The Donglin Party’s tail has been rising recently, mainly because Zhu Youxiao has basically no opinion on the government affairs. The Donglin Party said that Zhu Youxiao will do whatever he said.

Today, Zhu Youxiao is nominally the emperor, but he does not show any personal will. The Donglin Party members felt proud of the emperor being played with by them.

Zhu Youxiao also showed no interest in the government affairs, and he usually threw the government affairs to the cabinet and the Sili Supervisor. The cabinet chief Ye Xianggao was from the Donglin Party, and the Sili Supervisor Wang An was also from the Donglin Party. The Sili Supervisor Li Jinzhong rarely went to the Sili Supervisor on duty.

Zhu Youxiao's attitude and performance also made the Donglin Party begin to be careless, believing that the will of the new king was controlled by them.

Although Wang An's minions in the palace were cut off by Zhu Youxiao, the Donglin Party members did not shake their interests. At the same time, Zhu Youxiao was also famous for his military career and cut off Wang An's minions by his anti-corruption name, which did not arouse the vigilance of Donglin Party officials.

The Donglin Party had no idea that the emperor was planning to rectify the imperial guards.

On that day, Zhu Youxiao moved back to the palace, and the Donglin Party immediately suggested that the Encyclopedia be opened. After all emperors ascended the throne, they had to open the imperial examinations and select the students. As expected, Zhu Youxiao not only agreed to the Encyclopedia, but also asked the officials of the Donglin Party to be responsible for the supervision of the imperial examination.

The Donglin Party won another phased victory, and the big guys were immediately happy. This means they can manipulate the imperial examination.

Who can pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, then it is not the final decision of their Donglin Party. So many merchants in Jiangnan want to get a fame, so the money will come in a hurry.

Especially during the palace examination, the top scorer, the second-place winner and the like can be sold for money.

The big guys were happy, so the younger guys naturally got a pill. So the officials of the Donglin Party happily went to prepare for Enko.

Zhu Youxiao was like Goujian in the Spring and Autumn Period, continuing to hide his strength and keep a low profile, lying on firewood and tasting gall, and first controlling the internal internal of the palace with absolute power.

That day, Zhu Youxiao was reading a book in the Yangxin Palace. Yang Guang walked in and whispered in Zhu Youxiao's ear: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yan is back."

"I'm back, let him come and meet him." Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and quickly stood up. After a while, Zhang Yan entered the Hall of Heart.

"Slave Zhang Yan, come to the emperor. Your Majesty, I'm back." Zhang Yan shouted excitedly. Zhu Youxiao quickly helped Zhang Yan up and asked anxiously: "Have you bought the horse?"

"Your Majesty, I bought it. I bought 200,000 taels of silver and 13,000 horses, of which 1,000 were horses, nine thousand were horses, and three thousand foals." Zhang Yan replied.

"So smooth?" Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed and was also a little surprised.

"It was not very smooth for me to go to Zhangjiakou, but I met a horse merchant. I heard that I was buying horses for the emperor, so I helped me. Not only did I contact the war horses, but the price was also relatively favorable." Zhang Yan told Zhu Youxiao about his experience of going to Zhangjiakou.

"Has Ma Shang brought this?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Here we come, we will drive the horses to the capital together." Zhang Yan replied. Zhu Youxiao couldn't sit still and hurriedly said, "Take me to see the war horses and go to see the horse merchants by the way."

"Yes, the emperor." Zhang Yan said by the order. Yang Guang hurried to the department to set up a supervisor. Soon Zhu Youxiao got on the bus and went to the Caolilan Factory under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Prison.

When Zhu Youxiao arrived, he saw the Caoli Wan factory full of horses.

Finally there was a horse, Zhu Youxiao laughed happily. A middle-aged man in silk was taken to Zhu Youxiao at this time.

"Cao Jinyu, a grass man, kowtow to the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long live long. "The middle-aged man quickly kowtowed, and Zhu Youxiao was in a very good mood and smiled and said, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cao Jinyu stood up and stood there with some restraint. Zhu Youxiao asked him, "Cao Jinyu, where are you a businessman? Do you usually do horse dealers?"

"Your Majesty, Caomin is a businessman in Shaanxi. He usually sells grain to the border. After arriving at the border, he also does some horse trading business." Cao Jinyu replied.

"Then tell me, but what business can only be done by colluding with officials and businessmen?" Zhu Youchao asked Cao Jinyu. At this time, Zhu Youchao had the idea of ​​absorbing private businessmen and working with them to do business.

"I have reported to the emperor that the people in other industries are unknown, but in this business that can be colluded with officials and businessmen, the land and fame are definitely profitable." Cao Jinyu thought for a while and replied. The land and fame are related to the financial issues of the Ming Dynasty! Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel shocked and asked: "How does it work specifically?"

"After Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Ming Dynasty, the land tax collected changed from grain collection to silver collection. There is a saying that when the land tax is collected every year, the price of grain will inevitably plummet. In the north, one stone of grain is usually 1 tael of silver, and when the land tax is collected, it is often only 5 cents of silver, which is 5 cents of silver, or even lower. The benefits can be imagined." Cao Jinyu paused and saw that the emperor listened seriously, and continued: "And ordinary people are not fools. They will try to keep the grain as much as possible and wait until the price of grain rises before selling it. Therefore, the grain that can be collected at a low price is only 1 tael of grain with land tax. But these grains are converted in person by the government, and not everyone can buy them. Only those powerful or merchants with channels can buy these grains at a low price."

"When paying land tax, the scales used are basically short of weight. The price difference between the merchants and the officials eat the weight of the scale, plus the bribes of the merchants." Cao Jinyu's words finally made Zhu Youxiao understand why the land tax of the Ming Dynasty last year was as high as 21 million stones, but the real food was less than half.

The Ming Dynasty used to collect grain as a silver, not to let farmers sell grain and exchange it for silver, and then pay it directly. Instead, they sent the grain to designated locations of the government for color discount.

In other words, for example, a landlord in Jiangnan must pay 100 shi of grain according to regulations. The price of grain in Jiangnan may only be 8 cents, and when paying the land tax, the price of grain may be reduced to 4 cents. Then the landlord will send the 100 shi of grain to the government and sell it to the designated grain merchants of the government. The result will be 40 taels of silver. Then the normal price should be 80 taels of silver, and the other half will run into the pocket of the merchant.

If these colored silver were used in the north, the price of grain was 1 tael of silver and 1 stone of grain, then the court actually only received 40 stone of grain.

The landlord, because there was a problem with the government's scale, might have to pay 120 stones of grain, and the 20 stones of grain went into the official's pocket.

The burden of farmers did not increase exponentially as people say, because the land tax of the Ming Dynasty was relatively low, and it was completely acceptable to be eaten by a little bit. Therefore, no official forces forced the people to rebel. The uprising of the peasant army was generally a natural disaster. The Ming court did not provide timely relief, and some forces were bewitched by them.

However, the country was poached wildly. Only half of the 20 million stone of land tax could be obtained. There was still a lot of loss during the transportation of grain transfers between the south and the north. If it was lost in this way, only one-third of the food that the court could actually call was left.

When Zhang Juzheng reformed, he was not trying to increase national tax revenue, but he didn't want this result. Now this situation was created by the Donglin Party members after Zhang Juzheng's death. Almost all Zhang Juzheng's reform content was abolished, but the things that could collude with officials and businessmen, thus poaching the country's corners was retained by them.

"Cao Jinyu, are you willing to join forces with my royal family to do business?" Zhu Youxiao decided to interfere in the grain business and immediately asked Cao Jinyu.
Chapter completed!