Another World Da Ming: I use a hundred lives to become holy

"Although movable type printing is more advanced than engraving printing, but because the typesetting is too cumbersome, there are too many blocks required, it is difficult to find, and even preservation is also a problem, resulting in the final time spent being similar to engraving printing."

"But if this kind of problem is handed over to the machine to print, it will be different. We can change all the materials of the movable type blocks to metal."

"The speed of mechanical printing is much faster than that of manual printing, and only one adjustment is required. The effect of subsequent printing is consistent, and you are not afraid of wasting blocks, so that you can really make the best use of everything."

After hearing Zhao Zheng's description, the prince understood the importance of it, and immediately said to his father Zhu Chong:

"Father, the steam engine is a powerful weapon of the country, and it needs to be mass-produced as soon as possible!"

State Duke Xu Jin and Ministry of Industry Minister Wang Zheng also seconded the proposal.

"Your Majesty, what the prince said is absolutely true!"

Naturally, Zhu Chongba would not lose the chain, so he ordered Wang Zheng immediately.

"Wang Zheng, we order you to start work immediately, call all skilled craftsmen in the world, except for the manpower necessary at this stage, all others will give us the Sun Moon Dynasty to build steam engines!"

Wang Zheng listened to the order immediately.

"Xu Jin, we order you to gather [-] elite soldiers and guard the camp of the Ministry of Industry strictly. Without our order, no one is allowed to set foot in half a step!"

"Those who violate the order and who are suspicious can be killed immediately!"

Realizing the powerful effect of the steam engine, Zhu Zhongba gave orders one by one, and ordered them to go on.

In just half a day, the Ministry of Industry, which used to patrol with loose manpower, was replaced by elite soldiers.

The next point, of course, is Zhao Zheng's award. Zhao Zheng made such a big contribution, which is a big problem.

The appearance of the steam engine can be said to directly change the face of the Sun Moon Dynasty and give it a new look.

The appearance of the steam engine meant that the productivity of the Sun Moon Dynasty had directly increased by a large amount.

The problems in the past have now become small problems, and we only need to wait for the steam engine to be mass-produced.

When the emperor and the prince were discussing what kind of reward should be given, Zhao Zheng refused first.

"Your Majesty, I don't want to be a Marquis. After the reform takes effect, it won't be too late to give credit to the minister. Now I have another request..."

"Your Majesty, please change the business tax!"

If in the past, Zhao Zheng proposed to change the status of businessmen and increase business taxes, Zhu Chongba would definitely not agree.

Because in his mind, the role of a merchant is nothing more than exchanging goods from other places, but the harm it brings is much more than that.

It is common for businessmen to make huge profits and exploit the common people. They will even collude with the government and businessmen for their own interests, creating many unjust, false and wrong cases.

But it's different now, Zhao Zheng built the steam engine and made such a great contribution, Zhu Chongba asked him the reason with a pleasant face.

"The change of business tax and the imperial court's order means that our Sun Moon Dynasty will raise the status of merchants. Does Ai Qing know the impact this will cause?"

"Of course I understand, but Your Majesty, the establishment of the country is the best time to implement commercial and tax reforms!"

"Currently, merchants are taxed at [-] and [-], but peasants are taxed at [-], so I ask Your Majesty to revise all the hereditary household registration policies except for the policy on military households and the policy on merchants!"

"You make me think again..."

Naturally, it is impossible for Zhu Chongba to adopt it immediately, although Zhao Zheng has shocked him a lot today, which proves his wisdom.

But for businessmen, Zhu Chongba still has his own considerations.

Since the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, businessmen in the world have been classified as the bottom of all occupations.

How many dynasties have risen and fallen, and the collusion between government and businessmen is indispensable to harm one side.

However, today, Zhao Zheng would rather not have his own reward, but also put forward the suggestion of improving the business tax. Why is this?

The turmoil in the previous dynasty caused disasters not only in Yuanting, but also in many merchants.

I have seen it with my own eyes, they colluded with Yuan people, they only cared about their interests, and they had no concept of family and country.

What is there to say about such a type of people?

