Chapter 646 Miaom
The five-year New Year of Zhengde came in a blink of an eye. This year was a relatively stable and comfortable year for the Ming Dynasty, and there were no major mistakes inside and outside the court. Unlike the major events of the previous two years, one after another, which made the people miserable; in the past year, the wind and rain were smooth, and the income of finance and taxation increased sharply. In addition to some achievements in the policy of reclamation, the household registration opening system advocated by Song Nan stimulated the development of commerce in the Ming Dynasty. Merchants were no longer stuck in one place, and the money on hand was also circulated. Get up and bring a lot of taxes to the court.
Compared with last year, this year's real estate transaction tax alone has collected more than 8 million taels of real estate transaction tax, accounting for a quarter of all the fiscal and tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty this year, and this year's fiscal and tax of the Ming Dynasty has also exceeded 30 million taels.
Although some people are not convinced and some people are unhappy, they have to admit that Song Nan's method has had an effect. After the year, the Inner Court Real Estate Management Department issued a new round of price limit order to suppress the crazy rising house prices again and further refine the real estate development and sale. Jinyiwei cooperated with the house. The unified action of the production department banned a group of merchants who built randomly under the banner of development, and punished a group of speculators who hoarded houses and speculated, making the real estate sale slightly stable.
For the previous problem raised by people about the high housing prices in the capital and Dazhoufu, which caused ordinary people to be unable to afford to buy houses, the real estate department gave a clear solution. The court provided a batch of low-cost land, handed it over to the designated real estate developers to build houses, and supplied the completed houses to the qualified people at a reserve price. They are willing to live, sell or rent.
The real estate department calls it 'low-rent housing' or 'low-sale houses'. Its rental and sale price remains at the level before the tide of real estate development. The real estate department organizes special personnel to evaluate the qualification. Those who do have housing difficulties are eligible to apply for purchase or rent. Although in terms of location, most of these buildings are remote, this is no longer The first consideration is that it is already a great thing to be able to get a house at a low price.
Songfu Real Estate Company officially ended all the projects of Baizhifang in the first month. A large area of land belongs to the Shenshu Camp and the residence of a government office. In fact, the development is only the area near the city wall; so it is much faster in time. With the completion of the last house, the transformation and development of the whole Baizhifang is convenient. After the end, there were various details resting, planting trees, planting flowers and repairing roads and ditches. Zhu Fengtong's management ability during this period was quite amazing. The house here was completed, and all the purchase agreements and money delivery, market opening and other matters were closely followed. By the end of February, everything had been completed. Towards the end.
The development of the white paper workshop can be said to have made a lot of money. In the final general account, the net profit was as high as 690 million taels of silver, which was like a dream. Before that, who said that the development of the house could make a heavy profit by selling, it would definitely be looked at by everyone, but now the facts are in front of us.
Of course, some people understand the truth. Although they will never use power for personal gain, if Song Nan had not promoted the implementation of the purchase and naturalization system, this matter would still be a loss-making business. However, no one can think that Song Nan is all for his own interests. The imperial finance has also made a lot of money after the implementation of this policy, and And it can be expected that there will be millions of entries every year, which makes the officials of the Ministry of Household crazy.
Millions of taels of profits are proportionally added to the formed consortium. The capital of the large consortium formed by Song Nan has burned 15 million taels. Such a large amount of silver will naturally not let him idle; except for taking out millions of taels of silver to invest in the shipping company and some of the people in Beijing In addition to the competition of the monopoly shipping carrier, another important plan is to take out 5 million taels to start the large-scale construction of the arsenal in Shilipo in the south of the city, and absorb thousands of labor can be used as workers to produce Mrs. Song's firecrackers and Mrs. Song's rocket launchers.
Song Nan's idea is to run a military factory with his own money, and the firearm rockets produced are uniformly purchased by the imperial court, and the price is about 20% to 30%, which can not only make money, but also ensure that the technology will not be leaked. Zhengde came to inspect once a year ago. At that time, Zhengde personally promised to open a military factory and gave him the privilege of manufacturing firearms, which was the basic condition for realizing the idea.
