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Since the reduction of gold and silver taxes and the increase of grain and salary for suppressing the rebellion in the southwest, the course of history has changed!
The young emperor far away in the capital sighed with a wry smile, the more things changed, the less advantage the time travelers had, and they could no longer rely on predictions to take shortcuts.
This is a chain reaction, like dominoes. Of course, if they were two relatively independent systems, the impact might be smaller.
It's time to show off his real skills! Shaking off his chaotic thoughts, the young emperor put on his mask and prepared to start his plan to make a fortune.
Yes, the world's first mask was made of high-grade royal silk cotton and skillfully crafted by palace maids.
Under the complicated and strange gazes of the palace people again, the emperor was going to rob, no, he was going to the laboratory to complete the final work.
With a majestic look, he stopped the others, including Wang Tigan and Zhang Yuer, and then the young emperor entered the hall with several palace maids.
In ancient China, chemists were alchemists. They had no theories at all and just tinkered around, but they still managed to create many chemical products.
For example, calcining green vitriol (ferrous sulfate) can produce sulfuric acid; dry distilling saltpeter can produce nitric acid, etc. Of course, they don't know what it is called or what it can be used for.
But for Zhu Youxiao, all the theories were not difficult problems.
With glassware, he produced nitric acid and silver nitrate; he also added alkali to urine, heated it to react and produced ammonia gas, which was then dissolved in water to produce ammonia water.
He taught these processes to a dozen clever palace maids, and divided them into three laboratories with three teams to prepare them separately: one for silver nitrate, one for ammonia water, and one for mixing reagents to brush mirrors.
In this way, leaks are avoided to the greatest extent possible.
Moreover, only Zhu Youxiao knew what this advanced gadget was. That's right, it was the silver mirror reaction produced by adding fructose to a silver ammonia solution.
Historically, this was the chemical silver plating method of German chemist Liebig. It was said that as long as the concentration of the solution was appropriate, a mirror could be made in half an hour.
Zhu Youxiao didn't expect it to take half an hour, even if it could be made in a few days, he would definitely be satisfied. You know, the mercury-tin reaction method takes more than a month, and the mercury used is poisonous.
After the last solution was prepared, Zhu Youxiao instructed the palace servants to apply the solution to the glass with brushes, layer by layer, for several layers in a row.
By the time Zhu Youxiao left the laboratory, more than half an hour had passed. Wang Tigan and other palace servants were all getting impatient waiting.
"Your Majesty." Wang Tigan came forward happily and ordered the palace servants to bring a basin of water and a towel for Zhu Youxiao to wash his hands.
After washing his hands and face, Zhu Youxiao ordered the palace servants to lock the palace door and put the key at his waist.
At this time, Zhang Yuer came over, with sleepy eyes, obviously she had just woken up not long ago.
It seemed like it didn't take long before the girl fell asleep.
Zhu Youxiao thought it was because of the hot weather, so he didn't take it seriously and returned to the Qianqing Palace.
After a short rest, Zhu Youxiao ordered Liu Ruoyu to come over and read the examination papers. No matter whether it was a big deal or a small matter, he had to know about it and act as a responsible human stamp!
For now, the reform has just begun. Except for the gradually deepening clearing of military settlements and paying salaries in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and northern Zhili, which have caused quite a stir, other places have been less affected.
Of course, taking advantage of the aftermath of the Wenxiang Rebellion, Zhu Youxiao severely punished the wealthy landlords who were in arrears with their taxes. Their families were exiled to Hainan Island and Dongfan, and the so-called culprits were to be executed in late autumn.
The method was somewhat dishonorable, but the benefits and results were surprisingly good. The confiscation of property brought in hundreds of thousands of yuan in revenue, and all the overdue taxes were paid, allowing the Ministry of Revenue to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The benefits of clearing the garrisons and replenishing military pay will be apparent after the autumn harvest, significantly reducing military pay expenditures. This policy measure will also be implemented from north to south, province by province.
You must know that according to the number of military settlements set by Taizu, the garrisons were the largest landlords.
Especially in the areas affected by war in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River plain, Zhu Baba gave each soldier fifty acres of land.
It was precisely because the garrisons controlled a large amount of land that they became the target of covetousness by generals, court dignitaries, bureaucrats, and local gentry.
The encroachment of military settlements in the north was severe, and even more alarming in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. To put it bluntly, the resistance to clearing the settlements and paying the military salaries would only grow stronger.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao took ruthless action and even spared the King of Qin, just to deter others and lay the foundation for future promotion and implementation.
Although the resistance was great, Zhu Youxiao was still confident. Not only was he the emperor, but more importantly, the army was under the control of the court. There were no warlords like those in the late Ming Dynasty who ignored the court.
Through reforms in Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, Zhu Youxiao also accumulated a lot of experience and his methods became more flexible and smooth.
First, transfer local generals to the military academy, replace them with new generals produced by the military academy, and then bring in a few hundred new soldiers as personal guards and backbones, and you will basically be able to control the military power.
Then, with the army as a guarantee and an iron fist, the clearance and payment of military pay will be implemented, which will maximize the probability of success and cause the least unrest.
Zhu Youxiao's idea of wanting to make trouble while striving for stability was not contradictory.
Since the enemy was not yet defeated and there was no capital for chaos or chaos, it was better to use this relatively mild method. Not only him, but also Sun Chengzong and others agreed very much.
Judging from the current progress and results, it is still very gratifying. At least after the autumn, Zhu Youxiao had the financial resources to reduce taxes in Shaanxi and let the people breathe.
As for the more than one million taels of gold and silver that entered the inner treasury every year, Zhu Youxiao was able to withdraw half of it at once to support the southwestern battlefield because the mirror was about to be successfully manufactured and the profits after it was put on the market were enough to compensate.
That's right, the mirror will bring Zhu Youxiao unimaginable amounts of money.
Don’t believe it? In the 17th century, the tin amalgam mirrors produced in Venice were worth a hundred times more. European princes, nobles, and wealthy people were proud to own one.
At that time, a French queen got married and received the most expensive gift from Venice at that time - a small mirror worth 150,000 francs.
According to later calculations, one franc was equivalent to 80 yuan, which is...?! Holy crap, it was 1.2 million.
If we convert it into Ming Dynasty silver, one tael equals six hundred yuan (which is easy to calculate). That is, that is, haha, haha, two thousand taels, two thousand taels.
Based on the current glass production capacity, dozens of palm-sized mirrors can be produced in a day, and those the size of a book are even more valuable.
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