In terms of loyalty, Wang Fan has no problem. In terms of ability, Wang Fan, who was born as a businessman, is also qualified in the position of the Ministry of Revenue. However, Wang Fan has a common problem with this era, that is, his vision. After all, he has never seen the power of capital in his later generations. In his opinion, money is either earned or saved. There is a certain amount of wealth in the world. Spend one penny less than one penny. It is this idea that prevents him from fully understanding what Zhu Yi has to do this.

Zhu Yicheng did not explain much about this. To be honest, even if he explained it, Zhu Yicheng could only come up with some immature theories. After all, Zhu Yicheng himself has not received professional economic system learning, but from his later perspective, he still understands some basic operations.

For example, this time, the allocation of funds to Jiangbei is not only to restore production in Jiangbei as soon as possible, but also to win over the people of Jiangbei. More importantly, money is only useful when spent. Jiangbei has a large population base. This seems to be a lot of money, but it is extremely small to everyone. However, the imperial court did this, especially the concentrated use of this funds in various infrastructure construction, which can restore production in the entire Jiangbei in a very short time. At the same time, due to the concentrated use of funds, Jiangbei's commerce, agriculture, industry and other aspects can develop rapidly.

The circulation of funds produces a capital effect, and the money will return to the court after it is transferred. In other words, this amount of funds is just an introduction used by the Ming Dynasty to activate the Jiangbei economy and make it recover. As long as Jiangbei recovers, the Ming Dynasty will be able to gain more benefits from Jiangbei in the future.

"The people of Jiangbei have been oppressed by the Qing court for a long time. In order to restore China over the years, I feel a little sorry for these people. Whenever I think of this, I feel uncomfortable!" Zhu Yicheng sighed in an act of pretending to be a pity. Wang Fan was immediately moved. He felt that as a senior official of the court, he only saw a small vision, and did not have the world as Zhu Yicheng had. More importantly, Zhu Yicheng's kindness and feelings towards the people. Such a wise monarch was rare in ancient times, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed of his thoughts just now.

"The emperor's virtue and kindness are the world. I have not been able to understand the emperor's deep meaning, so I ask the emperor to punish him." Wang Fan knelt on the ground and kowtowed sincerely.

"Why should Wang Qing do this? Get up quickly." Zhu Yicheng seemed surprised, and quickly helped him up, and even raised his face to blame him for performing such a great courtesy. The Ming Dynasty never paid attention to these things. Except for grand occasions, the ministers did not kneel down to the emperor, let alone important officials like Wang Fan.

At the same time, he sighed: "The Ministry of Revenue proposed to abolish the canal before, and the reason why I rejected it was also because of this. You must know that there are more than hundreds of thousands of people living on the canal in Jiangbei? If the separatist transportation in the north and the south have been interrupted over the years, these people will have been suffering. If the imperial court abolished the canal, wouldn't it be completely cut off their vitality? So after thinking about it, this canal transportation cannot be abolished for the time being. It is better to keep it than to be abolished. Even if there is really one day, it will have to be done slowly, at least to arrange another way out for the people!"

Hearing this, Wang Fan felt even more ashamed. He finally understood why Zhu Yicheng deliberately called himself to meet the saint today. He had too many short-sighted eyes, and Zhu Yicheng looked at the long-term. More importantly, Zhu Yicheng did this not only for benevolence, but also for the people of the world!

As the Minister of Revenue, Wang Fan only saw the huge disadvantage of the cost of canal transportation. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's shipping is extremely developed now. Not to mention the north and south of the near-shore, it is no longer a problem to travel across the ocean to Xinming.

In previous dynasties, the use of canal transport was mainly due to the problem of transporting grain and materials to the north. However, now sea transport can not only bear the ability to transfer north and south, but also far exceeds canal transport in terms of transportation capacity and consumption.

Because of this, the Ministry of Revenue proposed to simply cancel the canal transportation and replace it with sea transportation, but this suggestion was rejected by Zhu Yicheng. Wang Fan was very unhappy for this. Now when he understood Zhu Yicheng's profound meaning, he was extremely ashamed of his short-sightedness.

In fact, Zhu Yicheng also knew that the canal transport was not as good as sea transport, but the problem was that it was not enough to cancel the canal transport at the moment. Besides, even if there were problems with the canal transport, the canal transport still had its advantages after all.

First of all, the canal transport is located inland and connected to the north and south, which can reduce the distance of transportation compared to sea transport. Secondly, the canal transport is not affected by the weather, except for the low water seasons of the year, the canal can play a role in transportation in other seasons. Moreover, the existence of canal has flourished the states and counties on both sides of the canal, allowing many people to make a living through the canal...

These reasons are enough to allow Zhu Yicheng to retain the canal transportation and not replace it with sea transportation immediately. Moreover, even in later generations, under such a developed situation, the Grand Canal has not completely withdrawn from the historical stage. The inner branch line is also a supplement to the near-ocean line, and it still plays a role in transportation supplementation.

As if he had cleared his heart, Wang Fan's expression became much more relaxed. He reported to Zhu Yicheng about the recent situation of the Ministry of Revenue, including the income and expenditure of each customs.

Although Zhu Yicheng had long learned of these information from the monthly report documents submitted by the Military Affairs Office, when the numbers were mentioned from Wang Fan, Zhu Yicheng was still proud of it.

In just a few years, with the expansion of the Ming Dynasty and the growth of trade, the proportion of commercial taxes has become increasingly large. It can be said that the original pattern of the imperial court that mainly focuses on local taxes and capitol taxes has now completely changed. Now, the proportion of commercial taxes collected in the next year has exceeded half, and as time goes by, this proportion will become increasingly larger.

"What's wrong with the college?" After listening to Wang Fan's report, Zhu Yicheng asked casually. What Zhu Yicheng asked was not the Academy of Sciences, but the Royal Academy, which was the college where the prince and prince were admitted.

The time for this college from the establishment of the project to the beginning of construction has been almost the same. Of course, the Ministry of Works was the one who presided over the construction of the college, and Wu Sidao was the one who was in charge of the college. However, as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Zhu Yicheng not only asked the Ministry of Revenue to allocate funds, but also gave him the right to supervise and operate funds, so there was nothing wrong with asking him.

"Binghuangye, the college has completed eight or nine out of ten. If I expected it, it will be fully completed early next month."

"Oh, the speed is not slow. I originally thought I would have to wait for another month." Zhu Yicheng smiled with interest: "Wang Qing will accompany me tomorrow, how about it?"

"The emperor has his own order, and I will follow him."

"Hahaha, that's the matter. Then call Mr. Wu to go and have a look. After all, he is the priest of the academy and will be his territory in the future." Zhu Yicheng laughed in a very good mood.
Chapter completed!