Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 542 The Grand Court Conference 3
"His Majesty."

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Zhang Juzheng reported the financial revenue of previous years in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng, who presided over the Wanli New Deal, really has his own merits, and he can calculate every account clearly.

Even who is a big taxpayer, which sect is not active in paying taxes, and which family secretly makes false accounts, he will make it clear to him.

When Zhang Juzheng mentioned the number one taxpayer, Zhu Houzhao was stunned, because that person was so unexpected.

The largest taxpayer in the Taiwu Dynasty——Huashan Mountain is outstanding!

"Wait, who do you think that person is?"

Zhu Houzhao interrupted Zhang Juzheng's report, a little in disbelief.

Huashan is not a crowd, old friends, the head of a second-rate sect, how did he become the number one taxpayer.

He really didn't know something, ever since he helped Ren Piaomiao hold a Zhongzhou Famous Sword Competition, Yue Buqun had found the wealth code from it.

In the extraordinary world, strength is the most important thing, and the most profitable thing is the various resources about warriors.

After the Zhongzhou Famous Swords Conference, Yue Buqun started the information business, and made a list of dragon and phoenix, weapon list, and sword fairy list. By selling information, he made a lot of money.

Later, it cooperated with Baicao Valley, Shennong Gang, Mingjian Villa and other sects to hold various competitions, sell pills, weapons, and start selling goods.

Today, the richest man in Ming Dynasty is none other than Yue Buqun, and Huashan's path has gone astray. Except for a small number of disciples who practice martial arts honestly, most of them follow Yue Buqun to engage in various money-making activities.

Yue Buqun seized the opportunity of the times, quickly made a fortune, and also led the atmosphere of the times. Countless families and sects responded and began to follow suit.

Enclosing land and hoarding rice can only earn a little money, and it’s not enough to plug teeth. It’s better for warriors to earn money. Hold a competition, sell medicine pills, weapons, and guarantee to eat a lot of food.

This led to the proliferation of martial arts competitions in various dynasties of the Ming Dynasty. Many martial arts sects and martial arts families earned more and paid more taxes.

Anyway, Yue Buqun has made a fortune these years and has become the leading taxpayer in the Taiwu Dynasty.

The tax he paid alone was worth one-tenth of the overall tax revenue of the Taiwu Dynasty.

Earning money, he can actively pay taxes. Yue Buqun also intends to make good friends with the court. As an old fox, Yue Buqun is more sober than [-]% of the people in the world, and understands who is the only master in this world.

"Talent"

Knowing the truth from Zhang Juzheng's mouth, Zhu Houzhao suddenly had weird eyes, sighed, and at the same time couldn't laugh or cry.

"Miss Yue" is no longer a mother, and has changed her career to start a business. This style of painting is really unique, but then again, Yue Buqun seems to be out of order.

What Yue Buqun likes to do, Zhu Houzhao doesn't want to care about it, let alone care about it, as long as he pays taxes honestly, let him do it.

Cutting away distracting thoughts and returning to the topic, Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice, "Since there is no problem with the financial aspect, the development of the new territory can be put on the agenda."

"The cabinet discusses the specific development plan with the six ministries, and then submits it to me."

Yang Yiqing, Yang Tinghe, Wang Jia, Fei Hong, Liang Chu, Liu Yu and other ministers from the six cabinet departments responded respectfully: "I will obey the order."

Official reserves, fiscal revenue, and other aspects are all right. Now everything is ready, and the only thing left is east wind.

At this time, Yang Yiqing spoke again, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, of course a new territory needs to be developed, but the population of our dynasty is probably far from enough to fill the new territory."

It's okay not to mention the population issue, but when it comes to the population issue, Zhu Houzhao has a headache.

Normally, the population of the Taiwu Dynasty was quite large, and the number of native Ming people was as high as 35 billion. With the addition of the subjugated foreign races, the total population approached the [-] billion mark.

With such a large population, just listening to it makes one's scalp tingle, but compared to its huge territory, this population is really nothing.

The huge mainland of the Taiwu Dynasty, as well as the ancient planet of life mastered outside the territory, all the territory and territory added up, the population of tens of billions is just a drop in the bucket, and nothing will happen.

The issue of territorial development and the issue of sparse population, these two are major issues that plagued the entire Ming and Sixteen Dynasties.

However, the two problems are still closely related. The new territory needs to be populated, and the population growth cannot keep up with the expansion of the territory. This has become an endless loop, which cannot be solved in a short time.

Zhu Houzhao deeply understood that the reason for this situation was that the old Zhu's family was going too fast, and Daming's car couldn't keep up with the speed, and hidden dangers broke out.

He has no good solution to this, after all, he is not Guanyin, so there is no way to increase the population in a short time, so he can only say helplessly:
"Encourage the people of the world to have more children, and the imperial court can support those who cannot afford it."

"In addition, starting today, I will enter a state of recuperation. Within a hundred years, I will not expand externally for the time being. I will digest the existing resources first."

The population problem is imminent, and if it is not taken seriously, it will lead to big troubles sooner or later. For this reason, Zhu Houzhao did not hesitate to delay his progress.

It's very cool to go all the way and advance by leaps and bounds, but the consequences of going too far are unbearable for him.

"call"

Hearing the emperor said with his own ears that he was going to enter a state of recuperation, all the officials were relieved by coincidence.

Ever since Daming embarked on the road of transcendence, Zhu Houzhao didn't feel tired, and they were also exhausted physically and mentally.

Territorial development, population shortage, and even financial issues are all matters for the cabinet and the six ministries. Now that the discussion is over, it's the turn of the military.

Turning his eyes to the British Duke Zhang Mao, Zhu Houzhao asked seriously: "Old Duke, how is the battle going on at the front?"

He was referring to the battles in the Yellow River, Yangtze River, Kunlun, and Mount Tai.

When Da Ming was promoted to Zhongqian World, a large number of monsters were spawned by the tide of spiritual energy, and more than [-]% of them came from the four great spirit lands. Even after a year, the battle to clean up the monsters is still not over.

"The battle report came from the frontline yesterday. The monsters of the four spirit lands have been wiped out. The four generals are leading the army to kill the remaining monsters. They will return to the court in a few days."

The British Duke Zhang Mao said very solemnly that it was about the battle on the front line, and he was always watching the development of the battle.

"Very good."

Zhu Houzhao nodded in relief. Hu Dakui, Qi Jiguang, Yue Fei, and Li Jing really did not disappoint him.

"On the day of the army's class division, I will personally lead all the civil and military officials out of the city to welcome them."

This is his courtesy to the soldiers who have worked hard for him, and it also paves the way for the future canonization of the four kings.

"The veteran thanked His Majesty Long En on behalf of the frontline soldiers."

The British Duke Zhang Mao was very excited. As the No.1 in the current military department, he attaches the most importance to the glory of soldiers.

"The old man please stand up."

Zhu Houzhao smiled slightly, looked at the civil and military officials, and asked, "Do you have something to discuss?"

The ministers were silent, the major issues have already been discussed, and there is no need to waste time on some small matters, so it's all right.

"Since there is nothing wrong, let's retreat."

Zhu Houzhao waved his robe sleeves, announcing the end of the Great Court Conference.

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(End of this chapter)