"Thank you, Your Majesty, for clarifying my doubts." A relieved smile gradually appeared on Xu Jie's lips. He didn't know what he was pursuing, but by some strange combination of circumstances, he asked. Now that he got such an answer, it seemed pretty good.
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"Okay, go back and prepare. Learn more from your teacher. That guy is very thoughtful. You are still very young now, but I hope you will still be pure in front of me, even though we are destined to be together in this life.
No brother, but I don't want to send you to the guillotine with my own hands. Do you understand, there is nothing I can't give you, glory and wealth? Please don't do stupid things."
Zhu Houcong squinted his eyes. This was his last warning. Although the coins had not been issued yet, the implementation of the military merit system had made it clear that he had the ability to make money. Now he could easily get five million military merits with a wave of his hand, which could be counted on the black market.
More than 20 million taels of silver.
Xu Jie must be able to recognize himself in this situation. After all, he can still understand what is light and what is heavy, but Zhu Houcong is still a little worried. After all, the tax department has too much money in its hands.
If he has a wrong idea, no one can save him.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will try my best. I will not look at anything I shouldn't take. I will only take what your Majesty gives me. If one day I violate my original intention, I will not give it to you. I will go to the guillotine myself."
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Xu Jie is very open-minded about this kind of thing. Even Master Yan is very taboo about money. It can be seen how much His Majesty hates corruption. He has also investigated many corrupt officials. He
I don't want to be one of them.
"I hope so. Okay, you can just stand down. I'm tired." Now it must be nice to say it, but people are hard to talk about. Just say that hundreds of millions of dollars of cash flow from your hands a year.
, you may be able to scrape off tens of millions from doing accounting casually without even noticing it. Do you think you can withstand such a temptation?
It's really hard to say. Although Zhu Houcong believed in his own vision and Yan Song's vision, people's hearts are fickle. Huge interests are in front of him. Who knows, he can only take one step at a time. He can only say that he is worthy of it.
In his heart, he tries his best to be satisfied with a few people, both materially and spiritually.
"Promise, I will take my leave." Xu Jie respectfully exited the hall. He knew that his identity would be different from now on, but while accepting this identity, he also accepted a responsibility, a huge responsibility.
"Master, do you want to leave such an important matter to him?" Lu Fang changed Zhu Houcong's cup of tea to the side. Of course, he did not dare to question His Majesty's decision, but he felt that this decision was a bit hasty.
"If you don't leave it to him, who should you leave it to? Let Yan Song take charge personally? Forget it, spare his life. Besides, whether he can succeed or not depends on him. Let's just see. Daming is no longer
We have experienced failure before, so there is no need to be so cautious, let’s just try boldly.”
Zhu Houcong didn't care very much. He didn't care. He just regarded it as an attempt for young people. If it failed, he wouldn't lose much, but if it succeeded, wouldn't someone be responsible for this?
I have to find such an important person in person, how troublesome it is.
Of course, if possible, he would naturally leave everything to Yan Song, but for the sake of his old life, let it go. He felt sorry for using him like this every day.
"That's true. If the taxation work can go smoothly, it doesn't have to be all, even a small half will be enough." There is really no way to deal with taxation. If the gentry doesn't pay, the country will naturally have no money, and farmers will have less and less land.
, who do they turn to to collect taxes?
"A small half? Not even a penny less. Do you think I'm really joking? It doesn't matter if it's just three melons and two dates. I don't care. But if we really collect them all, there will still be a tax of nearly 100 million a year. This
I still believe it, but it turns out that these people only pay a lot in a year, less than 10 million. You said how dark the hearts of these people are, but I want to see who wants to stand out like this."
Today is different from the past. Before the military expansion, we were still a little cautious. Now if you dare to try it, who is afraid of whom?
Now those people no longer have the ability to threaten Zhu Houcong. Anyway, he doesn't care. It's just the painful period of reform. Compared with other reforms, he feels that his bloodshed and sacrifice are already very small. If anyone wants to try his knife, it will be disadvantageous.
, then he doesn’t mind showing it off.
The main reason is that there are so many good things in the exchange office, but no one has any military merit, so they regard it as a welfare and let everyone try it.
