[Comprehensive] Be with Ancient Celebrities

How rich is Daming?It is said that the storage capacity of the 25 two vaults of the Federal Reserve at a depth of 120 meters underground is the largest in the world, which only accounts for 20.00% of the world's gold and silver reserves.In this era of Ming Dynasty, nearly half of the silver in the world flowed into it.Even if there is a difference in the total amount of wealth, this definitely shows that in this era, the amount of gold and silver stored in the Ming Dynasty is absolutely sufficient.

But for such a wealthy Daming, why is the national tax revenue always so pitiful? "Ming Mu Zong Shilu" said that in this era, the annual income of the Daming household department from the treasury is only a few million taels?Hehe, after the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, how much was the tax?In the mid-year, there were about 7000-8000 million taels of silver in tax revenue, and in the late Qing Dynasty, there were about 1.2-1.4 million taels of silver a year.

What else do you not understand?Even if all kinds of corruption are involved, the taxation of the Ming Dynasty is definitely the lowest in all dynasties, and according to the conclusions drawn by some experts, the taxation stipulated in this document is less than [-]%, which is basically the lowest in the Qing Dynasty. half of.

So here comes the question, since there are so few taxes, why there were so many uprisings in the Ming Dynasty?Because of too many natural and man-made disasters; because of the war, there were too many additional taxes added for natural and man-made disasters; because the land annexation was too serious... In the final analysis, it was caused by human factors.

The gentry who have been greedy for nearly 200 years, even though Emperor Wanli has raised the butcher knife, they are still lucky and continue to challenge the emperor's bottom line...

After Ayu's large waterwheel was unveiled and received a lot of praise, as a member of Jinyiwei, Ayu made a relatively small waterwheel and presented it to the palace. Zhang Cheng organized the manpower. Standing in Xiyuan—that is, Zhongnanhai, the generation of Shichahai!

Although the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not like the Qing Dynasty, who had tossed and tossed 120 times since they were young, their education was also not bad, especially the Emperor Wanli, who was taught by a generation of powers. How could their vision be bad?With just one glance, he already understood the magical function of the waterwheel, and the joyful little eyes flashed with ambition.Just as Ayu thought, the emperor also began to imagine the big scene of waterwheels along the Yellow River.

Well, no, besides the Yellow River, other rivers can also be used, such as the Huaihe River, such as the Canal, throughout Daming, each river is like a blood vessel, nourishing the whole world, if it can be filled with this big waterwheel, let this blood The flow is better and faster, so that the land can be nourished more smoothly... Emperor Wanli felt that the so-called prosperous age was not far away.

"What does the general supervisor say? Without other people intervening, how much money can I make? Can an ordinary carpenter do it? How long will it take to produce one? You said, if the blueprints are distributed, let the states and counties do it themselves, and the cost will be low. Will it be faster to go out from the Yamen? If we can catch up before the beginning of spring and put more on the shelf, even if there is another drought next year, I don’t have to worry so much.”

With Shengshi Mingjun hanging in the front as a carrot, Emperor Wanli's spirit has been lifted. Where is the lazy look that was always criticized in the past?When asking practical questions, he was also quite in place, hitting the most critical part as soon as he opened his mouth.

But when he heard Zhang Cheng's words like this, he didn't dare to agree at all.He is not the emperor, what he heard and saw in the past is much more real than the emperor, and with previous experience, the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that it is not a good idea to let it go and do it.If in the past, when encountering such a thing, Zhang Cheng would be tactful to pretend that he was stupid and didn't know anything, and then wait for something to happen before acting as a confidant or something.

It's just that people, even eunuchs, can't escape the so-called habit of "those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black".Having been in contact with Ayu a lot, seeing the results of his telling the truth too much, it was rare for him to be so smooth and normal, he whispered the truth in the emperor's ear.

"Your Majesty, this wood...as long as it is not too light, it can be used if it is handled properly. At most, it will only be used for a few years, so there is no need to worry about the high cost of throwing the wood. According to their calculation results, four or five Personally, after half a month, I can buy one or two, plus painting, etc., 40 taels is enough. If you are more generous and the wages are better, 50 taels is the most. But... Your Majesty, If you really put the blueprint down, then go down..."

