Chapter 832 Embroidered Clothes
The proceeds from this ocean trade, except for a few symbolic selections from the tribute gifts of envoys from various countries, were included in the internal funds, and the rest were included in the treasury of the Ministry of Households.
All kinds of animals and the like, as well as the white elephants, lions and tigers in the original palace, were all placed in the pens in the west of the city, allowing the gentry and common people to watch and play. Naturally, a certain fee was charged, but not much, just for use. Just maintain.
The external claim is to open the imperial garden and have fun with the people. The people in Beijing may not be rare to see any beasts, but they are very interested in having fun with the king. After all, this is the treatment only the people under the emperor's feet.
And these are just the beginning, trade and commerce is the real long-term way, the Japanese pirates gradually subsided, maritime trade flourished, and the coastal people have begun to use clans as units to prepare goods and build seagoing ships to go to sea spontaneously.
Jinghai Hou Wuzhen's naval division stationed troops in the critical trading Haikou Strait after cleaning up the Japanese pirates, and also ensured that large-scale pirates would not form in the offshore.
In the past two years, the Ming and Qing dynasties suppressed bandits and water bandits, and those who escaped by chance are now entrenched in the sea. It is difficult for people who are used to doing business without capital to integrate into ordinary life.
Therefore, although Sino-Ocean has made huge profits, it mainly enriches the national treasury. The Ministry of Household Affairs has obtained a windfall, which has more room for maneuvering. Many places can also allocate money and grain allocations as appropriate, otherwise it can only be the same as in previous years. Continue to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall.
The officials all called Shengming. After all, they were opposed to the establishment of an ocean-going fleet to go to sea.
Zhu Biao has no interest in exotic treasures. For the rest of this month, he is mainly busy with business and taxation matters, as well as the cultivation and selection and improvement of various exotic crops.
Corn, sweet potato, and potato, these three are the most important, followed by pepper, the first three are for the country and the people, and the latter is for oneself, cornel is really not used to it, it is spicy and bitter.
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In the hall, Zhao Wenjing, Minister of the Household Department, said after reporting the matter to the Ministry Hall: "Business and taxation are huge profits, and the duties and powers of the Household Department are trivial. I think it would be better to establish a new head of the government office."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "Why, someone obstructed the tax road?"
"It's hard for me to say whether there is or not. I only know that the threshold of the household department's yamen has been broken through in the past few days. I'm biased and I'm just talking about him, but I think that's what happened."
"Who is there, tell us, let's ask them what they want to do!"
Zhao Wenjing was a little embarrassed. There were many people in the household department, and they didn't say it clearly. Just saying it like this would offend people too much.
Zhu Biao said: "Since there is no clear statement, it is not easy to question the crime, and the father does not need to be angry. The benefit is very touching, which is expected."
"Furthermore, what Zhao Qing said is true. My ministers have also been thinking about it recently. The matter of taxes and taxes involves a wide range of important matters. The establishment of a new government is beneficial to the country and has no disadvantages."
That is to separate the household department, but if it is still the people in the household department, what is the point of dividing it, not to mention the waste of effort, the originally orderly division of powers is easy to be blamed by them.
"Who do you think is suitable?"
Zhu Biao immediately replied: "Quan Xu."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, thinking that this prince's confidant who has been nesting in Fengyang since the founding of the country is the most suitable. Speaking of which, he is still the heir of the old general, and Miaohong can be trusted.
After the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs retired, Zhu Biao submitted the draft articles of association to Yulan, which divided the responsibilities and authorities of the tax bureau in detail. After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
"Are you willing to devote half of the Jinyiwei you have cultivated with great difficulty to this yamen?"
"Furthermore, the business tax is stable, and the money and food will be abundant. At that time, it will be enough to find another child to be trained as Jinyiwei. As for those who are transferred to the tax bureau, they are called embroidered clothes envoys. I will give imperial embroidered clothes to the local merchants to check the accounts to determine taxes. .”
"So be it."
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It was the month, the imperial court established a new taxation bureau, and appointed Zhao Yan, the Tongzhi of the pro-military Duwei Mansion, as the director.
