Chapter 213 From 3 Dragons and 2 Pythons to 5 Dragons in the Same Dynasty!

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Leave Ji Gang's mansion.

Big Fatty said he wanted to go back and relax.

Prince Zhao borrowed Guo Lan's mountaineering ax and angrily went to Zhao Prison.

After Zhu Gaoxu persuaded the third child to persuade him, they returned to the Han Dynasty together.

As soon as he walked into the door, Zhu Gaosui was so angry that he could not sit still.

"Second brother, you reported Ji Gang for treason. You have done a great job. But what about me?"

"It's not like you don't know this old man. How could he admit that it was his fault? You may not know how to deal with me, Prince Zhao, then!"

When he thought of this, Zhu Gaosui felt so aggrieved that he wanted to cry.

I just had a big pussy fight before I came back, and this fucking big pussy fight is on the books!

The baby feels bitter in his heart, but he doesn't say anything.

Zhu Gaoxu was helpless when he heard this.

In the feudal dynasty, the emperor could not make mistakes, let alone admit his own mistakes.

Because once he does this, his ruling authority will be gone.

As for the "edict to sin against oneself", most of them are just out of political needs.

Therefore, even if the emperor knew that he had made a mistake, he would never admit it easily and would instead find a scapegoat.

What's more, the current emperor is Zhu Laosi, a usurping emperor who is eager to win the recognition of the world. How could he tarnish his virtuous name because of these trivial things?

In this way, Lao San is the scapegoat.

"Okay, okay, how big of a deal is it? Anyway, you are going to Nanyang soon. Why are you afraid of him as an emperor?"

Prince Zhao: "???"

What?

what do you mean?

After going to Nanyang, can I stop being an emperor?

After saying this, Prince Zhao became energetic and immediately came forward.

"Second brother, what do you mean? Tell me carefully?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked around and said with a smile: "This is not the place to talk. You haven't fought for a long time, right? Let's go, wear armor!"

"Okay, let's have a fight!"

Practice room.

Both Zhu Gaoxu brothers were wearing battle armor, holding wooden swords in their left hands and wooden shields in their right hands, and they faced each other with eager eyes.

The next moment, like a tiger emerging from the cage, Zhu Gaosui took the lead in launching an attack. The wooden sword slashed down in front of him, but was blocked by Zhu Gaosui with his shield, and the battle began immediately.

The wooden swords collided fiercely with each other, and even the wooden shields became weapons for the two brothers to fight.

Even though the two are close brothers, they are going all out at this moment and showing no mercy.

This was the habit of Prince Han and Prince Zhao. Whenever major events happened, they would fight and discuss them in a secluded training room.

Concentrating on fighting to the death will help them think more rationally!

Zhu Gaoxu forced Prince Zhao back with a knife, and said with a smile: "Third brother, do you know the financial income of Ming Dynasty?"

"You know, agricultural tax is the main one, followed by salt tax, and then there are miscellaneous taxes such as commercial tax and mining tax!"

The Chinese dynasty attached great importance to farming and mulberry farming, and had always focused on agricultural taxes, with grain taxes divided into summer and autumn.

The basis of agricultural taxation in the Ming Dynasty was the two-tax system. Summer tax was levied in the eighth month of the lunar calendar every year, and autumn grain tax was levied in the second month after the autumn harvest.

Moreover, in the early Ming Dynasty, the revenue from military fields dominated the grain tax.

For example, in the first year of Yongle, the national grain tax was 31 million shi, but the grain paid by the military field exceeded 23 million shi.

Secondly, the fiscal revenue of the imperial court was the salt tax, which brought more than 10 million taels of fiscal revenue to the Ming Dynasty every year.

As for miscellaneous taxes such as commercial taxes, compared with the first two, they can only be said to be better than nothing and can basically be ignored.

Of course, this was before Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu had awakened.

Now, because he handed over the salt-making technology and reformed the salt law, the salt tax of the Ming Dynasty has exceeded the agricultural tax, undoubtedly ranking first!

With a wooden sword slash, Zhu Gaoxu kicked Lao San to the ground.

"In other words, the main source of income for the imperial court is agricultural tax and salt tax, right?"

Zhu Gaosui grimaced in pain and roared angrily: "Yes, yes, yes, your grandma is really harsh!"

"It hurts? It hurts! After all, you want to be the King of Nanyang. How can you not pay the price?"

