Chapter 615 Finance (1)

"Your Majesty, clarify all the land occupied by the vassals of Henan. In the future, the dynasty will strictly investigate the official land in various places." Bi Ziyan followed Emperor Chongzhen closely and said while walking with a serious expression.

"It is just a place in Henan. Through the situation found in Kaifeng Prefecture, I expect that millions of acres of land can be found. The dynasty can collect at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.

This does not include the tax on the population.

In the past, the imperial court had too relaxed in supervision of the vassals in various places, otherwise the problem would not be so serious, and the taxes and services set by the imperial court would not be damaged by this."

"The Qing family thinks that the matter investigated in Henan exists in other prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty?"

Emperor Chongzhen stopped and looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "In the past, Sun Chuanting investigated this matter in Henan and went through the Henan Disaster Relief Administration to sue the vassals, which caused an uproar.

I was a little confused at the beginning, why some ministers in the court were so excited? As the investigation deepened, I understood.

Although most of the bulk land occupied in Henan was occupied by vassals in various places, some of the land was occupied by officials, gentry, landlords and other groups."

Bi Ziyan nodded in agreement.

Land annexation has always been a matter of repeated bans and has been around since the Ming Dynasty, but the degree of annexation is serious.

"Bi Qing is the wealth minister of my Ming Dynasty. Come and tell me, like Henan, the invasion of land by the vassals, will it be over after finding out the corresponding situation? Or should we continue to investigate?"

Emperor Chongzhen lifted his sleeves and continued, "Just like Han Yu, Zhou Daodeng and others said in Wenhua Palace just now. Although I was very angry after hearing this, I still have to face the reality I should face.

If the number of people involved increases and the court cannot bear such great pressure, which will lead to bad things happening, what should the court do?"

Emperor Chongzhen must have done a thorough investigation into the encroachment of land by the Ming Dynasty vassals. After all, this involves the Ming Dynasty's tax and service system and is related to the Ming Dynasty's financial system.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to make some changes, the treasury must be filled. Only in this way can we gradually change various fields and then promote the Ming Dynasty's deep-seated reform.

"It must not be over here, it must be investigated."

Bi Ziyan said with a serious expression: "Especially in Huguang and other places, there are many vassals in it. I am worried that there will be even more severe occupations in these areas than Henan.

However, how to conduct an investigation will test the court's choice.

I believe that after the investigation under Henan's rule was found out, the court should focus on Shandong, so I condemned the inspectors and censors to Shandong, and conducted corresponding secret investigations on the grounds of inspecting the assistance of Liao.

During this period, the secret order could be conveyed to Shandong Governor Yuan Keli, asking him to cooperate with the inspectors sent to investigate the vassals in various places, and ensure the encroachment of land in various prefectures and counties, especially the encroachment of official land."

As the wealth minister of the Ming Dynasty, Bi Ziyan knew very well that the vassals and the invasion of land in various places must have many aspects behind it.

However, in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and the financial power of the Ming Dynasty, Bi Ziyan must be responsible to the state and help the court solve the various problems it faces.

"Everything else can be tolerated, but taxes cannot be involved."

Bi Ziyan continued: "The taxes levy levy in the past had severe imbalances in income and expenditure. Faced with various thorny problems, in order to stabilize the Ming Dynasty, the state dynasty distributed Liao pay and suppression pay, even though the corresponding food pay was collected to overcome the crisis encountered.

But these have caused serious damage to the majesty of the country.

I have calculated the matter in my mind. If the imperial court could find out the land occupied by the vassals and vassals under the jurisdiction of various places for several years, the imperial court could increase its income by at least 2 million taels of silver every year.

And the tax is only a lot more and less.

These are the taxes that the court should have collected, but for various reasons, they were occupied by vassal groups and even other groups..."

Listening to what Bi Ziyan said, Emperor Chongzhen showed a gratified smile on his face. It was indeed a lucky thing to have such a public-minded Ming Dynasty financial appearance to help him manage the Ming Dynasty finances.

Emperor Chongzhen was afraid that the ministers in charge of the Ming Dynasty's finances would have the same style on the surface and the same style behind them. If that was true, even if he wanted to solve the actual problem, he would be alone.

"The Qing family is right. In fact, there are many problems with the tax and service system of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen calmed down and looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "Like the suspected tariffs that were sealed in the past, they have been gradually opened and rectified since the second year of Chongzhen. After the taxes collected by the court have increased a lot accordingly."

Bi Ziyan nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the court has collected at least 4.5 million taels of silver in the past two years.

It is precisely because of these tariffs and silver that the court will not be so cramped when resolving other matters, especially when allocating food and money for disaster relief."

As time went by, as of the fourth year of Chongzhen, there were major changes in the Ming Dynasty finances shown by Emperor Chongzhen and the Ming Dynasty finances at the beginning of Emperor Chongzhen’s extreme.

In the past, fiscal revenue and expenditure were difficult to balance, and even the east wall was often demolished to repair the west wall, which made the court have to give up some rights if it wanted to solve some problems.

But now it's different.

At least with the intervention of Emperor Chongzhen, fiscal revenue and expenditure began to balance. Even if there were some deficits, the corresponding problems could be solved through the Ministry of Revenue or the treasury.

Emperor Chongzhen never paid the three major wages that harmed the people and cheated the people. After all, every time the levy was paid, the court lost a little credibility, and most of the money paid was paid into his private pockets.

"After all, it is because of the unclear administration."

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a cold expression: "If there was no problem of administration, it would never be so serious as the vassals' invasion of land."

Investigating the affairs of the vassal states in various places does not necessarily have to focus on the form that was launched in Henan and other parts of the Ming Dynasty. After all, it will cause alertness, and there will be policies above and countermeasures below.

In the past, I made the unity of science and technology, which caused great controversy in the North Korea and aroused a lot of opposition, and some people even rose to the point of shaking the foundation of the country.

Now it seems that no matter how loud the objection is, it must be done. If it is not done, the court will have no way to closely focus on a certain core idea by condemning the central inspection."

Bi Ziyan nodded slightly to express his approval.

If you want to solve the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, it is to solve the administrative problems of the Ming Dynasty and solve the legal and legal problems of the Ming Dynasty. There is a connection behind this.
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