The Great Nayanyuan Master checked the time, it was almost noon (11 o'clock), and an hour had passed since the edict was issued. He looked around the court and saw that officials were coming in droves, so he took the yellow
The roll call began. Usually before the roll call, the internal officials need to come forward to calm down the bureaucrats. Today, each station stood as straight as a rabbit. After a while, the roll call was over, and 69 officials were summoned. In fact, 48 officials were summoned.
, there are still 21 absent.
Wang Lidong took the roster and looked at it. There were officials at all levels. He called the commander of the escort group and said, "These 21 houses have been raided! If they are not at home, put up a notice throughout the city to search for them."
The commander of the regiment stood at attention and said, "Yes, Grand Governor."
Wang Lidong said to Dana Yanyuan's master, "Let's start the court meeting."
As usual, all the officials saluted Emperor Goreizumi and shouted "long live the emperor" three times.
Before the officials were free, Wang Lidong pointed at Hou Lengquan angrily, "How dare you! Japan is a small country with a population of only 6 million, and you dare to claim to be the emperor." Ignoring Hou Lengquan's reaction, Wang Lidong raised his hands in the direction of the Song Dynasty and said, "I'm big."
Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, has the destiny of peace and security for the people. He has hundreds of millions of people in his territory and thousands of powerful soldiers under his command. He only dares to call himself the emperor. Come on! Pull this treasonous false emperor out and kneel with that Fujiwara Yorimichi!
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Seeing two men with fierce looks rushing towards him, Hou Lengquan cried out, "Grand Governor, this is a misunderstanding. The little king has always called himself the Japanese King. This emperor is...is..."
Seeing that the Japanese king jjyy kept mumbling, a guard slapped him twice skillfully, then took out a black cloth and blocked his mouth.
Seeing their emperor being dragged out of the palace by the Song people like a defeated dog, the officials were so frightened that they all regretted coming to the palace to wade into the muddy water...
Wang Lidong did not disappoint the officials. Taking advantage of the information he had obtained earlier about the investigation, the forces belonging to Fujiwara Yorimichi were named one by one and then dragged out of the court. Suddenly, there were more than thirty people missing, and the entire hall felt empty.
few.
"Master Yuan's room."
The little old man said with great respect, "Grand Governor, my subordinate is here."
Wang Lidong said,
"Hou Lengquan dared to call himself the emperor. He was despising the imperial power and was really treasonous. What do you think the crime should be?"
Master Yuan's face turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead. After waiting for a while, seeing that this guy still kept silent, Wang Lidong sneered and said, "It seems that Da Nayan is still a loyal minister? Who's here...
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A loyal minister!
Seeing two strong men heading straight towards him, Master Yuanfang hurriedly said, "According to Japanese laws, this is a crime of treason!"
"Very good!" Wang Lidong turned to the courtiers and said, "How should I be punished for committing treason?" Seeing that everyone was silent, he called the names one by one. Those who refused to answer were all asked to kneel outside.
"Behead the three tribes of Yi."
"Behead the three tribes of Yi."
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Except for the first one who had a tough scalp and was dragged outside the palace, the other officials were still very sensible. Wang Lidong said to Geng Jinbiao, the commander of the fifth regiment on the side,
"Did you hear what all the adults just said?"
Geng Jinbiao stood up and said, "I heard clearly that I will kill the three Yi tribes immediately."
Wang Lidong said, "Except for the female members of the Japanese royal family, the Fujiwara Yorimichi family will also be punished as treason. First, all those who can be found in the palace will be pressed under the eaves and executed. If they are not in the palace, a wanted order will be issued and the entire city will be searched.
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Geng Jinbiao saluted, "Yes, Grand Governor!"
About a quarter of an hour later, the guards escorted a large group of men from the Japanese royal family and the Fujiwara family to the outside of the palace, "Bang...bang...bang!..."
A series of sounds of frying soybeans sounded, and the Fujiwara family, which had ruled Japan for nearly 200 years, disappeared.
"Genshifang, you take over the position of Fujiwara Yorimichi and become the Taizheng Minister (Prime Minister) of the Japanese Kingdom..."
