Although the civil service system has some differences with the crown prince on issues such as the property of officials and restrictions on house searches, it is relatively consistent with the issues of peace of the people, spring farming, tax collection and prosperity of the country.

Because this cabinet is full of pragmatists.

Li Yuzhi was the oldest. Although he was nominally in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, he was actually under the overall situation by the second assistant Wu Yan. After Jiang Dejing came, Sun Chuanting gave the Ministry of Works to him so that he would not become a pawn master.

In the past, the Ministry of Works had been a chore that no one wanted, and its main task was to build palaces, royal gardens, and the tombs of the emperor and empress. Jiang Dejing thought it was a perfunctory move at first, but after he came to the Ministry of Works to take care of the matter, he realized that all local projects had been transferred from the Ministry of Revenue to the Ministry of Works. From a deep well to a large scale to the management of the Huanghuai River, all of them were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works.

In the small conference room of the cabinet, there was only a six-sized long table. Zhu Cilang sat in the north and south, Li Yuzhi and Wu Yan fought against each other, Sun Chuanting and Jiang Dejing sat opposite the crown prince. This was a very ordinary meeting, and it was also the first time Jiang Dejing had attended such an extraordinary meeting after coming to Jinan.

"Now the authority of the six departments to the department has been greatly reduced." Zhu Cixuan introduced to Jiang Dejing: "Originally, the Six Departments could make trouble for all government affairs in the six departments, but now they can only audit the financial cases in the six departments. Mr. Jiang should know."

When Jiang Dejing heard this, he couldn't help but smile. Liuke Lou was a censor in the Ming Dynasty, with a low position and a high position. Most of the heads of each department had to say hello to them first. Now if he could only audit money, he would greatly relax the officials of the department.

"I always know that Mr. Jiang is good at managing finances, and now the ones who use the most money are the Ministry of War, the Grand Governor's Office and the Ministry of Works." Zhu Cixuan said: "So, asking Mr. Jiang to take charge of the Ministry of Works is to spend every tael of silver and every grain of millet on the blade."

"Your Highness, the Ministry of Works has no inputs now, and the money and grain consumed can only be withdrawn from the Ministry of Revenue?" Jiang Dejing found that the previous subordinate industries of the Ministry of Works were all allocated to the Ministry of Revenue. He made a statement and confirmed.

"That's right," Zhu Cilang smiled, "In the future, the national financial accounting will only have the income and expenditure of the Ministry of Revenue. As the saying goes, brothers must settle the accounts clearly. This will allow the officials of the Ministry of Works to be free from being bound by money and grain, and focus all their energy on the project." After saying that, he paused. "Today, there is still one thing to ask the household, military and engineering department to discuss, which is the issue of resettlement of surrendered soldiers."

With the expansion of the Restoration Zone, the number of surrendered local thieves, rebels and bandits exceeded 250,000. Zhu Cixuan drew some of them out to form an engineering battalion. Each division, battalion and division also had its own direct engineering troops, but the remaining labor camps and hard labor camps still had 200,000.

These people will not be able to rebel in a short period of time, but if they sit idly and continue to add people to them, they may inevitably suffer in the future.

"The components are too complicated." Zhu Cilang felt a little headache when he thought of it: "I hope to distinguish them one by one and divide them into three groups. All the craftsmen must be withdrawn first and belong to the Ministry of Works. The Ministry of Works has not taken these people as coolies. Mr. Jiang, you have to urge the Ministry of Works to borrow these people to cultivate more qualified craftsmen. Not only do you have to inherit the skills of the past, but you also have to teach them the "Complete Book of Mining and Metallurgical" and the "Taixi Water Method". As the saying goes, stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade."

Jiang Dejing nodded and replied: "I understand."

"The remaining hard labor, surrendered soldiers and prisoners will be handed over to the Ministry of War." Zhu Ciyang said: "Mr. Sun. The Ministry of War should separate out the people who performed better, and then organize these tens of thousands of people into several teams to undertake the main heavy physical labor in the Restoration District. At the same time, it is necessary to prevent them from changing."

Sun Chuanting said: "Your Highness, some of these people are guilty of being less serious, can they be pardoned as the slightest ones at their discretion be considered supervisors?"

"As long as they don't make trouble, you can do it." Zhu Cixuan said: "The mortality rate is also discussed by the Ministry, and I won't care in the future."

Sun Chuanting nodded. He had already begun to calculate in his mind how much the mortality rate was relaxed.

