The winter of the windswept wind is coming again, in the winter of the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse, the Jiangnan region seems to be a little depressed, and those high-spirited magnates and gate valve children in the past seem to be not in high spirits, and many people are all day long, sullen and unhappy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But there are a few with excitement on their faces.

Without him, just because they were on the emperor's lap, they took refuge in the state-owned capital consortium and were incorporated into the peripheral members of the consortium.

Seeing that the edifice of the ruling class in Jiangnan is about to collapse, it is naturally a very happy event to be able to get off this broken ship.

But in the seemingly calm situation, a conspiracy is brewing, and a group of Jiangnan Shi clan and gate lords start a secret assembly activity.

Those who can participate are all characters with heads and faces.

"We can't go on like this, the children of the Apocalypse are about to reach out to Jiangnan, once Jiangnan completes the reform, isn't this going to change our lives?"

"Yes, when the time comes, the tax will be collected on our heads, and we will have to pay taxes for everything, which is simply a tyrannical expropriation."

"We want to overthrow such a faint king."

"Overthrow this faint king."

A group of people counted Zhu Youxiao's 'Seven Sins Sect' and shouted slogans for a long time, but some people found that they shouted slogans, and it seemed that there was no substantive content and decision!

These people opposed the New Deal reform promoted by Zhu Youxiao, which was actually a tax issue.

The history of mankind can actually be seen as a history of taxation. The same is true in China, where different taxes have been collected from dynasty to dynasty since ancient times, and different situations have been created.

The Ming Dynasty is estimated to be one of the lowest tax dynasties in all dynasties, and such a loose policy has raised a group of capitalists, who have eaten and drunk enough, and the money has become a bunch of numbers for them, which can no longer satisfy their appetite.

So in addition to fantasizing about immortality, they are in control of politics.

In this era when the ideology of feudal dynasties prevailed, in this era when there had been no capitalist revolution, there was no such thing as an era.

Blatantly shouting about the capitalist revolution obviously won't work, so what they do is infiltrate politics. Originally, the situation was very good, but Zhu Youxiao jumped out and swept away their power in the court, and now there are still local political forces left in those unreformed provinces.

Jiangnan is their home base.

The reforms are about to be changed to the base camp, and the next thing that will face a heavy blow is not only their capital, but also political forces.

"The current situation can only be reversed by popular change." Someone muttered, and everyone fell silent for a while.

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In the Jiangnan area, a popular uprising is brewing at this time, and the Han Emperor Party led by Zhu Youxiao is brewing to reform Jiangnan.

There are too many clans and capital forces in Jiangnan, and the conspiracy has been leaked.

"Since they want to engage in civil chaos, it is another big rhythm of raiding the house!" Zhu Youxiao thought to himself that he was actually not worried at all about the civil unrest that was being planned.

The Jiangnan area has good education, and most of the people are very law-abiding, so how chaotic can the people be? There are a few more who are willing to come out and cause civil unrest.

It is not that there have been civil unrest in Jiangnan, but they are all small-scale. After the civil unrest, it will automatically subside, and those who should turn themselves in will come out and take the blame.

It can only be said that these Jiangnan clans and capital forces are too naïve, or they have been compared to the cornered, so they can only make this decision.

After all, these people want military power in their hands and do not have military power, and the central political forces have been cleaned up. If you want to resist reform by force, it is unrealistic, so you can only conduct polls.

The most direct poll indicates that it is civil unrest, and it is hoped that it will change the central reform policy, but is this possible?

This time, Zhu Youxiao was determined to reform Jiangnan, and it was useless for anyone to come. Immediately ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to do a good job of deployment and control in advance.

At the same time, a large number of officials and civil servants are being selected for promotion, and these officials and civil servants will be transferred to Jiangnan next year to preside over the reform activities.

In the list of a group of officials, Zhu Youxiao found a name - Shi Kefa!

In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, he was assigned to Henan as a county commander, and he performed well in the eight years, and now he has been appointed to the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the promotion list, Shi Kefa is at the top.

Shi Kefa is from Shuntianfu, the northern literati at the foot of the capital, who has nothing to do with the southern capital chaebols and scholars, and joined the Han Emperor Party and is also a key member.

"That's it, arrange for him to preside over the overall situation of Jiangnan's reform." Zhu Youxiao immediately made a decision and said to Shen Yan.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Yu responded, then paused, and said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the old minister has been feeling old and weak recently, and it is estimated that he will not be able to serve His Majesty for long. His Majesty should also determine the candidates for the first assistant as soon as possible. ”

Shen Yu is over 60 years old this year, and he has been working for Zhu Youxiao for 14 years, and he has been the first assistant for 11 years, which is rare.

