Mingshi

Chapter 1151
"Salary increase?" Emperor Jiajing said in a daze, "Even the current salary is reluctantly paid out, and the official salary is increased?"

"Your Majesty!" Luo Xin said earnestly: "The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty are too low, so low that they are not enough to support their families. Not to mention high salaries, but the court can't force officials to go to corruption, right? "

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing was about to speak, Luo Xin said first, "If we raise their salaries, although it can't prevent corruption and bribery, it should be better than before. Going to His Majesty will get the support of many officials. Your Majesty Don't worry about Ming's finances. Once the commercial tax can be collected smoothly, Ming will no longer have financial problems.

Your Majesty, the agricultural tax and the commercial tax are the two legs of Daming's finances, but now the commercial tax is basically useless, and Daming is walking on one leg.Therefore, we must establish the business tax leg.What His Majesty has to do now is to win the support of most officials, even if these officials are not big.In this way, the court will not be chaotic.

In fact, governing the world does not rely on a few high-level cabinet members, but on those small officials in the world, especially those county magistrates.As long as they are not in chaos and are grateful to His Majesty, there will be no chaos in this world.Your Majesty has two things to do now. "

"Those two things?"

"The first thing is to stop rebuilding Yuxi Palace."

Seeing the ugly expression on Emperor Jiajing's face, Luo Xin hastily said: "Your Majesty, listen to me."

"Say it!" Emperor Jiajing said angrily.

"The second thing is to increase the salary of officials, and the salary will be doubled directly.

In this way, His Majesty will win broad support.His Majesty then formed a royal company. "

"Royal... company?"

"It is a department similar to the Shibo Department, but it is different from the Shibo Department. The Shibo Department only collects taxes, but this Royal Company monopolizes the entire Northern Exchange. In other words, only our Royal Company can compete with the Northern Exchange. All the tribes in the grassland do business, and anyone who trades with the north in the future will be smuggled and beheaded."

"This..." Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up, then he shook his head and said: "If it doesn't work, they will say that I am competing with the people for profit."

"We didn't want to actually do it either."

"Oh?" Emperor Jiajing was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said, "You mean commercial tax?"

"Not bad!" Luo Xin nodded and said: "Your Majesty first put on an aura of monopolizing the entire northern trading market, and then made concessions, giving up the business of the trading market, everyone can do it, and the court only charges [-] cents. One tax, and this tax is only in the northern exchange market, and in other places in Ming Dynasty, it is still the same as one in thirty.

In this way, first, Your Majesty stopped building the Yuxi Palace before, and let all the officials and the people of the world see your sageness.Second, His Majesty used the money from stopping the construction of Yuxi Palace, and he would rather live in a side hall than increase the salaries of all officials, so that all officials can see your majesty's kindness.

Third, His Majesty first proposed to monopolize the northern exchange market, and then fully opened the exchange market, allowing them to see His Majesty's concession.

Fourth, His Majesty's increase in business tax is only limited to the mutual market at the northern border. This makes it difficult for officials to object after His Majesty first stops building the Yuxi Palace, then increases the salaries of all officials, and makes concessions. .The business tax of one out of fifteen is the seed that was planted. "

"and then?"

Luo Xin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, as long as there is a beginning, it is good to boil frogs in warm water. With the mutual market in the north as the beginning, it can be gradually implemented in the whole north."

"What about the south?"

Luo Xin smiled and said, "Isn't there a city ship department in the south?"

"You want to?" Jiajing's eyes flashed, and his eyes burst out.

"That's right!" Luo Xin nodded and said, "I'm going to discuss with the rich and powerful families in the southeast. If I want to wipe out the Japanese pirates and open up the sea trade route again, I need a lot of money, and if I get through it, who knows if there will be any pirates in the future. Appearing again? So it is necessary to maintain the sea at ordinary times, which requires a lot of money. Therefore, it is normal to increase the commercial tax of the Shibo Division to one out of fifteen. Moreover, the initiative is now in our hands. They do not If you agree, we will not suppress the Japanese pirates. Even if they have goods, they cannot trade with the vassal state. If you want to make money, you must agree to the tax of [-]% off. The most important thing is that even if they agree to [-]% off, there is still There's a lot of money to be made, so they're sure to agree.

When they agreed, the opening was opened.One out of fifteen can be implemented slowly in the south.Both the north and the south have places to implement, and the increase in business taxes in the entire Ming Dynasty will not be a problem.

Your Majesty, actually, a lot of things start at the beginning.As long as you start, the rest will be a matter of course, the difference is only a matter of time. "

"Okay!" Emperor Jiajing's eyes lit up.

"So, the first thing His Majesty has to do is to stop the construction of Yuxi Palace and increase the salaries of officials. Of course, on this basis, the clean government should continue. There will be no mercy for catching corrupt officials."

Emperor Jiajing nodded, pondered for a while and said, "Luo Xin, who do you think is more appropriate to be in charge of the Northern Mutual Market?"

"Your Majesty, I think I'm the most suitable. However, I still have to go to the southern market, so the northern market needs a person who understands business and trade. You can't send a layman who only goes to the Four Books and Five Classics, otherwise you will definitely suffer. And messed things up."

Emperor Jiajing nodded and said: "You're right, but it's hard to find people with trading experience. Well, you can find people who have experience in the Southeast City Shipping Department. Now there are only three people besides you, one It was Zhang Juzheng, one was Xu Shixing, and the other was Zhang Shijie.

Zhang Shijie is a corrupt official and must not be reactivated.In this way, Zhang Juzheng and Xu Shixing were left. "

Speaking of this, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help sighing: "These two men are also defeated generals. Xu Shixing almost closed the Shibo Department because of Xu Jie's family. But Zhang Juzheng directly shut down the Shibo Department because of the Japanese pirates. The shipping company is closed."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Luo Dao with a half-smile: "Who do you think is more suitable to go to the north to manage the mutual market? This position not only involves Ming's finances, but also involves business and tax issues. It is very important. By the way, Do you think it would be better to open a mutual market there?"

"Xuanfu."

Emperor Jiajing pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Well, I will appoint an official as the magistrate of the Xuanfu, who will also serve as the promotion of the mutual market. This is a fourth-rank official. Luo Xin, do you think Zhang Juzheng is suitable, or Xu Shixing is suitable?"

"Xu Shixing!" Luo Xin said without hesitation.

"Hehe..." Emperor Jiajing smiled lightly and said, "Is it because Zhang Ju belongs to Xu Jie, and Xu Shixing belongs to you?"

"There are reasons for this, but not all of them."

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