Chapter 178 The thief is now a donkey without a bridle!
"Grand Master, in view of the fact that the harvest of grains grown in Huangzhuang this year is good, both the villagers and the palace have benefited a lot. I think next year I will encourage farmers throughout Beizhi to grow more grains, and the court will do more work on this matter.
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"Your Majesty, I have also heard about the harvest of grains grown in Huangzhuang. However, it is difficult to store grains, so farmers have to plant too much, and I am afraid there will be problems with paying taxes."
"There is no need to worry. Next year, Huangzhuang and Supply and Marketing Cooperatives will still collect a large amount of grains from households. Farmers can exchange grains for money, and there will be no problem when paying taxes. But there is a problem now. From this year onwards, the palace
Military stamps will be used to replace copper coins in half a year. When collecting grain from farmers, small coins are mostly used. By then, a large amount of military stamps will inevitably be in the hands of civilian households. The yamen may not recognize these military stamps in their hands when paying taxes.
This matter must be properly resolved.”
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true. Do you think this can be done like this? Let the yamen of the prefectures and counties in the North and South China collect military stamps when taxing, and then exchange them for suitable items from the supply and marketing cooperatives?"
"This is troublesome. I think we can do this. The military notes collected by various prefectures and counties can be directly exchanged for silver dollars at the bank. It is convenient for them to exchange money if they have a lot of military notes. Unlike farmers who have all the broken money in their hands, it is not good.
Convert.”
"Good, this is a move that benefits the country and the people. Your Majesty, I feel that all the military coupons collected by the government do not need to be converted into silver coins. A part of the military coupons can be used as salary to pay to the officials."
"Yes, I am planning to ask the supply and marketing cooperative to open freight yards in all prefectures and some large counties in Beizhi this year. By then, it will be convenient for officials and ordinary people to use military stamps."
Zhou Yanru was very righteous and wanted to use the military coupons to offset part of the salary and distribute it to officials. In his opinion, this was a disguised form of benefiting the officials. Zhu Youjian was naturally eager to smooth things over so that the circulation scope of the military coupons could be further expanded.
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They are also paper money. No one wants the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes after they rot in the streets, but military notes are regarded as hard currency by officials and people. The fundamental reason is that there are supply and marketing cooperatives and palace factory affairs behind them to provide credibility guarantees. What people trust is not military notes.
itself, but the product behind it.
"I have read the excerpt of the Grand Master's letter to the Governor of Water Transport, Shi Kefa, requesting the abolition of the Customs Department. I am a little hesitant about this. I wonder what other ministers and agencies in the DPRK think of this issue? Logically speaking, the Customs Department is only established for emergencies. But
The anxiety has not passed yet. Originally, if Sun Boya occupied Luoyang, he would suppress the intruders and not dare to move rashly. But now it is hard to say. If he cannot defend Tongguan, the intruders may enter Shaanxi. If he defends Tongguan, the intruders will not dare to move.
Having no way to go west is also a problem. They might not be able to go east. The first-line waterway in Shandong is very close to the activity area of the intruders."
"Maybe the intruders are heading east? Is this possible, Your Majesty?"
"As I said, the intruders are now donkeys without a bridle. Who knows where they will go next. But one thing is certain, they cannot stay in the Central Plains for a long time, because there are more than one million refugees in the Central Plains who cannot
Provide rations on the spot. Shandong and Shanxi are the places most likely to be attacked. The trouble is that the new army is restrained outside the pass by the Donglu army, and the court has no way to put a halter on them at the moment."
The emperor's words made Zhou Yanru fall into deep thought. According to this prediction, it was more likely for the intruder to go east than north, because Shandong was richer than Shanxi. In other words, from the overall situation of the government, maintaining a sea transport grain
The passage is absolutely necessary. In addition, the Customs Department is not a loser now. It has an income of 300,000 taels of silver a year. The 300,000 taels of silver that can be directly transferred to the Treasury of the Ministry of Household Affairs is definitely not a small amount. All officials in the entire Ming Dynasty
, the annual salary is only about 1.5 million taels.
Starting from the interests of the central court, abolishing the Customs Administration has no motive and will harm interests. From a national perspective, abolishing the Customs Administration is an extremely short-sighted plan. Zhu Youjian does not believe that Shi Kefa's memorial will have a market.
If the court meeting passes, the Ming Dynasty's court will no longer need to use it. It is better to just throw it away than to continue to maintain it.
"Your Majesty, Xian Cheng's plan is a little too short-sighted. In the opinion of the veteran, it is best for the Customs Department to be guaranteed for another year. There are more than 50,000 new troops at present. If there are another 10,000 to 20,000 new troops, in the second half of this year,
The imperial court can then organize a large army to march into the Central Plains to quell the rebellion. For the country's major policy, the road to sea food must be protected. As long as the country enters the second half of the year smoothly, the situation between the country and the country will definitely improve greatly."
"Let's do this. After the grand master returns, he will discuss it with the cabinet ministers and other ministries. After the new year, Xiancheng will also arrive in the capital. Let's hold a big court meeting to discuss this matter."
One year is over. Next year will be the 17th year of Chongzhen. Zhu Youjian knows that next year will be too critical. If you survive next year, everything will develop for the better. If you can't survive it, there is nothing to say.
The New Year is here, and the atmosphere of the festival in Beijing seems to be particularly strong this year. Although the soul of classmate Youjian has only been reborn for a year and a half, the changes he has brought to the capital are definitely huge. According to the statistical method of GDP in later generations, this year
Beijing's GDP growth may exceed 100.
There are such exaggerated data. On the one hand, it is the new industries and methods brought by time-travelers, and on the other hand, it is the potential of the Ming Dynasty itself. When things collapse, all conditions are a burden. When things develop for the better, these
A burden will turn into an advantage.
For example, population, when it is bad, is a sharp tool for consuming food, but when it is good, it is a dividend for expanding production and consumption. The population of Beijing and nearby counties exceeds two million, of which at least nearly one million are out of agriculture, and
There is a wider hinterland behind it. Looking around the world, you can't find many cities that are so conducive to the development of industry and commerce. Whether it is recruiting workers or soldiers, you can recruit as many as you want without leaving the capital.
The consumer market in the capital city couldn't be better. There are many people with fixed incomes, and consumers from all walks of life, from the rich to the working class. Businessmen from all over the world can gather here. There is no need to open up channels themselves, the channels will take care of themselves.
There are conditions for door-to-door retail, wholesale, and distribution. The only disadvantage is that it is not close to a big river or close to the sea, so the transportation environment is subject to certain restrictions.
But if we are determined to solve this problem, we can change it in three to five years. Wouldn't it be better to build a cross railway line from Xuanhua in the north, to Tianjin in the south, to Shanhaiguan in the east, and to Yanzhou in the southwest?
To put it bluntly, the chaos in the Ming Dynasty can be solved by improving the traffic environment. If the Manchu and Qing bandits can become bigger, it is not that the official army cannot defeat them, but that the official army cannot outrun them. As long as the speed problem is solved,
They are not the problem.
If you only look at the New Year celebrations in Beijing this year, you will have the illusion that this is not the troubled times but the Tianping years. The canned meat in the supply and marketing cooperative was suddenly sold out, and more than a million kilograms of liquor were sold in the twelfth lunar month. Alcohol lamps
, sugar, enamel, canned fruits, vermicelli, kerosene, honeycomb stoves, woolen cloth, everything that has no New Year flavor is a hot seller. The only thing that has maintained stable sales is mixed noodles.