There is also a Thousand-Bud Street between Chengtianmen and Hongwumen in the Imperial City of Nanjing. Both sides of this Thousand-Bud Street were originally the same as the Thousand-Bud Street outside the Imperial City of Beijing, with rows of bungalows.

These bungalows were the original location of the Six Ministries of Nanjing during the Ming Dynasty.

However, when Zhu Heji regained the city of Nanjing, the city inside and outside the imperial city of Nanjing had long been in ruins. The bungalows outside Qianbu Long Street had long been converted into stables and warehouses for the Jiangning garrison of the Eight Banners, and a large area of ​​bungalows had been restored.

There was a fire, and they didn't know how to repair it after it was burned. Instead, they tore down the wall and took out the bricks and used them for other purposes.

Therefore, not long after Zhu Heji took control of Nanjing, "major demolition and construction" began on both sides of Qianbu Long Street.

After the capital was moved to Nanjing, the imperial court structure of the new Ming Dynasty was gradually improved, forming a structure of two conferences, two government offices, six ministries, and nine ministers.

The two conferences are the Academic Council and the Consultative Council respectively. The two offices are the Prime Minister's Office and the Military Advisor's Office. The six ministries are of course the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. The office of Jiuqing is Dali

Temple, Duchayuan, General Affairs Department, Honglu Temple Department, Imperial College, Dongyinqianchang, Zhanshifu, Hanlin Academy, Jinyiwei.

There are a total of nineteen yamen, plus Zhu Heji's own attendant's office, a total of twenty agencies performing their own duties, forming a rather streamlined central government.

However, no matter how streamlined these yamen are, it is still necessary for each yamen to have a square enclosure.

So since October last year, there have been nineteen busy construction sites between Chengtianmen and Hongwumen (the enclosure for the Attendant’s Office will be built in the Forbidden City, but construction has not started yet), not even during the Chinese New Year.

Work stoppage.

Because the building materials for building the house can be taken from abandoned and damaged buildings that can be found everywhere in and around the Imperial City of Nanjing, the construction progress is quite fast.

Just six months later, nineteen square enclosed buildings of different sizes have been erected on both sides of Qianbu Long Street. However, most of the enclosed buildings are still under renovation, and I am afraid that they will not be completed until the end of the year.

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However, most of these buildings that are still under construction have been put into use. Among them, the two prime ministers Zhuge Sanhe and Yu Zhongxian share the Prime Minister's Mansion or the enclosure used by the Zhongshu Province.

However, the two prime ministers who had just moved into the new government office were worried all day long after Yang Qilong returned to Nanjing. They were not worried that Yang Qilong would squeeze out one of them, but they were worried about the approaching financial crisis!

Although Zhu Heji shouted "no shortage of money" every day, the two great stewards of the Ming Dynasty, as well as Ma Chenglong, the Minister of Household Affairs, felt that the Ming Dynasty was now "very short of money"!

How is it possible not to be short of money?

Even though the Ming Dynasty now occupies six of the richest provinces in the world, Zhu Heji likes to toss... He refuses to collect taxes properly. He has to conquer Jiangnan and Zhejiang last year.

How about land and tax equalization in the three provinces of Jiangxi that we won the year before last?

Of course, this matter is not impossible. The population of these three provinces is actually not very large. It is not a big problem to have ten or eight acres of good land per capita. However, the scholar-bureaucrats in these three provinces are not as supportive of equal land as the feudal clans in Guangdong and Fujian.

——Guangdong and Fujian have more land per capita, and when clan power is strong, it is difficult to produce big landowners. In the two provinces of Guangdong and Fujian, almost no clan will lose land due to equalizing land. Equalizing land on the contrary

It played a role in clarifying property rights, equitably allocating water resources and admission quotas, thereby reducing the possibility of armed fights between clans such as the influx of native tourists.

In addition, the opening of sea trade and the Northern Expedition of the Guangdong court gave the powerful people of Guangdong and Fujian many opportunities for advancement and wealth.

Under this circumstance, the equalization of land in Guangdong and Fujian provinces not only proceeds quickly, but also at a relatively low cost. After completing the equalization of land, a large amount of tax revenue can be obtained, which is considered a very cost-effective deal.

But the situations in Jiangxi, Jiangnan, and Zhejiang provinces are completely different!

