Chapter 177 The customs actually collected a tax of 300,000 taels of silver
After receiving the summons, Ruan Dacheng rushed into the palace.
The old boy has been very enterprising recently. In addition to fighting fiercely with the Donglin people, he also found a feeling of asking for help for the people. Because the newspaper published some articles on public sentiment, some people discovered that this thing can actually reflect the sufferings of the people.
.So some people who had no way to complain went to the newspaper office to see if their grievances could be reported.
Ruan Dacheng will definitely not miss this kind of image-building and character-building work. He arranged for people to interview them, and then published several reports. Unexpectedly, it was really effective. The yamen here in the capital were forced to deal with the problem due to the pressure of public opinion.
Newspaper case to be retried.
The response to public opinion achieved good results, and Lao Ruan suddenly became as popular among the citizens of the capital city. Enthusiastic citizens gave him plaques, and the reception room of the newspaper office was constantly visited by visitors.
In addition to establishing a good image among the people, the trend in Shilin seems to have also changed. Several people who wrote in the south also sent their manuscripts to Editor Ruan to see if they could be serialized in the newspaper.
This thing is relatively large, and if it is serialized, it will usually be ten issues or more. In other words, as long as the newspaper selects his manuscript, one issue is calculated as three taels of silver, and one serialization can earn at least dozens of taels of silver. Usually they are
Complete books published in the South will probably not get this much money.
Ruan Dacheng, who has made great achievements in his career, sometimes wonders: Why didn't he realize such a good thing before? If he had known that he could gain both fame and fortune by doing this, he should have started his own business at his own expense when he was in Nanjing.
There is still a point. If I had thought of this method at the beginning, I would not have been bullied so miserably by the Donglin Party.
When he arrived at the inner hall, Ruan Dacheng found that not only the emperor was waiting for him, but Zhou Yanru, an old enemy, was also there. What was going on? Why did Your Majesty leave Zhou Yanru here?
After saluting, Zhu Youjian pretended to introduce: "Mr. Ji Zhi is here? Let me introduce to you, this is the chief minister of the cabinet, Mr. Yu Sheng. The chief minister, this is a very influential man in the capital recently.
Mr. Ruan Jizhi, editor-in-chief of Xinmin Times, must have known each other before, right?"
It's strange that we don't know each other when you ask this question. Ruan Dacheng and Zhou Yanru were awkwardly greeted, and then were given a small bench to sit on.
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"Shou Fu and Ji Zhi are both talented people from Nanzhi, and they should know each other. I brought Mr. Ji Zhi to the palace today, mainly because I was very moved after reading the Xinmin Times edited by you. At the beginning, Mr. Ji said that he can serve the people even if he is in the opposition.
I still don't believe that the state is doing business. After reading several articles in your newspaper, I feel that I really underestimated you. Mr. Fan Wenzheng said that when he lives in the temple, he worries about the people, and when he is in the world, he worries about the king. I think Mr. Ji is in the world.
He is also worried about the king and the people. He is truly the most eminent scholar in this dynasty."
"Your Majesty praises you so highly that I am not worthy of it. If you can do one or two small things for the country and the people, I will be satisfied if you are worthy of your heart. Your Majesty, when the national affairs are so difficult, you still worry about the people of the world. Our Ming Dynasty will definitely turn the crisis into peace and return to peace.
Be inspired.”
The two exchanged compliments on business, which made Zhou Yanru next to him feel particularly uncomfortable. This pair of monarchs and ministers took their shamelessness to the extreme. Who didn't know that you two were relying on the newspaper to create trouble.
"Mr. Ji Zhi, I read that your newspaper is very concerned about the affairs of the government, and I feel that it is a good thing for the people to understand some court news through your newspaper. In this way, the people will be more informed about the court's decisions, so as not to be misunderstood by some evil people.
The official was deceived. So I thought of inviting your newspaper to send people to attend some important meetings between the country and the DPRK, and then publish the general process of these meetings to the people of the world. Let the people know how I and the important ministers of the DPRK decided on matters.
