Zhao Junchen returned to Zhao Mansion through the back door
Without him, the refugees gathering outside the Zhao Mansion now, not only have not been driven away, but they have gathered more and more!
Judging from the number of refugees, there are hundreds of them. Almost all the refugees from various places who are currently stranded in Beijing have gathered outside Zhao Mansion!
It seems that because Zhao Junchen saved Xi'er, the refugees had a great impression of Zhao Junchen, and they were bewitched by thoughtful people, which made them regard Zhao Junchen as their only hope of redressing their grievances. So what about the people in the Zhao family?
To drive away means not wanting to leave
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Returning to the Zhao Mansion from the back door, Zhao Junchen had just got out of the sedan. As soon as his feet landed on the ground, he frowned and said to Xu Qingyan: "That concierge, don't let him stay in the mansion from today on. Give him some money."
, let him find his own way out."
Xu Qingyan nodded repeatedly, with a dissatisfied look on his face, and said: "The young master is right. The concierge in the mansion is so useless now that he can't even drive away some refugees. The concierge in the mansion usually welcomes and sends away refugees.
A little skill will only make things worse, and it’s really time to replace someone.”
Zhao Junchen shook his head, said no more, and just walked towards the study room.
Xu Qingyan followed and asked: "Master, what should we do with those refugees? Keep driving them away? I'm not saying that these refugees are indeed difficult to deal with. They refuse to leave and are blocked outside our house. It's really an eyesore.
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After Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment, he said: "Let them go. The decision has been made at court this morning. Your Majesty will strictly investigate the flaws in the preparations for the Southern Tour. Next, the three judicial departments will accept the case without me making the decision for them. When the news comes,
After word spread, they dispersed."
Xu Qingyan was a little unwilling and said: "Just let them stay outside our house? How about I send someone to notify the Third Law Department and ask them to pick them up?"
Zhao Junchen didn't care and just said: "You can do whatever you want, but you can ask Qin Wei to urge Xiachang again and ask them to find out the reason why the refugees are gathering outside our house as soon as possible. I always feel that there is something hidden in this matter."
, Otherwise, with my current reputation, how could those refugees regard me as their hope for justice?"
When Xu Qingyan nodded, Zhao Junchen had already arrived not far from the study room.
Looking up, she saw that Chu Jiayi had received the news that Zhao Junchen had returned home and was waiting outside the study.
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After arriving in the study, Zhao Junchen never left until evening. He even ate lunch in the study.
In the study, Zhao Junchen spent the whole day checking the Household Department.
Seeing that Zhao Junchen was so serious about preparing a report, it seemed extremely important. As a spy who had ulterior motives and infiltrated into Zhao's house, Chu Jiayi was naturally very concerned.
Therefore, while grinding the ink and laying out the paper for Zhao Junchen, Chu Jiayi would secretly take a look at the contents of the booklet from time to time.
However, Zhao Junchen's excerpt is not only rich in data but also complex in content. It involves a lot of professional content on household financial management and national taxation. Although Chu Jiayi is well-educated and smart, she occasionally peeks, but she is completely
I'm confused, I don't know what Zhao Junchen is writing about.
Although she wanted to ask, she saw Zhao Junchen's focused expression and she was new here, so Chu Jiayi still held back and did not dare to ask.
Unknowingly, it was already approaching evening. Zhao Junchen finally finished writing this excerpt that he had been preparing for a whole day. It was more than ten pages long.
Like Chu Jiayi, Xu Qingyan had never seen Zhao Junchen spend so long preparing a brochure. When it was finally over, he couldn't help but ask: "Master, what kind of brochure are you writing? It took so long
Such a big effort?"
Zhao Junchen was stretching. After hearing Xu Qingyan's inquiry, he smiled meaningfully. His expression seemed calm, but the words that came out of his mouth shocked both Xu Qingyan and Chu Jiayi.
"Naturally, we need to prepare more details for the discounts we will use to save our lives in the future."
