I smashed the emperor's daughter

Chapter 39 Of course punishment
Listening to the meaning of the little emperor's words, the expenses have increased, but the income has shrunk?Before Li Yuntang had time to think about it, Li Yu poured out bitter water again:
"Among the many incomes from internal funds, Huangzhuang's revenue was the first to be impacted.

During the reign of the first emperor, the royal family owned hundreds of thousands of acres of Huangzhuang in Zhili, Liaodong and other places. However, after the coup, the courtiers demanded that the Ceremony and Discipline Inspection Department return the land because of the New Deal’s occupation of the land of the gentry.

The Empress Dowager Yi'an not only didn't stop her, but also took a share of it.

However, the first emperor fined and confiscated the gentry's land, a total of 20 to [-] mu, and they had to return more than [-] mu of fertile land! "

The more the little emperor spoke, the angrier he became, his eyes turned red in a hurry, but instead of arousing Li Yuntang's sympathy, it aroused his other thoughts:
The origin of these hundreds of thousands of acres of Huangzhuang is not clean, and there is no lack of annexation of the land of the poor; although the old emperor has the determination to reform and strengthen the country, but this kind of reform from the top to the bottom of the ruler seems to be rich and strong soldiers, but the fundamental purpose is to maintain their own rule.

Therefore, while taking money from the officials and gentry, the New Deal also treated the common people harshly to a certain extent. Li Yuntang secretly warned himself that he must not lose his mind:
If there is an opportunity to govern in the future, we should rely on the exploitation of foreigners to complete the primitive accumulation of development and minimize the burden on the Han people.

Although today's era is a bad one, and people from all over the world are more or less being squeezed; but making his compatriots feel better, Li Yuntang himself will feel better.

The little emperor didn't wait for Li Yuntang's response, thinking that he was distracted, he raised his elbow and tapped it lightly as a reminder, and continued:
"The second item of income of this internal money is the silver provided by the household department;
Originally, in addition to the annual quota of 80 taels, there were balances from more than 20 customs offices across the country; as a result, after I ascended the throne, not only was the quota reduced by 20 taels, but the balance of the tax customs was also collected by the Ministry of Households into the national treasury. "

Li Yuntang has also heard about this matter; about ten years ago, the old emperor relied on his own party line and arbitrarily, and forced a part of the money from the household department.

Now that the king's prestige is weak, it is logical for the Ministry of Households to take back this part of the property.

"The third is the profit of the salt government. Originally, the internal funds can be obtained by 8% every year, and there are related contributions from salt merchants and salt officials; Up to now, only less than ten thousand taels have been received in total.”

The more the little emperor talked, the more resentful he became, his knuckles turned white when he pinched his fingers, and the grievance on his face dissipated a lot, replaced by some cruelty.

"This gang of moths do a lot of things to fill their own pockets on weekdays. The crimes listed one after another are enough to ransack the family and wipe out the whole family; the late emperor just looked at them for the sake of making money, and turned a blind eye. Now he even dares to save the money;

Really want money but not life! "

Li Yuntang thinks that this may not be because those salt merchants and salt officials regard money as their life; what is more likely is that the courtiers of the outer dynasty controlled the process of enshrining, and those donations and offerings may have entered the treasury of the Ministry of Finance, Or the pockets of courtiers.

Seeing such a bad financial situation, he gradually felt a little anxious, but in a hurry, he couldn't think of any good solution.

Soap and high-grade liquor, refined table salt and white sugar have relatively mature processes in this era; it is impossible to rely on creativity to invent low-tech products, and then monopolize sales to obtain large profits.

Let’s talk about luxury goods such as perfume. First of all, let’s not talk about cultivating a premium price for a product.

Just to say that in the current cognition of Han people, perfume is invented by Westerners to cover up body odor, and it is a lowly thing.

The nobles of the Han Dynasty who have the financial resources to buy luxury goods have a heartfelt contempt for this product; in their hearts, they prefer to use solid aromatherapy products such as sandalwood.

As for products with higher technical content, such as penicillin, it is absolutely impossible to manufacture them with Li Yuntang's knowledge; naturally, it is impossible to make profits through this method.

The little emperor waited eagerly for a long time, but he didn't hear Li Yuntang come up with an idea. His nimble eyes turned back and forth twice, and a crooked thought arose in his little head:
"Actually, among the internal funds, there are still a lot of precious banknotes that have not been used after issuance. They were originally intended to be used as military pay for the soldiers of the Southern Expedition, but after being issued once, the effect was not good, and it almost caused a big mistake. It's over.

However, I heard that the Breti people who occupied Tianzhu tried their best to get the treasures of our dynasty. I don't know what their intentions are in their actions.

Now that there is no silver to use, you might as well use precious banknotes instead; anyway, the common people are not like Guan Jian, and they can't react violently; and that thing is made of paper, and it will be printed after it is used up! "

"My lord, this is absolutely impossible!"

Hearing that the emperor had this idea of ​​killing chickens to get eggs and exhausting the river to fish, Li Yuntang ignored the etiquette, grabbed the little emperor's wrist, and shouted to stop at the same time.

Originally, the problem of land annexation in the Han Dynasty was already very serious, and the lives of the people below were tight.

Now rashly trying to print currency will inevitably cause inflation; if it really does this, it is because the death of the Han Dynasty is not slow enough.

Unless those Westerners have already called and the time is urgent, Li Yuntang is absolutely impossible to use this method.

But after such a reminder, a method of cutting leeks suddenly appeared in his mind——

Moreover, it only cuts the leeks of the rich!

After straightening out his thoughts a bit, Li Yuntang immediately asked: "My lord, I have a way, that is, whether it is easy to distinguish the authenticity of these treasures in the hands of the emperor, and how many treasures are there in the internal funds? "

The little emperor was slightly dissatisfied with Li Yuntang's reckless grabbing of the "claw" on his wrist; it can be seen that he had an idea, and he no longer paid attention to the details, but introduced:

"These precious banknotes were all made in the 17th year of Qiansheng, using mulberry paper mixed with special pigments, making it difficult to imitate the color and texture of the paper; and the craftsmen who can make these papers are also strictly restricted in their freedom to prevent leakage of the process. ;
Secondly, three-color overprinting is used on the banknotes to make the printed colors unique; only by using the original frame can the colors of each layer be matched with each other completely and precisely, and the shoddy ones can be seen at a glance;
There are also intricate carvings and patterns on the treasure banknotes, and the law that "forgery of treasure banknotes will be executed immediately, and the arrester will be rewarded with 500 taels of silver, and the prisoner will be given property", which basically prevents others from forging!
As for the quantity, there are about 100 million taels of treasure banknotes worth 2000 taels of silver; most of the treasure bills worth copper coins have been destroyed, and there are very few left.

Look, can it work? "

Is it ok?

Of course punishment, my method is not breaking the law now!

After answering silently in his heart, the smile on Li Yuntang's face gradually grew, and then he leaned in front of the emperor and replied:
"My lord, please allow me to explain carefully..."

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