Hearing Cui An's words, the head of the Cui family couldn't help but frown and asked displeasedly: "You are old at work. What's so difficult about such a simple thing?"
Cui An couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Master, this moment is the same as that moment!"
"The eleven most reliable people in Qinghe County have failed to resist the King of Shu, and their heads have been chopped off today."
"The King of Shu is so cruel, he will cut off people's heads at every turn. In such a storm, I'm afraid I won't be able to find him!"
After hearing this, the head of the Cui family also fell silent.
It's true that money can make people go around.
But if you have money, you also need life to spend it.
If you lose your life, what's the use of having more money?
The King of Shu beheaded eleven scoundrels in public today. This must have been his plan, right?
Thinking of this, the head of the Cui family couldn't help but said: "If that's the case, then let's use the dead men of the family!"
"Remember, when they walk out of the Cui family, they are no longer members of the Cui family. They would rather fail to get things done than involve the Cui family."
"Yes, Master!"
…
Businessman Zhao Liu was also killed and lost his shop some time ago.
Today, he saw the King of Shu interrogating the case in public and encouraging those who had been wronged to report the case. This made his heart agitate.
With the King of Shu here, maybe he can really redress his grievances and take back his shop?
Zhao Liu thought about it, wrapped himself in a leather jacket, and walked to the other courtyard where the King of Shu was staying.
However, as soon as he walked out of the street and reached the corner, Zhao Liu suddenly saw four people walking towards him.
These four people were dressed like ordinary people, but they moved vigorously and had a fierce aura about them.
Zhao Liu's heart moved. These people could never be ordinary people.
What shocked Zhao Liu even more was that these four people actually came towards him.
Oops!
This must be someone from the Cui family who is here to kill someone and silence them!
Zhao Liu was frightened, turned around and ran away.
But these four people had been planning for a long time. How could they allow Zhao Liu to escape?
Before Zhao Liu could escape ten steps, he was already caught up by four people.
Two people on the left and right held Zhao Liu, and a cold dagger had already scratched his fur coat.
Senhan's dagger blade was pressed against Zhao Liu's waist.
The slight sting made Zhao Liu feel so scared that the hairs all over his body stood up.
"If you want to survive, don't shout and just follow us!"
"Yes, yes, gentlemen, spare your lives!"
"Shut up!"
"..."
Of these four people, two held Zhao Liu, and the other two, one behind the other, turned and walked towards a small alley.
It's another corner.
They had just turned around when they suddenly heard a few tiny sounds breaking through the air.
laugh!
Tsk! Tsk!
The four people who kidnapped Zhao Liu were shot with arrows, and the four of them fell to the ground together.
However, the parts where they were hit by arrows were mostly non-fatal parts such as thighs and arms.
The crossbow shooting only makes them lose their combat effectiveness, but does not kill them.
"Hmph! Your Majesty has long expected that someone will cause trouble and has been on guard against you! Take them all down!"
As for Zhao Liu, he was naturally taken back.
When things like this happen, even if he doesn't want to report the crime, it won't happen.
These people were naturally sent out by Li Min's order Xue Rengui.
Li Min has a list of bankrupt businessmen in his hand.
Li Min had also been prepared for the Cui family to cause trouble.
The facts did not go beyond Li Min's expectations. The Cui family sent people to stop them, and then he, who was a god at predicting events, captured them all.
As for those who came to complain, Li Min did not accept them personally.
As an imperial envoy, there is no need to do everything personally.
Furthermore, there were so many people that he couldn't handle it.
I just want people to record them all.
The only thing left to do is to follow the diagram to find out who should be arrested and who should be investigated.
On the second day, Li Min began to hear these cases personally.
The first thing Li Min tried was the cases of bankrupt businessmen.
The trial on this day made the people around Li Min admire Li Min even more.
It turns out that cases can still be tried this way!
It turns out that this method can still be used!
This allows them to completely learn and live until they are old!
Of course, the methods used by Li Min were not complicated.
The first is psychological warfare.
Just like yesterday, such a tough guy could only submit obediently in front of me.
Do you think you are stronger than them?
Also, those eleven people have committed serious sins and yet do not take the initiative to confess.
Therefore, they were all beheaded by this king.
Do you think that this king's steel sword is not good enough to chop off your heads?
Under this kind of psychological offensive, those with low psychological quality will basically give up.
And the King of Shu has a very delicate mind, if you dare to lie in front of him.
