Ming Dynasty: My father Yongle, Forever Reigns Over Mountains and Rivers

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Dad!

What's wrong with you?

Old man, please don't scare me!

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Zhu Di's blushing face and thick neck, he was immediately startled.

Damn it, wouldn't he really send Zhu Laosi away?

Fortunately, Zhu Di glared at him angrily and quickly returned to normal.

Second brother, tell daddy, what exactly do we need to do to develop into such a prosperous world?

Zhu Di asked with high spirits, sweeping away his previous decadent look.

To say it is decadent is actually a bit inappropriate, but it is also a portrayal of Zhu Di's inner self.

The reason why Zhu Di had previously thought about Zen status was because he could not find the goal of his struggle.

When he raised his troops to quell the war, Zhu Di's goal was to enter Nanjing and sit on the throne, and he succeeded.

After sitting on the dragon throne, Zhu Di's goal was to clear Mobei, expedition to the north of barbarians, and never end the troubles of the Ming Dynasty's northern barbarians, and he succeeded.

As the goals of his struggle were realized one by one, and his close friends passed away one after another, Zhu Di would inevitably have a twilight heart, feeling that life was meaningless and that the emperor's work was not interesting.

In particular, the ability displayed by the prince Zhu Gaoxu, whether it was marching, fighting or governing the country, far exceeded that of Emperor Yongle, so Zhu Di thought of abdicating the throne and giving way to others to avoid constraining Zhu Gaoxu!

In the final analysis, Zhu Di just lacks a goal.

And just now, Prince Zhu Gaoxu gave him a goal, a goal that made Zhu Di's heart beat!

That is to build the Ming Dynasty into a truly peaceful and prosperous era, let commercial taxes replace agricultural taxes, and let the people no longer have to pay taxes!

Of course, this goal will undoubtedly be very long-term, and it is destined to encounter many difficulties and take a long time.

But was Emperor Yongle afraid of difficulties?

He, Zhu Di, was the Yongle Emperor who was born in war and spent half his life in the military!

Blood and fighting have long since sharpened Zhu Di's character to be extremely tough!

Zhu Di is not afraid of difficulties, but afraid of not having a goal!

Looking at Emperor Yongle who was resurrected with full blood, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly smiled.

It’s not easy. It’s really not easy for him as a prince!

Dad, if you want to achieve that step, you must take your time step by step!

The first thing is to build the Daming Customs well, and then use the customs to drive the development of Daming's industry and commerce.

Another point is that the promotion of potato planting must be put on the agenda. After all, the development of industry and commerce will inevitably have an impact on agriculture. Just like many people in Beizhili chose to do business and work in factories. If there are better options to support their families, If you have to live hand to mouth, then who is willing to work hard to cultivate the fields!”

So a reduction in grain production is unavoidable. High-yielding crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes must be promoted first. In this way, even if agriculture is affected, grain production will not be reduced much, which is enough for Ming Dynasty to survive this reform period smoothly.

Zhu Di nodded in agreement.

You are right. I will give the order to the Ministry of Revenue to make Xia Yuanji make this matter a top priority.

The issue of food must be given top priority at all times. Keeping people fed is the top priority!

Zhu Gaoxu smiled happily.

There is another issue, and that is the management of commercial tax.

Back then, I was developing industry and commerce in Beizhili and established an agency specifically to collect and manage commercial taxes, called the Taxation Bureau.

Now that the imperial customs has begun construction and tariffs are being collected, there must be a specialized agency responsible for issuing corresponding policies and collecting tariffs.

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and was silent for a moment.

You mean to set up a new agency to collect business taxes?

It can be said that all taxes are collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs must also make overall arrangements for all money and grain. Now a new department is suddenly established to divide the powers of the Ministry of Household Affairs. I'm afraid it will not be an easy task!

Not only is it not easy!

Zhu Di wanted to see Xia Yuanji pointing at his nose and yelling!

Xia Yuanji has worked hard to support the Ministry of Revenue for so many years, and finally survived those difficult years. Now the good times have finally come, and he is about to flex his muscles, but it would be better for you to just set up a special tax bureau and put him under Half the power taken away!

Even a pure and good minister like Xia Yuanji who wholeheartedly serves the country and the people would be disappointed!

Zhu Gaoxu smiled casually, But didn't we give compensation to the Ministry of Household Affairs?

The purpose of transferring agricultural tax and salt tax to the Ministry of Revenue is to make up for the loss of power of the Ministry of Revenue!

Zhu Di's eyes lit up and he took a deep look at Zhu Gaoxu.

This treacherous son is really shrewd, and he has figured out the ability to make decisions and then act!

His goal from the beginning was to separate the powers of the Ministry of Household Affairs and establish a tax bureau specifically responsible for collecting commercial taxes.

But if you want to split the power of the Ministry of Household Affairs, how can the civil servants and gentry agree?

So this traitor offered a bargaining chip that the civil servants and gentry could not refuse - salt tax and agricultural tax!

After all, the current tax revenue of the imperial court is mainly supported by salt tax and agricultural tax!

The emperor handed over all the salt tax and agricultural tax to the Ministry of Household Affairs, which was equivalent to directly handing over the power of government to the Ministry of Household Affairs. This was undoubtedly a great victory for those civil servants and gentry who wanted to govern the country and bring peace to the world!

Because they got financial power from the emperor!

Compared with this time, it seems that it is not unacceptable to separate some powers and leave miscellaneous taxes such as commercial taxes to the tax bureau.

After all, although commercial taxes and other miscellaneous taxes have good prospects, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net is far inferior to salt tax and agricultural tax!

But the problem is that the second son, this traitor, completely intends to replace the agricultural tax with commercial tax or even directly cancel the agricultural tax!

In other words, this bastard has dug a hole!

When that day comes, I am afraid that the Ministry of Household Affairs will be completely destroyed!

Second brother, if you do this, how will Hubu get along in the future?

Zhu Di took a deep look at Zhu Gaoxu and sounded dissatisfied.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't take it seriously, The main responsibility of the Ministry of Revenue is to manage the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment, to rest the rivers and roads all over the world, to educate the people, to gradually transform the surrounding restricted areas, and to be responsible for the security and education of the world. Isn't this good?

Besides, if we can really abolish the agricultural tax, although the agricultural tax will be abolished, there will still be a land tax. Of course, this is not for the common people, but for the merchants. The land tax can be handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Well!

Land tax?

Targeting businessmen?

Zhu Di was stunned and didn't quite understand.

“What does a merchant want the land for?”

Scrape the ground!

Zhu Gaoxu replied angrily.

In later generations, merchants paid incredibly high prices for a piece of land, and even violent demolition and other bad phenomena occurred.

However, this is still too early for Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Gaoxu is not prepared to explain too much.

There is another problem. Since the power of the government has been handed over to the Ministry of Revenue, the supervision system must be firmly under control!

After all, it is the nature of those civil servants and gentry to be corrupt, but we cannot let this lead to the creation of a group of corrupt officials!

Zhu Di nodded again.

This decentralization is to better develop Ming Dynasty!

If anyone dares to stretch out his claws at this time, he will chop him into pieces!

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