In the imperial study, Emperor Long Xing looked around the three ministers sitting in the lower head, and Zhao Jing, who was the general of the cavalry.

He spoke slowly: "I want to reform the tax system, increase the treasury income, and then release the horse grassland, expand the territory, and become the emperor of the ages. I wonder what your dear friends have to do?"

His tone was not excited, but he was determined, showing that he was not joking.

Upon hearing this, the three cabinet ministers, including Zhao Jing, looked at each other.

With the income brought by snow salt, Emperor Longxing became much more generous.

In recent years, as Emperor Longxing completed the crackdown on the bandits and revoked the eunuchs who were entrusted with heavy taxes in various places, his prestige gradually increased.

Those border military imperial guards who received the owed and paid the full amount of money had long thought that Emperor Longxing was a wise monarch.

Many court officials who were concerned about the people, as well as those little landlords, self-cultivated farmers who were very hurt by bandits and thieves, also praised Emperor Longxing and called him a wise king.

Several cabinet ministers and Zhao Jing, who was the general of the cavalry, also recognized Emperor Longxing's professional level as the emperor, and felt that he was worthy of his name as a wise ruler.

Even if Emperor Longxing could continue to be so wise and become the Lord of Zhongxing, there would be hopeless.

But they never expected that his Majesty would have such great ambitions.

He actually wanted to follow the achievements of Emperor Taizu, expand his territory, and become the emperor of the ages!

In an instant, the three cabinet ministers, including Zhao Jing, felt a little excited.

They all have a pursuit.

If Emperor Longxing can become the emperor of the ages, then these cabinet generals will also leave a brilliant mark in history, and will no longer be simply mentioned by the historians as they are now.

In a certain year, he served a certain position.

Of course, the premise is that Emperor Longxing was able to successfully expand his territory and have achievements that were enough to become the emperor of the ages.

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After the passion, everyone calmed down and fell into thinking. No one spoke for a while.

And after everyone finished thinking, they were even less afraid to speak.

As we all know, the biggest reason for the treasury cannot collect taxes is the annexation with the land. Local tyrants and royal families conceal the population and land, causing the source of taxes that should have been paid to be concealed.

And those populations that are still recorded in the government household registration are simply worthless compared to the hidden population.

If you want to increase the treasury income, the first thing you need to do is to clear the land within the entire territory, and then register all the populations in various places and include them in household registration as the basis for tax collection.

If this is done, it will inevitably offend all the gentry classes in the world.

Because they hold most of the land in the world, it is common for them to acquire slaves in the local tyrants.

To increase the income from treasury taxes, it is equivalent to cutting off the flesh of these people.

At that time, the officials from gentry in the court will crazily impeach the officials who presided over the land and population work of Qingzhang, and many royal families will put pressure on Emperor Longxing in public and secretly.

At that time, Emperor Ruolong Xing could not withstand the pressure and was likely to push the officials in charge of tax reform to the blame.

No need to think that it must be the cabinet ministers who presided over the tax reform.

To take a step back, even if Emperor Longxing withstood the pressure and forcibly implement the work of clearing the land and population, those gentry and royal family members who are not good at writing will definitely be strong.

Emperor Longxing lived high in the imperial city, protected by more than 100,000 imperial guards and many large inner guards.

These ministers who are not good at martial arts have no fragile bodies that can withstand the attacks of countless masters.

Let’s take a step back, even Emperor Longxing even considered this and sent each of them a team of the most elite Hongwei as a guard.

Can those grassroots officials sent to clear the land and population in various places with the help of many masters from gentry organizations in various places withstand the attacks?

And to be honest, if Emperor Longxing wanted to reform the tax system, it would have greatly harmed the interests of these cabinet ministers, and they were also from a gentry family.

The family also had a large number of slaves and annexed a large amount of land.

If the tax reform is completed, these cabinet ministers will be the first to be bleed and cut off their flesh.

Although I was extremely eager to do a great cause and leave my name in history, these cabinet ministers did not want to be scolded by the descendants of my family and the same clan for the rest of their lives.

The horse-releasing grassland and expanding territory are indeed a merit that can be passed down through the ages, and they are also enough to make them famous in history with Emperor Longxing.

But in the grassland, birds don’t poop and cannot farm. What’s the use of fighting?

This is a famous name in history, and there is no way to be eaten as a meal.

So, these ministers who were still passionate about the blood just now fell into silence at this time.

But it is not possible to keep silent.

Their power came from Emperor Longxing, and they each used it to seek great benefits for the family. They frantically annexed the land population in their hometowns. If necessary, they would not want to lose their current position.

In the end, Le Zhengrong, who was the prime minister, spoke up and broke his silence.

"Your Majesty, at this moment, the land of China has experienced years of war and chaos due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. The people are living in poverty. Nine out of ten counties and counties are empty, and the population is in decline. You cannot use wars to the outside world for the time being.

"If you want to increase taxes and increase treasury income, you must rest with the people and allocate funds to resettle refugees from all over the country to return to their hometowns to cultivate and plant them. In this way, the treasury income will naturally be abundant in three to five years.

"When you are in the process of learning, your Majesty will naturally make great achievements that will be passed down through the ages."

These words showed that the prime minister's extremely high level was not only met the requirements of Emperor Longxing, but also did not harm his own interests.

Jihao, the second servant, agreed with a bad idea and said: "In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have led to the birth of millions of refugees. In addition to persuading some of them to return to their hometowns to farm, the rest can be included in the salt making industry.

"In this way, the treasury can save a pension to resettle refugees. Without refugees, it can cut off the source of the birth of the thief, and can also provide sufficient labor for Your Majesty's snow salt workshop.

"If there are this free labor force, the income of the Xueyan Workshop can continue to rise."

Since the birth of snow salt, it has been sold all over the world.

There have been many royal families and aristocratic families trying to steal the snow salt formula, but unfortunately, Emperor Longxing was very strict. Even if he occasionally steals the formula successfully, he still paid the price of his family being searched and exterminated.

So in the end, I could only let my court representatives scold Emperor Longxing for competing for profit with the people, but unfortunately they were all barked by Emperor Longxing as dogs.

Until now, everyone else can only look at the fat piece of snow salt and be jealous. At this time, Ji Hao took it out and made others feel proud.
Chapter completed!