The pale-faced master Yuan Fang knelt down and kowtowed, "I accept the decree! Thank you for your grace, Governor!"
If it had been before, he would definitely have hesitated. No official in the Japanese country has surrendered to a foreign race for thousands of years. If he really wants to accept it, then he will wear the big hat of 'Fuso's number one rebel'. Now... I glanced at it and was stunned.
The emperor in a pool of blood... The Japanese country has been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty since ancient times, so it does not count as a surrender!
Wang Lidong smiled and helped the master's room, then looked at the officials in the palace, pointed at the middle-aged official who was the first to go to court and said, "What do you call him?"
Hongzong of Xiyuan Temple hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, Minister of Civil Affairs, Hongzong of Xiyuan Temple."
Wang Lidong said, "Let me be the Minister of the Left (Deputy Prime Minister)."
Hongzong of Xiyuan Temple knelt down and kowtowed with excitement, "I accept the decree! Thank you for your grace, the Governor!"
Jumped 5 levels in a row! It’s really nectar from heaven! Aosuke is indeed the Saionji family’s ‘most wise man in a thousand years’. He really has nothing to miss.
Wang Lidong selected three more officials who were the first to come and were pleasing to the eye, and all of them were appointed deputy prime ministers, allowing the five people to form a cabinet, similar to a modern standing committee.
The remaining official positions will be agreed upon by the five people. If there is any disagreement, the decision will be made by voting!
Wang Lidong ordered an internal official, "Bring all the internal princes into the palace."
The title of the Imperial Princess of Japan is the title of the Imperial Princess of Japan. Female imperial heirs within three generations of the direct line are called "Nai Prince", and female imperial heirs three generations away are called "Queens". This reflects the closeness of the relationship with the emperor, and the monthly living expenses are also different. In simple terms,
, the prince-in-law is the princess, and the queen is the princess.
After a while, Hou Lengquan's four nieces (Hou Lengquan had no children) were brought into the palace.
The eldest among the four, Prince Zinei, is ten years old this year, and the youngest, Prince Du Zinei, is only 2 years old and has not yet been weaned. The three little girls are all sensible. Seeing Wang Lidong is like seeing a big devil.
I couldn't help but tremble.
After taking a look, the three of them looked very average. Wang Lidong was a little disappointed... He looked at Prince Du Zinei who was being held by a thin woman. He looked like a Kawaiin.
Then it's just this little thing.
He took the imperial edict that had been prepared long ago from the hands of Chief of Staff Gu Chengyi, walked to the seat of the Japanese king, sat down, spread out the imperial edict in his hand, and asked Yuanshifang: "What is the name of Prince Du Zi Nei?"
Yuan Shifang hurriedly replied, "Jing Gong Atsuko."
Wang Lidong took the writing brush on the eucalyptus table and filled in the four words "Jinggong Duzi" in a blank space of the imperial edict. The officials looked at Her Majesty the Queen who was blowing bubbles and couldn't help but look at each other...
But I was relieved, as long as the boss in name did not change, I was still a good minister of the Japanese country.
After blowing a few breaths and seeing that the ink was slightly dry, Wang Lidong asked the skinny woman to carry the Queen of the Japanese Kingdom "Woo Wow Woo Wow" and sit on the throne. He motioned for everyone to kneel down to receive the order.
“I am deeply saddened by the death of Lengquan after I read the memorial.
Jing Gong Duzi, who has been smart since childhood, has a benevolent and filial nature, and has always had the virtue of being a good person... He was named the king of the Japanese country and succeeded in managing the country's affairs.
Oh my God, my mother has ordered me to do this! That’s why I’m here to tell you.”
Everyone kowtowed together and said, "Your Majesty, I accept the decree and thank you! Long live, long live, long live!"
The coronation ceremony of the new king came to an end with the three cheers of long live the courtiers. Although it was a bit simple, the queen seemed to be in a very good mood, crawling up and down on the throne and letting out giggles from time to time.
Wang Lidong handed a prepared document to the new prime minister. Yuan Shifang took it carefully, opened it and read it carefully, but was disappointed.