Zhao Zheng naturally understood the emperor's distaste for businessmen, so he wrote a memorial when he went back, and wrote his reasons.

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The emperor's palace.

"This Zhao gave us another problem."

"We can't refuse him at all."

Even at the dinner table, Zhu Chongba was checking the memorial.

The prince and queen have long been commonplace.

"Father, I think Zhao Ji must have his own reasons for this matter!"

Prince Zhu Biao already had complete trust in Zhao Zheng, and he admired him before he knew the contents of the memorial.

"Take a look for yourself before you talk about it."

Zhu Chongba didn't shy away from it at all, and directly gave the memorial to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao immediately checked the content on it, but as time went by, his brows slowly wrinkled.

"Tax sets up a threshold system, divides the tax by volume, divides the proportion of tax by occupation; establishes the Ministry of Commerce, and separates the functions of the household department..."

"On the basis of the Yantie government-run operation, set up more government-run branches. Those who commit criminal crimes will not sell or hand over their properties, but will be nationalized. The operators can be called the state establishment with the original six ministries..."

"Restart the imperial examination, wait for the steam printing machine to be mass-produced, publish books all over the world, and collect the cost at a price; change the lowly registration of merchants, all merchant's children can take the imperial examination, and enter the court as an official..."

"Anyone who is a businessman who is in politics needs to hand over his industrial cadre shares, and the nature of the industry has changed to a state-business joint venture..."

"Choose elite soldiers and strong generals from Jinyiwei and the Ministry of Households, and then set up the National Tax Guard, which is independent of the new seven departments. It is only under the jurisdiction of the imperial power, and the imperial power charters it. You can check the tax payment details of merchants anytime, anywhere..."

"In the name of Qingzhang's land, check the population of the world again, and then change the land tax into a head tax, a tax for officials, a tax for merchants, a tax for civilians, and a tax for soldiers, and change the miscellaneous tax system to tax plus tax. Subtract accumulative system..."

When Prince Zhu Biao finally finished reading Zhao Zheng's memorial, he no longer knew what expression to make.

In the end, he was as depressed as Zhu Chongba.

"Zhao Geshi, this is not changing the business tax, it even changed the national policy of my Sun and Moon Dynasty to a great extent."

Although Prince Zhu Biao felt that a lot of troubles were beckoning to him, he still couldn't put it down in his hands.

Zhao Zheng's remarks directly opened up his horizons.It turns out that many systems can still be modified in this way.

"That's right, this guy, every statement in it will be opposed by the minister. Now he has added all of it to the commercial and tax reform. This is to generalize my army."

"He has been silent for a month, and many ministers have written letters saying that he has not done enough to reform the law, and that he is doing things in the name of reform, and let us punish him."

"But now, if the steam engine and this memorial are thrown in front of them, I don't know what they will say."

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongba laughed again.

He has seen Zhao Zheng's determination.

Then he has to show his courage and determination as an emperor.

"We will announce it tomorrow morning!"

"As for this Zhao Ge matter, during this period, it cannot be put in the capital."

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongba became even more depressed.

It's all because this guy doesn't know what's good!

Before, I wanted to give him a reward for the invention of the steam engine, but he refused and even put on a high hat.

And now the style of this memorandum is too strong, even if I want to hide it, I will definitely be guessed.

At that time, once the changes in the memorial are implemented, the officials will inevitably suffer a lot when they are angered, and they may even be persuaded to change their current minds.

"How should he be arranged?"

Under the persuasion of Empress Ma, Zhu Chongba, who had already recognized his own character, committed a problem.

"Why don't you send him to Yangzhou to check the governance achievements of Yang Xian, the capital of the new state?"

Zhu Biao has always paid attention to Yang Xian.

Because Yang Xian, a new Jinshi, won the favor of his father Zhu Chongba with his attitude of dying for the people a few years ago.

After being sent to the war, the rich state of the world turned into Yangzhou, where the people's livelihood was dying, as the magistrate.

"Can!"

"Zhao Geshi must get along very well with this Yang Xian!"

Zhu Chongba also thought of Yang Xian, nodded, and immediately gave the order to set off overnight.