Speaking of the emperors of the Song and Ming Dynasties, they were actually quite pitiful. The officials under them worked hard to earn money, and when the emperors earned a little money, they would be scolded by these officials who earned money."Fighting for benefits with the people."
In the entire imperial court, the only thing that belonged to the imperial court was salt and iron. However, because the benefits were too great, it was also ruined by the officials. Then came the agricultural tax, which was then destroyed by the land annexation of the gentry.
Then there was the commercial tax. The emperor looked down on commerce, so he couldn't see that the commercial tax was the biggest source of income in the future. It was dozens or hundreds of times more than the agricultural tax. However, the emperor didn't know, and the officials knew but wouldn't say it because they had a fixed interest.
When the emperor realized that there were a lot of commercial taxes, he was jealous and wanted to levy taxes. In the end, those officials strongly opposed it, and the reason was still-" fighting for benefits with the people."
It could be said that in the middle and later stages of feudal society, when business was on the rise, officials began to fight against the emperor because of interests.
The emperor's fate was that he had to pay very little tax every year, and then he had to support a large number of people in the country, such as officials, dignitaries, and the army. In the end, the national treasury was empty. If it wasn't for the occasional looting, they probably wouldn't have been able to endure it.
It was not easy to be an emperor. Even if he wanted to be diligent in government affairs and love the people, he would be held back by the entire civil service group. This was like a person who had fallen into a quagmire. It was very difficult to struggle.
In the end, the history books would give the emperor an evaluation: "Although this emperor is very diligent, it's useless.”
(The Emperor's face was full of tears.）
In the Ming Dynasty, Yan Song actually had a way to fill the national treasury, and that was to open the sea ban!
This was a great weapon for amassing wealth. The Wei Nation was the source of silver, and there was also the huge overseas wealth brought by the Great Voyage Era, as well as the huge amount of silver traded with Europe.
Once the ban was lifted, the national treasury would be filled with gold and silver in a few years.
Moreover, Yan Song had already found a loophole in the maritime ban, and he was 100% confident that he could persuade the entire court to lift the ban.
However, Yan Song didn't want to throw it out now, because Yan Song's team hadn't been formed yet. After the ban was lifted, the benefits would only be taken away by other forces, especially the Zhejiang Party, Chu Party, and Donglin Party in the coastal areas.
Therefore, Yan Song could only use another method to meet the Emperor's needs.
Earth! Earth! Wealth! Zheng!
In the future, local governments would auction off land, obtain funds, obtain GDP, and obtain prosperity. Then, a lot of poor people would start to become mortgage slaves, and they would be happy to do so because no one else could.
Unfortunately, Big Ming didn't have this kind of operation mode, or else he wouldn't be so poor.
……
After inspecting the outer city, Yan Song returned to the Yan Manor and began to write a plan.
At this moment, the system suddenly sounded a notification.
"Ding…mission generating…"
"Ding…Capital Outer City Construction Plan (First Step): Complete the plan and convince the emperor, the officials, and the nobles to support the construction of the outer city. Upon completion of the mission, you will receive a special gift bag X1 and 50000 points.”
Yan Song was delighted.
As expected, how could the system miss this plan? Last time, the " Beauty Hunting Case " could trigger the system mission. This time, the matter was so big that it was impossible that he could not trigger the mission.
"A reward of 50,000 points. It's indeed a big mission…However, what's this special gift bag?”
Yan Song felt that it would be better to exchange the special gift bag for 50,000 points. He urgently needed to get more talents to establish his own force and break this deadlock without a foundation.
……
For three consecutive days, Yan Song stayed in the residence and wrote the plan all night. Although it was only a rough outline, it was still a long and lengthy plan. He made some changes and made some changes before it was completed three days later. It saved him the core benefits and prevented others from discovering it. This was for himself.
After writing, Yan Song did not bother to wash up and went straight to the palace to show his determination to work hard.
When he heard that Yan Song wanted to see him, Jiajing even postponed his cultivation and actively received Yan Song.
"Your Majesty, I didn't fail you!" Yan Song pretended to be miserable.
When Jia Jing saw Yan Song's unkempt appearance and bloodshot eyes, he was shocked.
"My dear minister, this is…"
"I thought of a good idea. I haven't slept for three days and finally have a plan!”Yan Song forced out tears of excitement.
" I didn't expect my beloved minister to actually…" Jiajing couldn't help but feel a little touched. He quickly called Huang Jin," Hurry up and prepare hot porridge and ginseng soup for my beloved minister immediately. Prepare a blanket as well."”
Huang Jin was actually shocked as well. He didn't expect Yan Song to work so hard. That haggard look couldn't be faked.
"My dear minister, why don't you take a rest first and report back?”Jiajing was actually acting out of character, actually caring about Yan Song, and not his silver.
"Your Majesty, I can still hold on.”Yan Song naturally knew that the more miserable it was, the better it would be for him to obtain greater benefits.
"Alright, you go first. If you can't hold on any longer, you can sleep in the royal study first.”Jiajing Road.
Gulp ~~
Huang Jin, who was beside him, was so shocked that he collapsed.
Sleeping in the royal study, how great of a grace was this!
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty! I have no way to repay you. My method is to open up new sources of income and find a way to make money.”
"Oh? A way to make money?" Jiajing was suddenly interested.”
"This lowly official's method is in the outer city. There is a large amount of silver there waiting for us to pick it up."”
"A large amount of silver to pick up? Such a good thing?" If it was an ordinary official, Jiajing would probably have directly sentenced this fool who made him happy to death. However, Yan Song's ability had always been strong, so Jiajing felt that Yan Song definitely had a way, so his appetite was hanging high, and his eyes were shining.
"Tell me quickly, dear minister."
Yan Song: " As far as I know, Chengzu only built the Imperial City and the inner city due to the declining population and financial difficulties. He did not build the outer city.”
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