Of the two people who walked into the hall, one was in charge of the land reform in Zhejiang Province, and the other was far away in Japan.
To return to the capital unexpectedly and enter the court to perform affairs like this. All the officials in the palace couldn't help but feel curious, and they looked at Xia Yuanji and Zhang Wen with some unusual meaning.
Xia Yuanji and Zhang Wen both have a hint of dew in late autumn, especially Zhang Wen.
He took a boat from the Yangtze River all the way into the Qinhuai River and entered the city outside Dongshui Pass. The water vapor above the river is the heaviest at this moment.
When the civil and military officials in the court were curious and wondering why the two of them returned to Beijing at this time, Xia Yuanji and Zhang Wen also looked at the relationship between the emperor, the prince and the grandson on the throne with doubts.
Position.
The first thing that caught their eyes was the emperor's grandson sitting in an armchair. Then there was His Majesty the Emperor, who put his hand on the Taisun's shoulder and stood beside him with his hands on his hips.
Finally, the crown prince stood aside. Xia Yuanji and Zhang Wen didn't have time to think about it. When they arrived in the palace, they shook their robes and knelt on the ground.
The two people looked solemn and solemn.
"Xia Yuanji and Zhang Wen, please see your majesty, see the prince, and see the grandson." Zhu Yunxi was filled with joy and turned to look at the old man beside him.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his eldest grandson and nodded slightly. Then, Zhu Yunxi faced Xia Yuanji, and Zhang Wen and Zhang Wen said: "You have returned from thousands of miles with the emperor's orders. Get up." The two of them accepted the order and thanked En for getting up.
Zhu Yunxi then said with a smile: "After all, you two have been away from Beijing for a long time. What is the situation in Zhejiang and the Japanese country now? Have the officers and men of the Japanese army ever been so brave?" Xia Yuanji and Zhang Wen looked at each other.
One of them is in charge of the reform of Zhejiang Dao Tianmu, commercial and taxation. The other is called the deputy general of the Japanese army, but is actually the general responsible for the Ming Dynasty's military operations in the Japanese territory.
Xia Yuanji looked at Zhang Wen's eyes and smiled. Then, he gradually showed his pride. He bowed to the throne again.
"Xia Yuanji, my minister, received the emperor's order and served as the deputy director of Zhejiang Road's disaster relief and restructuring. He entered Zhejiang Road in the winter of the 24th year of Hongwu. He counted the acres of land, promoted the practice of dividing the land into acres, integrated the officials and the gentry, and collected business taxes. After experiencing the cold and summer, Yue
Over the years, Zhejiang Road has been renovated and its appearance has begun to show results, so they returned to Beijing with the fruits and presented them to the court and His Majesty." The reform of Zhejiang Road has achieved results!
Although this result was expected by all the officials, no one wanted to see this day come with their own eyes when it came to the matter of sharing the land with the peasants and integrating the officials and the gentry.
However, the emperor spoke expectantly: "Oh? Thanks for your hard work, Xia Qing, quickly tell us about the current situation of Zhejiang Province. How much is the amount of summer grain and autumn tax in Zhejiang Province this year? How much is the commercial tax? What is the livelihood of the local people? How can they afford it?"
Fully clothed and warm." This is also the question of everyone in Zhongji Hall at this moment.
If Zhejiang Dao has achieved remarkable results through the restructuring from last winter to now, then there will no longer be any obstacles to the comprehensive implementation of restructuring by all Dao in the Ming Dynasty.
At least, the emperor will definitely enforce it by force. But facing Emperor Hongwu who is standing on the throne right now, no one is willing to become his enemy.
No! In today's Ming Dynasty, in today's world, no one is qualified to compete with him! This is the emperor's majesty established by every life and every head in the 25 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Xia Yuanji held his head high, took out the memorial he had compiled and written earlier from his sleeve, held it in his hands, and raised it above his head.
Sun Gouer, with sharp eyes and quick hands, hurriedly walked down the steps again, carefully took the memorial, trotted back to the steps, and presented it to the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the memorial. Xia Yuanji also said: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, in charge of the ministers and others, has worked hard to reform Zhejiang Dao, and the results have been remarkable." This Xia Weizhe really admitted that the results of Zhejiang Dao's reform have been remarkable!< /p>
In the court hall, the officials began to whisper. But Xia Yuanji's voice echoed in the hall for a long time.
"This year, a total of 3,977,821 loads of rice and wheat have been collected in Zhejiang Province for summer and autumn grains." There was a bang.
The entire Zhongji Palace was in an uproar, and the original whispers turned into loud thunder, which directly covered up the speech Xia Yuanji prepared next.
"This is impossible!"
"How could there be such a large amount!"
"It's really shocking to achieve such results at just one year old..."
"There is exploitation happening in Zhejiang Province. Why is there such... such a harvest..." The color of the entire Zhongji Palace, especially those civil servants, those officials who hold household positions among the civil servants, has completely changed.
At this moment, even the censors on both sides of the hall forgot to correct the court discipline, as if their jaws were hitting the ground.
