Mu Bin said, exhaling.

He didn't dare to fight with the crown prince and Fang Jifan.

I just want to prove my worth and prove my ability.

"Therefore, now all the thousands and hundreds of households in Jinyi and Wei are moving for me, no matter how difficult it is, I must not slack off."

Mu Bin can only explain like this, no matter how much he says at this time, it will look pale, and he only hopes that Jinyiwei can do his best to arrest the group of people from the White Lotus Sect.

Early the next morning, Emperor Hongzhi summoned Mu Bin into the palace.

When Mu Bin saw the car, he saw that Emperor Hongzhi was holding the latest statistics in his hand, and Xiao Jing was waiting on the side.

This new statistic looked extremely terrifying, and Emperor Hongzhi had a thoughtful look on his face.

Fang Xiaofan devised a new statistical method, that is, all output was discounted, and then the production value of each prefecture and county was calculated according to the tax.

Although this method of calculation may not be completely accurate, it can roughly show the output of each prefecture and county.

In the latest year's statistics.

The growth of Jingshi is particularly high, and its output is more than double that of last year. This is naturally related to the influx of victims, as well as the various constructions and the output of countless workshops.

And secondly, it is the Baoding Political Envoy Division, the Baoding Political Envoy is only a government and a state, in the provinces, the area under its jurisdiction is very small, but its growth, is also a ride in the dust.

The output of the Jingshi and the Baoding political envoys has exceeded the originally rich Jiangnan provinces, so that the sum of the provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi is far from enough.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the tax situation again, and this gap was even greater, because of the promotion of the commercial tax of the political envoys of Jingshi and Baoding, the annual revenue of the treasury has been as high as 19 million taels of silver, which is ten times the difference between the other provinces, and the provinces have adopted a tax in kind, but it is ............

Emperor Hongzhi picked up the reports from the other provinces, and the governors and envoys of the provinces also seemed to want to pay the silver tax under the appeal of the gentry.

The reason for this is that in the past, everyone was willing to pay taxes in kind, because taxes in kind were good and bad, good and bad, and there was a lot of loss, which gave many people the opportunity to get their hands on it.

It also claims to have handed over grain, but the new grain, and the difference between good rice and bad rice, can be sent to the grain storehouse, and it is rice.

As for food, it always needs to be transferred, and in the process of transportation, manpower and material resources need to be used, and food will inevitably be lost, which is another input.

But with inflation, people are no longer willing to pay taxes in kind, after all, the same pound of rice, the first half of the year may be worth three cents, in the second half of the year, it may be four cents, people realize that the value of assets is changing at any time, and the increase in commercial activities, the sale of goods, more and more easily, and even many merchants now go directly into the townships and villages, directly purchase grain, save a lot of trouble.

Why, then, is it not in the amount of money that is taxed?

Emperor Hongzhi groaned and said lightly.

"Now, the bank's silver ticket has been promoted, and this business is getting easier and easier, but ...... However, the silver ticket should also beware of the lessons of the Ming treasure banknote...... The new policy of Baoding Mansion has been effective, this is the credit of Ouyang Zhi, with the Baoding Political Envoy as an example, the implementation of the new policy has been on the right track, I see, Ouyang Zhi should be called back to Beijing. ”

Then, Emperor Hongzhi muttered to himself: "As for calculating taxes with silver and implementing a whip law, I see that the time has come, but grain is the foundation of the imperial court, and other practices can be taxed by grain, but only grain, but not in a hurry." ”

Emperor Hongzhi bowed his head, lifted the Zhu pen, approved a note, and handed it to Xiao Jing: "Send it to the cabinet and let it be discussed, what I mean is that other provinces can use silver instead of grain to calculate taxes, but the provinces south of the Yangtze River must not." Let the Cabinet come up with a charter. ”

Xiao Jing naturally understood what Emperor Hongzhi meant, and after receiving the approval, he nodded resignedly.

The grain tax in Jiangnan accounts for half of the world's grain endowment.

It's not that the grain production in the south of the Yangtze River occupies half of the whole world, but between the south of the Yangtze River and the Beijing Division, there is a Grand Canal connection, which is convenient for transporting grain, the least loss, and the direct waterway also saves manpower, and if the other provinces receive a pound of grain, they can have half a pound to send to Beijing, even if it is Amitabha, the significance of the grain tax is really not much.

"Go ahead." Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand lightly at Xiao Jing, who nodded.

Xiao Jing listened, bowed, answered, walked to leave, looked up, and glanced at Mu Bin.

Mu Bin lowered his head and stood with his hands tied.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mu Bin and said calmly: "Mu Qing's family, you are here." ”

Mu Bin immediately bowed down: "The minister has seen Your Majesty." ”

"I've been waiting for you to come, how about it, White Lotus Sect, do you have eyebrows?" Emperor Hongzhi expressed concern about this.

Stealing so much gunpowder, this is worth it, and these people are wolf ambitions, and they even want to murder the minister, this is intolerable, and you can rest assured that you can take Emperor Hongzhi as soon as possible.