I originally thought that the Grand Governor would unify the Japanese country, but I didn't expect that I only planned to occupy Kyoto and Osaka Castle and a few minerals. The other places would remain as they were and be ruled by the nobles and landowners.
The only difference from before was that the tax collector was changed from the Fujiwara family to the Song people.
After all the officials read the documents, they were all a little out of spirits. They worked for a long time and it was no different from before. There was still no money to be made, and their power was smaller than before.
Seeing this, Wang Lidong threw out a carrot, "10% of all taxes received every year will be used for various expenses of the court."
All the officials immediately became energetic. This statement was too straightforward. 10% was considered as the fee to bribe them. How to divide the spoils was their own internal matter. They looked around and counted the heads. There were only 26 people in total. There was a leader.
At present, the recorded cultivated land area of Japan is 880,000 towns (1 town = 10 towns, about 9917 square meters, approximately equal to 1 hectare), which translates to 13 million acres.
The agricultural tax is "six public and four people". 60% of the grain output goes to the court and 40% to the farmers. Of course, the landlord's share of the land rent is not taken into account.
If you encounter a shady lord, on land that can only produce 80,000 shi of grain, the tax and land rent will be taxed, and the tenant farmers will have to pay 100,000 shi of grain. This is an inversion phenomenon, so peasant uprisings will often occur in various places.
Nowadays, the output of one acre of land is 200 kilograms, which is equal to 0.77 shi (one shi in the Japanese country is equal to 130 kilograms). The agricultural tax of the entire Japanese country is 6 million shi of grain.
In recent years, the price of one stone of grain has been around 2.5 taels. In total, the agricultural tax alone can collect 15 million taels of silver a year.
Damn, so many!
Wang Lidong was shocked by this astonishing agricultural tax. The total tax revenue of Goryeo in a year was only three to four million yuan...60% of the agricultural tax, the hearts, livers, spleens and lungs of the Japanese nobles were all black.
of.....
No wonder Xiaobenzi is so short. He suffers from famine all day long, and even when the gods come, he will be as thin as a hemp stalk!
"How have the tax arrears of lords and landlords in various places been in recent years?" Wang Lidong asked the prime minister.
The Prime Minister Genshifang immediately called the former Daisuke Daisuke (Minister of Household Affairs). The square-faced middle-aged man saluted and reported, "I reported to the Governor that I can only receive an average of 10% or 20% of tax revenue every year. Let's say that last year,
Adding up all the taxes, we only received 2.41 million taels of silver."
Wang Lidong asked, "Does the Ministry of Finance have records of the details of tax arrears over the years?"
Daisuke Ozo replied, "Only from the last 20 years."
What a pity!
Wang Lidong told the prime minister, "In ten days, I want to see a list of all taxes owed by all lords and landowners in the country in the past 20 years."
Prime Minister Yuan Shifang said uncertainly, "Grand Governor, do you plan to recover past tax arrears?"
Wang Lidong said, "Paying taxes is the obligation and responsibility of every Japanese citizen. The money owed for so many years cannot be less." After saying this, he added, "Half of all taxes recovered will go to the court.
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The prime minister looked confused and said, "Grand Governor, not to mention the past tax arrears, even this year's taxes, I only received more than 300,000 taels. Just sorted out..."
Wang Lidong patted the little old man on the shoulder, pointed at the guards around him and said, "You just sort out the tax arrears. There will be a dedicated person responsible for recovering the tax arrears!"
If the governor sends troops, no matter how much the debt is owed, he can recover it!
The prime minister immediately made a mental calculation. If all the tax arrears were recovered, the imperial court could get 20 to 30 million taels, and he could get at least 2 to 3 million taels...
Excited!
The bet was right!
Daifu Ouzang asked aloud, "Grand Governor, what if there are lords or landowners who cannot afford so much tax money?"
Wang Lidong sneered and said, "All the houses of the three clans will be confiscated and all the shop land will be sold. If there is not enough, the three clans will work hard to pay off the debts!"
hiss!
The Yi tribe can only conspire to rebel. It will only hurt your neck and it will be over...
Too cruel!
However, you deserve it!
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Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Walking down the gangway, Wang Lidong looked at the noisy Bianjing West Pier and finally went home!
