There is no way, Zhu Youxiao is also afraid of poverty.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty have basically never been very wealthy since the end of the Renxuan period.

The regular tax set by Lao Zhu is too low, only 3%.

The official tax is low and the apportionment is high.

It was able to accumulate at the beginning, but now, the accumulated internal problems are getting bigger and bigger. The court cannot collect the money, so it can only increase the apportionment.

If a dog officer were to shave off a layer in the middle for you, the picture would not be too beautiful.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty also completely absorbed the lessons of the Ming Dynasty. It stepped on the thunder, but it was not stepped on, and it truly reached the pinnacle of imperial power.

"Your Majesty, these Shanxi merchants must be handled with caution!" Zhang Haogu thought for a moment and said, "I think we should investigate carefully. Don't rush into action yet. At the same time, we must avoid alerting the enemy. Let's make a careful calculation later.

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Zhu Youxiao thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, we still need to come up with a charter as soon as possible!"

Imperial Ceremony

For the entire court, the great purge not long ago has not yet passed.

A large number of people were still imprisoned in prison by Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei said very kindly that although my prison has bad feng shui, poor ventilation, and poor food, a bunch of people still have to be crowded together after entering, but it still costs money to live in it, once a month.

A thousand taels of silver is not expensive at all.

In addition, there are various packages to ensure that your body and soul will experience the most extreme enjoyment in the world.

It is said that there are too many prisoners in the prison.

The fans in Dongchang use the lottery method to see which unlucky person can be drawn today, and they will be punished directly. Some unlucky people have been drawn for three days in a row.

Of course, Eunuch Wei still managed to behave like a child.

When the money comes in, people leave.

However, Eunuch Wei could not consider whether he behaved like a human being when he left.

Han Xu also wanted to rescue him quickly.

When he came to find Eunuch Wei, Eunuch Wei also said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't let them die, but the money must be given."

Who do you, Han Xu, want to save? Tell me quickly.

After saying that, I will give him additional punishment.

Han Xu rescued a few people, but also went to Ye Xianggao to discuss whether this could help the Zhejiang merchants, Huizhou merchants and Fujian merchants behind the Donglin Party to quickly get some money.

Then, as expected, he was rejected.

Wang Wenyan has taken away a lot of silk business this year. He has already lost a lot of money, so he still needs to spend money?

Naturally, these people are also unwilling.

Ye Xianggao smiled helplessly, his small eyes looking like he had diarrhea.

Han Xu stopped talking to Ye Xianggao at all.

It's not him who said that this first assistant is really useless.

Today, I started going to court again.

That terrible nightmare didn't seem to dissipate at all.

"Today, I want to announce the finances of the imperial court. First, I want to tell the ministers how much money the imperial court still has. Second, I also want to tell the ministers how much tax the imperial court has collected due to this year's new policy!!"

Zhu Youxiao said slowly: "Zhang Qing, just come and announce it!"

Zhang Haogu opened an account book and said with a smile: "Dear experts, the total annual income of the imperial court this year is 50 million and 6.32 million taels of silver!"

"What?"

All the ministers were stunned, and one by one they couldn't believe this number.

More than 50 million taels of silver?

Han Xu on the side was also a little shocked. He looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "Mr. Zhang Ge, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile; "This year, the imperial court has received a lot more tax revenue. First, there is a lot of money income in Shandong and the capital, because the number of tenants per mu increases by hundreds.

Fifteen percent of the tax. In addition, the gentry paid the taxes as a whole, so the gentry also began to pay taxes. This naturally increased the court's tax revenue!"

"This year, the amount of consumption has increased a lot. The emperor has distributed his imperial estates to the people in various places. Now these people have been allocated land. The scale of taxation has increased, and the income brought is naturally not a small amount!"

Zhang Haogu talked about it: "In addition, this year, Zhu Guozhen, a group of officials from Shandong, and some time ago after the battle of Guangning in Liaodong, a batch of silver confiscated probably amounted to more than fifteen million taels!"

Han Xu couldn't help but let out a 'fuck' in his heart.

How should I put it, this year is not like the third year of Tianqi, when I started a grain business and made a lot of money, but I got too much money from ransacking houses.

Fifteen million taels.

This is all money from corrupt officials like them, one tael of silver and one tael of silver that they managed to embezzle.

As a result, a group of people were still being beaten in prison.

The increase in taxes for the imperial court has led to the destruction of many families of corrupt officials. Moreover, there will no longer be a way to confiscate the homes of the corrupt officials and make a profit.

Zhu Youxiao could see the expressions on the faces of the group of people, but he couldn't hold back the joy in his heart.

In addition, there was the Nantong Port established by Wang Wenyan, which opened a number of silk businesses and increased the income of one million taels of silver.

"This year, the imperial court's new policy has resulted in a total tax revenue of three million taels from the capital area and Shandong area!" Zhang Haogu said seriously.

Three million taels?

Han Xu and Ye Xianggao were also slightly stunned.

This is already Tianqi’s fiscal revenue for the second year.

There is one thing that neither Han Xu nor Ye Xianggao thought of.

If we think about it more deeply, the problem is even bigger.

Now the land in the capital and Shandong can already bring in an income of close to three million taels of silver. So, what about Jiangnan?

If the land was completely released, how much tax revenue would it bring to the court?

After the land is divided into acres, the regular tax will be increased. The 15% tax will also cancel the tax return to the public, because this tax is included in the 15% tax.

As long as it is promoted nationwide, even if no homes are confiscated, the tax revenue can still be maintained at about 50 million taels of silver.

Han Xu secretly took a breath.

After Zhang Haogu finished speaking, he said seriously: "Your Majesty, I think that dividing the land between people is a waste of people's energy. Now the people pay 15% tax, which is really too high.

I think this law harms the people, so we should not have such a high tax. This move goes against the will of Emperor Taizu Gao!"

"emperor!"

Zhang Haogu directly interrupted Han Xu's words and said with a smile: "My lord, many people have been selected from Shandong and the capital here. Master Han said that the tax is too high and this method harms the people.
Chapter completed!