And it was obvious that Empress Dowager Du sent Du Ruyue into the palace for the position of Empress.
Zhu Zaihou left Cining Palace and left Du Ruyue with Empress Dowager Du. He returned to Yangxin Palace Hall.
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Inside Yangxin Hall, the memorials submitted by the cabinet had already piled up into a pile.
This was sent by Zhang Juzheng, reporting on the latest silver in the Great Ming national treasury.
At this moment, the national treasury was no longer the 800,000 taels ten days ago, but as much as 46 million taels!
The vast majority of them were obtained from this G Storm.
Looking at this memorial, Zhu Zaihou was both happy and worried.
The good news was that the financial problem had finally been greatly alleviated!
What worried him was that the empire's treasury could not always rely on anti-corruption to increase its income.
Anti-corruption fund-raising was only a temporary measure.
To increase revenue, he had to reform the tax system.
At this time, there were 35.65 million households in the Ming Empire, with a total population of about 83 million.
The household register only recorded the head of the household, and the same was true for taxes.
Under the national policy of valuing agriculture and despising commerce, the Ming Empire's agricultural tax rate was terrifyingly high.
However, the business tax was so low that it made one's hair stand on end.
The Ming Empire had a lot of cultivable land.
Zhu Zaihou had been a university student in the History Department before he transmigrated, so he knew very well about the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.
Not only did the vassal kings have a large amount of fertile land, but they could also receive silver from the court every month.
There were still 555 vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty.
There were also the fertile fields that the descendants of those meritorious officials had been rewarded by generations of emperors... countless.
The titles of these people were passed down from generation to generation.
In Zhu Zaihou's eyes, these people were the rats of the empire!
There were tens of thousands of Great Rats!
During the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, he set up the Department of Foreign Trade and opened a few ports to the public. The profits were very limited.
At the end of the book, Zhu Zaihou's brows were tightly furrowed, and there was a burning anger in his eyes!
Not only did these rats not have to pay taxes, but they also had to withdraw a considerable amount of silver from the court every year.
Other than these great rats, there were also great aristocrats and great landowners. They also paid taxes according to their household registration.
They did not have to pay taxes, but the starving farmers had to pay heavy taxes.
This can be tolerated, but what can't be tolerated!
"Pa!"
Zhu Zaihou slapped the table.
The palace maids and eunuchs in Yangxin Palace Hall were all trembling in fear!
"If you don't make a move, my empire will be destroyed by you rats!”
Zhu Zaihou's killing intent rose.
He would never allow his country to be ruined by these rats!
He did not dare to slack off at all when it came to the emperor's orders.
They didn't dare to go against the wind and commit crimes of corruption.
Under high pressure, who would dare to commit a crime?
As a special imperial envoy, Zhang Juzheng had been looking for corrupt officials everywhere these days.
As long as he found some clues, he would follow them.
Be it the nobles or the first-class officials.
They would all be locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Justice and await the little Emperor's judgment.
All of a sudden, the efficiency of the various government offices in the empire increased.
All kinds of decrees were issued through the cabinet, and the government was smooth and harmonious.
It was during this period of time that Zhang Juzheng was heavily criticized.
The nickname Butcher Zhang quietly rose in the officialdom of the capital.
It was all because the G Storm was orchestrated by Zhu Zaihou.
Zhang Juzheng was responsible for the specific implementation, throwing corrupt officials into prison and seizing huge family assets.
Actually, as the Seal Eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor, Lu Fang had also contributed greatly this time.
Without the full cooperation of the Eastern and Western Factories and the Jinyiwei, the G Storm would probably be greatly reduced.
Therefore, Zhu Zaihou was able to act decisively against the Yan Party.
With the assistance of the Eastern and Western Depots and the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Zhu Zaihou had long since taken care of the Imperial Guards and the three battalions.
An organization like the East and West Chambers was not evil in itself. It only depended on the ability of the person who used it.
Without a doubt, Zhu Houxi was very skilled in using it!
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In Yangxin Palace Hall.
Zhu Zaihou was thinking about how to carry out the land reform, or reform.
He thought of Zhang Juzheng's " One Whip Law " and Yongzheng's " Paving Ding into Mu ".
The latter even copied Zhang Juzheng's homework.
In fact, these two methods were similar. They would no longer collect taxes according to household registration, but according to land.
Taxes were collected according to the number of fields in the empire. This way, it would be difficult for those rats to evade taxes.
Moreover, the income of the national treasury would be very stable in the future.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The eunuch bowed and walked out quickly.
As Yan Shifan was detained in Zhao Prison, Yan Song had already fallen ill.
Zhu Zaihou was not in a hurry to remove Yan Song's position.
After Yan Shifan's case was investigated, it was time to lay the cards on the table.
The current cabinet was actually Xu Jie who was in charge of the daily affairs of the empire.
After a while, Xu Jie learned that the emperor summoned him and hurried into the palace.
"This lowly official greets the emperor, the emperor, long live!”
"Rise.
After Zhu Houxi finished speaking, he threw an imperial edict to Xu Jie.
Xu Jie carefully opened it and saw the imperial edict:
"Minister Xu, I order you to immediately begin measuring the land under heaven. The vassal kings, Yan Party, and the Great Scholar Clan are the most important!”
After reading it, Xu Jie's blood surged and he immediately understood the Emperor's meaning.
The little Emperor was preparing for a powerful fall!
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