Zhu Qiyu did not continue on the issue of salt tax.

The details can be discussed in detail in a few days, and for now, I will hear what Bai Minghe has to say first.

"You move on to the second reckoning."

"Hooray, the second is the commercial tax. This account can be divided into two, starting with the actual expenses of each firm. In the case of a grocery store in the capital, for every 100 taels of silver sold, you have to pay a tax of 3 taels of silver. This tax is not high, and the profit of groceries is about forty and a half, for example, a comb is ten wen for purchase, and the selling price is about eighteen to twenty wen. ”

Bai Minghe said as the eunuch behind him recorded.

"It seems that his benefits are not small. But he needed to pay ten taels of silver every month to the officials on the street, as well as the so-called security fees of the street ruffians for two taels of silver, and the street cleaning fee of two taels of silver. Combined with the entry of goods into the city, and the apportionment of various items, his monthly expenses amounted to almost twenty-six or seventy-seven taels of silver, and with the cost of the shopkeeper and renting a shop, a small grocery store sold a hundred taels of silver a month, and the actual income was only ten taels. ”

"What do you mean by this?" Zhu Qiyu didn't understand.

Bai Minghe knelt down again: "Long live, the people will only say that the imperial court has drawn heavy taxes, and long live has taken the silver." But how much money is actually collected in your treasury, this is the first algorithm of this second account. Like the salt tax, it is still a big head that makes people greedy, but long live the notoriety of this heavy tax. ”

With the matter of salt tax, although Zhu Qiyu was angry this time, he was not angry, but calmly thought about it.

"Reasonable, it seems that this matter will also be discussed in detail. You start with the second algorithm, get up and speak! ”

"Hooray, the second algorithm is. The more goods sold in the Ming Dynasty, the more goods are sold. The total amount of commercial tax is also higher. With enough silver, you can conquer the four seas. The minister will give you a detailed calculation of the minister's profits in Da Nang, as well as various expenses, and the future plan to consider letting businessmen take over some small businesses that the minister can't actually take care of. ”

Hearing Bai Minghe say this, Zhu Qiyu was atmospheric: "Since I can't take care of it." I won't do it. I don't think I have lost much silver. ”

"Long live, this small business, the smallest one can bring 500,000 taels of silver to Banzai a year, but it can't be left out, it's just a matter of how to do it."

Zhu Qiyu was choked lightly, and smiled awkwardly: "Keep talking." ”

Shirana Crane was a businessman in his previous life, and his level of accounting was first-class. From shipping margin, to receiving spread, to OEM processing. As well as the return of raw materials to real goods, and other ways to make money, as well as the complex and complete set of maritime trade tax laws, Zhu Qiyu's eyes were full of stars, and the only thing he finally understood was that there was a lot of silver in maritime trade, and he should be careful to rectify it.

"What the white crane said just now, seal it up. It is not allowed to be viewed unless it is written by me. ”

Zhu Qiyu was also helpless. It was too complicated, and he needed some time to study it carefully. But he is the emperor. He can't be like a primary school student, constantly asking questions here, and he himself feels that his questions are very naïve after Bai Minghe answers.

Bai Minghe also understood that Zhu Qiyu needed time to digest it.

When it came to the third point, the white crane knelt down again: "Long live." This third account is the easiest to calculate, but it is also the most difficult to calculate. The easy thing is that the accounts are simple, but the difficulty is that no one dares to calculate. ”

"Don't I dare to count?" Zhu Qiyu's face turned cold.

Bai Minghe replied very strictly: "The minister doesn't dare to say anything, but he doesn't dare to count it even if he is afraid of long live." Please long live the left and right to avoid it, this account is just a few words. ”

"Stand down!" Zhu Qiyu waved his hand vigorously.

After everyone went out one after another. Only then did Bai Minghe say: "Long live, since Taizu, there has been a fixed number of annual offerings to the clan, and there are strict rules. The ministers have the courage to calculate an account for Banzai, and the number of clans now accounts for one-tenth of next year's income. Some princes earned money for themselves in the palace by having more children. ”

"One and ten, ten and hundred, hundreds and thousands. The number of the Ming clan will become more and more, according to the current Ming treasury of four million taels of silver, and the provincial treasury will add up to 16,700 taels of silver. I don't know if a hundred years, two hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty can afford to support the clan? ”

When it came to the clan, Zhu Qiyu first glared at Bai Minghe inadvertently.

Because Bai Minghe's courage is really not small, even the clan dares to discuss it, but after listening to Bai Minghe's careful calculation, Zhu Qiyu was frightened.

He knew all too well the horror of this exponential increase.

"Long live, the secret transfer of the Zongren Mansion from the founding of the country to the present year, you can understand the meaning of the minister."

"You don't have to look at it, I understand." If the salt tax is anger and greed is hate, then this last account is fear. Zhu Qiyu was really frightened by the white crane, what will happen one day when the income of the Ming treasury is not enough to supply the clan? There is no need to wait until that day, once the clan supply affects the normal income and expenditure of the Ming treasury, there will be problems.

Zhu Qiyu didn't speak immediately, but pointed to the tea table: "Put on new tea, I want to be quiet!" ”

Bai Minghe also knew that it was enough to say this.

Washing cups and making tea according to the tea ceremony, Bai Minghe also calmed his heart in the process of making tea. He can't help but talk about the clan, now the Ming Dynasty will soon become very rich, if the clan asks for additional supplies at this time, once the ban is agreed, then after the era of trade blowouts has passed, it will soon become a crisis of national destruction.