He can deduce whether you are lying through some subtle plots.
Furthermore, it is a longitudinal comparison through the oral confessions of many people.
As long as a matter does not match the oral confession, then someone must be talking about it.
Among them, there is also sowing discord.
Deceit and inducement, bribery and isolation are just some of the methods.
On the first day, Li Min easily solved three major cases.
The three merchants who were forced to transfer their shops not only took back their shops as they wished, but also received compensation from the court.
The next day, three large shops that were opening were involved.
Through interrogation of their accounting offices and accounts, their tax evasion and tax evasion were found out.
In fact, these three companies cannot be said to have evaded taxes, but they have not paid a single word of commercial tax!
This is enough to prove that Qinghe County's commercial tax department has serious malfeasance.
Therefore, Li Min directly used this as a starting point to take down all the heads of the commercial and tax department.
Not only that, Li Min also publicized all the details of the daily cases.
Let all the people of Qinghe County see it.
At this time, Cui He couldn't help but sigh.
The Qinghe County Commercial Tax Department is finally finished!
And they had nothing to do, because everything was under the control of the King of Shu.
As for the three merchants, because they were involved in the case and designed to evade taxes, their stores were sealed and their properties were directly confiscated.
The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...
Every day, the case will make further progress.
Every day, more serious problems are discovered.
It took a whole month for the entire Qinghe County problem to be completely resolved.
And all the officials, big and small, in Qinghe County were almost wiped out from top to bottom.
And the evidence is conclusive and irrefutable.
These officials were all escorted to Beijing to wait for the emperor's fate.
Officials to fill their vacancies were quickly mobilized.
Qinghe Cuijia, because the beginning and end are handled very well.
Although some big businessmen were punished, there was no way to hold the Cui family accountable.
On the contrary, those businesses that pay taxes are basically businesses directly linked to the Cui family.
Although they also committed tax evasion to a certain extent, Li Min did not punish them severely, but only ordered them to make up the tax and fines.
But in fact, many businesses that were investigated and confiscated by Li Min were secretly owned by the Cui family.
This time the Cui family suffered heavy losses.
Especially the officials from top to bottom in Qinghe County, they are either direct descendants of the Cui family or have been bribed by them.
And now, she was almost completely fucked off by the King of Shu.
The officials who came over this time had nothing to do with the Cui family.
The Cui family wants to bribe them again, but they don't know how much money and time they will have to pay.
The problem is, after this incident, the court's attention is bound to be attracted here.
Can the Cui family still cover the sky with one hand like before?
The circumstances of the case in Qinghe County and the results of its handling were spread throughout the world.
This time, Qinghe County missed a total of 260,000 yuan in business taxes!
This amount is four to five times more than the taxes they paid!
Almost all the officials in the county were frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
The King of Shu is really too fierce.
Qinghe County is the headquarters of the Cui family in Qinghe.
Could it be that their hands and feet are worse than theirs?
However, even they can't escape the clutches of King Shu!
I'm afraid they will be even worse!
And then, the King of Shu went on to the next prefecture and county without stopping, and once again showed off his talents.
In this state, the county governor also concealed reports and tried to hide the truth.
However, their methods are much inferior to those in Qinghe County.
Li Min, King of Shu, directly obtained the transportation data from the Ministry of Railways and the freight station.
Based on these data, we can deduce how much tax they have stolen.
Then, the state's commercial and tax officials continued to fight from top to bottom.
At this point, all the state and county officials in the Tang Dynasty were really scared.
This King of Shu really has a sharp eye.
All the tricks are completely invisible in front of him.
At this time, the emperor issued a decree.
As long as all commercial and tax officials can make up the difference, past events can be forgotten.
If there is an unjust, false or wrong case, as long as the case is reported truthfully, you can seek leniency.
As long as you don't intentionally harm the environment, you can at least get a grace period for downgrading.
But if you resist to the end, it will be embarrassing. When the time comes, you will have to trouble the King of Shu and go to their territory in person.
The emperor accepted the proposal of the King of Shu and set up petition offices in various states and counties.
The Letters and Calls Office is directly subordinate to the Letters and Calls Department, and the Letters and Calls Department is only responsible to the Emperor.
The Petitions Department has no real power and has no right to interfere in local government affairs.
But he can take the people's grievances directly to heaven.
The Petition Office can be said to be a department that uses ordinary people to supervise officials.
But this department itself has no real power.
