Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 752
But there are always exceptions to everything.

If the Dutch are willing to give up their interests, then everyone will be happy.

Offshore attack is not an easy task, and it consumes manpower and material resources, which is difficult to measure.

Furthermore, the Dutch have been reclaiming land for decades, and those stronghold castle lands are ready-made wealth, so it is really a good thing for Daming to not have to work hard to open up wasteland.

"Then let's talk!"

Zhu Yixi frowned and agreed to the matter.

The time is set in March of the next year, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, Yuquan Villa.

There are too many rules in the Forbidden City, and they are too formal to follow one's inclinations, and in the villa, there are fewer obstacles.

Let the courtiers talk first, if it is profitable, then meet;

The Ministry of Rites suddenly heard that it was a bolt from the blue.

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation, scrambling to be the first to take off their pants and have a court battle, so as to become famous all over the world.

In the end it was suppressed.

The cabinet ministers agree with the emperor's decision, so they can't mess around.

Otherwise, offending the emperor would be at most the court staff, offending the group of cabinet ministers, and within a few years, they would not be able to get promoted, and even harm their relatives and friends.

However, in stark contrast, the audience in North Korea was quickly approved by the Li Fan Yuan, and then submitted to the emperor for approval, which also resulted in approval.

The North Korean audience was so frequent that all the officials got used to it.

Of course, no accident, what the North Koreans never forget is to assist the Ming Dynasty to destroy the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so as to wash away their shame.

It's a pity that its cavalry is too small to help at all.

The North Korean envoys were not discouraged, and also brought news: the Japanese king Tokugawa Iemitsu died of illness, and his son Tokugawa Ietsuna succeeded to the throne at the age of ten.

At this time, its domestic turmoil is a good time.

As for Japan, North Korea paid great attention to this neighbor, but Ming Dynasty paid no attention to it.

In his full expectation, the Ministry of Rites just said "Oh" and it was over, which made North Korea extremely dissatisfied.

After all, at this time in Japan, a young king succeeded to the throne, and the country was unstable. If Ming Dynasty sent an expeditionary force to come all at once, it would definitely overturn its country and society, and Japan would be messed up no matter how bad it was.

When North Korea follows Daming, not only will it be able to take revenge, but it will also be able to take a lot of money.

"I want to eat farts!" Zhu Yixi was really amused by the innocence and ignorance of the North Koreans.

"However, it can be arranged to make Japan a vassal state..."

But at this time, the entire imperial court felt extremely headache because of the autumn tax, so they had to hold an enlarged version of the imperial meeting.

The autumn tax is collected in October, but the summary statistics are at the end of the year, and the real income will be put into the treasury and will be available in the summer of next year.

But the money went into the treasury first, so that the whole court had a good year.

Due to the lack of water transport conditions in various provinces and the popularity of silver coins, after repeated reforms, the only provinces that actually pay grain in the country are Sichuan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan. The rest all pay money. Reduce administrative costs.

And because most of the north is ripe once a year, there is almost no autumn tax, so only the four provinces of Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, and Jiangxi, they paid a total of nearly 5 million stones of grain.

The remaining provinces paid silver and copper coins due to insufficient transportation conditions.

That's right, copper coins have also started to be collected, but considering the quality of copper coins is different, so only copper rounds are accepted. By the way, it can also stimulate the circulation of copper coins and make money for the household department.

The autumn tax collects 8 8 million silver coins, while at this time last year, it was 1000 million silver coins and [-] taels of grain.

It includes commercial tax (including iron, wine, coal, etc.) paid in March, which is about 3 million yuan, and salt tax is calculated separately. It is also paid in March, with a total of 25050,000 million yuan, an increase of more than [-]% compared with the second quarter .

In other words, just relying on the autumn tax of the nine provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, it exceeded ten million yuan, reaching 3 million silver dollars.

5 million stone grains have to be added!
For the entire five years of Shaowu, the fiscal revenue was: 3 million stones for grain and 4000 taels for silver.

You must know that during the summer tax, excluding the commercial tax, the whole north only collected 3 million yuan. Although it is half tax, even if it is full tax, it is only 6 million yuan.

Added together, but a quarter of others.

Forty-six in the imperial examination, if calculated according to wealth, twenty-eight is about the same, and now it looks like the north is still taking advantage of it.

However, although a few new provinces have been added, the quota of 300 people for the national examination has not changed.

Without him, due to the decentralization of Jinshi and the provincial examination, the lack of officials in the [-] counties across the country is not serious. For example, Henan, and even many prefectures and counties are still no-man's land.

Far away, anyway, in the Shaowu Dynasty, the difference between the north and the south was shocking.

Therefore, in this enlarged meeting, the eight ministers, rites, officials, households, soldiers, criminals, workers, Li Fan Yuan, Organization Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Cabinet, and the five military governors all came together, all because of this autumn. Tax.

Therefore, even if the autumn tax hits a new high at this time, it is difficult for everyone to feel depressed.

"Even in Shanxi, which is best preserved, there are only 5 million people at this time, and the annual tax payment, plus business tax, is only more than 200 million yuan..."

Hubu Shangshu Wang Yingxiong felt even more uncomfortable and entangled, the gap was too far from the ideal.

This is the first year and a half of the tax period after the three-year tax exemption in the north. If there is no comparison, there will be no harm. The difference with the south is too big.

I thought that the south would provide for the world for two or three years, and the north can also contribute now, but in fact it was very disappointing.

"The vast north, gathered together, is probably only as close as Nan Zhili."

Zhu Mou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, said directly.

"There are still too few people."

Feng Xianzong couldn't hold back his temper, and couldn't wait to say: "Although the people have been migrating in recent years, the Dingkou in Henan province does not exceed 2 million; Shandong is only more than [-] million; Shaanxi is more than [-] million."

"Even in Hebei, the capital of Gyeonggi, it is only allowed 4 million, which is less than half of what it used to be."

"If there is no population, the land cannot be reclaimed. Naturally, taxes cannot be collected. It is incomparable with the south. It will take at least five or ten years to return to the previous state."

"Migration has to be stepped up."

The official immigration that is still going on today is that Hunan fills Hubei, and Sichuan fills Henan, but the folk migration is continuous, such as people from Jiangxi and Anhui going to Hubei...

And everyone felt that it was too slow at this time.

If the north continues to develop like this, it will only be stretched bigger and bigger by the south, which is very detrimental to the stability of the country.

"The south is stronger than the north. Apart from Dingkou, the most important thing is that there is no shortage of water."

Du Yinxi, Minister of the Lifan Academy, said bluntly: "As long as we build rivers and ponds in the north and store more water, we will definitely increase the number of mouths..."

(End of this chapter)