On the steps of the Majesty, Zhu Yuanzhang's hand holding the memorial was trembling silently. Zhu Yunxi had already expected it, so when he saw such a scene, he was not anxious, but waited for a while, then coughed twice and said deeply. Said: "Silence!" After repeating this several times, the supervisory censors on both sides woke up and began to join the team to correct the discipline of the court.
After a while, the restlessness in the Zhongji Hall subsided. Zhu Yunxi looked at the energetic Xia Yuanji and signaled: "Weizhe will continue." Xia Yuanji nodded. When he first saw this number, it was much higher than it is now. The officials in the hall were even more shocked and surprised.
Xia Yuanji continued: "This year, Zhejiang Province levied taxes on merchants, stores, gates, merchants, and maritime merchants, totaling 770,000 taels of silver."
"The salt tax is levied at 370,000 yuan."
"There are tea classes, weaving, pearl fishing, firewood, coinage, etc., wherever there is an increase..." Xia Yuanji continued to report the harvest of Hongwu, Zhejiang Province in the past twenty-five years one by one.
In the Zhongji Hall, all the civil and military officials, up to the emperor, were completely numb.
"When did our Ming Dynasty become so rich?"
"Such a lot of money, food and banknotes?"
"There are so many, hearing them is like a dream..."
"..." Sighs blurted out uncontrollably from Baiguan's mouth. Zhu Yunxi was also greatly surprised.
Although he knew that the restructuring of Zhejiang Province would achieve great results, he never imagined that there would be such huge benefits.
Just like the two taxes in summer and autumn, in recent years, Zhejiang Province has only collected more than 2.7 million dan each year because seven parts of the mountain are divided into three parts.
But this year, nearly four million dan were collected, an increase of about 1.3 million dan! And the commercial tax was even more excessive, with a tax of nearly 800,000 taels!
So damn rich! Even Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but sigh fiercely in his heart at this moment.
Like everyone in the palace, Prince Zhu Biao also had a surprised expression at this moment, but he quickly reacted, then looked at Xia Yuanji and said in a deep voice: "Xia Weizhe, is what Zhejiang Dao said true?"
The summer and autumn taxes increased by 1.3 million taels, and the commercial tax increased by nearly 800,000 taels.
Not to mention other things such as salt lessons, tea lessons, etc., these two are enough to be called great achievements. Xia Yuanji solemnly nodded: "Reporting to the prince, every sentence of the Zhejiang Taoist memorial is true. Today, there is a Zhejiang Taoist in Taicang, Hangzhou Prefecture.
The summer and autumn taxes are released with three million dan, tax silver of 600,000 taels, and countless taxes levied by various taxes. The imperial court can send officials to Hangzhou Prefecture at any time to conduct inventory and accounting." This is the advantage of the central government having direct control over taxes and levies.
The taxes paid can be collected directly and clearly and delivered to Taicang, the state capital, and no fraud is allowed.
The prince laughed, very happy. Zhu Yunxi turned back to look at the old man, and saw that his eyes were constantly shining.
Then, he looked at the officials in the court, all of whom looked shocked. Zhu Yunxi immediately asked in a deep voice: "Weizhe, Zhejiang Province has two taxes this year, commercial tax, each tax is levied. Is there any exploitation?
Can the people have enough food and clothing, and can the place live in peace and contentment?" This is also the most important question.
If there is exploitation, no surplus grain is given to the people, and every merchant is plundered, no matter how much grain they have, they can get it.
The most important thing for the imperial court is to make the country rich and the people strong. Xia Yuanji raised his already high head higher and made his straight waist more upright.
"Reporting to my grandson, the people of Zhejiang Province are living in peace, their families have enough food and clothing, and the merchants are operating smoothly and the economy is flowing. There will be no exploitation and forced conquest in Zhejiang Province this year. The imperial court can do this and order the Third Division and Jin Yiwei to go and verify.
Zhejiang Province never conceals or deceives you!" Throughout the year, Xia Yuanji visited the eleven prefectures and counties of Zhejiang Province, leading people to verify the summer and autumn taxes, commercial taxes, and the collection of each tax one by one.
"The achievements of Zhejiang Road are brilliant, I am very happy!" Finally, after a long period of shock, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the emperor, personally affirmed Xia Yuanji's official report.
After the emperor finished speaking, countless people in the civil service train took steps forward. Zhan Hui, the Minister of Civil Service, grabbed the first place in the queue, waving his sleeves and standing in front of the court with a rosy face.
"The Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Censor of Zuodu, Zhan Hui, please report to Your Majesty and issue an edict to grant permission to the capital of the Ming Dynasty and the remaining eleven provinces to carry out the restructuring of Zhejiang Province this year, to increase taxes for the country, and to provide more food and clothing for the people. , open up the Ming Dynasty to eternal peace and prosperity!" Yu Xin, who was still thinking about the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, was half a step too late after all.
He had no choice but to stick to Zhan Hui, bow down and ask for orders: "I second the proposal, please your Majesty to implement the reform of Zhejiang Road." Behind, more officials from various departments and departments of the court came out to report.
