The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

On the second day of his enthronement, Xiao Rui woke up from the excitement of being an emperor, what to do, after all, there are too many things to do.

The heavy rain in Fuzhou and Ganzhou has flooded many low-lying areas. There are no crops that are not afraid of water, even rice.

The drought in Huainan, Huaibei, Xuzhou and other five prefectures has not yet caused cracks and red land, but it has also had a great impact on crops.

The lower reaches of the Yangtze River are also in danger of embankments breaking, because the increase in the amount of water in the upper reaches of the Qijiang River will inevitably endanger the downstream Yangtze River, and some river sections with sharp bends and low-lying rivers are prone to embankment breaches.

Xiao Rui's accession to the throne changed Da Xia to a new master, but Xiao Rui didn't have the ability to evade disasters by three feet with a shock. The disasters in the Little Ice Age still happened frequently.

The only fortunate thing is that Daxia has made growing grain and disaster relief three or four years ago the two most important things for the imperial court.

Naturally, growing grain is the popularization of new crops, while disaster control is to build projects in places where disasters may occur. Among the six ministries in the past, the Ministry of Industry was the least valued, but what about now? What Xiao Rui attaches the most importance to is the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, both of which are neck and neck.

The Ministry of Industry has a heavy responsibility and shoulders the mission of saving the people.

Build reservoirs in drought-prone and flood-prone areas, and expand rivers and lakes, so that water can be stored and floods can also be stored. Cement has been successfully developed, so it can be used to strengthen the river embankment. At the same time, while cleaning the river course, the people in the downstream areas that are easy to break the embankment are relocated away, and multiple methods are used to treat it at the same time.

The experience of the ancients has proved that it is better to be blocked than to be sparse. Song Yingxing understands this truth very well, so he fully uses the terrain to fight against disasters.

The hot and cold weather can hardly be changed by manpower, but flood disasters can overcome them like Dayu's flood control!

Today, there are more than 1,000 officials directly under the Ministry of Industry, distributed in various states in Daxia. If the number of personnel in each workshop is added, the number is even greater, but this is far from enough, and Xiao Rui will never be satisfied!

Now that Huangtian Group and Daxia Bank have appeared, will Daxia China Construction Company be far behind?

Therefore, on the second day of Xiao Rui's ascension to the throne, he ordered the Ministry of Industry to add a new department called the Central Construction Department. Most of the students who graduated from the junior college came from poor families. Enter the Archery Division.

Under the China Construction Division, they are allowed to set up various branches, such as the First Division of China Construction, the Second Division of China Construction, etc., to be fully responsible for infrastructure projects. This directly makes up for the small problem of the unclear division of labor in the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time assigns responsibilities in place .

In order to express his importance to the China Construction Department, the doctor of the China Construction Department can directly write to the cabinet. Although his position has not been improved, his powers have been greatly improved, and he is directly in charge of Song Yingxing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. The minister of the Ministry of Industry does not dare to make things difficult.

Xiao Rui is the emperor, and it is impossible to do everything by himself. Fortunately, there is a group of officials who can and are willing to do things. Xiao Rui tells them his ideas and plans, and they can do it for Xiao Rui.

But there are also problems.

The China Construction Department does big things, so naturally it spends a lot of money, and the burden on the court will increase accordingly.

Although the common people have new crops to make up for the shortfall in grain harvests, the imperial court cannot increase taxes and squeeze out the common people, so the imperial court has to find ways to make money by itself, and there is no money for infrastructure construction.

Now the Ministry of Households is still full, and the destruction of Qi has also gained a lot of spoils, but the Little Ice Age will last for a long time. This is a long-term battle. There is no money in but money out, that is not enough.

So what Xiao Rui wanted to figure out was how to get the money.

The nautical trade restarted again, and this time a total of 37 large sea-going ships were dispatched. Secondly, promoting business was also an important matter.

On Xiao Rui's second day as emperor, the second decree was to reduce business taxes.

In the past, the regular tax in Daxia was divided into two types: residence tax and overtax. Residential tax is a tax for business, residence and sale, with a tax rate of 4%. Exclamation tax is a tax for merchants, with a tax rate of 3%. In addition, commercial tax involves a variety of commodities, such as aquatic products, grains, bamboo, wood, books, paper, and paint. In addition to the regular tax, there are also miscellaneous taxes such as the money made by the economy, the money made by the general government, the monthly pile money, and the account money, which greatly increased the burden on businessmen and people.

One of the reasons why Emperor Xia was able to make Daxia strong and the household department rich in just over twenty years was to reduce taxes for the common people and increase taxes for businessmen, so as to stabilize the people's hearts and make money.

But the business tax is heavy, which is not conducive to the development of business. Xiao Rui understands this truth very well, and Xia Huang also understands it, but there are gains and losses. After weighing, a choice must be made.

Now is the time for Xiao Rui to make a choice. He started to reduce taxes. The tax on housing and sales was reduced to 3%, and the tax on business approval was reduced to 2%. point. At the same time, the Ministry of Punishment added some laws to protect the self-interests of businessmen and so on.

This move will allow merchants to see the policy changes after the new emperor's ascension to the throne. Merchants are a group that is good at observing and thinking about changes. When they realize that the imperial court attaches great importance to business, they will expand the scale of business. Over time, commerce will form a chain reaction, expand manufacturing, handicrafts and other production, and comprehensively drive the prosperity of the economy.

