'Increase taxes by more than two million? You underestimate the potential of grassland trade.'

Emperor Chongzhen shook his head secretly, obviously not agreeing with what Bi Ziyan said. Even if the merchants were responsible for the day-to-day management of the Thirteen Banks, if they could be well controlled, the annual taxes and entry fees could be at least three to four million.

Two silver coins.

The most important point is that reopening the Northern Xinjiang market will enable the Ming Dynasty to obtain excellent war horses. This is what Emperor Chongzhen values ​​most.

Emperor Chongzhen was able to use economic means to achieve both political and military benefits, even if corruption, collusion with the rebels, power-for-money transactions, etc. occurred during the operation, Emperor Chongzhen was still able to accept it.

It is human nature to love money.

But having the life to earn doesn’t mean you have the life to spend it!

Every year, targets are clearly set for the inner factory and the royal guards. They would rather kill by mistake than let go, and use their iron and blood to fight off the traitors again and again, to tell the Ming Dynasty what kind of price they will pay if they violate the will of the country and the laws of the country.

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen shaking his head, Bi Ziyan looked surprised. He thought he had said something wrong, but creating the Thirteen Lines of Query Field was indeed a good idea.

Governance of local areas is the strong point of Ming officials, but matters involving business are not the strong point of Ming officials. However, the thirteen lines of inquiry, which are half official and half private, are effectively combined.

"Bi Qing, the Ministry of Household Affairs will be responsible for the reopening of the Northern Xinjiang market and the creation of the thirteen branches of the market." Emperor Chongzhen looked at Bi Ziyan with a smile on his face and said.

"How to handle it specifically, how to select the personnel of the 13th Bank of China, you need to worry more about it, so that the country can increase its tax revenue."

Bi Ziyan cupped his hands and said: "I accept the decree!"

In the context of the small-scale peasant economy, it was not easy to find talents who were proficient in the economic field among the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Before cultivating corresponding talents, it was Emperor Chongzhen's decision after careful consideration to use half-official and half-civilian institutions to meet the actual needs of the country.

It is unrealistic for the Ming Dynasty, which governs a large area and complex situations, to get rid of the civil servants and govern it by oneself.

The New Deal could not be implemented in one day. It required a process of early accumulation. Before that, Emperor Chongzhen had to use various methods to achieve checks and balances in the court and achieve relative stability in the general trend.

In fact, unknowingly, Emperor Chongzhen had added two financial resources to the fragile finances of the Ming Dynasty, a Chongwenmen tax customs house and a Qianqian thirteen lines, both of which could stably provide tax revenue.

If these two matters can be implemented one by one, although it will not solve all the problems of the Ming Dynasty, it can at least solve some of the urgent needs.

Looking at Bi Ziyan's leaving figure, Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, pointed at Wang Chengen and said: "Wang Banban, this is the thirteenth line of the inquiry field.

Your inner factory should select some reliable merchants and join them. In the future, part of the workshops and factories under the inner factory's jurisdiction, mass-produced cotton cloth, salt, sugar and other quasi-sale goods will be sold to customs in exchange for high-quality war horses.

There are also sheep and cattle and other things.”

"Here!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly cupped his hands and said.

Although the thirteen lines that govern and manage the market cannot be asked to directly interfere with the group of eunuchs and eunuchs in the inner court, indirect trade must still be done.

Emperor Chongzhen did not see anything wrong with establishing foreign trade channels at the imperial level to seize a certain market share and provide the state-owned economy he created with a stable financial source.

And through this arrangement, it can also effectively play a supervisory role. If there is an act like the Eight Shanxi merchants collaborating with the enemy, the inner factory and the Jinyiwei can also launch corresponding anti-corruption operations.

"At this time, I don't know what kind of situation Zhou Yuji, Fang Zhenghua and the others are in." After settling his concerns, Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, worried about Zhou Yuji's troops who were hoeing traitors on the Western Front.

"Your Majesty, there should be no accidents."

Wang Chengen stepped forward to persuade and said: "The generals of Jiangwutang headed by Zhou Yuji, and Fang Zhenghua and others are all capable people.

And on the Shanxi side, there is also the Dongchang team led by Eunuch Cao and co-organized by Wang Dehua and Shen Liangzuo.

Although the climate in Shanxi is very cold right now, they will definitely be able to solve these problems and eradicate all the traitors like the Eight Thieves!"

"I hope so."

Emperor Chongzhen whispered that he was not worried about eradicating the eight major Shanxi merchants. After all, Zhou Yuji, Chen Jisheng and their abilities were all there.

If even a small force of traitorous merchants cannot be eliminated, then they can go home and take care of their children as soon as possible to save themselves a waste of time and energy.

The only thing that worried Emperor Chongzhen was that in such a harsh environment, traveling long distances and carrying out corresponding anti-rape operations, the Yongwei Battalion and the Tianxiong Army's headquarters would suffer severe frostbite.

"Wang Banban, please remember this."

Emperor Chongzhen pointed to Wang Chengen and said: "Ask the inner factory to organize the corresponding manpower to see if the problem of wool spinning can be solved.

No matter how much money or manpower is needed during this period, we must do our best to meet it and get this matter started, striving to achieve mass production of wool houses as soon as possible.

By the way, you should go to Xu Guangqi again and see if there are any Western missionaries who are proficient in this art. If so, bring them all back, or even Western craftsmen.

If this thing can be done well, it will not only provide the Ming Dynasty with another kind of protection against the cold, but also solve the Mongolian chaos."

Seeing his own emperor like this, Wang Chengen hurriedly raised his hands and said: "I will take care of it immediately."

For Emperor Chongzhen, if he could use economic and technological means to solve political and military problems, he must do so vigorously and support him.

Although the sheep here in Ming Dynasty are not as good as the sheep on the other side of the ocean, if they can form an industry, they can also help Ming Dynasty solve many problems.

The so-called empire on which the sun never sets, wasn’t the early capital accumulation driven by sheep cannibalizing people?

Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood to be able to properly resolve the issue of eradicating the eight major Shanxi merchants, cut off one arm of the Eight Banners who built the captives, and obtain corresponding benefits for the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps at this moment, the impact and consequences of this incident cannot be seen, but as time goes by, Emperor Chongzhen firmly believes that this effect will be significant.

The advantages brought by foresight enabled Emperor Chongzhen to jump out of his cage and solve problems from a higher level.

"The matter of the eight major Shanxi merchants has come to an end."
Chapter completed!