It can be said that it is a giant sword chosen to target corrupt officials.
The establishment of the Petition Office can be said to be a stroke of genius for those officials in the court.
The emperor was full of praise for King Shu's proposal.
Of course, in fact, only Li Min himself knows.
No matter how good the policy is, no matter how good the department is, if it belongs to management without supervision or checks and balances.
In the end it will just become a mere formality.
But the supervisory authorities themselves are the crux of the problem.
The supervision department itself is a transcendent place, so who is going to supervise them?
Set up another supervision department?
However, the newly established departments also lacked supervision.
This problem was not solved well in later generations, let alone in the Tang Dynasty at this time.
Li Min believes that within a few years, the Petition Office will be bribed by local officials and become nothing more than a decoration.
However, in the early days of its establishment, the Petition Office played a huge role.
Officials in the Petition Office were directly responsible to their superiors and the emperor, and they claimed to be disciples of the emperor.
How can one be upright and upright, so that all local officials are afraid of them.
It is precisely because of the establishment of the Petition Office that many officials in charge of commercial taxation have chosen to surrender.
Anyway, the emperor said that anyone who surrenders can seek leniency.
By the end of the year, the supplementary commercial taxes were transported to the capital.
After supplementing it, after accounting, it was found that this year's tax revenue was more than twice that of last year, almost three times.
And because of the establishment of the Petition Office, the lower-level officials suddenly became much more honest.
The phenomenon of reaching for food and grabbing food has been reduced by at least 90%.
For those businessmen, these expenses were reduced. Although the business tax was twice as heavy, their expenses were reduced a lot, and their profits were actually higher than in previous years.
But their status has actually improved.
This also resulted in that although business taxes were increased, the merchants of the entire Tang Dynasty.
Instead of cursing and resenting the reform of commercial taxation, they have become extremely supportive of it.
At this point, the first reform carried out by the King of Shu was a complete success.
…
Before you know it, another year has passed.
But this time, they will spend the New Year in Chang'an City.
For those little ones who were born and grew up in Yizhou, they were really uncomfortable for a while.
However, children are playful.
After Li Min gave them each a toy, they were extremely happy.
I will never mention returning to Yizhou for the New Year again.
What Li Min gave them was an electric toy car for each of them, the kind that can be controlled remotely.
Then, Li Baoyu was playing outside with small stones.
Li Baoyu held the remote control in his hand and controlled the car to run forward, backward, left and right.
The children who gathered around were extremely envious when they saw such a fun toy.
With their mouths watering, they all asked Li Baoyu where he bought this toy.
Li Baoyu couldn't help but said proudly: "This toy was given to me by my father, and you can't buy it outside!"
"Hey, can you let us play for a while too?"
Li Baoyu stopped her chest and looked around proudly, and then saw a cute little girl.
He immediately pointed at her and said: "Well, this little lady is fine. As for you, let's talk about it later!"
The little girl immediately asked in surprise: "Really? Can I really play with you?"
Li Baoyu chuckled and said, "Of course it's true! Come on, come on, when the pebble comes down, you can sit on it and try it!"
As a result, at this moment, a young man passing by saw this remote-controlled electric car and couldn't help being shocked.
Then, he unexpectedly ran over and snatched the remote control from Li Baoyu's hand in one swish.
Then he ran to the stopped electric remote control car, picked up the small stone, and ran away holding the electric remote control car.
Xiao Shitou and Li Baoyu were both frightened and cried loudly.
The guards responsible for the safety of the child and Li Baoyu were also shocked. They did not expect that someone in Chang'an would be so bold.
Just because I was negligent for a moment, such a big basket unexpectedly appeared.
Fortunately, the two young masters were fine. Otherwise, it would be a shame for them to die.
They stopped Xiao Shitou and Li Baoyu, fearing that someone would do something bad to them.
Little Shitou was still crying loudly for his toy electric car.
However, the guards were afraid that something might happen to the two young masters, so they quickly sent them to the palace.
When Li Min heard this, his nose was almost twisted with anger.
Who is so bold?
How dare you disturb Tai Sui?
In the Tang Dynasty, if he, the King of Shu, did not bully others, others would enjoy themselves secretly.
Unexpectedly, someone actually bullied him!
Li Ming became angry and quickly sent people to track down the real culprit. He must be arrested and brought to justice.
An accident almost happened to the two young masters of Prince Shu's palace. This incident suddenly shocked the entire city of Chang'an.