The amount of money and grain given by the Great Dynasty to the clan is huge.

Take the prince as an example: 50,000 stones of rice, 25,000 pieces of banknotes, 40 pieces of brocade, 300 horses of silk, 100 horses of yarn and Luo, 500 horses of silk, 1,000 horses of winter and summer cloth, 2,000 taels of cotton, 200 taels of salt, and 1,000 catties of flowers. Horse fodder, fifty horses per month. At present, the banknotes are worthless, but the rice is 50,000 stones, which is worth more than 20,000 taels of silver.

Not to mention the prince, the white crane is now considered a clan. He had two princesses in his family, and he had a colt. Not to mention the title, and the white crane can get the title in the future, his family has 30 horses of silk, yarn, and Luo every year, 90 horses of silk and cloth, and 600 taels of cotton, and he will also have a farm, 6,000 stones of grain, and 6,000 yuan of banknotes.

The etiquette system of the Ming Dynasty is that the son of the prince can inherit the prince. The rest are downgraded by one level, except for the descendants of the clan who are downgraded by one level for each generation.

The worst was that he became a lieutenant of Fengguo nine generations later, and a few hundred stone rice was sent to him a year.

The lowest women's class, the Yibin, also has a few hundred stone meters per year.

This is a huge geometric number. In the end, the pile will add up sooner or later, and Daming will be empty.

Zhu Qiyu is really worried, he definitely dares to learn from Ming Chengzu Zhu Di and Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, and kill thousands of officials in one go, and he has no psychological pressure.

But at the moment, what Bai Minghe is talking about is the Ming clan.

If you don't care, what Bai Minghe said is definitely not alarmist, and if it goes on like this, Daming will definitely be eaten up by the clan.

But how to manage it, don't give food to the Daming Sect, or really send them to the battlefield to die?

"White Crane, do you have any good ideas? I know. There will always be a solution to the difficult things you say in the playbook, otherwise you will not take the playbook lightly. You have done a good job in this, and I am very happy with it, and you should advocate it to the officials. Zhu Qiyu put a high hat on the white crane.

Bai Minghe knew that Zhu Qiyu must have asked such a question.

However, even if Bai Minghe thinks of a way, he may not be able to implement it: "Long live, the minister dares to ask, can Long Live be ruthless?" Do you have the confidence to face the world clan? ”

"For Daming. Even if I can't bear it, I have to be ruthless! "What can Zhu Qiyu say, such words can already be regarded as an explanation. Do you still want to force the emperor to say that I can ruthlessly clean up all my brothers and sisters here?

Bai Minghe also understands that the Ming Emperor has reached the limit when he talks about this.

"Long live, the minister has three strategies. But there is no distinction between the top and the bottom, and I don't know which strategy is better. "Shirana didn't rummage through his backpack this time. Instead, he took out a piece of paper in his bosom and continued: "Long live, the first policy is to limit births, or rather, the number of people who can be provided by the clan is limited. ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "It's not good." You can't let the descendants of the Ming clan go hungry. ”

"The second policy is to limit the total number of government openings. That is, after a certain number of people are born, regeneration lowers the supply standard. ”

Zhu Qiyu smiled: "Bai Minghe, when I heard you mention this, I thought of some interesting things. I ask you, when you return to the capital from Guangdong, what is the value of the materials your fleet carried? ”

"Hooray, some of the fleet have not yet paid the merchants."

"Don't slip your head, I ask you how much is it worth?" Zhu Qiyu said in his heart, I didn't ask you for silver, why are you so nervous. But after asking, Zhu Qiyu was shocked, is Bai Minghe's reaction a huge number? Last time, Bai Minghe brought a hundred stones of gold and a million taels of silver, could it be ......

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu asked, "Is there 500 stones of gold?" ”

"Long live, the minister doesn't dare to hide it. All the value of the goods this time, plus gold and silver, jewelry, spices, and so on. The total value is more than ......" Shirana Crane still hesitated, and his expression was anxious to go to the toilet. Zhu Qiyu smiled very happily, he liked Bai Minghe's expression, and it was a good thing to make Bai Minghe feel pressure.

At the same time, he also said that the number of white cranes brought back this time definitely exceeded his imagination.

The white crane gritted his teeth: "Long live, worth five thousand stones of gold!" But long live, please listen to the minister's words, these ......" Bai Ming Crane wants to say, the use of these gold and silver, please long live listen to your own construction. But Zhu Qiyu waved his hand to stop Bai Minghe from continuing to speak.

Five thousand stone gold, this number frightened the Ming Emperor Zhu Qiyu.

The annual balance of Daming Jingcang is only one hundred and thirty stones of gold, that is, more than two million taels of silver. The number in Bai Minghe's hand has the balance of the treasury of the Ming Dynasty for forty years.

"Bai Minghe, are there a few pieces in your recital that cost a lot of silver?"

"Long live Hui, yes!" The white crane replied very strictly.

"I now answer you, the silver you brought back to the capital will not be taken by the household, nor will it be divided by the inner treasury. As for what I need, I will naturally give you a list. What you want to do, with the cabinet, the six ministries, plus me, Dongchang, and you, a total of eleven votes, I have two votes, as long as you have more than half of the votes, the cost of the number you listed, I have a penny for you. (To be continued......)