"I know, Aiqing takes care of her body first, and then lasts for a while." Zhu Youxiao knew that Shen Yan wanted to retire and go home to spend his old age in peace, but this request was difficult to refuse.

However, Shen Yan retreated, and he really didn't think about who to take over. This matter really has to be considered, otherwise it will be in a hurry in the future.

In the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court had basically no military activities, and its main focus was on internal reform and the development of maritime trade.

At this time, the main force of the Ming army was concentrated in the area north of the Yangtze River, and made every effort to escort the reform. However, the Mongols in Central Asia and the remnants of the Jiannu in the lower Volga region are the targets to be swept away in the future.

Therefore, the development of the northwest was also in full swing in the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse. The railway was repaired to the Western Regions, and at the end of the year, the railway had been repaired to the Balkhash Lake area, but it was going to be stopped in winter.

Tomorrow there will be no problem at all in building the railway to the hinterland of Central Asia, so the Supreme High Command at the end of the year has determined a military plan for next year, that is, to sweep away the nomads of Central Asia, and to occupy and settle.

In the 14th year of the Apocalypse, the reforms in the Huguang and Huaihe River valleys have been fully effective, and the number of immigrants has increased greatly, with 1.2 million immigrants in the northeast, 600,000 in the western regions, and 100,000 in Mongolia.

The scale of commercial grain production has increased again, and the cultivated land development area in Northeast China has reached 200 million mu, and the Northeast commercial grain producing areas have become the pillar of supply of commercial grain in the north. The number of people emancipated from the land has increased again, but at a slower rate.

Because the economy is on the brakes.

The construction projects are mainly based on basic public facilities, as well as railways and water conservancy. The process of large-scale production of light industry is still developing rapidly, although some private businessmen have gone bankrupt because the banks do not lend money, but the market is still okay, especially for those who use steam engine equipment for the large-scale production of light industrial goods.

The construction of railways has expanded the scale of the commodity market and allowed them to fully enjoy the benefits of development. Many businessmen who produce light industrial commodities have made money, and after the reform of the provinces, a huge unified market has been formed, although the people's income is also affected by this wave of economic brakes, but through those construction activities, the survival of the common people can still be guaranteed, especially those who are doing things in a down-to-earth manner, basically not affected by anything.

For local businessmen, life is not easy. But for the nationwide merchants who mass-produced light industrial goods and sold them to this unified market, life was much more nourishing.

The economy has begun to transform, from the handicraft industry in the towns and villages to the large-scale manufacturing of light industrial goods. It's like the economic wave that started in the 90s.

The steam engine was revolutionizing the mass manufacturing of light industrial goods, and the industrial areas were flourishing. Raw materials from all over the world are gathering in these industrial areas and are then produced into various commodities and shipped out for sale.

There are still many state-owned light industry enterprises, but private capital is very competitive in the field of light industry development, and the number of state-owned light industry factories is gradually being overtaken by private businessmen.

Private capital is obviously still the main force in the development of light industry, state-owned enterprises want to occupy a direct dominant position in light industry is unlikely, but can affect light industry through finance, raw materials, taxation and other aspects, for these private capital, it is still the court wants them to make money, they have money to earn, do not want them to make money, they can only shrink rapidly.

It's nothing more than fattening a wave first, and then starting to shear the sheep.

The main development direction of state-owned enterprises is still heavy industries such as steel, chemicals, and machinery, which are also developing in the direction of large-scale production.

In the field of raw materials and transportation, state-owned enterprises also occupy an absolute dominant position.

Basically, in the 14th year of the Apocalypse, the economic brake plan has achieved its effect, while the industrialization process is still developing, the entire northern provinces have been reformed, and the people's livelihood is still passable. There are more people who are willing to work hard, and the original impetuous wind has slowly precipitated.

The problems left by rapid development have been partially solved.

This year, due to the economic brake, the economic growth slowed down, and the fiscal revenue only increased to 8%, reaching 1.18 billion yuan, resulting in a fiscal deficit of 20 million yuan for the first time.

Such a fiscal deficit is still acceptable, and it is mainly money owed to the banks, which in fact are in turn government money.

It's just that the money from the banks is used for business and development, while the state fiscal revenue is used for strategic construction, public facility construction, and administrative, military, and other expenditures.

It is precisely because Zhu Youxiao has been on the throne for so long that there is a fiscal deficit for the first time after changing the financial predicament, so the fiscal budget for the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse has become more conservative, but it still jumps to the budget scale of 1.3 billion, because Jiangnan will be reformed next year, and once the Jiangnan area is reformed, it will inevitably bring a large amount of tax revenue to the imperial court.

And it costs money to reform Jiangnan! It will not work without increasing the budget. (To be continued.) )