In the cold winter of the 17th year of Jingtai, all the tribes outside the pass, including the Jurchens, lived a very miserable life, starving to death, and many of them were starving to death. However, the country was prepared for a long time, and it had almost no impact.

In contrast, Daming looked at the lively atmosphere in a dark mind and felt that the winter of Jingtai's 17th year was particularly pleasant!

Even Hami looked happily at the starving and cold outside the pass.

Well, there are also conflicts in the Gyeonggi court.

Most of them are intrigues between ministers.

The relationship between the imperial power and the ministers was surprisingly harmonious. Except for Chen Xun pretending to be dead when the Ministry of Revenue was asked to take the money, all departments in the court would cooperate fully in other matters as long as Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Jianji had requests.

Finally, before the end of the year, Zhu Jianji and his son achieved their original ideals.

Military power is in control!

The regiment camp, the 26 personal guards, and the local guards of the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Anyone who belongs to the Ming army, the appointment and removal power of all military generals shall be subject to the Holy Tribunal of the Ganqing Hall.

The military pay and military horse distribution of the three major military forces also require red criticism from the Qing Dynasty.

The Minister of War, the Governor's Office of the Five Army, no longer has the power to mobilize troops.

After this move was implemented, Zhu Qiyu was finally able to sleep peacefully.

No matter who it is, there will be no way to raise an army and cause trouble in the future.

Starting from the first year of Jingtai, after 17 years, Zhu Qiyu took advantage of the oldest son's east wind to finally solve this hidden danger, and the Emperor of Ming became the true master of the world again.

It was the eighteenth year of Jingtai in a blink of an eye.

Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was going to personally fight, all the departments in the court had already prepared the supplies, but the previous contraction of the Ming Dynasty's maritime strategy led to not many naval warships that could be called.

It's okay, it's not a big problem to transport the young army of the East Palace across the Strait to land in Taiwan.

All the warships were called to Dengzhou Guards first. After the Spring Festival, the young army of the Donggong went to Dengzhou Guards. They were worried that the soldiers would become seasick and other unacceptable, so they conducted sea practices one month in advance.

On the other hand, it also made the young army familiar with naval warfare and was worried about encountering pirates when they were crossing the strait.

Actually, I've thought too much.

The nine ministers in the court, especially the Minister of War Yu Qian, would never have an accident with the Prince of the Ming Dynasty.

When the young army of the Eastern Palace went to war, almost half of the naval warships and naval soldiers of the Ming Dynasty would be transferred to the waters in Fujian and Guangdong. Will pirates not be able to gain eyes?

But I was afraid that the noise would be too big and I was noticed by Taiwan.

So I held my troops back a long time.

But even so, the actions of the Ming Navy in Dengzhou Wei waters still scared North Korea and Japan, thinking that the Ming Dynasty would take military action against them.

After the Lantern Festival in the 18th year of Jingtai, two major events happened.

First, the Ming Dynasty court informed the world that the sea ban was lifted. However, as long as we have the ability, we can go to the new department of the Ministry of Revenue to register at the offices of coastal ports. We can form a caravan for overseas trade, and the shipping department will send people to supervise it to verify the goods transported to the sea for trade, and make a book to the Ministry of Revenue "Maritime Taxation Department", and the profits after the return of the sea trade will be counted and calculated, and a certain tax will be collected according to the proportion.

This matter is subject to supervision by the local censorate.

As soon as this reform came out, it caused a stir.

Previously, the center of the court and the local gentry behind them, although some of them were robbed by His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince for a million taels, they already had the experience and strength to go overseas and could continue to trade overseas. The money that was robbed by His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince could be made back.

So in the end, he surrendered to the imperial power and agreed to open the sea. Otherwise, he could talk about Taizu's sea ban system and fight with Zhu Qiyu for a few years on opening the sea. Maybe Liu Daxia would be unsure.

As a result, as soon as the court's notice came out, taxes were collected.

And it's a step-by-step tax collection!

