Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 449
"What's wrong?" Zhu Su and Empress Ma were startled.Lao Zhu even called himself "Zhen", which shows the depth of his anger.Empress Ma hurriedly comforted Zhu Xiongying in her arms, while asking Lao Zhu.

Old Zhu was still angry, pointing at the two tigers and said, "Go, bring us the Minister of Household Affairs Yan Xizhe, hurry up!"

The two tigers did not dare to neglect, and retreated immediately.Old Zhu still felt aggrieved, Empress Ma asked gently, "What's wrong? You're so angry? What happened?"

"Hubu is too deceptive, too deceptive!" It's okay not to ask, but when Lao Zhu was asked, he became even more furious. "The business tax paid by the entire Yingtianfu officials in Beijing is less than 10 taels... This group of thieves, are they sending beggars?"

"When Chongzhen was about to perish, he asked officials to raise money, and raised 20 taels...Why, those thieves thought we were the king of subjugation, so why not give us a sign of subjugation?"

It turned out that because of this matter, Zhu Su was also dumbfounded when he listened to it.It has been a full month since the imperial court tried out the stepped commercial tax system among the court officials, and they only collected 10 taels...

Don't look at the figure of [-] in business taxes. It seems to be acceptable in the current time when the world is waiting for prosperity and business is not prosperous, but you must know that the place where the stepped business tax system is tried is Yingtian!

One must know that Yingtian Mansion is the most prosperous place in the world, and it is also the seat of the Imperial Capital.Even when the Northern Yuan Dynasty was plundering, the Jiangnan prefectures including Yingtian Mansion were also prosperous in business, and all kinds of big and wealthy merchants emerged in an endless stream.

And most of those who can do business successfully under the feet of the emperor are people in the court.Previously, even though the Shen family was the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, they would tremble because there was no one in the court.In other words, most of the restaurants and shops in Yingtian today are actually owned by court officials or nobles.

With Yingtian's business volume, even if the first step is to expropriate the property of the court officials' relatives, how could it be only 10 taels?Do the people in the court really think that the butcher's knife in Lao Zhu's hand is not sharp?

Zhu Su shook his head speechlessly.

Under the orders of Empress Ma, Zhu Su moved to Jinshen Hall with Lao Zhu.Before waiting for a long time, I saw a rather young official trotting into the hall tremblingly. He didn't dare to lift his head before reaching the steps, so he quickly kowtowed in extreme panic: "Chen Yan Xizhe, hello... "

"Yan Xizhe, this 10 taels of memorial is played by your household department?" Old Zhu was furious, and before Yan Xizhe could finish speaking, he threw the memorial directly at his feet. "Your household department is very scheming, why, you treat us as beggars, piece together together, and use it to prevaricate us!"

"Your Majesty, I don't dare! I don't dare!" Yan Xizhe kowtowed one after another, and he had already scolded those old and immortal colleagues in the household department to the bottom of his heart.

As mentioned above, he is a minister who drives ducks to the shelves, and all the power of the household department falls into the hands of a group of old court officials of the Yuan court.The group of old fritters bullied him when he was young, so he didn't play with the young new minister very much on weekdays. This time, he intended to secretly carve up the treasure with Li Shanchang, and even isolated Yan Xizhe from him, so that he would not know.

Therefore, Yan Xizhe only thought that the so-called business tax increase this time was just a normal policy change.Although he is also a surrender of the Yuan court, he was only a small county magistrate in the remote Fujian area before, and he got mixed up with the change of dynasty. How could he understand the twists and turns of these big men in the court?He didn't feel it was right until those old fritters took the aggregated figures and asked him to use them.Yingtianfu's business is prosperous, and all of these colleagues are also rich in wealth. It is impossible to levy an additional 10 taels of business tax anyway.

The kind of glass Buddha statue made by His Royal Highness that costs tens of thousands of guan, these colleagues' mansions almost have a town house in their hands!

"Master Shangshu doesn't know, this figure was calculated by various officials of our household department. It is indeed the case. If you don't believe it, how about you calculate it yourself?"

"It's just that Your Majesty is in a hurry to get this number. If the palace blames it, the lower officials will not be held responsible." The old servant who reported the result to him said in a strange way.

Yan Xizhe was helpless at that time.He was promoted by Lao Zhu to be the servant of the household department. Naturally, he has two brushes in the way of arithmetic, and he also knows how much calculation is required. If he is alone, it may be next year. This exact figure can be calculated.

What's more, he is just an airborne Shangshu, and the entire household department has long been run by these old people as a monolith, except that he is not under the control of this Shangshu.

Even if the people below are asked to do the calculations again, those people will definitely obey.

It can only be said that relying on the old to sell the old and bullying in the workplace have existed in ancient and modern times.

However, although this Yan Xizhe knew some calculations, he didn't know the way of being a subordinate, and he was obedient when things happened, which became a shield for other colleagues to stand in front.It was the same this time, although there was a little doubt in my heart, but I didn't dare to procrastinate.In desperation, he had no choice but to report the memorial according to the wishes of those colleagues in the household department.

Sure enough, how could such a number satisfy His Majesty? A violent storm swept over.

Pain too!

"Your Majesty, I also feel that this number is wrong, but I have asked my colleagues in the department several times, and they all swear that there must be no mistakes or omissions." Yan Xizhe said loudly while kowtowing. "Your Majesty is clearly aware that I have received the favor of Your Majesty's promotion, and I will never dare to deceive Your Majesty!"

Old Zhu wanted to scold again, but seeing Yan Xizhe's forehead turning red, Zhu Su stopped him after thinking about it: "Father, why make things difficult for Shangshu Yan."

"I think this matter has nothing to do with Yan Shangshu. Even if those people want to deceive the emperor, I'm afraid they won't be stupid enough to directly mess with the numbers."

"As the saying goes, there are policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom. Those people have been in office for longer than you have been the emperor, so they can't be so superficial. Their countermeasures must be beyond the calculation of numbers."

"...Hmph!" Old Zhu snorted coldly. "What you said is true. Those thieves thought we were Da Yuan's foolish king!"

"Er Hu, go find Mao Xiang. We need him to investigate something!"

As expected, he ignored Yan Xizhe, and ordered the two tigers on his own. Yan Xizhe cast a grateful look at Zhu Su as if he had been pardoned.

Good man!This Highness, He Qiren also!
Zhu Su was not interested in this somewhat nerdy Shouqi Shangshu, but discussed with Lao Zhu: "Could it be that you want to use Jin Yiwei to search directly?"

"Since this group of people dared to do this, what they wanted to do was to use unscrupulous schemes, such as transferring assets to servants, wives, etc. Using Jin Yiwei, I am afraid that it will no longer be tax collection according to the law, but ransacking the house. "

"In this way, I am afraid that the tax increase policy will exist in name only."

(End of this chapter)