So it seems that the commercial tax has been reduced, but the country's income will not decrease too much, and it can even be increased.

At the very least, the prosperity of business will drive the rapid development of Daxia First Bank, which is also the income of the imperial court.

Speaking of money, Xiao Rui thought of his internal money.

When Xiao Rui was the crown prince, there was not much money in Zhan Shi's mansion, which was all used up by him. The internal money Xiao Rui is talking about now is the emperor's internal money, to be precise, it is the internal money left to Xiao Rui after His Majesty abdicated.

A few days ago, His Majesty was going to hand over all the powers of the internal money to Xiao Rui, but something happened to be forgotten at that time. Now that Xiao Rui has ascended the throne and inherited the family business, he will naturally inherit the family's money.

So here comes the question, how much money does His Majesty have in his internal funds?

This question immediately brought back sad memories for Xiao Rui.

He patrolled the state capital to seize the money looted by corrupt officials, most of which went into His Majesty's pocket. Half of the net profits from the nautical trade went into His Majesty's pocket. The money obtained from dealing with prominent officials was also distributed to His Majesty, plus other income, how much money did His Majesty swallow from his internal funds?

And this internal money is brave, it can only go in and out, the war has the Ministry of Households, and the promotion of new crops has Xiao Rui to resist. I have never seen His Majesty spend so much money.

So Xiao Rui dealt with political affairs in the morning and went to Emperor Xia in the afternoon.

Emperor Xia lived in Ruixiang Palace in the northwest corner of the harem. After Xiao Rui entered the harem, he found that all the palaces were very busy, packing their bags and things.

Xiao Rui became the emperor, and as the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Xia naturally didn't want to live in the palace. He was going to cross the sea to live in the palace of Yingzhou, and the concubines and concubines in the harem naturally wanted to follow.

When they came to Ruixiang Palace, Emperor Xia was reading a book.

"I pay my respects to my father!" Xiao Rui said respectfully.

Emperor Xia put down his hand, patted the seat beside him, and said with a smile, "Sit down! How does it feel to be the emperor?"

Xiao Rui thought about it seriously, "I don't feel anything special, it's the same as the prison country before! It just feels like there's a heavy burden on my shoulders!"

"Well said! Remember this feeling, and don't forget it. When you forget the weight of this burden, and instead are keen on the control of power and the desire to control life and death, it means something is going to happen. As a father, you will be leaving for Yingzhou in the future, and you can only rely on yourself." Emperor Xia said sincerely.

Xiao Rui asked: "Didn't you mean to stay for a longer period of time? It doesn't matter if you go to Yingzhou late, the palace there has just been repaired."

Emperor Xia shook his head and said: "There is no delay, I want to go out for a walk, to go overseas to see!"

Even though he said so, Xiao Rui understood that His Majesty wanted to go to Yingzhou as soon as possible to avoid suspicion.

For Xiao Rui to be the emperor, the system's help accounted for 50% of it, and 40% of it was Xia Huang. It was Daxia's honor and Xiao Rui's honor to have such an emperor father.

"Father, if you are bored living in Yingzhou, come back often." Xiao Rui said.

Xia Huang smiled and said: "Of course, I miss my grandson and granddaughter, and I will come back by boat. Oh yes, I took Xiao Feng's child to Yingzhou."

Xiao Rui nodded, Xiao Feng was demoted to be a commoner, and he took Cao Wan to disappear. Xiahuang now has time, and seeing his grandson is pitiful, it is appropriate to take him to Yingzhou.

At this time, the topic shifted to business.

"Father, my son came to see you for the sake of internal money." Xiao Rui explained the purpose of coming.

Xia Huangdao: "Let Haiban accompany you, just to explain the situation to you, and hand over the money to you by the way. I have worked hard to save some property for you, don't waste it!"

When Xiao Rui heard it, his eyes lit up.

His Majesty has personally admitted that he has accumulated some family property, how much is this?

Xiao Rui hurriedly urges Hai Dafu to go to the treasury of inner money, ready to see the world.

Come to the inner treasury, which is protected by the strict imperial guards, three layers inside and three layers outside, and there are three gates. Except for His Majesty, if anyone else wants to enter, he must have His Majesty's order.

"Eunuch Hai, how much money is there?" Xiao Rui couldn't help but ask.

Hai Dafu fetched the ledger, found the general ledger, and said respectfully: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there are more than 2.2 million taels of gold, 233.5 million taels of silver, and a number of treasures. It's all in the accounts, and the servants don't report it in detail. There is not much money, so please look over it, Your Majesty!"

After saying this, Hai Dafulton felt his chest clear.

Nima, it feels really comfortable to pretend! There is not much money, it is all small money!

Xiao Rui widened his eyes and said in shock, "How much?"

One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, so when converted into silver, that is 260 million taels of silver, not counting other precious treasures! Xiao Rui took over the account and simply flipped through it. Good guy, there are countless treasures, and it would be a huge sum of money if it were exchanged for silver.

"Well...it's really not much, I have to be more thrifty." Xiao Rui immediately regained his composure and blew it.

In fact, it's really not much. He Shen is greedy for hundreds of millions of taels of silver. His Majesty's small treasury that has been saved for 27 years is really not much.

Having said that, why not come to Heshen and ask him to collect money for his fish farming?