The system forced me to be emperor

So what Xiao Rui wanted to figure out was how to get the money.

The nautical trade restarted again, and this time a total of 37 large sea-going ships were dispatched. Secondly, promoting business is also an important matter.

On Xiao Rui's second day as emperor, the second decree was to reduce business taxes.

In the past, the regular tax in Daxia was divided into two types: residence tax and overtax.The residential tax is a tax for business, residence and sale, with a tax rate of 4%. Overtax is a tax for merchants, with a tax rate of 3%. In addition, the commercial tax involves a variety of commodities, such as aquatic products, grains, bamboo, wood, books, paper, and paint. In addition to the regular tax, there are also miscellaneous taxes such as the money made by the economy, the money made by the general government, the monthly pile money, and the account money, which greatly increased the burden on businessmen and people.

One of the reasons why Emperor Xia was able to make Daxia strong and the household department rich in just over 20 years was to reduce taxes for the common people and increase taxes for businessmen, so as to stabilize the people's hearts and make money.

But the business tax is heavy, which is not conducive to the development of business. Xiao Rui understands this truth very well, and Xia Huang also understands it, but there are gains and losses. After weighing, a choice must be made.

Now is the time for Xiao Rui to make a choice. He started to reduce taxes. The tax on housing and sales was reduced to 3%, and the tax on business approval was reduced to 2%. point.At the same time, the Ministry of Punishment added some laws to protect the self-interests of businessmen and so on.

This move will allow merchants to see the policy changes after the new emperor's ascension to the throne. Merchants are a group that is good at observing and thinking about changes. When they realize that the imperial court attaches great importance to business, they will expand the scale of business.Over time, commerce will form a chain reaction, expand manufacturing, handicrafts and other production, and comprehensively drive the prosperity of the economy.

So it seems that the commercial tax has been reduced, but the country's income will not decrease too much, and it can even be increased.

At the very least, the prosperity of business will drive the rapid development of Daxia First Bank, which is also the income of the imperial court.

Speaking of money, Xiao Rui thought of his internal money.

When Xiao Rui was the crown prince, there was not much money in Zhan Shi's mansion, which was all used up by him. The internal money Xiao Rui is talking about now is the emperor's internal money, to be precise, it is the internal money left to Xiao Rui after His Majesty abdicated.

A few days ago, His Majesty was going to hand over all the powers of the internal money to Xiao Rui, but something happened to be forgotten at that time. Now that Xiao Rui has ascended the throne and inherited the family business, he will naturally inherit the family's money.

So here comes the question, how much money does His Majesty have in his internal funds?

This question immediately brought back sad memories for Xiao Rui.

He patrolled the state capital to seize the money looted by corrupt officials, most of which went into His Majesty's pocket.Half of the net profits from the nautical trade went into His Majesty's pocket.The money obtained from dealing with prominent officials was also distributed to His Majesty, plus other income, how much money did His Majesty swallow from his internal funds?

And this internal money is brave, it can only go in and out, the war has the Ministry of Households, and the promotion of new crops has Xiao Rui to resist. I have never seen His Majesty spend so much money.

So Xiao Rui dealt with political affairs in the morning and went to Emperor Xia in the afternoon.

Emperor Xia lived in the Ruixiang Palace in the northwest corner of the harem. After Xiao Rui entered the harem, he found that all the palaces were very busy, packing their bags and things.

Xiao Rui became the emperor, and as the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Xia naturally didn't want to live in the palace. He was going to cross the sea to live in the palace of Yingzhou, and the concubines and concubines in the harem naturally wanted to follow.

When they came to Ruixiang Palace, Emperor Xia was reading a book.

"I pay my respects to my father!" Xiao Rui said respectfully.

Emperor Xia put down his hand, patted the seat beside him, and said with a smile, "Sit down! How does it feel to be the emperor?"

Xiao Rui thought about it seriously, "I don't feel anything special, it's the same as the prison country before! It just feels like there's a heavy burden on my shoulders!"

"Well said! Remember this feeling, and don't forget it. When you forget the weight of this burden, and instead are keen on the control of power and the desire to control life and death, it means something is going to happen. As a father, you will be leaving for Yingzhou in the future, and you can only rely on yourself." Emperor Xia said sincerely.

Xiao Rui asked: "Didn't you mean to stay for a longer period of time? It doesn't matter if you go to Yingzhou late, the palace there has just been repaired."

