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"Your Majesty, our dynasty implements a two-tax law, the summer tax is rice, wheat, money, banknotes, and silk, and the autumn grain is rice, money, banknotes, and silk. The summer tax and autumn grain are all based on rice and wheat as the tax standard, which is called "natural color"; The amount is listed in the "Yellow Book". The Yellow Book is the household register, which registers in detail the Dingkou and industrial conditions of residents in various places, and is reviewed by the imperial court once a year. The summer tax is levied in June and may be extended to October, and the autumn tax is levied in October and can be extended to February of the following year, and the annual tax can be levied at six or seven million taels, which is converted into three million taels of silver this year.

This year, 200,000 troops were used to defend the northern captives, which was very heavy, and the needs of the army, including grain, grass, transportation, and weapon maintenance, cost about 300,000 taels of silver in a month, and it took two or three months at present, and the annual salaries of civil and military officials in the army were 600,000 taels of silver.

These expenses cannot be saved for the defense of the northern captives, and now they are halved and left to be filled by the autumn tax, and this year's annual income is not as good as in previous years, and the autumn tax may be insufficient, not to mention that this year's summer tax still partially fills the shortage of last year's autumn tax, this year's military salary has been paid more than 1 million taels, and the civil and military salaries have been issued more than 400,000 taels, and the official warehouses in various localities need to set aside some reserves to be prepared, and the grain and fire consumption are transported in various places; there are also hundreds of thousands of taels spent on various trivial matters in various places, and the great inner and large internal affairs are indispensable, and this year's needs have been sent to the internal affairs government, and the various clans also have hundreds of thousands of taels this year. The treasury is empty now.

The ministers are incompetent, they eat the king, they can't share their worries for the king, and the ministers are ashamed of your majesty. "Hubu Shangshu Liu Daxia fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

"Alas, Liu Aiqing, please, it's not Liu Aiqing's fault, it's good that Liu Aiqing can do this, it's hard for Liu Aiqing all these years. ”

Emperor Hongzhi sighed lightly in his heart, he wanted to make a big difference, but the treasury did not allow it, and without a capable minister like Liu Daxia, it was difficult to say whether the imperial court could maintain it like this.

"Liu Aiqing, I know that it is not easy for you, but the treasury is insufficient, and Aiqing has a way to solve it. ”

"The only way is to open up sources and reduce expenditure, and have a good rest, but it is not easy to say. Liu Daxia got up and replied.

"Aiqing, this annual military salary is spent so much, but why is the army of my Rose Empire still so incompetent, and where is this military salary?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of the household department, and I don't know much about this military matter. There are 100,000 camps in the city, at least seven or eight taels of silver per person for half grain and half pay every year, and there are two or three stones of grain in January in previous years, and this year's grain prices are two or three stones of grain because of the war, and the annual success is average, and the grain price is tight and the grain price has risen sharply, but this year there are also seven or eight hundred thousand taels of silver, and the capital is surrounded by the hinterland of the empire, and the Gyeonggi is heavily stationed in 100,000, and the Beijing camp is six or seven taels, and the north side is five or six taels of silver, which is more than one million taels of silver, and there are nearly 100,000 taels of conscription in various places, but the annual ration also costs two or three taels of silver, which is another two or three hundred thousand taels of silver。 Now this military salary really can't be reduced, and the minister has no countermeasure to reduce this cost. ”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, the war is now tense, the army cannot be cut, and the military salary cannot be reduced anymore. "What about open source. ”

"The only way to do this is to raise taxes. However, now that the tax is three out of ten, this year's annual income is very ordinary, and I am afraid that we can't add too much tax. ”

"Your Majesty, Ma Shangshu has arrived, whether to summon or not. Outside the door, with a knock on the door, came the voice of a eunuch.

"Biography. ”

"No. ”