Gao Wencai smiled coldly:

"The Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty are here, and the evidence of tax evasion is solid. You can't even think about making excuses!"

When he heard that the person coming was the prestigious Jin Yiwei, Boss Zhang immediately collapsed to the ground, knowing that he was doomed.

"You are not afraid of stealing skin and grass, but you still dare to commit corruption. Let Zhang Bingzhen be arrested and interrogated strictly. We must clean up the moths in the customs. We must kill them when they should be killed and exile them when they should be. Notify Huang Daozhou and let the impostor Xiang replace Zhang Bingzhen..."

"According to the order!"

Zhu Cixiang left the remaining matters to Gao Wencai. He took the four people ashore to the Nanjing Palace, and then visited the Ming Dynasty Royal Naval Academy...

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Gao Wencai lived up to the emperor's high expectations. Within ten days, more than 60 smugglers were arrested, and more than 20 local and customs officials were arrested, involving more than 2,000 people.

Zhu Cixiang passed the decree, and the first offender's home was ransacked and executed. His family was exiled to Mongolia to herd, and eight generations of the family were unable to be officials or do business...

The existence of customs and the severe crackdown on smuggling made it difficult for profiteers who made huge profits from smuggling to survive, and huge wealth flowed into the Ming Dynasty treasury.

Today, customs tariff revenue has reached more than 10 million dragon yuan, and domestic commercial tax revenue has also reached more than 20 million dragon yuan.

This does not include income from some state-owned factories and mines, nor does it include any agricultural tax income.

After the merger of the Royal Chamber of Commerce and the Zheng Family Caravan, it has now grown into a large multinational group with an annual revenue of no less than 50 million dragon yuan.

As the Ming Dynasty began to colonize foreign countries, the Royal Group would quickly surpass the British Dongying Company. At that time, the Royal Group was the world's commercial giant.

After getting rich, the first priority is to invest in military industry and national defense. Now all the weapons in the Ming Dynasty have been replaced by rifles, and every army is equipped with grenades, mortars, etc.

The rifled gun has been retired from national defense and has now become a special weapon for the local security forces of the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to our current armed police.

After the surrounding barbarians were wiped out, individuals throughout the Ming Dynasty were prohibited from owning firearms, including foreign businessmen who entered the territory of the Ming Dynasty and were also prohibited from carrying firearms.

However, caravans engaged in foreign trade are allowed to be equipped with firearms overseas, and merchant ships that sail at sea all year round are also allowed to be equipped with firearms, including professional fishermen.

These personnel are allowed to carry firearms, mainly to guard against foreign armed ships and pirates. The Ming Dynasty will not let its people be bullied at sea.

After the recapture of Liaodong, Mongolia and the Hetao area, the lack of war horses and cattle in the pass has completely changed. The Hetao area and Mongolia have become the source of horses and cattle for the Ming Dynasty cavalry.

The farm now has professional technical personnel, and no matter what crops are grown, the yield is far higher than that of ordinary villagers.

Not only did it become a resettlement place for veterans and disabled soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the farm was also responsible for almost all the supply of the main rations for the army, and it was also responsible for training local farmers in scientific farming.

It can be said that the role of farms in various places in the Ming Dynasty has far exceeded that of the original guard farms. The food security of the Ming Dynasty has a great relationship with the farms in various places.

After the land in the north is distributed, farmers can farm freely, and the court will not interfere with what crops they grow.

Compared with the north, the south of Ming Dynasty is different.

Last time Emperor Shenwu saw the mulberry fields in the south, the situation would change.

The imperial court has issued a document that must ensure that half of each family's land is used to grow food. This is the imperial court's bottom line. No one can cross the red line or take back land contract rights.

As for the land owned by the big landowners and vassal kings in the past, it was their private land, and the court would not interfere with what was planted...

In order to encourage young people to actively join the army and serve the country, the imperial court built a monument to the heroes of the Ming Dynasty in Fengtian Square in Nanjing. All soldiers who died fighting for the Ming Dynasty will be listed among them.

When Zhu Cihong was supervising the country, he had already built the Zhonghun Temple in the capital. The monument built in Fengtian Square in Nanjing also supplemented the Zhonghun Temple.

In the future, the names of the soldiers who died in the reconquest of Xinjiang and Tibet and the colonial war will appear on the monument, and the names of those who died in the reconquest of Taiwan are already among them.

Temples must be built in various places to commemorate the local heroes who died in the war. Every year during the Qingming Festival, the local government must take the lead in worshiping.

Zhu Cixiang wants everyone to know that the peaceful life they have today was earned by the blood and lives of those loyal soldiers who served the country.

We can never forget those soldiers who shouldered the burden for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty will never die and the incense will continue...

The emperor did not forget those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country. The status of their families also increased in the local area, and they were also respected by people, which greatly stimulated more young people to join the army.

The Ming Dynasty is now having a better life, but some people are beginning to have a hard time. The entire East Asian sea and the South China Sea have become forbidden lands for the Dutch.

As soon as the Dutch fleet is discovered, the Ming Navy immediately dispatches warships to seize it and will not release it until a huge fine is paid.
Chapter completed!