To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little old in the past two years, and Xu Huizhen checked the emperor's pulse twice a month.

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his swollen forehead and said, "Xu girl, you are not an outsider. Why do I like to think about the past more and more when I get old? I often think about the children's childhood. I am useless when I am old. I can't even take care of the children at home!"

Xu Huizhen listened cautiously. The emperor was trying to save face. Zhu Di was Zhu Yuanzhang's biological son, and the old man had been reluctant to let him go in the past two years. He was afraid that releasing him would hurt Zhu Biao's feelings.

But he was reluctant to imprison Zhu Yuanzhang. He was really in a dilemma. There are only cruel children in the world, but cruel parents are rare.

Now Zhu Di is a hot potato, neither able to hold nor to put down.

What could Xu Huizhen say: "Your Majesty's fatherly heart has touched me. All the children in my family are like this. Sometimes Mu Yang makes me so angry that my teeth itch. I can't bear to let him go to study abroad. It's really a case of being far away from the good and being close to the disaster!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked dejected: "Xu girl, don't learn from those old foxes. You clearly know what I mean. You know all about these trivial matters at home. What do you think I should do? You can cure the disease, but can you do anything to clean up this mess at home?

I don't blame you if you said something wrong. What you said today is known to heaven, earth, you, and me."

Xu Huizhen saw that this person was not going to be able to leave, so she had to come up with a plan today!

Xu Huizhen stood up and walked in front of Yu Tu: "Your Majesty, our Great Ming Dynasty is vast and rich in resources. However, there are many other countries in the world. Let's not just focus on our own little piece of land. There are stars and oceans out there. It would be a pity to leave so many fertile lands overseas. We should set our sights on the stars and the ocean!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smacked his lips and said, "War is fought for money and grain. The farmers have just enjoyed a few years of peace and quiet. I really can't bear to increase taxes!"

Xu Huizhen's heart was pounding: "Your Majesty, I will not acknowledge what I said today once I leave the house. Farmers have only a few copper coins left in their pockets. Agricultural taxes cannot be increased, but commercial taxes can be increased."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened all of a sudden: "Girl, please tell me about this commercial tax!"

Xu Huizhen did not hold back: "Your Majesty, the 30% tax rate is for raw materials. This is the wrong direction. We should tax income, and the tax should be levied separately. For example, silk, cotton, tea and other high-profit products should be taxed at the same rate, while the melons grown by the old man in the village cannot be taxed at the same rate as silk.

The same is true for the head tax on agriculture. The rich have more land but fewer people, while the farmers have less land but more people. The farmers suffer a great loss if the tax is collected based on the number of people. If the tax is collected based on the land, it will not hurt the farmers' pockets, and the emperor will be able to live more comfortably.

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his thigh and said, "Xu girl, you should be the Minister of Revenue! These damned scholars never tell me this! Those who have achieved academic success all have a lot of land to their names, and they just keep complaining to me about their poverty every day!"

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to suddenly realize that since those with official titles were exempt from tax, small families would register as tenants under the names of scholars. This was really a bad thing. In the long run, the land would be concentrated in the hands of wealthy families.

What kind of tax is this? Isn't the Ming Dynasty being marginalized by the scholars?

Xu Huizhen offered Zhu Yuanzhang another strategy: "Our Great Ming is rich, and this port trade is a piece of lucrative meat! If we just guard the port, we'll have silver. When I was promoting cowpox in Guangzhou, the port was flooded with foreigners coming to our Great Ming to buy things."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly understood, "Good girl Xu, it's a pity it's a girl. If it was a boy, my Ming Dynasty would have another capable minister!"

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang had been emperor for many years and thought about things more comprehensively than Xu Huizhen.

Xu Huizhen stirred up a storm, and Zhu Yuanzhang urgently needed to get a large amount of silver, so he asked his fourth son to go out and conquer a place as a fiefdom!

The meat is rotten in the pot, and all the sons are concentrated in the Ming Dynasty. It will be bad luck if the brothers kill each other in the future!

While I'm still strong, I'll give my son more territory! Divide it far apart to avoid fights!

The ministers of the imperial court felt as if their ancestral graves had been dug up. Everything the emperor did affected their own interests. If it were another emperor, the ministers would have banged their hands on the pillars of the Golden Palace!

But the Hongwu Emperor who sits on the throne is the master of all kinds of disobedience! If you dare to make a death-defying remonstration to him, he will really let you die! He will definitely grant your wish!

The civil servants tried to persuade him earnestly, but kept repeating the same words about competing with the people for profit and shaking the foundation.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not used to this bad behavior, so he beat the two people who made suggestions with a stick, and only then did they stop!

The prince was responsible for the specific implementation, starting with the distribution of land tax. The local powerful families reacted strongly, as this meant taking out real money!

Zhu Biao arrested more than ten troublemakers, exiled them three thousand miles away, and confiscated their property before he was able to suppress the matter!

Just as the land tax system was showing results, Zhu Yuanzhang launched his second wave of taxation. He reduced the commercial tax rate to 20% of the profits and established a new department, the Ministry of Taxation! This department, at the same level as the six ministers, was responsible for the taxation of the entire country and provided checks and balances with the Ministry of Revenue.

Which official doesn't have a few shops at home or among his followers? This is really a huge loss as their profits have been taken away.

Before the officials could get too numb for long, Zhu Yuanzhang dropped his third bombshell after the palace examination: from now on, those with official titles would no longer enjoy the land tax exemption policy! The court would increase their salaries by 3%!

The entire officialdom was in an uproar. What was he trying to do? The emperor was going to kill those who had achieved honors.

The civil servants could no longer tolerate this and took turns submitting memorials and crying on their knees in the Golden Palace! Zhu Yuanzhang would not tolerate these people's bad behavior!

If you dare to cry, I will beat you. None of the censors in the Censorate has a good butt now. If you want to disobey Zhu Yuanzhang, it will be even worse. Taizu will directly give you the Nine Clans Candy Crush!

Zhu Yuanzhang is now drinking with a group of old nobles, and these old men are fascinated by the big promises Zhu Yuanzhang has made.

The news that there are treasures everywhere overseas makes the old men's faces shine. Land that can be harvested three times a year, precious woods, spices, ivory, gems and gold. Oh, just thinking about it makes me drool!

A thousand miles away from becoming an official just for money, here is an opportunity to make a fortune, the bandit genes in a group of old men are instantly revived! A wolf-like green light flashes in their eyes!

The Ming Dynasty is now like a huge monster. In the past two years, commercial taxes have been collected continuously, replacing the high agricultural taxes, and farmers no longer hide the fact that they have children at home.

Emperor Hongwu had something important to do. He conquered a large piece of land in the south. Anyone who was willing to sign up and go out to sea with him could get a share of fertile land and large livestock. I heard that the first group of people who went there all became rich.

I made a lot of money by hiring local people to farm the land!