Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 1038 Remarkable Achievements

   Farewell to Nata mirror.

  Doctor Xia Bing dares to neglect.

  Holding the booklet in his hand, what is this, 820,000 taels of silver.

   is a county.

  Arrears from the Ministry of War, money and food from the Ministry of Industry, river embankments, disaster relief, how many things can be done?

  He didn't neglect, and was about to enter the palace in a hurry.

  This matter must be reported as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

  He was full of excitement.

  My mind has become a paste.

  Remarkable achievements.

  This Ouyang Zhi is such a villain, how can he do things so beautifully?

  …

   Fengtian Temple.

  Emperor Hongzhi sullenly lowered his head, pretending that the old **** was there, he spread out the paper, the imperial brush in his hand was dipped in ink, and then, with a slight movement of his arm, the pen was drawn like a snake.

Under the Golden Luan, Ma Wensheng, Minister of the Ministry of War, was almost wailing: "The soldiers have been in arrears for three months, and if they continue to owe it, I am afraid that disaster will be brought to Xiaoqiang, and the Ministry of Households will not be able to provide money. That's good, even a clever woman can't cook without rice... Your Majesty..."

  Emperor Hongzhi turned a deaf ear to this.

  Continue to practice his running script.

  The recent running script has made great progress.

  He writes like a dragon, and writes freely.

  Zhang Shengdao: "Your Majesty, in the past two years, the Ministry of Rites has lost a lot of sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestors and ancestors. I beg you to abolish some sacrifices..."

   "Your Majesty, old minister... old minister, let's be fair, there are difficulties now..." Wang Ao came out and coughed: "This country is the world... um..."

  Emperor Hongzhi couldn't even hear these words clearly, he had entered a state of selflessness.

   Is two hundred thousand taels of silver enough?

   Maybe it was given, and Emperor Hongzhi felt at ease.

   But what about next time?

  The national treasury is short-lived. This is not a matter of one year, two years or three years.

  I have been saving money and food all these years, but have I ever embezzled money and food from the treasury?

No!

   Feeling his own conscience, he said that this palace was built by Fang Jifan's child, and the court did not use a single cent.

It's all right now, you guys are out of money, ask me for it, I usually keep it fast, but now I have saved... 41,263,221 taels of silver, you can make up your mind, in the future once A common practice has been formed, that inner money will become your hut, come and leave as you want, then well, I will not be the emperor anymore, okay, you go and move.

   For things like this, as long as you breathe a sigh of relief, you will lose everything.

  Emperor Hongzhi simply pretended to be deaf and dumb.

   "Your Majesty..." Xie Qian howled: "Your Majesty should be kind... Now that money is needed everywhere, and the treasury is insufficient, should the soldiers and horses in the border town drink the northwest wind? People..."

   This sound, Your Majesty, almost broke Emperor Hongzhi's eardrums.

  Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyes and stared at the ministers.

Which one of these people is not my humerus minister? Hey...Emperor Hongzhi sighed, and then he finally responded: "Dingxing County is not reforming the tax system. Following the example of Dingxing County, it can make up for the lack of treasury. If the world New laws are being implemented everywhere, and I am thinking that the annual income of tens of millions of taels of silver should not be a problem."

   Ten million taels...

  Dingxing County…

"Your Majesty." Li Dongyang became cautious: "Your Majesty, do you know that the new policy implemented in Dingxing County vigorously promotes industry and commerce? Your Majesty, the minister bluntly said that this promotion of industry and commerce will hurt farmers, hurt farmers, This is destabilizing the foundation of the country, His Majesty should be cautious about this."

   This makes sense, everyone nodded.

  Everyone has gone to work, who will farm the land? Once there is not enough food, what is the use of having more money? In this world, there are tens of thousands of mouths. If there is no food, people will starve and rebel.

   "Yes, Your Majesty, look at how much land the industry and commerce have occupied and how much manpower they have absorbed." Zhang Sheng was also worried.

  They are here for money.

  Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows.

   Almost, he was a little shaken.

   But immediately, he still had a sullen face: "I have made up my mind, you gentlemen... internal money is my family's business, and you don't need your family to worry about it. Well, I am tired, and you gentlemen will step down."

  Liu Jian and others, their hearts sank to the bottom of the valley.

  His Majesty has been influenced by some people recently, and has deviated more and more from the appearance of the Holy King as everyone imagined.

  Someone sighed inwardly, thinking, what's the use of Dingxing County, Dingxing County... a mere county?

   But His Majesty's attitude was firm, Liu Jian didn't want His Majesty to be embarrassed, so he had to say: "Then, I will take my leave."

  Everyone was anxious to leave.

  Out of Fengtian Hall, everyone looked at Liu Jian.

   "Liu Gong, what should we do now?"

  Liu Jian stroked his beard, looked into the distance, and shook his head: "Didn't your majesty always talk about Dingxing County? Let's wait until the money and food books from Dingxing County come, and then go see you."

  Everyone sighed: "It has to be like this."

  But at this time, I saw a person rushing towards me.

  This person...is a bit unfamiliar.

   But Li Dongyang recognized it.

   Seeing the man panting, Li Dongyang stepped forward quickly: "Mr. Xia, how did you enter the palace?"

