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Unexpectedly, this was not over yet. Within two days, another imperial edict was announced to the world, bluntly explaining the use of the tax money collected from the sea ban.

First, the success of opening the sea depends on whether the navy is strong or not, so an additional 10% of the tax money collected will be used for the warships, weapons, and soldiers of the Ming Navy.

Secondly, nearly three hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the population increased and the economy prospered. The original system of imperial officials could no longer adapt to the current situation. For example, the cities and towns in the county had tens of thousands of households, so there were new townships. One level of official position, while other levels of official positions are also overwhelmed. In addition, the staff of each official and the officials in various places work hard for the country and share the emperor's worries. Therefore, the official position system of this dynasty will include all the staff and officials as formal official positions in the court.

In addition, the decree even gave an example to illustrate that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the cost of food, clothing, housing and transportation has greatly increased, and the original salary of officials has been unable to make ends meet. Therefore, for the sake of officials and to maintain integrity, special preparations have been made to increase salaries. The source of these funds will be from sea tax, which will be accrued at 30% every year.

Third, agriculture is the foundation of the country, but currently there are floods in the south and drought in the north, and many people are suffering from natural disasters. Therefore, the imperial court decided to withdraw 20% of the sea tax every year to pay for agricultural work, or to offset agricultural taxes, or to build water conservancy projects, etc.

Fourth, only when the road is clear can we communicate what is needed. The convenience of traveling from north to south is beneficial to people's travel, so another 10% of the sea tax will be used for the construction of infrastructure transportation in the Ming Dynasty.

Fifth, 20% of the remaining sea tax goes to the treasury for other purposes, and the last 10% goes to the Imperial Household.

As soon as this decree came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the Ming Dynasty. The matter of Liao Ju's life and death was immediately thrown into the corner, and no one cared about it anymore.

When the Ming Dynasty's Northern and Southern Navy heard the news, everyone immediately jumped for joy. You know, in this era, the Navy was actually not taken seriously by the court and local governments. The naval commander is basically just a coastal defense guerrilla. But now, according to the decree of the imperial court, on the basis of the original naval funds, 10% of the revenue from sea tax will be allocated to the construction of the navy. No matter how much it is, this is great news after all.

Especially Zheng Zhilong, he knows that this sea tax revenue is likely to be around 10 million a year, so 10% is one million, which is a huge sum of money, and it comes every year. You can imagine it with your feet. If this continues, the scale and combat power of the Ming Dynasty Navy will regain the glory of the Yongli Period, or even surpass it!

How can anyone not long for such a prospect?

Of course, in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the most concerned about this decree was naturally the second one. Especially those related to the calculation of the cost of living in the decree bring tears to the eyes of those who want to be upright officials, especially those who want to be upright officials. The imperial court finally realized that the little salary it paid was not even enough to put it between the teeth!

It will be good in the future. The staff, helpers, etc. paid by formal officials will also receive state salaries. They no longer have to pay for themselves, which will save another amount of expenses.

"Ah, if Haigangfeng was still alive, I'm afraid he would cry with joy, right?" Many officials had this idea in their minds.

Of course, what worries them most is that according to the meaning of this imperial edict, there will be many more officials receiving imperial salaries in the future. Those Jinshi, Juren, etc. who are queuing up to wait for the official position are finally getting their official position after all the hardships and joys! They are also very curious, wondering what this official reform will look like?

The common people and farmers on the platform were also overjoyed after hearing this decree. Although the imperial court has been emphasizing that agriculture is the foundation of the country, in the past, it was mostly for collecting land taxes, but now, it seems that the imperial court wants to divert money from sea taxes to subsidize farming. Such a great good thing is simply pie in the sky. Therefore, in the countryside, when neighbors speak, they will first say, "The Emperor's Holy Might..."

For farmers like them, they don't care how much money they can get from the sea tax, but as long as there is money, it is a happy thing. It’s all for nothing, happy!

The dust-up of the Liao Juren incident originally made all businessmen disappointed. They felt that they would have to spend more money in the future, but they had no choice but to twist the thigh of the imperial court with their arms. With this mentality, suddenly this imperial edict emphasized that the money from sea taxes should be used to build Ming Dynasty's transportation facilities. For merchants, this is the biggest beneficiary. Although the edict did not mention the word merchant at all, But they could all see it at a glance. After being suppressed, I ate a sweet date and it didn’t seem to hurt so much anymore!

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This decree involves almost everyone in all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, so everyone is discussing this matter. Moreover, the positive effect relieved a lot of pressure on Sun Chuanting, which made him feel relieved. He is not afraid of being the emperor's talon, a thug, going into battle shirtless, and offending people. He is afraid that after all his hard work, he will end up being pushed out by the emperor and used as a scapegoat!

But judging from the current decree, he could feel that the emperor was helping him solve his problems. With such an emperor here, how could he just use himself?

"I will live up to His Majesty's expectations even if I am so heartbroken!" Sun Chuanting silently looked to the north in the direction of the capital and swore secretly in his heart.

When He Qiaoyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, heard about it, he turned and looked in the direction of the capital. He was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "Through the clouds and rain, manipulating people's hearts, the situation has become a reality. Sun Boya made the right bet!"

When he first wrote to the court, he just wanted to bring benefits to his hometown and earn at most tens of thousands of taels of sea tax money.

When he heard that Sun Chuanting was serious and had killed Liao Juren, he felt that Sun Chuanting was a lunatic. In order to express himself and get attractive sea tax money, he did not hesitate to offend all the officials of the Ming Dynasty to do such a thing. Something out of line. He was a little confused about his most capable deputy, and was even a little worried about whether it would affect the national policy of opening up the sea. For this reason, he found Sun Chuanting and wanted to reprimand him and make him restrain himself.

That day, he was extremely disappointed. But things changed one after another, and finally I understood what was right.

This matter seems to be beneficial to everyone, but in fact it still harms the interests of some people. After all, sea tax money cannot come out of thin air. Those former smugglers, those who wantonly evaded taxes based on their fame, are the ones whose interests have been harmed.

But they are illegal in the first place, and are the targets of suppression by the court and condemnation by public opinion. Normally, it is possible to cause trouble, but once the trend of opening up the sea to collect taxes is established, it will not be possible for them to shake it secretly. Or at least it can be said that subverting this national policy will be many times more difficult than before!