Chapter 59 Undercurrent

Zhou Chen clearly felt that Zhu Qizhen was reluctant to give up his wealth and was unwilling to part with the income from the gold and silver mines. On the other hand, he did not want to continue mining.

This method is very difficult to handle.

It can be said that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Most of these mines are in deep mountains and old forests. No one knows how many people died.

Even now there are black coal mines.

In this era, mine supervisors had direct access to the palace, and local officials did not dare to ask about many matters.

Under such circumstances, no matter how good the policy is, it cannot be guaranteed to be implemented.

For many eunuchs, no matter what they do, as long as they can get money, it is a good idea. They don't care whether the money has blood on it.

This imbalance of power checks makes all solutions useless.

Zhou Chen said cautiously: "I believe that the mine matters are related to local security, so we should set up a county magistrate in the local area to take charge of the mines."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen naturally understood the implication of Zhou Chen's words. What he meant was to hand over the mine to the local system.

Is this method good?

Zhu Qizhen didn't think it was very good.

First of all, if the mine is transferred to the local government, can the morality of local officials be guaranteed?

The most important thing is that when the mine reaches the local system, the gold and silver handed over from the mine will probably have to go to the household department before entering the department.

Normally, this would not be a problem.

But at some point, that may not be the case.

There are indeed ministers who dare to embezzle Ouchi's money. Never underestimate the courage of these civil servants.

Moreover, Zhu Qi Town has high hopes for the output of the mine. After all, there are many gold mines in the Northeast. Zhu Qi Town doesn’t know where these gold mines are, but he thinks that as a large number of people enter the Northeast, these gold mines will naturally

You will find that, coupled with the development of industry, a large amount of minerals is needed.

Zhu Qizhen cannot give up control of all mineral resources. It should transfer these powers to the local government for implementation.

Not to mention the ambitions of the civil service group, let’s just say that any reforms that Zhu Qizhenxing wants to implement must go through the civil service group. This is too inconvenient.

And this is what the mine supervisor is like?

What is the situation of the various factories under the palace's control? How many evils are involved in them?

Zhu Qizhen became more and more urgent to centralize various factories and mines and form a dedicated yamen.

Zhu Qizhen's mind was reeling, and he still asked in a neutral tone: "There is more."

Zhou Chen has been thinking about impeaching him, but he has not thought about it so much. But if Zhu Qizhen said it is still useful, then there will definitely be one. Zhou Chen said: "Between ministers, a mining registration should be established and the mine should be

The nearby people were included in the mining registration, exempted from other taxes, and specialized in mining. Each person set a quota. If the quota exceeded the quota, the court spent money to purchase it."

Zhu Qizhen was very familiar with this model. It was the Zao household model.

In fact, this model is not that of a kitchen household, but also that of a craftsman household. The Ming Dynasty established the craftsmanship system, and all craftsmen came to Beijing to serve. The court paid Weibo wages and materials.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the money provided by the court was often not enough, so craftsmen had to sell their sons and daughters to fill the holes, but they could not be filled completely. Therefore, the quality of the Ming Dynasty firearms can be imagined.

Zhu Qizhen naturally refused to do this.

In Zhu Qizhen's view, it is right to establish household registration files, but it is wrong to divide them too finely.

It's understandable what military status and civilian status are, but what kind of music status, humble status, craftsman status, intersex person, etc. It is simply inhumane for Emperor Taizu to want the people below to inherit their father's legacy from generation to generation.

It’s okay that Zhu Qizhen doesn’t have the ability to abolish it now. Is it necessary to add another one?

Zhu Qizhen admitted that Zhou Chen's method might reduce the burden on the people, but it was not what he wanted.

Since Zhu Qizhen was dissatisfied with Zhou Chen's method, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to follow his own ideas. He thought to himself: "This time Liu Dingzhi only needs to make some achievements in Fu, and when he comes back, I will make him a young man."

Fu Cheng."

Zhou Chen could no longer bear it any longer and said, "Your Majesty, I have the kindness to serve the people above me."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Speak."

