I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 629 Huge fiscal and tax surplus
"Your Majesty, Mr. Ye Ge and the others are leaving. You have been discussing state affairs since the morning. Do you want to take a short rest?"

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Chang watched the emperor looking at the departing figures of the pavilion elders. He was fascinated and couldn't help but ask.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao slowly shook his head, but instead gave Zhang Chang instructions without looking back:

"Bring over last year's income and expenditure question book reported by the Ministry of Household Affairs. I want to take a look."

Zhang Chang didn't dare to object when he saw this, and immediately went out to look for him.

After a while, I found the title book of the imperial government's revenue and expenditure budget for the third year of the Great Tomorrow, submitted by the Ministry of Revenue.

There is not much content in the question book, but the amounts in it were calculated by Wang Yingjiao before leaving office and checked by the National Examination Office, because they are very accurate.The slight wrinkles around the question book indicate that Zhu Youxiao did not miss this question book.

Zhu Youxiao took the question book, slowly opened it, and calculated the numbers inside again.

Although Yang Lian's question book just now made Zhu Youxiao very angry, this wave of house confiscations also filled the Ming Dynasty's treasury a lot, which can be regarded as one of the few good news.

Because Zhu Youxiao has tried every means to expand his financial resources in recent years, coupled with his continuous reduction of expenses, the court is now completely free of money.

At the beginning of the second year of the Apocalypse, when the Ministry of Household Affairs was calculating the financial budget, it reported to Zhu Youxiao that the normal annual income of the imperial court in the second year of the Apocalypse was 6209 million taels.

Of course, of the 6209 million taels in the budget, 320 million taels were allocated as internal funds, and 520 million taels were real income (the payments were grain and cloth, not silver).

After taking into account these, plus the surplus of 39 million taels in the household department at the end of the first year of Tianqi, last year, which was the second year of Tianqi, the disposable income of the imperial household department was about 8208 million taels.

This amount is huge, but it is only the budget revenue on the books last year, and the actual revenue is more than this.

The Southwest and the White Lotus Sect were pacified the year before last, making other places slightly more peaceful except for the Liaodong war last year.In addition, the imperial court pushed for commercial tax protection regulations, promoted maritime trade, abolished the mining ban, encouraged mining, etc.The revenue from commercial taxes, customs duties, and mining taxes at the end of this year far exceeded expectations, with an extra 60 taels of silver.

In addition, there was also a thorough investigation into the liaison between the eight Shanxi merchants. Zhu You sent Jinyi guards from the school to search the property, and finally confiscated a total of 760 million taels of property belonging to Yongdou and other Shanxi merchants.

In addition, Chen Liangbi passed through Guangning and specially arrested and brought to justice more than 510 border generals including Sun Degong who had liaison with the rebels, and ransacked their homes one by one. Finally, the proceeds from the confiscation were calculated, totaling more than [-] million taels.

These two items are considered extra wealth, but the amount is definitely not small. Now Yang Lian has brought himself another income, which is the silver taels obtained from the Liaodong corruption case, totaling 6205 million taels.

As a result, the income of the Ming Dynasty court increased sharply, reaching almost 7803 million taels.

Although this income is the income from the accounts of the Department of Accounts, it is not the actual amount of Taicang Silver in the Department of Accounts.A lot of money may have been allocated before it enters the Treasury's treasury.

Although nearly 900 million taels of this money were obtained from confiscating houses, it was considered a one-time catch and a flash in the pan.There will definitely not be so much income like this in the future, but Zhu Youxiao is already very satisfied.

Of course, the imperial court has high income, but also high expenses.

Although the Jianlu were wiped out in August, armies from all directions in Jingying and Liaodong gathered in the first eight months, and salaries, artillery shells, and military supplies were spent like water.

In May last year, the 560 million taels of salary that could be spent last year were all spent. For this reason, Zhu Youxiao asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate another 350 million taels to prepare for emergencies.

