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- ps: My child cried when she received the injection. I felt so bad that I couldn¡¯t wait to take her place!
Who is Zhu Shangwu? He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"I have never worried about money. To be honest, this is an unprecedented matter.
He just thinks that it is appropriate to give benefits when lending money, and he has not considered how much 30% interest is.
You must know that the annual tax of the Ming Dynasty is only four to five million taels of silver, and it has even exceeded five million taels in the past ten years.
¡°Even if we can receive five million taels of silver in taxes every year, this amount of money is simply not enough for the court¡¯s expenses.
Nowadays, the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty is living a life of tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall, but our Ming emperor is not very clear about it yet.
It was impossible for the officials below to tell Zhu Shangwu everything, and he himself had no interest in it, so he was kept in the dark.
"If he knew that the Ming Dynasty was in such a situation, he would not have thought about seeking any breakthrough in the art of spring painting.
But it just so happened that he didn¡¯t know.
Therefore, after listening to Eunuch Xue¡¯s reminder, Zhu Shangwu showed great disapproval.
Seeing this, Eunuch Xue had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, the 30% interest rate is 1.5 million taels of silver. We will have to pay back 6.5 million taels of silver with interest. This is not a small number. Ah, I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
Well!
It turned out to be like this.
Zhu Shangwu showed an expression of sudden realization, but in fact he still didn¡¯t understand anything at all. He just made such an understanding expression after Eunuch Xue finished speaking in order not to lose face.
¡°If you ask Zhu Shangwu what he can do with one tael of silver, Zhu Shangwu definitely doesn¡¯t know.
As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he didn¡¯t need to know such things.
At least, this is something he has not been exposed to since he was a child.
Therefore, he is even more clueless about how much one and a half million taels of silver are and what the purchasing power of this silver is.
"One and a half million taels of silver doesn't seem to be a lot. I think these interest rates are not wrong. Is it possible that this crown prince can still deceive me? We are all royals, so we have to be trustworthy when we speak. Or he Is the price offered too high?¡±
Zhu Shangwu¡¯s thinking was so fast that Eunuch Xue almost failed to keep up.
People told him to think twice, but Zhu Shangwu thought of other things.
To be honest, Eunuch Xue still thinks the price offered by Zhao Hongyu is fair.
It¡¯s just a mere three points of profit. This profit is really not high.
The families of the ministers in the court more or less do this kind of business, and even Eunuch Xue himself can do this.
According to what Eunuch Xue knew, those ministers were engaged in high-profit business, which started at five points and calculated every five days.
And the crown prince from the American continent only received three cents of interest, and he directly borrowed the money for a year, during which he would not count the rolling interest. This is already very conscientious.
"If these five million taels of silver are loaned out at high interest rates, then this money cannot be borrowed no matter what."
Thinking of this, Eunuch Xue responded in a low voice to Zhu Shangwu who asked him: "Your Majesty, please don't talk nonsense. A villain dares to use his head to guarantee that the price offered by His Highness the Crown Prince is quite fair. We, the people of the Ming Dynasty, For loans, the interest rate is much higher than this, and the interest rate is calculated every five days, and the interest rate is compounded."
Then, Eunuch Xue made a quick calculation on Zhu Shangwu. Zhu Shangwu was shocked and completely dumbfounded.
My mother!
I really never imagined that there is such an easy business in this world.
As long as you have money on hand and put it outside, you can definitely make money without losing money.
How come I never thought of this business before.
¡°For such a profitable business, you should do it yourself.
If you do this business yourself, will the court and you still be short of money?
It¡¯s obviously impossible.
Regret, why did I only know about this business today? What a pity, what a pity.
But it¡¯s not too late. As long as the siege is lifted in Beijing, you can start this business.
When the time comes, I will never be able toWorried about the money coming.
But right now, he still has to get a little clearer about the interest issue of the crown prince from America.
"According to you, the price offered by the other party is actually very fair?"
Eunuch Xue cannot lie about this without conscience, not to mention that he also accepted Zhao Hongyu's 10,000 taels of silver notes, and he also has a good sense of Zhao Hongyu.
The reason why he wanted to remind Zhu Shangwu was just his duty.
Therefore, after being questioned by Zhu Shangwu, he nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, this price is very fair. Among the people, this is also an absolute conscience profit. This old slave guarantees this with his life."
Zhu Shangwu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that since this was the case, there was nothing to worry about.
