If money is attributed to a resource, then lack of money seems to be a problem for every living body in this world.

From emperors, generals, to ordinary people, to even birds, beasts, and ants.

There is only one disease in the world, that is, the disease of poverty.

So there was "people die for money and birds die for food", and there was also "the world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."

The Ming Dynasty was well-deserved as the world's number one in this era, and the Celestial Kingdom was also short of money. Even without this flood in the southeast, the two treasuries inside and outside the court would have only a mere 30,000 taels of silver. It would be barely enough to maintain it, let alone pioneering and enterprising. Therefore, when Wang Yue used troops to fight three sides, the court would allow him to collect wages nearby, causing trouble for the people to live in poverty.

This time, the theme of this inner court examination is actually obvious from the three questions - making money.

"The market is the middle of the day, and the people of the world gather the goods of the world, and they trade and get their own things." This question talks about the behavior of the market. The people go to a place to return the goods and then leave, and each has their own gains.

"Floating and overflowing" is even simpler, which means that there are too many places to spend money and it is too complicated to make ends meet. How to do it?

These two questions are as difficult as climbing to the sky, but it is easy to say but also easy to say.

There is a joke in later generations: "There are so many ways to make money, and they are all written in the criminal law."

Although the words are rough, the truth is not rough.

If you can be shameless and be willing to give up, then it is really not difficult to make money. This is especially true for a country.

Where did the wealth of those capitalist countries in later generations come from? You will know about the history of Asia and Africa.

As a veritable country of the Celestial Empire in this era, if the Ming Dynasty really drew out its sword, it would only be easier for money to come. But unfortunately, the three mountains, such as ancestral system, feudal ethics, benevolence, righteousness and morality, were unable to resist even the kings.

The essence of the royal farm system is to damage the interests of farmers and make up for the country's benefits, to take large tracts of land back to the royal family, and to supply the royal family with their output. This method was originally thought of by Zhu Jianshen. One was forced by shortage of money, and the other was to consider that the farmers had a poor background and he could hold it down. But even so, countless court officials were idle and scolded him in the name of "not competing for profit with the people". Until today, the Silis will still receive many advice.

Li Xuan's plan for the imperial market was similar to this, enclosing land as a royal market, forcing merchants to come here to buy and sell, and the royal family imposed taxes on it.

The land of farmers is in trouble. If you steal the business from those merchants who have countless ties with the court officials, Zhu Jianshen feels that the trouble will inevitably be greater. So, unless it is necessary, Zhu Jianshen does not want to use Li Xuan's imperial market strategy.

Although he lacks knowledge, he also knows the principle of "governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh food". The most taboo thing about a country's operation is that it affects the whole body.

Xu Bao was different. His articles did not say anything radical change. Instead, he wrote about the methods of reducing expenses, which were nothing more than restraining the cost and strict auditing.

However, the most outstanding thing is that Xu Bao proposed a new concept - budget at the end of his article.

In today's Ming Dynasty, the income and expenditure of the year are extremely chaotic.

How much tax will the court collect this year? Only after collecting it will you know.

So how much will it cost this year? First come first served.

For example, the Ministry of Works said today that it would build a river embankment. After the court approved it, the Ministry of Personnel said that it would pay the money tomorrow. The court issued the money again, and it would pay the money one by one. What should I do when I have no money? If I don’t have money, I will stop doing things. If it really doesn’t work, I will collect taxes for the next year from the people. This is also the reason why the court never had enough money.

The budget concept proposed by Xu Bao was that the court set the income and expenditure of this year at the beginning of each year and set aside a part for urgent purposes.

The idea of ​​one sentence is extremely advanced in this era. It is precisely because of the advancement that Zhu Jianshen recruited him in.

But what he thought at this time was that since Xu Bao could propose this budget method, he must be extremely smart. Therefore, Zhu Jianshen always felt that he should not only have these mature ideas and a budget method for national finance, so he deliberately took the exam.