The clan power here is relatively weak, and the power of the Jin gentry is relatively strong... In the 18th year of Shunzhi, only the four prefectures of Suzhou, Songjiang, Changzhou, Zhenjiang and Liyang County were revolutionized.

The number of scholar-bureaucrats who have lost their academic status and the current officials who have been demoted is as many as 13,000!

Just from this number, we can see how powerful the Jiangnan Jin gentry is.

What Zhu Heji wanted to do was not only to equalize land, but also to gradually abolish the imperial examinations. Compared with the Qing court's extortion of money and food, it would be a much stronger blow to the powerful Jin gentry in Jiangnan.

After being beaten, the powerful Jiangnan gentry would of course resist!

Their means of resistance include, first, inciting the people to resist clearing land and checking households - if the households cannot be checked, of course there will be no way to equalize the land; second, the gentry in Jiangnan and Zhejiang used the excuse that they had donated money to the Qing court and the Ming Dynasty twice last year.

Therefore, I cannot afford to pay the autumn tax any more, so I request for exemption.

So last year, less than one-third of the autumn taxes in the three southeastern provinces were completed...

"Prime Minister Zhuge, Prime Minister Yu's annual final accounts for last year have been completed."

Ma Chenglong, Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the same Ma Xiucai who joined the revolutionary ranks when Zhu He was the "Five Village Warlord", was making a report to Zhuge Sanhe with a grimace.

"Although the annual income last year was more than 13 million, the amount of money spent was incredible! It exceeded more than 15 million, and there was a deficit of more than 1 million! Fortunately, there was some surplus in the previous two years, which can be made up for.

There are holes. But this year..."

"What happened this year? How dare the powerful gentry in Jiangnan and Zhejiang not pay taxes?" Mr. Yu became angry when he heard this. "Who do they think they are? Do they dare to resist the heavenly soldiers? It really pissed off my Qi Zi,

There is no way for them to survive!”

Ma Chenglong shook his head, "Before the household inspections are completed, the taxes and grains in the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Jiangbei can only be collected according to the Wanli six-year quota. The four provinces plus one will be about 10 million shi...

...According to the discount of six qian and one stone, it is 6 million taels. The land tax quotas of Guangdong and Fujian provinces plus one dollar are almost 6 million taels. The land taxes of the six provinces added together are 12 million taels.

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The rest of the transportation tax, salt tax, business tax, real estate tax, mining tax, profit tax...it would be good to collect 8 million in total. So this year's revenue budget is 20 million,

The expenditure budget is 18.5 million yuan, and the surplus is 1.5 million yuan. If it can be realized, then the deposits of the Ministry of Accounts will exceed 2.5 million taels.

But after Military Advisor Yang came back, King Ming immediately planned to give 4 million taels to the Dengzhou Tianwang Mansion, and also planned to give Wu Yingqi 1 million taels. This time there was an extra five million taels, not only the 2.5 million taels in savings.

No more, I still owe 2.5 million...to the two Prime Ministers, I, the Minister of Household Affairs, really can’t do my job any longer!"

Yu Zhongxian sighed: "I thought our Ming Dynasty was the richest among the three thirds of the world, but I didn't expect that we were actually the poorest. At the end of last year, the national silver inventory was only one million taels...

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Prime Minister Zhuge also sighed and almost shed tears: "I, Zhuge, really have no talent for governing the country... I obviously guard the richest provinces in the world, but how can I become the poorest in the world?

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As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Zhu Heji's voice suddenly coming from outside the door: "Prime Minister Zhuge, are you talking about who is the poorest in the world? Is it Kang Mazi or Wu Gouxiong?"

Zhu Heji is here!

The three people who were having a small meeting in Zhuge Sanhe's study quickly got up and left their seats, heading towards the door.

At this moment, Zhu Heji came in with a cheerful face. Zhuge Sanhe, Yu Zhongxian and Ma Chenglong were all stunned when they saw King Zhu Daming.

Because this "sage" did not have a pierced suit today, but was dressed like a Jiangnan scholar. He also held an unfolded paper fan in his hand. On the fan was an authentic painting of Bada Shanren, and what was hanging on his belt was not a long one.

The sword is empty and the hammer is empty, but it is a jade pendant and sachet.

"Your Majesty," Zhuge Sanhe finally came to his senses and quickly replied, "I just said that our Ming Dynasty is the poorest in the world! Your Majesty, the current amount of silver in the treasury is less than one million taels..."
Chapter completed!