A benevolent political country is considered purely from a moral perspective. This low-tax policy is worthy of praise from future generations, so we must adhere to low-tax.

But morality is morality, morality is not reality, and morality is not technology. From the perspective of the national economy, low taxes are not necessarily good, and tax increases are not necessarily bad. The central government still needs to control the appropriate amount of wealth and use it for unified allocation. This is beneficial to the country. If the government has no money, it will not be able to do anything.

This is the fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty. They just use morality to govern the country without considering the actual situation. When they really have no money, they still have to pay bribes. They are serious about it. Under the constraints of morality, the Ming Dynasty lost its long-term plan.

The Ming Dynasty died of poverty.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, your Majesty."

Seeing that Wanli became more and more excited, Li Gui hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

"I'm not angry, I'm just...!"

Speaking of this, Wanli sighed helplessly, sat down again, suddenly glanced at Guo Dan and said, "Okay, okay, don't keep it from being kept in the air. What kind of solution did you think of? Just say it, there are no outsiders here."

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, knowing that Wanli had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, there is really no way to be a humble position."

Wanli was really angry this time and said, "You have no choice. You can write the word "poor" to anger me."

He knew Guo Dan too much, and suddenly made this happen, it must have a purpose. This is called suppressing one's desire to promote, and it is nothing more than pretending. As long as you can make money, you can pretend no matter how you like.

Guo Dan smiled embarrassedly and said, "Your Majesty is clear about it. Hu Zhizhi just wants to tell Your Majesty that this problem has been analyzed, but it cannot be solved. It is very embarrassing. No matter how you analyze it, it will not only be beneficial to the court, but also offend many people. It is really thankless. Therefore, Hu Zhizhi begs Your Majesty to cancel the cooperation between the Ministry of Revenue and Yashang."

He just looked around and saw many problems, but these problems were not something he could solve, because many of them were not technical issues, but institutional, traditional and class issues.

This is why he was unwilling to serve in the Ministry of Revenue at the time. Even if he was the Minister of Revenue, he could not do anything.

Wanli suddenly realized that the boy was having this idea and said, "Is that so? Then you analyze it for me, and I want to see who I will offend."

Guo Dan's eyes turned and said, "Report to Your Majesty, one of the problems is that the inner government receives too little silver every year, which is not in line with your position at all."

Wanli nodded straight and said, "This is really a problem."

This is really a hit. As the emperor, I am so poor.

Guo Tan changed the subject and said, "But the proportion of silver obtained by the inner government to the total treasury income is very high."

Wanli's expression changed, he looked at Guo Dan with a deep eyebrows and said, "What do you mean by this?"

Guo Tan said: "Report to Your Majesty, the meaning of a humble position is that this phenomenon occurs because of the low tax revenue. Your Majesty is usually consuming soil, but he is suffering, but he still has to be criticized."

This is a very typical contradiction in finance today. The treasury revenue is not much, but Wanli does not mean to restrain himself. His spending is very amazing.

If the tax base does not increase, it will not be enough to play.

Wanli asked, "Are you planning to analyze these in the hall?"

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "I dare not be humble, but even if I don't say humble, those ministers can see it. Unless the humble position is removed from these, the Ministry of Revenue also knows this, and this cannot be concealed."

Once this is drawn, it will be very conspicuous.

This world is like a crow. As soon as the financial statements are released, I don’t know how many people I will offend. Perhaps even Wanli will offend.

You should know that the inner government has been criticized by ministers for its consumption, and censors often argue with Wanli for this, so they are red-faced and red-eared. This cannot be drawn.

Wanli finally understood Guo Dan's painstaking efforts. Don't shoot yourself in the foot. He pondered for a little while and said, "Let's do this. You make a property report every year and specifically read it with me. No one except me can read it."

"Abide by the orders of humble duties."

Guo Dan gave a polite manner, but he sighed in his heart, "I don't even support you in terms of face, I will support you Wanli."

What does Wanli mean? It is to shock the ministers. When it comes to money, don’t play tricks with me. I am now here with Guo Dan, a genius to settle accounts. Although I will not announce his analysis results, I know very well in my heart, but at the same time I will not let the ministers stare at me.

It can be seen that although Wanli is determined to work hard to govern, he does not want to be wronged. If you don’t set an example, it will be very difficult.

But then again, in Wanli's opinion, your life is so luxurious, why should I compromise myself? He doesn't think he is wronged.

Because it is difficult to get from extravagance to frugality, this knot cannot be untied.

But as he spoke, Wanli said with a sad face again: "I know there is a financial problem, but I can't solve it. What should I do?"

He doesn't want to betray himself, but he also wants to make some great achievements.

Guo Tan secretly glanced at Wanli and said carefully: "Your Majesty, although you can't help Your Majesty solve financial problems, you can help Your Majesty make money."

Wanli glanced at Guo Dan and said, "I know you can make money, but no matter how much you can make, can you make? Could it be that it is more than the treasury tax revenue?"

