Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56 Convinced!

The Forbidden City, inside the Palace of Compassion and Ning.

Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Xuan were chatting. Zhang Xuan expressed her admiration for Zhu Houzhao without mentioning a word about feelings.

In the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager and Erniang took the opportunity to escape and went to the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers in order to match the two of them together.

Just as Zhu Houzhao was about to leave, an eunuch hurried over. "Qizou Your Majesty, Minister of the Household Department, Liang Chuliang, please see me."

"Oh, him? What did he come for?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to Mr. Liang, he came here for taxation."

"Taxation? Well, let him go to the Qianqing Palace for an audience!"

"According to the order!"

When Zhu Houzhao left the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Zhang Xuan naturally knew that his cousin had important national affairs to deal with, so he didn't dare to go with him.

There are some things that she won't listen to the second aunt. She thinks that the emperor is tired enough to work for the country, and now he has to be distracted by his children's personal affairs. She really doesn't want to see this kind of result.

When Zhu Houzhao came to Qianqing Palace, Liang Chu, Shangshu of the household department, was already waiting outside the door.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's proud appearance, he knew that the emperor was happy recently!However, it has been a long time since I saw this kind of smile, and it is still difficult to guess why he is so happy for the time being?

"Chen Liang Chu sees His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Liang Aiqing, save yourselves from courtesy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Master Liang came to the palace to see me in such a hurry. Is there anything important?"

"Come here, bring a chair for Mr. Liang."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Liang Chu said, "Your Majesty, there's no need. I'm not in the mood to sit down and answer your majesty's questions. I'd better stand up and tell your majesty!"

After Liang Chu finished speaking, he quickly took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty, please take a look, this is the steamed March tax, and the following is the price increase in the capital within a month."

Zhu Houzhao slowly opened the memorial, and saw that the agricultural surtax had increased a lot, which showed that I would no longer be short of food after the Ming Dynasty.

The more he looked behind, the more Zhu Houzhao felt that he was taking a breath.

As for the commercial tax, he originally thought that 500 million taels of commercial tax a year would be good, but unexpectedly, in just three months, this meant that the commercial tax of the Ming Empire had already reached 5000 million taels of silver.

However, when Zhu Houzhao saw the rise in prices in the capital, he grinned.Of course, he also understood the reason why Liang Chu rushed to see him this time.

Zhu Houzhao turned his head and said to Liang Chu with a smile: "Master Liang, what do you mean, you want to exchange these grains for silver and store them all in my Daming treasury?"

Liang Chu, Minister of the Household Department, showed a slightly curious expression on his face, and asked, "Don't you want your majesty to let this money be stored in the treasury?"

"Hahaha"

Zhu Houzhao laughed a few times, and Liang Chu felt more and more baffled.

"Master Liang, Master Liang, you are increasingly treating me as a tyrant. Think about it, whose interests are being violated by such exorbitant taxes?"

"This commercial tax is different from the agricultural tax. After the agricultural tax comes up, it has to be deposited into the national treasury. This is the official who feeds my Ming Dynasty. However, this commercial tax will be returned to the lower level after it is collected. Min, if you put everything into the national treasury, it would be no wonder the prices in the market don’t go up!”

Liang Chu's head was full of black lines. As a chief in charge of the national household department, he couldn't even figure out such a simple question.

For a long time, Liang Chu opened his mouth half-open, and his eyes were full of expectations. He was really puzzled, so much tax was not put into the treasury, but also used for the people. This emperor is really a three-year-old child. I really have to teach him myself.

Liang Chu always felt that when Zhu Houzhao was the crown prince, he loved playing the most, and was even playful. Although Emperor Hongzhi had worked hard for him and asked the most famous teacher in the world to teach him, his heart was never there. Governance.

Now is the time. At that time, there was no learning and skill, but now you say what is taken from the people and used for the people. Isn't this simply nonsense?

Zhu Houzhao saw that Liang Chu was silent for a long time, and knew what he was thinking in his heart, but he couldn't explain this matter clearly to him, and only he knew the truth.

"Houbu Shangshu Liang Chu listened to the decree"

Liang Chu hurriedly knelt down and crawled to wait for Zhu Houzhao's announcement.

"Order the Ministry of Households to prepare the Daming Bank. This bank is the only officially designated bank in our Ming Dynasty. All commercial taxes are deposited in this bank, and funds are reserved. All merchants and common people in our Daming can borrow silver taels from it, mainly for purchases. For food, land purchases, etc., the annual interest can be charged at one penny per hundred qian, and of course, money can also be deposited in this bank, and the interest is one penny per hundred qian.”

"After the establishment of the general bank, it will operate for a period of time. A bank can be set up in each county and county to ensure the normal operation of funds. As long as anyone holds my Daming bank notes, they can exchange silver at any bank."

"On this basis, the Ministry of Households will establish a state-owned grain bank to stabilize prices, and adjust commercial tax rates according to the taxation of different industries in order to stabilize prices."

"Afterwards, we will cooperate with the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to designate a corresponding bank operation system. If anyone harms this kind of market behavior, we will immediately investigate and deal with it! If someone drives up prices, we must follow the rules and make no mistakes!"

After a series of government orders were issued, Liang Chu, the Minister of the Household Department, was shocked on the spot. As the Minister of the Household Department, he certainly understood what Zhu Houzhao said.

After Zhu Houzhao delivered the imperial decree, Liang Chulao was speechless for a long time.

He has a feeling now, a feeling as if he has passed away. Such a simple truth is exactly what he has been thinking about for so many years, but he still doesn't know what to do?
Now, finally, there is a feeling of enlightenment.

Suddenly, Liang Chu prostrated himself on the ground: "Your Majesty's sage is really a model of a wise king! Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"

Zhu Hou took care of Liang Chu, knowing that he really understood what he meant, so he didn't say much.

Zhu Houzhao looked up at the darkening sky, stretched his waist and said, "It's getting late now, you'd better go back to your house, study the tax rate carefully, and step back!"

Liang Chugong cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for reminding, Your Majesty, I will leave!"

After exiting the Qianqing Palace, Liang Chu felt relaxed. After he exited the Qianqing Palace, he turned around and knelt down in front of the Qianqing Palace, raised his hands to his forehead, and said loudly: "Heaven has eyes! Daming has such a holy emperor, it is really ten thousand people The blessing of the world, the good fortune of the common people!"

Liang Chu, who was nearly sixty years old, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the palace at this moment.It wasn't that he was crazy, but that he was really shocked by something called wisdom.

If it is said who is the most flattering in the entire Ming Dynasty, then Cao Zhengchun is probably the most advanced.

However, if a person who has never been flattering suddenly starts flattering an emperor, he must be convinced by some aspect of this person.

As a minister of Tuogu, Liang Chu never feared the powerful, never climbed the dragon and attached himself to the phoenix, and never heard him admire anyone.

But now, he was kneeling outside Qianqing Palace, crying.

This is really the lucky star of the Ming Dynasty. They have been looking forward to it for 100 years. How many people hope that there will be a Mingjun appearing. Isn't the current emperor the Mingjun of the Ming Dynasty?
After a long time, an eunuch walked slowly to Liang Chu and helped him up: "Lord Liang, Your Majesty asks you to take care of yourself."

"Old minister, thank you for your kindness!"

"For the sake of Daming, even if the veteran dies here, it would not be a pity."

His legs were numb from kneeling, so the eunuch called for a sedan, carried him into the sedan, and hurried to Hubu overnight.

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(End of this chapter)