The annual fiscal deficit of the imperial court was as high as nearly 4 million taels, which was an extremely staggering figure. You must know that in a year, the silver that the court has in hand is actually only five or six million taels.

"The imperial court has been running a financial deficit for many years, that is, there is no money and grain to invest in water conservancy repairs, and there is no money and grain to help the affected people. As a result, agriculture in the north weakened, and the people were displaced. If it weren't for the annual appropriation of funds from the Heavenly Family to supplement the imperial finances, my Ming Dynasty would have died because of the exhaustion of money and food. ”

"Daming industry and commerce are prosperous, and it can be described as very rich. However, the tax revenue of the imperial court has been reduced year after year, and there has never been such a grotesque phenomenon since ancient times. If the imperial court levies more land taxes, the peasant households will already be impoverished because of the disrepair of water conservancy and frequent natural disasters. However, if the tax revenue continues to decrease, the imperial court will have no money and food to repair water conservancy and provide relief to the affected people. As the so-called way of heaven, the loss of more than enough to make up for the deficiency, in order to be able to self-improvement (the meaning of circulation), the way of human beings is insufficient and more than enough, then people can not be eyebrows, a hundred years will be the end of the sun. For example, today's businessmen sit on huge profits and do not pay taxes, there has never been such a bizarre phenomenon since ancient times, and it is also a lack of losses and more than enough! The Son of Heaven is to carry the goods to the heavens, so the way of heaven cannot be violated, and the collection of commercial taxes is in accordance with the will of heaven, what is wrong? ”

As soon as this remark appeared in the newspaper, it immediately aroused a strong discussion among the people.

Only then did some people understand that the Ming Dynasty had relied on the financial support of the internal treasury for so many years, and they also found that the imperial court really had no money, and it was so poor that it was almost clanging.

Among them, there are many smart people, and it immediately comes to mind that those who oppose the imposition of commercial taxes are actually businessmen whose interests have been harmed.

In fact, when the Wanli Emperor levied a commercial tax, although there were constant voices of opposition, the ordinary people actually did not react.

Because the common people were not affected by these commercial taxes. Most of the commercial taxes levied by the Wanli Emperor were luxury taxes, or they were levied on raw materials and mining. Therefore, although the common people will spend more costs in economic activities, it does not directly affect them, and Zhengduo luxury goods have nothing to do with ordinary people.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao re-levied the commercial tax, and the officials from all provinces across the country played against it one after another, and the noise was quite cheerful, but the people themselves did not react. Moreover, the merchants are rich, and there are many poor people who have developed a strong hatred of the rich, but they applaud!

The common people just like to look at the emperor from the perspective of the faint monarch and the bright monarch, so those rumors about the emperor are easy to spread, as a conversation point for ordinary people after dinner, and at the same time regard the emperor as an object of dissatisfaction with reality. The merchants who spread rumors said, "Look! Your life is not good, it is all caused by the emperor's mediocrity.

In the simple thinking of the common people, since the emperor is the biggest in the world, then the chaos below must also be the emperor's problem, because the emperor has no near gentlemen, far villains or something. It is more about looking at the problem from the perspective of personality, rather than analyzing the problem from the chain of interests.

So the emperor was forcibly betrayed.

This is also the reason why the imperial system collapsed later, because the target of the emperor is too obvious, and any turmoil in the country is the emperor's pot.

And there was no revolution in this era, the imperial system was normal in the eyes of the common people, and it felt unaccustomed to it without an emperor. Because the ancient emperor was also like the 'parent' of the common people, and when life was bad, he could report to his parents. After all, the people can be stable, the emperor can also be stable, and the two sides have common interests. Once the emperor who had common interests with them no longer existed and was not in the position of supreme power, the common people would naturally not be used to it.

As for what servility or something, it's complete nonsense. What common people want to kneel to the emperor every day? I didn't even see the emperor in my life.

At this time, as the emperor, Zhu Youxiao, since he had common interests with the common people, he naturally had to unite the grassroots masses. Facts have proved that the grassroots masses are very easy to unite, and as long as the emperor has this tendency to unite, the common people will be very active in uniting with the emperor.

Because the common people hope that the emperor can come out to solve the problem, if the emperor is willing to talk to them, even if it is just a word of comfort, their mood will be much better.

Just like so-and-so in later generations, the actual problem has not been solved, and many people are moved by shedding a little tears.

Even if Zhu Youxiao doesn't do business, as long as he can say more in the newspaper, it will be very effective in this era.

This era is very similar to the society of the 20 years of 1984~2003. It was also a very turbulent stage, and in the following 20 years, there were wars such as the Iran-Iraq War, the Falklands War, the Sino-Vietnamese War, the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, the Afghanistan War, and the Iraq War.

Since the end of the Ming Dynasty in 1624, wars have been frequent, generally lasting about 20 years.

The earth is rotated in 180 years, and the two rotations are exactly 360 years, and we look back at the 360 years before 1984, which happened to be the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It is equivalent to rotating two ground transports.

The middle 20 years were 1804~1823, that is, the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, and Europe was fighting to the death.

If we divide the history of land transportation into a cycle of 180 years, and 20 years as a small cycle, then we will find that the development direction of this period is strikingly similar.

During the 20 years at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were almost too many local wars fought between the Ming army and the peasant army, the Manchu Qing and the peasant army.

In the same 20 years, the Thirty Years' War broke out in Europe.

If you push back 180 years, between 1444~1463, the Tumubao Rebellion broke out in China, Yingzong was captured, and later staged a series of fratricidal dramas. In Europe, the fourth phase of the Hundred Years' War broke out between Britain and France, which ended with the victory of France.

In this world, every 180 years, in the seventh 20 years, wars will break out, and China still has a certain ability to resist this kind of land transportation, and sometimes it may not be chaotic. But the Europeans were different, and basically by this period they were fighting.

During this period, the United States participated in the Gulf War, the Kosovo War, and launched the Afghanistan War and the Iraq War.

This is the trend of the times, since the Qin Dynasty, no dynasty can last more than 360 years, if the Eastern Han and Western Han Dynasty are added together, it will be exceeded. If you count it separately, it is more difficult to even 300 years, because these dynasties often survive the 20 years dominated by the first Seven Red Venus, and may not be able to survive the second one, which is too powerful to toss.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty was only founded for 276 years and not more than 300 years is mainly because in these 276 years, it has already experienced two earthly fortunes of the Seven Red Venus.

In this stage of society, in addition to frequent wars, there is also a similar phenomenon, that is, what can be said by the mouth can be mixed very well.

For example, before 2003, there was Li Yang's crazy English, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was Yuandudu five years of Pingliao, and the Donglin Party that only said but did not do.

In other words, in this era, whoever controls public opinion and tongue, and who can become a BB machine, is equivalent to obtaining a power (luck) bonus of the earth luck buff (game aura).

Zhu Youxiao's establishment of the "Daming Daily" means that he can have frequent conversations with the people through the guò newspaper, and as long as he speaks out, he can take the initiative. PS: The first update has arrived! Hit the charts!