Guo Dan remained silent.

What does it mean? Wanli suddenly cheered up, sat upright, stared at Guo Dan and said, "Can you really earn more than the treasury tax?"

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, I said before that the fiscal revenue is so small. With your status and status, it is not too difficult to exceed the actual income of the treasury."

Li Gui's whisk fell off again.

Is this what people should say?

Wanli trembled and said, "You...you're saying this seriously?"

Guo Tan said: "How dare you deceive Your Majesty? The current silver I earned from the Ming Dynasty comes from overseas. As long as Your Majesty monopolizes overseas trade and exceeds the national fiscal revenue, it will never be difficult."

If it was in the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, Guo Dan would never dare to make such a bullshit, that would be impossible, but this was the middle and late Ming Dynasty, in the era of great navigation, the treasury income of three million taels was not a lot.

Wanli nodded slightly.

Guo Dan said again: "Your Majesty, since you have contracted Weihui Mansion with the inferiority work, you have been very touched by many things. You think it's too difficult for you. Many people say it well, but it's not reliable at all. They only care about their own interests, regardless of the country, your Majesty, and the people. If your Majesty wants to work hard to govern, you can only make money by yourself."

This is actually very sensitive, but it is also a secret to open it. This tax is just so small, and I know who is in the hands of this money.

“It’s right.”

Wanli nodded firmly and said, "I can only make money by myself."

He basically didn't hesitate because this idea had already formed in his mind. In fact, he did this in history. He relied on his own power to make money, but he relied on his eunuch at that time, but now it was Guo Dan.

Wanli said to Guo Dan again: "You mentioned that you would let King Lu go to Tianjin to be a vassal. After considering it, I think this is feasible, but the question is, how can I make all the ministers agree? It is not an easy thing to change the territory and become a vassal."

Guo calmed down and said confidently: "First step is to release Lu Wang."

......

And at this moment, Wang Jiaping and Song Qian finally returned from Wei Hui Mansion.

Dong Pavilion.

"How about it?"

Shen Shixing asked immediately.

Wang Jiaping really didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow. He had to inform Shen Shixing and other cabinet ministers of the tax on Wei Hui Mansion.

Everyone's face was full of embarrassment.

After a long time, Shen Shixing said, "In other words, can Guo Dan pay the tax as promised?"

Wang Jiaping looked at Song Xuan.

Song Qian immediately said: "I'm afraid it's not stopping."

Shen Shixing asked, "How do you say this?"

Song Xu said: "It took about half a year from the time Guo Dan contracted Weihui Mansion to the present day. According to the contract, what Guo Dan had to pay to the court every year was 180,000 taels, leaving the local 50,000 taels. In the past six months, Guo Dan would have to pay to the court about 90,000 taels at the beginning of next year and leaving the local 25,000 taels.

However, according to the tax system of Weihui Mansion, each person needs to pay six cents of tax this year. Currently, the adult population of Weihui Mansion is about 300,000, and 50,000 or 60,000 people went there later. The tax they paid was less, but even if calculated based on five cents per person, it was as much as 150,000 taels, and nearly 40,000 taels were added here.

There are also deed taxes, municipal taxes, and local coal and iron income there. I roughly estimate that the total tax income of Weihui Mansion in the past six months is about 160,000 yuan. After deducting some expenses, Guo Dan can earn at least 50,000 taels from it."

“So much earned?”

Yu Youding was stunned when he heard this.

They had previously estimated that it would be very impressive to be able to earn 10,000 taels a year, but Guo Dan earned tens of thousands taels a year. This is really a bit dark, and Marseille is not so cruel.

Wang Xijue said: "This is unlikely."

Song Qian sighed and said, "Actually, I think it must be more than this, because there is still a lot of income that we have no way of knowing. For example, Guo Dan has not disclosed the income from the deed tax."

“……!”

Shen Shixing asked, "Why can he make so much?"

Song Xun said: "First of all, Wei Hui's expenditure is very low. The picketing house, court, and litigation court combined, the annual expenditure is less than 4,000 taels."

"Not four thousand taels?"

Xu Guo opened his eyes wide and said, "This is impossible. I will go to Weihui Mansion. The three hospitals will add up, and the number of people is not small. There are military expenditures there."

Song Xun said: "There are really not many people. Currently, the number of employees in Weihui Mansion is only about 10% of the previous ones," he said.

Yu Youding said in shock: "About 10%? How is this possible?"

Song Qian nodded and said, "This is true. For example, the local canal transportation and post stations were all cancelled. Guo Dan did not even arrange for people to collect taxes. Moreover, Guo Dan only paid wages. Not to mention that the wages were not high, and he had not assigned them yamen runners, maids, sedan chairmen, grooms, etc. The court and the picketing house were all young people. They did not need these. The gentry were all local gentry, and they were very rich themselves. They were not in the court for money, but to consolidate their status and fame.
Chapter completed!