"I know that Dongchang and Jinyiwei are short of manpower, but this matter must be done now."
Zhu Cihong paused and continued: "I don't care what method you use, you must find out the properties of Nanjing officials within ten days."
Zhu Cixiang was not Chongzhen.
Of course he knew that the pillars of these countries were extremely wealthy and could rival the country.
When Emperor Chongzhen called on the officials in the capital to donate silver to help the army, these important ministers began to cry for poverty in the palace one by one.
The one who took the lead in crying about poverty was Zhu Cixiang's cheap grandfather Zhou Kui.
This man was originally just a fortune teller on the street.
Because his daughter was elected to Prince Xin's palace, he later became a queen and became a prosperous person.
He was granted the title of Jiadingbo.
It can be said that everything Zhou Kui had was given by the emperor.
But not only did this guy not want to repay his kindness, he was still thinking about his personal wealth when the intruders came to the city.
Chongzhen sent eunuch Xu Gao to Zhou Kui's house, hoping that Zhou Kui could donate more and take the lead.
But Zhou Kui cried out about poverty as soon as he came up and said that he could only donate 10,000 taels of silver at most.
Later, Empress Zhou couldn't stand it any longer, so she took out the five thousand taels of silver she had saved and asked her father to donate it as well.
The funny thing is that Zhou Kui took the money and did not donate it in full.
Instead, he deducted two thousand taels and donated three thousand taels of them.
This is true for the abbot, and one can imagine the situation of the other courtiers.
Wei Zaode, the chief minister of the cabinet, only donated a mere 500 taels, and the eunuch Wang Zhixin only donated 10,000 taels.
Of course Zhu Cixiang knew what these people were thinking.
They think that the world belongs to the Zhu family anyway, why should we donate money for the throne of your Zhu family?
Unfortunately, these people still miscalculated.
After the city of Beijing was destroyed, Li Zicheng began to pursue the stolen goods in the city, including Wei Zaode and other ministers of the Ming Dynasty who were pursuing the stolen goods.
Dozens or even millions of taels of silver were found in the homes of these officials.
They refused to donate money to pay for the Ming army, but in the end they took advantage of the intruders and ended up with their lives confiscated.
It was really ironic.
It was precisely because Zhu Cihong knew these inside stories that he was going to ask Jin Yiwei and Dongchang to check the properties of these officials.
Legal property is naturally protected, but they must spit out all the proceeds from corruption.
Zhu Cixiang was not Chongzhen and would not be deceived by these officials.
"Your Majesty, don't worry.
I will definitely check the assets of these officials on time."
Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin said together.
"In addition, I want you to do something else.
I am going to collect mining taxes in various places in Ming Dynasty."
Seeing that the two were not surprised, Zhu Cixiang continued: "When Shenzong sent eunuchs to collect taxes from gold and copper mines, they were opposed by the courtiers.
Their reason was that the emperor should not compete with the people for profit.
At first glance, it sounded reasonable.
But why did Shenzong ignore the objections of his ministers and collect mining taxes?"
Zhu Cixiang did not wait for the two people to answer, and said to himself: "Because the court has no money.
Emperor Taizu set the ancestral system, thirty tax one.
Whether it is land tax or business tax, this amount is the same.
If the land is controlled by It’s just in the hands of ordinary people, but in the nearly three hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all the land has been annexed by those scholars.
Nine out of ten lands in the world are concentrated in the hands of these people.
Sometimes I wonder who belongs to this world. " At this point, Zhu Cixiang let out a long sigh.
As an expert on the history of the previous Ming Dynasty, he certainly understood what the problems of the Ming Dynasty were.
The land issue is definitely the most critical issue.
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In order to avoid taxation, ordinary people donated their land to the names of famous scholars.
Over time, they all became sharecroppers.
If they were fine in a good year, they would probably have to sell their wives and children in a bad year.
Of course, this problem is aggravated by the whipping method.
The imposition of silver taels in lieu of grain levies resulted in the central court's granary being depleted of grain.
In times of famine, profiteers hoarded goods and raised the price of grain to a very high level.
Even if the court wanted to buy grain for relief, it was unable to do so.
This led to widespread peasant uprisings in the late Ming Dynasty.
"My slave, I deserve to die."
Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin both buried their heads.
The Lord humiliated his ministers and died.
Since the emperor said such words, all they could do now was to kneel on the ground and take the initiative to plead guilty.
"The fault is not yours."
Zhu Cixiang shook his head and said: "I can't touch the land tax now, so I can only make changes to the commercial tax first.
Collecting the mining tax is only the first step, and then we have to integrate various miscellaneous taxes.
According to Ladder Syndrome.
I call it Ladder Tax."
"Your Majesty, how do you collect this stepped tax?"
Liu Chuanzong obviously had no idea about this term and asked sarcastically.
"It's simple, the higher your income, the higher the tax you pay.
The poor pay less or no tax, and the rich pay more."
Zhu Cixiang’s original idea was to promote tiered taxes in various industries across the country, but it seems that this is not feasible now.
At least the land tax cannot be collected in this way, otherwise the entire Jinshen Group would be able to eat up Zhu Cixiang without the Manchus going south.
In order to do this, he must wait until Zhu Cihong has gained absolute power and firmly controlled the army.
Now he can only operate on the merchant first.
"The poor pay less taxes, and the rich pay more taxes.
Your Majesty is wise."
Liu Chuanzong's words were not completely flattering, but rather inspired.
In the current Ming Dynasty, the rich pay less or no taxes, and heavy taxes fall completely on the poor people.
If the emperor can really change this situation, then Ming Dynasty has full hope of reviving.
"I will still discuss this matter with you, but before that, I hope you will get the asset details of the courtiers."
Zhu Cixiang said it so clearly that Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin naturally no longer had any doubts.
It seems that His Majesty wants to use this to threaten the ministers in the court and make deals with them.
At least the ministers will not object when His Majesty decrees the reform of commercial taxation.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, my lord, I will definitely handle this job well."
"Well, back off."
Zhu Cixiang waved his hand and said a little tiredly.
Capital.
Dorgon was sitting on the dragon chair in the Huangji Hall, overlooking the Eight Banners leader in the hall.
Since Huang Taiji's death, he has thought about replacing him countless times.
But the reaction within the Eight Banners was very strong.
Especially the two yellow flags, they insisted on honoring Huang Taiji's son as emperor.
Although the two red flags and the two blue flags are not hostile to him, it is absolutely impossible for them to support him in ascending to the throne of God.
Dorgon would certainly not be able to convince the public simply by relying on the support of the two white flags.
If he insists on ascending the throne, it will definitely cause internal strife within the Eight Banners, causing a great loss in the strength of the Eight Banners in Manchuria.
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This is what Dorgon doesn't want to see.
So he finally accepted the compromise and became the regent, supporting Fulin to ascend the throne of the Qing emperor.
Dorgon continued to pursue Huang Taiji's policy, wooing various Mongolian ministries and suppressing North Korea.
In his opinion, the confrontation with the Ming Dynasty will continue for at least several decades.
Unexpectedly, there were internal problems in the Ming Dynasty.
Li Zicheng conquered Beijing and Chongzhen hanged himself in Meishan.
After Wu Sangui surrendered and rebelled again, Li Zicheng commanded Shanhaiguan.
Wu Sangui had no choice but to ask for help from the Qing Dynasty.
Dorgon took the opportunity to lead the Eight Banners into the pass and took advantage of the situation to enter Beijing and take over the forces of Jifu and Henan in the Ming Dynasty.
It all happened so fast, it was almost like a dream. s: Thanks to the Eight Treasure Porridge Scout for the 500-coin reward: