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Chapter 292 Countermeasures and Dilemmas of Redemption

Sitting back to the top, Ulutus took the note and looked carefully.

Although it was tempting to draw a little bit from the slightly messy handwriting. Ulutus did not require the Shangshu to be all calligraphers. What he cared more about was the content of the memorial.

According to the method discussed by the Secretary.

First of all, grain tax and commercial tax were imposed within the territory of Ming Dynasty. Since Ulutus entered the Northeast, it has been rooted in this land for nearly a year. And after the victory of the Northeast was established in the old year, the farming time was not delayed.

Although due to the war, the displaced refugees were not allowed to be placed, which delayed some time. However, the three places in the peacefully accepted Liaoning Province, Shangjing Prefecture, and Hailar Province in the rear were less affected.

With the support of the government orders exempting the agricultural tax, the people are still very enthusiastic about farming. If they collect grain, the people with surplus food will definitely be able to afford it.

As for commercial taxation, in order to promote the development of the Ming Dynasty's economy and stimulate the activity of commercial exchanges, most of the Luka tariffs in the country were exempted from the early days. Ordinary private trade banks and workshops were limited by the imperfect tax system in this era, and the total amount of commercial tax paid was not high. What really accounts for the majority of commercial taxation is the commercial income first of the three major commercial activities.

This is a loose environment of "ruling by doing nothing", which has indeed greatly stimulated the development of commerce and trade in Ming Dynasty. If we suddenly have to strictly impose commercial taxes on these private businesses and workshops in accordance with regulations, we can also obtain a large amount of money.

The second method is to ask tribute to Koryo and buy grain from them. In the Song Dynasty, Zahar must also run around Lin'an to buy more grain. The Shandong Province is right next to the Song Dynasty, and purchasing and transporting grain can reduce losses.

The third method is to send envoys to Zhongdu to let the Mongolian master take charge of the Han slaves below, and let them strictly restrain the lawless Han masters below, and not drive the people to the Shandong province with bad waters. In this way, the Ming Dynasty would not have to be this evil person. In the hearts of the people, it was the Han masters who blocked their way.

The territory of the Jin Kingdom also had to go there to let them restrain the refugees below. Anyway, the evil people are all done by others, so the Ming Kingdom can continue to maintain the image of benevolence and righteousness of receiving all the receivables.

As for sending officials to help resettle immigrants, the major trading companies just took in many accountants and shopkeepers, and the Shanghai Academy also took in many scholars studying. Sending them to help, can also cope with the current difficulties.

As long as we can block the continued influx of hungry refugees from the source, we can still get over it based on the current size of the country.

It can be said that these methods are safe methods. Although they are not outstanding, they are definitely wrong. Moreover, they have taken care of their opinions on supporting and opposing immigration. However, the previous accountability and questioning of officials from Shandong Province have been ignored by default.

After all, the problem about Shandong Province is still the problem of immigration. As long as this is solved, everything else can be solved.

But thinking about the people of the Han people in the Central Plains who were still on the road to death, with hope and kept freezing to death by the roadside, he was a little dissatisfied with the drafting method.

"My ministers should know that our Ming country is rich for thousands of miles. Although it is located in the northern country, it is better than the Central Plains. But it does not mean that all year round are ice and snow. In spring and summer, the fields can also be cultivated. The governors of the Longjiang and the coastal provinces reported that crops can grow without meticulous cultivation in the newly opened wasteland. In the dark soil, the crops are growing well. According to the memorials presented by the Ministry of Revenue, the harvest of Shangjing Prefecture and Liaoning Province in one season reached a huge amount of millions of burials.

If we could gather more refugees to come to Ming Dynasty to open up land, our Ming Dynasty might not have to buy grain from Song State.”

Listening to Ulutus's meaning, the ministers also guessed what he was thinking. But after looking at each other, no one stood up to express his opinion for a while.

Finally, the Minister of Revenue Harstin stood up and said, "What the king said is very good! Accepting hungry people is in the present and has been established for thousands of years. It can also promote the power of the Ming country and demonstrate the benevolence and righteousness of the king. However, since the war of conquering Shandong in the old year, the Ming country has accepted more than one million immigrants from all ethnic groups. After the founding of the country, it has continuously collected more than one hundred thousand. Now, due to cold disasters and man-made disasters, in less than one month, the Shandong Province has collected 400,000 hungry people. The Liaoning Province has also collected tens of thousands of refugees. In addition to the Shandong Province, countless hungry people have arrived.

The king of the country, before the battle to conquer Shandong, the Ming Dynasty had only one million and a half years. Now, it has been gathered in the Dingkou of Beiyu Ming Kingdom. Even if the Ming Dynasty is full of treasury, I am afraid that I will not be able to feed so many hungry people!"

When Halstin spoke, he was sad and his voice was already crying. It was so difficult to do this Ming Dynasty’s Minister of Revenue. Every time the treasury collected money and came up, all kinds of money-seeking documents came. Moreover, the name was so high-sounding that the king turned a blind eye.

So I added a few more money to the account, and even the materials that were not even included in the warehouse were sent out. The previous gains from the Shandong battle were great, but they were also included in the warehouse for inventory. But after the inventory was counted, there was no need to think about storing them well. The rewards from all kinds of meritorious ministers, the resettlement of new immigrants, the construction of official roads, the construction of villages and towns, and the purchase of food and clothing for commercial banks and workshops all cost money.

It can be said that the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is really the cleanest treasury. He, the Minister of Revenue, is also the poorest treasury. If it weren't for the government's management of many of the commercial banks and workshops, they could have taxes and fees every month, so the salary of the imperial officials would be difficult to pay.

His crying was still very effective. Then Song Defang, the Minister of Works, also jumped out and began to tell Ulutus about the difficulties of the workshop.

In Ming Dynasty, hydraulic power was the most widely used power in workshop production. Especially in wool textiles, the flow of hydraulic power automatically led to the operation of the sha cart, greatly increasing the textile speed. Moreover, clean water is an important part of cleaning and filtering wool. After the cold weather in winter, the rivers are frozen, and the use of hydraulic power becomes difficult.

Therefore, the production of the workshop will inevitably be affected. In addition, coal stone, which is the main fuel, has become difficult to transport due to ice and snow, which further increases the difficulty of the workshop's production.

Just then, the hungry and cold hungry people needed warm clothes! It far exceeded the production limit of the workshop. Therefore, the workshop really cannot produce so many clothes needed by the hungry people.

As for canned food, dry food, etc., it is now also the off-season for harvesting fruit wood. Without enough raw materials, the workshop cannot produce it.
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