If the profit is less than 100,000, the profit will be 20%.

The profits of 100,000 to 150,000 are collected by a half.

A profit of between 150,000 and 200,000 will be charged 30% of the tax.

A profit of between 200,000 and 250,000 will be charged 350% of the tax.

A profit of more than 250,000 yuan will be 40%.

This is simply a naked robbery!

Everyone had thought about collecting taxes before, but they didn’t expect it to be so heavy. They didn’t expect that the tax collection was not responsible by the local government, but by the Ministry of Revenue, a direct-government department, to be responsible for it.

Taxes are directly charged into the treasury!

This means that the local gentry wants is gone.

Therefore, the civil service groups in the court, as spokesperson for the interests of the gentry, and even most military generals and nobles, began to report frequently on this matter.

Zhu Qiyu will stay all over the country.

He was also worried.

This tax policy was not determined by him, but the prince's meaning.

I had long expected the court officials to rebound.

So I told Zhu Qiyu, but some court officials reported on this matter, but they were left unanimous. If someone mentioned it at the dynasty meeting, they would pretend to be deaf and dumb, so a very strange scene could be seen at the dynasty meeting in recent days.

In Fengtian Hall, a group of civil and military officials reported on the matter of taxing seas and taxes, and then discussed a lot.

But the one sitting on the dragon throne looks like a sculpture.

No matter what you say, you just don’t say anything. At worst, you can just wait until you leave.

In the end, it was basically Jiuqing who came out to resolve the embarrassment.

Regarding taxation, Jiuqing's attitude is clear.

Especially Chen Xun of the Ministry of Revenue, that was 10,000 supporters. As the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty, he knew very well how poor the Ming Dynasty's finances were. If he had to pay taxes on sea, the Ministry of Revenue's treasury could earn at least several million taels a year.

This is a good thing.

Although the family behind Chen Xun also asked him to report, Chen Xun did not know the importance of it.

The other nine ministers are almost the same as Chen Xun.

I have already made a notice to the world. Is it useful to oppose it?

Besides, as the Nine Ministers, I understand the difficulties of the country better. Now, the Crown Prince can change the current situation of the Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years from the root. Why not do it?

But there is one exception.

Chen Ruyan, Minister of Justice.

This Shangshu has always been the backbone of opposing the heavy taxation of the sea. In this game between the monarch and the ministers, he has won many people's hearts, and under various momentum, he has become the leader of the civil servant group.

The court is playing games, and the court's announcement has taken effect.

Unlike the wealthy gentry in the court, the declined gentry and merchants in the country who have been in a low position since ancient times were so excited when they knew the court's policy.

They are not qualified to get involved in court games.

Take advantage of the policy and start overseas trade a few times before talking about it.

As for taxes...

Their economic strength does not allow the scale of maritime trade to be too large. The profit per time is less than 100,000 yuan. If you pay 20% of the tax, the income can still be tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of taels. You can make a big profit.

Therefore, when the Fengtian Hall in the capital was still in a protracted confrontation, the private trade along the coast was already in full swing.

The second major event, Yu Qian resigned.

The man is full of women. Yu Shaobao, born in the 31st year of Hongwu, will hold his 70th birthday banquet in May of the 18th year of Jingtai, and the life of a person is rare.

Yu Qian is old.

In addition, recently, when the monarch and ministers are playing games, the civil servants always intentionally or unintentionally entangled Yu Qian, hoping that he can speak for everyone.

Yu Qian is tired.

Your Majesty is kind, diligent, the Prince is strong and wise.

Yu Qian is relieved to have such a partner.

Just resign.

When Zhu Qiyu heard Yu Qian's resignation, he was very happy, but he was not happy for a few hours. Zhu Jianji, who learned the news, rushed back to the Ganqing Hall from the Military Research Institute. He said without any doubt that he did not agree with Yu Qian's resignation.

Zhu Qiyu was immediately dissatisfied.

The father and son began to argue with each other again.


Chapter completed!