Next?What kind of person is below? The house has been ransacked several times, and Emperor Wanli still has no idea?That is really a pack of fire just thinking about it.The more I look at it, the more aggrieved I feel.

"I know that even if they are calculated based on 100 taels, they may not be satisfied. Let them do it with the blueprints. They don't know how many water trucks can be erected in the end, but the reported cost will definitely not be low. What's the surprise? Damages and the like will also appear one after another, right? The Ceremony of Ethics and Talents is held every three years, and the imperial court has supported scholars for 200 years, and they have cultivated such a group of things. Really..."

Speaking of later, Emperor Wanli's eyes were full of ridicule.The more he understands these so-called Qingliu, the so-called gentlemen, the more disappointed he will be with the scholars in this country.Brocade clothes and good food, superior to others, all those who are cultivated are Gaoliang's children, how can there be a gentleman's character, the so-called loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, it just stays in the mouth, behind the scenes, everyone wants nothing but sex, wealth, such an official...

"Let's follow the method we have done a few times before, let's put the matter aside and let the Jinyiwei and Dongchang people stare at it. As long as you dare to reach out, hum, then don't be polite to me. Catch what should be caught and punished." , I don’t believe it, after so many sieves, I still can’t find a few that are useful.”

It is said that nine dogs out of one mastiff are bred like raising Gu, which is too cruel.But in fact, in this world, such cruelty exists all the time, and people are the most thoroughly screened in the melting pot of the world.From the very beginning of life, the jungle of the jungle and the competition of things in the sky have already begun.In this court officialdom, the so-called pinnacle of life, they feel that they can be free and unrestrained, extremely competitive and romantic, and don't want the emperor to start to be cruel again. From this point of view, it is not easy for the officials of the Ming Dynasty to be sincere!

Emperor Wanli's means of fishing and law enforcement are becoming more and more sophisticated now, and he can even think of this matter by launching a large water truck, which Ayu doesn't know.After all, he was not always by the emperor's side. The only thing that allowed him to find some traces was that this time the big water tanker was favored by the emperor, and when he began to order defense construction in various places, Jin Yiwei once again dispatched a group of people to monitor everywhere.This made him have a little guess in his heart.

However, such speculation has little to do with him. He is busy at the moment, making a large water tanker, so that he can cooperate with the emperor's water conservancy plan. Naturally, the emperor wants to reward him, because this is the first time after the emperor released his identity. Such a prudent offering of things, such a quick cooperation, so the benefits given by the emperor are not small, and the status of a hundred households came down directly.Although the hundreds of households were airborne too quickly, Ayu didn't have a thousand households to receive them for a while, so he could only go to the experience department to mix with the group of translators.But a hundred households are a hundred households, since he accepted his fate, the door of his house was directly smashed by Tiehu and the others.So he didn't even bother to go to work, and he was so focused on installing the door first.Otherwise, sleep with the door open!

"Your speed is too fast. If I had known this, I would have asked someone to finish everything first, so that if I smashed here, Doriso could be installed there. Now look, the door is open, like What is it like?"

It's really not a good habit to slam the door at every turn. Last time he became Xiaoqi's family, he slammed it once, and now he's coming again. It's really not worthwhile to spend money on this door twice.However, Ren Tiehu has quite a reason for this matter.

"Ah Yu, Baihu, that's the sixth grade. We have three streets across here, and none of them has a sixth grade. Now you are the facade of our streets. Even if I don't smash it, you think you can keep it for a few days. The neighbors are watching, you can't let the big guys down."

Hehe, he got promoted here, and the neighbors next door are even more excited than him, what's the matter.Of course, this is also a unique humanism caused by the world situation. There is no way to do it. What is important these days is that one person can ascend to heaven alone.Just look at those examples where a scholar from a village can be maintained by the whole village, and you can see how important it is to the people nearby to produce an official.At least in their opinion, with a family like Ayu, if they were bullied or suffered any injustice in the future, they would have a place to complain.If there is something to ask for, there is also a place to give gifts to express favor. To ordinary people, this is simply heaven-like good news, no wonder they are excited, right?

But this excitement, well, at this moment, Ayu can only use the bamboo saved at home to tie up a bamboo row to block it.At any rate, it's not that there is nothing at all, and the posture of guarding against a gentleman is not against a villain, that is, the family is at least an official and a royal guard, otherwise this security issue is really unreliable.