"A fold to protect your life?" Xu Qingyan was shocked. He looked blankly at the fold in Zhao Junchen's hand and asked one after another: "Master, why are you preparing it? But what happened? What is written on this fold? It's actually
Can it be used to save one’s life?”
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said softly: "It's not that anything happened. I prepared this brochure just to be prepared for a rainy day. As for the contents of the brochure..."
Having said this, Zhao Junchen handed the folder to Xu Qingyan and said, "Just take a look."
Xu Qingyan carefully took the folder and looked at it carefully, but his expression became more and more confused.
After a long time, Xu Qingyan returned the fold to Zhao Junchen and said with a bitter look on his face: "I don't understand."
Seeing Xu Qingyan's appearance, Zhao Junchen couldn't help laughing and said: "It's okay if you can't understand. If you can understand, you can work in the household department and share my worries."
After laughing, Zhao Junchen's expression gradually became serious, and he explained: "This is a package of the imperial court's commercial tax reform. If the contents of this package can be followed, the annual income of the imperial court can be increased by at least two to thirty million taels of silver!
"
"Twenty to thirty million taels!? At least?!"
Hearing the numbers spit out from Zhao Junchen's mouth, not only Xu Qingyan was stunned, but Chu Jiayi was also stunned.
What kind of commercial tax reform is it? Can it nearly double the revenue of the imperial court out of thin air?
If it is true as Zhao Junchen said, this discount is priceless!
Seeing Xu Qingyan's appearance, Zhao Junchen hesitated for a moment and continued to explain: "Well, let me tell you. Nowadays, everyone knows that the imperial court is in a financial crisis, but why is it so embarrassed, but few people think about it? In my opinion,
, it is because of the proliferation of private smuggling that our court has lost too much commercial tax. However, the fundamental reason why private smuggling is rampant is because the court's commercial tax collection is too confusing.
Now in this big tomorrow, there are tax collection stations in counties, tax collection stations in states, tax collection stations in prefectures, toll stations in provinces, tax collection stations with guarding eunuchs, and even everywhere.
Royal estates all have private tax collection stations. In addition, there are countless temporary tax collection stations. There is no unified standard for taxation at various tax collection stations. What items need to be taxed and how they should be levied are completely determined by
Taxation officials make decisions at will
With so many tax stations and such confusing tax standards, both the people and the merchants are naturally suffering. Many goods worth only a hundred taels of silver are transported from the place of departure?a href='/txt/16711/
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Seeing that Xu Qingyan and Chu Jiayi were listening intently during the explanation, Zhao Junchen smiled and continued to explain: "With such rampant smuggling, our government's commercial tax losses were more than 20 to 30 million taels? Last year, our government's commercial tax revenue was
The total amount is only 350,000 taels of silver. But as far as I know, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the only trade route in our country, and the total value of smuggled cotton cloth every year is no less than 700,000 taels of silver! If taxes are imposed on these smuggled cotton cloths, there will be
Taxes of nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver!
You know, this is just a trade route like the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal! This is just cotton cloth! How much the commercial tax of our court should be, even I can't say for sure, but it is certain
It’s an astronomical figure, and two to thirty million taels of silver is just the bottom line.”
Chu Jiayi couldn't help but ask: "So, sir, do you plan to carry out commercial tax reform in the DPRK?"
Zhao Junchen shook his head and said: "I don't have this plan. It involves too many aspects, whether it is local officials large and small, smugglers all over the world, or people who receive a large amount of tribute every year."
The central officials of Yinzi, including myself, are all the beneficiaries of today’s tax chaos, so how could I easily touch it? I have said that this is just a life-saving discount.”
After a pause, Zhao Junchen said with emotion: "Everyone in the world says that being with a king is like being with a tiger. I finally felt it today. In the morning, I just didn't do things according to His Majesty's wishes, and I almost caused His Majesty's anger.
No one can tell what will happen to my hostility in the future, so I am prepared for a rainy day. If your Majesty intends to punish me in the future, I will present this information to Your Majesty. Not only can it divert His Majesty's attention,
, it is a great achievement. By then, even if I do something wrong, Your Majesty will not blame me."
