Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 83
Thinking of the mysteries about his son, Zhao Kuangyin could only give a wry smile, and then talked about another matter: "That shameless old man Tang Jixian has resigned from office. I have been waiting for him for four days. I have handed over the glossary. Erlang, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Zhao Dezhao heard that the emperor's father wanted to test his ability to handle affairs a little bit, so he thought for a while and said, "Allow him to resign, don't confiscate his home, don't go into exile, let him retire with dignity, that's all."

"That's enough?" Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a moment, with a look of surprise on his face: "At the court meeting that day, weren't you the most angry with that old man?"

"For one thing, he is still different from those criminals who conspired to fake tax invoices and colluded with fraud. Those criminals did what they shouldn't do and violated the laws of the country. He just sold his name and said what he shouldn't say If you don’t, even though you are hateful and contemptible, but you haven’t violated the laws of the country after all, that’s still different.”

"Two things, my son has already made him lose face in public in the court, no matter how angry he is, he will be the emperor in the future, how can he care about a 70-[-]-year-old old man? He walked a little more decently, at least he is the noble and respected Yushi Zhongcheng and the head of the speech officials, so he still needs to pay attention to his influence-try to be tolerant to the speech officials, so that he can appear to be tolerant, isn't he?"

After Zhao Dezhao finished explaining the two reasons with a smile, Zhao Kuangyin burst into laughter.

He laughed for a long time before he stopped, shaking his hands and said: "You kid is always full of nonsense!"

Although he was disgusted by his words, Zhao Kuangyin was actually satisfied in his heart. His son was young and vigorous, and it was understandable that he would hold back his energy and repay a hundredfold if he was wronged a little; but as an emperor, you must sometimes be wronged. If he took that grievance so seriously that he couldn't get out of the bull's horns, then he was not just fighting Emperor Sui Yang of Liaodong until his country was destroyed just for the sake of his personal face.

Taking advantage of his son's happiness after finishing the school examination, Zhao Kuangyin began to distribute sweets to his son.

"Erlang, it's not appropriate to delay the reward of the imperial army any longer, you should go and do it in the next two days."

"I appointed you as the imperial envoy to comfort the army, and I will give you the emperor's ceremonial guard and the imperial golden armor, so that you can inspect the three armies on my behalf!"

"Well, by the way, since you have brought in so much money again, the father will double the reward again, from 30 guan to 60 guan, which is more than three times the usual practice in previous years. Seeing you is closer than seeing my own father!"

After saying this, Zhao Kuangyin smiled and winked at his son, meaning what do you guys think of your father's skill?

Zhao Dezhao didn't want to look easy on himself, so he snorted and said, "Father, you have collected more than 200 million guan in one go, and you only need to take out 30 guan, and then borrow the guard of honor for a few days! The business has been done, very well! There is no more profitable business in the world!"

"Fuck your ass!"

Zhao Kuangyin kicked Zhao Dezhao angrily, and said with a smile:
"You look like I can't see it, can you! You kid rushed into the palace to give 200 million coins, isn't it just to get an imperial consolation envoy? I also gave you an extra 30 coins to give you a big reward to win the morale of the army. I also rewarded you with the emperor's ceremonial guard and the royal cloak to make you look good, I'm buying one and getting two free from you kid, I've given you benefits and face, let's be content!"

Zhao Dezhao simply put on a cheeky face, and said with a smile: "As long as father agrees to two more small things, my son will really be satisfied, and get out immediately!"

"Hmph, your little things are definitely not small, so tell me!"

"The first small thing: my son wants to hand over the supervision of the national taxation errands, and concentrate on military affairs in the future."

"The State Administration of Taxation has just opened for a month, and there has been such a serious fraud case. You no longer perfect it, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, so you are in a hurry to hand it over?"

"Father, if you look at the big fraud case with reverse thinking, the result will be completely different."

"Reverse Thinking?"

"That is, you have to look at it the other way around: all the tax collectors who dealt with it have colluded to make fake accounts, and use the fake tax invoices made by the printing workshop of the Ministry of Industry. It is necessary to cooperate with these two things to get the fraud of the State Administration of Taxation. , This just proves that the set of regulatory measures that my son formulated for the State Administration of Taxation is indeed effective and tough, and it can be implemented throughout the world, and there is no need to improve it..."

Zhao Dezhao was afraid that the ancients did not know what "reverse thinking" was, and he was a little confused about how to explain this problem.

But he soon discovered that the emperor's father was really talented. He understood it immediately and expressed it concisely and concisely: "This is the truth. It requires a rare sword and a lot of effort to achieve it." Armor that can be broken must be good armor!"

After a pause, Zhao Kuangyin nodded: "In this way, you can really hand over the work of the State Administration of Taxation, but who will take over?"

"This is the second little thing my son wants to mention."

Zhao Dezhao told the two helpers, Wang Zixing and Shi Yuanliang, that he promised to recommend them for official positions.He also specifically pointed out that Wang Zixing is his uncle, and Shi Yuanliang is the nephew of Shi Shouxin, the brother-in-law and in-law of the emperor's father, because he knows that the emperor's father values ​​affection, and he will be willing to give extra care to his nephews and nephews. look after.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin nodded immediately: "Since he is a person who has made great contributions, he should give him a future."

"How high is the official status?" Zhao Dezhao asked tentatively.

"Fifth rank." Zhao Kuangyin knew what his son was up to, and gave him a blank look: "The two of them have changed from white bodies to official bodies. According to the court regulations, the maximum is no more than six ranks. It depends on your father-in-law and your uncle Shi. It has been added for the sake of the in-laws!"

Next is the bargaining that both father and son are familiar with:
"Seeing that the love of the in-laws has been added, let's add a little more for the sake of the son."

"...Okay, the fourth rank, absolutely can't be added, otherwise what is the court system?!"

"Finally, for the sake of the State Administration of Taxation, add one more grade, and the third grade will be enough!"

"Fuck off!"

"Father, the two of them are going to be the chief and deputy director of the State Administration of Taxation, which is equivalent to the chief official and assistant official! Whether a yamen speaks well or not depends on the grade of the official. Don't tell me, father? Do you understand this reason?"

Zhao Dezhao's eloquence is like a river, and he can't stop talking:

"For example, if the Minister of the Ministry of Households is not the second-rank but the fourth-rank, the tax of the imperial court can be directly reduced by half every year. Do you believe it or not?! If the minister of the Ministry of War becomes the fourth-rank, we will lose 99 battles in 500 battles in the Song Dynasty. Believe it or not?! The rank of the officials of the State Administration of Taxation is too low, so they don’t speak loudly, and if they don’t speak loudly, no one will cooperate, and if no one cooperates, they will not be able to collect tax money, which means that the imperial court will lose at least [-] million yuan a year!”

In the end, he turned into a long-suffering voice: "Father, think about it, you only need to give two slightly higher official ranks, and you can immediately get an extra three to five million guan. Isn't this a good deal?" Yes? You are an old businessman, this account will be settled!"

"Okay, okay, one from the third rank and one from the fourth rank, hurry up! If you don't leave me, I will really kick you out!"

(End of this chapter)