The Emperor of the Apocalypse was overjoyed and asked, "Which money?" ”

"Salt tax."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was like a deflated ball, and Wei Zhongxian also smiled bitterly: "Champion Yuanlang, you have seen mortal, but this time you said it wrong." Daming had a good year last year, with a total tax revenue of 3.66 million taels of silver, and a salt tax of 250,000 taels, accounting for seven out of ten, which is already a lot. ”

Zhu Youcheng said with a smile: "When Weichen compiled the textbook, he flipped through the history books, and the population of the Northern Song Dynasty is about 6ooo, and the total tax revenue is 6ooo million. The proportion of salt tax is very high, the highest salt tax is 31.13 million yuan, and in normal times it is about 250,000 yuan. And the Ming Dynasty has a population of 20,000 (200 million), but the salt tax only receives a mere 25o taels, doesn't the emperor think it's strange? ”

The emperor sat up straight, and Wei Zhongxian's eyes widened. When they saw that the salt tax was 250,000, they thought it was enough, but they didn't expect that so many salt taxes would be confiscated.

According to Weichen's estimate, the salt tax of the Ming Dynasty should be about 150,000 taels of silver. Now only one percent is collected, and if the remaining ninety percent can be collected, it will not be a problem to feed the army in Liaodong. ”

Wei Zhongxian said curiously: "Lord Zhu, the population of the Ming Dynasty is more than that of the Song Dynasty, and it stands to reason that the salt tax should also be more than that of the Song Dynasty, why is it that Lord Zhu counts it, but it is nearly half less than that of the Song Dynasty?" ”

Zhu Youcheng sighed and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao is sympathetic to the people's livelihood and worried that the people have no money to buy salt, so the salt tax is set extremely low, only half of the salt tax in the Song Dynasty. ”

Hearing Zhu Youcheng praise Ming Taizu, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was so happy that his eyes were about to narrow into a line.

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse was happy, Zhu Youcheng said coldly: "However, the salt of the Song Dynasty is 12o Wen per catty, and the salt of my dynasty is 36o Wen per catty, which is three times that of the previous dynasty." ”

With a "snap", the Emperor of the Apocalypse slapped his face on the table and said angrily: "This class of corrupt officials and corrupt officials! I hate that our dynasty does not have Bao Wenzheng (Bao Zheng) and Hai Gangfeng (Hai Rui), otherwise we will send them to collect salt taxes and kill corrupt officials, and our dynasty's salt tax will not be lost. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly stepped forward and rubbed the red hand of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

"The line of salt tax has been black from below to above, even if there are these two clean officials, it is a drop in the bucket, and it will not help."

"That'...... Isn't the salt tax of more than 10 million taels impossible to collect? ”

Wei Zhongxian coughed lightly and said, "Lord Zhu, you won't mention this matter for no reason, if you have any good ideas, say it quickly, don't let the emperor worry." ”

"Change the salt to the salt ticket. Cancel the Ming Dynasty before the various salt introduction, changed to the household to print salt stamps, merchants with tickets to buy and sell salt, as long as there are salt stamps, you can sell salt in the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the power to issue salt stamps was returned to the central government, and the local government had no right to print salt stamps, so it was impossible to embezzle the money. This method can break the local monopoly of the salt industry and stabilize the price of salt. And the sales revenue from salt stamps is, in fact, a salt tax. ”

"Isn't this method the same as the salt lead?" Wei Zhongxian was very clear about how to collect taxes, and asked suspiciously.

"The difference is big, the salt introduction is divided into regions, as long as the salt introduction is mastered, it monopolizes the salt price in a region. As long as there is a ticket, you can sell salt in any place, and no matter how many salt stamps are accumulated by salt merchants, they will not be able to make huge profits, which is conducive to stabilizing salt prices. Secondly, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has rewarded large and small heroes or princes and county kings with some salt introductions, which caused confusion in the management of salt introductions, so that some small people have found an opportunity to take advantage of. changed the salt quote to the salt ticket, canceled their benefits, although some sorry for them, but also gave up the idea of fishing in troubled waters. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was overjoyed and said, "Wei Banban, tomorrow you will find the imperial history to write and handle this matter." ”

"Your Majesty, don't be in such a hurry." Zhu Youcheng persuaded, "The change of salt ticket to salt has completely canceled the profits of profiteers, and they will definitely be dying." It is still a trivial matter to strike the market, but it will not be good if you bewitch the people who do not know the truth and cause a popular uprising. ”

"Hmph, do they think the royal knife is rusty?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse revealed the domineering spirit of a generation of heroes.

"Why bother? Don't we have a "Di Bao" supplement, public opinion is in our hands, and we can completely build up momentum in advance, compare the extravagant life of the salt merchants with the bleak scene of the people having no money to buy salt, and arouse the people's resentment against the salt merchants. Then, the wise and wise emperor was pushed out, saying that the emperor had come up with a solution in order to solve the problem of the people's difficulty in eating salt. In this way, not only can the salt merchants no longer be able to deceive the people, but they can also clean up the hearts of the people across the country. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was overjoyed, patted Zhu Youcheng on the shoulder, and said, "You are really the white jade pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and you are a purple gold beam in the sea." ”

Before the Emperor of the Apocalypse finished speaking, he saw this Comrade Bai Yuzhu and Zijin Liang stumbling and falling to the ground. Ke Qingqing hurriedly stepped forward and helped Zhu Youcheng up.

