The eighth year of the Apocalypse came to an end. At this time, Fang Congzhe passed away. This old minister who had been the only prime minister for seven years finally completed his life.∷∷,

After receiving the news, Zhu Youxiao immediately gave Fang Congzhe the title of Grand Tutor, Grand Tutor, and the posthumous title of Wenrui, and buried Fang Congzhe with Fengguang.

Fang Congzhe's life was undoubtedly successful, and he also left with a smile before leaving, because he saw that the late Ming Dynasty was heading for revival and burst out with strong vitality. Perhaps the Ming Dynasty could continue for hundreds of years, and this revival might also be called the Apocalypse Revival.

By the end of the year, data from various places have been gradually counted. Last year's investment policies have achieved great success in overall development, and tax revenues in various provinces have increased significantly.

Among them, the income from agricultural tax exceeded 100 million yuan. At this time, there were already a lot of arable land resources in the new policy area, and many land that were reclaimed had passed the tax exemption period.

Among them, in the Northeast region, nearly 400 million mu of arable land have been developed, and about 200 million mu of resources have not been developed. The main reason is that the Northeast today is different from the Northeast in later generations. The Northeast outside the Northeast has fallen into the control and development scope of the Ming Dynasty. As well as Sakhalin Island and Hokkaido are officially controlled by the Ming Dynasty, which is equivalent to increasing more than half of the Northeast later generations, but the agricultural yield in the Northeast outside the Northeast is lower.

The area of ​​arable land in the new policy area also has about 400 million mu of arable land, and more than 100 million mu of arable land can be developed. It is equivalent to the northern region, with about 1.1 billion mu of arable land, and currently 800 million mu of developed.

In addition, Taiwan's arable land resources in the Nanyang area are about 800 million mu, but the current development level of Nanyang is very low. Many arable land that can be opened is still virgin forests, and only about 350 million mu have been developed.

The yield of arable land in Taiwan and the Nanyang region is very high, and the agricultural tax amount is also higher than that in northern provinces. Now, the land area in the new policy area has reached 1.15 billion mu of agricultural production. In the past, without the new policy, the northern provinces are only supported by about 400 million mu of arable land.

In recent years, the imperial court has vigorously resumed production, which has increased the output of about 750 million mu of arable land. The scale of agricultural production has increased dramatically.

If all these lands are used to produce grain, they will not be eaten up at all, so not all lands are used for grain production.

In the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the Ming Dynasty had completely escaped the dilemma of food supply.

However, the demand for arable land is still huge. First of all, the development of urbanization has greatly increased the demand for oil crop products. In the past, farmers lived in rural areas, and they might have lard to eat when they raised some pigs, and if not, they could even not eat them. But in towns, there was not so much lard supply. At the same time, workers also had income when working in towns and could afford cooking oil.

In addition, the rapid development of the textile industry has led to a continuous increase in demand for cotton.

Furthermore, with the development of the economy, people's demand for material things is getting higher and higher, stimulating the demand for various agricultural products. People are no longer as simple as eating enough.

Another significant feature is that the newly added 750 million mu of arable land, which is located in the Northeast, Nanyang and other places, has reached a very high production efficiency. Agricultural producers in these areas generally use agricultural machinery, especially in the Northeast.

The Nanyang area is not that large in mechanical use. Because the Nanyang area mainly cultivates various cash crops, but uses a large amount of indigenous labor.

But farmers' incomes are generally high, whether in the Northeast or Nanyang.

In the provinces in the pass, a large number of farmers left the land due to the launch of the land enclosure movement, and the continuous popularization of agricultural machinery, the individual production efficiency of farmers has become increasingly higher. In the past, a farmer might have been guarding more than ten acres of land, and the output of working in a year can only feed five or six people. Nowadays, many farmers operate hundreds of acres of arable land alone, and the grain produced in a year can feed dozens of people.

The population invested in agriculture was much smaller, but the court's agricultural tax was increasing year by year. In the eighth year of the Tianqi period, as most of the land was separated from the tax exemption period. In addition, the land in northern provinces entered the scope of the new agricultural tax bill, and the agricultural tax directly exceeded the 100 million yuan mark.

The commercial tax has increased dramatically. The population growth in the Northeast and Nanyang regions, and the northern provinces have been included in the scope of the new policy. A large amount of loans have been laid down, and the scale of commercial tax revenue has reached 280 million yuan.

With income from salt tax and the sale of public assets, the fiscal revenue in the eighth year of the revelation reached 550 million yuan.

Being able to have such a considerable fiscal revenue is also related to inflation. Inflation continues, but it is relatively moderate.

Another is the expansion of production scale, and the wealth produced is more. Although money is constantly printed, due to the increase in goods, it does not have much impact after hedging.

The money on the market has increased a lot.

Among them, bank assets soared rapidly because some of the loans issued by banks were obtained through coin minting, and these loans were only loaned to state-owned enterprises.

It is equivalent to the right to mint coins held by the court, part of which is used to support state fiscal expenditures, and part of which is used to support state-owned capital expansion.

In the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the court's fiscal budget reached 700 million yuan, which was a significant increase, and it was completely a matter of money coming from reform.

The power of reform is huge.

Before the reform, there were many tax-free privileged classes, and commercial tax was basically equal to zero. After the reform, both agricultural tax and commercial tax increased significantly, and social wealth distribution became more fairer.

"Your Majesty, today's budget is so huge that it's time to repair the palace in the palace. The Huangji Palace has not been rebuilt since it was burned!" Yang Guang, the young eunuch who was following Zhu Youxiao, suggested to Zhu Youxiao that Yang Guang has grown up a lot now.

"The reconstruction of Huangji Palace has been suspended for many years. Since it will be repaired sooner or later, then let's repair it!" Zhu Youxiao was not a pedantic person. In the past, he was really short of money and had to spend money on the blade, so he stopped the reconstruction of Huangji Palace. Now the Ming Dynasty has first gotten rid of the dilemma of lack of food, and at the same time it has become unprecedented in finance. Although there are still many places to spend money, it also includes projects of rebuilding Huangji Palace.

The budget for the Nine Years of Apocalypse made the officials in the court very excited, and it was really enough to be unprecedented! Of course, the development and construction projects led by the court were also unprecedented. Moreover, the tax on corvee service had completely become history in northern provinces at this time, and the court had to pay for any project.

High income and high expenses.

But most of the expenses are actually spent on infrastructure construction.

"I don't know how the court will budget this year."

"I guess the infrastructure construction still accounts for the most part!"

A group of ministers came to Huangji Gate to wait for the morning court. Before the emperor came, they were already excited to talk. Zhu Youxiao came soon, and after the ministers bowed, they began to discuss politics. Zhu Youxiao took the lead and said, "I have decided to rebuild the Huangji Palace. What do you think?"

“Great Good.”

"Your Majesty is wise."

"I'm going to discuss it."
Chapter completed!