Zhu Yunwen was in a bad mood, which directly caused the entire imperial city to seem to be covered by thick clouds for several days.

Especially after the ceremony to commemorate Confucius, when Zhu Yunwen was in the harem, his face never smiled.

Anger was anger, frustration was frustration, but Zhu Yunwen still issued an oral order, asking the Ministry of Household Affairs to provide money and give all officials in the capital an additional month's salary. Zhu Yunwen could not let outsiders know that he was angry.

Tie Xuan came here once, and the new army has been training for more than a year and a half. This National Day, more than 10,000 of the best were selected to participate in the National Day military parade. This is what Zhu Yunwen planned to show off to a few princes who came to Beijing.

, show off your muscles.

After the military parade is over, part of the new army will move to Jiubian. The armies of Liaodong and Gansu will withdraw first. In Zhu Yunwen's plan, the Ming Dynasty Jiubian has reached Monan, and the armies of Shandong and Wei will be withdrawn in the next five years.

We will gradually retrain according to the new army's methods.

In this process, the older members of the military will be eliminated, and the Ministry of War will recruit new recruits across the country. The age limit will continue to decrease. The current upper limit is forty, and within five years it is planned to gradually lower it to thirty-five. But this is

When it comes to replenishing the supply of troops, it is said that a good man should not be a soldier.

When the country is peaceful and the people are safe, young men cannot be recruited, and the people are not very enthusiastic about joining the army. Only those proletarians who have suffered disasters and have no property are willing to join the army, or they are tenants of some landlords' homes, or servants of aristocratic families who have escaped.

You choose to join the army only when you have a clear path ahead. If you want to promote recruitment smoothly, military pay must be increased.

In the current military system of the Ming Dynasty, the Southwest Mountain Army and the Mining and Zhejiang Navy have the highest annual salary of twenty taels of silver, followed by Jiubian, Jingying, Liaodong, Gansu, and Yunnan, followed by twelve taels, Monan Guard, and Shandong Guard.

There is no need to pay for military fields in lieu of food and salary. Even so, the Ming army's annual expenditure accounted for nearly 8 million taels, accounting for nearly a quarter of the national treasury revenue.

Taking the Ministry of Household Collection in the 30th year of Hongwu as an example, the Ming Dynasty's in-kind tax accounted for more than 80% of the national treasury revenue, accounting for about 36 million shi of grain, more than 600,000 pieces of cloth, tea, salt, silver and cinnabar.

In the first year of Jianwen, the income of the Household Department was only about 4.6 million taels due to the opening of salt markets in many coastal areas. Adding in the trade income of Liaodong border cities, Liaodong Weaving Bureau, and Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, the amount of silver was

The tax income is still only about 10 million taels.

The total revenue of the state treasury this year, converted into silver coins, was 38.9 million taels, and the proportion was still less than 30%.

Therefore, in terms of military expenditures, the Hongwu Dynasty generally used grain in lieu of silver, and transferred grain reserves from the south of the Yangtze River to Liaodong and Guangxi via waterways. Only the garrisons in Gansu and Guanxi Qiwei were issued with real silver or treasure notes.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were stopped from being printed and banned from circulation. Private treasure banknotes were recycled by local governments. One or two face value treasure banknotes were exchanged for half a tael of silver or one stone of grain.

The main reason is that the quality of paper banknotes these days is too poor, easy to forge, and too easy to cause inflation. In fact, after Yongle, the purchasing power of Ming Dynasty banknotes was less than one-fifth of that of the Hongwu period, and ordinary people did not recognize this thing.

Already.

Since military expenditures are all replaced by grain, how can civilian farmers be willing to join the army? Foraging for food in the fields is not much safer than on the battlefield, so how to increase the cash income of the national treasury has become the top priority right now.

Selling the imperial property and setting up an imperial merchant was Zhu Yunwen's first step. The imperial property produced millions of dans of grain every year, and with the gifts sent by vassals from various places during festivals, Zhu Yunwen's internal funds could not be used for that much money.

, Taizu was always thrifty during his lifetime. Have you ever seen an emperor who sometimes could cope with a few steamed buns and a stack of pickles when he was busy?