Zhu Gaoxu showed no mercy, and struck another blow with his sword in front of him, slashing down hard. The third child was so startled that he rolled over and crawled on the ground.

"Second brother, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Oh, not only the old man, but also the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, and even the entire Ming Dynasty, have ignored an inexhaustible mountain of gold and silver!"

As soon as these words came out, Prince Zhao was stunned for a moment, and the next second he received a solid blow from the wooden knife, which caused him to keep running away in pain.

"Your grandma...what kind of gold and silver?"

"Business tax!"

Hearing these two words, Zhu Gaosui was stunned again, and as expected, he was hit hard again.

"Are you bragging to me from across here? Even the small amount of money from business tax, not to mention the court, doesn't look down on me!"

While Prince Zhao braced himself to face the enemy, he also did not forget to taunt him.

Zhu Gaojiu raised his sword to strike, but Prince Zhao was tricked into raising his shield to block. However, he kicked Zhu Gaosui backwards and hit the wall.

"Huh, small money? You know nothing!"

"Did you know that in the former Song Dynasty, three redundancies led to two accumulations, poverty and weakness, corrupt officials, and a rubbish army. They regarded the Liao Kingdom as their eldest brother and the Jin Kingdom as their uncles. Every year, millions of annual coins were handed over to these foreign barbarians. Two, you have completely disgraced the face of my Han family!"

Zhu Gaosui clutched his chest and was in terrible pain. Hearing this, he cursed angrily: "Those weaklings in the former Song Dynasty were all harmed by those literati and officials. They are a bunch of bullies who are greedy for life and afraid of death..."

"That's what I said, but have you ever thought about it, third brother? The former Song Dynasty was just a corner of peace. Where did they get so much money? In addition to paying tribute to the barbarians, they also had to ensure the livelihood of the people in the country, and they did it. !”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaosui was stunned for a moment and forgot to continue his anger.

Yes, the former Song Dynasty was in a corner, where did they get so much money?

When the matter of money was mentioned, Prince Zhao suddenly felt that his heart no longer hurt so much, and he immediately stood up and continued to fight.

"It's very simple, because the former Song Dynasty had extremely prosperous commerce, especially maritime trade. The commercial taxes collected from it every year were completely enough for them to pay tribute to foreign barbarians. They even recognized a few more uncles and eldest brothers without any problem!"

Zhu Gaoxu sneered, and while Prince Zhao was in a daze, he knocked him to the ground again.

Seeing this guy lying on the ground pretending to be dead, Zhu Gaoxu held the knife in both hands and struck hard.

When Prince Zhao saw this, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly raised his wooden shield to block. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net The next moment, the wooden sword and wooden shield shattered, leaving Zhu Gaosui stunned.

"Grandma!"

"Second brother, do you really want to kill me?!"

Prince Han smiled when he heard this and simply lay down on the ground.

"Lao San, the profits from commercial tax are so huge that it's unimaginable!"

"When Zheng He and the others take over the Japanese kingdom, they will sail to the West again, heading for maritime trade!"

"When the time comes, I will change the commercial tax, abolish the maritime ban, and encourage my people of the Ming Dynasty to go to sea for trade. What kind of terrifying figure do you think the commercial tax will be then?"

Hearing this, Prince Zhao was confused.

This second guy is so damn courageous!

Conquer Japan, conquer Nanyang, and abolish the maritime ban...

Emperor Gao's ancestral precepts were like farts in his eyes...

"The reason I asked you to go to Nanyang is because Nanyang Old Port and other places are choke points for maritime trade. Whether you are entering or leaving, you must pay sufficient tariffs!"

"As long as you hold these choke points in your hands, aren't they mountains of gold and silver?"

Zhu Gaosui raised an objection: "Second brother, no matter how much the business tax is, it still belongs to the imperial court..."

"From the imperial court? It's enough for them to control agricultural tax and salt tax. Commercial tax must be in the hands of you and me. This is the bottom line!"

"Besides, Japan, Annan, Siam... our Ming Dynasty's territory will only get bigger and bigger. Do you think one emperor can manage it?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Gaosui's expression suddenly changed wildly. He looked at his second son in disbelief and was so frightened that he stammered when speaking.

"Second brother...not...second brother...you...you want..."

"People at that time said that my old Zhu family now has three dragons and two pythons. I don't think it sounds good. It should be five dragons who live in the same dynasty!"

Zhu Gaosui: "!!!"

Three dragons and two pythons?

No, it’s the Five Dragons in the same Dynasty!

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