"Princess Zhaoyue, Princess Qionghua, how about it? Do you like this account?"
The emperor teased the two little princesses with a smile on his face.
The two little princesses are not even one year old and can't even say anything clearly, let alone understand the meaning of the emperor's words. They only know that their little hands are tightly grasping the emperor's clothes, and their timid appearance is very pitying.
"I have thanked Your Majesty for the little princess."
The concubines who gave birth to the two little princesses stood aside, smiling.
"I reward my daughter, why would I thank you?"
The emperor waved his hand, picked up the two little princesses, kissed each other, teased him for a while, and burst into laughter again.
The little princes were having fun in the garden, and behind them were a large group of eunuchs and palace maids following the little princes, for fear that the little princes would bump into each other.
This imperial garden is also a scene of joy and joy for the whole family.
While having fun, Wang Wu came hurriedly. When he saw this scene, he hesitated for a while, and finally walked forward with a tough bullet.
"Your Majesty, Jiangnan has an urgent report."
"Um?"
The emperor frowned and his face was obviously a little unhappy.
Seeing this, Wang Wu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it is the Ningbo Maritime Mansion Department's memorial. Your Majesty has ordered you, and you must report it to you as soon as possible."
Hearing this, the emperor's expression calmed down a little. He slowly squatted down, put down the two little princesses, touched the little princess' braids, and then he turned his eyes and immediately two palace maids stepped forward, picked up the two little princesses, and quickly left.
"It was delivered by the Ningbo Maritime Warehouse Department at 800 miles, and the signature is Hong Chengchou, who is in charge of the Maritime Warehouse Department's finance and taxation."
While Wang Wuyi said, he respectfully handed the memorial to the emperor's face.
The emperor frowned, but his heart was much more relaxed. Just Hong Chengchou's report, it must be just a matter of finance and taxation, just a matter of finance and taxation. No matter how good or bad, at least it cannot shake the foundation of the country.
After taking the memorial, just a glance, the emperor's pupils suddenly shrank, and the unpredictable shock also emerged.
This change in expression also made Wang Wu feel a little trembling. Just as he was about to bite the bullet and ask, the emperor's heartfelt laughter suddenly rang out.
"Okay! OK! Very good!"
The emperor laughed and the concubines in the venue looked over at a loss. Wang Wu was even more confused. This was getting too fast!
"What happy events do you have in your Majesty?"
A concubine couldn't help asking.
"Hahahaha, it's not just a happy event, it's a huge happy event!"
The emperor held the memorial tightly, and his heartfelt intention was fully revealed:
"Ningbo Maritime Contract, the tariff revenue in just three months reached more than 600,000 taels of silver!"
"Congratulations to your Majesty!"
Wang Wu knelt down and shouted, although the concubines did not understand state affairs, they naturally understood the number of more than 600,000 taels of silver in March, and they all quickly congratulated each one!
"Hahaha, it's not bad. The inner court is going to prepare to reward money and property. I want to reward the meritorious officials!"
"Also, I ordered the Imperial Front Camp to send a Ruishi to pick up the Ningbo Shibo Banner Team!"
"I'll do it now!"
Wang Wu immediately accepted the order and responded.
The emperor held this memorial and his heart became more and more energetic.
Is reform a good thing?
Everyone knows that if the reform is fully implemented, it will be a good thing for the country and the people.
However, when anything involves one's own interests, no matter how good it is, it is a bad thing for people.
Looking at the reforms of ancient and modern times, they sacrifice the interests of a certain part of people to fill the interests of most people.
His reforms were even more thorough.
Those who sacrifice all vested interests to make up for those who have not gained interests.
Of course, there are many opponents, but he will never kill everyone with one stick because of some people.
Just as the main group of opponents, landlords and gentry!
Among them are those who firmly oppose, those who fan the flames, and naturally those who serve the country and the people, even if it is only a few, reform is a matter of a few people with ambition to suppress the majority and thus benefit the people of the world.
As the emperor, he relied on power and drove these few people to do this major event that would change the world.
Of course, this is just a bad decision. After all, even everyone knows that after the reform is completed, it is a good thing to be with the country and the people, but what is the best? How can it be a good way?
A seemingly simple question is actually a false proposition.
In this era, the Ming Dynasty had cultivated scholars for hundreds of years and had already developed some of the unique character of literati and gentlemen.
All are valued as names, and names are greater than the sky!
No matter how much the gentry and landlords ignore the laws of the king or exploit the people, at most they will only reveal their darkness in their own small circles.
On a dignified and clear manner, morality is a respected existence. Otherwise, such gentry landlords would never exist in various places for a long time.
After all, most literati, in this era, claim to be noble, but how could they look down on the disgraceful Wang Pai, who can destroy the clan and gain a wave of good reputation from the Master Qingtian, and also add a wave of political achievements. Wouldn't it be wonderful?
And after this reform, where is the best place?
Under a false proposition, there is no answer at all.
If you say reform is good, I can also stand from the moral high ground and say reform is a way to harm the country and the people.
No one can say that it is like Wu, Mao and Chou, but no one can point out any wrong.
But if there are upright facts, it is proved that reform is indeed beneficial to the country and the people.
In this case, those who have ulterior motives and want to set up a arch in front of a bitch will have to shut their mouths under this absolutely political correctness.
