Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

Zhan Hui stood in the queue with his eyes lowered, but at this moment he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, nodded slowly, and said to himself with some emotion:

"My heart is a little dark."

"But he really cares about the Ming Dynasty."

"Back then, Lao Fu, Lao Liu, and I...were the right people to follow!"

Today was supposed to be a discussion about the annual expenditure settlement and next year's budget. As the emperor, he could have just waited for the Minister of Revenue Fu Youwen to analyze and report on these complicated data.

Zhan Hui had never expected that this young emperor, who was sometimes naughty and willful, could actually do this.

Although Zhan Hui stood in the queue adhering to the old-fashioned principle of "speak less and make fewer mistakes", he felt particularly at ease in his heart - even though the current emperor had some "absurd", "willful" and "treasonous" behaviors, in fact, he still had a scale in his heart!

Other officials in various departments, such as Yuan Tai, the Right Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, Yang Jing, the Minister of Justice, etc., also had their own evaluations in their minds.

I even started to wonder:

Unintentional details are the best way to reveal the truth. This young emperor... is really not what I have always thought he is.

As for Qin Kui and Zhuo Jing, they did not seem so surprised - they had the most profound contact with Zhu Yunhuan, and they witnessed with their own eyes how the young emperor, whom they served and even admired and believed in, made plans.

"Ah! What is this? To His Majesty, these details are not even one-tenth of his kindness and his plans!"

The two of them thought with some excitement in their hearts.

After standing in the spotlight for so long, Zhu Yunhuan had long been accustomed to all kinds of gazes, but as an emperor, no gaze was worth his attention.

He only cares about what he has to do and what he should do.

There was silence for a moment.

He simply waved his hand and said, "Continue."

The sound was neither loud nor soft, but it was enough to instantly calm all the tiny sounds, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

Fu Youwen collected his composure and replied solemnly, "Yes."

"The 3,700-plus dan of national treasury revenue comes primarily from land taxes collected in Jiangnan, Huguang, Jiangxi, and other regions, totaling 3,028 dan. The next largest source of revenue is the capitation tax, with each capitation paying one dan annually, totaling 6,180,000 dan. In addition, there's the salt tax, equivalent to 1,340,000 dan of rice, and miscellaneous commercial taxes."

"The above is the detailed information on taxable income."

"As for expenses..."

"The Ming Dynasty implemented a military settlement system, foreseen by Emperor Taizu Hongwu. Sixty to seventy percent of daily military expenses could be self-sufficient by local garrisons, with the remaining shortfall requiring supplementary funding from the imperial court. The imperial court's supplementary military expenses for local garrisons, combined with the frequent raids by remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the cost of garrisons in Liaodong, Yunnan, and other areas, as well as temporary levies, totaled 14 million dan of grain."

"Officials and royal family salaries cost a total of seven million dan of grain. Harnessing the Yellow River and repairing the embankments south of the Yangtze River cost three million dan of grain annually. The rest went to palace expenses, sacrificial ceremonies, and rewards to vassal states like Goryeo and Ryukyu..."

"These expenditures are not much different from the budget set by Emperor Taizu at the beginning of the year, and there is even a slight surplus."

Although Fu Youwen is not young anymore, he is sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. As the head of the Ministry of Revenue, he has excellent business skills. He calculated the expenses and costs clearly and concisely without haste.

Zhu Yunhuan turned sideways and went over all of this in his mind, secretly comparing and taking notes in his heart.

Although fiscal revenue was somewhat tight during the Hongwu period.

But it was obvious that the management was quite appropriate. Zhu Yuanzhang was an extremely frugal person, and his subordinates followed his example, so Zhu Yunhuan did not need to worry too much.

"As for what Fu Youwen said, every expenditure has a slight surplus compared to the budget... Well, the value of this special edition of the journal was still rising at the end of last year." Zhu Yunheng raised a faint curve at the corner of his mouth and said in his mind.