I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

It has been a few days since the founding of the country, and the huge machine of the Dahua Empire has begun to operate.

An empire, more than a dozen major departments, have started their own operations.

Front-line armies prepare for battle, as well as skirmishes.

The logistics department is urging the arsenal to develop more advanced weapons and increase the output of weapons.

Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Household...

Every department is busy, and the local government is also dealing with various government affairs and creating political achievements.

The governor of Nanjing Prefecture is equivalent to the governor of Shuntian Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty, equivalent to the mayor of the capital in later generations.

This is a very important position. After all, being an administrator at the foot of the emperor is completely different from being a prefect in a foreign country.

Those who lived in the city included royal relatives, powerful officials and generals, but they were not easy to mess with or manage.

Liu Dahua, the newly appointed governor of Nanjing, was also heartbroken in order to manage Nanjing well.

With the rapid development of science and technology, Liu Dahua found that the urban layout of Nanjing City needs to be rectified.

The road must be enlarged and straightened, otherwise the current demand for people flow cannot be met, and sometimes traffic jams will occur.

It has been planned to build a track in the city of Nanjing and open up a route for a track carriage.

Rail carriages are only available in mining areas now, in order to save manpower.

The track can greatly reduce the friction force. A horse can pull 1.5 tons of goods on the flat ground, but pulling a rail car can pull at least four or five tons.

In order to transport a large amount of coal and other ores in the mining area, some tracks have been built from the mining area to the riverside.

The main reason for the construction of rail carriages in Nanjing City is that there are too many people in Nanjing, and all rely on rickshaws to travel, which will make the streets very crowded.

On the rail carriage, dozens of people can be pulled at one time, just like a bus, which can greatly improve the efficiency.

Moreover, it is also cheaper to take a rail carriage than to take a rickshaw.

This is the policy formulated above, but Liu Dahua encountered a lot of resistance in the implementation.

For example, if the owner of a certain house to be demolished is a relative of someone or someone, or a high-ranking official, there is no one easy to mess with.

Of course, the most important thing is lack of money. Having money can solve those troubles.

Those who are babbling and refusing to change places, in the final analysis, just want more money.

When Liu Dahua presented the plan for Nanjing to the cabinet, Qian Taoli, the minister of households, rolled his eyes.

"One and a half million taels, this Liu Dahua really dares to mention it."

Qian Taoli threw Liu Dahua's book aside and complained.

When Ruan Dacheng heard the words and took a look at the book, he shook his head again and again.

This plan requires too much money, and the Cabinet cannot possibly agree to it.

"Mr. Qian, have the tax statistics for this year come out? If it's too low, I can make a development plan for the Ministry of Industry next year."

Ruan Dacheng asked.

Development requires money, and the court's money has only one source, and that is taxation.

You can do as much as you have taxes.

The tax revenue for this year is already being counted, and the tax revenue for this year is calculated, and the tax revenue for next year is estimated, so that other departments can discuss the fiscal allocation for next year.

"Not much, don't think about the Ministry of Industry. The military has come to inquire long ago. It is said that the military's plan for next year is to completely pacify the south and the north, so military spending will take up the bulk of it."

Qian Taoli complained that he was not at all comfortable with the money bag.

Everyone came to him to ask for money.

"What you said, if you don't allocate money to the Ministry of Industry, will those factories continue to develop? If the factories don't develop, your Ministry of Household has so many free farm implements."

Ruan Dacheng was suddenly unhappy, he didn't care what the military was doing.

He is now the boss of the Ministry of Works, so he has to think about the Ministry of Works. If he can't get the funds, how can he get the people in the Ministry of Industry to obey him, where will people listen to what he says in the future, and what will he do in the future?

"Let's talk about it in two days. In short, don't hold your hopes too high. Every department is asking for money, but it's not your labor department that is the most important."

Qian Taoli said.

A few days later, the nominal tax statistics of Dahua Yongxing's first year came out.

The so-called nominal tax refers to the annual tax. However, since the next two months have not yet arrived, we can only speculate based on the data of the first ten months.

Therefore, the total data is not an exact figure, it can only be said to be an approximation.

The tax statistics came out, and Wu Changqing also held an enlarged meeting.

Not only the six important ministers, but also the military representatives participated in the meeting.

Wu Changqing sat on the upper seat, and the ministers sat on both sides.

On the side of the civil servants, and on the side of the generals, there is a clear distinction between Jing and Wei.

This is not what Wu Changqing asked, but they automatically developed such a tacit understanding.

The ministers deliberately formed this pattern to reassure the emperor.

Civil servants and military generals are too close, and it is easy to give people the feeling of wanting to rebel.

At the beginning of the meeting, Qian Taoli first reported the tax revenue for this year, saying: "As of now, the total tax revenue in the entire jurisdiction has totaled 43 million taels of silver, and the annual tax revenue is expected to reach 58 million taels of silver.

Among them, commercial tax accounted for 70%, agriculture accounted for 30%. There were also home raids and confiscated income, totaling about 25 million taels, and the total annual income was 83 million taels. "

Hearing this number, many officials widened their eyes.

eyes, it's incredible.

Because, during the Chongzhen reign, the annual tax revenue was less than 10 million taels.

And now, it's even more than five times.

This rate of growth is unbelievable.

Some officials who do not understand the situation naturally cannot understand it, but some ministers who are more flexible in their minds can understand the reason.

The most important reason is that the low tax revenue during the Chongzhen period does not mean that its tax potential is low.

Chongzhen received less than ten million taels of tax and silver, basically all from agriculture.

Its commercial tax is collected by eunuchs, and the money received is turned over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In the later period, Chongzhen had poor control over the country, and those eunuchs could not compete with those big businessmen, so naturally they could not receive any taxes.

And Wu Changqing started with the army, any businessman who dared to resist would be the end of his house, and all those businessmen were honest.

Therefore, a large part of the more than 40 million taels of extra tax revenue was commercial tax that Chongzhen could not receive.

As for the other part, it is the profits brought by the increase in productivity.

Those big factories create huge quantities of goods with terrifying productivity, which can bring a lot of tax to the court.

This is only the first year, and next year, with the continuous development of technology, its taxation will still show a trend of rapid development.

Compared with the skyrocketing commercial tax, there is not much increase in agricultural tax.

Mainly, Wu Changqing confiscated the harvest. In fact, after those farmers planted hybrid rice, the output almost doubled. In fact, it is also possible to double the tax, and it can be more than ten million taels.

However, Wu Changqing did not do so.