   "It's important, I have to see Mr. Li, seeing that Mr. Li is not in the cabinet, so I am bold... bold..." Xia Bing was out of breath.

   Li Dongyang frowned: "What's important."

   "Dingxing County... Dingxing County's money and food books, here we come..."

  Everyone was in an uproar.

   Not to mention Cao Cao Cao Cao will arrive, just to say that he came here in a hurry just for the book of a county, isn't this a bit too much?

  Xia Bing has handed over the booklet.

   Li Dongyang took it in a hurry and opened it to have a look.

  Liu Jian said from the side: "Read it out."

   "Yes, read it out. I'll see what's so special about Dingxing County." Ma Wensheng agreed.

  Li Dongyang said: "The increase in the population of the Yellow Book is 78,000 households per year, and the population is 239,000..."

  Liu Jian's expression changed.

   Population increase has always been a good thing.

  Li Dongyang's face became more and more solemn: "The annual grain production has increased by 30%..."

   "Is this... serious?" Ma Wensheng was a little unconvinced: "It needs to be verified."

  Everyone nodded secretly. This increase in food production...is also a good governance.

  Li Dongyang read one after another.

   Horses added.

  The cattle increased most fiercely, more than doubling in size.

Because the price of grain has risen, not only the local supply is in short supply, but it can also supply the needs of the capital. However, manpower is too expensive. In the past, many gentry were unwilling to raise cattle, not because they couldn’t afford it, but compared to cheap manpower, why? What about cattle plowing? People are cheap.

  But because of a large amount of manpower, it attracted workshops, and the price of food rose again, so cattle began to be popularized in large numbers.

   All of a sudden, many people began to whisper: "It seems that Dingxing County has done a good job."

   "As expected of Ouyang Zhi, this person is a man of great talent."

   But here, Li Dongyang didn't read any more, his eyes were fixed on the book, motionless.

"Quickly read, read quickly." Someone urged: "Why, the so-called people have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. If you think about it, there are good places and there must be bad places. Isn't this year's tax money also a deficit? I heard that Dingxing County owed a whole lot of debt to the Xishan Bank for road construction. It was too reckless at the time. Fang Jifan cannibalizes people without spitting out his bones. This mortgage, the old man hates that, this dog-like thing, how can it be so wicked, how can you think of it?"

   "Yes, yes, without a mortgage, none of his houses can be sold. Who has so much cash in their hands." Hearing this, Ma Wensheng immediately gritted his teeth, hating him.

  These words resonated with many people. Thinking of my majestic head, I still owe the mortgage, and I have to contribute money to the building every month. This...

  Liu Jian pressed his hand: "Alright, rest your anger, gentlemen, and listen to what you have to say first."

  Li Dongyang said just now: "The yearly income is 1.37 million taels of silver, and 820,000 is paid to the treasury!"

   "..."

   All of a sudden, the people who were gnashing their teeth fell silent.

   Their expressions are surprisingly weird.

   "How much?"

   "One hundred and three hundred and seventy thousand!"

   "One hundred and three hundred and seventy thousand gold?"

"silver!"

  When I heard it was silver, I was even more confused.

  For gold, it's fine, after all, it's copper.

   But if it is silver...

   As a result, many people pinched their fingers and began to calculate.

   They are, after all, not very sensitive to numbers.

  This is the disadvantage of not going through the basics of system mathematics.

Ma Wensheng took the lead and said: "Ah... 820,000 taels. In this way, the shortfall in the past two years can be made up. Even this year, there may be a surplus. God... the old man has read the booklet, the tea tax of the imperial court for a year, It’s only more than 3,200 taels. If it weren’t for the official salt to support it, the national treasury would have been exhausted.”

  Li Dongyang looked deeply at the recorded number, his face was solemn, and he looked at Xia Bing: "Mr. Xia, the number is correct."

"It can't be wrong." Xia Bing said cautiously: "Your officer, I have asked several times about delivering the booklets, and he has made it clear and clear that the tax bank is already on the way to be escorted, and it is not far from the Taiping warehouse. , It can be delivered in three to five days, and most of the money is bank notes, which can be exchanged for money and grain in Xishan at any time, and there will be no loss in transportation, it is just the money of dozens of soldiers."

   "Dozens of sergeants to transport? This is our lifeblood, only these dozens of sergeants?" Ma Wen stomped his feet in anger, his eyes were red, he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, wanted to send a battalion of troops to **** immediately.

  Xia Bing smiled wryly: "But...they only have one county, how many people can be dispatched by one county."

  A mere county.

  The words awakened the dreamer. The figures reported just now, whether it was the increase in population, food production, or taxation, all gave people the illusion that this is a minister of government and a province!

   The question is, is this really a county?

  Everyone is sleepwalking, muddled.

  Liu Jian made a decisive decision: "Take the book and see."

   Seeing is believing.

   After taking the booklet, Liu Jian stared at it intently, afraid that there might be some mistakes or omissions here.

   And everyone stared at Liu Jian.

   After a long time, Liu Jian put down the book, looked up, looked around, and said seriously: "Great political achievements, remarkable political achievements!"

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chapter Five.

  (end of this chapter)