Zhu Yuanzhang is the only master, so as soon as Zhu Yunwen came to the throne, the family foundation was extremely strong. Currently, there is only one woman in the harem, Ma Enhui, and Zhu Wenkui one child. Zhu Yunwen himself is not a person who is extravagant and extravagant, except for setting the table during holidays.

It's sumptuous. The whole dish of forty or fifty is a lot. On weekdays, it's eight dishes, two soups and two desserts. The eunuch in charge of the Shangshan Bureau tries more dishes every day than Zhu Yunwen.

As an emperor, what does he need so much money for? Although Zhu Yunwen has not made any specific calculations, he expects that he still has thirty to fifty million taels in his own money. Sometimes Zhu Yunwen thinks in a bad way about those people who have traveled through time.

Would Chongzhen’s seniors be envious of being so rich?

After selling the imperial property and using the money to set up a chamber of commerce, Zhu Yunwen didn't want to make money. If he wanted to make money, he wouldn't have given 70% of the profits to his clan members. With the imperial property, those vassal princes took the money and honestly

It's good to actually do business and enjoy the blessings. Don't always worry about supporting the army and respecting yourself and being an independent king.

As for why Zhu Yunwen still wanted to keep 30%, it was for the sake of his own children in the future.

No matter how bad things happen to him in the future, he will probably not have Zhu Wenkui as his "biological" son. Once he has several children, what will he do with the others except for one prince? If he cannot seal a vassal, he must leave some legacy.

Sometimes when I think about it, Zhu Yunwen also feels that this is too unfair. Among the children, one good guy becomes the emperor, while the others can only become rich men. The bowl of water is also served too slanted.

But there is no way. The long-term peace and stability of the country sometimes requires a little more care. If he settles his own affairs with a bowl of water today, the common people in the world will suffer in the future.

When the imperial merchants are organized in the future, Zhu Yunwen will not be polite to these clan members about the taxes that should be collected. Even including his own 30%, Zhu Yunwen will take the lead in paying taxes. The purpose of this cash is to walk around the treasury and go directly to the general logistics

The Ministry is reserved for military expenses.

As for encouraging the circulation of capital, we still have to wait. The sea ban needs to be lifted, the grassland needs to be leveled, and the external enemies are not dealt with. Just relying on the circulation of daily necessities among the domestic people will not have much stimulating effect.

Although the Song Dynasty was not very good at fighting, it was good at doing business. The maritime trade in the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Guangdong was developed, and the entire Southeast Asia was traded. That was a shipload of real gold and silver. To put it bluntly, the Song Dynasty gave it to them every year.

The tribute silver and silk from the Jin people are enough to cover the Ming Dynasty’s annual silver tax!

Three hundred thousand taels of silver per year, three hundred thousand bolts of silk, and three million taels of silver as a reward for the army!

Don't laugh at the Tatars. Regarding the matter of ceding territory and paying compensation, the Song Dynasty almost completely lost the integrity of us Han people. I can only say that the Tatars compensated more generously. Those who committed crimes against the Qing Dynasty must pay compensation no matter how far away they are.

If Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Dynasty hadn't boosted the national self-esteem of the Han people, and if it hadn't been for the coming of all nations in Zhu Di's Yongle year, the Mongols and Jurchens would have taken turns to dominate our land of China. It took nearly a thousand years from the Southern Song Dynasty to later generations.

The mark of glory in the bones of the Han people has probably been almost erased.

The fourth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Jianwen was National Day.

Zhu Yunwen got up early that day and even put on his least favorite military uniform. Then he went to Fengtian Hall to receive congratulations. In today's military parade, in addition to Zhu Yunwen, the princes included Zhu Di, Zhu Zhi, Zhu Chu, and Zhu Su.

, Zhu Bai, and Zhu Ru are all here.

Wu Xun from the Fifth Army Governor's Office in Beijing, as well as Sange, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, and the left and right ministers of the six ministers all came to watch the military parade today.

"I bow to your Majesty, long live my emperor."

After the ministers paid homage, Zhu Yunwen sat down and said, "Get down."

Shuangxi stood up, held the roster and began to call the names one by one. After the calculation was correct, he said to Zhu Yunwen, "Your Majesty, we are all here."

Zhu Yunwen nodded and stood up, "Move."
Chapter completed!