Forbidden City, Ganqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, disasters are frequent in Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi and other places, and rebellions everywhere are difficult to determine. There are many disputes in the court over these matters."

Sun Chuanting looked serious and bowed and said, "However, the national treasury is insufficient. If the national treasury is just relying on the treasury to provide support, and the state does not try to open up the source and solve the treasury problems, it may not be a long-term solution.

I also heard that there was no serious drift in Shandong.

I have been advocating Wenmen’s tax customs before. Since the tax reform was implemented, the results have been greatly improved. According to the current tax bank account, it is not difficult to collect one million yuan per year.

When I was in charge of resettlement, I always thought about whether the power of the banknotes could be taken to the court, and the special office of the Ministry of Revenue was to follow the Wenmen tax customs to seek reform, and to standardize the banknotes and tariff items to open up new ones for the national treasury. financial resources."

Emperor Chongzhen sat firmly on the dragon throne, listening to what Sun Chuanting said, his eyes flashed with brilliance. Yes, why did he forget about this?

I was so busy.

The matter of Chongwenmen’s tax customs reform is to clarify the tax items that should be collected, and the implementation of the tax rules for the required tax reform has increased the tax revenue in the area by ten times.

Previously, they and Han and others made it clear that the eunuchs were abolished forever and the collection of mining taxes were collected, but they also took the opportunity to negotiate the change of commercial taxes.

But there were too many things that happened later, and Emperor Chongzhen was so busy that he forgot to target these things. Under the Ministry of Revenue, a new major government office was set up to take charge of these things.

"Sun Qing said it well."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "I have ignored this point, but it may not be an easy task to accomplish this.

After all, there are many involvement in the money, and it also involves the local area. If I want to clarify this matter, if I propose it, I am afraid that the court will have a lot of opposition.”

"Your Majesty, I came to the palace for this matter."

Sun Chuanting bowed and said, "Your Majesty must pay attention to the taxes imposed by the state. There are many reasons in the local area to make harsh and complicated taxes.

Especially money matters.

The imperial court mostly taxed silver in this item for more than 200,000 taels, and during the Tianqi period, it was more than 500,000 taels. This was affected by the Liaodong rebellion, so the income increased a lot.

Previously, my ministers thought that the scope of the taxable silver levy was the same. However, after he was appointed to make reforms in Chongwenmen's tax, he found that most of the silver was not collected by the court, but it became the private of some people. Library.

This is still the case under the emperor's feet.

The situation in that place is probably worse.

I have calculated the account.

If the seven gates established based on the current scope of the canal transportation, and the customs of Wenmen will be determined to change things, the court will be able to increase its income at least, with a tariff of more than three million taels of taxes."

Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised to hear what Sun Chuanting said. After all, there were major problems in the financial system of the Ming Dynasty.

The privileged faction led by officials and gentry has serious tax evasion and even in some places, they simply evade taxes and harm local people in different ways.

The Ming Dynasty's finances were a big problem. It was just a powder keg, followed by a powder keg, and then a series of gunpowder kegs were connected. If you touch this, it was likely to form a continuous explosion effect.

‘The Ming Dynasty has never lacked money.’

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly and said in his heart: "Silk, tea, and porcelain are popular overseas luxury goods, which have caused a large amount of silver to flow into the Ming Dynasty, all of which are calculated in billions."

Especially under the rule of the provinces in Jiangnan, those officials, gentry, merchants and other classes had the highest proportion of silver in their names, and they were also the most greedy.

The silver circulating on the surface is constantly shrinking.

The amount of money hidden in the cellar is increasing.

This is not only called the financial problem of the Ming Dynasty, but also became increasingly serious, but also aggravated the land annexation among the people, especially when disasters occur frequently, and this momentum is even more serious.

In response to the Jianlu rebellion and the bandit rebellion, the imperial court often experiences unfavorable situations, which will aggravate this panic and make the problem more difficult.

However, taxation must be treated with caution, cultivating a group of professional tax talents, clarifying various tax items in the Ming Dynasty, and gradually implementing them is the top priority.’

The Ming Dynasty finances are a very troublesome thing.

Sun Chuanting was able to take the initiative to enter the palace to explain this matter under the current situation, and wanted to share the worries of the country, which shows how loyal he is.

Emperor Chongzhen must protect such loyal and willing to do practical things, and he must not be trapped in the vortex of party struggles.

"Sun Qing, I am very pleased that you are willing to share the worries of the country and my worries."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said, "But if what you think is really implemented in full, it may be difficult.

After all, there are too many levels involved and many people involved.

Even because of the changes in the current situation, this good strategy will eventually turn into a bad one. I have thought about this before and wrote down these ideas.

Sun Qing, you can take a look first, and understand what I am thinking. In your name, we submit a memorial to the Tongzheng Department, and our monarchs and ministers will gradually make changes to this matter."

As he said that Emperor Chongzhen took out a official letter from the pile of memorials of the Dragon Case. After the showdown with Han and the others, Emperor Chongzhen had conceived this matter.

But later I had too many things and forgot about it.

After receiving the official letter from Wang Chengen, the National Tax Office written on the cover was asked Sun Chuanting to open his eyes slightly, but he was afraid that what the emperor thought was much more thorough than what he had considered.

"I have been thinking about this national tax department for a long time."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and smiled at Sun Chuanting, "In the future, the customs duties, commercial taxes, mining taxes, salt taxes, etc. of the Ming Dynasty will be collected here.

Some of the powers of the Ministry of Revenue and other departments must be gradually re-established. There are great problems and loopholes in the taxes imposed by the Ming Dynasty every year.

But there is a saying that goes.

This meal has to be eaten bite by bite, and this road has to be taken step by step.

Sun Qing knew the tax situation of the Ming Dynasty very well, and I also knew it very well, including the issue of the administration of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be a mess.

But I didn't mention it before.

If all these good ideas are really implemented at once, I am afraid that all parts of the Ming Dynasty will reappear in the mine taxation trend that the emperor's grandfather, who had previously condemned the eunuchs to guard the garrison, would have created.

In some places, rebellion will arouse.

So I think I will first try tax reform in some places, and wait until the place is mature and the experience is summarized, and then gradually implement it in various places."

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Sun Chuanting bowed and said when he heard this.

Some of the things the emperor said were what he did not expect. Just like this money matter, it was really necessary to fully implement it from the beginning, and the final situation would not progress as he thought. After all, local staff sent
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