At the time when the New Year is about to come, some people actually dare to touch the prince of Shu. Have they never died before?
Then, the entire city defense of Chang'an City was alarmed.
They really hate the murderer now.
If the murderer cannot be caught today, I'm afraid all of them will have no good fruits to eat.
Fortunately, the murderer seemed to be a stupid thief and didn't know how to hide his traces.
Soon they followed the pictures and the directions of passers-by and found the whereabouts of the murderer.
That thief ended up in the scientific research department.
Now that we have found a place, things will be much easier to handle.
However, the Scientific Research Department is an independent department directly under the emperor.
Even if they tracked down the Scientific Research Department, they wouldn't dare to break in.
Finally, they reported the news to King Li Min of Shu.
Li Min led people directly into the scientific research department, and no one dared to stop him.
In the scientific research department, Li Min quickly found the thief.
That thief, Li Min still knew him, was actually his disciple Di Renjie.
When Li Min arrived, Di Renjie was dismantling the remote control and conducting curious research.
Oops!
This is a weird guy who steals toys from children!
He basically came here for the remote control toy car.
I saw Di Renjie frowning and looking puzzled.
Li Min really wanted to punch him to the ground and rub him hard.
Can you be a little more grown-up?
Are you so ambitious that you steal toys from children?
If you really want to see it, can't you just ask the master for it?
Li Min asked with a straight face: "You robbed my son's toys? Scared them so much that they cried?"
Hearing Li Min speak, Di Renjie discovered Li Min's existence.
Di Renjie couldn't help but said with shame on his face: "Master, my disciple was all focused on the toy car at that time. He didn't recognize it for a moment. It was the master's son."
Li Min asked with a dark face: "Do you know them?"
"Um, this, ahem, I don't know..."
Look, are these all human words?
As my disciple, I actually don’t even know what my son looks like.
It can be seen how many times this disciple visits the house!
In recent years, Di Renjie has not stayed in Yizhou.
But because he was researching new types of tanks, he was seconded to Chang'an.
And in the past few years, this guy would never come to the door easily.
Li Min became angrier and angrier as he thought about it.
"Look, look at you, you don't even know the teacher's son! Are you going to rob me?"
"Besides, even if he's not the son of a teacher, he can't do anything if he's another kid, right?"
"How can anyone snatch something from a child? Can we still have some face? My teacher's face has been completely embarrassed by you!"
After saying this, Di Renjie's face turned red.
"Master, aren't I very curious when I see this remote-controlled car? My apprentice still hasn't figured out how such a gadget can be remotely controlled!"
Li Min couldn't help but said angrily: "Who do you think can come up with something like this that you have never seen before and don't understand its principles?"
"Let me ask you in the entire Tang Dynasty, who else is there? If you want to see it, you can just ask your master for it. As for grabbing it?"
Di Renjie muttered: "Aren't you afraid that the master won't give it to you?"
Li Min said even more angrily: "In your opinion, is my teacher such a stingy person? Is he reluctant to give you an electric remote control car?"
Di Renjie said timidly: "But the master's previous cameras were very thin and could playback, but the master has never shown them to me!"
Oops!
This guy actually picked the right one?
Li Min couldn't help but said angrily: "Do you think the master is hiding something? That's because at that time, even if it was shown to you, you wouldn't be able to grasp it at all."
"Take this remote control for example? Do you think this is easy? You must first master the capabilities of the triode, which also has a converter, signal transmitter, and signal receiver."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, these are very complicated things. With your current level of technology, there is no way to manufacture them at the moment."
After hearing Li Min's words, Di Renjie was silent for a moment, and then asked: "How come Master can create such advanced things?"
Li Min was silent for a moment, and then said: "Because I am your master! Let me ask you, let alone this electric toy car. It is the earliest train made by the master. With your current technological level, can you make it?
?”
Di Renjie couldn't help but shook his head.
That's right, with their abilities now, they are actually able to build a steam engine locomotive.
But it is simply impossible to make a locomotive as beautiful and flawless as the one produced by Li Min, and capable of reaching such a high speed.
The locomotive, the master is real, he took it out more than ten years ago.
But they still can't make it.
Thinking of this, Di Renjie couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
Then, Di Renjie couldn't help but said to Li Min: "Master, by the way, my research in Chang'an has ended."
"After the New Year, I will go back to Yizhou. This time, Yizhou has developed a TV set. Moreover, they have sent samples over and want the master to give some opinions."