"Come on, let's do it like this. By the way, have you given me the money? You don't have to ask the neighbors to pay for it. Every family's life is not very good. You don't have to eat porridge for this family."

"Don't, if you really give it, you'll be slapped in the face. Don't worry, these people only have a few dollars for a family, so the right is a gift. Besides, in recent years, many people around have The boy worked with us and mixed a lot of money. Even if it wasn't his turn to share the money with him, he could do well by making briquettes. The family is not as bad as before. If it wasn't like this, you think they can work so hard? This means that we can get better in the future.”

Don't look at Tiehu walking outside with Ayu every day, as if he doesn't care much about his family. After all, there are many people in the family, his mother, his grandma, and his sister are all very familiar with the neighbors, so it's really not good to know. few.Speaking now, Ayu nodded repeatedly.

"That's good, Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu, are the steamed buns ready? Hurry up and send them to each family. Don't miss out on the four of you in the family."

"Hey, it's alright, it's alright."

It's true for others, and it's true for Ayu. When I was promoted, I didn't use perfunctory tricks like throwing copper coins when I got a little bit of joy, nor was it condescending and putting on airs, but greeted the old and the young in the family. A tall steamer was set up, and the steamed buns that had been steamed four or five times came out directly, trying to let each neighbor get a few.Although these steamed buns don't look very good, they are really divided out. For some people who are not doing very well or have a large number of people, it may be the daily food ration of the whole family. No wonder the people around Jiefang can be so close at critical moments even if Ayu is too busy to take care of it.

"You are really worth the money. You are always white flour steamed buns. This is my home, and it is rare to eat it once."

Seeing old Liu head out with his grandson in a big shopping basket, Tie Hu felt a little greedy smelling the smell of steamed buns. He turned sideways and took a look inside the shopping basket. His saliva started to flow out, and he smacked his mouth several times. , just said such a remark, Ayu wanted to laugh when he heard it.

"That's because your mother saved money for you. Otherwise, the little land in your house is enough for you to eat. Okay, don't be greedy. When they come back, we will have dinner together. I asked Uncle Liu to make braised pork. Finger thick and absolutely delicious."

Xu is a 27-month-old filial piety, and he is too greedy for meat. Since he was a filial piety, Ayu has been eating meat so hard that he eats half a catty almost every day. The old Liu is almost frightened when he sees it, for fear of eating it. Come.It was Ayu who used his martial arts training to eat a lot of food and consume too much as an excuse, otherwise the old man's current loyalty would have made Ayu cry.

"Braised pork? Oh, that's great. You are willing to eat it, no wonder even Old Liu and his grandparents have grown meat. I think that kid has grown by two inches compared to last year."

"I didn't pay attention, hurry up, I'm helping you to install the bamboo raft."

In the gossip, the two people lifted and pulled, and the bamboo rafts finally covered the door. Looking at the door, Ayu finally breathed a sigh of relief.But in a blink of an eye, my mind suddenly flashed, and I thought of something else.The bamboo gate of his family is to guard against gentlemen, so why not a bamboo gate in the vast sea area of ​​this country?Without a huge fleet and effective offshore protection, who can be defended against?

Maritime prohibition, this is another big problem of Ming Dynasty. In the past, Daming, the invincible fleet galloping the ocean was so exciting, but now... the pirates in the southeast have repeatedly violated the border.If he didn't open the door again, and use his presence to change the situation, he didn't know if he would regret going back in the future.

He didn't know when he had read such a statement, saying that the small southeastern countries frequently suppressed and massacred the Chinese in later generations. Those natives lost their scruples and began to be unscrupulous, otherwise... Think about the Han, Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties. Even at the end of the dynasty, those small countries in Nanyang treated the elites of the Chinese clan with great admiration. Who would dare to tease the Chinese tiger's beard and kill the Han people wantonly? of?The 276-year rule of the Qing Dynasty not only broke the national backbone of the country, but also completely wiped out the traditional dominance of the Chinese in history!

This kind of sorrow, Ayu wants to try to see if he can stop it, even if he can't see the back, it will be a little more shocking, and it would be better to have more confidence!