Zhu Biao immediately sat up straight and was even more serious than when he was in the prince's academy.
He really wanted to know how the business tax and the country's subjugation could be related.
Su Yang, on the other hand, looked like he had nothing to live for. It was obvious that he took Zhu Biao's words about Zhu Yuanzhang lowering the business tax seriously.
"Boss Huang, do you know how Great Ming collects the agricultural tax?”
As the Crown Prince, he was most familiar with Zhu Biao.
Without thinking, he said," Now we have a two-tax system. Every August, we collect the summer tax, and the second month after the autumn harvest, we collect the autumn grain tax. The tax is paid in grains.”
Su Yang nodded.
"Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't tell anyone about this theory because it's my unique technique.”
"My plan is to pass it on to my sons and daughters in the future. If others want to hear it, they have to pay the price.”
"But Boss Huang is a big customer, so I'll show you for free today.”
As Su Yang spoke, he took out a pile of copper coins from his purse and scattered them on the table.
Zhu Biao's eyelids twitched when he saw the copper coin.
The scene of Zhu Yuanzhang explaining Su Yang's theory of the two copper coins to him last night appeared in his mind again.
He thought that Su Yang would have something new.
Unexpectedly, it was copper coins again!
"Boss Su, what do you mean?" Zhu Biao pointed at the copper coins on the table and pretended to be confused.
She thought that Su Yang would use a few more metaphor.
Unexpectedly, he pushed the copper coins to Zhu Biao with the ruler.
"Since I'm bored, I'll play a game with Boss Huang.”
Playing games?
Zhu Biao was dumbfounded. What kind of game could a bunch of copper wires play?
Before he could ask, Su Yang said,"The name of this game is 'Today You're the Emperor'!”
I'm the emperor today?
It was undeniable that Zhu Biao's blood began to boil when he heard this!
It was the desire for imperial power in his bones.
It was an uncontrollable throbbing in the depths of his soul!
Although he was the Crown Prince and the future Emperor, he was not the Emperor yet!
The difference between the Crown Prince and the real monarch was not just one position.
Now, when Su Yang said that he would let Zhu Biao be the emperor for a day, he immediately stood up excitedly.
"Boss Su, how can you say such things?!”
Zhu Biao's trusted aide was also sweating profusely.
She couldn't help but exclaim in her heart that Su Yang was awesome!
In front of the current Crown Prince, he said that he would let him be the Emperor for a day.
What kind of suicidal behavior was this?
However, Su Yang looked indifferent." Don't be so agitated, Boss Huang. I'm letting you be the emperor for a day. It's a simulation class, not real!”
"This throne doesn't belong to my family, nor does it belong to your family. If I say who can take it, who can really take it?”
Zhu Biao's trusted aide twitched his lips and glanced at Zhu Biao.
He sighed in his heart,[Needless to say, this throne really belongs to Zhu Biao's family!]
Zhu Biao tried his best to calm himself down. At this moment, he suddenly felt a little sympathy for Zhu Yuanzhang.
Father, this son-in-law of yours isn't just 'filial' at all!
It's not that you want to subjugate the country, but you want to give your son the throne for a day.
This was really…
Zhu Biao couldn't think of any other adjectives!
Su Yang didn't care about Zhu Biao and his trusted aide's daze. He urged,"Boss Huang, are you going to be the boss or not? If not, I will!"
Zhu Biao was so scared that he quickly took the copper coins to his side.
He thought to himself,'Let me do it. I'm the Crown Prince after all, and I have some connections with the Emperor. You're just a live-in son-in-law. It's really…unrelated!'
Seeing that Zhu Biao had taken the copper coins away, Su Yang did not waste any time.
"This is your tax for the next year as the emperor.”
"Right now, the composition of Great Ming's tax revenue, not to be precise, is 70% for agriculture and 30% for the rest.”
"According to the total amount of taxes collected in previous years, as the emperor, you should receive about 20 million taels of silver next year!”
Hearing this number, Zhu Biao glanced at Su Yang.
In this era, there was no such thing as an annual government financial report.
Other than the scholar-bureaucrats in the court who cared about these data, the ordinary people had no way to understand them!
Information blockage was a common problem in ancient times.
However, Su Yang was able to use these data at will, which made Zhu Biao feel shocked.
He did not understand where Su Yang's information came from.
"20 million is actually not a small amount. Even if 30% of it is business tax, that means that you, the emperor, only collect 6 million taels of silver from merchants in a year!”
"This is your income. It's in your hands without any losses. Now, we're going to start spending money!”
As Su Yang spoke, he tapped his finger on the table.
"As the emperor, you must first give your little brother a salary. Let me give you an example.”
"During the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, there were only 7,500 provincial officials! There were more than 18,800 civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty! The Great Song had a huge number of officials, reaching 34,000!”
"Just by looking at the progression of the dynasty, you can see that the more the dynasty advances, the more officials there will be. This is an inevitable law of the development of the dynasty.”
"Boss Huang, do you know how many officials there are in the imperial court in the eleventh year of Hongwu?”
This question made Zhu Biao break out in cold sweat.
The Song Dynasty was full of redundant officials, which was criticized by historians.
Zhu Biao studied history books and theories, so he didn't care much about how inflated the officials of the Song Dynasty were.
Now that he heard it, there were only 34,000 people!
As the Crown Prince, Zhu Biao was naturally very clear about the situation of the officials of Great Ming.
Not counting the civil officials, just the military officials, there were now more than twenty-eight thousand people in Great Ming!
This was almost comparable to the Great Song at its peak!
Zhu Biao's heart was beating very fast. He was keenly aware that just being an official could become the straw that would drag down Great Ming in the future.
Now that the Ming Dynasty was the founding emperor, there were many things waiting to be done. Everything had just begun.
When society became more stable, there would only be more and more officials!
Zhu Biao knew the data very well, but he was a businessman now, so he could only shake his head to show that he didn't know.
"Boss Su, you must be joking. I'm just a merchant, how would I know the number of officials in Great Ming?”
Su Yang didn't keep her in suspense. Instead, he said directly,"Right now, the total number of Great Ming officials is close to 40,000! It had already surpassed the Great Song at its peak.”
"According to my calculations, only eight generations of emperors would be enough to reach the number of 100,000 officials. The salary required would be 10 million!”
"In other words, according to the current tax standards, just the salary you give to your underling will consume half of the national tax revenue!”
"Of course, you only have 40,000 followers now, so you only need to give me 4 million.”
Su Yang said as he extended his hand to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao was a little confused and didn't know what he meant.
Su Yang was a little impatient and took four coins from Zhu Biao's pile!
For some reason, it was just a copper coin.
However, when Su Yang took it away like this, Zhu Biao felt an inexplicable pain in his heart.
At this moment, he had completely taken on the role of the emperor!
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