Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Forbidden City, inside the Cining Palace.

Zhu Houzhao and Zhang Xuan were chatting, and Zhang Xuan expressed her admiration for Zhu Houzhao without mentioning a single emotional thing.

In the Cining Palace, in order to match the two of them, the Queen Mother and Erniang took the opportunity to run away and went to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers.

Just as Zhu Houzhao was about to leave, a **** hurried over. "Your Majesty, the Minister of Household Minister Liang Chuliang asks to see you."

"Oh, him? Why did he come?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, according to Mr. Liang, it is for taxation."

"Taxes? Well, announce him to visit the Qianqing Palace!"

"According to the order!"

When Zhu Houzhao left the Cining Palace, Zhang Xuan naturally knew that his cousin had a major national matter to deal with, so he did not dare to go with him.

Some things, she will not listen to the second aunt, she feels that the emperor's brother is tired enough to work for the country, and now he has to be distracted by the children's private affairs, she really does not want to see such a result.

When Zhu Houzhao came to the Qianqing Palace, Liang Chu, the minister of households, was already waiting outside the door.

He saw Zhu Houzhao's complacent appearance in the spring breeze, and he knew that the emperor was very happy recently! However, this kind of smile has not been seen for a long time, and it is difficult to guess why he is happy for the time being?

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

"Liang Aiqing, get your body straight without ceremony!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Master Liang entered the palace in such a hurry to see me, what's the matter?"

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

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he saw Liang Chu open his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, no need, I have no intention to sit down and answer Your Majesty's question for the time being, so I should stand and tell Your Majesty!"

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

Zhu Houzhao slowly opened the memorial and saw the agricultural surcharge, which has increased a lot, which shows that I will no longer be short of food after the Ming Dynasty.

The more he looked behind him, the more Zhu Houzhao felt that he was breathing cold air.

This commercial tax, he originally thought that the commercial tax of 5 million taels a year would be good, but he did not expect that in just three months, the commercial tax representing the Ming Empire had reached 50 million taels of silver.

However, when Zhu Houzhao saw the rise in prices in the capital, he grinned. Of course, he also understood 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 by saying that you should replace all these grains with silver and store them all in the treasury of Daming?"

The minister of households, Liang Chu, showed a slightly curious look on his face, and asked, "Don't your Majesty want this money to be stored in the treasury?"

"Hahaha..."

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

"Master Liang, Master Liang, you are treating me more and more as a tyrant. Think about it, whose interests are being infringed by such extortionate and miscellaneous taxes?"

"This commercial tax is different from the agricultural tax. After the agricultural tax is raised, it must be deposited into the national treasury. This is to support the officials of Ming Dynasty, but this commercial tax must be returned to the following after it is collected. It is called from the people and used for People, if you deposit all of them into the national treasury, it will be strange that the prices in the market do not rise!"

Liang Chu listened to his head full of black lines. As a chief in charge of the state household department, he could not even understand such a simple question.

For a long time, Liang Chu half-opened his mouth, and his eyes were full of anticipation. He was really puzzled that so many taxes would not be put into the treasury, but should be used for the people. This emperor is really a three-year-old child. I really want to teach him myself.

Liang Chu always felt that when Zhu Houzhao was the crown prince, he liked to be playful and even playful. Although Emperor Hongzhi gave him a lot of thought and asked the most famous teacher in the world to teach him, his heart was never in it. governance of the country.

It's good now. At that time, I was inexperienced, but now I say what was taken from the people and used for the people. Isn't this nonsense?

Zhu Houzhao saw that Liang Chu didn't speak for a long time, and knew what he was thinking. However, this matter could not be explained to him clearly. Only himself knew the truth.

"Liang Chu, the Minister of the Household, listened to the decree"

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

"Order the Ministry of Accounts to prepare Daming Bank, which is the only official bank designated by me in Daming. All commercial taxes are deposited in this bank, and funds are reserved. All merchants and people in Daming can borrow silver taels from it, mainly for purchase. For food, purchase of farmland, etc., the interest can be charged three cents a year, and of course, if you have money, you can also deposit it in this bank, and the interest is one cent for every hundred cents.”

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

"On this basis, the Ministry of households will establish a state-run grain bank to stabilize prices, and adjust the commercial tax rate according to the taxes of different industries, in order to stabilize prices."

"Afterwards, we will work with the Ministry of Justice to designate the corresponding bank operation system. If someone harms this market behavior, they will be investigated and punished immediately! If someone drives up prices, they must act according to the rules, and there must be no mistakes!"

One after another government orders were issued, and Liang Chu, the minister of the household, was shocked on the spot. As the minister of the household, of course he understood what Zhu Houzhao said.

After Zhu Houzhao issued the imperial edict, Liang Chu was speechless for a long time.

He has a feeling now, a feeling like a world away, such a simple truth is what he has been thinking about for so many years, but he has never known what to do?

Now, finally there is a feeling of enlightenment.

Suddenly, Liang Chu bowed down to the ground: "Your Majesty, Shengming, is indeed a model of a Mingjun! Listening to your words is better than reading ten years of books!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liang Chu~www.wuxiahere.com~ and knew that he really understood what he meant, so he didn't say much.

Zhu Houzhao looked up to see that the sky was getting dark, stretched his waist and said, "It's not too early, you'd better go back to the manor, study the tax rate, and retire!"

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

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. He raised his hands over his forehead, and said loudly, "Heaven has eyes! Daming has such a sage emperor, it's really all the people. The blessing, the luck of the common people!"

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

If it is said that in the entire Ming Dynasty, who was the most adept at walking and beating horses, then Cao Zhengchun is probably the most advanced.

However, a person who has never slapped a horse suddenly begins to slap a horse at an emperor, which must be convinced by some aspect of this person.

Liang Chu, as a minister of Gu Gu, never feared the powerful, did not climb the dragon and the phoenix, and never listened to anyone he admired.

However, now, he is kneeling outside the Qianqing Palace, crying.

This is really the lucky star of the Ming Dynasty. They have been looking forward to it for a hundred years. How many people hope that there will be a Mingjun to appear. Isn't this emperor the Mingjun of the Ming Dynasty?

After a long time, a **** walked slowly to Liang Chu's side and helped him up: "Master Liang, Your Majesty asks you to take care of yourself."

"Old minister thanks His Majesty Ron!"

"For the sake of Daming, it is not a pity that the old minister died here..."

He was kneeling and his legs were numb, and the **** called a sedan chair, carried him into the sedan chair, and rushed to the Ministry of Household overnight.