Yesterday in the Hanging Arch Temple.

Qin Zheng and Xia Ji had a discussion.

There are some solutions.

But you still have to talk to the ministers of the court.

"Xia Aiqing will tell me your opinion, and let the ministers hear whether it is reasonable."

Xia Ji bowed slightly:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not possible to completely solve the emptiness of the treasury in the short term, and what is to be done now is to raise a sum of money to fill the treasury.

In order to ensure that the treasury can be supported until the end of the autumn tax collection, after the autumn tax collection has a slight surplus in the treasury, we are trying to find a way to change the current state that the treasury has been unable to fill. ”

Naugie's suggestion can't be said to be very clever, nor can it be said that it is useless.

This is just a general statement.

How to increase the revenue of the national treasury is a major problem.

It's not a day or two.

Qin Zheng intends to fill the treasury by killing corrupt officials, which can only solve the current crisis.

So what to do next?

It can't always be solved by killing corrupt officials.

If you keep using this method, I'm afraid the world will be chaotic.

There has to be a sustainable solution.

Qin Zheng thought in his mind:

"According to the current situation in Dakang, the tax revenue of all parts of the imperial court is basically controlled by the local families, and if this situation is not changed, the tax revenue of the imperial court has not been stable.

If these families unite to directly resist the tax, the court will not want to collect the tax, but then it will be finished. ”

Qin Zheng pondered that the money-making methods he mastered must be used, and only when he has money and food can he not panic.

"We must hurry up and make money, as long as we have money in our hands, we can afford to pay military salaries, we can stabilize the army, as long as the army is not chaotic, the world will not be chaotic."

Qin Zheng has a lot of ways to make money in his head.

It's just that because I just crossed over, I haven't had time to do it.

Xia Ji didn't notice Qin Zheng's contemplative look and continued to express his opinion:

The minister believes that what needs to be done at present is to open up sources and reduce expenditures, reduce court expenditures, and increase the sources of revenue from treasury taxes.

In addition......"

Xia Ji, as the third envoy, is still very interested in taxation.

He spoke eloquently in the court and expressed many useful opinions.

Some of these points were not mentioned to Qin Zheng yesterday.

After Xia Ji finished speaking, Qin Zheng asked the ministers in the palace:

"Fellow ministers, do you have any suggestions for these methods that Xia Aiqing said?"

Seeing Qin Zheng ask, the ministers who were originally silent began to discuss:

"Although the idea of the right minister is good, it is very difficult to implement it, and it is difficult to implement it."

"Open source and reduce expenditure is said lightly, how to open source and how to reduce expenditure?"

"Actually, it's not that troublesome, just raise taxes directly."

"That's right, just raise taxes directly, isn't this open source."

Chen Guangdi, a member of the Criminal Department, stood up and bowed down to report:

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the best way to solve the empty treasury is to raise taxes, and there is no other way."

Li Jike, a straight scholar of Chongwen Hall on the side, stood up and nodded in agreement:

"The minister seconded that raising taxes was the only solution to the emptiness of the treasury."

With Chen Guangdi and Li Jike taking the lead.

A number of ministers who were already inclined to raise taxes have come forward to express their support.

Listening to the speeches of the ministers in the palace.

Qin Zheng was extremely speechless in his heart:

"Dakang's current tax is enough, and if he continues to raise taxes, then there will be more people in the world, and the method of raising taxes will not work."

Qin Zheng waited for the ministers below to finish speaking before he spoke:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you should know that the current tax subjects of the imperial court are quite numerous, if you continue to raise taxes, do the people in this world still need to live?

Once they can't survive, I'm afraid that there will be a rebellion of displaced people, and at that time, how should the imperial court deal with it? ”

As soon as Qin Zheng finished speaking, Chen Guangdi immediately said:

"Your Majesty, the imperial court raises millions of soldiers, and is not afraid of those homeless riots, as long as they dare to oppose the imperial court and disobey the orders of the imperial court, they will directly send troops to suppress it, why be afraid?"

Li Jike also nodded in agreement:

"What Chen Yuanwailang said is very true, this world is the world of great prosperity, it is a matter of course for the people to pay grain and taxes, and those who dare to resist will be killed directly, and they will not be spared."

The words of Chen Guangdi and Li Jike won the support of many ministers.

If you dare to resist and not pay taxes, you can kill them directly, why do you want to do so much?

Looking at the reactions of these ministers below, Qin Zheng really wanted to slap these people in the face.

"Made, these bastards of the dog day, if they are really cubs selling Yetian, they don't feel distressed, they really want to provoke a civil uprising, this horse is shaking the foundation of my rule, if one day the exiles invade the capital,

These dogs are afraid that they are rushing to open the city gate and surrender their allegiance to the new dynasty, and a group of dogs are forcing things. ”

In fact.

These ministers are clever in their hearts.

They only knew about raising taxes, but they did not ask Qin Zheng to reduce expenditure.

It's not that these ministers are afraid that Qin Zheng will have a bad life.

Opposite.

It's because they don't dare to mention it.

Why?

Because this will anger Ning Heng, the prime minister of the dynasty.

After the predecessor of Qin Zheng ascended the throne.

At the instigation of Ning Heng and his daughter Concubine Ning, he built a large number of buildings, and his life was extremely luxurious and wasteful.

It is also a variety of rewards for the Ning family.

If they dare to ask Qin Zheng to stop the construction of large-scale construction, cut down on food and clothing, and reduce expenses.

This is the way to cut off the Ning family's wealth.

They know exactly what the consequences will be.

Since you can't throttle, let's open source.

Raise taxes on the mud-legged people.

It doesn't matter if these mud legs can survive or not.

Anyway, it doesn't affect the ministers, they don't care.

What the ministers are calculating, of course Qin Zheng is very clear.

He paced in front of the dragon chair, glanced around the ministers below, and then spoke:

"I will not agree to a tax increase, but the emptiness of the treasury must also be resolved."

Seeing that Qin Zheng did not agree to raise taxes, the ministers also remained silent and did not express their position.

Qin Zheng continued:

"Xia Aiqing was right just now, it must be done at the same time, so I decided to cut the expenses of the harem, including all the harem concubines, concubines, royal family members, etc.,

The monthly expenditure was reduced by 50%, extravagance and waste were eliminated, and the extravagance of the harem was strictly investigated to save the treasury expenditure. ”

Qin Zheng's decision.

Many ministers' expressions changed.

I don't believe that Qin Zheng can do this.

Qin Zheng ignored what these ministers thought, and he continued:

"And then there is, from now on, immediately stop the construction of palaces and dragon boats in Dakang, seal them on the spot, and recover the silver previously allocated to the Ministry of Industry to build palaces and dragon boats.

Collect it into the treasury and wait for my subsequent will. ”

As soon as Qin Zheng's decision came out.

Many ministers, including Ning Heng, changed their expressions and were not calm.

"What, to stop the construction of the palace and the dragon boat, but also to recover the silver that has been allocated, doesn't this mean that there will be no way to get oil and water in the future? How can this work! ”