Name, this thing has great benefits, and naturally, it has great constraints.
Before, what Li Xiu had been doing was to let the Jinyiwei use various means to publicize the benefits of reform in various places, such as opera troupes, restaurant stories, and notices...
All kinds of methods are used to tell all the people that reform is good for them and not be deceived and incited. At the same time, they are also preparing to use this reform to break the control of gentry in various places over various places.
Now, this customs tariff in the Maritime Bureau is obviously another powerful tool!
Three months, six hundred thousand taels!
One year, it is 2.4 million taels!
He remembered correctly that in the first year of Zhaowu, in the turmoil of various provinces, not counting the various military and political integration places, the total wheat harvest was only 330,000 stones, the grain was only 2 million stones, and the silver was only 1.12 million taels!
Even if it is not considered a place where military and political integration is integrated, and there are still several provinces in this taxable place, such as the Northern Zhili, the Four Prefectures of Shandong, the Three Prefectures of Hebei, etc., almost half a north!
In such a huge area, the imperial court had only such a little income. You should know that in the first year of Zhaowu, when the military reform was completed, the military farming stations in various places alone had a surplus of more than three million stones of grain after removing the grain needed to feed millions of troops in daily life and operations!
The military and political integration of each town was also the first year of Zhaowu. For example, the military and political integration of the three towns in the capital was in chaos. Even if the war was endless, it would cost a lot of money to maintain its own military strength and repair the city defense. It also paid about one million stones of grain and more than two million taels of silver!
It is precisely because of the surplus and remittance of the non-pre-Ming ruling system that the stability of the entire north was supported by such chaos in the world and constant natural disasters.
You should know that in the first year of Zhaowu, just one place in Shaanxi, with tax exemption for several years, not to mention any tax revenue, the amount of money and grain allocated to disaster relief alone reached millions of stones! The money consumed exceeded one million!
This is just a place in Shaanxi. In this Little Ice Age, natural disasters continued, but it is not just Shaanxi!
It is completely conceivable that in this era of natural disasters, man-made disasters, internal and external troubles, to maintain the stability of the entire Daheng world, we must also deal with internal and external troubles, and to fight south and north, how huge it is!
By comparison, we can see how bad the ruling system left by the former Ming Dynasty has been, it can be said that it is useless!
Of course, the worse the ruling system is, in comparison, whether it is to compare the tariffs of the Maritime Bureau, the various real garrisons, or the "fairy towns" that integrate military and political affairs, he, as the emperor, can grasp the absolute political correctness and make drastic moves!
He knew that the cabinet and the ministers thought he was waiting for the assessment to be completed and then completely poured out the long-planned reform trend.
But as he knew, what he was waiting for was not this assessment. The assessment was just to select useful officials to fill the gaps. What he was waiting for was the tax summary at the end of the year!
This is the key to starting this long-planned reform trend! It is also the real east wind that swept the world with the reform trend!
Reform and reform, without a strong ruling institution, it is useless to change flowers!
If you want to change, you have to kill someone first!
He wanted to kill all the beasts who had lie on Qian Ming's blood-sucking parasites, but now they were naturally lying on Da Heng's body to suck blood, one by one!
He can only hold this knife. Even though there are still many loyal people in the court, they repaired this corrupt system and became a papermaker. They really couldn't do it!
After he finishes killing, he will put down the officials who can be used after the assessment one by one. At that time, it is the beginning of the general trend of reform and sweeping the whole world.
"call……"
Thoughts flowed, the emperor became more and more murderous intent. He had really endured the depravity of the Ming Dynasty for too long,
It is precisely because of these depravities that he has forced him to create various systems of disasters again and again, and has forced him to bear countless infamous that have never been easy forever!
He has forced him to go through thousands of difficulties and dangers in the south and north, and until now, he has suffered countless casualties and injuries. The world has not been completely pacified!
If the Ming Dynasty was not so decayed, he would not have been so passive and helpless even if he was still here by mistake!
The root of everything is the corruption of the Ming Dynasty!
The resistance to reform, the powerless rule, the turmoil in the world, and the overwhelming burden of finance and taxation...
All problems are also caused by the decay of the Ming Dynasty!
After solving this, he took the first step and the most important step to rule the world in Zhaowu.
Only by solving this problem and the endless disasters he has set up with his own hands can he slowly resolve them and start all the ambitions in his mind.
Otherwise, don't talk about any ambitions. His life will probably be fighting against this endless internal worries...
"Your Majesty, it's already arranged."
I don’t know when Wang Wu returned and reported softly.
"Go and arrange it, count the details of the court's finance and taxation over the past few years, and after the financial and taxation money and grain were put into storage this year, we will also count it clearly and write it into a book..."
"I'll do it now."
The emperor instructed: "Remember to act in secret and don't let go of the news."
Wang Wu was surprised, but he immediately responded: "Don't worry, your Majesty, I will be optimistic."
“Go…”
The emperor waved his hand, and his vague murderous intent made Wang Wu's back feel cold. He knew that whenever the emperor spoke in such a tone, then there would be another round of human heads!
And the financial and taxation matters involve not one or two people.
If there is such a rolling human head, it will be a sea of ​​corpses and blood.
"I will die if I don't die!"
Wang Wu murmured in his heart, no matter who he died, as long as it is not his death...
Chapter completed!