Chapter 529: Energetic Tax Supervision

The first thing Emperor Jiajing did when he regained power was to send tax supervisors, tax supervisors, weaving supervisors, and mining supervisors to various places were eunuchs who were sent to plunder in order to get silver and money. These people were meticulous and ruthless. When they arrived at their places, they could often even scrape the land.

This is the most powerful thing for the literati and literati in the Ming Dynasty. It is regarded as the most bad policy of the court. However, one thing is often ignored. After these eunuchs who snatched money, although everyone said that the eunuchs made a lot of money, the silver paid to the treasury was actually much more. Without these eunuchs going out to supervise, they were all under the jurisdiction of the local civil servants, but they did not pay more money. Instead, they asked the superiors to take care of the people's livelihood and reduce the quota every year.

To put it bluntly, if the money is taken into your own hands, it is to petition the people and compassionate with the people's livelihood. If it is taken away by eunuchs and taken into the treasury, it is a waste of people's lives, and the heavens are angry and people are resentful. At this time, all the officials in the capital were all controlled by the Western Party at a high level. As for the tax supervision matter, anyone with a little political savvy will know that this matter will inevitably make the people below resent.

Of course, this people have never been to promote the common people, but to say that the landlords and gentry are the pillars of the state power. However, the senior officials of the Western Party felt that the increase in commercial tax could reduce the burden on their hometowns. On the other hand, there was no effective way except this method at this time. If the orders were issued to urge local governments to pay more silver, it was not impossible to do such things in the past. The rules for tax increase were sent, and it was a great blessing to collect more silver from the local governments, but the local governments did not know how much they were charged. The public was full of grievances, but the six ministries of the capital took the blame.

But it is not enough to not collect the money now. The treasury is so empty, and the military salary cannot be paid. All officials in the yamen and military generals are the pillars of this country. Although some people are loyal, most people have to support their families and eat food.

If you don’t have money to pay, people’s hearts will be immediately volatile. Mutinies caused by the accumulation of food and wages in all dynasties, chaos, and even destruction of the country and the dynasties were not the same. In the past, local civil and military officials deducted fewer deductions in order to maintain the stability here.

Now that Emperor Jiajing is on the throne, many people don’t know what their future will be like. They just try hard to make money while they are still in their position. The civil servants shave three feet of the ground and the military officers deduct military pay, no matter what the next thing will happen. It’s really the so-called no matter whether there is a flood behind them.

People in the capital were worried that if someone had caused trouble because of the accumulation of food and wages or something, the prestige accumulated after he finally came to power would collapse. At that time, the territory of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou alone would not be enough to support the authority of imperial power, and the pillars of the Ming Dynasty have always been these elite provinces in the east.

When things go big, even the emperor may not be able to do it safely. There are vassal kings everywhere in the world. In terms of relatives and distantness, there are still a few who are closer to Emperor Zhengde. At that time, they will take the opportunity to take up the throne and gain all the wealth and honors they gain.

If you can't collect money and pay the salary, the world is in chaos, and there are strong enemies outside to spy on everyone's glory and wealth disappear without a trace. Even if the tax supervision is in trouble, it is just a turmoil. If you train strong soldiers and suppress them, you will be suppressed.

Since this consensus was reached, it would be much easier to handle. In just half a month, the Dongchang sent the first batch of tax supervisors to go to the northern three provinces under the escort of the Jinyiwei.

The three provinces of Northern Zhili, Henan and Shandong are both closest to the capital. Because Shandong and Northern Zhili have good ports in the north, the prosperity of industry and commerce in recent years is not second to that of Jiangnan. It takes a long time to get to Jiangnan, but in the three provinces, no time is wasted.

Soon everyone took their place and became busy. In the northern provinces, they were all near the capital, including the officers and soldiers of the border towns in Jizhen, Xuanhua, the soldiers of the large camps of Baoda, and the Jingwei and the 12th Regiment Battalion. The power of the army in these places completely shocked these provinces.

Even if someone wants to react, the troops in the capital will arrive day and night, the local governors and governors will immediately express their loyalty to the court, and they dare not say anything about the policy of tax supervision and tax urging.

The eunuchs who came to collect taxes had been completely encircled in the Forbidden City during the period when civil servants controlled the government. It would have been fine if they had been like this from the beginning. But a few years ago, when Huang Jin was the eunuch of the rituals and rituals, the eunuchs were incredible. Let’s talk about it further, there were countless eunuchs who had been in power for more than a hundred years in the Ming Dynasty, and they had suffered such anger.

