In the past year, Li Wei has been in pain and joy.

The National Taxation Department has a lot of work, and it has taken shape little by little in his hands, and now it has finally achieved some results.

Although this achievement is not very good to outsiders, Li Wei knew in his heart how difficult it was, especially the State Taxation Department is responsible for tax adjustments and the implementation of the entire policy. The pressure is extremely great. If it weren't for the person sitting in this position, Li Wei would have been unable to do so long ago.

The important core of the national tax policy formulated by Zhu Yicheng is to nationalize the tax rights of the country, that is, owned by the imperial court, and at the same time limit the local tax ratio to complete the tax chaos in feudal society so far.

After the revival of the Ming Dynasty, the tax policies adopted by the Ming Dynasty were much more abundant than those adopted by the Qing Dynasty, especially for the population tax, the tax ratio of land decreased significantly, and some original taxes were even abolished.

At first, this operation method was very well implemented. After all, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was not large at that time, and Zhu Yicheng in Nanjing and the newly established court could implement the strategy more perfectly. However, as the territory of the Ming Dynasty became larger and larger, the central government could not directly interfere in local taxation, so the inevitable tax rights were transferred from the central government to the local government, and like in previous dynasties, the local government collected taxes and then paid the central government.

This method has been operating for thousands of years, but the implementation of this system has both advantages and disadvantages, and it depends entirely on the ability of local governments or the moral implementation of local officials. Rule of man is not a legal system. The problem of rule of man often causes many shortcomings, and local officials often make money on taxes for their own political achievements, which also causes many problems in taxation in various places.

Now, the establishment of the State Taxation Department is to change this state and at the same time enhance the tax evasion caused by the continuous development of industry and commerce in the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, it becomes a conflict between the central and local governments, as well as the resistance caused by emerging industrial and commercial owners to this policy.

But no matter what, this policy must be implemented. This is a major policy decided by Zhu Yicheng and no one can stop it.

Now, Zhu Yicheng can still be forced to implement it with his prestige and status, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is still short, so it is much better to implement it in this situation than to implement it in the future. If it takes a long time, even after Zhu Yicheng's death, it may be difficult to achieve even if the court has ideas. Zhu Yicheng is very clear about this.

Today, Zhu Yicheng listened to Li Wei's report on the work of the State Taxation Department in the side hall. Li Wei's report was very long. He reported in front of Zhu Yicheng for more than an hour, starting from the structure of the State Taxation Department, talking about the implementation of the State Taxation Department in Zhili and Nanjing. It also mentioned the pressure from the tax police department established by the State Taxation Department in the local area, etc., and even the conflicts arising from tax issues.

Zhu Yicheng listened quietly to Li Wei's report without interrupting his story. At the same time, he also looked at the written report brought by Li Weicheng, and only asked the other party a few questions at key points.

After finally waiting for Li Wei to finish speaking, Zhu Yicheng poured him a cup of tea with his own hands to moisten his throat. Li Wei was so nervous that he hurriedly thanked him.

"What's wrong with me pouring tea for my good ministers? If possible, I hope that the more people in the court can do things like you, the better!" Zhu Yicheng said with a smile.

"Emperor, I... I... I..." Li Wei felt something blocking in his throat, and he was so moved that he couldn't speak, and his body was trembling slightly.

After patting Li Wei on the shoulder, Zhu Yicheng sighed: "The national taxation matter is related to the foundation of the country, and those who are not strong will not do it. Although there were various statements when the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Qing Dynasty, I thought that the national treasury was empty and the tax revenue below was not raised. What is the basis for governing the country or fighting? It depends on money! Without silver, no matter how good it is, it is just a fantasy."

Li Wei nodded vigorously. Zhu Yicheng said nothing wrong. Although Li Wei knew about this before, he was only a little bit. Now, he is in charge of the State Taxation Department and is directly responsible for the national tax work. Only after he went deep into it did he truly understand the importance of this work.

Li Wei was a local official and was in charge of almost a province in Luzon. However, when he was a local official, he looked at many issues completely different from now. This may be the reason for the political height.

Now Li Wei truly understood the importance of the State Taxation Department to the Ming Dynasty and the court, and the importance of his task as the head of the State Taxation Department is also obvious.

"You did a good job, and it can be said that it even exceeded my expectations." Zhu Yicheng rarely praised a minister in such a tone.

"Imperial, I have not done enough. Although the policy implementation in Zhili and Nanjing has not been fully completed, I feel that it can be gradually promoted to other regions at the moment. I have calculated that if it goes well, it will take about three or four years for the whole country's national tax affairs to be completed. After all, the subsequent stage will be continued to deepen and consolidate. This stage may take longer, maybe five or six years, or maybe seven or eight years..."

Zhu Yicheng nodded with satisfaction: "Just do it according to your ideas, and in addition, the scale of the tax police should be expanded accordingly. This is the right I give you."

Li Wei was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Zhu Yicheng.

Zhu Yicheng said again: "You must be neither anxious nor slow in doing things, and you must be more stable. If you are not stable, then you cannot do this well. Li Wei, do you know?"

Li Wei understood that Zhu Yicheng was hitting him, and immediately promised Zhu Yicheng that he would not let down the emperor's love and do this thing that would last forever.

After the beating, Zhu Yicheng comforted Li Wei again and said, "You are a person who does things. I know this very well. When I transferred you from Luzon to the capital, I valued you as a person. I do it with great care and do it with all my heart. After the national taxation is implemented across the country, I will definitely live up to you. This is my promise to you!"

Li Wei's body shook slightly and suddenly showed ecstasy.

Zhu Yicheng's words meant that Li Wei would give him a heavy reward as long as he completed the national tax implementation nationwide. As for what kind of reward, although Zhu Yicheng didn't say it, it would definitely be a generous reward, maybe a title or a military minister. As an official like Li Wei who has come step by step from the local area, his political upward path is already smooth.
Chapter completed!