Chongzhen said slowly: "Li Qing is right, with the current strength, it is definitely impossible to quickly conquer Liaodong. ”

Li Banghua and the others knew that Chongzhen hadn't finished speaking, and quietly waited for his explanation in the second half.

"But in the early winter, the Arms Bureau will be able to deliver tens of thousands of firearms, and at the same time, the grain in the north will be harvested, and the armaments and grain and grass will definitely be sufficient.

In addition, I have asked the Yue family army to build a sled, which is a ride used to travel on ice and snow, which can travel thousands of miles a day. When the time comes, the marching speed of my Ming infantry is no slower than that of the cavalry, coupled with sharp firearms, as long as the city wall is destroyed, it is not a problem to quickly take Liaodong in two or three months. ”

Li Banghua knows the benefits of firearms, but he doesn't know the new term sled, and it is even more unbelievable that he travels thousands of miles a day, so how much does it cost to fight horses?

Seeing that he didn't believe it, Chongzhen didn't explain much, and said: "I know your doubts, tomorrow you go to the factories of the Yuejia Army and the Arms Bureau, and you will know at a glance." ”

"Obey." Li Banghua knows that Chongzhen is extraordinary in martial arts today, since he said so, there should be something, let's read it and discuss it.

"Actually, this winter's fighting is not the focus of this discussion." Chongzhen said again.

"What?" The three members of the cabinet were surprised, "The conquest is such an important matter, but it is not the point, so what else can be the focus now?" ”

"Today." Chongzhen said loudly: "I want to redefine the military and political system and the fiscal and taxation system of the imperial court!" ”

Seeing that the faces of the three cabinet members changed, Chongzhen knew that they were getting serious.

It's just that instead of listening carefully, they seriously analyzed how much of their so-called "re-determination" words contained content that violated the ancestral system.

"Please make it clear to the emperor!" Li Banghua said solemnly.

"Now. In front of the imperial court, there were ill-gotten gains looted by thieves in Beijing, and then there were thousands of family properties confiscated from surrendered officials.

In Shanxi, there is also the huge wealth that Azig helped us to gather, and there are countless family fortunes of Jin merchants.

It can be said that since I ascended the throne, the treasury has never been so full! ”

"The Emperor Shengming!" Shi Bangyao listened to Chongzhen showing off his wealth, combined with the existing policy of dividing land and housing before, thinking that Chongzhen was going to be a boy with scattered wealth, so he took the first step to compliment.

Li Banghua didn't think so, he couldn't see Chongzhen's thoughts for the time being, so he was silent.

When Kong Mengchang heard Chongzhen mention the treasury, he was already worried, and he instantly came to his senses.

"Rich though! But only temporarily! Chongzhen said heavily:

"In the past two or three months, the imperial court has already taken out 8 million taels of water conservancy, conscription, and agriculture in the four northern provinces, and the military and city construction of the two provinces of Liaodong. Moreover, there are still many agricultural and military affairs in the six provinces.

The silver in the treasury won't take long! ”

"What the emperor said is very true! According to today's imperial court consumption, the treasury can support two and a half years! Once a war starts, military spending is bound to skyrocket. If Liaodong is taken, a lot of money and grain will be needed to immigrate and appease the local people! Kong Mengchang saw Chongzhen pause and hurriedly expressed his position.

Chongzhen was noncommittal, and continued: "Officials pay money, soldiers and soldiers, go out to fight, build city walls, build canals and dams, and fight droughts and floods, and they all cost money everywhere.

Now that the Arms Bureau has been established, there are even more expenses, whether it is gunpowder, iron smelting, or craftsman's expenses, the silver is gone like running water!

Coupled with the purchase of seeds and steel in Nanyang, the cost is more like a bottomless pit.

Even if there are mountains of gold and silver in the treasury, there will be a day when they will be emptied. ”

Li Banghua saw that Chongzhen was first showing off his wealth and then talking about expenses, so he roughly understood his intentions.

