If Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhu Yu thought he was cute, his mouth would twitch and his heart would churn.
In the eyes of others, he was an old dragon that could devour people at any time. He was very terrifying.
In your eyes, am I a cute old dragon?
Although he did not know what Zhu Yu was thinking at the moment, the way this kid looked at him was not right. It made him feel very uncomfortable, as if he had guessed his thoughts.
"What are you looking at? Look, two strands of hair have turned white.”
Zhu Yuanzhang tilted his head and pointed at his white hair.
"Please let the white-haired man stop first." Zhu Yu had a helpless look on her face as she complained,"I'm not going to let you go.""The Emperor is so anxious about this matter that he can't do anything about it. He can't wait for our Great Ming Dynasty to produce a few more corrupt officials for him to slaughter.”
"What about you? After you came back, you didn't think about eating or drinking. You just wanted to mess with your son."
Then, he sighed." We all know that this is difficult. How can it not be difficult to make money?"”
Seeing him like this, Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth twitched.
He couldn't help but complain,"You kid just earned more than 20,000 taels of silver. You're even richer than the Ministry of Revenue!"”
"How can this be the same? Old Master, I worked hard day and night to earn this.”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned green and white. After a long time, he said,"Bullshit!"
Zhu Yu smiled awkwardly. This wave of money she made was really the kind of luck.
Then, he seemed to have thought of something and said,"Old Master, there's a way."
"Hmm? Tell me and I'll listen."
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately pricked up his ears.
Zhu Yu thought about the things he could do in the early years of Ming Dynasty and quickly organized his words in his mind.
"Old man, why don't you go back to the palace and ask the emperor to levy a merchant tax?”
"Impose a merchant tax?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression changed. Then, he waved his hand and said,"No, absolutely not!"
"Kid, listen up. After our Hongwu Emperor obtained the Ming Dynasty, he spent a lot of effort to finally determine the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants, and businessmen. The four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants, and businessmen each had their own duties and abilities.”
"Farmers should do what farmers do, merchants should do their own businesses, workers should do their own work, and scholar-bureaucrats should study hard and serve the court.”
"Among them, the status of merchants is the lowest. If the merchant tax is suddenly raised, the merchants will take this opportunity to ask for a higher social status.”
"Your plan will probably shake the foundation of my Great Ming Dynasty. If it is really implemented, won't it be chaotic?”
"Get rid of this idea as soon as possible. Emperor Hongwu will never agree!”
"Old Master, you have a thorough understanding of the various classes in our Ming Dynasty.”
Zhu Yu praised and continued,"You're right."
"But the reality is that the Great Ming Dynasty has no money.”
"According to the current development trend of our Great Ming Dynasty, the courtiers only have a few suggestions. The first is to increase the agricultural tax. The second is to rest and recuperate at the border. The third is to pray to the heavens for a good year.”
"Let's talk about the first thing first. The annual income of farmers is low. If they encounter a natural disaster, I'm afraid they won't be able to harvest anything.”
"Let's talk about the second option. It's not impossible to recuperate, but now is not the time. Meng Yuan is running around the grasslands like a guerrilla. If our country does not maintain military deterrence, the people at the border will not be able to have peace.”
"As for the third, that's pure nonsense."
"Our Emperor Hongwu has been diligent for so many years. If the heavens could see this, they would have been moved to the point that his treasury would be so rich that it could not be stuffed.”
Hearing Zhu Yu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth. He wanted to refute, but he had no idea what to say. He had to admit that what Zhu Yu said was the truth, and it had hit the bottom of his heart.
Sometimes, he would also complain. This damned God didn't let him rest in peace? It was either a disaster or a bandit.
"Old Master, what's the saying?”
"So, why not levy a merchant tax? The merchants of our country are really earning too much money.”
"At this stage, Great Ming's current situation is to hide wealth in business. They are all popular!”
As he spoke, he patted his chest and said,"You know about my experiences, right? Is it enough to earn money?"
"But there are many people who make money."
"Take Tao Chunhua, who bought my salt mountain, as an example. I've asked around about him. He is a third-rate merchant in Jin Ling city, but he was able to take out 20,000 silver coins to buy my salt mountain.”
"Think about it."
"Old man, you should carefully examine it. To what extent has our Ming Dynasty hidden its wealth?”
"Why not use the merchants 'money to enrich the imperial court, and the imperial court will then feed back to the farmers?”
"Can't we just do this repeatedly?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was moved by these words.
It had been twenty-five years since he founded the Ming Empire. After establishing the classes of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen, merchants had indeed not been strictly controlled. Because of their low status, they appeared to be extremely low-key, and no one cared much about them.
Who would have thought that he would be so fat now?
Zhu Yuanzhang would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted, but wouldn't this shake the foundation of the country that he had set in the early years?
Zhu Yu chuckled, perhaps sensing the doubts in the old man's heart.""I know what you're worried about. This is actually very simple."
"Hmm? There's still a solution."
"How?" Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and slapped him. He was almost anxious to death about making money, but this kid was still deliberately mystifying him?
"Your slap is like a gong. Be gentle.”
Zhu Yu rubbed her head and slowly answered,""A trial!"
"A trial?"
"What does this mean?"
"It's just drawing a circle somewhere on the map of our Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be fine if you try to collect merchant taxes in this circle?”
Looking at the old man's frown, she thought that he was still worried about the businessmen's request to shake the country's foundation.
Zhu Yu continued," Of course, you can also draw a few more in this pilot project. You can issue some national policies that are beneficial to the merchants and try your best to meet their requirements."”
"Of course, if your request is too much,"
Zhu Yu reached out to touch her neck and gestured with her palm like a knife. She slowly said,
"Just kill them!"
"Anyway, it's just a trial. Kill all those who don't listen. It won't shake the foundation of our country.”
"Old Master, what do you think?"
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