Emperor Jiajing used Taoism as a cover-up in the palace, and used Taoist priests to convey information and information. Without the full cooperation of these eunuchs, there would not be such a good effect. These eunuchs knew that if the emperor did not truly control the power and the status of the Silijian did not return to the same former state, he would probably have to continue to hold his breath in this Forbidden City.

This time the emperor regained the throne, and the eunuchs were the most excited. After arranging the tax supervisor to leave the capital, everyone was very happy. They thought that the hard work of the past few years had not been in vain, and they really had the opportunity to go out and make a fortune.

When leaving the capital, Rui Xiaosan went to give them a lecture. His words were quite realistic. People in the world have regarded our internal officials as nothing in recent years. Even the emperor trusted the Jinyiwei more, and he must act like this when he goes out this time.

Behave well in front of the emperor and you can earn greater wealth in the future. Of course, there is something to do if you don’t have to do this job, which will ruin our Silijian and Dongchang. After you come back, our family will definitely have to peel off this person so that he will never be able to turn over in the prison.

The eunuchs who heard these words were full of enthusiasm, and I knew in my heart that whether they were making money or turning back, they were all this time. They were extremely attentive in their work, for fear that the future would be affected by ineffective work.

When the Jinyiwei who was following them left the capital, although Lu Bing did not give them any more encouragement, he also knew that this time he came out, it was the opportunity to make money given by the superiors. The eunuchs conveyed the words they heard from Rui Xiaosan to them and encouraged each other, and each of them was very motivated.

In the prefectures and counties in the northern three provinces, although industry and commerce are emerging, most of them are wealthy people who raise money to build it. Most of them have no background in government. After the tax supervision this time, even government officials bowed their heads. What they dare to say? Fortunately, the profits of these entities are very large, and paying more taxes will not go bankrupt. They just have to grit their teeth.

However, the taxes that these merchants have accumulated and the extra payments are just the part that the local officials embezzled. There is really no extra part, and the achievements of the tax supervisor cannot be shown at all. Everyone is racking their brains to think about it.

The merchants can't increase taxes anymore. If they add taxes, they may close their doors one after another. The tax collection is not a matter of one month or two, but it will take years of adulthood. It will be of no benefit to them if they do it. The fun of killing chickens and retrieving eggs will soon fall into silence.

The tax supervisor stationed in Cangzhou Prefecture was once a subordinate of Chen Gou'er, an eunuch named Lu Li. When he served Chen Gou'er, he was in his twenties. He originally served such eunuchs in the palace and had a very good background in the future, but Chen Gou'er was old and could not last long. After serving him for a year, he died. The new one replaced the old one, and Lu Li was replaced.

I was doing some ordinary duties in the palace. I thought I would get up next time, but who knew that it would be the civil servants who were in power soon. When the eunuchs were completely in the cold palace, I was also depressed in the palace for several years, but I was also a little scheming, and I was considered to be a periphery of sending messages to the emperor and having a connection.

In this tax supervision task, Rui Xiaosan naturally wanted to find his confidant talents to do it, and Lu Li also took this opportunity to get involved in this beautiful situation.

In the past, no matter whether they were serving in the palace or on duty, they were always treated as errands. This time, they really knew what it was like to be a superior person. The reception prefectures along the way were naturally respectful. After the Cangzhou Prefecture, the prefectures personally held banquets, and officials at all levels treated each other with a smile. This feeling of being proud is really refreshing. Lu Li even felt that the suffering he suffered when he entered the palace that day was worth it compared to this.

The officials are so polite. The merchants in Cangzhou Prefecture even treat Lu Li as their grandfather. Giving money and goods is a very slight thing. There are many people who are willing to worship Lu Li as their adoptive father and ancestor, and there are also a few tough people. However, the Jinyiwei is a vegetarian, and it is easy to come to the door like a wolf or a tiger and destroy the family. You must know that this is the emperor's will.

However, the extra amount did not achieve the goal of tax supervision at all. Only after urging me to collect this amount of money, what else is left after deducting the fees!

Lu Li was majestic and worried, trying his best to collect more taxes. Since the increase in commercial tax was ineffective, he couldn't help but turn his attention to agricultural tax and land taxes...
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