Wanli 1592

Chapter 1003 Strengthening Centralization
The courtiers of Daqin were shocked when they saw the situation map of the Europa Continent that the emperor hung up.

Outside of Great Qin, there are so many countries, such a large landmass, such a vast world, so many countries that are constantly at war with each other, and so many novelty things, such as muskets, cannons, sea ships, writing, books, language.

There were some in Daqin, and so did they. In terms of civilization, these people cannot be regarded as barbarians.

After the Renaissance, a group of modern literary lights emerged in Europe, and their culture has greatly improved.

At present, there are already mutual strengths and weaknesses with Chinese civilization. If China can't work hard to catch up and take the lead in an all-round way, then when the mainstream of the world becomes steel and guns, Chinese civilization will also be left behind.

The sea is the future of China.

Daqin must occupy the absolute mainstream in the ocean!

This is Xiao Ruxun's irreversible will. Anyone who tries to hinder him will be eliminated by violence, and he will never stay.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to launch a land reform to wipe out the landlord class and completely destroy it. He will control the entire country and the local government, so that the implementation of government orders will be unimpeded, and the local government will no longer have any constraints.

The courtiers looked at the situation map of Europa Continent, and under Xiao Ruxun's explanation, they stepped into a brand new world that they had never heard of.

"This is the country of Spain, and this is the country of Portugal, the Franchi we are talking about is actually the Portuguese, and the country of Portugal is now being annexed by the country of Spain.

That is to say, Spain invaded and occupied Luzon, and was defeated by the navy led by me before. This is our joint focus, France, and another Genoa country is in this position.

In addition to these three countries, there are also England and the Netherlands, here and here respectively, they are all countries with strong shipbuilding technology without exception, and the strength of their navy is not inferior to ours. .

With the main force of my Burmese navy, I can only defeat one of its partial divisions, and with the strength of Daqin's current navy, it is only the size of a Spanish country. There are other strong naval countries in the entire Europa continent.

The other is the bird gun. The bird gun was imitated from Spain and Portugal in the previous Ming Dynasty. Now, under my improvement, the bird gun of Daqin is no longer inferior to the Europeans. Fire guns, and the strength of artillery is not inferior to that of the Europas.

But this is now, that is to say, in the former Ming Dynasty, decades ago, our sea ship and firearm technology has lagged behind the Europas, so that in the several firefights between the former Ming Dynasty and the Europas, we always used the advantage of numbers Defeat them, and your own losses are greater than those of others.

The military technology of the Europa people is no longer inferior to that of the previous Ming Dynasty, and is almost on par with our Great Qin. Regardless of the population, we are just on an equal footing with them. "

The facts told by the emperor himself dealt a huge blow to the officials.

"Ping... equal sitting?"

Ye Xianggao was the most shocked.

"Your Majesty's words, f... Can the Europa people sit on an equal footing with Great Qin?!"

"It is true from the perspective of military technology. In some aspects, such as arithmetic, astronomy, and shipbuilding, they are all superior to the Great Qin. The reason why I want to open trade with five ports is to transfer the things they have mastered. Bring it back to Daqin, promote it in Daqin, study it, and surpass them."

Xiao Ruxun calmly told the facts.

The officials looked at each other.

The dignity of the heavenly kingdom really does not allow them to believe the truth of this matter, but the emperor's golden words are hard to follow, how can the monarch make jokes, they can't believe that Xiao Ruxun is telling lies no matter what.

Moreover, Xiao Ruxun sent people to Europa and knew more about Europa than any of them, there is no doubt about it.

So although they were puzzled and shocked, they dared not believe it.

The Europeans have indeed begun to threaten the majesty of the Kingdom of Heaven.

"Right now we still have each other's strengths and weaknesses, but the Europa people have dared to sail thousands of miles to harass us under our noses. One can imagine how courageous and greedy they are. If Daqin doesn't wake up immediately and improve himself, there is no need How many years, it is inevitable to fall behind in an all-round way, and when the time comes, once the kingdom of heaven is defeated, what kind of panic should it be?"

Xiao Ruxun spoke more seriously, and the elites of Daqin were even more shocked by this.

"How could Daqin be defeated?"

Wang Xijue muttered to himself in surprise.

Xiao Ruxun heard it and was very dissatisfied with Wang Xijue's attitude.

"Old Wang Ge, there is no way out if you stick to the rules and stand still. It is not good for us to indulge in the impression of the heaven and the kingdom. It is time to let the people of Daqin know what the world is like and what the world is like. Everyone opened their eyes and looked at the sea, I believe they can see something different."

Xiao Ruxun made a comprehensive determination of this policy.

Force the Sixth Ministry of the Cabinet to pass this decree immediately, and then issue it to the localities for implementation. It is required to set up a city shipping department in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, and Qingdao, set up a transshipment envoy, and stipulate the tax rate for doing business abroad, etc., Re-delineate commercial taxes, divide them according to the amount of a transaction, and levy taxes of different amounts.

The emperor finally took the opportunity to attack the business tax.

But there were few who raised objections.

There must have been some at first, but most of these people were invited to drink tea in the Central Investigation Department. One can imagine who the rest are.

Either Xiao Ruxun's old subordinates and newly promoted land reform officials, or insignificant officials, or high-ranking officials who have been tamed.

Who could object?

Xiao Ruxun decided to focus on collecting business taxes. The larger the transaction amount, the higher the income, the more taxes will be collected. Whoever dares to evade taxes and evade taxes will not be simply imprisoned.

The extremely low business tax stipulated by Zhu Yuanzhang in the former Ming Dynasty is gone forever, and the emperor's orders are unstoppable.

Xiao Ruxun's heavy blow to further strengthen the centralization of power has begun to strike.

Not only set up a city ship department to collect commercial taxes, but also set up transshipment envoys in various places. The national taxes must be sent to the central government, and then the central government will allocate local financial budgets.

Local financial and personnel powers are fully controlled by the central government, military power is also controlled by the central government, local civilian officials have no military power, local garrisons do not listen to local officials' dispatch, local power is comprehensively weakened, and centralized power is greatly enhanced.

Some people's worst fears finally happen, but they can't change anything.

Xiao Ruxun would never allow them to change anything.

Soon, Xiao Ruxun asked the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials and the Cabinet to submit the list of suitable Shibosi Lang Zhong and transshipment envoys for him to choose.

The responsibilities of Shibosi doctor and transfer envoy are very important, and they are an important part of his centralization and strengthening, and the candidates must not be sloppy.

(End of this chapter)