But in August, the army gathered in Sarhu and finally marched to Hetuala. It was very difficult to supply supplies. Therefore, Yang Lian spent a lot of money to recruit Liao people to build roads and transport supplies.

In just three months, all 350 million taels of silver were spent to support the imperial army to annihilate Jianlu.Thanks to Chen Liangbi and others, they not only fought effectively, but also discovered 600 million taels of silver from Sarhu, Jiefan, Hetuala and other cities.

The Ministry of Households breathed a sigh of relief as the imperial court no longer had to allocate additional funds to reward officers and soldiers, purchase land for officers and soldiers, and repair dilapidated areas such as opening iron gates.

Zhu Youxiao was very pleased when he thought of this, secretly thinking that Chen Liangbi was a kind man, not only effective in fighting, but also loyal to him.Because Chen Liangbi specially withheld 200 million taels from the gains of the captives, and despite the objections of Xiong Tingbi and others, he sent people to escort the capital and donated money from the capital, which was a sweet treat for him.

Of course, apart from the 900 million taels of Liao's salary, other expenses are also like running water.

In the first year of Tianqi, the Jiubian pay silver was only 330 million taels. In the second year of Tianqi, it also increased to 350 million taels.

In addition, there are last year's Beijing camp salary, equipment, funding for the construction of warships for the Southern Zhili, Fujian and Zhejiang navies, and firearm manufacturing costs of 450 million taels for the Tongzhou Firearms Workshop.

Soldiers' salaries and horses accounted for the bulk of the expenses, as did other officials' salaries, clan expenses, and so on.

Among them, the royal family's salary has been fixed, totaling 150 million taels, the eunuch expenses of the inner court are 100 million taels, and the official salary is 180 million taels.

Last year, construction of the three main halls began. Since the materials had been prepared long ago, the construction could be completed quickly. It is expected to be completed in three years.But this is also very expensive. Last year, 150 million taels of silver were allocated.

This is just a normal large expense, there are even more messy expenses.

For example, last year, the local government was ordered to build a reserve warehouse. Since this was built by the local government, Zhu Youxiao allocated funds from internal funds, but it was still not enough, so the Ministry of Revenue provided an additional 20 taels.

However, other expenses such as promoting new crops, immigrating to Liaodong, Taiwan, and Southwest China, plus drought relief in Shanxi and Henan, etc., also cost nearly 500 million taels.

As a result, the imperial court's expenses in the second year of Tianqi last year were like water, with almost 710 million taels spent.

The imperial court's income now balances its expenditures, and the Ming Household Department now has a surplus of nearly 2000 million taels.

Zhu Youxiao did a simple calculation, thinking about the income of more than 2000 million taels, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Secretly, he had more than [-] million taels of income from confiscating houses, otherwise the imperial government's fiscal surplus would be basically zero.

But now even though the Ministry of Household Affairs has a surplus of nearly 2000 million taels, Zhu Youxiao still can't laugh.

Because he clearly knows that this year's high income is abnormal.Because half of them were confiscated from their own homes.
Even if he ransacked his family in the name of being greedy and having liaisons with the enemy, it would still be justified.But since he succeeded to the throne, he has raked in all the money he could.

The stolen silver from eunuchs who embezzled Mo, the stolen silver from honorable nobles, the tax arrears of Southern Zhili, the stolen silver from Shanxi merchants and Liaozu generals who had liaisons with Jianlu, the stolen silver from Liaodong who embezzled Mo, etc.

In this way, although he obtained a huge amount of silver, he also offended many people and earned him a reputation among the people as the "Emperor who seizes property."

If he hadn't firmly grasped the inner court, Jin Yiwei, and Beijing Camp, and controlled the military power.

He also successively wiped out the Southwest, White Lotus Sect, and Jianlu, making his prestige at the height of his power. The people below may have already rebelled.

(End of this chapter)