Wei Zhongxian is so dedicated and dedicated, of course he has his own purpose. As the saying goes, it is human nature to not start early without profit. When he was growing up, he pulled a strong Mao Wenlong under his subordinates, which was also a mutual help.

More importantly, he was ready to ask Mao Wenlong for something.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Wei Zhongxian finally revealed his original thoughts. With the strength of the wine and his honesty and warmth, Wei Zhongxian leaned out and said to Mao Wenlong: "Last time, that little brat Feng Shibao reported that he

Regarding the eight Shanxi merchant families, your solution is very good, but it is not detailed. Can you explain it in detail to my brother?"

Come on, this is the real reason why Wei Zhongxian hosted a banquet for him today. Isn't it just about money?

Seeing Mao Wenlong's stunned look, Wei Zhongxian immediately defended himself: "Old Mao, you also know that our Ming Dynasty is already in turmoil, mainly in finance."

Mao Wenlong deeply agreed with Wei Zhongxian's bold comments. It seemed that the whole world was in a state of intoxication. Apart from himself, Wei Zhongxian was the only one who understood it.

In fact, the demise of the Ming Dynasty is already a matter of time. Internal and external troubles are not the fundamental reason for the demise of the entire Ming Dynasty. The root cause of the demise of the Ming Dynasty lies in the completely broken finances. When a dynasty does not have enough finances to support it, then what he wants to do is

It is simply impossible to achieve something to reverse the fate of the imperial court. As the saying goes, it is difficult to do things without money.

In order to ease the financial crisis and continue to adopt tough external measures, the Ming Dynasty had to levy three major taxes in the future, thus making the disaster in the north even worse.

In fact, the amount collected for this thing is only two million. On average, each acre of land in the Ming Dynasty is only nine cents of silver. When converted into grain, it is only about ten kilograms. The common people can still afford it. But this

However, Dongxi found a justifiable excuse for the greed of those corrupt and ruthless officials. After increasing the amount of money, he finally reached as much as three taels of silver per acre of land.

If the land of the gentry and officials' families is not paid, it will be passed on to the common people. The fiefdoms of the princes in various places, which account for almost half of the Ming Dynasty, will not be paid, and this will also be passed on to the common people. Add this to the terrifying four taels.

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The land is old and the people can only produce a little more than one tael. As a result, the taxes have reached more than four taels. This has forced countless families to go to a dead end, making more people become refugees and have to rise up.

On the other hand, if the Ming Dynasty has sufficient finances, it can feed the soldiers of the Nine Borders, so that they will not mutiny and become the main force of the rebels in the future. If the Ming Dynasty has sufficient finances, it can reduce and reduce the fiscal taxes in the northwest.

, let the people get a breather, if the Ming Dynasty is financially wealthy - anyway, in the end it will be one word, poor.

Wei Zhongxian explained painfully: "Now that we are sending troops to the east, what are Master Sun and Yuan Chonghuan going to do? Well - slowly advance the fortification policy. I don't say whether the method is good or bad, but it is indeed too expensive. It was just implemented last month.

At that time, he opened his mouth to ask for 5 million silver from the imperial court, and our little future King Xin proposed to Sun Chengzhong a way to use Liao people to rule Liao people. Master Sun also believed in it, so he abandoned the troops he already had.

The soldiers recruited new soldiers from the refugees in Liaodong, and even used cavalry against cavalry, and bought horses in Mongolia. For this fee, another 1 million was required, plus various other investments, just in the first half of the year,

The amount of money spent in Liaodong has reached seven to eight million, which is really a bottomless pit."

Of course, these seven to eight million were reported by Master Sun, but the actual amount taken out was only three million. But these three million were already all Tianqi had used up.

Wei Zhongxian continued to complain: "But the Ministry of Revenue has no money at all now. What should we do? It just reaches out to ask for money from the internal funds again and again. Our emperor still has this temper. If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, as long as you ask for it from outside, long live it."

As soon as the master's golden mouth is opened, the money in my hands flows out like running water. I don't have money from the sky, and the earth doesn't grow money. I see that all my capital is about to be spent." Then he complained bitterly.

One sentence: "Those civil servants are so hateful, as if the world belongs to the emperor's family, the emperor has to worry about everything, and the emperor has to get money for everything, as if it is natural and natural."

Facing this Wei Zhongxian, who was already drunk and had actually been cornered by money, he said some treasonous words. Mao Wenlong could only stop him: "I said, Old Wei, don't talk nonsense, the emperor is the emperor in this world."

Yes, if you keep talking nonsense like this, if someone catches you, you will die without a burial place."

After being reminded by Mao Wenlong, Wei Zhongxian also felt that he had made a mistake, so he laughed: "There are no outsiders here, they are all his own brothers, and they cannot be spread." Then he looked at the other two people half-jokingly and half-seriously.

One glance: "If the news spreads, it will be for the few of us here. Before I die, I, Old Wei, will also give you a few excuses, hahahaha."

The three people nodded in succession: "This is all personal talk, how can I say it out loud? Old Wei (father-in-law) is too worried."

After this haha, Mao Wenlong asked doubtfully: "Is our household department in Ming Dynasty really so poor? Our household department in Ming Dynasty earns a lot of income every year."

Wei Zhongxian said seriously again: "Our Ming Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue is more than 30 million silver, and the annual income from internal funds is about 7 million, but there is a difference here. The fiscal revenue is only on the books, including

The 10 million is still converted in kind and needs to be given to the local government, such as grain, firewood, etc., to support local health officials, and to repair local roads and rivers.

There is also arrears. In fact, the treasury revenue of the nominal 20 million taels of silver, which can actually be paid in, is only 4 to 5 million. Add in all kinds of corruption, and it is even less." When it comes to corruption,

Wei Zhongxian, who was born as a farmer, gritted his teeth. This was not because he was really jealous of the greed of the civil servants, but because deep down, the poor naturally hated corrupt officials. This is why after September, Wei Zhongxian truly took control of the world, and he

One of the reasons for blindly confronting Dong Lin.

"Such a big gap can only be filled with the emperor's internal funds. But if you look at it, there are only so many royal houses in the world. The tax revenue from salt, tea, silk and shipping companies were originally attributed to the internal funds. As a result,

It was also detained by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Now I can only go out but not in. It really makes me, Old Wei, very anxious. If the late emperor hadn't left some wealth, I would have hanged myself long ago." After complaining for a while, Wei Zhongxian was full of hope.

, lying in front of Mao Wenlong again: "But what you said about the eight Shanxi merchants made me see a way to make money. If Jin Yiwei can really get involved, it can also help my Three Treasures Bureau.

I want to earn more money, so this time, you must have a good chat with me, so that I can have a good idea." Then he went online and said: "Let you come to Beijing this time and not talk about the war on the front line.

Secondly, this is what the Emperor and I care about. If it doesn't take a few days, I won't be able to reveal the blame at all."

Mao Wenlong sympathized with Wei Zhongxian very much, and at the same time he understood what he should do. For example, in October this year, in order to solve the military pay problem in Liaodong, someone from the Ministry of War wrote a letter proposing to levy Liao pay from all over the world. The collection of this tax had already been

The crumbling Daming Building was kicked hard. As a person who came from time-travel, I must not watch these things happen. Therefore, I must find a way for Wei Zhongxian and the emperor to get money, plug the hole, and make the Liao Dynasty
Chapter completed!