Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunxiu immediately laughed, "Those who know me are my dear!"

Among the civil and military officials in the court, Zhang Feng was definitely not the smartest, but he was definitely the one with the sharpest vision.

It can even be said that Zhu Gaochi, Li Jinglong and others are far inferior to him. As for Li Zhigang, who was far away in Suzhou at this time, they are even worse than him.

Li Zhigang coveted the position of the Ministry of Revenue because Zhang Yu is a gentleman who can deceive him. If Zhang Yu can't bear it anymore and want to fight him, he is afraid that none of the three Li Zhigang will be the opponent.

Zhang Jue smiled slightly and continued to ponder, "Since the emperor ascended the throne, he first stripped the customs of various places from the local governing departments and directly belonged to the Ministry of Revenue."

"Whether it is the personnel rights of the customs or the pricing rights, the Ministry of Revenue is the decision of the Ministry of Revenue, and the local government shall not interfere or have no right to interfere!"

"Tariffs are also withdrawn from the tax amounts in local provinces and become taxes paid specifically to the treasury."

"In addition, you have set up various ship tax departments to be responsible for commercial taxes. Commercial taxes and customs duties belong to the center!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu looked up, "Now that I want to reform again, I guess you are separating the tax department from the governor's department and returning to the center? Is that right?"

"In the past, commercial tax could be kept in the local area, so will it be paid in full in the future?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Feng smiled bitterly again, "In this way, the local area is afraid... I'm afraid there will be a grudge!"

Zhu Yunxiu also smiled and said bluntly, "The two departments of the Customs Tax Department will be under the Ministry of Revenue for the time being, but I will obey my orders!"

"In addition to permanent departments and departments, the Ministry of Revenue must also establish customs departments and taxation departments."

"Once the sea is opened, the craziest taxation style in the past will not work! We must set rules and regulations and implement them in specific numbers."

Zhang Yan thought to himself as he listened to the emperor's words.

From then on, there were two more powerful yamen in the Ming Dynasty.

Tariffs are tariffs, and taxes are taxation, no longer confusing them.

The Chief Secretary collects the imperial grain and agricultural tax, and the Chief Secretary collects the commercial tax of the whole world! Moreover, the Chief Secretary no longer obeys the jurisdiction of the Chief Secretary...

In other words, the chief official of the tax department in any province is lower than the local chief official and the governor of the local border, but the latter has no absolute jurisdiction over the former.

In this way, the division of responsibilities is very clear.

If the responsibilities are clear, there will be no situation where the public and private accounts are not distinguished. There will be no situation where the local governor and joint officials and gentry are tampering with taxes.

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"You said I was anxious just now!" Zhu Yunxiu stood up, took two steps on the ground, and smiled, "Do you understand now? Why am I so anxious?"

"The old minister was dull for a moment!" Zhang Feng pondered for a moment, and had an answer in his heart, "In fact, the complete lifting of the maritime ban is part of the new policy!"

"By the way!" Zhu Yunxiu laughed, "The new policy is the cause, and the complete liberalization of the sea ban is the result!"

"The original intention of the new policy is to open source for the national treasury, to reduce the burden on the people, to avoid local officials and gentry from becoming bigger and deceive superiors and concealing subordinates!"

"But the purpose of the new policy is to make more people without land become laborers rather than tenants!"

"If you want the people to come out of the land, you must create opportunities for the people to make money with your hands!"

"Then we must promote industry and commerce, encourage and develop industry and commerce!"

"And our Ming Dynasty..."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunxiu suddenly sighed, "Yes, I, the Ming Dynasty, have hundreds of millions of people, and anything can be self-sufficient!"

"According to some people, even if I don't sell all kinds of products to those overseas, my own people alone will be enough to digest them! So there is no need to open the sea!"

Then, Zhu Yunxiu snorted coldly, "Fart! Stinky fart!"

"What are the people of my Ming Dynasty like now? To put it bluntly, most people are just struggling on the line of food and clothing. The richest places in Beijing, Suzhou, Foshan, and Hankou are not comparable!"

"Apart from these four places in the world, the people in other places are still facing the loess and facing the sky... Are they still trying to save money and feed themselves?"

"The people are struggling on the line of food and clothing, and they have to support the country's millions of troops, civil and military officials, support me, the emperor, and support so many idle people..."

"The burden on the people is as heavy as Mount Tai! As for the prosperous times some people say, ha! I am embarrassed to expose them!"

"What kind of prosperous era? If the people can barely starve to death, is it a prosperous era?"

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Zhang Feng listened silently and suddenly felt the emperor's tone a little excited.

"Under this situation, the people even want to eat enough. Can they have money to buy all kinds of products from the Ming Dynasty? Ironware, porcelain, lacquerware, silk, brocade, wallpaper..."

"Who bought these things?"

"The people don't have money and can't buy it. If no one buys it, no one sells it! If the people don't have money, industry and commerce will surely wither!"

"The new policy reduces the people...at least it can create millions of self-cultivated farmers. Only when their burden is lighter can they have spare money!"

"So after the new policy is implemented, the lives of the people will get better and better, and I, the Ming Dynasty, can truly have huge domestic demand... Do you understand domestic demand?"

Zhang Ju hurriedly said, "The old minister can know the general problem!"

"When domestic demand is said, then talk about export!" Zhu Yunxiu said again, "When domestic demand cannot keep up, I need to sell my Ming Dynasty things!"

"By the same reason, the more overseas merchants come, the better the goods from my Ming Dynasty will be! The better the transaction, the better the industry and commerce. The better the industry and commerce, the more people you need!"

"There are too many workshops and more items produced. Can it be done without opening the sea?"

"Opening the sea is not just about commerce! Fishery! Sea transportation! Including the annual canal transport of our Ming Empire..."

Zhang Yan added in his heart, "There is still war!"

"After all, this is a virtuous cycle! People are freed from the land, and the country is freed from the traditional tax model of simply relying on agriculture!"

"The most fundamental purpose of the new policy and opening up the sea solves the problem of excessive burden on the people. You can also support me, the emperor who does nothing, and the masters all over the world through tariffs and commercial taxes!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunhui's mouth and tongue were dry, so he picked up the teacup and drank it all.

"Many people can't understand my hard work! They just feel that I have to work hard all day long and don't want the officials in the world to live a peaceful life like in previous dynasties!"

"Zhang Aiqing, if all the officials in the world live a peaceful and stable life, the people in the world will live a hard life just like their ancestors for the eighteen generations!"

"So you said I'm anxious? This is an orderly... If a whole set of new policies cannot be completed by my generation, can future generations do it?"

"I ask myself whether I can compare with Emperor Taizu Gao, but my descendants... Ha, I don't think there are many who are much better than me!"

Zhang Feng thought about it and whispered, "The prince is still virtuous!"

Zhu Yunxiu automatically filtered out this sentence and continued, "In short, lifting the maritime ban is part of the new policy. People can have a choice, how can they make a living!"

"Promote industry and commerce by opening up the sea, and strengthen national strength with industry and commerce!"
Chapter completed!