Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 67

As the emperor, Zhu Youjian now controls the military power.

At least in the city of Nanjing, the [-] troops of the Second Guards Army completely obeyed Zhu Youjian's will.

Therefore, these officials could only accept that Zhu Youjian wanted to collect business tax and personal income tax, and they were glad that Zhu Youjian promised not to search his home to solve the problem of military pay in the future.

"Taxes are basically collected in three aspects: land, business, and personal income. How to collect personal income will be drafted by Lu Zhenfei, a cabinet scholar. As for whether new taxes will be added in the future, the Ministry of Households can write a memorial to me. declare."

As he said that, Zhu Youjian said again: "As for how the court makes profits, that is, how to increase the court's income, raising soldiers also supports you and me who don't care about farming and my relatives of the Zhu family. Let’s make a clear distinction first about which industries belong to the imperial court and which ones can be operated by private individuals.”

"Although under the thin sky, could it be the land of the king, but I also admit that any Ming citizen in the world can have his own private property, this private property includes his own land, houses and even property, but mines and salt are gifts from heaven. Nai Tianzi, these are my private property, and the people are not allowed to mine and sell them without permission, from now on, if anyone is found to mine without permission, no matter whether he is a gentry or a commoner, he will be confiscated!"

The cabinet members and the officials of various ministries present listening to the government could not help being surprised and embarrassed when they heard what His Majesty Zhu Youjian said.

Now that the imperial court is gone, mining is no longer a monopoly of the imperial court. The officials and gentry have already controlled most of the benefits of mining, and the salt industry is also flooded with private salt.

Now that Zhu Youjian wants to take back these benefits, these officials and gentry will naturally feel embarrassed.

But this is indeed the property of the imperial court, and the officials and gentry can't stop Zhu Youjian, who is the emperor, from taking back these benefits except for scolding the mine supervisor and the tax supervisor for excessive collection.

"I know your thoughts, you don't want to spit out the benefits you swallowed, you will even boycott my tax supervisor and mine supervisor, you will confuse the people to boycott my tax mines, and you will even scold me for being greedy for money, I am not afraid of your scolding , and I will not send tax inspectors and mine inspectors this time.

"From now on, the matter of tax collection will not be separated between the ministers and the household department. Everything will be collected exclusively by the officials of the household department. The specific reform of the household department and the distribution of the treasury and the internal government supply will be discussed in the future!"

Zhu Youjian knows that neither the common people nor the gentry like to be taxed, nor do they like the mining industry with countless wealth to be occupied by the imperial court, so Zhu Youjian will definitely be scolded as long as he collects taxes and takes back the mining industry.

That being the case, it is better to let the civil servants collect taxes for themselves, and let them be scolded along with them.

"Then there is maritime trade, not only maritime trade, but also transactions with outside customs and within Daming. I accept Zhang Shenyan's suggestion that both government and private businesses can exist, but weapons, salt, iron, and minerals are related to Ming. Safe and dangerous trading can only be attributed to the official business. Of course, private individuals can also operate with the approval of the imperial court; private businessmen can intervene in other industries, and because the tax is paid, the imperial court will also protect your trading rights and safety! Details How to guarantee it, which ones can only be operated by the government, and which ones can be privately owned, will be discussed later!"

After Zhu Youjian said that, he returned to the throne and sat down: "Basically, that's all. Most of my Ming's maladministration lies in taxation, money and food. The word 'finance' can be used for details. The salaries of officials are not enough, and the salaries of soldiers are not enough. However, the burden on the common people is getting heavier and heavier, and even the emperor is becoming poorer and poorer. If there is no strict reform, the Ming Dynasty will surely perish. The new policy will start with finances. Chief Assistant Fan Jingwen drafted according to the records of today's court meeting A New Deal platform."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Youjian said again: "What are the shortcomings of the specific new policy? Those who are in charge of the government can go down to the court and then go up to the cabinet. The Secretary of the General Administration will submit it to the cabinet, and then hand it over to the imperial court. Now the person in charge The officials who investigated Qian Qianyi’s treason case reported the proceeds from the house raids, and Dang Chongya, the left servant of the household department, kept records.”

When Zhu Youjian said this, all the officials present were fully motivated again.

Although a lot of the New Deal discussed today is to make them sacrifice their own interests, and make them intellectually or forced to recognize the New Deal, they are still very curious about how much property they copied from Qian Qianyi and other officials and gentry. After all, they In the future, I will also know how much money to appropriate from the court.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Qian Qianyi's family did not copy 6000 taels of gold, 46 taels of silver, and a total of 300 taels of property and antiques; Mu, 130 taels of servants! The silver can be converted to 12 million taels. The total confiscated income is about 35 million taels!"

The first to stand up and report was He Xin, the horse supervisor.

接着便是马士英：“前兵部尚书侯府抄没黄金1万两，白银24万2000两，房屋各项产业和古董合计估值72万两；田产共计54万亩，地产63万亩，奴仆五百余口！折银120万两！合计抄没所得150余万两！”

Then Li Banghua reported that Gong Dingzi’s family confiscated the proceeds: “Gong Dingzi’s family confiscated 3 taels of gold, 42 taels of silver, and a total of 2408 million taels of housing properties and antiques; , more than 12 slaves! 160 taels of silver! A total of more than 20 million taels!"

"Wu Weiye's family confiscated 16 taels of gold, 92 taels of silver, a total of 370 taels of house property and antiques; a total of 560 mu of land, 8 mu of real estate, and 600 taels of servants! The estimated value of silver is [-]. Two! A total of more than [-] million taels!"

"Dong Zuchang and Dong Zuyuan's family confiscated 38 taels of gold, 120 million taels of silver, and a total of 740 million taels of house properties and antiques; a total of 28 mu of land and 630 mu of real estate; [-] servants, including [-] for maidservants! More than twelve million taels of silver!"

When Lu Zhenfei finished reporting Wu Weiye, Dong Zuchang and Dong Zuyuan's family property, especially Dong's confiscation, all the officials present couldn't help but exclaimed.

Zhu Youjian was also quite surprised. He was already mentally prepared for the previous few families who copied millions of dollars, but the Dong family did not copy tens of millions of dollars, which made him also very surprised: "Old Lu Ge, take a closer look." , Is my calculation wrong, this Dong Qichang is only an official to Shangshu, how can he be so rich?"

"Your Majesty and colleagues present don't need to be surprised. The officials didn't believe it at the time, but it is indeed true. The Dong family has been a disaster for the village for decades, and they have used everything to search for money. It is difficult to know their wealth without copying their family."

After Lu Zhenfei spoke, Zhu Youjian nodded and ordered him to continue playing the report.

Lu Zhenfei then reported that Wang Duo, former minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, and Chen Lin, former lecturer of the Nanjing Imperial Academy, had confiscated a total of about 500 million taels of silver.

Finally, Fan Jingwen, the chief assistant of the cabinet, copied the income of the Chuanzhu family without talking about it:
"The Tan Chuanzhu family confiscated 1000 taels of gold, 12 taels of silver, 1 taels of house antiques, 14 mu of land, 120 mu of real estate, and more than 50 servants! More than [-] taels of silver were confiscated, and a total of more than [-] taels were confiscated. Tan Chuanzhu is just a guerrilla, he was born as a military officer, and he has little interest in building gardens and collecting antiques, so he just blindly buys land, and it is hard to be richer than those few Shangshu Hanlin."

　Thanks to the book friend Thunderbolt Six Disasters Canglong for the reward of 688 book coins, and the book friend 180****4439 for the long comment and encouragement.

　　
　
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