For the capitalist group.

No matter how bad they are, they are always much better than the feudal landlords.

Zhang Haogu still needs to use these people.

They must be watched and severely punished. If anyone disobeys, they will be punished to death.

If you don’t pay taxes, you will be directly fined 30% of your annual turnover.

Abuse workers, abuse them the same way you abuse them.

Bribing officials and ruining everything.

Even his own father was punished by Zhang Haogu for doubting whether this baby was his biological child. How could this guy be so cruel to his own family?

Later, Zhang Shouchu understood that his precious son was not cruel to himself, but to everyone.

Logically speaking, Zhang Haogu's methods should have made the business environment in the north very bad. However, in fact, this is not the case. The business environment in the north is unexpectedly good.

Because everything has rules and regulations.

As long as you act in accordance with the laws enacted by Zhang Haogu, everything will be fine. It won't be said that someone is eyeing your family property and wants you to own a few percent of the shares, which doesn't exist.

What's yours is yours, pay the taxes honestly.

If an official dares to come and ask for a bribe, you can keep the evidence and report it directly. You will see if the court takes action and then the matter is over.

Since the beginning of the New Deal, Zhang Haogu has dealt with a large number of officials one after another, as well as government officials. It should be said that the more he targets Zhang Haogu, the government official, the more severe his attacks will be.

There must never be any problems with your own internal team.

More than 400 billion Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes

To be honest, Lu Xiangsheng is really a little numb now.

In exchange for the previous silver, it is simply unimaginable that the imperial court's annual tax revenue is more than 40 million taels of silver. How rich must this be?

Even Zhang Juzheng could not guarantee that he would have more than 40 million taels of silver in taxes a year.

In the past, the six ministries of the imperial court were able to collect taxes, which led to the court's actual confusion in billing. However, since Zhang Haogu came, the tax collection power of the six ministries was unified and handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Within the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Statistics Department, the Taxation Department, the Commerce Department, and the Foreign Trade Department were established. With Zhang Haogu doing this, Damin's finances immediately looked much better.

Even now, Ming Dynasty still has an influx of silver all the time, and with the expansion of its appearance, silver has begun to depreciate.

It was originally a Ming Dynasty treasure note worth one thousand yuan.

Nowadays, one tael of silver is at most a Ming Dynasty banknote worth eight hundred yuan.

This devaluation is a bit fast, but as Zhang Haogu expected, the imperial court still needs to gradually abandon the silver standard.

Changed to a credit standard. According to this standard, people can exchange one kind of banknote for another kind of banknote, but they cannot exchange for precious metals.

Under the conditions of the gold standard or silver standard, a country's money supply depends on its precious metal stock, and the precious metal stock depends on the exploration and mining of precious metals, so the money supply cannot adapt to the needs of economic changes and development.

However, under the non-convertible standard, the government can determine the money supply. Therefore, the non-convertible standard is more conducive to the government's regulation of the economy.

Nowadays, Ming Dynasty treasure money can be used to buy food, salt, and clothes. With sufficient convenience, it has gradually become the currency recognized by the vast majority of Ming Dynasty people.

The real pain is for some landowners. In the past, everyone stored their money, and the money was quite valuable. But now, the money has gradually become less valuable.

Silver can buy fewer and fewer things. Compared with Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, silver depreciates too fast.

If you want to preserve the value, you can exchange your silver directly for treasure banknotes.

Love it or not!

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are really difficult to counterfeit, and the credit of the currency is still very strong. Zhang Haogu is not in a hurry. He will take his time and sooner or later the silver standard will be slowly abolished.

after new year's eve

Zhou Jinyong met Zhu Youxiao again.

This time, Zhou Jinyong explained all his plans to build Henan.

To put it simply, Zhou Jinyong wanted money. At the same time, Zhou Jinyong still planned to build several bridges in Henan and completely repair the roads in Henan.

This is basically impossible depending on Henan's tax revenue.

You must speak to the court.

Zhou Jinyong is also a lion with a big mouth. He opened his mouth and said 50 billion. On the one hand, it is to build roads, and on the other hand, it is to support some industries.

Nowadays, under Zhang Haogu's management, the taxation of the imperial court and local governments is basically divided.

Eighty-five percent of the tax revenue belongs to the court, and the remaining 15% is left to local governments. After all, local governments also need to develop. As for the 85% collected by the court, it must be invested from a macro perspective.

At the same time, some part should still be reserved as a backup.

As soon as Zhou Jinyong opened his mouth, it was one-eighth of the imperial court's tax revenue.

Obviously, this is a bit difficult.

This year, the imperial court's tax revenue is being spent everywhere. On the one hand, Zhang Haogu built a shipyard in Lushun and prepared to train the Ming Dynasty Navy. On the other hand, he also had to send blood to Shaanxi. Shi Kefa also wanted to control the Loess Plateau.

It costs a lot of money.

In particular, the Yellow River needs to be managed. If nothing happens to the Yellow River, then Henan and Shandong will be affected. These two countries basically do not have to bear the flood disaster.

In addition, Zhang Haogu also has a plan to renovate the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal so that the water transportation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal can not only transport grain, but also can be used to transport other goods. This must be done in the cities along the way.

A pier was built there.

The transported goods can be placed in a container. Although it is very different from later generations, it is at least more flexible. Naturally, this water transportation is also a job for the imperial court, which can be regarded as adding new income to the imperial court.

The money earned by the court cannot be saved, it must be spent and invested.

The budget of the imperial court is getting bigger and bigger every year.

As the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Haogu never thought about asking the court to save money. The money collected from the court tax was quickly invested in infrastructure construction, taking from the people and giving back to the people.

And the infrastructure construction in Shandong and the capital has not stopped yet. For this thing, the budget will never be enough, and money will always be added.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao's steam pump has already proven to be of high practical value. It is not expected to be used on looms immediately, but its water pumping function alone is enough.

Everywhere costs money.

Once industrialization begins, it cannot be stopped.

Zhou Jinyong also wants money and wants to integrate Henan into this large economic circle, so infrastructure construction is naturally indispensable.

Faced with Zhou Jinyong's request, Zhang Haogu replied without even thinking: "Fifty billion is impossible. The court cannot allocate funds to you. However, you can take a loan and use the entire Henan tax as collateral."
Chapter completed!