A heat wave hit, and I looked up at Brother Sun. I didn't expect to be out for so long this time. It was already June.
The original plan was to get it done within twenty days at most. Unexpectedly, when the tax arrears were recovered, the Japanese lords from all over the country met with fierce resistance and killed several officials who came to call for payment.
He could only stay and take charge personally, and the governor of Japan personally led his troops to kill chickens as a warning to monkeys and killed dozens of the most popular aristocratic lords, so that the small books in various places could calm down. Before coming back, he spent another ten days and left.
Five gold and silver mines...
Fugui and the eldest maid Chunlan, who had been waiting at the pier for a long time, trotted forward to greet the young master when they saw him. Chunlan said with a happy face, "Sir, you are finally back. The empress and the Duke are very worried!"
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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Lidong was also very happy to see the two of them, and said with a smile, "The day before yesterday, I sent a telegram to report that I was safe. Is there nothing going on at home?"
Chunlan smiled and said, "It's nothing big, but several big things happened in the capital."
Wang Lidong and the chief executive of Sihai Trading Company who came to pick up the ship warned that three of the six merchant ships that came back with him this time were all loaded with gold and silver.
When I left Kyoto, I ransacked my house and paid back taxes, and I received 150 million taels of silver and more than 2.2 million taels of gold. Among them, the Japanese royal family contributed more than 10 million taels of silver, and the bulk of it was the Fujiwara family, who had ruled for 200 years.
For a Japanese family, the cash found in their home amounted to more than 70 million silver and 1.1 million taels of gold...
I had worked hard for several years to save tens of millions of dollars... A trip to Japan only took a month, and my income was dozens of times higher.
No wonder Western white-skinned people like to rob so much, the money comes so fast!
Now that all of East Asia has been visited, the next target...for now, we can only choose the south...
Let Fugui stay at the dock and help take care of things. Wang Lidong got on the carriage, took a bamboo jar of 'grape juice', opened the cork and took a few sips. It felt good!
"Master, should I go back home now..." Chunlan asked.
The three Korean flowers have not been watered for a month. Wang Lidong said, "Let's go to Haidongyuan first. What major events are happening in the capital?"
Chunlan whispered, "Gu Hou is dead!"
Gu Yankai is dead?
Is it still the same as in the TV series, where Gu Tingye was so angry that he vomited blood and then stood up?
"How did you die?"
"I heard that Gu Erlang wanted to let the concubine come in as his concubine, but Gu Hou did not agree. Gu Erlang said some unpleasant words, and Gu Hou was so angry that he vomited blood and was unable to save him in the end."
"When did you die?"
"Five days ago."
Wang Lidong sighed, "Gu Erlang is going to cheat!"
In the TV series, after Gu Yankai's death, Gu Tingye seemed to be in trouble, his force value soared to the maximum, and heroes from all over the world bowed to him. Whenever a female pig's foot was in trouble, he would always run into him, and he would save a few people casually.
There were two emperors who were eventually promoted and raised their salary, became the Minister of Security, married a female pig's trotter, and then reached the pinnacle of their lives.
"Cheating?" Chunlan couldn't understand.
Wang Lidong did not explain and continued to ask, "What else?"
"The top five clans who ranked in the literary test this time were made Dukes by the old emperor. I heard that King Yan was furious that day and smashed the study."
"Which five clans are they?"
"Zhao Zonghong of Xiangzhou, Zhao Zongxia of Yanzhou, Zhao Shizhen of Yunzhou, Zhao Cesong of Lingzhou, and Zhao Shikuo of Lanzhou."
"I haven't been granted the title of prince, so this Prince Yan..."
Chunlan looked at Young Master Fan, hesitated for a while and finally said, "Something happened to the Sheng family."
Wang Lidong glanced at Chunlan and asked, "Isn't it Xiao Wu?"
"It's not the fifth girl, it's the fourth girl from the Sheng family."
"Sheng Molan? What happened? Are you engaged?"
Chunlan said, "The fourth girl is here!"
"Ahem!" Wang Lidong was drinking grape juice and choked at the shocking news, "Sheng Molan is pregnant?!