"The emperor has arrived!"
Hua Xirui shouted towards the court, and the courtiers were a little puzzled, this favorite of the emperor's cronies, wasn't his voice ethereal and long in the past, why was he so tired today.
Hua Xirui not only had a tired voice today, but even a very tired expression, which had never happened before.
At the beginning of last night, Hua Xirui could only feel a pain to the bone, but soon after, Hua Xirui swept through her body with a different kind of pleasure, and this pleasure coupled with her love for Zhu Yunwen made Hua Xirui come many times in one night.
The ministers put away their doubts, they knelt down and saluted, and Zhu Yunwen also walked out from behind the scenes.
Zhu Yunwen is also a little difficult today, no matter how strong he is, he is not an iron man, this night, it is Li Shanshan and her little palace maid, and it is Hua Xirui, no one can bear it.
Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon chair, he supported his head with one hand, and said lazily, "If you have something, let's talk about it." ” Li Da glanced at Xu Zuhui not far away, and he came out and asked, "The emperor looks bad, is he sick?"
"It's fitting that the abbot asks this question.
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand, "It's okay, don't talk about the harem." ” Zhu Yunwen's sentence is equivalent to saying everything that should be said, Li Da smiled ambiguously, "State affairs are hard, and the emperor should pay attention to his body." ” "Got it."
Zhu Yunwen snorted, "Say, what are you talking about today?"
” Li Da hugged his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the Hubu Shangshu is infected with the wind and cold and can't leave the bed, today the ministers are still playing the Hubu Shangshu, and yesterday the Gonggong Li in the palace held the emperor's seal letter and said that agricultural taxes will be reduced in the next five years, Your Majesty, can there be such a thing?"
” "Yes."
Li Da muttered, "Your Majesty, the new emperor has been exempted from taxes for three years since he ascended the throne, and after three years, taxes have been reduced for five years. ” "It's okay, that's exactly what I'm going to say today."
Zhu Yunwen cheered up, he sat up straight and said, "The first emperor cut the Yuan, the people's lives, the country's finances have reached the verge of collapse, I do this, but also to rest with the people, the people can have a rich life, the country can be stable, the same way, agricultural taxes will be reduced, and the appearance of commercial taxes will increase." ” Li Da, as the first person to be a civil servant, had already heard that the British envoy Richard had come to Daming to discuss foreign trade, but he still frowned and said, "Your Majesty, agriculture is the main industry, and commerce is the last industry. ” Sitting behind the curtain, Chang Qingyu's heart tightened, this is what she is most worried about, once Zhu Yunwen proposes to increase foreign trade, Wenchen will definitely oppose it, and this has become the default system of the ruling class.
Zhu Yunwen said with a smile, "Guozhang is more worried, it is precisely because of the consideration of the end of agriculture and commerce that I came up with a way to increase foreign trade and increase taxes, Zhongqing thinks about it, businessmen seek profits, instead of letting them pile up their wealth at home, it is better for the state to expand taxes and return these wealth to the treasury, as for agriculture, with these eight years of rest, agriculture can also be more prosperous, and agriculture and commerce will become more solid." ” "Then how does the emperor plan to trade?
The switch half a year ago has doubled my Ming Dynasty's maritime trade taxes.
Li Da asked a question that many people want to ask.
"I have already consulted with the British envoys."
Zhu Yunwen said loudly, "There are two specifics, first, change the form of taxation, and pay taxes based on quality, rather than quantity, for example, West Lake Longjing tea, we can collect more than ordinary tea, and the British envoys are also in favor of us collecting 20% of the profits, and second, you may not know, Britain is a sea country, and their navy is far more powerful than the land arms, so Britain's warships are very powerful, and they also agreed to provide ten warships and 300 firearms for our Ming Dynasty every year to consolidate coastal defense." ” These ten warships really attracted the ministers, even the civil ministers who did not fight were very excited, the warships built by the Ming Dynasty themselves, the humble ones cost 200,000 taels, ten ships this year, but it was enough to help them reduce the silver by two million, not to mention three hundred firearms.
"The British envoys have come with sincerity, and I hope that the ministers will treat them with sincerity."
Zhu Yunwen chuckled, "Expanding maritime trade, with the people and the country, is a great thing, the national abbot also said just now, after the switch, our tax income is double the previous one, this is only half a year, if we increase trade with Britain, or even the West, we can increase the tax by five times, or even ten times." ” Zhu Yunming confessed, the change of the thinking of the last generation of agriculture and commerce also took nearly a hundred years, in the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to change their views all at once, and although the end of agriculture and commerce is not good, it can stabilize the power of the ruler, Zhu Yunwen also needs to consider for future generations, so he does not plan to abolish the end of agriculture and commerce at all, but just change the method to improve commercial trade.
"The minister has no objections."
This time, the issue was over peacefully, and Zhu Yunwen and the ministers got the answers they wanted.
"The ministers have no objections."
Li Da pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty, this time the minister is playing as a secretary of the ministry, and the minister received an appointment from the emperor a few days ago, and transferred the folk Jiang Kai and Yang Lian to Xi'an as officials, the emperor, whether this promotion is too fast, the minister is afraid that the local officials in Xi'an will not be convinced."
Li Da is also a pertinent statement, he has no relatives and friends in Xi'an, so the first thing to take care of is of course Zhu Yunwen's interests.
"Tune, it's going to be fine."
Zhu Yunwen squinted and said, "General Lanyu is still in Xi'an." ” Zhu Yunwen didn't know how to make it clear, Li Da was suddenly, no wonder the emperor didn't transfer Lan Yu back for so long, it turned out to be like this.
After the matter on the civil official's side was over, Xu Zuhui clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the Liaodong Expedition has ended, and the minister plans to take command at the end of the month, and he also asks the emperor to go to the martial arts field to order generals." ” Zhu Yunwen calculated, there were still a few days before the end of the month, he smiled and said, "I will go, and I will also wait for General Xu's triumphant return in Yingtian." ” "Emperor Xie!"
Xu Zuhui saluted, "The minister will live up to his mission." ” Chang Sheng said, "Your Majesty, my nephew Chang Lin, who is often in the army, now hopes to be able to go to Goryeo with General Xu, and I ask the emperor for permission!"
” Zhu Yunwen raised his eyebrows and said, "I know that Chang Lin has just finished his marriage, so he will go out with General Xu, isn't it not good." ” Chang Sheng said a little embarrassed, "Chang Lin Zhi is in the army, he doesn't value the private relationship between men and women, and asks the emperor for permission, yesterday's shrew Zhou, the minister has also been demoted to a concubine." ” Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and said, "Okay, since he wants to do so, I can't keep him, so let him go with General Xu." ” "Emperor Xie!"