In the blink of an eye, it was the month of the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, the climate of the Xiaoice River still existed, and the blizzard swept the entire city of Nanjing, almost without stopping, and even the Forbidden City was covered with white snow as if covered with a thick layer of cotton wool.

"It's another year of snow in Jinling, and I don't know how many people of my Han family froze to death in the north at this time."

On this day, Zhu Youzhen was talking around the stove at this time and talking to Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the household department, Qi Biaojia, the right attendant of the household department, and Liu Wanchun, the left attendant of the household department.

At the same time, there were also Han Shoujing of the Daming Central Bank, Yang Mingshen and Wang Jiaqin.

Liu Wanchun, the left attendant of the household department, was directly promoted from the post of the Sichuan Qing Officials Division of the household department.

According to the traditional rules of the Ming Household Department, the Nanzhili Mansion, the Prefecture, and the Health Office were concurrently led by the Sichuan Qing Officials.

For example, today's taxation is the first priority of commercial taxes and customs duties.

Nanzhili is the richest district in the world, with the largest proportion of taxes.

According to the final statistics of this taxation, Liu Wanchun made the largest contribution and was also the official who knew the most about the household registration and taxation of Nanzhili.

Therefore, he was directly promoted by Zhu Youzhen to the left waiter of the household department.

According to the previous rules, the left waiter of the household department is a high-ranking official of the ministry of the three products, and it needs to be pushed or discussed by the court.

However, Liu Wanchun was directly promoted from the middle office of the Hubu Lang to the right attendant of the Hubu, which obviously did not conform to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Youzhen now intends to break the rigid rules of the Quanxu Dynasty, so he directly surpassed Liu Wanchun to the position of the waiter.

After all, the transfer of officials from other departments or the promotion of officials to serve as the left servants of the household department will undoubtedly affect the administrative efficiency and quality of the household department.

Without further ado, as soon as Zhu Youzhen said this, Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet, naturally inevitably responded:

"Your Majesty's compassion for the people of the world is really the blessing of the country, but now think about it, if it weren't for Your Majesty's move south, regroup, and overcome the trend of the Hu people going south, I'm afraid that the people in the south will also suffer from this snow disaster, but fortunately, now the court also has money and food, and Your Majesty has divided the domain land with the ownerless land of the criminals, and almost the entire southern border of the displaced people also have a place to live, and Rao is living in the south of the Yangtze River can also rely on the recently emerging silk reeling factory and water conservancy projects to make a living, so as not to freeze and starve to death."

"As the elder said, although Your Majesty cares about the people of the world, you should also pay attention to your body, and he will save the people of the Han family in the north every day, and you must be blessed by Your Majesty."

After Liu Wanchun, the left waiter of the household department, said it, Zhu Youzhen just smiled faintly.

As Fan Jingwen said, if the Duoduo tribe was not annihilated and the Azig tribe was defeated, the entire Guannai region was now afraid that no matter the north and south of the river, it would be in a state of misery.

Fortunately, in the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, that is, in the winter of 1645 A.D. in the Western calendar, there was no war for the time being.

Zhu Youzhen's mood at this time was also much more relaxed than last year.

He no longer has to worry about whether the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed by the Manchus, at least he, the emperor, will no longer be in any danger.

No matter how big the wind and snow are, it will not affect the quality of life of him, the emperor.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, just as ordinary people will sum up how much money they made last year.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen summoned the officials of the household department to the Qianqing Palace, and naturally asked about the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty in advance, and issued his expectations for the household department and the central bank of the Ming Dynasty next year in advance.

Zhu Youzhen yawned, he played too hard with Queen Zhou last night, which made him feel a little sleep-deprived, so he had to let Chen Yuanyuan dip it in his temples and rub it to refresh himself, and at the same time said to Fan Jingwen and others:

"As soon as the commercial tax was levied this year, it can be seen that my Ming people are still very rich, although agriculture is the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, but commerce is also irrepressible, such as today's growing teeth, the territory is less than half, a large number of northern people moved to the south of the Yangtze River, and the temperature is decreasing year by year, agricultural output is not as good as before, business should be vigorously promoted;

In this way, we can not only increase next year's taxes, but also absorb more landless people to work, which can also be regarded as a method of cash-for-work;

Liu Wanchun, the left waiter of the household department, you have to think of some ways to promote business as soon as possible, especially after the Daming Central Bank lent money, many people have money in their hands, and you have to give these people a way to make money in business;

In my view, the road introduction system can be abolished, farmers' markets and commercial markets can be established in various urban centers, some industries can be opened up to allow private operations, such as some mining industries and some manufacturing industries, and certain political preferences can be given to large taxpayers.

In addition, with regard to tariffs, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Zhangzhou, Yuegang and other places should be further opened up and a number of special zones should be established.

In addition, in the future, the governors of Fujian, Zhejiang, southern Zhili, Guangdong and other places, as well as the lieutenant generals of the household department, will be selected from these officials, and these special zones will further reduce the government's restrictions on the people's business;

Not only the people of their own country but also foreign countries, turn out the area to allow merchants to live and stay in the country, provide trade venues, reduce the government review process, and let Daming open a little more since the switch of Longwan!

We can implement zero tariffs on Western artillery, firearms, and navigation equipment that we urgently need, but we must strictly crack down on and ban the sale of goods that are harmful to the people, such as Fushou paste. ”

Liu Wanchun, the left attendant of the household department, said that he understood the deep meaning of His Majesty's doing, and he also knew that his task next year would be very heavy, and all this that His Majesty mentioned was to make next year's tax revenue climb to a new height again, he did not dare to slack off, but he also had to ask his own questions:

"Your Majesty, will further switching also make the Zheng family's wealth further grow, this Zheng family is already the richest family in the people, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will really be rich and rival the country."

"This is okay, his Zheng family has benefited, but the court and the people of the world have benefited greater, the larger the customs are opened, the larger the overseas market will be opened, and then there will be more domestic merchants, the larger the scale of commerce, and the domestic tax can also be raised;

A large number of tea, porcelain, silk and other things are not sold, how to make domestic merchants make money, how to make them pay more taxes, as long as the market is further opened, there will be more and more domestic merchants, more and more money can be earned, and commercial tax revenue can be increased;

The Ming Dynasty is still the center of the world, the main income is still commercial tax income, tariffs have half of the export tax and all the import tax in our hands, plus part of the personal income tax, when the main part of the new wealth will still flow into the imperial treasury, his Zheng family's wealth growth rate is not as fast as the imperial court, only the imperial court in the commercial tax and tariff income increased, in order to further reduce the agricultural tax, in this year of falling temperature, to give farmers a chance to breathe;

After the promotion of commerce this year and next year, coupled with natural disasters, it will inevitably cause the price of agricultural products to rise, and the taxes of the people in various places will have to be further reduced or reduced, and the prices of agricultural products must be curbed from rising too fast, which will increase the cost of living of the people;

However, the income of the peasants will also increase, but the Ministry of Household Affairs must order the local political departments to introduce policies to restrict landlords from raising rents, and it is best for the Ministry of Households to issue a standard, and even encourage the gentry to reduce rents and interest rates, so that the people cannot live because of excessive land rents. ”

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