[As I said before, rich people are not created by saving money, and neither is a wealthy country! ]
The old emperor's body trembled.
This was the second time Shen Zhiyi had said this, and it made sense no matter how you thought about it, but the premise was that there was a way to make quick money.
He couldn't really confiscate the property of all the corrupt officials in Daye.
[The southeastern coast has started to engage in small-scale overseas trade, but the old emperor is totally unaware of this.]
Old Emperor: What? Overseas trade?
[According to the last division, the southeastern coast is now the area where the eastern part of Jiangnan South Road meets Lingnan East Road. There are many hills and mountains, which makes external communication somewhat difficult. Local merchants simply go out to sea for trade and come back once every few years, but they always make a lot of money. ]
[After the local governor and county magistrate learned about this, they began to collect high taxes, but this tax was collected privately by the locals, so the old emperor had no idea about it.]
[Tsk tsk tsk, this matter started from the time of that weird previous emperor. Decades, decades. How much silver did this cost?]
"Bang!"
The old emperor angrily punched the handle of the dragon throne, scaring everyone to kneel down.
Shen Zhiyi was used to having an empty mind, and didn’t know what was going on, so he knelt down as well.
After watching the surveillance video replay...
[There's something wrong with this old emperor. Why is he so moody? ]
[Oh, this Minister of Revenue, no, he is now the Minister of Personnel. It turns out that this Minister of Personnel has already noticed the overseas trade of the southeast coast? ]
The old emperor immediately looked at the new Minister of Personnel.
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