Now there is a lot of rumor in the capital, and the three cabinet scholars, and the Hongzhi Emperor have sent ministers to properly protect them, but it is not a long-term solution to go on like this.

Emperor Hongzhi could only hope that Jinyiwei would catch those people as soon as possible, so he looked at Mu Bin's gaze with some expectations.

Mu Bin knew that this matter was not trivial, so he said solemnly: "Jinyi Wei has done his best, please rest assured, Your Majesty, within a month, the minister will kill them all." ”

Emperor Hongzhi bowed his head slightly to express his trust, but he pondered for a while, and then said: "You are an old minister who serves me, I know that you are steady, the White Lotus Sect acts treacherously, and it has always been secretive, a month's hard work is difficult for you, but at the moment, it is not in a hurry or succeed, I believe that you can do a good job." ”

When Mu Bin heard the word Lao Chen, he seemed to be touched by something, and the whole person became excited.

He is not a very smart person, but when Emperor Hongzhi was the prince in Zhan Shifu, he was just serving in front of him, so to speak, he watched Emperor Hongzhi grow up, at this time, Emperor Hongzhi was already full of hair, and Mu Bin himself was also a dying old man, although His Majesty did not like the factory guard, but to himself, it has always been good.

Mu Bin's eyes were slightly red, he couldn't help choking, and fell to the ground: "The old minister can share the worries of His Majesty, it is really a blessing for three lives, how can he not be smeared with liver and brain, even if it is an axe and a soup wok, he is honest and happy." ”

Emperor Hongzhi smiled, sighed, and said to Mu Bin seriously: "I just ordered you to suppress the White Lotus Sect bandits, what kind of axe and wok, you are the commander of the Jinyi Guard, how can you say such a thing." ”

"Yes. The old minister died. ”

Emperor Hongzhi comforted him: "Do a good job, your grandson, he is not too young, let him enter Xishan Academy, and when he succeeds in his studies in the future, I will have my own reuse." ”

"Yes."

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As he was talking, a eunuch hurriedly came in outside: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... White Lotus Bandits...... Took it...... Took it. ”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he looked at Mu Bin in surprise.

This old guy has a lot of skills.

I just said in front of me that within a month, I will definitely hold the White Lotus Sect bandits, and when I turn my head, I will take it?

Mu Bin looked confused, completely looking like what was going on.

Seeing Mu Bin's trance-like appearance, Emperor Hongzhi was also suspicious, why, he didn't know at all? What the hell is going on?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the eunuch, and the eunuch understood: "It was taken by Shuntianfu, a warehouse was outflanked, that batch of gunpowder was found, and thirteen people were arrested on the spot. ”

Suncheonfu ......

It's a bit of a rat.

But......

The dog really took the mouse.

You really have to admire it.

A few days ago, the prince can be said to be a toss-up, this is the new yamen, Emperor Hongzhi only thinks that his son wants to sell the land and wants to go crazy, his mind is full of money, this is not like himself, there is no overall situation at all.

But who would have expected ......

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the eunuch, raised his eyebrows, and asked, "Where is the person?" ”

"It's in the Shuntianfu prison."

Emperor Hongji's face was uncertain.

Suncheonfu ......

Officials do not repair the government.

Those two guys repaired Shuntianfu dozens of miles away.

He really admired these two guys.

Emperor Hongzhi muttered: "I'll go and see." ”

"Your Majesty......"

Mu Bin's mind was complicated, and when he came back to his senses, he heard that His Majesty was going to Shuntian Mansion, and he seemed a little worried.

"Your Majesty......"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled at Mu Bin and said, "I have the protection of the Qing family, what is there to worry about?" Let's go, the housewarming of Shuntianfu, I haven't seen it yet, isn't it the housewarming of the people's families, it's all called the joy of housewarming, and you want to give gifts. Look at our Shuntian Mansion Yin, what gift do you want to give me. ”

Mu Bin was stunned: "......"

After a long time, he took a deep breath: "Your Majesty, the joy of the people's housewarming is ...... Be......... It is a gift from the guest to the host's house. It's not a gift from the host family to ......."

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi nodded, with a look of retrospectiveness: "I see, I actually want to be wrong." ”

Emperor Hongzhi said lightly: "But to put it in detail, I am the Son of Heaven, and I am the master of Shuntian Mansion, isn't it?" Let's go, I want to see where those White Lotus Sects are sacred. ”

Mu Bin's mind is extremely complicated.

But Emperor Hongzhi didn't blame him, at this time, where did he dare to slack off, and immediately followed behind Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi drove, got into the car, and under the support of the guards, he went all the way out of the palace, and walked for more than an hour.

Look at it from afar.

That Shuntianfu is extremely majestic, covering a lot of land, with dozens of main buildings and auxiliary buildings.

Emperor Hongzhi got out of the car, looked at it poorly, and couldn't help but think in his heart, I'm afraid it cost a lot of silver.

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This is the third watch last night, not counting today, today's third watch is as usual.