Zhu Qiyu woke up, full of energy.
He had the Son of Heaven Seal Technique, so no matter how tired he was, he could recover in an instant.
Zhu Qiyu heard the eunuch's report and knew that the Empress Dowager had already rewarded Ruoran.
Therefore, he focused his attention on reading the memorial today.
There were many memorials, and there were many matters in the Ming Dynasty. Anything that the cabinet felt was necessary would be presented to the Emperor.
In order to prevent the cabinet from intercepting important information, the East Chamber, West Chamber, and Jinyiwei all had the power to pass the memorial to the emperor directly.
The first memorial Zhu Qiyu flipped through was from the Minister of War, Junior Guardian Yu Qian.
The memorial reported that the grassland within 500 kilometers had stabilized and the herdsmen had returned.
The royal power and dignity of the Ming Dynasty had already been established among the thousands of herdsmen. Even if the Golden Tent returned, it would be difficult to shake the Ming Dynasty's rule.
However, even though Great Ming had control, they still lacked an impregnable pass and border guards.
It was not that the Great Ming was afraid of the invasion of the Western Regions, but that the Western Regions were afraid of the Great Ming!
As long as the border is not established, the Western Regions will not be stable.
These few days, the various countries of the Western Regions were very uneasy and sent envoys to probe the Great Ming.
"Ignore it."
Zhu Qiyu instructed.
"The countries of the Western Regions are all vassal states of my Ming Dynasty. If they don't have any intentions of rebellion, why would they feel uneasy?”
Zhu Qiyu flipped through the next memorial.
This was a memorial from the Divine Arms Battalion.
The Divine Arms Battalion was a firearms battalion. Although it was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, it had always had its own research power.
However, due to the lack of funding, the research had never been fast.
"Order the Ministry of Works to do their best to assist."
Zhu Qiyu instructed.
"Allocate another one million taels of silver for research. If the research is not completed by the time the Ming Navy is reorganized, the commander of the Divine Arms Battalion will be killed.”
Zhu Qiyu flipped through the next memorial.
This was a memorial from the Chief Minister of the Cabinet, Wang Zhi.
It stated clearly that after the tax reform, there were some drawbacks in the court and the people, and they needed the emperor to make a decision.
First, after the tax was collected, the tax would be transferred.
In layman's terms, the wealthy families were originally subject to high taxes, but they directly transferred the taxes calculated according to the land to the tenant farmers who contracted the land to work.
In this way, the taxes that the farmers received would be even higher!
Secondly, the business tax was too heavy, and too much gold and silver were collected.
The merchants were suffering.
Because of the high taxes, the price of goods rose, which in turn affected the scarcity of silver.
In the end, all the gold and silver were taken into the national treasury. Without silver, the circulation of goods would be affected, and there was a possibility of the collapse of commerce.
Zhu Qiyu finished reading the memorial.
"Xuan Wang has come to see me!"
Soon, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Wang Zhi, jogged over.
He was panting and sweating profusely.
"Your Majesty, the matter I mentioned in the memorial has made me lose my appetite…"
Wang Zhi's face was filled with worry.
"I've already discussed this matter with the scholars of the cabinet and my colleagues from the Ministry of Revenue, but none of them have come up with an idea.”
How serious was this matter?
The results of the tax reform were extremely huge. Wang Zhi would definitely not change the tax reform.
However, the drawbacks of the new tax system were also right in front of him.
If they couldn't solve it in a short period of time, business would collapse and the world would be in chaos.
At that time, a whip technique would only exist in name.
Even Wang Zhi, a staunch and steady old official, was extremely anxious, repeating day and night.
"What are you panicking for?"
Zhu Qiyu said lightly.
"These two problems are easy to solve!”
Wang Li was shocked.
His Majesty actually had a solution?
"The first question is still the same old rules and methods. Send people to investigate one by one. I think the East Chamber has been too murderous and is not suitable for this. Send the Jinyiwei to investigate every three months. If they find anything, the land will be confiscated and returned to the state.”
"Don't worry about taking it back. After it's nationalized, it will still be rented to the tenant farmers. If the landlords of these places want to transfer it, then completely transfer it and let them have some leisure.”
"The second question is also very simple.”
"If silver is piled up in the national treasury, what use is it?”
"It's just some useless metal.”
"It can only take effect if it is released to the people.”
"Therefore, we need to carry out projects such as the construction of the navy to flow the silver to the craftsmen and return it to the people.”
"Then, I want you to communicate with the Ministry of Revenue to prepare for the Ming Bank.”
Zhu Qiyu looked at Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi racked his brains and kept remembering what the Emperor had said.
Zhu Qiyu tapped the jade table lightly.
He had long known in his heart that everything was clear.
"This Daming Bank is like a second treasury. It stored silver that was not needed by the court. Merchants, craftsmen, farmers…could borrow silver from the bank with their household registration. The interest rate was extremely low.”
"And if they have silver, they can deposit it in the bank and use their household registration to protect the principal and interest. In a year, the income will be one in a thousand.”
"This bank has branches all over the world.”
"In this way, the people will always have silver in their hands, and the Ming Dynasty's treasury will never lack silver.”
"This bank can also change the interest rate and regulate the market.”
"The world market will stabilize.”
"Of course, all of this will be in the hands of the Imperial Court. The Ministry of Revenue will handle this matter.”
Wang Zhi had been personally overseeing the tax reform.
He had a deep understanding of the workings of the tax system.
Hearing Zhu Qiyu's words, it was as if he had been struck by lightning, and the clouds suddenly dispersed.
Realization dawned on him.
"Your Majesty is really wise! Such a wonderful plan to control the country in the palm of one's hand was something that only a True Sage Son of Heaven could do!”
Wang Zhi knelt down.
This was not Cao Zhengchun's flattery and flattery, but his words came from the bottom of his heart!
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