Since the crown prince from America is so fair, he cannot appear hesitant and let others see him clearly.
Immediately, Zhu Shangwu planned to draft a decree and write this matter in black and white, so as to reassure the other party and himself at the same time.
"Your Highness, our Ming Dynasty's tax revenue is only more than four million taels a year, and we can rarely collect five million taels of silver. Therefore, if we borrow this silver, we will never be able to pay it back next year, so Your Majesty You must have a number in mind."
Just when Zhu Shangwu was relieved, his unimaginable thoughts were shattered by Eunuch Xue's next words.
What!
Zhu Shangwu exclaimed.
This was the first time he had heard of this.
He had never noticed this problem before, but now he knew it when Eunuch Xue said it.
How can it be!
Zhu Shangwu looked at Eunuch Xue in disbelief.
The two of them were muttering somewhere and had left Zhao Hongyu aside for a while.
"But Zhao Hongyu didn't care at all. He knew that Zhu Shangwu and Eunuch Xue were probably discussing the matter of borrowing money.
So, I can¡¯t push myself too hard, as if I must lend them money.
If that¡¯s the case, wouldn¡¯t it make you look a little bit cheap?
Therefore, Zhao Hongyu calmly looked at the surrounding environment and let Zhu Shangwu and Eunuch Xue talk about where they were.
By then, Mrs. Wang, Roderney, and Hattori Chizuru were all sitting there motionless, with expressions on their faces that looked a little nervous and uneasy.
Like Zhao Hongyu, they always have such excitement when facing big shots.
What¡¯s more, what they are facing is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, you have never cared about this matter, so of course you don't know much about it."
No one knows what Zhu Shangwu's mood is like now. His eyes are a little dull, and his face looks a little shocked and disbelieving.
¡°I wonder how the Ming Dynasty, with tens of millions of people and a vast territory, only collects such a small amount of money in taxes every year.
It doesn¡¯t make sense!
It makes no sense at all!
Zhu Shangwu felt restless in his heart and murmured to himself at the same time.
Of course Eunuch Xue knew why, but there were some things he couldn't say clearly. Because the interests involved are too great and there are too many people.
Even though he is a trusted eunuch around Zhu Shangwu, if this cover is exposed, Zhu Shangwu will not be able to protect him.
Of course there were many people in the Ming Dynasty, and one tael of silver per person was definitely more than four million taels, not to mention various commercial taxes. Although commercial taxes were very low, if they could really be collected, the money would be quite a lot. of.
Not to mention the salt tax, iron tax and so on.
But this is actually the case. The annual taxes of the Ming Dynasty are only a mere four million taels of silver. It is really hard to believe it.
This is why Zhu Shangwu was shocked.
When I was in power, the Ming Dynasty¡¯s taxes were still as much as seven to eight million taels a year.
Why did taxes drop so much during his eight years in office?
This question really made him think about it and couldn¡¯t think of it.
In fact, what he knew was that it was not that the taxes of the Ming Dynasty could not be collected, but that these taxes were divided among the officials, or simply put into their own pockets.
??????????????????????? In order to evade taxes, many farmers turned to those who did not have to pay taxes. Under such circumstances, how could the court collect taxes.Coupled with the serious land annexation, almost all the land in the Ming Dynasty was occupied by those rich and powerful people, and these people were very powerful in the court, so they had many ways to avoid paying taxes.
In this way, under the disgusting cycle, tax reduction will become inevitable.
The reason why we can still receive more than 4 million taels in taxes now is because officials from various places are constantly exploiting the bones and marrow of the poor people for the sake of political performance.
If this situation continues, how could the Ming Dynasty not collapse?
It is impossible for Zhu Shangwu to understand these fundamental issues, because no one can tell him so clearly.
After all, the interests involved are too great.
Eunuch Xue didn¡¯t dare to say anything.
"Even so, we have to borrow. Without borrowing money, it is impossible to get through this current difficulty. So I think everything should be based on the present."
Zhu Shangwu had an enlightenment this time. He knew that even if he thought so much, it would not help the Jurchens' siege of the city.
?? Simply, don¡¯t think about this headache problem at all.
" Anyway, I borrowed the money first to solve the current problem and solve the siege of the capital.
When the time comes, let¡¯s think about how to pay back the money.
¡°And Eunuch Xue also said that the price given by the crown prince from America was very fair. In this case, why should he hesitate? (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!) - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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