Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 451 Shaowu Enke
In Zhu Yixi's view, the return of fire consumption to the public implemented during the Yongzheng period was only a temporary solution, not the root cause, or in other words, its essence was tyranny.

The silver collected by the local government is reforged into official silver, and a series of actions such as purification and forging will inevitably have losses, that is, fire consumption.

Before Yongzheng, local officials would add [-] to [-]% to the original tax quota as fire consumption. After all, the imperial court did not discount taxes.

As for the confiscated fire consumption, except for the real loss, the others belong to the local officials.

However, Yongzheng implemented Huo consumption to the public, that is, the fire consumption other than the regular tax was also included in the tax collection, and then returned to the local officials.

The good name is to raise money.

Miscellaneous taxes become regular taxes.

The imperial court has increased its income, and the salaries of all officials have increased, but the common people bear heavy taxes.

Therefore, after gaining a deep understanding of this era, Zhu Yixi immediately stayed away from Huowuguigong.

Therefore, controlling the issuance of currency has become the key.

The currency of an era bears the imprint of an era.

Since the Shang Dynasty, copper has taken on the form of currency, because bronze can not only become a weapon for opening up territories, but also a must for sacrifices.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the state of Chu was located in the south, with few people and a narrow land. It was because of the copper mine, the wool of the emperor of Zhou, that he gradually began to dominate.

King Xuan of Zhou just wanted to attack the southern country near the Han River and regain the copper mines, so the whole army was wiped out, and ZTE fell short.

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, copper coins have always dominated China and radiated to Asia. Due to the superb money-making technology, a large number of copper coins have flowed out, and China's own copper coins are not enough.

In the Ming Dynasty, the popularity of maritime trade and the inflow of a large amount of silver gradually replaced the standard currency status of copper coins.

However, just like Zhou Tianzi's copper mine, silver is not under the control of the court, and this is the greatest danger.

"Since the Kingdom of China, the inflow of silver from abroad has increased day by day, but it has shown a situation of more in the east and less in the west."

Zhu Yixi began to simply popularize financial knowledge with the ministers: "In the early years of Jiajing, a stone of grain was only five coins of silver, and in the early years of Tianqi, a stone of grain was as high as one tael of silver."

"And the silver collected by the imperial court is still about 500 million taels per year. Today, the price of grain in Nanjing ranges from two taels to three to four taels per stone."

"In other words, the Jiajing year is only a hundred years apart. If the tax has not changed, the national treasury has depreciated by at least half."

"Your Majesty, why is this?"

Lu Daqi, Jiang Yueguang and others were stunned, why is the money worthless?
"Rare things are more expensive!"

Zhu Yixi said lightly: "There is too much silver and little copper coins, so naturally they are worthless."

After finishing speaking, he looked at everyone's thinking and said directly:

"Since the inflow of silver cannot be controlled, then control the silver dollar."

"How many silver coins are produced every year, but we hold them in our hands. When the silver is slowly withdrawn, the prices on the market will naturally stabilize in the long run."

"This summer, the taxation of the household department in Nanzhili is mainly collected in silver yuan. If it is silver, it has to be converted into [-]%."

"Your Majesty, if someone hoards silver coins and sells them at a high price, wouldn't ordinary people suffer?"

As expected of Feng Xianzong's background as a landlord, he immediately saw his shortcomings.

"This is about Jin Yiwei."

The emperor showed a smile: "The world is so big that we can't control it, but Nanzhili is under our noses."

After saying that, the emperor lost interest and left directly.

"The first sunflower——"

Seeing that Zhao Shu was about to leave, Jiang Yueguang hurried over to stop him: "Your Majesty has never done this before, I'm afraid the risk is too high."

"Nanzhili is the most important thing in the world, there must be no turmoil!"

"Relax!" Zhao Shu shook his head and said with a light smile, "The Huai'an battle has just ended. With this limelight, who in Nanzhili dares to act presumptuously?"

Jiang Yueguang froze in place, suddenly realized.

……

At the end of April, after the emperor returned to Beijing, the city of Nanjing became more and more lively like a raging fire.

What's even more exciting is that Enke, in the first year of Shaowu, will try Chunwei, which is about to begin.

All the students from all over the world came to Nanjing one after another, and the hardships of decades will be realized at this moment.

Before dawn, there were already many pedestrians on Suzaku Street, and many disciples walked forward wearing stars and moons, and lanterns were erected high to point out the roads for them.

Zheng Sen drove slowly in a carriage, and when he was half a mile away from the Gongyuan, it was blocked after all, making it difficult to travel half a minute.

"Walk--"

He resolutely shouldered the burden and moved forward.

Along the way, Beijing soldiers with murderous looks surrounded the entire road and acted as a human fence.

This way, the path is clearly visible and as long as there are soldiers it is correct.

And when he arrived at Yuanmen, huge lights were erected one after another——Nanzhili, Fujian, Guangdong...

The thirteen provinces and two Zhili are clear at a glance.

The most crowded is Nanzhili, and the least crowded is Shandong.

The two armies fought for half a year, but there were only a few dozens of soldiers, obviously they came on sea ships.

At a glance, there are cases everywhere.

And he was a caring person, and he estimated in his heart that there were less than 500 people in all the northern provinces.

In the south, it is indeed more than ten times that.

In other words, if 300 people are used to calculate the northerners who account for [-]%, there will be a ratio of [-] to [-], and [-] to [-].

The southerners get 160 out of [-] people, but get one out of [-] people.

In the central provinces, Yunnan was occupied, Guizhou had few people, and Fengyang, Sichuan, etc., had no more than 400 people on the list, so 30 people were selected.

"Jinshi is a matter of luck! A good birth is also a skill."

Zheng Sen sighed and lined up helplessly into the examination room.

Three steps, one post, five steps, one post, the importance of the army made Zheng Sen understand the emperor's importance to Enke.

And in the restaurant hundreds of steps away from the Gongyuan, Zhu Yixi climbed up and looked at the open Gongyuan, only the lanterns were conspicuous.

Not only are there no trees nearby, but there are also no tall buildings, and the measures are very careful.

And those carriages have already blocked the road and have been discharged outside the restaurant.

Seeing this, Zhu Yixi couldn't help but stroked his short beard, and pretended to sigh: "The heroes of the world, all come into my hub."

The role of the imperial examination is to draw the elite into the ruling class, and it doesn't matter what the test is.

Even if it is not Confucianism, but Mohism and Taoism, once it becomes a prop for the ruler, it will mutate and distort.

Zhu Yixi scoffed at the argument that the imperial examinations harmed the country. Could it be that the nobles ruled together?
The key is not the imperial examination, but what to test.

"Your Majesty, Marquis Li has arrived..."

Just when he was full of emotions, Tian Ren, the personal eunuch, walked over cautiously and interrupted.

"Let him come over!"

Thinking of Li Jizu, Zhu Yixi smiled knowingly. This is the first younger brother he has taken in, a gentleman who knows current affairs.

"The last general, Li Jizu, greets His Majesty—"

Li Jizu walked up quickly, revealing his big dark face. .

(End of this chapter)