The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"Yan Aiqing, um, I'm chatting with them, communicating in depth."

Yan Song was serious: "The emperor worked hard, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, he forgot to eat and sleep, and slept all night. He is a once-in-a-million-year sage and hero."

Jiajing was so thick-skinned that he couldn't bear it anymore, and laughed and cursed: "Don't flatter me. If you have something to say, just say it, if it's nothing, get out."

Yan Song chuckled, and handed a large stack of banknotes to Jiajing.

Jiajing was eager to go back and continue chatting with the two skinny horses, but he couldn't help but be attracted by the big stack of bank notes.

so much?

To be honest, Jiajing has been emperor for so many years, but he has never seen so many bank notes.

Some people don't believe it, but it's true.

This starts with Daming's cheating tax system.Since the Qin and Han dynasties, all dynasties have implemented the policy of centralized fiscal centralization, that is, the finances of all regions must be turned over to the national treasury, and then allocated according to needs.

But in the Ming Dynasty, it went astray.

The problem lies with Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty who shed cows.

It's terrible that Zhu Yuanzhang has no culture and is still the emperor.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, when he heard that money from all over the country had to be transported to Beijing, and then transported back separately, he felt that this was purely farting with his pants off-it was superfluous, and with a stroke of a pen, he let all the localities sit back and forth.The excess silver will be turned over to the central treasury!

(There is still a game to distinguish between local finance and central finance. The same is true in China now)

Can you imagine, which brainless idiot would hand over the vain money to the national treasury?

Ever since, the dignified Ming Dynasty and the Wanli Empire only handed over 4 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Households a year.

This is simply laughable.

In comparison, the annual fiscal revenue of the Qing Dynasty reached 9000 million taels in the last years of Kangxi.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty's state-owned tax revenue support such as the Shibo Department, salt tax, and iron tax, which could barely raise about 1000 million central finances, the Ming Dynasty would have almost gone bankrupt.Just the annual military expenses, the emperor, hundreds of officials, feudal lords, and disaster relief alone made the Minister of the Household Department of the Ming Dynasty very worried, and had to eat more food without money.Poor Jiajing has been emperor for decades, but he has never seen a few coins.

Compared with the financial distress of the central government, the finances of the southern coastal provinces of Ming Dynasty are actually very rich and well-off, but the emperor cannot see the money.

It is conceivable that when Emperor Jiajing saw that Yan Song brought 750 million taels of silver notes, which was equivalent to a huge wealth of three-quarters of the annual income of the Ming Dynasty Central Committee, his expressions of shock, envy, envy, jealousy, and hatred were all kinds of expressions. Extremely complex, beyond words.

Yan Song snickered in his heart.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, there is no emperor's small treasury. The emperor's money is the treasury's money, and the treasury's money is also the emperor's money.In other words, given the current situation where the national treasury is suffering serious losses and people are living beyond their means, as long as the money is seen by all the officials, Jiajing will never want to touch the money again. It will definitely be instant.

Building the Great Wall, building border defenses, fighting Japanese pirates, paying wages, and helping victims of disasters. In short, 1 hands that spend money are stretching out, just waiting for money.

He secretly gave the 750 million silver note to Jiajing, which means that it was directly given to Emperor Jiajing himself instead of being put into the treasury.Wouldn't it be nice for the emperor to spend whatever he wanted?

Emperor Jiajing was extremely smart, of course he knew what Yan Song meant, understood it, and put away the banknote.The speed of the movement was comparable to magic.

"Yan Aiqing~~~" Emperor Jiajing was at peace with his bag, his long face was happy, and he patted Yan Song on the shoulder. His expression was like that of a green forest hero after the spoils were divided. Jiangnan is incomparably rich, much richer than the capital."

Jiajing was very emotional, and the implication was that if I had known that Jiangnan was so rich, I would have come to grab the money.Still waiting until now?

However, it is not too late.

Jiajing is very rare, he didn't go around the corner, he went straight to the point, he was careless, his eyes lit up and he said: "Do you want to make another vote?"

Yan Song is so sweaty.

Are you an emperor or a bandit?What makes a vote?Tied meat tickets?

Jiajing touched the thick 750 million silver note in his Taoist robe, as if he was afraid that the long-awaited note would fly away, he snorted bitterly and said: "I rule the world, I am rich in the world, for the sake of Ming Dynasty, I forgot to eat and sleep, (1000 characters omitted below) boast), but not as rich as a group of salt sellers! How decent is this!"

Yan Song smiled.

It turned out that Emperor Jiajing was psychologically unbalanced, envious, jealous, and hated.

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Chapter 214 Public Opinion Attack [2]

Before Jiajing, he was deceived by all kinds of tricks, so it's fine if he doesn't know the truth, and he still feels good about himself.Once he knew the cruel facts, he, the ruler of the world, was poor and crazy all day long, and he was forced to pay debts by all the officials. He dared not go back to the palace. The money has to be paid by the eunuch, it is a life without dignity and qualifications.And a group of Yangzhou salt sellers are much richer than him, and Emperor Jiajing is jealous.

I have so much power, how can I have no money?

If you have no money, I will copy your home!

Although Yan Song has the mentality of watching a play from the sidelines, it can't encourage Jiajing's simple and rude mentality of copying his family to make a fortune.

Because his vision is that China will embark on the road of budding capitalism in the future.

A basic condition for the emergence of capitalism is that private wealth is sacred and inviolable~fan.Even the king cannot easily deprive a commoner of their wealth, otherwise where does the struggle come from?

Right now, in order to take advantage of Jiajing and crack down on southeast interest groups such as big salt merchants, big sea merchants, and big clans, necessary house raids are possible.But it can't encourage Jiajing's atmosphere, otherwise it will be a cocoon in the future and cause a lot of trouble.

Yan Song looked loyal, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, this matter is because they have been arrested for deceiving the emperor, so people in the world have nothing to say about copying their family. If there is no evidence, then act rashly~shi, I am afraid it will cause shocks in the world , Public opinion is boiling."

When Jiajing thought of the frenzied efforts of the hundred officials to come forward to persuade them one after another, he felt a little trembling in his heart.He is not afraid of officials, but he is afraid of trouble.

But Yan Song's expression changed, he suddenly took off his black gauze hat, knelt down and apologized: "Your Majesty, I want to plead guilty to the Emperor."

Jiajing looked surprised: "Yan Aiqing, you did a good job, what's wrong with you?"

Indeed, Yan Song helped him vent his anger, helped him thin the horse, and made a huge amount of wealth. Jiajing was extremely satisfied with him at this time, and was extremely honored and favored.

Yan Song said sadly: "I ran these nasty officials and salt merchants for the emperor, but offended the salt merchants in the whole of Jiangnan, and even the whole of Jiangnan. Some people gossip outside, saying that I am a treacherous minister who blindly welcomes the emperor and competes with the people for profit. , is the chief assistant who confiscated the family, and said...ˇ..."

He seemed hesitant to speak.