The emperor called, and Liu Honggradually had to turn around and find a seat to sit down.

But meetings have always been a very boring thing, Liu Hong gradually couldn't sit still, he took the teapot from a small yellow door, put it on the briquette stove and boiled the tea while roasting the fire.

"Your Majesty, last year, I put in the treasury more than 2.75 million taels of silver, including summer tax, autumn grain, including tea tax and salt tax.

Last year, the emperor also imposed tax exemption for three years on the northern mountains, Shaanxi, and Shuntianfu, and the tax grain in the south was also halved, so the tax revenue this year is expected to be less than last year......

There seems to be a hidden concern in the old voice of Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, such a large reduction in taxes, this is the first time in our dynasty, although the treasury has some surplus silver, but the gold will always be spent.

When the people everywhere are accustomed to enjoying the preferential treatment of tax reduction and exemption, when it is levied again, there will definitely be a wail, and the voices scolding the court for being mediocre will also be everywhere.

After Ni Yuanlu finished speaking, he didn't forget to glance at An Guohou who was roasting the fire, this bad idea was all from him.

"Lord Ni, it's just a small profit, and eighty percent of my taxes are taken from tax grain, right?" The tea was quickly boiled, and Liu Hong gradually slipped the teapot and filled Chongzhen with a cup first.

"Yes, Master Hou, there are eighty out of five." The head of the household department is in charge of many matters such as taxes, household registration, and civil affairs.

If according to later generations, only Shangshu is the director of the State Administration of Taxation, the minister of finance, the director of the logistics department, etc., and he really can't do it without a good memory.

"The rest of the loss must come from business tax?" Liu Hong gradually turned around, added tea to each old man, and sat back in his place.

"Yes, Master Hou, the rest comes from salt, tea, goods, etc." Ni Yuanlu said truthfully.

"As far as I know, the annual income of the former Song Dynasty has reached 70 or 80 million, and even the Southern Song Dynasty, which is smaller than our Ming territory, has an annual income of 60 or 70 million.

Lord Ni, can you solve this problem? ”

Of course, Liu Hongjian knew what the problem was, the people were poor and had no land to cultivate, the scholars had more land but did not have to pay taxes, and the merchants had more wealth and had 30 taxes and 1, or even 120 taxes and 1, which was nothing in vain.

In the end, Daming's finances were supported by a group of bitter people, and it was a miracle that the court could survive until now without going bankrupt and going bankrupt, in fact, when he first came to this land, most of the ministers were already planning to go bankrupt and reorganize to find a new chairman.

This question is extremely acute, and he just wants to see which side this household secretary in charge of the national tax is on.

"Master Hou, the two taxes on tea and salt used to account for a large proportion in the early years of our dynasty, but later the illegal salt and tea were rampant, and the imperial court was too busy to deal with the bandits.

And our dynasty has an ancestral system that favors merchants, and the current tax amount levied by the imperial court is still according to the tax amount of Emperor Taizu, with treasure money and 30 taxes.

However, the treasure money has long been no longer used in our dynasty, and the courtiers are secretive about it, and it is difficult for the ministers and the emperor to support it alone, so it is ......"

Ni Yuanlu is not angry, the number of tax maladministrations, and the helplessness of himself and the emperor.

Although he mentioned this disadvantage to Chongzhen, he only mentioned it, and since this agenda was raised, there has been no response.

The reason is also very simple, everyone doesn't support it, not to mention other departments, that is, his household department, and the servants and directors at the bottom are strongly opposed to this matter.

If it drags on to the end, it will be over, what should everyone do, as long as there is no tax and no business tax, everything is easy to say, on the contrary, then wait for the fight!

This is a great resistance, from the Beijing officials to the magistrates, to the gentry and merchants in various places, including the nobles of the imperial court and some military generals, if everyone is against it.

What if you're a Tobe Shangshu? What if you are the emperor?

Ni Yuanlu was embarrassed to say that last year, the entire Yunnan Province only collected eight taels of tea tax, Sichuan Province collected twelve taels of tea tax, and the salaries and other expenses of the tax bureaus of the two places added together were four hundred and twenty taels.

What the hell is this, the tax department, which is the richest in the first place, even wants the court to pay for it?

"What do the other adults think?" Liu Hong is getting better, and this Uncle Ni seems to be advocating an increase in commercial taxes.

But what about the others? If these masters of the cabinet can't be twisted into a rope, how can they be the opponents of many civil servants in the world.

"The ministers all listen to the emperor." Tax collection has always been a big problem, whether it is done well or not, it is not a person inside and outside, but fortunately, there is a household department on top, so they don't have to be this bird.

Yes, it's none of my business, this group of old men is real.

"What does the emperor think?" The problem has been running around, and you have to listen to the boss.

"As long as the ancestral system is unreasonable, it can be changed, I think that the commercial tax should be increased, and the treasure money should be abolished to offset the tax, Ni Aiqing will start to draw up a suitable ratio!"

The ancestral system stipulates that the Ming Emperor must have at least five new imperial robes every year, and the ancestral system must also stipulate that the imperial robes cannot be patched, but in fact? Why didn't the courtiers say it?

The ancestral system also stipulates that corruption is sixty taels of skinned grass, how can the courtiers not say it?

Yes, the court is like this, can the ancestral system save the Ming Dynasty?

The problems are all on the bright side, Chongzhen has been vigilant since last year, and he has become less rigid and stubborn about the ancestral system.

"It's not right, Your Majesty, if you want to reform the system, you must have a strong army to support it, and it's not time yet! And if we continue to collect taxes and grain now, it is inevitable that this year's banditry will be endless! ”

Start tinkering now, and wait for the world's soldiers and businessmen to know, then it's okay, believe it or not, your newly recruited 500,000 soldiers will soon have no food to eat and no clothes to wear?

is still breaking ground on the heads of the people who have no food to eat, and the civil unrest that has been going on for decades has not yet made a fuss.

"The minister thinks that he must wait for the training of the new recruits in the Beijing camp before he can start to handle this matter, and the newly recruited soldiers, the selection of generals must be from a clean background, and it is best to be promoted directly from the new soldiers!"

There must be an army that absolutely obeys you, uncle!!

"Oh? I ask you, how are you training as the commander of the Beijing camp? "The vertical son didn't say anything earlier, and now he comes to refute me, it's really unreasonable, Chongzhen's beard trembled slightly, and he was very dissatisfied.

"This Beijing camp, there is Vice General Li in charge, don't worry, the emperor, look at the minister, not only to help you deal with the agricultural affairs of Huangzhuang, but also to produce firearms for our Daming, and to supervise the Beijing camp.

I am often so busy that I can't sleep in the middle of the night, and I still have a sore back when I wake up in the morning. ”

Liu Hong gradually looked pitiful, as for whether he was busy, tired or not, and why his waist hurt, the devil knows.

"I know that you are working hard, these are important things of the country, I will hand them over to you, whether you can do it well or not, I have never been harsh on you, you just use your heart.

Taicang silver is still abundant, as for the tax, then wait! ”

Chongzhen is an emperor who is an individual subordinate, although he knows that Liu Hong is gradually suspected of pretending to be pitiful, but doing so many things alone, he must probably be really busy.

"Emperor Xie understands, the emperor has nothing to say to the ministers, and the ministers keep it in mind.

The minister will also try his best to share the emperor's worries, you look at it, the minister will help you change the Ming Dynasty, just this year! ”

Liu Hong gradually got up to receive the order, and when the army was trained, it was time to take the head of the profiteer gentry.

The officer will plow the ground!

PS: The cold code is slow, but I don't plan to go out today, as for the reason, you know.