Zhou Chen said: "At the Metropolitan Procuratorate, some people have already signed a petition to impeach the ministers for leading the emperor to do evil and extorting excessive taxes, which led to a civil uprising in Fujian."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen's first feeling was that this matter was not directed at Zhou Chen, but at him.

Zhou Chen is just a person who does things.

The person who really leads these policies is Zhu Qizhen.

Since Zhu Qizhen came to the throne, he has been trying to find ways to increase revenue financially. With Zhu Qizhen's efforts, the court's fiscal revenue, 23 million shi of grain and 123 million taels of silver, exceeded the nearly 10 million in the Xuande period.

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There are so many things that ten million taels can do.

This fiscal policy has actually caused dissatisfaction among many people.

However, Zhu Qizhen was at the core level. Taking the threat of Wa Ci as an example, the core layer supported Zhu Qizhen.

After all, Yang Pu, a veteran, has fought in wars. He knows that when fighting, even mountains of gold and silver will be lost.

Even if it wasn't for him, Zhu Qizhen still wanted to keep Zhou Chen.

Because of Zhou Chen's ability, Zhu Qizhen simply couldn't do without him.

Although Zhou Chen's ability in salt taxation impressed Zhu Qizhen. But what really amazed Zhu Qizhen was that Zhou Chen abolished treasure banknotes and established a silver-based system.

There is no disturbance at all in this matter. Perfection is a smooth transition.

Moreover, although the treasure banknote is now a piece of waste paper, before the treasure banknote was the legal tender of the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, Baobao was still very valuable during the Hongwu period. It depreciated to a certain extent in the early Yongle period, but it was still usable. What really stopped him from using it was the astronomical expenses incurred by the Yongle Northern Expedition.

The taxes paid by the imperial court at that time could not offset the expenses at all.

At that time, the only financial life-saving straw was treasure banknotes, so treasure banknotes were issued indiscriminately. Zhu Qizhen couldn't find the specific data on how many treasure banknotes were issued. Anyway, there were many, many.

Many people think that the depreciation of treasure banknotes is because the court will only release them but not collect them. However, in fact, throughout the Xuande period, the court has been recycling treasure banknotes in an attempt to restore their value.

But once credit goes bankrupt, it is irreversible.

Before Zhou Chen did this, Zhu Qizhen didn't think it was very useful. However, Zhou Chen was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. As a minister in this position, Zhu Qizhen couldn't make them completely obedient. He didn't need them to be completely obedient.

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Only slaves are completely obedient.

Zhou Chen has this idea, and Zhu Qizhen doesn't see the disadvantages. So if he wants to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhu Qizhen can stop him.

Only after finishing it did Zhu Qizhen find out.

Without a perfect financial system, whether it is the mobilization of grain or silver, it will be abolished. What Zhou Chen did was not only abolish the treasure banknotes, but also replace the treasure banknotes with silver coins and silver dollars as legal tender, and rebuild a financial system.

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With this financial system, the rapid growth of taxation in the Ming Dynasty became possible.

How could Zhu Qizhen let such a talent be ruined by the words of the people below?

Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "I know. It's not yet the fifteenth day of the Yamen opening. Please go back and rest for a few days. When the Yamen opens, I will definitely give you an explanation."

Zhou Chen felt relieved after hearing Zhu Qizhen's words. He immediately saluted Zhu Qizhen and said, "I thank you, Lord, for your kindness."

Zhu Qizhen sent Zhou Chen away.

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen was very disgusted with some of the imperial censors. He felt that these people were very tired of gesticulating, so he deliberately took this opportunity to clean up his affairs.

But when I think about the current internal and external troubles and the aggressiveness of Wasi, Wu Liangha has officially become attached to Wasi. And something like this happened again in Fujian.

All of a sudden, all Zhu Qizhen's trust in local officials was shattered.

Next year, provincial governors will be dispatched from various places to supervise local officials, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will be indispensable. If they are really swept through, I am afraid that the new ones will not dare to speak out.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it and wrote a note with his own hand and had it given to Yang Pu.

There have been a lot of big events in the court recently, one case after another. Zhu Qizhen didn't want the court to undergo major changes, and neither did Yang Pu.

When Yang Pu took action, this incident naturally disappeared without a trace.
Chapter completed!