Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

As a modern person who has traveled through time, Ning Fan naturally knows how important business is. The prosperity and development brought by a commercial society will far exceed that of a farming society.

According to Ning Fan's plan and blueprint, the first step in transforming Dakang in the future is to turn Dakang into a prosperous business society, and then use the prosperity brought by business to drive a big explosion of technological revolution, and then gradually bring Dakang into Industrial society.

"The reasons why business is gradually declining are complex, but there is only one root cause, and that is that there is less and less currency circulating in the market."

"All the silver that used to circulate in the market is now in the hands of rich households. These rich people smelt all the silver into silver ingots and hide them in basements and cellars without using them at all."

"Also, copper coins. Firstly, copper coins are easy to carry. Secondly, the value of copper coins continues to depreciate year after year."

"In short, the current stubborn problem of Dakang is that most of its land has been annexed, and the people have little money left."

Wang Huayun said with some self-deprecation: "As the saying goes, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. I have been the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for so many years, and I have never seen anyone with more than 10 million taels of silver in the account of the Ministry of Revenue. This was simply impossible during the reign of Emperor Taizu of Dakang. , You must know that during the Taizu period, the annual tax revenue amounted to hundreds of millions of taels of silver."

"I understand. You have said so much. In fact, to sum it up in one sentence, all the money has gone into the hands of the wealthy families, and the people have become completely poor. Is this what you mean?"

Although Ning Fan had known about Dakang's current situation for a long time, when he actually heard Wang Huayun's words, he still felt like he was facing a bloody situation.

Drastic reforms are imminent, but Ning Fan must also be good at discovering a group of talents.

He keenly discovered that Wang Huayun was an available person, and such a person was the target of wooing and appointing him.

"Yes, Your Majesty's people have become poor. The imperial court can no longer get any benefits from ordinary people."

Wang Huayun also followed Ning Fan's words.

"Let's think about it the other way round. If we want to increase the tax burden of Dakang again, then we should make the people rich so that our officials can have salaries. But why don't those aristocratic families understand this truth? They Killing the goose and taking the eggs, exploiting the people desperately, taking away the people's land, hoarding all the gold and silver, and not circulating it in the market..."

Ning Fan was too lazy to continue talking, so he simply waved his hand and took two drinks of water to calm down.

"Let's continue what we just said. You think the most hateful officials are corrupt officials. In fact, I don't think so. I think those officials who stand in the latrine and do nothing but eat nothing are the most hateful."

"If an official is a capable minister, can get things done, and can make the people applaud, then even if such an official is sneaky and enriches his own pocket, I, as the emperor, can tolerate it."

Ning Fan looked at Wang Huayun and said.

Under Wang Huayun's shocked expression, Ning Fan continued: "Of course corruption and bribery are not allowed. In the future, there will also be a supervision system to monitor officials. In fact, what I mean is that in the future, if the outline of taxes Now that the boost is coming, the imperial court can give more salary to the officials, so that these officials can not only live a decent life, but also don't have to go out of their way to plunder the people's wealth."

In fact, there are only four words to sum up Ning Fan's meaning, which is to maintain integrity with high salary.

This conversation between the monarch and his ministers also gave Ning Fan an understanding of Wang Huayun's talents.

After all, Wang Huayun was a Jinshi during the Tian'an period and was the number one scholar. Such talents were there. However, he was later spotted by a wealthy family and recruited as his son-in-law, and was gradually imprisoned by the entire bureaucracy.

"Just go back and sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Sooner or later, you will be able to collect taxes and have endless money to spend."

Ning Fan touched his chin and said.

After sending Wang Huayun away, Chen Yuanqing was already waiting outside the door. Ning Fan asked Li Chunan to call Chen Yuanqing in.

"Your Majesty, the things you told me the day before yesterday have been completed. Please see if you want to arrange a new mission for Chen. I have been so busy these days that I even have lice."

Chen Yuanqing said to Ning Fan.

"It just so happened that I called you here for this purpose. My intention was for you to return to Jiangzhou and be escorted to Beijing by Zhou Qun and others."

Ning Fan considered the words, but there were actually many things he hadn't made up his mind about yet.

Logically speaking, now that he is the emperor of Dakang, everything in Jiangzhou should be moved to Kyoto, but Ning Fan can't make up his mind. Once moved, whether it is the factories, mines or craftsmen, a lot will be lost along the way. thing.

Jiangzhou has a large area of ​​fertile land, and more people are needed to build river embankments. However, the transportation between the two places is quite inconvenient. Ning Fan's ideas need to be realized slowly in Jiangzhou.

"Your Majesty, will you let me do this?"

Chen Yuanqing's tone was weird, and he felt like he was being overqualified.

"The first thing I do when I ask you to escort people to Kyoto, and the second thing is that you take Huang Chao's 50,000 wolf soldiers to Jiangzhou to farm."

After thinking about it, Ning Fan still felt that the 50,000 wolf soldiers continued to stay near Kyoto, making it difficult for him to sleep and eat well. It was better to rush these wolf soldiers to Jiangzhou first and slowly settle down.

"Your Majesty, you are not mistaken. If you let me command fifty thousand wolf soldiers, what will happen to the Dragon Scale Army?"

Chen Yuanqing was so shocked that he almost jumped up. You must know that the Dragon Scale Army was a direct lineage that he cultivated, but now Lin Fan asked him to lead the wolf soldiers...

"Just follow my orders and don't ask any questions. By the way, Jiangzhou has a complete military training system. I give you the right to recruit new soldiers. You have to calm down two soldiers in Jiangzhou next year. One hundred thousand elite soldiers."

Ning Fan said to Chen Yuanqing again.

Jiangzhou has ready-made barracks, a martial arts hall, and a complete staff system. These are all complete. As long as Chen Yuanqing has these seeds, it will not be a big problem for Chen Yuanqing to train 200,000 elite soldiers.

The main issue that Ning Fan is thinking about now is the threat from the Huns. Now the Dakang family is facing internal and external troubles, which Ning Fan is working on solving. The external troubles are the Huns from outside, which should not be underestimated.

"Where is your Majesty's 50,000 Dragon Scale Army? If the 50,000 Dragon Scale Army stays in Kyoto, who will lead it? These are your Majesty's direct lineage and must not fall into the hands of others."

Chen Yuanqing was naturally reluctant to part with the ace card of the Dragon Scale Army, but he did not dare to disobey Ning Fan's order.

It can be seen from the anxious look on his face that this boy is not willing to go to Jiangzhou to train troops. He still wants to stay in Kyoto.