"This..." Xu Bao scratched his head a little, and many truths were clearly visible, but they just couldn't be said.

After a little hesitation, Zhu Jianshen saw it from above, so he waved his hand and smiled, "But it's okay to say it. I can speak freely if you are young, and I forgive you for not guilty."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Bao kowtowed deeply, and when he looked up again, he had already made a decision in his heart.

Take a gamble!

"I have heard that there are treasures in heaven and earth. The court has financial difficulties, and there are also fixed taxes for the people every year. If there are too many items, then some people will suffer losses. The emperor serves as the lord of the world on behalf of the heavenly herders and is the lord of the world. If His Majesty wants to take more people's benefits, it will be unkind and will make the people resent. In this case, open source is a rootless water, and the picture is a joke.

When I was studying in Neishutang, I accidentally heard about the old story of Zheng Hegong and learned that although the overseas countries were uncivilized barbarians, there were still rare treasures that were lacking in our Ming Dynasty, so..."

When Xu Bao said this, he saw that the smile on Zhu Jianshen's face gradually calmed down, and his voice gradually became quiet.

Zhu Jianshen was very disappointed. Unexpectedly, Xu Bao's idea was to make him violate the ancestral system: "Is your method of opening up the source to open the sea?"

When Huaien saw Zhu Jianshen, he was unhappy. In order to protect Xu Bao, he also shouted: "You little slave is ignorant. Can you know that the matter of forbidden sea is a national policy that the Emperor Taizu has appointed and cannot be changed? It can also be seen that although Zheng Hegong declared the prestige of the Ming Dynasty overseas, the imperial court spent more money, and the things he obtained were only rare and should not be used by the state!"

"Prince, please report." Xu Bao bowed again: "It is naturally difficult to open the sea. The pros and cons are the ones who are concerned about the pros and cons of it, but what the slaves said is not opening the sea, but paying tribute!"

"Trade?" Zhu Jianshen was slightly stunned.

"It is the tribute." Xu Bao took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts, and explained: "The Emperor Taizu was far-sighted and set up fifteen 'non-demand countries', and set up the tribute principle of 'good dealings and weak coming'. Later, the Emperor Cheng continued his past and promoted the future, making our Ming Dynasty famous overseas, and the number of tribute countries that came to pay tribute reached as many as 65.

The tribute system ensured the status of our country and the lords of the country, but in actual implementation, every time the countries that came to pay tribute were only "sexy goods", while the court returned gold and silver treasures. The slaves had no knowledge and thought that this was indeed a loss-making business..."

"Bold!" Huaien shouted.

Zhu Jianshen waved his hand: "I have said that I will forgive him for being innocent and let him continue."

Xu Bao continued: "I accidentally heard that every time the tribute mission came from overseas, in addition to the 'sexy goods' that paid tribute to the court, they would also carry a large amount of gold and silver to buy things such as tea, silk and porcelain from the people. After the tribute, they would carry these specialties back to the country to sell. Your Majesty, I personally think that instead of letting this large amount of money flow into the hands of private merchants, it would be better to take it to the court and use it for the people."

“…”

“…”

“…”

There was a silence in the hall.

After a long time, Zhu Jianshenzhao Huaien walked closer: "Huien, does the tribute mission buy a large amount of goods from the people every year?"

Huaien whispered, "Reply to Your Majesty, I have heard of it a little, but I don't know the specific number."

"Then do you think what he said... is feasible?" Zhu Jianshen pointed at Xu Bao who was kneeling down.

"I don't know, maybe I can recruit several Grand Secretary from the Cabinet to discuss it?" Huaien smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, this little guy is indeed spiritual, but... Your Majesty..."

"how?"

"If there is really a huge profit here, I am afraid that the government and the public will be more important than the imperial city's strategy. If you act rashly, you will be afraid of great consequences. The old slave has an idea..."
Chapter completed!