Anyway, these things are used within the army, and most of them are basically used to buy equipment. It is equivalent to changing equipment in disguise to improve the combat effectiveness of the army.
It's great to make money for it yourself. The main thing is that the more you work, the more you get, and both parties have the right to choose.
Anyway, Zhu Houcong thinks it's quite profitable, not very profitable. It's just money earned. He will save all the money for equipment in the future. As for the soldiers, they are actually not bad. There is hope. If they want those powerful equipment, they can work hard.
There is a chance. How could they have such a thing in the past? Moreover, military merit can be exchanged for official positions and money. Anyway, there are many benefits. It feels like life in the army has suddenly become more interesting.
Jin Yiwei will be moving soon, and he will be able to use it in the new place, and his work efficiency will be higher. These things are all military merits. What are military merits? They are linked to the economy. This is equivalent to printing money, and
It's huge profits.
The equipment with about one million military merits only costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. The main reason is that manual labor is too slow. There is no way. It will probably take some time before we can enter the mechanization era.
A long gun costs fifty military merits, and ten bullets cost one military merit. It is definitely a huge profit. The key is that you can't buy it outside, and some things must have a certain degree of contribution.
As for the contribution, it depends on the cumulative contribution you have obtained. This also prevents anyone from using money to exchange for a large number of items. How can I say that this system is relatively mature.
The cost of a long gun is only a few taels of silver, and the labor cost is definitely no more than ten taels. It can leverage an economy of more than two hundred taels of silver, so why not do it. Sure enough, the arms trade is a huge profit, and this can only be done in
If it were sold for use by the army, Zhu Houcong would have to sell it for hundreds or even thousands of taels.
Of course, only fools sell it. Using it within the army is called strengthening one's own strength, and selling it is called capitalizing on the enemy. Can it be the same?
There are also good things on it, including light machine guns, telescopes, mortars and cannons. It can be said that everything is available, but the price is easily prohibitive. These are easy to say, and can be built slowly, and there will be a lot of them accumulated, but
Those bullets are really flawless. They are polished one by one manually. What can I do if the efficiency cannot be improved?
Now some workshops have been moved to new places one after another. Where Zhu Houcong stationed a military region, he issued a death order. If a spy sneaks in, he will be held accountable from top to bottom.
But the good thing is that everyone on duty can get a certain amount of military merit every month. It can be regarded as paid work. This military merit is just a little bit of weaponry and equipment for the Jinyiwei.
"Yes, we are different now. Who dares to look down on us?" Lu Fang is definitely a witness to everything. When His Majesty first ascended the throne, although he was not walking on thin ice, he was also frightened, but now it is different.
, who dares to despise the imperial court?
"It's all trivial. By the way, Wang Yangming's transfer order has been drafted. Take some time to send it out, and be a little more careful. He still needs help when he comes back." Although it feels a bit redundant, I still express my concern.
"Everything is ready. Don't worry, Master, we will take care of Mr. Wang." Lu Fang nodded slightly. These are small things. Even if you don't say anything about it, they will do it well. After all, it is still a unanimous situation so far.
Generally speaking, the relationship within the team is still very harmonious.
"Well, although I don't think he needs much care, I still have to take care of him. There is also the matter of the Japanese country. They started building large ships. Since Wang Yangming has occupied it for me, I can't not let go of such a place, no matter how far away it is.
, that is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you can let Yan Song take care of this matter. Originally, Wang Yangming should be approached for naval construction, after all, he also has experience, but since he has just come back and has a lot of things to do, you should let Yan Song worry more."
I don’t know anything else, but Zhu Houcong is obsessed with this thief, so he needs to open up a way to occupy it reasonably, right? Let’s see how Zhu Houcong deals with them.
"promise."
"Okay, that's all. You go down, I'll take a rest." Zhu Houcong felt that he had a sudden inspiration, as if he had a new understanding. That glimmer of enlightenment passed in a flash, and he planned to explore it. Sometimes the success or failure is just a matter of success.
Just in a moment of thought.