The embroidered clothes envoy went all the way south, like a hungry tiger coming out of the mountain, and if there was any suspicion, he would be tortured. The shopkeepers and shopkeepers in the district, how could they carry it? To the local yamen.
Some court officials impeached, but they were all suppressed, and there was a secret letter and Zhao Yan, the director of the tax bureau, sent to the imperial court together with the letter and the impeachment. prison.
In this way, the embroidered clothes were like a broken bamboo, the director Zhao Yan and Quan Xu stopped to drive to Hangzhou, Zhao Yan looked pale in the courtyard, looked at Quan Xu who was as cold as before, and said: "My lord, it's nothing more than a mere merchant or a pariah, no matter how many they are killed Don't dare to disobey, but the Jiangnan family is not easy to move lightly."
"What's more, I look at the accounts, and the income and exit are similar. You don't look at their faces, but you have to care about His Highness's dignity. After all, there is a noble person in the East Palace, let alone have children."
Quan Xu glanced at him and said: "It has nothing to do with this. I have personally checked the accounts of the Chen family, and they are not in the slightest. The other aristocratic families also have nobles in the East Palace?"
The East Palace is gone, but there are still a few in the Harem. Zhang Yan dare not say this. He knows exactly what he is used for. The imperial court has its own laws. If the embroiderers are so unscrupulous, someone must be responsible in the end of.
No matter how I think about it, that person will not be the young master in front of me. Although he has been unknown in recent years, anyone who knows a little bit knows that this person is an old man who is close to the army.
When the crown prince was still the eldest son, he escorted him to the emperor's hometown to worship the ancestors and sweep the tombs. When the crown prince went to the Northern Expedition, he commanded the army's Duwei Mansion as his personal escort.
That's why he will divide the proceeds from ransacking the house within the scope of his rights, and he will not dare to occupy the rest of the tax that should be paid.
Just thinking that someone will intercede at that time, at least save their lives.
"Have you checked out those families? If there is still something unclear, I will order the embroiderer to arrest someone and torture him."
Zhao Yan sighed and took out the list circled in red and said: "The Chen family has already confessed, so it is not difficult to find out, not to mention that each family has children who are not good enough, so there is no need to use punishment, just stop and ask a few words, and you will know everything. Confessed."
Quan Xu took it and glanced at it, then handed the list to the young man in embroidered clothes beside him. The young man with red lips and white teeth was tall and had a good appearance, but his eyes were extremely gloomy, like poisonous snakes and beasts, which made people dumbfounded.
After he left, Zhao Yan sighed: "The embroidered clothes envoys are all good knives. My lord resigned from the title when the glory is unlimited, and faded out of the court to hide his name. He really sharpened a magic weapon for His Highness. But it would be a waste to use it here. .”
Quan Xu shook his head and said: "They are all just embryos. Whether they can become a sharp weapon in His Highness's hands depends on their own good fortune, not to mention the embryos of divine weapons. Only heaven and man can carve them, not us and ordinary people. .”
"What is a magic weapon, what is a heavenly man?"
"The princes Kaiping and Prince Zhongshan are not just magical weapons made by the Holy One, they were just ordinary appearances when they were young."
Zhao Yan, who followed Xu Dachang Yuchun on the battlefield, heard the words: "The Holy Majesty is a real dragon from the sky who came down to earth, but the princes and generals are also born extraordinary like the stars in the sky. Otherwise, how can they help the Holy Majesty to establish a country and establish a system."
Quan Xu shook his head and said: "Success does not depend on the generals, it depends on the Holy Majesty being able to build a large army from scratch, integrate and train a group of mobs, lead the troops to fight, establish military discipline, make arbitrary decisions, subdue the rebellious generation, and guarantee logistics. Supplies, that’s why we were able to take over the world.”
"Otherwise it's nothing more than wandering soldiers, who may be able to rule the roost for a while, but in the end it is difficult to become a great weapon. We can see that it is difficult to forge soldiers. Generals are just people with swords. As long as the Holy One is there, there will be some magic soldiers. And crusade against the world, sooner or later you will win."
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(end of this chapter)