"Among these people, I only have one Chen De. You will decide which other people belong to," Zhu Cilang said: "The issue of money and grain will be handed over to the Ministry of Revenue. Mr. Wu, the Ministry of Revenue does not have a Secretary of the Ministry. The Ministry of Revenue still needs you to take charge of the helm."

"The Minister Yao Tao is quite talented, and everything is right to do with the ministry." Wu Qing smiled and said, "It's a pity that he is a woman."

Zhu Cilang also sighed: "Yes, the world's discrimination against women comes from, and it is not easy to change customs."

Jiang Dejing also said: "In my hometown, women also go to the fields to farm, not inferior to men. If today is the time to use people, it would be fine if they can borrow the power of female officials."

"Why would Mr. Wu be very merciful and the Ministry of Revenue pays to ask the people to read more "Mulan", "Liang Hongyu", "Qin Liangyu", etc." Zhu Cilang smiled at Wu Yu.

Wu Yan did not laugh and pondered: "Your Highness, it's okay." He helped the crown prince compile some operas praising the soldiers in the army as early as Shanxi. With newspapers in front of him, it is not difficult to find the influence of drama on public opinion when looking back at this moment. Many people with little knowledge basically regard the stories in the drama as real.

"If the official runs a pear garden..." Wu Yan tentatively said.

"That's too high," Zhu Ciyang shook his head, "the labor cost is too high. We don't have so many people to invest in it, so we still take the path of private transactions. Spend money to ask people to write books and hire local opera troupes to perform in the countryside. Local governments will send tickets according to household registration, and these opera troupes will collect tickets and perform, and the Ministry of Revenue will pay for the money based on the tickets they collected. How about this?"

Wu Yan nodded and said, "Then we are just spending money, which is not a problem. We also avoid the issue of competing for profit with the people."

"Well, this will also encourage registration and increase taxes." Zhu Cilang smiled and said, "The money spent will actually be returned in the end."

"Your Highness, the survey work of various businesses in Shandong and Henan has almost been completed. When will the registration be carried out?" Wu Xuan asked again. He is now in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and is particularly concerned about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Now he has scrapped the private checkpoints in various places and is just waiting to collect commercial taxes.

"There are not enough people." Zhu Cilang sighed: "The tax collection seems simple, but it is like pulling radish and bringing mud, which is related to a bigger matter."

"What's the matter?" Wu Yan was also surprised. The vassal kings from all over the country could open money and collect taxes by just two servants. Is it better than those vassal kings?

"Tax Law." Zhu Cilang sighed: "There are two types of money collection. One is to make people pay the money with gritted teeth, and the other is to pay the money willingly. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong can ignore it, but my Ming Dynasty court cannot be shameless and let the people despise it."

Everyone expressed their approval. No matter what, the people-oriented idea has always been the foundation of Confucianism. As the saying goes, a benevolent person loves others. If a gentleman does not love others, isn’t he a hypocrite?

"So I want to write down all the taxes that should be collected so that every businessman knows how much money should be paid. The tax invoices in the capital during epidemic prevention must also be implemented so that they can be checked. If the tax collector dares to collect and abuse merchants indiscriminately, the merchants must have the opportunity to sue them; if the merchants dare to evade taxes, the government must also have a basis to punish them, so this set of tax laws may be indispensable.

"There is also the way to collect this commercial tax to achieve the best of both worlds. The court can get money to build roads, bridges, train troops and protect the people, and merchants will not be unable to become rich because of excessive taxes. With the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, how to formulate taxes and how to regulate tax rates, we need to brainstorm.

"The most headache is to resist taxes and food. Some people are so slim that they are reluctant to pay for money. They say that the temple masters are greedy for money to make money, and the dispatch of tax supervision and mining supervision has caused resentment from heaven. The emperor appointed gentlemen and abolished the external prisons. What's the result? In the tenth year of Chongzhen, a province in Zhejiang Province had only twelve taels of silver, and the tax collected in some places was not enough to support tax collectors! There were juren, Jinshi and all commercial goods could be exempted from taxes... I have no shame to say such things. From the First Emperor to the present, which dynasty has been as cowardly as my dynasty?

"Everyone is well aware of the origin of all officials. The fundamental principle is fair. If the Ming Dynasty falls, when the bandits and the Eastern Captains come, even the heads may not be kept. The old gentlemen will discuss this matter carefully, and we will also get a charter as soon as possible." Zhu Cixuan talked about the tax issue, and simply ended the meeting and asked the cabinet to discuss it carefully. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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