After Lu Fang retreated, Zhu Houcong was the only one here. During this time, his whole body's true energy was roaming around, faintly emitting a bright light. Zhu Houcong's internal strength cultivation had reached the state of transformation. It seemed that the whole world was under his control, especially
Standing in the center of the entire capital formation, this place is the best choice for both enlightenment and cultivation.
When he reaches this state, time sometimes feels really worthless. By the time Zhu Houcong opens his eyes again, a month has passed.
"Well, it's really not that easy to catch the flash of inspiration in this realm. I always feel it's a little bit close, but missing it by a hair is a thousand miles away. This little difference is a big difference." Zhu Houxuan sighed. He couldn't say anything this month.
I've gained nothing, it's just that there's not much gained anyway, except for a little increase in internal energy, nothing else.
"We want to see His Majesty, please get out of my way."
"Get out of the way. What I have in my hand is the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book given by Taizu. Seeing this scroll is like seeing Taizu. Why don't you get out of the way?"
Zhu Houcong had gained nothing at all from this retreat. He was irritated when he heard the noisy noise outside. He was worried that he had no way to vent his grievances, but these guys jumped to the gunpoint themselves.
Outside, Lu Fang felt as uncomfortable as eating a fly. He kept a grimace and said nothing, but he didn't let these people move forward. If it had been done before, he would have been thrown out by these guys long ago. Your Majesty will never give them face, of course.
, so does he.
It's just different today. These guys are holding something in their hands, such as Taizu's Alchemy Book Iron Coupon, the Shangfang Sword given by the late emperor, and everything else is okay. Taizu's things have to be weighed.
Why are there still such things? It’s really a headache.
"Lu Fang, don't hide in there and keep silent. I want to see His Majesty. His Majesty has been disturbed by the villain's slander. Lu Fang, you are to blame. Why don't you let me in? Do you want to be disrespectful to Taizu?"
"Mr. British, don't scare our family. Of course we don't dare to neglect the Taizu's things, but His Majesty is concentrating on practicing Taoism and doesn't see guests, so our family can't let you in. If you don't mind the trouble, just wait here.
Well, if Your Majesty wants to see you, you can naturally meet His Majesty, otherwise, you won’t be able to pass our house.”
Although Lu Fang doesn't dare to do anything to him, he still has the confidence not to let him in, so we'll just use it up. Anyway, if Your Majesty wants to see you, you'll be fine. If he doesn't want to see you, it's useless even if the King of Heaven comes.
The world of the Ming Dynasty now belongs to His Majesty, and it will be useless even if Taizu comes.
"Lu Fang, how dare you, you are a treacherous traitor and a treacherous villain."
"Okay, okay, just worry about it. Our family will notify you immediately when His Majesty comes out. You just need to calm down during this period. Even if His Majesty really punishes our family, that will happen later.
"You guys, please just wait here." Lu Fang waved her hand and went against the grain. It would be hard for anyone to come except His Majesty. If he didn't have some scruples about the Alchemy Book Iron Coupon, he would have thrown it out long ago.
"What's the fuss about? Can it make people worry less?" Zhu Houcong came out and frowned slightly when he saw the confrontation between the two sides. When was the last time this happened? Why are these guys here again? They don't worry at all. I really thought
Doesn't he dare to take action?
As for the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book? What is that thing? Shouldn’t the right to interpret this thing belong to the royal family? Let alone holding the Iron Coupon of the Alchemy Book. Even if you carry Zhu Yuanzhang’s coffin, it’s not easy to do it. I really think he can
Afraid of this, he made him so anxious that he even knocked down the imperial mausoleum.
"This servant has come to see Your Majesty and disturbed Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will forgive you." The dark clouds in Lu Fang's heart suddenly dispersed, and she felt at ease. As long as Your Majesty comes out, everything will be stable.
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"What's going on with these guys?" Zhu Houcong glanced at these guys. They are all old stubborns. Relying on the merits of their ancestors, Zhu Houcong's attack range last time was not on them, but mainly on the clan. These guys escaped and are fine now.
, delivered to your door yourself, saving you the trouble of having to find them.
As for the purpose of their coming, isn't it obvious? They have had their cake and eat it too, and they can't sit still. Speaking of which, the alchemy iron coupons sent by Lao Zhu are still there, and it's not easy for them to spread to this day.