"This means that during this period, the Ministry of Revenue must continue to provide money."
"So the problem now is how to ensure that these two projects continue without delaying other matters. For example, what if His Majesty makes another decision and needs to spend money elsewhere?"
At this moment, Song Gongwen sighed slightly and said, "Just because I can temporarily solve the problem of money now doesn't mean I can do this forever. If there is a hole in the Ministry of Revenue's account book, it will be difficult to make up for it."
"Besides, there's still a whole year before the next tax payment, and I'm worried the Ministry of Revenue won't be able to hold on."
He fully understood the predicament the court was facing today.
The reason why I can persist for so long.
The reason why we can ensure that there is money in all aspects is because of the foundation and base laid by the previous emperors.
But this kind of foundation is also limited. If it exceeds this limit, there will definitely be a big mess.
In short, if you want to solve the problem, you must have money.
Money can solve everything.
Zhang Zhengming had been the chief minister of the cabinet for so many years, so he naturally understood what it meant.
Therefore, after hearing these words, he also fell into deep thought. The current Wei Dynasty, in terms of military, has already deterred other countries and there is no need to worry about it at all, but the money is a bit more than people expect.
There is no other way. The situation now is no longer as good as when the country was founded. We can use various methods.
Now that all forces have become stable, it is very difficult to make money by other means.
However, after a moment's thought, he smiled and said, "Gong Wen, remember your earlier proposal for officials and gentry to pay taxes together? Now I think it's time to implement it."
"Before, due to the imperial examination, we couldn't move. In addition, the power of the aristocracy was very strong, so a single move would affect the entire system."
"But now, the imperial examination has ended, and some time ago, you confiscated a large part of the Jiangnan gentry on the charge of being a member of the White Clothes Sect, dividing their power."
"So now is the best opportunity to implement the unified tax system for officials and gentry."
"Once this is successful, it will surely bring in more tax revenue for the court. In this way, won't these problems be easily solved?"
If the policy of officials and gentry paying taxes together is implemented.
This means that all officials and gentry in the Wei Dynasty must start paying taxes to the court.
This is not a small amount of money. If it can be collected, it will definitely be extremely astonishing.
What war in the north, what two major projects.
It's no problem at all.
Zhang Zhengming disagreed before because the time was not right.
But now, it is obviously the time, whether it is because the power of the gentry has been weakened or because the court is in urgent need of money.
He understood that even if this move was difficult to implement, it had to be carried out.
This is for Your Majesty, for the Great Wei!
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