Government affairs involving people's livelihood can also help the people better understand the court's decision-making."
Let us send people to attend the court meeting? His Majesty is giving us more opportunities to participate in the government affairs. Good thing! It is definitely a good thing. Ruan Dacheng is preparing to thank him for agreeing to this matter.
Zhou Yanru, who was next to him, lost his composure and retorted directly: "Your Majesty, how can ordinary people know about the temple calculations? Wouldn't this cause chaos? Besides, Xinmin Times is a private society, if they will discuss the affairs of the court,
If the process is arranged at will, it will be even more uncontrollable."
"What the First Assistant said is not unreasonable. However, I feel that matters involving civilians are not military affairs and do not need to be kept secret. It will not cause any serious harm to the people if they reveal a few things. Do we have to be secretive when deciding on people's livelihood matters? The final decision must be made public.
.However, in order to prevent private associations from arbitrarily arranging court meetings, I have set a rule. Mr. Ruan, whenever your newspaper publishes court affairs, there must be strict sources, and there must be corresponding records in the meeting secretary's documents. If there is no source
If there is any discrepancy with the meeting minutes, your report will be sealed!"
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. It is my purpose to run a newspaper without making false claims or fabrications. This principle applies to civil matters, not to mention state affairs."
"The chief assistant should be relieved now, right?"
Zhou Yanru seemed to have no problem listening to this. It was true that civil-related resolutions were to be announced in a big way, and they were well-documented and Ruan Dacheng couldn't make them up. But he always felt that there seemed to be some problem here, but he couldn't tell where the problem was.
He nodded noncommittally and reluctantly agreed.
"Okay, now that we've finished talking about this, let me talk to the Chief Minister about the recent political affairs. In summary, this is not a formal court meeting. You can't publish it in the newspaper, otherwise I won't dare to let Mr. Ruan enter the palace again.
Already."
"Your Majesty is joking. It's a blessing to be able to listen to His Majesty and the Chief Minister discussing court affairs. How could I publish today's news to the newspaper without knowing the importance of it. If so, I'm afraid there will never be an opportunity like today again."
Ruan Dacheng relaxed a little and began to respond to the emperor's jokes.
Why do you want to be so stubborn? Lao Ruan is very satisfied with his position now. He can be the emperor's guest when he is not in the court, and he can also stir up troubles. Who in the world can look down on himself now? This is not as comfortable as being an important minister in the court.
?Who would have thought that there are such good positions in the world. In the past, he envied the positions of Zhou Yanru and others, but now he does not envy them at all, and even sympathizes with them a little.
"Let's talk about the Customs Department. I read their reports recently, and I can't believe that this year they actually collected more than 300,000 taels of export tariffs. Should this tariff go into the national treasury or into the internal treasury?" Only exports are collected.
It’s really surprising that the tariff can collect more than 300,000 taels. There are so many products produced in the capital for export?
"More than three hundred thousand taels? Your Majesty, I feel that I should put it into the national treasury. The national treasury is extremely empty now, so please show your sympathy."
"It's natural to put it into the national treasury. The problem now is that the salaries of the officials of the Customs Department are paid by the inner court. The taxes collected go into the national treasury. I'm afraid it will be difficult for the inner court to account for it."
"I wonder how much salary the imperial court has paid out in total this year?"
"It should be less than 40,000 taels. Anyway, there aren't many officials there."
"Let's do this. After deducting the salary from the inner court, the remaining tax money will go into the national treasury. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks."
"Okay, that's okay! Let me explain it to the inner court when I'm done. To be honest, the inner court has a lot of opinions this year. The Yamen of the Supervision Department has made statistics. Counting the output of Huangzhuang, mines and factory affairs, it has to be paid to the national treasury.
Four hundred thousand taels of tax silver. Including this time's tariff, there are about seven hundred thousand taels. I'm afraid the officials will feel distressed."
There are 700,000 taels of silver entering the treasury? Isn’t this basically able to fill the hole of the previous 3.5 million taels of debt in installments? Such a timely sum of money arrived at the end of the year, but the news couldn’t be better.