is the rapid development of the textile industry. As a result, the demand for cotton continues to increase.

In addition, with the development of the economy, people's demand for materials is getting higher and higher, which stimulates the demand for various agricultural products. People are no longer just having enough to eat.

Another remarkable feature is that the new 750 million mu of cultivated land, which are located in the northeast and the South Seas, have reached a very high degree of production efficiency. Agricultural machinery is widely used by agricultural producers in these areas, especially in the Northeast region.

In the South Seas, the use of machinery is not so large. This is because the Nanyang region is dominated by the cultivation of various cash crops, but there is a large use of indigenous labor.

But whether it's in the Northeast or the South Seas. Peasant incomes are generally relatively high.

In those provinces of Kannai, because of the development of the land enclosure movement, a large number of farmers left the land, and the continuous popularization of agricultural machinery, the production efficiency of individual farmers is also getting higher and higher. In the past, a farmer might have guarded more than a dozen acres of land, and the output of a year's labor could only feed five or six people. Today, many farmers manage hundreds of acres of arable land alone, and the grain they produce in a year can feed dozens of people.

The number of people involved in agriculture is much smaller. In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, most of the land was out of the tax holiday, and the land in the northern provinces entered the scope of the new agricultural tax bill, and the agricultural tax directly exceeded the 100 million yuan mark.

In terms of commercial taxes, there has been a sharp increase, and the population of the Northeast and South Seas regions has increased. In addition, the northern provinces have been included in the scope of the new policy, and a large number of loans have been put down, and the scale of commercial tax revenue has reached 280 million yuan.

Combined with the income from the salt tax and the sale of public assets, the fiscal revenue of the eighth year of Tianqi reached 550 million yuan.

Being able to have such a considerable fiscal revenue is also somewhat related to inflation. Inflation is persistent, just mild.

The other is the expansion of the scale of production, the wealth produced, although the money is constantly printed, but because of the increase in goods, there is no big impact after the hedging.

The money on the market has increased a lot.

Among them, bank assets have skyrocketed, as some of the loans issued by banks are obtained through coinage, and these loans are only to state-owned enterprises.

It is equivalent to the coinage power held by the imperial court, part of which is used to support national fiscal expenditure, and part of it is used to support the expansion of state-owned capital.

In the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court's financial budget reached 700 million yuan, which can be described as a substantial increase, and it was completely the money that came as soon as the reform began.

The power of reform is enormous.

Before the reform, there were many tax-free privileged classes, and the commercial tax was basically equal to zero, but after the reform, both agricultural tax and commercial tax increased substantially, and the distribution of social wealth became more equitable.

"Your Majesty, today's budget is so huge, it's time to repair the palace in the palace, the Imperial Palace has not been rebuilt since it burned down!" Yang Guang, the little eunuch who followed Zhu Youxiao, suggested to Zhu Youxiao that Yang Guang has grown up a lot now.

"The rebuilding of the Imperial Palace has stopped for many years, since it will be repaired sooner or later, let's repair it!" Zhu Youxiao is not a pedantic person, in the past, he was really short of money, and the silver had to be used on the blade, so the project of rebuilding the Huangji Palace was stopped. Now the Ming Dynasty is first out of the predicament of lack of food, and at the same time, the financial situation is also unprecedentedly abundant, although there are still many places to spend money, but it also includes the reconstruction of the Emperor's Palace.

The budget for the ninth year of the Apocalypse has excited the officials above the court, and it is really sufficient to an unprecedented extent! Of course, there are also many development and construction projects led by the imperial court. Moreover, the tax of conscription has become a thing of the past in the northern provinces at this time, and the imperial court has to pay money for any project.

With high incomes comes high expenses.

But most of the spending is actually spent on infrastructure development.

"I don't know how the imperial court will budget this year."

"It is estimated that infrastructure construction still accounts for a lot!"

A group of courtiers came to the Huangji Gate to wait for the early dynasty, and when the emperor did not come, they were already excitedly discussing, Zhu Youxiao soon came, and the ministers began to discuss politics after bowing. Zhu Youxiao took the lead and said: "I have decided to rebuild the Imperial Palace, what do you think Aiqing?" ”

"Great goodness."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

A group of courtiers immediately agreed with high emotions, this Imperial Palace has not been repaired for so many years after it was burned down, and they can't stand it anymore! (To be continued.) )