Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 278 Exciting Emperor Hongzhi
Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi sat blankly at his desk. It was already time to light the lamps. The flickering light illuminated the Emperor's profile, which was sometimes bright and sometimes dim.

Qin Hong stood firmly in the hall. The whole hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Qin Hong did not disturb Emperor Hongzhi. After an unknown amount of time, a long sigh broke the tranquility of this world.

Emperor Hongzhi gently put down the account book in his hand and asked Qin Hong in disbelief: "The Weinan Taxation Bureau...didn't make any mistakes in the statistics?"

How could there be a statistical error? This is the account book submitted by the local government to the central Ministry of Revenue. If there is an error, the entire Weinan Taxation Bureau will be held accountable.

Even if we take a step back, it is impossible for them to exaggerate the fans' peace for this political achievement.

Qin Hong said confidently: "It can't be wrong, it's absolutely true!"

Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes and murmured in a low voice, "Is he... really so miraculous?"

This was completely beyond the expectations of Emperor Hongzhi. At the beginning, Emperor Hongzhi asked the Minister of Revenue Qin Hong to find Chen Ce just to ask Chen Ce's accounting method to see if it can be used for the accounting of the Ministry of Revenue, thereby changing the impact of financial data on operations and allowing the decision-makers of the Ming Dynasty to see the most real operating results of the Ming Dynasty more intuitively and clearly from the account books.

He never thought that Chen Ce would take the opportunity to carry out a pilot reform of Ming Dynasty's taxation.

Even though Chen Ce informed the Ministry of Revenue of these things at the beginning, Emperor Hongzhi did not pay much attention to it. He only asked the Ministry of Revenue to instruct the local taxation bureau to conduct a pilot project, and even found a poor county to pilot the reform.

Before this, no one thought that commerce could bring any benefits to the Ming Dynasty. They all believed that commerce was rootless and floating, without the physical support of land, and therefore would not generate much financial and tax output.

But now that the real account book data is laid out before him, it is impossible for Emperor Hongzhi not to be shocked!

The fiscal revenue increased nearly four times year-on-year, just because of a small adjustment to the tax checkpoint and a small change in the collection model.

And as Qin Hong said just now, Weinan is only in the pilot stage, and many commercial tax collection models have not been fully adjusted, so there may still be business groups that evade taxes.

Even so, the amount collected was 40,000 taels of silver more than last year!
This is so scary!

Emperor Hongzhi stared at Qin Hong, asking eagerly, "Mr. Qin, in the past hundred years, which emperor has ever paid attention to business?"

Qin Hong shook his head: "No."

Emperor Hongzhi said again: "How about starting from me?"

Qin Hong excitedly cupped his hands and said: "In this way, the Ming Dynasty will be prosperous, long live our emperor!"

Emperor Hongzhi trembled and said, "Okay! Your Ministry of Revenue will continue to set up reform points in Weinan. When the time is right and the policy is mature, this commercial tax will be promoted nationwide!"

"Also, your Ministry of Revenue can work with the Ministry of Criminal Justice to legislate on taxation and finance!"

Qin Hong cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I obey your order!"

After a moment of silence, Qin Hong cautiously asked Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, Chen Ce... is a great talent. Although he has no interest in taking the imperial examinations, can he be transferred to the Ministry of Revenue for assignment?"

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head: "No need."

Why? Qin Hong didn't understand. With such a good reputation and such a great talent, why did he let the people do it? And then let me treat him with respect?
What is the picture?

He didn't know Hongzhi's painstaking efforts. Chen Ce was not your Ministry of Revenue's Chen Ce. He was the Crown Prince's Chen Ce. His suggestions to your Ministry of Revenue were only a part, a small part, of his talent.

Emperor Hongzhi was not interested in such a small profit. The crown prince was the foundation of the country. As long as Chen Ce could teach the crown prince well, this was more important than anything else. In this case, Qin Hong could only feel sorry, but still said: "He has made great contributions this time, but he traveled at night in brocade clothes, and others have no way of knowing. His reputation cannot be spread."

Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself that what he needed least was fame. If he really wanted to become famous, would it be necessary for us to worry about him?

Qin Hong asked: "In this case, will the emperor reward Chen Ce?"

Emperor Hongzhi asked Qin Hong, "How do you think Qin Hong should be rewarded? Money, power, sex, what do you think he covets?"

Um, I don’t know, but he still said: “Your Majesty, we can’t just say nothing because he doesn’t like it!”

Emperor Hongzhi smacked his lips, as if that was the truth. No matter whether he liked it or not, he would just reward it first.

"Then I will give you three hundred gold pieces, one hundred pieces of silk, five hundred eggs, three hens, one hundred kilograms of pork, live fish and vegetables..."

Uh, do you have to be so outrageous?

Your Majesty, seriously, if you want to distribute these things as rewards through imperial edict... isn't it shameful?
What are these rewards?
Qin Hong didn't know what Chen Ce needed, but Emperor Hongzhi knew that giving him these daily necessities might be a hundred times better than any empty rewards.

……

Lun Wenxu finished compiling the books and documents of the previous dynasty in the Hanlin Academy today. Liang Chu smiled and found Lun Wenxu and said, "Bochou, this is a seal of commendation from the Imperial College. The documents you compiled during this period are very helpful to the teaching and research of the Imperial College's historical materials. You did a good job."

Lun Wenxu was slightly excited. The reward from the Imperial College was a small matter. It was a recognition of his hard work. Being rewarded by the upper echelons in the workplace was enough to show that his future prospects were limitless.

Liang Chu smiled and asked, "How is it? How is it that you get along with the Ning family's daughter?"

Lun Wenxu sighed and said, "Miss Ning seems to be not very satisfied with me."

Liang Chu stroked his beard and smiled, saying, "My original intention was to arrange a marriage for you directly, but Ning Cheng insisted that you two meet in person, and you wanted to get along with each other first... How could there be such etiquette? Since ancient times, marriages have been arranged at birth, and the man who marries a chicken follows the chicken, and the man who marries a dog follows the dog. Marrying each other happily is only in the story books."

The publication of the novel "Rebirth of the Goddess" has influenced the views on marriage of this generation of young people. This book should be banned.

"Go to more places. You're just a woman. You have talent and a future. Don't underestimate yourself. What do you mean she's not satisfied with you? Be more confident. She's not worthy of you. As a man, show off your abilities."

"For example, the award that the Imperial College gave you this time, if you accidentally reveal it, it will always make people fall in love with it."

Lun Wenxu bowed and said, "Thank you Sir Liang for your advice. I understand."

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Sophora japonica alley.

Ning Zhijun, Su Hanmei and several other women took the initiative to visit Chen Ce. They were already familiar with traditional painting. Ever since the last time Chen Ce casually drew a sketch of a person in the plum garden, it had been very attractive to them. Ning Zhijun had always wanted to learn from Chen Ce. As for whether she really came to learn sketching, perhaps only she herself knew.

Today they came to see Chen Ce, not only to ask Chen Ce for advice on sketching, but also to remind Chen Ce of one thing.

Last time at the Tongji Canal dam, Ning Zhijun saw the relationship between Chen Ce and the two uncles of the Zhang family. Recently, the impeachment memorial of Li Mengyang and the fact that Li Mengyang was dragged into the imperial prison and severely beaten by the uncle of the Zhang family had spread. She didn't want Chen Ce to be implicated because of the uncle of the Zhang family, so she planned to remind Chen Ce.

When Lun Wenxu learned that Miss Ning was with Chen Ce, he felt a little disappointed, but he still came to Huaihua Hutong with the seal awarded by the Imperial College.

(End of this chapter)