Starting from Comprehensive Martial Arts: Bu Dao Lu

Chapter 21 Zhao Wangfu (3)

Hearing what Zhu Qi said, Eunuch Hai let out a sigh of relief.

Hai Dafu is naturally not a short-sighted person who can manage Nuo Da's Prince Zhao's Mansion in an orderly manner.Among all the industries under the Wangfu, Huangzhuang is the most important, because Huangzhuang can continuously provide talents for the Wangfu.It is precisely because Huangzhuang is extremely important that Hai Dafu set the land rent at [-]%.Only in this way can the palace accept the hearts of the tenants of Huangzhuang, and they will turn to the palace.

"Don't worry, my lord, the old slave has already made arrangements. Not only is there a school in Huangzhuang, but also a granary. Once there is a famine, the granary of the prince's mansion will be opened to release grain."

After listening to Hai Dafu's arrangement, Zhu Qi nodded with great satisfaction.

Hai Dafu went on to say: "The property of the Wangfu can make a surplus of one million gold every year, but the main income of the Wangfu is the taxes from your fiefdom, my lord."

"Taxation!" Zhu Qi said.

"My lord, there are three counties in Zhaodi, with hundreds of millions of people. This old slave learned from the household department that the Wangfu can benefit from Zhaodi 2000 million gold every year."

Hearing the number Hai Dafu said, Zhu Qi was really shocked.There are 80 mu of fertile land, 200 shops, mines, forests, caravans, etc. under the name of his palace, and his annual income is only 100 million gold, with a surplus of 2000 million gold.And the income from his own fief is actually [-] million gold, or every year.

Since the founding of the Ming Empire, the people have been adhering to the policy of rest and recuperation.The empire has a decree that only [-]% of the land tax is charged, and the landlord cannot collect more than [-]% of the land rent from the people.That is to say, even if the people of the Ming Empire pay the highest land rent, they can keep [-]% of the production, and [-]% of the land production is enough for the people to live on.Back then, Emperor Hongwu killed a lot of people in order to promote this decree.This law is now deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.Once a landlord collects more than [-]% of the land rent, the whistleblower can get [-]% of the property of the landlord's family, and the landlord's family will also be punished for treason. Not only that, the Inspectorate and Jinyiwei have manpower to patrol the world.This is the foundation of the Ming Empire.

The three counties of Zhaodi.The imperial court collects 2000% of the tax, and two of the taxes are divided into the Zhao Wangfu.Assuming that Zhao Wangfu can get [-] million gold per year, the imperial court can collect taxes worth [-] million gold from Zhao land every year, and the entire Zhao land has a production of one billion gold.

You must know that the entire Ming Dynasty has a huge territory of 21 states and 87 counties in three domains!
Central China is divided into eight regions, and the Ming Empire monopolizes the Southern, Southwest and Western Regions.In addition to these three domains, the Ming Empire is still in the southeast domain, occupying a lot of land, and is now confronting the Tang Empire.In the Northwest Region, the Ming Empire also encroached on a lot of the original territory of the Song Empire.

In the Southern Region, the Ming Empire has six states and 26 counties; the Southwest Region has seven states and 33 counties; the Western Region has five states and nineteen counties; the Southeast Region has one state and six counties; the Northwest Region has two states and nine counties.

The three counties of Zhaodi are not outstanding in the Ming Empire.

As far as Zhu Qi knew, Zhao's commerce and trade were underdeveloped, and most of the taxes were paid by the fields.Even so, the Ming Empire could still collect a tax of 30 million gold in Zhao.What about the whole empire?I am afraid that the Ming Empire will earn more than [-] billion gold every year from the land tax alone.What about commercial tax, salt and iron tax?
Although the mainland of China was a feudal dynasty, countries did not restrain the development of commerce, and commerce was extremely prosperous in the mainland of China.Although Zhu Qi didn't know how much the business tax of the Ming Empire was, he thought that even if the business tax was not as good as the land tax, it might not be much less.There are a lot of business taxes, but what about the salt and iron tax!Zhu Qi knew that in the Ming Empire, salt and iron were a monopoly of the imperial court.Otherwise, the mines under the Wangfu would not sell the ore directly to the imperial court.

The tax laws of the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty were extremely perfect, not only including commercial tax, salt and iron tax, but also luxury tax.The replacement of countless feudal dynasties has also gradually improved the policies of the ruling class.In the present mainland of China, not only the Ming Empire, but all empires are the same, even nobles and royal families have to pay taxes.

For this alone, the empire of the Chinese mainland is much more terrifying than the feudal dynasty that Zhu Qi remembered in his last life.

Zhu Qi thought in his heart that the annual tax revenue of the entire Ming Empire might not be less than 100 billion gold.

Only then did Zhu Qi feel the horror of the Ming Empire and the vastness of the Chinese mainland.

Although the annual expenditure of Zhao Wangfu is about 100 million gold, there are tens of thousands of people living under the command of the Wangfu.Moreover, there are thousands of stewards, guards, palace people, etc. that the palace needs to support.This is still the high treatment of the palace, and only 10 million gold was paid under the condition of high welfare.

Hai Dafu went on to say: "Your Majesty canonized the prince as King Zhao in the third year of Hongwu, and 240% of the taxes collected in this Zhao land since the third year of Hongwu belonged to my Zhaowang Mansion. Years ago, the old slave went to the Ministry of Households to settle my accounts. All the taxes of King Zhao’s Mansion from the third year of Hongwu to the ninth year of Hongwu. The seven-year taxation totaled about [-] million gold. After the year, the Ministry of Households has delivered the taxes to the Wangfu, and they are in the treasury of the Wangfu.”

When Zhu Qi heard this number, his heart couldn't help beating violently.

"My lord, there was a balance of about 1000 million gold in the palace before. Including the delivery from the household department, there is a total balance of more than 5000 million gold in the mansion."

Seeing Zhu Qi's dull expression, Eunuch Hai couldn't help but smile.My lord is smart, but he is smart, but he often doesn't understand some common sense.The Ming Empire is the top power in the mainland of China, and the prince is also the one-word king of the Ming Empire. These family backgrounds are not many.

"My lord, the family background of my Zhao Palace is nothing. The family background of the other princes is no less than that of our Zhao Palace."

Zhu Qi shook his head, he was affected by the memory of his previous life.The current Daming Empire is not the Daming Empire in the memory of the previous life.The Ming Empire, which owns 21 states and 87 counties in three domains, is terrifyingly vast.Knowing that any county in the Ming Empire is larger than a province in the previous life, it is really hard to imagine how big the territory of these 87 counties should be.However, it was also the vastness of the Ming Empire that made him, a prince who had just left the palace, own 80 mu of fertile land without attracting attention.

Seeing Zhu Qi come back to his senses, Hai Dafu hurriedly asked: "My lord, does my lord have arrangements for these balances in the treasury!"

Zhu Qi looked at Hai Dafu and asked, "What do you think!"

Hai Dafu said: "My lord, this old servant is thinking about buying more fixed properties such as manor land, mines, forests, shops, restaurants, etc., so as to accumulate more heritage for our Prince Zhao's family."

After hearing what Hai Dafu said, Zhu Qi did not reply, but closed his eyes and meditated.

Hai Dafu didn't dare to disturb him when he saw this, but he was a little worried.Hai Dafu, who is familiar with Zhu Qi, knows that this is the prince's consideration.Every time the prince closes his eyes and meditates, he will come up with an excellent solution.In the past, when His Royal Highness asked the prince questions, the prince often pondered like this.It's just that the prince was weak at that time, and every time he meditated, he would be weak for several days.

(End of this chapter)