However, the development of the matter took a sharp turn. On March 7, Song Nan's attitude blurred when he met Zhengde for permission because it was urgent to prepare for a military factory.
"I think this matter can be slowed down. Firearms are really powerful, but if you build firearms, can the court finance afford to purchase equipment? I think it's a problem. I asked the Ministry of Household about the budget for armaments this year, with a total of only 9 million taels of grain and feed equipment; the grain and salaries of hundreds of thousands of troops in the Ming Dynasty will cost half of it, including the replacement and maintenance of armor and weapons, the purchase of war horses, and the construction of fortresses in some border towns, which will cost millions of taels. If we add the procurement of firearms, root It's not enough. I don't think it's okay not to make this firearm.
Song Nan argued, but Zhengde rarely showed impatience. Finally, he left Song Nan alone in the study and left by himself.
Song Nan felt that something was wrong, not because of Zhengde's attitude today, but because of some strange things that had happened in the past few months after this year that made him feel a little strange. After the Spring Festival, the Empress Dowager took Princess Corning to Nanjing again. After the Shangyuan Festival, the Empress Dowager returned to the capital alone, but left Princess Corning in Nanjing, which was incredible.
The news Zhang Yong sent to himself from the palace said that there were rumors that the Empress Dowager had chosen Zhou Shao, the son of Zhou Zhong, the minister of Nanjing Military Department, as her son-in-law for Princess Corning, saying that the princess and Zhou Shao seemed to be very eye-catching, so she left the princess to have more contact with them in Nanjing; she also said that this time she would finalize this matter anyway.
Song Nan doesn't believe such nonsense. On the night the princess left, she went to see her and couldn't see any sign of empathy for the princess. Not to mention running to Nanjing to see another person, it was difficult to part.
Then there are some recent remarks by Zhengde that make Song Nan feel that there is something in his words. For example, he often intentionally or unintentionally asks Song Nan, 'Are there any people with evil intentions like Liu Jin in the dynasty now', 'Is there anyone with different aspirations like King Anhua in the Ming Dynasty' or ask 'Is I a good emperor? Will the Ming Dynasty be destroyed? These inexplicable words in my hand.
A recent speech was even more strange. Zhengde asked Song Nan if he felt that the three government, the commander-in-chief of Shenshu Camp and the foreign army and the general office of Jinyiwei, whether he needed to find someone to share the clouds. There was a strangeness in his words, and his expression was not natural.
It is very serious not to allow the establishment of a military factory, which means that Song Nan's plan has died halfway. This is not only about personal money, but also about the combat effectiveness of the imperial army. Zhengde went back on its word is very unreasonable in Song Nan's view. No monarch will Seeing that they are indifferent to firearms and equipment with greatly improved military strength, they will choose to equip the army as soon as possible. Everything else can be postponed, and the finance will be completely tilted, because this is the capital that a country can stand on. But Zhengde's behavior can only say that he is either a fool or has something to think about himself.
Song Nan originally planned not to think too much, but now he can't help but respond. Zhengde's refusal did not make Song Nan retreat. On the one hand, he ordered people to actively prepare the factory and prepare all the raw materials and facilities for making firearms, and at the same time, he tried to find out the root cause of Zhengde's recent abnormal behaviors.
Starting from the investigation of the suspicious princess's trip to Nanjing, Song Nan sent Li Daniu and Zheng Da to partner tens of millions of Nanjing to inquire about the princess's whereabouts and find out whether there was really something between the princess and Zhou Shao. If it is true, Song Nan will naturally not interfere. After all, the princess is also benevolent and righteous to herself. It is always necessary to figure out what the situation will be.
One evening at the end of March, Li Daniu came back from Nanjing from a flying horse and brought back a strict handwritten letter of the package. After reading this letter sent thousands of miles away, Song Nan finally realized everything.