Eunuch Chang Chang Zuoqing started a pot of charcoal fire in the imperial study.

He took the memorials piled up on the Dragon Case and suddenly remembered that in the first few years when the Emperor was in power, there were many memorials on the Dragon Case that needed to be processed.

But later the emperor went to Changle Palace.

Apart from the four treasures of the study, there has never been a memorial on this dragon case.

The young boy finally arrived here a few days ago, and he sat on the dragon throne behind the dragon case!

He summoned several ministers here.

But he did not declare his ascension to the throne!

Instead, he regards himself as the Regent!

Then, I began to be busy, and every day I had to send the memorials gathered in the Political Affairs Hall to this desk, and the young Regent would go very carefully and comment on them very seriously.

He was quite good-looking, and at first two days, he became a little unfamiliar, and then he became calm.

A great talent!

Not only poetry and articles, he also seems to have extremely profound insights on the way to govern the country!

Thinking about the scene when he welcomed the regent to the palace for the first time, Chang Zuoqing touched the silver notes that were still in his sleeve bag, and his old face showed a smile.

This Regent is pretty good.

young.

Energetic.

Be vibrant.

Diligent.

Still approachable.

He did not have the slightest airs of the regent, nor did he have the arrogant and arrogant attitude of suddenly holding great power.

He is still the same as the boy he used to be.

Here, we discuss national policies and formulate plans with the newly appointed six ministers, and argue with each other, and even argue with each other for a certain point of view.

But he doesn't hold grudges.

Afterwards, he even apologized in person if he wanted to understand that he was wrong!

In this way, he was loved and loved by the ministers and made the atmosphere in the court completely renewed.

Although officials have dropped by more than half compared to the past, these officials are now more diligent, and their efficiency is much higher than when Ji Tai was in power.

This is the wise king!

Unfortunately, he is not jun.

If he was the king, Ningguo would probably only take three or five years to recover from his anger and even be reborn.

Why……!

Eunuch Chang sighed, and he walked to the door, and the white snow was covered with heavy snow. In a moment, someone came to the heavy snow.

It is not the Regent, but Li Wenhou, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

"My Lord Li!"

"The Regent hasn't come yet?"

Eunuch Chang bowed and said, "It's too cold this day. The Regent is young after all, please come in and wait first."

Li Wenhou was still wearing the stern coffin face. He walked into the imperial study room, sat in front of the coffee table without any hesitation, placed a memorial on the tea table, thought about it, and cooked a pot of tea by himself.

The tea has not yet opened, and Li Chenan has arrived.

Li Wenhou looked up, his eyes cold, "It's the end of Chen!"

Li Chenan grinned: "We have to change our working hours... Don't do this to me, I'm for your own good!"

As he said this, Li Chenan sat opposite Li Wenhou, "Second uncle,"

Li Wenhou glared at Li Chen'an: "This is the imperial study room, a public place! Please call the regent to be the official official as Shangshu Li or Lord Li!"

Li Chenan shrugged, "Uncle, I, the tax and grain data of our Ningguo Fifth Road, except Jiangnan Road, have the tax and grain data of the other four roads been counted?"

Li Wenhou had no choice but to deal with Li Chenan. He twisted a handful of tea and threw it into the teapot. He handed the fold on the table to Li Chenan and said:

"Bei Mo Road lost a large area of ​​territory including Jiuyin City due to the invasion of the desert."

"The General Xiahou Zhuo of Beimo has long written a letter. In order to resist the army of the deserted country, the court asked the court to keep the tax grain of Beimo this year in Beimo for military rations so that the border troops of Beimo can resist foreign enemies."

"Jita agreed."

"So the tax grains in Beimo are not not transported to Kyoto."

"As Annan Road, because the Wu State stationed troops outside Wuya Pass, the Red Flame Army General Yan Jinong had already written a letter to Ji Tai, so the tax grain from Annan Road was not transported to Kyoto."

"The tax grain on Jiangnan Road was robbed, and only two roads are left in Shuzhou Road and Lingdong Road."

