Snowflakes are flying, the north wind is sweeping, and the sky and the earth are covered with whiteness.
In the cold wind, in the Ganqing Palace, the door of the palace was closed and the windows were half open, and stoves filled with carbon fire were neatly placed in the hall.
The stove was steaming hot, making the hall look like a warmer. Even the snow on the roof melted a lot under the steaming hot.
In the hall, several little princes sat steadily, reading the classics of the ancestors as if they were decent.
After the emperor sat upright on the table, he held it in his hand, which was like Zhaowu's four years of tax and expenditure summary.
Two major battles between the north and the south, engineering disaster relief in various places...
It is obvious that the fourth year of Zhaowu was another year of complete unbalanced income and expenditure!
It can't even be described as imbalance, it should be completely out of control!
The uncontrollable income and expenditure numbers came into view, but the emperor did not fluctuate much. All of this was expected.
After all, based on the fiscal and tax revenues of the Ming Dynasty, the money and food consumed by Zhaowu's four years of engineering disaster relief alone would probably consume all the fiscal and tax revenues of the Ming Dynasty.
Not to mention, disaster relief has never been a country's main expense.
The emperor's eyes were placed on the commercial tax this year. The reform has been underway for nearly two years and has been implemented in all aspects. The rest is only revision and persistence.
The once disorderly business environment gradually became more formal after the implementation of commercial tax, and what followed was naturally the leaps and bounds of commercial tax revenue.
The commercial tax revenue of Daheng in the entire north, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and southern Zhili provinces, and the entire Daheng in Zhaowu for the fourth year reached as much as 11 million taels.
This is just commercial taxation, as well as Ningbo Maritime Warehouse Department, the establishment of Andong Maritime Warehouse Department, Tianjin Maritime Warehouse Department, and part of the discount for agricultural taxation.
Zhaowu has been paying taxes and cashiers for four years and a year!
And this is still the case when the natural disasters are protracted and most of the Jiangnan has not yet recovered.
It is completely conceivable that when Jiangnan is completely pacified, when the engineering disaster relief achieves results, or the natural disasters disappear, the business environment becomes more and more prosperous, and commercial tax revenue will inevitably soar to even more terrifying figures.
In sharp contrast to the huge number of silver income, there is a pitiful grain income.
In the fourth year of Zhaowu, since the beginning of the project disaster relief, the emperor issued an order to exempt agricultural taxes from several severely affected areas in the north.
At the same time, there are more or less agricultural tax exemption policies for most affected areas.
His eyes circulate on these tax revenue numbers, but the emperor does not have much joy.
In this country, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce has been a policy that has been adhered to in all dynasties since ancient times.
It is obvious that the ancients would not fail to see the benefits of business.
However, there is naturally a reason for insisting on focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce.
The prosperity of business is only a icing on the cake to make the country prosperous.
And agriculture is what the foundation of the country is.
The suppressed commerce and fundamental agriculture are enough to ensure the emergence of a prosperous era.
The most clear decisions have been made in the past dynasties.
If he attaches importance to business, he will inevitably impact the fundamentals of agriculture.
How to grasp the balance is obviously a great test of the power of the ruling class.
Although this problem has not yet appeared, it is obvious that once it appears, it will be too late!
As the promoter of all this, he naturally must prevent and make arrangements in advance.
"Population statistics, red line of cultivated land...expand territory...and severe punishments and harsh laws..."
Thoughts quickly emerged in my mind.
The emperor knew that with the environment of this era, what he did was strictly to encourage growth.
And he must solve the disasters caused by the growth of seedlings and encouragement, and prevent them little by little.
As the thoughts flow, the pen tip is also spread on the memorial book, and the emperor's will is also inadvertently reflected in the memorial book. In the end, these instructions will be transmitted to the subordinate yamen one by one, and then the emperor's will will be conveyed to the whole world bit by bit, changing the world bit by bit.
In the great era, many people may not be able to detect too much change, but after a few years, looking back, the world may have changed.
Just like Daheng in the fourth year of Zhaowu, it is already a very different difference from Daheng in the early years of Zhaowu.
However, even though the world is different, it is still a very long way from the prosperous times in the minds of the emperor.
After about an hour, the emperor put down his pen and picked up several secret memos from all over the world for a moment. Then he looked at the little princes in the hall who were shaking their heads and reading books.
More than a year has passed since Zhaowu prepared to enlighten these little princes in the third year.
Enlightenment was put on the agenda as early as the beginning of the fourth year of Zhaowu.
The emperor will naturally not tolerate the little prince's education. What kind of happy learning does not exist in this imperial family.
If you get more, you have to pay more!
The emperor personally prepared a course schedule, and every day was arranged in full swing, and even holidays were rare to rest.
Every once in a while, the emperor takes time to teach himself or evaluate the princes.
The emperor naturally did not stick to the same way in the education of the prince. What the emperor has always pursued is pragmatism.
What thoughts, what rules...
All of this is proposed by people and formulated by people, and is also used to bind people.
And if the emperor, who is the master of all rights, is bound by these things, he is a fool!
What a promising king wants is to understand it and then control it!
Use whatever is easy to use, and make it easy to use whatever is not easy to use!
Under the will of the emperor, the prince's education was obviously completely beyond the scope.
Since ancient times, all the sects and sects, all the sages that the emperor thought were useful were textbooks for princes to learn.
As for new learning and martial arts, it is even more natural.
Such a maverick behavior naturally caused an uproar at the beginning of the matter, but with the insistence of the emperor, this matter was also resolutely implemented.
After wandering around the tables of several princes, checking the dictation status, and asking a few more questions, the emperor nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, I'll give you half a day off today."
The emperor waved his hand, and the little princes immediately smiled so hard that their eyes narrowed, and they bowed in a good manner: "Thank you, Father!"
The emperor also had a smile on his face. In his spare time, watching the little princes grow slowly is a rare moment of relaxation.
At this moment, the hall gate was suddenly pushed open, and wind and snow penetrated. Er Dezi was covered in wind and snow, with a serious expression and hurriedly walked in.
Just as I was about to speak, I saw the eunuchs and palace maids around me, and I was also holding back my words.
Seeing this, the emperor frowned, waved his hand, and signaled Erdezi to approach.
After saying a word, the smile on the emperor's face suddenly became stiff.
The little princes seemed to realize that something was wrong with the atmosphere, looked at each other, and then quietly walked out of the hall.
At this moment, the emperor obviously did not care about the little prince's actions. After a long silence, he let out a long breath. Looking at the wind and snow pouring into the hall like a river pouring down, the emperor made a faint sound.
"Be careful to keep it confidential, don't make any statements, bring it to the palace first."
"The slave understands."
Chapter completed!