"I second the proposal and ask Your Majesty to approve the reform." These people are either loyal to the court, or they work hard to govern, or they are loyal and good people who serve the country well.
The purposes are different, but the goal is the same. But those officials who are from local noble families, have countless fertile fields in their families, and are dependent on merchants are like sitting on wax.
Seeing colleagues completely abandon their neutral or hesitant attitude towards the restructuring of Zhejiang Province and fully move towards promoting the restructuring, I feel uneasy in my heart.
The direction of the wind has changed. Everyone knows that there is a lot of money in the world, but no one really thought that the imperial court could have so much money without affecting the people's livelihood.
You must know that Zhejiang Province is a place where seven parts of the mountain are divided into three parts of the land. Even in a place like this, there is a tax collection amount of nearly 4 million dan.
If it were moved to important grain-producing areas such as Zhili, Huguang, Jiangxi, Henan, and Shandong, how much more tax would the court pay?
If the commercial tax reform is implemented in Zhili, how much tax money can be collected for the imperial court in just Suzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Changzhou Prefecture, and Yangzhou Prefecture, where merchants are developed?
I don’t dare to think! I don’t dare to think! No one dares to imagine what it would be like. Can the Okura of the household and the Taicang of the imperial court be able to accommodate it?
At this moment, almost most officials are already wondering whether the imperial palace can hold the two taxes and tax money collected.
Even Zhu Yunxi did not expect that the changes would come so quickly. But he did not know that more than half of the officials who went out to work to ask for reports not only saw the fact that the imperial court's annual income had greatly increased, but also saw this matter. Now that the decision has been made, why not do it more cheerfully at this time?
Zhu Yuanzhang, on the other hand, glanced at the officials in front of him who were asking for memorials, and looked at the deputy general of the Japanese suppressing army, Zhang Wen, the Marquis of Huining, who was standing aside.
"Marquis Huining, how are the affairs of the Japanese state?" The emperor was not eager to make a conclusion on the restructuring because of the achievements of Zhejiang Road, but asked about the affairs of the Japanese state.
The Marquis of Huining, Zhang Wen, was shocked. After hearing what Xia Yuanji said about Zhejiang Road, Zhang Wen was already thinking about what they were doing in the Japanese country, and it was not allowed to get into the eyes of His Majesty and the court officials.
Zhang Wen coughed lightly and spoke slowly: "Reporting to your majesty, our army to suppress the Japanese army went out in autumn last year, arrived at the Japanese rock site in early winter, gathered craftsmen, and gathered the Li family of Korea and the Japanese people. When the ministers returned to the capital from the sea in the early summer of this year, a total of
Five hundred thousand taels of silver were mined and smelted, and this time they were parked outside Dongshui Pass. Copper, iron and other output could not be transferred back to Beijing this time and were stored in the camp of the Japanese army. Three thousand Japanese were also released and transported to
In Shanxi and other coal mines, there are more than two thousand Japanese pirates currently imprisoned in Suzhou Prefecture, guarded by Zhenhai Guards." Zhang Wen said very clearly.
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This time I brought back 500,000 taels of silver, which is just outside Dongshui Pass. Another 3,000 Japanese were sent to Shanxi to dig coal mines, and more than 2,000 Japanese were imprisoned in Suzhou Prefecture.
Five hundred thousand taels compared to the nearly 800,000 taels of tax money in Zhejiang Province is not surprising at first. However, in just a moment of information, someone calculated it and woke up.
Damn it, the Japanese army arrived last winter to find ore, mine, dig, and smelt. They shipped it back to Beijing in early summer this year, and brought back half a million taels of silver in less than half a year.<
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This will save the time to build the mine in the early stage. If more miners are added, some people have concluded that the Japanese court can get a minimum of two million taels of silver income per year!
A head of the Household Department suddenly stretched his neck, belched loudly, then raised his eyes, and fell straight back to the ground.
The entire Zhongji Palace has gone crazy. At this moment, both civil servants and military generals began to whisper to each other without scruples, constantly discussing the extra money and food provided by the court.
Yu Xin, who had not become the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, also opened his mouth and mumbled: "I have never been such a wealthy official of the Ministry of Finance..."
"Okay!" This time, Zhu Yunxi was the first to speak, staring at Zhang Wen with twinkling eyes: "The army that suppressed the Japanese has made great contributions to the country, and the court will definitely reward him generously. All the soldiers on the front line will have their merits tested!" The eldest grandson shouted, and the general had already done so.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who unconsciously fell into a dream, was awakened.
Looking at Zhongji Hall, which had completely lost its appearance in the early morning period, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of getting angry.
He lowered his head and looked at his eldest grandson who was sitting on an armchair. Then he looked at the lively court hall at the entrance of a market. A surge of pride that could only be vented by shouting was constantly growing in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
"We are rich in the Ming Dynasty!"…………Now that the Ming Dynasty is rich, I also want to have a monthly pass~~~