Xu Qingyan suddenly understood, nodded repeatedly and said: "It turns out this is such a life-saving trick, the young master is smart."
Zhao Junchen seemed to be very proud of himself. After smiling, he received the folding book into the secret box and said, "However, you must remember that no one should know about this folding piece. Since it is a life-saving folding piece, it should be used as a last resort."
The reason why I am valued by your majesty now is precisely because the money in the court is in embarrassment. Only with my financial management skills can the government's finances continue to operate, so your majesty cannot do without me.
And if others know about this excerpt, and commercial tax reform is really carried out, then when the country's money becomes abundant, not only will others get the credit for nothing, but my status in His Majesty's heart will also be far worse than before.
I can no longer compete with others.”
Hearing what Zhao Junchen said, Xu Qingyan nodded in agreement, but a strange light flashed in Chu Jiayi's eyes.
At this time, outside the study, someone from the Zhao family reported: "Sir, Lord Zuo Lanshan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Lord Zhan Shanchang, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, are here."
After hearing the report, Zhao Junchen did not delay. After giving Chu Jiayi a few instructions, he got up and left with Xu Qingyan.
After Zhao Junchen left, Chu Jiayi first checked around the study room. After seeing that no one was paying attention, she returned to the desk, carefully opened the secret box where Zhao Junchen kept the folds, then spread paper and polished ink, and began to face Zhao Junchen.
Junchen's "Life-Saving Notes" started to be copied
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Naturally, Zhao Junchen took advantage of Chu Jiayi again and deliberately asked Chu Jiayi to hand over this document to Prince Zhu Heyu.
Zhao Junchen is now determined to break away from the control of Emperor Deqing and follow the path of a powerful minister
But now that the situation between North Korea and China is stable, and the major factions have divided up all the power they can divide, it is really difficult for Zhao Junchen to go further, let alone replace Zhou Shangjing's position.
Therefore, only by muddying the water and disrupting the originally stable situation can Zhao Junchen fish in troubled waters and have a chance for further development!
And throughout the ages, has anything happened that could turn an originally stable situation into a mess?
Only system reform!
And among them, the tax system reform, which involves the interests of all parties, is even more so!
That’s why Zhao Junchen spent a whole day preparing this business tax reform brochure!
But Zhao Junchen does not intend to do this himself. As Zhao Junchen said before, commercial tax reform involves too many interests in all aspects, and the whole body will be affected if it affects the whole body! If you want to reform, you will inevitably touch The interests of all forces have attracted hostility all over the world
Zhao Junchen can see this clearly, and so can Zhou Shangjing, Huang Yourong, and Shen Changmao, and naturally they will not do such a thing!
Even if Zhao Junchen really handed this document to Emperor Deqing, even with Emperor Deqing's love for money, he would consider it in detail and not dare to take action easily.
So, who would do such a "correct and reckless stupid thing"?
Only Prince Zhu Heyu
It just so happened that because there were mistakes in the preparations for the southern tour that he was responsible for before, Prince Zhu Heyu was eager to find an opportunity to prove his ability to work to Emperor Deqing and the officials again!
It just so happens that Emperor Deqing is about to tour the south. During the tour, Prince Zhu and the governor of Yu will have unprecedented power in their hands, enough to independently promote such business and tax reforms!
Just in time, Zhao Junchen planned to cause more trouble for the prince!
And Zhao Junchen emphasized the importance of this document to him in front of Chu Jiayi, as well as the losses if it was obtained by others, and he was not afraid that Chu Jiayi would not be able to hurry up and give this document to Prince Zhu Heyu.
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"Life-saving coupons? Life-saving coupons are more or less the same!"
Thinking like this secretly, Zhao Junchen walked towards the main hall of Zhao Mansion
There, the "Zhao Party" officials summoned by him were already waiting.
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ps: Today’s second update, first I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and there will be more updates tomorrow! (To be continued...)