But the imperial court has just stopped paying three salaries and Tian Fu for less than three months, is it possible to withdraw the order?

"The people are in poverty, and they can no longer collect taxes and salaries, but they can't sit back and eat empty, so where should the court go to raise money?" Chongzhen asked in a deep voice.

It's a once-in-a-century problem!

The three pavilions have thought about it many times, but no one has anything to do, so they have to look at the nose, nose, mouth, mouth, and heart, and deal with it in silence.

Chongzhen naturally knew that these nerds couldn't do anything, so he didn't wait for them to speak, and spoke directly:

"I'll give you four sources of wealth first!"

The three of them trembled slightly, but they still didn't speak, and they all thought: "If it weren't for the emperor's bragging a few times ago, no one would have believed it this time." Daming is already in a lot of holes, where does the money come from. ”

"One, dig coal!"

Chongzhen said loudly:

"Underground in Shanxi, there are countless coal mines, and the north is cold in winter, so you can send militia to mine them and sell them to the people and officials by the imperial court, and at the same time they can be transported to Mongolia to exchange horses, cattle and sheep!"

Li Banghua couldn't help but ask: "How much coal can be in Shanxi?" Enough to dig for a few years? ”

Chongzhen smiled, and said in his heart, if you can dig for a few years, you have to ask the boss of Shanxi Coal!

"Li Qing rest assured, it's no problem to dig for three hundred years." Chongzhen was very confident, "This is the location map of several of the largest open-pit coal mines in Shanxi, you can take it and send someone to mine it on a certain day!" ”

Li Banghua took the map, looked at it carefully, and put it away preciously.

Since the emperor said that there is an open-pit coal mine, then go and find it, if there is, it will be a fortune from heaven!

"Kong Qing, you go and formulate the coal mine transfer system and the trading system, and implement it as soon as possible!"

Kong Mengchang heard this, and hurriedly said: "May I ask the emperor, didn't you say just now that you want the militia to dig it?" How to sell? ”

"It's good for the court to mine on its own, but corruption will increase. I want private coal mines to join in, thinking that it is a check and balance! The details and operations of which you go to formulate! ”

Zhu Youjian's economic achievements are very ordinary, and he cannot be blindly commanded. This kind of professional field should be left to professionals.

"Obey." Kong Mengchang commanded.

"Second, collect taxes!"

Chongzhen continued.

"As long as the merchants of the world are in business, they must produce, procure, transport, distribute, and sell. I have decided that in the future, the imperial court will no longer directly collect taxes from ordinary people, but only focus on these five business steps to collect taxes! ”

"I don't understand!" Shi Bangyao replied.

Chongzhen said in his heart, I didn't expect you to understand, Kong Mengchang is responsible for understanding, you are only responsible for voting in favor.

"The people don't pay taxes directly, so they won't have any complaints about the court, and as for the increase in the price of goods, it's only the merchants who blame it!" Chongzhen said slowly.

Shi Bangyao was even more confused, and even Li Banghua frowned.

"I would like to put it simply, which roughly means that as long as it is produced by the people, whether it is eaten or used, once it is sold, the imperial court must tax its selling price.

This tax, when the merchant purchases, is levied directly on the merchant at the rate of thirty taxes and one.

As for how to collect it, the cabinet formulates the method. ”

Kong Mengchang said in his heart, such a complex project, such a light sentence was arranged to the cabinet, and the cabinet did not know how much it would take to complete.

"In addition, the goods purchased by the merchants will definitely be transported to various places, and in the process, the imperial court will collect a gold tax.

The imperial court should set up a special gold bureau and set up roadblocks on the main traffic arteries of the country, one for every hundred miles.

Passers-by are not allowed to collect, food is not collected, and other goods are collected. It doesn't need to be much, one hundred taxes are enough. ”

Chongzhen's arms are bright