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

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Xia Yuanji objected.

Zhu Di was not surprised by this!

He knew very well that this old guy was worried about money again.

But what the hell are you feeling sorry for? It’s all my money!

Has Xia Aiqing forgotten that all military expenditures are funded by the royal family and allocated from internal funds?

So no matter how huge the military expenditure is, it has nothing to do with the imperial court. You can just develop your people's livelihood with peace of mind!

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Xia Yuanji was dumbfounded.

Damn it, no wonder I was so kind at the beginning and was waiting for me here!

It turns out that when the royal family handed over its financial power, it was actually a trap, which was to allow the civil servants and gentry to sit back and watch the royal family implement the new military system without finding any reason or excuse to oppose it!

What other reasons could there be?

The royal family supports the army, and the money is provided by others. Why do you object?

The agricultural tax and salt tax are all handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and they are fully used to develop people's livelihood, and they are not spent on soldiers!

For a moment, Xia Yuanji's expression changed slightly. He really couldn't find any reason to object.

But Old Xia Tou didn't give up. He wanted to see why the royal family offered such a generous salary, and where was the royal family's confidence?

Your Majesty, according to this new military system, the annual military expenditure of the military department is probably no less than five million taels of silver. Once a war breaks out, this amount will increase several times, at least tens of millions of taels of silver. May I ask, Your Majesty? How are you going to pay for it?”

I am worried that one day in the future the royal family will no longer be able to afford military expenditures and will ask the court for funding!

Hearing Xia Yuanji's words, Zhu Di not only did not get angry, but a smile appeared on his lips.

This Xia Yuanji is just like him before, he is really poor!

If the second brother hadn't asked Zhu Di to open up the situation, Zhu Di would probably be like Xia Yuanji now.

Ahem, Xia Aiqing, you are also the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and you want to open up the situation!

Xia Yuanji: ???

What?

pattern?

I have no idea?

Are you still attacking me personally?

Bah, what a shame!

Xia Yuanji's face turned livid and he huffed without saying a word.

Zhu Di felt very relieved when he saw this, and explained with a smile: Don't worry, I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. How can I break my promise and get fat?

The royal family is responsible for collecting commercial taxes, mining taxes and other miscellaneous taxes to support the military soldiers. This is a policy that I nodded and agreed to, and naturally I will not break my promise.

And I will also list this as an ancestral motto. Future generations are strictly prohibited from using the national treasury to interfere with people's livelihood, so you can rest your heart in your stomach. The royal family will not ask for a penny from the national treasury.

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji became even more confused.

Seeing Zhu Di's confident look, Lao Xia Tou was really puzzled.

Although commercial taxes are considerable, they are far from enough to cover military expenditures.

So where does the royal family’s confidence come from?

Is it possible that the prince Zhu Gaoxu has discovered another good way to make a fortune?

Xia Yuanji has a deep understanding of Zhu Gaoxu's ability to make money.

If the Ming Dynasty hadn't had such an extra Han prince, its finances would have been in ruins long ago.

Thinking of this, Xia Yuanji couldn't help but asked curiously: Your Majesty, what other way have you found to make money?

Ahem, there is such a way! Zhu Di replied with a smile, The royal family will go to sea with military attachés and ministers. The astonishing profits from maritime trade alone are enough to bear the Ming Dynasty's military expenses.

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji suddenly realized.

That’s it. No wonder the royal family asks for business tax!

They have taken a fancy to the astonishing profits from maritime trade!

All the civil servants and gentry looked at each other, feeling a little aggrieved.

They don't know the astonishing profits of maritime trade.

The former Song Dynasty was poor and weak, but it relied on this maritime trade to support two barbarian fathers for nearly a hundred years. They paid tribute year after year and never stopped. This shows that the benefits of this maritime trade are astonishing!

But the civil servants and gentry were jealous, and the royal family had no intention of taking them to play together!

Without the royal family to lead the way, they themselves could only watch helplessly.

The fleet and shipyards are all controlled by the Ming Dynasty Navy, which is directly affiliated with the royal family and no one has the right to interfere.

With the abolition of the sea ban policy, anyone can go to sea as long as they pay customs duties.

They, the civil servants and gentry, could also form their own fleets to go to sea for trade, but without large ships it would be impossible to sail far away. They could only play in the Daming Sea. How much money could they make?

Only major naval shipyards have the ability to build large ships!

In other words, the royal family has completely monopolized maritime trade through the navy.

With Zheng He's invincible naval escort, this ocean-going trading caravan can go wherever it wants. The profits earned from reselling goods can only be described as unimaginable.

Xia Yuanji took a deep breath and said bravely: Your Majesty, agricultural and salt taxes alone are not enough to develop people's livelihood. Why don't Your Majesty also let me, the Ministry of Revenue, take a share in it...

Thanks to the teachings of Prince Zhu Gaoxu, Xia Yuanji has now become an economist who does not belong to this era. He blurted out various modern vocabulary, which made Zhu Di stunned.

No! Zhu Di shook his head subconsciously, The financial power has been given to your Ministry of Revenue, what else do you want?

The reason why the royal family established an ocean-going trade caravan is also to raise military expenses to support military soldiers, so no one is strictly prohibited from interfering!

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji secretly cursed in his heart.

You bad old man, I believe you!

The guards soldiers will be eliminated and screened, and those who pass the assessment will become the main force of the group army, while those who are eliminated will move to foreign lands overseas to open up territory for the Ming Dynasty!

So the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs must do a good job in this matter, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net must not make any mistakes!

Chen Qia and Xia Yuanji nodded in response.

They all know very well that the new military system adopts the line of elite soldiers, so there are only a lot of guards who will be eliminated!

This group of soldiers will change from military households to farmers and move to places where people are urgently needed for farming, such as Jiaozhi, Yunnan, and the Indochina Peninsula.

According to Xia Yuanji's idea, these soldiers are also native-born people of the Ming Dynasty. If possible, they should not be sent overseas. Anyway, places such as Jiaozhi, Yunnan, and Liaodong are suffering from population shortages. There is also a war in Liaodong. These places are their good interests. place!

With the divine potatoes and sweet potatoes, these people could resume production immediately after migrating there and open up wasteland for the Ming Dynasty.

Well, Zhu Di wanted to expand the territory, while Xia Yuanji wanted to open up the wasteland. There seems to be no difference between the two.

Okay, do you ladies have any other opinions?

Zhu Di spoke a little tiredly, his energy was not as good as before.

Gu Penzi, the imperial censor of the Zuo capital, said bravely, Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can supervise officials all over the world, but this military department...

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the officials changed slightly.

They all wanted to know whether the status of this military department was really transcendent, and even the Metropolitan Procuratorate had no right to supervise them.

Zhu Di gave the answer directly.

The Military Review Department is composed of talented people sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate!

Hearing this, Gu Zuo was overjoyed and immediately bowed to accept the order.

The ministers also breathed a sigh of relief and reluctantly accepted the new military system.

As long as the military generals are still under the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there will be plenty of checks and balances, and we will not be afraid of their dictatorship and chaos in government!

It’s just that all civil servants and gentry know clearly that once the new military system is implemented, military households will become extremely popular in an instant!

The Ming Dynasty is about to usher in an era when warriors rule the country!

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