The gradual subsidence of events in the Mongolian steppes meant the beginning of another thing, and that was taxation...

Zhu Youzhen also set up the Ming Royal Taxation Bureau on the Mongolian steppe, even if these herdsmen can not be involved in paying taxes on weekdays, but Zhu Youzhen still stipulates that if there is a certain trade behavior on the grassland... Then you have to pay commercial tax in accordance with the regulations.

What's more, there is now a figure of the Ming Royal Taxation Bureau in almost all places in the entire Ming Dynasty, even if it is to take care of. It was not Zhu Youzhen's turn to take care of the Mongols.

Since the army once again drove to the Mongolian steppe, the people of the Ming Dynasty have discovered it.

The grassland cattle and sheep that are not easy to see on weekdays suddenly flooded the trade network of the Ming Dynasty, and what was more important for the Ming court was to greatly alleviate the urgent need for horses in the Ming Dynasty.

There is nothing wrong with the fact that the railway will be the most important direction for the development of transportation in the future, but Zhu Youzhen knows more that even after hundreds of years, horses are still one of the irreplaceable means of transportation.

Prairie in spring.

In fact, there is still some desolation, but it is on this seemingly desolate grassland that Buckru is playing with his life and waving the shovel in his hand.

A Mongolian herdsman on the side saw him working hard here and couldn't help but say, "Bakru, what...?" Why do you have to work so hard for the Han people, it's almost enough! ”

Unexpectedly, these words made Bakru a little annoyed, and said: "We are all Ming people now, and now we are building our own city of the steppe people, will you be lazy when building your own yurt?" ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the other herdsman who had just spoken was dumbfounded.

After thinking about it, he continued to wave the shovel in his hand and went to work with Buckru... On the grassland, a large number of cities have begun to be built, which is a huge expenditure for the Ming Dynasty in the short term.

However, Zhu Youzhen knows that only by building as many cities as possible can we gradually change the nomadic habits of these herdsmen, and turning nomadism into large-scale fixed breeding will be the future development direction.

And let them go from horseback, from yurts, to agricultural production, to breeding farms, and even to living in bungalows in the city.

It's all what Da Ming wants to see now.

The King of the Mongols...

Completely disappeared from this land, and many Mongolian herders had some difficulty believing their eyes when they saw the arrival of the Ming army.

What is even more unbelievable is that most of the Mongols who came with the Ming army did not understand Chinese... Therefore, in the Tianhu Army, Zhu Youzhen specially recruited some Mongolians from the grassland who knew both Mongolian and a certain amount of Chinese for his own use.

In order to facilitate communication, do not give birth to unprovoked things.

It's not just cities being built on the steppe.

More importantly, concrete roads have been paved continuously, and a large number of schools have been built in the vast number of cities that have not yet been built.

Many Mongolian children in the midst of the war saw for the first time that there was a gentleman in the school to impart knowledge.

Every morning, accompanied by the work of these Mongolians who built the city for the Ming Dynasty, is the catchy reading of their children in the school.

This makes them undoubtedly more motivated.

On the other hand, the Daming General Administration of Industry was not idle, and the Daming Royal Mining Bureau began the vast prospecting work in the grassland area.

The industrialization of the Ming Dynasty requires a large amount of ore and the vigorous development of the smelting industry, and Wang Yisi does not dare to be idle... The same is true for the Daming Royal Mining Bureau.

Who is Zhu Youzhen? From the perspective of later generations, several large coal mines and iron mines on the famous grassland in later generations, especially in Ordos, which had the title of coal capital in later generations, are the top priority of Zhu Youzhen's attention.

He even directly demanded that after the completion of the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin railway, the engineering team should be driven to the grassland as soon as possible, and a large number of steam locomotive railways should be built in the coal mines of Ordos, so that the coal in the grassland should be ... Nourishing the industrial development of the Ming Dynasty.

The emergence of steam power has gradually made many problems that were difficult to solve gradually become simpler, especially the development of the booming Daming industry and commerce gradually began to move towards a small workshop model and gradually transformed into a small factory model.

This made Zhu Youzhen, who was sitting in the palace, very surprised.

"The king's companion... After passing on the word from Yan, I came here for a trip..."

Since the birth of the prince, with the gradual growth of Zhu Cihong, Zhu Youzhen is actually a little relaxed about the affairs of the court and politics on weekdays.

But Zhu Youzhen's mastery of everything has not slackened in the slightest.

It didn't take long.

Bi Ziyan rushed over, and in the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youzhen held Zhu Cihong in his arms, and saw that the little prince's small eyes also revealed a lot of doubts about this world.

The child was placed in the baby basket specially customized by Zhu Youzhen, and then handed over to the palace maid on the side to take care of.

Then he walked to the council chamber.

"Bi Aiqing, I only have one thing I want to discuss with you today." Zhu Youzhen is indeed something, the main problem is actually to want to talk to Bi Ziyan about the commercial tax issues of the Ming Dynasty, at the earliest...

Zhu Youzhen can be said to have formulated the most stringent commercial tax rate in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the strategy of implementing four taxes and one in the provinces where the business is not very developed, while other coastal provinces with more developed commerce, similar to Fujian and Guangdong, have all implemented the tax rate of three taxes and one tax.

I have to say that in a short period of time, this kind of commercial tax system, which has not been fully implemented, has already contributed a steady stream of majestic tax revenue to Zhu Youzhen.

But now after thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen decided to postpone or reduce the proportion of commercial tax, the main reason is...

The industrial revolution will use unprecedented mechanization, mass production, and standardized production methods, so that all traditional handicraftsmen will find their own goods overnight.

Due to different cost differences, there will be a very difficult trade situation.

Now because the network of the Daming Supply and Marketing Bureau is still very broad, as long as those bosses are willing to cooperate with the Supply and Marketing Bureau, they can often still set aside a certain profit.

But after that, it's not easy to say.

"Your Majesty . . . If you want to say anything, just say it, and the minister will not dare to hide it from Your Majesty. Bi Ziyan hurriedly said.