From Soldier To Emperor - Chapter 438

Richard’s behavior is undoubtedly crazy, and it is a waste of money and money!

Since the imperial government’s finances are always in deficit, the transport workers can’t get their wages at all, and they can just eat their stomachs.

Can’t eat enough to work…

And because the war does not stop, we have to continue to collect food from the local area.

This undoubtedly further deepens the burden on the people.

However, after hearing the cabinet’s estimated report, Richard knew that this did not exceed the limit of the common people (that is, there were a large number of hungry people), and he continued the campaign.

As a result, the surplus grain that people just saved in their homes has been forcibly collected…

And as long as the Southward Campaign continues, this policy of increasing grain collection will not stop.

This is the war tax imposed by the Ming Court.

Of course, this war tax is not a new type of tax, but a self-initiated name, because the imperial court does not levy grain for free, it is a free tax.

Still beautifully printed white strips…

This white strip can be used to pay taxes!

The white strips of the Ming Dynasty are not ordinary white strips. They have anti-counterfeiting capabilities. Numerical values ​​are also marked on the white strips. Various numbers are marked.

This is the prelude to the “paper money economy” used by the cabinet to plunder people’s wealth!

With the destruction of the former Tang Dynasty by the green skin, the economic system dominated by Tang coins completely collapsed.

Later, newly emerged countries generally used gold and silver as trading currencies.

It’s just that the precious metal currency market is more mixed. Good quality includes gold ingots and silver ingots, and poor quality consists of inferior silver and gold stones mixed with impurities.

Later, after the formation of the Northern Ming Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty, the courts of both sides carried out rectification of the precious metal currency market. Large-denomination transactions generally use gold and silver ingots or gold bricks and silver bricks that are easy to store and transport.

Small denominations were printed by the imperial court and settled with other cheap metal gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins.

Among them, copper coins have the highest water content, and the copper content is less than 20%…

Said copper coins are actually more valuable than iron coins.

Of course, copper coins are the cheapest currency, and it doesn’t matter if their value is lower.

After all, copper is a strategic material that can be used to forge guns and copper shell bullets in the future. Richard naturally does not allow a large amount of it to escape.

The Ming Dynasty cabinet has been implementing the copper reserve plan.

As a result, the Northern Ming Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty both obtained huge coinage benefits.

After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Ming Kingdom naturally accepted the minting profit in its entirety.

The market is full of gold, silver and copper coins.

However, the precious metal currency has a cost after all, and the reserves are limited. Mingguo is able to satisfy it because the market economy is weak and the demand for currency is not large.

The best way to plunder people’s wealth is not to use expensive metal currency, but to print paper money!

Why did all countries in the world of Richard’s previous life print banknotes?

It’s not because the cost of paper money is terrible!

No matter how many exquisite anti-counterfeiting signs are painted, the cost of banknotes cannot be compared with precious metals such as gold and silver!

What’s more, the value of banknotes is not determined by weight, but by the patterns and numbers printed on it…

One hundred is a banknote worth one hundred yuan, and ten thousand is a banknote worth 10,000 yuan!

With the huge profits of printing money, the paper money economy naturally entered Richard’s vision early.

What is the simplest and rude way for the state to plunder people’s wealth?

Paper currency depreciation!

This is simply the currency that Richard, who is in deficit for the financial year, desires most!

Of course, the common people of this era are not fools. A piece of paper flutteringly, do you think he is valuable?

Who believes it!

This is not the 21st century that has become accustomed to using paper money!

As for the so-called national credibility…

Well, this Richard’s Ming country is pretty good. Mingguo has been invincible all over the East Asian continent under the leadership of Richard. This credibility is naturally a leverage!

It is precisely by relying on this credibility that the cabinet government dared to release the policy of levying grain for nothing, paving the way for the paper currency economy!

Any new policy cannot avoid resistance, but it is a pity that the resistance of the common people has no effect at all.

It’s better to have a few fluttering pieces of paper that can be used for tax deductions than to get nothing.

If you don’t give it, wouldn’t the patrols really arrest people?

In this dictatorship of the central government, Richard’s will is the law. If he dares to disobey Richard’s order to requisition food, treason is not a big deal…

Of course, in general, ordinary people will not be accused of treason because of the problem of levying grain. After all, the crime of treason is to rob the family and decapitate.

What can ordinary people copy at home?

As for decapitation, it is a loss of money. This is all the population and labor. Who is going to farm?

Therefore, the people who defy the levy of grain are generally not accused of serious crimes, and at most they are exiled to East Siberia as immigrants to open up wasteland.

Of course, you can also choose to open up wasteland in the uninhabited land west of Congling in the Western Regions, or you can choose to open up wasteland in the uninhabited Liaodong Peninsula.

Ming Guo is very big, as long as you dare to break the law, there are places where you can go to open up wasteland…

As long as it is not for a real rebellion and confrontation with the local government, there will be no death penalty. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

In terms of capital crimes, Ming Guo’s laws are quite tolerant. Except for rebellion, 90% of serious crimes do not require death.

However, in the case of rebellion, capital offense is not only as simple as decapitation. The leader must cut a large package with thousands of swords, and the high status of the coercors will inevitably die after a lot of torture.

There are not many accusations of being slashed to the head and dying happily…

This is the law of Mingguo. In order to deter the extremely cruel condemnation of the death penalty, many death sentences require a period of life rather than death.

However, the death penalty is rarely used for the conviction of crimes, and most of them are exiled.

Both Richard and the cabinet are aware of the importance of the labor force of the East Asian continent. Criminals are also labor, so they must be used rationally.

It doesn’t matter if management is difficult, you can be exiled to the snowy East Siberian ice field!

Throw it into the no-man’s land, and let your sins be guilty, but can you still get flowers?

When the people of the Ming Dynasty complained about the Baitiao grain levy policy, and dared not to speak, Richard finally collected the first wave of grain and grass for the expedition.

At present, Richard’s system army has only more than 20,000 people left. In fact, the consumption of food and grass is not much. The main part is the civilians who transport food, grass and ammunition, as well as the heads of reserve soldiers recruited on the spot.

The recruited reserve soldiers were all field troops. After the army went on the expedition, the fields they were responsible for were not cultivated, or they were cultivated by others. This was a big loss.

Therefore, the imperial court is required to provide wartime subsidies.

These reserve soldiers are going to fight for their lives on the battlefield. Naturally, they can’t be sent with white bars. They need real money and food to feed them!

They are the logistical guarantee and the cannon fodder reserve for Richard’s expedition. They are indispensable. Why is the scale of Richard’s current system troops too small?

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