"These two tax grains were put into the warehouse, with a total of 2128,672 stones of grain, 225,3483 taels of silver, and 163,762 pieces of silk."

Li Chenan frowned slightly and asked, "How many people and households are there in our Ning Country?"

"The registered population of five roads and seventy-two states is roughly 36 million, about 7.2 million households."

Li Chenan pondered for a while. After a preliminary understanding of these days, he already knew that the tax types in Ningguo mainly include land tax and population tax, collectively known as tax service.

The so-called land tax means collecting food or currency based on the land acres...

The tax on the population is levied on the basis of the person's position or paid into physical goods or currency.

The tax on this population is quite messy. As long as you become a citizen, you must perform labor service. If you have a wealthy family, you can use money and food instead.

The entire Ningguo has not a large population, and the most prosperous Jiangnan Road accounts for 30% of the population, that is, Jiangnan Road has a population of tens of millions. Shuzhou Road and Lingdong Road are the two worst and poorest roads in Ningguo, with a total population of tens of millions.

These ten million people were roughly two million households, but they paid 2128,672 stones of grain... On average, each household paid more than one stone, one hundred and twenty kilograms of grain, which is nearly one hundred and thirty kilograms of grain!

In this era, the Jiangnan area with the highest yield per mu of rice was only about 200 kilograms, and the average yield per mu would inevitably be reduced by half in places like Shuzhou and Lingdong.

Therefore, the heavy taxes are so heavy that the people cannot bear.

But even so, the tax and grain collected were still not enough for the court's expenses.

If there is a war or a disaster, it will be even worse!

He flipped through the note, but did not go into detail, but looked at Li Wenhou.

"I think the national policy of Ningguo will change in the next step!"

Li Wenhou's hand holding the teapot suddenly froze, "Change the national policy? How to change it?"

"Heavy industry, heavy commercial!"

Li Wenhou suddenly widened his eyes, "Food is the most important thing for the people! Farmers are always the first priority!"

Li Chen'an raised his eyebrows: "But Ningguo's agriculture is limited by the disadvantages of the ground conditions. It will never be difficult for it to increase yield until the seed fertilizer is improved! In agriculture, Ningguo does not have the land advantages of Yue and Wu!"

"These two countries have more populations than Ningguo, and their country is more peaceful and fertile, which is more suitable for the growth of food!"

"I mean not to give up agriculture, but before crops can find higher yield categories, we need to give priority to boosting handicrafts and thriving business!"

Li Wenhou did not pour tea, so he put down the teacup, "Nonsense!"

At this moment, he showed his second uncle's majesty:

"Scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, this is the order of a country, and this is the truth that remains unchanged for thousands of years!"

"The second place is the farmer, and the country relies on the scholars to rule, and the country survives on the farmer!"

"Work and business are just icing on the cake!"

"The so-called handicraftsmen are just some weird tricks! You are meaningless!"

"The so-called businessmen are all profit-oriented villains. They do not work in production and are born by buying and selling backwards, which is of no benefit to the country!"

"Your idea is unsatisfactory!"

Li Chenan glared, and the two of them stared at each other with big eyes.

"You were wrong!"

"The boost of handicrafts will improve equipment and improve the output and quality of commodities! It can even improve the efficiency of agriculture!"

"Only when the output and quality of the goods are improved, the price of the goods will be reduced, and only when the price of the goods is lower can the goods become competitive and make the business more prosperous!"

"Business is booming and merchants make money. Business tax will inevitably surpass the current agricultural tax and become the pillar of Ningguo tax revenue!"

“This works faster than farming!”

Li Chenan reached out and knocked on the table: "Only after the national tax revenue is raised, you can pay your salary on time! Only then can you equip the army with better weapons and equipment!"

"Everyone who is an official is about to starve to death. What are the strange tricks and tricks? Why do you think of the bad things?"

"I think it's shameful to be a stinking man, but the shameful thing is that living people are starved to death!"

Li Wenhou obviously couldn't accept this view, and he slapped the tea table, "You, you're simply ridiculous!"
To be continued...