Zhu Youcheng smiled awkwardly: "Hehe, muscle atrophy is purely accidental." ”

Only then did the Emperor of the Apocalypse notice Ke Qingqing's existence and said, "Qingqing girl, your military uniform is really beautiful." ”

King Xin has been following him, but he doesn't know anything about politics and military affairs, and King Fan is not allowed to interfere in politics, so he has been listening and has not caught the opportunity to speak. There were no outsiders present at this time, so he could finally say something, and said busily: "Isn't it, Brother Cheng also specially wrote a poem for her." ”

"Oh, read it."

"Poetry for Qingqing"

The sassy and heroic five-foot gun, the dawn shines on the training ground.

The Ming Dynasty woman has many strange ambitions, and she doesn't love red clothes and loves arms. ”

"Good! A good one who doesn't love red clothes and loves arms. Qingqing, if the women of Daming can be like you, why shouldn't Daming be strong. ”

After admiring for a while, the Emperor of the Apocalypse suddenly had a worried face and asked, "By the way, Brother Cheng, how many troops do you have in your hands now?" ”

"11,499 people, including 100 medical and nursing households without combat effectiveness."

"Brother Cheng, the candidate for Liaodong Jingluo has been decided, I am a little worried now, although Sun Ge Lao knows the soldiers, but after all, he has not personally led the troops. And the situation in Liaodong is chaotic, even a veteran of the battlefield like Xiong Tingbi has returned, and the battlefield has no eyes, I don't know if Mr. Sun can return to the capital safely. ”

Zhu Youcheng is familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty and knows that during the period when Sun Chengzong was the governor of Liaodong, Jiannu digested the land looted from the Ming Dynasty while dealing with Mongolia in the west, and had no time to go south, so Sun Chengzong was very safe. He picked up the land abandoned by Jiannu and asked for his resignation. But the Emperor of the Apocalypse really trusted this emperor too much and insisted on not allowing it. Later, his subordinate Ma Shilong led 7ooo people to attack Yaozhou, where Jiannu was entrenched, but was defeated by Jiannu with a small number of troops. Affected by this incident, the Ming Dynasty thought that he was empty of military spending but ineffective, and impeached him together, and Sun Chengzong finally succeeded in returning to his hometown.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision: "Brother Cheng, if Master Sun defeats Liaodong, I want you to lead your troops to take him out to ensure his personal safety." I know that you don't have enough troops to break through to Liaodong. Therefore, I allow you to triple the army, and the Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division will have thirty thousand households under his jurisdiction, of which ten thousand households are cavalry. These 10,000 horses, I will ask the Ministry of War to allocate them to you. ”

"That's it," Zhu Youcheng's face remained unchanged, but his heart was happy, "Originally, I was going to use these ten thousand households to help Daming protect the world, because the combat power of the troops equipped with rifled rear-loading firecrackers is amazing. In the original history, a thousand-strong army could reach Beijing and force Cixi's old witch to cut land and pay compensation. I have a team of 10,000 people, which is enough to abuse Jiannu thousands of times. Now the emperor will send me another 20,000 people, as well as 10,000 horses, to face off with the main force of Jiannu, and he can also wipe out their gang of robbers. ”

Wei Zhongxian saw that Zhu Youcheng didn't speak for a long time, and hurriedly reminded: "Lord Zhu, thank you quickly." ”

Zhu Youcheng woke up like a dream, quickly stood up, and said: "Thank you for the emperor's trust in Weichen, just now I have been thinking about where the extra 20,000 people should be placed." The Jingxi Huangzhuang can accommodate 10,000 Jinyi guards has reached the limit, and another 20,000 people and 10,000 horses will definitely not be able to put it down. ”

To be honest, there is no problem for Jingxi Huangzhuang to accommodate another 20,000 people and 10,000 horses, but the land is gone. Can Jingxi Huangzhuang still be called Huangzhuang without land? Besides, the land of Jingxi Huangzhuang is Zhu Youcheng's real field, where he plans to cultivate drought-tolerant and cold-tolerant potatoes and sweet potatoes, and when the time comes, they will be promoted to the whole country to solve the grain problem in the north. But so far, he hasn't found potatoes and sweet potatoes, maybe it hasn't reached Daming yet.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse laughed, the sadness on his face was reduced a lot, and he said: "Zhu Youcheng is really a general, and he started to think about the camp before he recruited troops." Don't worry, I've carved out another large area of land from Changping for you to garrison and train new soldiers. ”

Zhu Youcheng was overjoyed, made a gesture to the emperor, and said, "Weichen thanks the emperor for his trust." ”

After discussing the matter, the Emperor of the Apocalypse took King Xin, Zhu Youcheng, and Ke Qingqing to visit Empress Zhang Yan together. Seeing her slightly bulging lower abdomen, Zhu Youcheng couldn't help but sigh secretly, the queen was pregnant with a stillborn baby, and when the time came, how sad the emperor and the queen should be.

The group had lunch at the Queen's place. After the meal, Zhu Youcheng and King Xin practiced radio gymnastics with the emperor for a while before leaving.

The mood of the Emperor of the Apocalypse had greatly improved, and Wei Zhongxian sent the two out of the palace.

Wei Zhongxian sent it far away this time, not only out of the palace gate, but also all the way to the children's paradise, and refused to leave when he arrived at the children's paradise.

Zhu Youcheng's heart is bright, Wei Zhongxian must have something to ask himself.

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