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Volume 1: The Young Eagle Chapter 42: Neiku Kazuto

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    While the whole country was busy choosing a concubine for Emperor Tianqi, the new emperor was doing another thing. After thinking about it for so long, Emperor Tianqi felt that it was time to do something.  Since you decide to do something, the first thing that comes to mind is talent. In this era, there are actually not many talents, but they are not doing their best.  Although Emperor Tianqi did not know the talents and loyalty of most civil servants and generals, most historical celebrities still knew.  To do something, in addition to talent, there is another very important thing, and that is money.  No matter in the past life or in this life, money is everything, but time travel is not everything!  After glancing at Chen Hong who was standing behind him, Emperor Tianqi calmly ordered: "Go and find Wang An." Emperor Tianqi really didn't know how much money he had, so he could only ask as the general manager  Wang An.  Not long after, Wang An walked in under the leadership of Chen Hong. Looking at Wang An standing in front of him, Emperor Tianqi asked lightly: "How much money do I still have in my inner treasury?" Wang An slightly  For a moment, he really knew about this problem. When Emperor Taichang ascended the throne, he had ordered him to check the money in the inner treasury.  It seems that the emperor in front of him also needs to spend money. At this time, the Ming Dynasty's treasury is out of money. The annual military expenditure, disaster relief, and various expenses have caused the treasury to be in deficit every year.  Wang An knew in his heart that it was not easy for the emperor, so he sighed and replied slowly: "Your Majesty, there are still 37 million taels of silver and one million jins of gold in the inner treasury." Upon hearing this number, Emperor Tianqi immediately burst into laughter.  Go out for a sip of tea. This number is really scary. I didn¡¯t expect there to be so many.  In fact, Emperor Tianqi didn¡¯t know that this number was already very small. In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong¡¯s reign, the annual treasury revenue was 37 million taels, and that was only one year.  This was Emperor Wanli's life savings. You must know that the Ming Dynasty's annual income at this time was only eight million taels.  At this time, the trade and capital of the Ming Dynasty were much stronger than those of the Qing Dynasty, but the annual income was so different. The only reason was that many people did not pay taxes.  If it weren't for Emperor Wanli, the inner treasury might not have all this money at this time. This was all saved by Emperor Wanli.  Since Zhang Juzheng¡¯s reforms, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s treasury has become increasingly full. Although the people died and the government died, a sum of money was left behind.  Wanli later carried out three major conquests. The wars lasted for more than ten years and cost countless people, draining all the money in the treasury.  But the Wanli Lord's inner treasury did not. For the emperor's forty-eight years, the mining tax from the south alone added 500,000 taels of silver and more than 10,000 taels of gold to the emperor's inner treasury every year.  Although it only increased revenue for ten years, it was forced to stop.  Just this one thing can show how greedy this emperor is.  The opposite of greed is stinginess. This emperor is a famous iron rooster. It is extremely difficult to take out money from his inner treasury.  There was once a chieftain rebellion in Yunnan, and there was really no money in the treasury, so the emperor only took out 100,000 taels of silver from the inner treasury.  The Ministry of Hubu came up with one hundred thousand taels, and the Yunnan Province raised another one hundred thousand taels. This emperor's stinginess can be seen.  Many emperors once wanted to levy taxes on merchants, but the opposition was very loud. Why should we not strive for profits from the people, and why should we hide wealth from the people?  In fact, most of the officials in the Ming Dynasty were scholars. What were they?  They are the largest landowners and wealthy people in the world. Every member of the imperial court has thousands of hectares of fertile land and countless businesses in his hometown.  After more than two hundred years of development, there were countless gentlemen in the Ming Dynasty, and most of them said one thing and did another. They talked about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but in private they were male thieves and female prostitutes.  It can be seen that apart from external pressure, most of the North Korea's death was also the fault of these people.  "These people not only evaded taxes, but also became more unscrupulous because of their huge power. They did almost anything. If these people were not eliminated, there would be no hope for the Ming Dynasty.  Then again, these people are all ministers of the central court, or ministers of the previous dynasty. Their disciples and former officials are all over the world. If you want to touch them, you will be poaching your own flesh.  At this time, these people are like drugs, and the Ming Empire is like drug addicts. They can't live without them for a day but know that if they continue like this, they will die sooner or later.  After suppressing these chaotic thoughts in his mind, Emperor Tianqi could only think in his heart that there was nothing he could do about these people now.  Emperor Tianqi knew very well that there were too many officials in the Ming Dynasty.  At this time, the Ming Dynasty implemented a four-level system of central, provincial, prefecture, and county, as well as various Taoism. The number of yamen and the redundancy of personnel were rare in previous dynasties.  If you want to clarify the administration of officials, then the first step is to use force to get rid of these bureaucratic groups, and the second step is to reform the administration of officials and eliminate redundant personnel.  To carry out these two things, there is a prerequisite, which is military power.  Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty's army at this time, except for a few who can fight, most of the others have been corrupted.  Although the government army system adopted by the Ming Dynasty was well conceived, most of these government soldiers were unable to fight at this time.  And becauseThe military pay during the military march was rarely distributed to the sergeants, and a large number of deserters appeared.  This phenomenon was very serious in Qin, which is why Li Zicheng was able to quickly rally his troops when he rebelled, because most of these people were former military households.  If you want to have soldiers that can fight, then change the government military system to the recruitment system. Only in this way can this problem be fundamentally solved.  This involves the interests of too many people, and most of them are generals leading troops. The difficulty can be imagined.  If you are not careful, war will spread everywhere and the world will be in chaos.  ¡°If we don¡¯t have soldiers to fight with, it will be impossible to clarify the administration and reform the official system with an iron-fist policy, let alone other things.  All of these should be focused on one thing, which is military power.  But when it comes to military power, Emperor Tianqi is now like a tiger eating a hedgehog and has no way to bite.  Looking at Wang An who was still standing there, Emperor Tianqi said with some embarrassment: "Eunuch Wang is still working so hard at such an old age. It is my negligence. From now on, you can skip the ceremony in front of the palace. If you come, I will give you a seat."  Emperor Tianqi felt sorry for this old eunuch even if he didn't feel sorry for him. Without him, things would not be so orderly.  "I thank you, Your Majesty." After giving a big salute to Emperor Tianqi, Wang Ancai slowly sat on the stool, but he did not dare to sit down.  Seeing Wang An sit down, Emperor Tianqi said slowly: "I really want to ask you someone. If you know, just tell me." After hearing Emperor Tianqi's question, Wang An quickly stood up and respectfully  He said: "Go back to your majesty, please ask your highness. I will tell you everything I know." This is the last chapter for today. I encountered some things today and I feel very complicated. I can only update twice. I'm sorry for everyone.
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