In terms of money, in addition to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the other major source of internal funds is the Yamen of the General Administration of Customs.
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Compared with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is chaotic and easily affected by other factors, the General Administration of Customs has been conducting tax collection stably.
In the first half of this year alone, the eight customs authorities turned over 4 million silver dollars, and it is expected to exceed 8 million a year.
Such a huge income has long exceeded Chaoguan's annual income of three million and has become the largest cash flow.
Of course, this is because the taxes are too heavy. Basically, the tax rate is three out of ten, which is several times higher than in the past. But these are export transactions, so no one buys them.
We Spaniards have a lot of money.
It can be expected that this kind of business can last at least two hundred years.
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yixi ceded the banknote customs and salt tax to the imperial court. It was impossible to keep all the money-making things in the inner court.
In fact, the customs is also a kind of bank customs. No one said anything when he held her in his arms, but it looked too ugly.
The inside and outside are integrated. If the court relies on funds from the inner court, wouldn't it mean that the emperor supports hundreds of officials? Then why does the court need this?
Based on the wealth of the customs, Zhu Yixi even gave up the income of millions of gold and silver (converting grain into silver) and devoted himself to the customs.
Throughout the dynasties, basically in the last years of the dynasty, there was no way to escape financial bankruptcy. However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was different. It relied on customs revenue and its income increased year by year.
The British controlled the customs. Although it had many shortcomings, it gave the Manchus huge income, and they even relied on customs revenue to control local powerful factions.
The potential of customs is limitless.
In this era, porcelain and silk were priceless but not marketable. Even though the West later learned the technology, people did not want to have it on their doorsteps, but preferred the mystery from the East.
For example, in Chahanhot City at this time, with the Chahar tribe asking to surrender and Xuanda Governor Sun Changzhou stationed, all the tribes were waiting quietly.
"Now that the Great Khan is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, is the Chahar tribe really going to surrender to the Ming Dynasty?"
"Didn't we surrender to the Manchus before? There is no difference between the Ming people and the Manchus."
"Furthermore, didn't the Duoyan Tribe follow Mingren in the past, and didn't they become stronger and freer later on?"
The Chahar tribe is just like other Mongolian tribes. In addition to facing the outside world under the flagpole of the Golden Family, the Chahar tribe still implements aristocratic autonomy internally.
Taijis, big and small, were quarreling, and everyone was from the Golden Family. They were nothing more than direct descendants or concubines.
However, among this group of people, Budali, who is only 20 years old, has the highest prestige.
There is no other person, except that he is the younger brother of Lin Dan Khan and the son of Nantutai Ji. His bloodline is closest to that of the great Khan Burni who is only four years old now.
After Abu Nai's death, Sun Changzhou used the Great Khan to control his tribe, but he was unable to manage directly and could only rely on these nobles.
Although the twenty-year-old Budari had less power, relying on his bloodline and the support of the Ming army, he soon became one of the three giants of Chahar.
The other two are the two Taijis, Battelle, and Alslen.
The three of them temporarily borrowed the authority of the Great Khan to take charge of the entire Chahar tribe.
After a lot of quarreling, no one could convince anyone.
It turns out that as Horqin's left wing and right wing have been hit one after another recently, the leisurely Chahar Ministry immediately realized the crisis.
Although they don't admit it, the utilization value of Chahar Department is constantly decreasing.
Even though they formed Wanqi and cooperated with Sun Changzhou to patrol various places and confront the Khalkha Mongolian tribes, they still did not let the Ming people rest assured.
Early this morning, Sun Changzhou immediately came up with the trick of restoring the old system.
The Chahar tribe is Mongolian orthodox, and only by restoring the system of the Genghis Khan period can it truly show off its power.
What was the system during the Mongolian period?
Integration of military and civilians.
To be specific, it is to abolish the tribes and form an organization that is both an army and a people based on hundreds or thousands of households, so that they can obey the call of the royal court and quickly join the army to fight.
And those hundreds or thousands of households were the people Genghis Khan trusted the most, thus eliminating tribal barriers to the greatest extent and gathering strength.
But then the Mongol Empire collapsed and everything went back to the way it was before.
In Suiyuan Province, the tribes are more detailed and divided into three categories: hundreds of households (about two hundred households), sub-thousand households (three hundred to five hundred households), and thousand households.
It can be said that this is the prairie version of centralization.
The biggest victims are these big Taijis.
"When the news came out, the eyes of those wolf cubs shone brightly, and they wished they could become hundreds or thousands of households tomorrow."
"This is digging out our flesh and patting our bones. If we can't deal with it well, people's hearts will be separated in a few days."
Battle took a sip of wine, the gold rings on his ears dangled, his eyes widened, and he gasped,
This is really a conspiracy and a treacherous plot.
Turn their tribes into hundreds of households, large and small, and let their heirs and generals take charge.
It seems that the strength has not changed, but once the people's hearts are scattered, they will never gather into a fist.
"What should we big Taijis do? I have two thousand accounts under my command, so I can't have a thousand households, right?"
Thinking of those sons in his family who were eyeing him eagerly, Battelle had a headache.
The concubine is easy to arrange, but the legitimate son will not give up. After all, there is only one person who can inherit the position.
Nowadays, these guys just want to work together to divide their tribes. They are not filial at all, they don't know how to avoid others, and their honesty trembles in their ears.
Als was thinner, with thicker hair, and his eyes were full of thoughts: "Although I haven't said it yet, we are different from those little Taijis, and we should make some arrangements."
"You mean, this is a test for us?"
Bart narrowed his eyes and said suddenly.
Burry on the side watched what the two said, but couldn't get a word in. He could only say casually: "It should be."
"It's not interesting to talk about grassland."
Burney touched the satin clothes on his body, and on his feet were soft leather boots embroidered with gold silk clouds, and a jade ring around his waist. Not to mention how comfortable he was:
"There is nothing in Chahanhot, so why not give us an official title or a title and go to Beijing to live happily."
Battle and Als looked at each other blankly and shook their heads.
This young man was completely corrupted by Akito.
But they changed their mind and looked at their robes again.
Made of sapphire blue cloud brocade, embroidered with auspicious clouds and beasts, it is soft, close-fitting and comfortable to wear.
There is no shortage of tea and salt every day, and silk, silk, and pearl agate are also available. These days are much happier than in the past.
"Otherwise, just accept it!" Bart said solemnly: "We are talking about Taiji. Looking at the majesty, it is not as comfortable as a businessman."
"If there is a white plague on the grassland, you have to work hard to find pasture. Beware of being attacked by others. It is better to vote for Mingren."
"What about the big sweat?"
"A four-year-old kid knows nothing."
The three of them chatted and decided to sell the Chahar Department at a good price.