In the palace, Emperor Chongzhen heard Li Jiantai's report and said excitedly. Then he realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly changed his name to Lin Fan.
Li Jiantai gave Emperor Chongzhen a big roll of his eyes in his heart, and thought to himself, you said those words about me, I'm not a fool, how could I not know that he is your son?
However, Li Jiantai naturally would not expose Chongzhen, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Emperor Wuhou indeed said so, these ten million taels of silver came so easily!"
Emperor Chongzhen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said: "I am really touched. Our Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue is less than five million taels!"
"That's right! You go and give the order now, and I will give him two years of taxes!"
Chongzhen waved his hand and directly gave Lin Fan two years of tax revenue. Li Jiantai said hurriedly: "Ahem! Your Majesty, if you give two years of tax revenue to Marquis Diwu, our court will have no income for two years!"
"The ten million taels of silver are used to support 300,000 people. If the court has other expenses, it will definitely not be able to last two years."
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said solemnly: "That's right, then give him one year."
Li Jiantai hurriedly went to handle the matter and came to the Lin Mansion again. Li Jiantai told what Emperor Chongzhen had approved. Lin Fan got the contract covered with a jade seal and signed by Emperor Chongzhen, and then took Li Jiantai to Baihu Division to get the silver.
"Master Li, please wait for me here first. The guy below has a bad temper. Sometimes he doesn't even give me face. I need to discuss it with him."
Lin Fan asked Li Jiantai to stop at the entrance of the underground chamber and went down to discuss with him.
Li Jiantai was stunned at first, and then he thought about Li Guozhen and others being imprisoned for three days and signing the IOU, and couldn't help but take a few steps back.
The guy inside actually didn't even listen to Emperor Wuhou's orders. This must have a bigger reason.
Lin Fan came to the underground secret room, and Sun Buer jumped out of nowhere and said: "Sir, hehe, the money is coming?
Move in quickly."
"Sun Bu'er, the money will always come. They have admitted this matter in front of His Majesty. They will pay us back the debt in two or three years at most."
Lin Fan said.
"Ah! It will take another two or three years. This is too long. However, the adults have already made an agreement with them, so it is inconvenient for me to say more."
Sun Buer said with some displeasure.
"One more thing. I want to take away ten million taels of silver here."
Lin Fan said.
"Sir! You've gone too far! It's okay if you don't give me any money. How can you just take it away?"
Sun Buer was anxious.
"Sun Buer, do you think I will engage in a loss-making business?
Let’s give them 10 million taels of silver, and all this year’s taxes will be ours!”
Lin Fan said.
"Well! Sir, maybe your head was squeezed by the door. Our Ming Dynasty's annual tax revenue is less than two million taels. You are losing money on your business!"
Sun Buer said.
"Haha! Let those officials collect this tax. It must be this much, but what if I ask you to collect it?"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
"This... Sir, I understand what you mean. If we collect it ourselves, we can exploit it severely. This year, the people have soybean oil land in their hands. I will collect 90% of it from them. I will definitely get back the money and return the money."
You can make a lot of money!"
Sun Buer said with a sinister smile.
Snapped!
Lin Fan slapped Sun Buer on the head and said, "How can you be so shameless? What is your ability to collect people's food?
This year, as long as it is common people's land, if it is less than one acre, no tax will be levied. Even if it is two or three acres, one acre of land will be reduced, and the remaining tax will be 30%."
Sun Buer touched his head and said with a depressed look: "Sir, if you do this, how much money will we make?
It’s a waste of money!”
"What do you know? If you can't earn money from the people, can't you earn it back from elsewhere?
Those wealthy businessmen, landlords, and gentry have a lot of money at home!"
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
"Sir, you don't know the rules here, do you? Those wealthy businessmen, landlords, and gentry have many ways to avoid taxes. How can we collect them?"
Sun Buer said in a deep voice.
"Their method of avoiding taxes is nothing more than putting the land in the names of famous people, and it is nothing more than making false claims in the account books."
"However, it's easy to spot fake account books. When the time comes, you find out that the account books are fake, and you check them vigorously. If you find out they are genuine, you'll confiscate a few of your homes. If you know the rest, do you still dare to make false claims?"
"We only collect a year's worth of tax money in total. They won't fight us hard. I can guarantee you that, not talking about the people or the land, the tax money collected from doing business alone will not be less than two yuan."
Ten million taels."
Lin Fan deliberately lowered his voice and said.
When Sun Buer heard this, his eyes widened. He 100% believed what Lin Fan said. After all, when he was the leader of the martial arts alliance, he often dealt with those wealthy and wealthy families.
I know their family background better than anyone else. As long as I check it carefully, it is possible not to mention 20 million taels, but even 50 million taels.
"Hehe! Sir, I understand what you mean. When the time comes, I will personally lead the team to collect it, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory result."
Sun Buer chuckled.
"I will give you 50,000 Jin Yiwei. You can arrange it as you like. However, now you need to hand over these 10 million taels of silver to the Ministry of War."
Lin Fan said.
well!
Having said this, Sun Buer sighed and said, "I'll let someone move the money out right now."
Sun Buer sighed and agreed. Lin Fan took Sun Buer out and Li Jiantai hurriedly asked people from the Ministry of War to go down and move the money.
When we got down there, the people in the Ministry of War were all stunned. They had never seen so much money in their entire lives. Their hands were shaking when they moved the money one by one.
Sun Buer stood aside and counted carefully, for fear that someone would move an extra tael of silver. Three thousand people from the Ministry of War came and it took four or five hours to move the silver.
"The move is finally completed, Mr. Wuhou. Today, my Ministry of War owes you a favor. As long as you need it in the future, I will definitely not refuse if I can do it."
After moving the money, Li Jiantai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Fan said: "Forget the favor, my tax collection has come up, just don't ask me for money anymore."
"What are you saying, Mr. Wuhou? The taxes for the next year will be yours. If anyone dares to say no, I will argue with them!"
Li Jiantai said, patting his chest.
Lin Fan gave Li Jiantai a big roll of his eyes and thought to himself, I hope you, this old boy, will remember what you said today and not regret it.