Chapter 660: Rejoice!

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The proceedings are over.

A group of giants and bosses filed out.

But they did not disperse separately, but chatted and walked together.

"Weizhe, what do you think of today's events?"

Jian Yi, the official minister, was the first to speak. He had not yet recovered from the shock.

After all, what happened today was so shocking!

The royal family actually handed over the financial power of the imperial court to them, and also set rules that strictly prohibited any royal family from interfering indiscriminately!

Throughout the past dynasties, this has been quite an explosive existence!

Xia Yuanji's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he didn't understand it.

To be honest, Xia Yuanji is still puzzled until now. Why did the royal family give up its financial power?

Why, now that the Beibei troubles are over, your old man's conscience has discovered?

No wonder Xia Yuanji found it difficult to accept it. It was actually Zhu Di, the Yongle Emperor, who had gone too far in the past.

Xia Yuanji was recommended by the Imperial Academy. During the Hongwu period, he was selected to write imperial edicts in the palace. Later, he was appreciated by Yu Xin, the then Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and was promoted to head of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

When Emperor Jianwen came to the throne, he promoted Xia Yuanji to the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Later, he served as an interviewer and visited the country. During his tenure, the politics were clear and the people were satisfied.

To be honest, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen was kind to Xia Yuanji.

Therefore, he instinctively had a bad impression of Zhu Di, the "usurping emperor". However, the situation was over and the country had changed hands. In addition, Zhu Di valued Xia Yuanji's talents very much and directly promoted him to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, making him a top civil servant. Xia Yuanji could only He pinched his nose and started doing it.

But who would have thought that the Minister of Household Affairs in the early years of Yongle would be a sinkhole!

If it weren't for Xia Yuanji's outstanding ability and his many arguments with Zhu Di, he, the Minister of Household Affairs, would have been tricked to death.

During those days, Xia Yuanji resigned many times and argued with Emperor Yongle many times.

The two of them even quarreled while talking, and Xia Yuanji almost pointed at Zhu Di's nose and scolded him for being so eager to achieve success and being militaristic!

In the final analysis, it was because the imperial court was too poor.

After Emperor Yongle ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he was eager to make political achievements, so he opened the curtain of Yongle's restructuring, focusing on the construction of a new capital, the compilation of the "Dacheng", and Zheng He's voyages to the West. The Yongle Dynasty was driven by three new policies. Reform the past and stabilize the country.

Xia Yuanji also understood His Majesty the Emperor's plan, but the court had no money or food!

However, Emperor Yongle was still a restless master. While implementing various new policies, he also wanted to conduct the Northern Expedition to the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. God knows how difficult it was for the court at that time.

In order to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, Xia Yuanji didn't know how many days and nights he stayed up, and he didn't know how many hairs he had turned gray due to worry.

But fortunately, the results were all good. The sworn pair of monarchs and ministers finally got through those difficult years and ushered in a period of great development!

Thinking of those hard times in the past, Xia Yuanji's face suddenly showed a look of nostalgia.

Those years are still worth remembering!

Chen Qia, Minister of the Ministry of War, also spoke, with a heavy tone.

"His Majesty the Emperor plans to use miscellaneous taxes to support the army and the vassal princes, but how much food can be collected from miscellaneous taxes?

"When the money and food are not enough, then we still have to ask for subsidies from the treasury?"

He is the Minister of the Ministry of War, so he is naturally concerned about the affairs of the Ministry of War.

The Crown Prince has just admitted personally that all future military expenditures will be borne entirely by the royal family.

But can we really afford military expenditures with only a small amount of income from miscellaneous taxes?

Xia Yuanji glanced at him and explained with a smile: "Shu Yuan, you may not know that miscellaneous taxes are quite high now."

"When the Crown Prince was still the King of Han, he vigorously developed industry and commerce in Beizhili. Now the commercial tax and mining tax combined account for about 40% of the total tax revenue of the imperial court!"

"What? So many?" Not only Chen Qia was shocked, but also Xie Jin, Wang Jing and other ministers also spoke out one after another.

"How is this possible?"

“Why was there only such a small amount of commercial tax in the past?”

"Is industry and commerce really the right path? His Highness the Crown Prince's goal is industry and commerce?"

I have to admit that anyone who can achieve the position of Seven Ministers is not a fool.

After Xia Yuanji's explanation, they instinctively sensed the political signal released by Zhu Gaoxu.

Their sensitive political sense is clearly telling them that Prince Zhu Gaoxu attaches great importance to industry and commerce far beyond their imagination!

Otherwise, how could he, Zhu Gaoxu, dare to boast about Haikou, use miscellaneous taxes to support the royal family and bear military expenses?

In order to completely separate miscellaneous taxes from the household department, a special tax bureau must be established to collect miscellaneous taxes!

But, can he really do it?

Compared to this, Xia Yuanji was a little more worried.

"His Royal Highness is very passionate about industry and commerce, but is indifferent to farming and mulberry farming. This is putting the cart before the horse!"

"Since ancient times, the people in power have always attached great importance to agriculture. This is also the fundamental reason why China has been able to last for thousands of years. As the saying goes, if the superiors do something good, the subordinates will follow suit!"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not attach importance to farming and mulberry farming, and your subordinates will pay even less attention to farming and mulberry farming. No matter how much silk is woven or how much porcelain is burned in the Ming Dynasty, it cannot be eaten!"

"If the imperial court vigorously develops industry and commerce, and the people of the Ming Dynasty all engage in business and strive for profit, and change rice to mulberry for profit, and stop farming for the sake of profit, then sooner or later the grain-rich land in the south of the Yangtze River will run out of food, and the people of the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later have no food to eat!"

I have to admit that Xia Yuanji has been the Minister of Household Affairs for such a long time, and UU Reading www.uukanshu.net's political vision is outstanding in the Ming Dynasty!

And the historical development is just as he feared. In the next hundred years, the grain needed by the original grain-producing area of ​​Jiangnan will have to be imported from Huguang. The proverb of the Ming Dynasty has also changed from "Suhu cooks the world and Huguang cooks the world" to "Huguang cooks the world." "This is all due to the high development of Jiangnan's industry and commerce.

All the big guys nodded in agreement.

Although many of them are absolute confidants and followers of the prince.

But in the face of major issues of right and wrong, we still have to clarify our stance.

The prince's lack of emphasis on farming and mulberry trees is a hidden danger. From now on, he will have to give advice from time to time.

Jian Yi suddenly smiled and said: "But since the prince has handed over the financial power to the Ministry of Household Affairs and made it clear that all the tax revenue from the national treasury will be used to develop people's livelihood, this proves that he still attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry."

"Perhaps His Highness the Crown Prince's plan is that in the future, the Ministry of Household Affairs will develop people's livelihood and encourage farming and mulberry cultivation, while he, the Crown Prince, will develop industry and commerce, so that both sides will go hand in hand!"

Xia Yuanji nodded with deep understanding and a smile on his face.

"In any case, now that the Ministry of Revenue has obtained the financial power of the imperial court, it can fully develop people's livelihood. This is a good thing."

Everyone also nodded, looking a little sad.

It’s really not easy!

The highest ideal of civil servants and gentry is to cultivate one's moral character, harmonize one's family, govern the country and bring peace to the world!

The most important thing about the so-called "peaceful world" is naturally that the people can have enough to eat.

But now the prince has delegated power to them, allowing them to freely develop people's livelihood. This in itself is a good thing!

Xia Yuanji looked at the crowd and said solemnly: "The Ming Dynasty is now prosperous. I hope you will work together to create a truly peaceful and prosperous age!"

"As it should be!"

"It's an honor I've been waiting for!"

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