The details of the opening of the sea and the national taxation are still being discussed, and the news has spread like the wind to all corners of the empire, setting off a monstrous wave like a nuclear bomb explosion, instantly hitting the top of the Ming Dynasty's hot discussion list, and there are all kinds of remarks, in short, some people are happy and some are worried.

Happy is those rich businessmen who live in coastal cities, no one knows better than them how big the benefits of shipping are, they made their fortune from the shipping business, but they were controlled by Zheng Zhilong's powerful fleet, and they couldn't get any more benefits, they hated Zheng Zhilong to the bone but were helpless, the Zheng family's power was too strong, no one dared to provoke.

Now that the Son of Heaven has decreed that the sea will be opened, they can go to sea to make money in a grand manner, and Zheng Zhilong's fleet still has to help escort and fight pirates, that little tax is just a trivial matter, the emperor is wise.

The common people in the coastal areas were even more cheering, and they could also go out to sea to fish in a dignified manner, without having to sneak around, be afraid of being caught by the officials and soldiers, and be fined and beaten to hard labor.

After all, there are only a few rich businessmen living in coastal cities, and there are as many rich businessmen as strong as dogs living in the interior, and they complain and scold the emperor for being greedy for money and stealing profits from the people, but many people go to the local parents and officials to talk for a while, and can only return disappointed.

The local parents and officials have long been forcibly bought by these rich businessmen, and they are almost allies in interests, but no one dares to joke about the black gauze hat on their heads, taxation is not only the meaning of the Son of Heaven, but also the meaning of the court bigwigs, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are all gangs, they can not bird or fool the Son of Heaven, but they dare not ignore the meaning of the court bigwigs, some things may not reach the heavens, but the bigwigs can get rid of the black gauze hats on their heads with a word.

The meaning of the above is obvious, these local parents and officials really don't dare to come nonsense, they warn those rich businessmen and strong, pay taxes honestly, anyway, that tax is not very much, you still make a lot of money, don't joke with yourself and the head of the family, and confront the court, know how to write dead words?

Although most of the wealthy businessmen and tycoons have complaints, they don't dare to joke with their own and their families' heads, and do it against the imperial court, so they can only pay taxes honestly.

However, not all people accept their fate, there will always be some people who rely on their own local famous families, and some are even big families with a century-old brand, with backgrounds and backers, and they don't take it seriously at all, and radical even prepare a series of follow-up tricks to deal with those officials who dare to collect taxes.

Zhu Jianjian was clear about the small tricks of some businessmen, whether it was ancient or modern, tax evasion, underreporting and concealment, and other phenomena were difficult to eliminate, but in order to reduce the occurrence of such cases as much as possible, he issued a targeted law, for this kind of tax evasion, once caught, the light one confiscated the goods and imposed a penalty of more than ten times the tax, less than a hundred times the punishment, and in the heavy, a fine and a sentence of more than one year and less than 20 years.

Zhu Jian knew that there would definitely be resistance to taxing those rich businessmen and other middle-class people, and there would even be some people who took the opportunity to make trouble and violently resist taxes, which happened to be used as an example, so that the people of the world could see the consequences of being an example.

The Phoenix Legion, the Shenji Battalion, the Guangping Army, the Tianxiong Army, and the Royal Guards Independent Battalion have been expanded into division-level troops, and the Jinyi Guard, which has been renamed the Imperial Security Bureau, is also quietly expanding, recruiting a large number of secret spies, scattering all corners of the empire, silently collecting intelligence information and reporting it, so that Zhu Jian can prepare all kinds of news trends in the empire.

In fact, the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau is also quietly expanding, but the expanded personnel are not many, and the conditions for the spy personnel of the Military Intelligence Bureau are high, and they also need to go through a certain amount of professional training, and can only be assigned to carry out various secret missions after passing the examination.

The current internal troubles of the empire have been eliminated, and the external enemies are the Jin Empire and other ethnic groups outside the Guan, and the spies of the Military Intelligence Bureau are basically stationed on the nine-sided front line in the Liaodong area, and some people even risk their lives to go out of the customs, using various identities as a cover, collecting all kinds of intelligence, and even hiding and waiting for secret orders.

Once these intelligence officers are caught by the enemy, the end is very miserable, either surrender and betrayal, or be executed, it can be said that they are nine deaths, relatively, their welfare is also very high, if their identities are exposed or die in the line of duty, their families will receive a generous pension, which is also one of the motivations for those intelligence officers to infiltrate the latent with peace of mind. Of course, loyalty comes first, followed by competence.

As a traverser, Zhu Jian knows how big the ball is, around the Ming Empire, and even more distant places, there are many large and small empires, some empires have awakened, science and technology are changing with each passing day, and they are not under the Ming Dynasty, and some later empires have not yet been enlightened and awakened, they are still in a state of wilderness, and they have not yet been invaded and conquered by some powerful empires in the West and become their colonies.

Such a place is near the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there are a lot of them, rich in materials, which makes people drool when they look at it, during the period of recuperation, Zhu Jian formed several so-called expedition teams, let Zheng Zhilong send warships to escort them, sail along the coastline, first map mapping out and then say, at least when to land and develop, it depends on the development of Daming science and technology and the decisive battle against the Jin Empire and other tribes outside the Guanwai After the victory has been decided, the current strategy is still to reject the enemy's border passes, recuperate, and make every effort to develop industry and agriculture. Bring the Ming Empire back to life.

Sending an expedition is just to make some preparations for the future development of the Ming Empire, Zhu Jian's ambition is not too big, so he set himself a small goal for the follow-up to surpass Genghis Khan first, as for what the descendants say about him, he can't see it, in short, he will do it first.

The Ming Empire entered a period of recuperation, the development of industry and agriculture is the top priority, Zhu Jian is currently unable to let the people get rid of poverty and become rich, he set the goal for himself and all officials to solve the problem of food and clothing for the common people first, and the internal stability can be assured of foreign soldiers.

After setting the strategic goals and the policy, various measures for the benefit of the people were introduced one after another, so that the people applauded, and on the other hand, the system of rewards and punishments for officials was also introduced, and all the officials who were unable to solve the problem of food and clothing for the people under their rule were eliminated, and those who were able to get promoted, and the corrupt officials who bent the law in favor were severely punished and severely punished.

Zhu Jian also knew that the salaries of officials were very low nowadays, and even some petty officials in particularly poor areas could not support their families by their salaries, so they could only rely on collecting black money to support their lives.

"I've said ugly things in front of me, I have already added a lot of money to you, who dares to be corrupt and bend the law with favoritism, don't blame me for not being merciful then."