Emperor Xia shook his head and said: "There is no delay, I want to go out for a walk, to go overseas to see!"

Even though he said so, Xiao Rui understood that His Majesty wanted to go to Yingzhou as soon as possible to avoid suspicion.

For Xiao Rui to be the emperor, the system's help accounted for [-]% of it, and [-]% of it was Xia Huang. It was Daxia's honor and Xiao Rui's honor to have such an emperor father.

"Father, if you are bored living in Yingzhou, come back often." Xiao Rui said.

Xia Huang smiled and said: "Of course, I miss my grandson and granddaughter, and I will come back by boat. Oh yes, I took Xiao Feng's child to Yingzhou."

Xiao Rui nodded, Xiao Feng was demoted to be a commoner, and he took Cao Wan to disappear.Xiahuang now has time, and seeing his grandson is pitiful, it is appropriate to take him to Yingzhou.

At this time, the topic shifted to business.

"Father, my son came to see you for the sake of internal money." Xiao Rui explained the purpose of coming.

Xia Huangdao: "Let Haiban accompany you, just to explain the situation to you, and hand over the money to you by the way. I have worked hard to save some property for you, don't waste it!"

When Xiao Rui heard it, his eyes lit up.

His Majesty has personally admitted that he has accumulated some family property, how much is this?

Xiao Rui hurriedly urges Hai Dafu to go to the treasury of inner money, ready to see the world.

Come to the inner treasury, which is protected by the strict imperial guards, three layers inside and three layers outside, and there are three gates. Except for His Majesty, if anyone else wants to enter, he must have His Majesty's order.

"Eunuch Hai, how much money is there?" Xiao Rui couldn't help but ask.

Hai Dafu fetched the ledger, then searched for the general ledger, and said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are more than 220 million taels of gold, 350 million taels of silver, and a number of treasures. The details are in the ledger. Don't report in detail. There is not much money, please take a look at it!"

After saying this, Hai Dafulton felt his chest clear.

Nima, it feels really comfortable to pretend!There is not much money, it is all small money!

Xiao Rui widened his eyes and said in shock, "How much?"

One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, so when converted into silver, that is 6000 million taels of silver, not counting other precious treasures!Xiao Rui took over the account and simply flipped through it. Good guy, there are countless treasures, and it would be a huge sum of money if it were exchanged for silver.

"Well...it's really not much, you have to be more thrifty." Xiao Rui immediately regained his composure and blew it.

In fact, there are not many, He Shen is greedy for hundreds of millions of taels of silver, and the small treasury that His Majesty has saved for 27 years is really not much.

Having said that, why not come to Heshen and ask him to collect money for his fish farming?

Chapter 627: Lai Ai Enters the Palace of Empress Qin

When you have money, you don't panic.

At this moment, Xiao Rui understood the true meaning of this sentence!His Majesty left him more than 2 million taels of silver, which is Xiao Rui's strong backing, which can support him to do many great things without worrying about being hindered by the silver.

Apart from being happy in my heart, I was also full of melancholy, and I was even more reluctant to let His Majesty cross Haiyingzhou.

Day three.

The Xuanwu Street in the capital was cleaned up, and the mighty carriage drove out of the palace and drove to the pier.

Sitting in the carriage with Emperor Xia, Xiao Rui talked and laughed, but there was a melancholy on his face that he was about to part.This should be the last time Xiao Rui listened to His Majesty's instruction, but the journey was too short.

When they came to the pier, everyone got out of the carriage.

The Imperial Army loaded the cargo onto the cargo ship and transferred it to the large ship in the center of the river. The civil and military officials stood respectfully on both sides, and all came to send off the Supreme Emperor respectfully.All the princes in Beijing also came, their eyes were reddish.

Emperor Xia glanced at the crowd, looking at the majestic capital city, and said with a smile: "I am going to Yingzhou to enjoy myself, and it's not about life and death. There's nothing to be sad about. Dear dear ones, the future of Great Xia needs your help. Work hard."

Then he said to Xiao Lie and other princes: "You are members of the royal family and the emperor's brothers. You are willing to help the emperor. The poor are alone in their hearts, and the rich can help the world. I hope you will encourage them together!"

The civil and military officials and the princes saluted one after another, and responded respectfully: "Yes!"