After three years of enfeoffment, the waste prince shocked the court boss

"Build! This railway must be built! Your Highness, we will listen to you no matter what you say!"

Everyone expressed their opinions.

"This king doesn't intend that all the money will come from our Lingnan Mansion.

First of all, the money is too much, and it is too difficult to take it out.

Secondly, this railway spans thousands of miles, and the regions and influences involved are too wide.

Once someone deliberately sabotages or obstructs the operation of the railway, we cannot protect it completely. "

"Yes, if someone destroys this railway, we will be beyond our reach."

Cao Youde said.

"That's why I plan to get His Majesty and the imperial court to invest in the shares. Whoever dares to destroy the railway will be an enemy of the imperial court and His Majesty."

Li Su said.

"Your Highness's method is very good, but the amount of money is so large, I'm afraid the court and His Majesty may not be able to get it out?"

Someone asked out the doubts in his heart.

"The construction of the railway requires land and iron ore, as well as personnel maintenance and garrison patrol protection. At that time, the imperial court can use this to deduct a part of the money and buy shares."

Li Su had already thought of a way for them, so that they could definitely maximize their benefits and at the same time make the other party afford it.

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Chapter 46 The Shocked Court

Capital, Ministry of Households.

"Has the summer tax been collected?"

Zheng Kun, Minister of the Household Department, sat behind the case and said to Jiang Siwen, the servant standing in front of him.

"Except for Lingnan Prefecture, the summer taxes of other state capitals have been collected, totaling 530 million taels of silver."

Jiang Siwen said.

"Oh? Then why hasn't Lingnan Mansion delivered it yet?"

Zheng Kun sat up straight, tapping his fingers on the table.

"My lord, maybe it's because King An has been slow to deliver to the tax officials stationed in Lingnan."

Jiang Siwen put eye drops on Li Su calmly.

Since the last time Jiang Siwen asked to recover the taxes of Lingnan Mansion in the early court, the court sent a tax official named Wang Hanyue to Lingnan Mansion.

There are tax officials in every state capital, mainly to supervise and collect local taxes and prevent local governments from hiding taxes.

Whenever it is necessary to hand over the tax to the national treasury, they will hand over to the local government.

If the local taxes are in line with the accounts, they will also be transported to Beijing by them after they have checked and calculated correctly.

"Maybe it's a long journey, wait a couple of days and see."

Zheng Kun had a good impression of Li Su. The last time the court pursued the payment of taxes, Li Su not only did not bargain, but also took the initiative to pay more. The 100 million taels of silver really relieved the urgent need of the treasury.

He felt that Li Su would not do anything about the summer tax, maybe he was really delayed by something.

"Cangnan Mansion, which is next to Lingnan, was sent over three days ago."

Jiang Siwen said.

"Just wait and see, if it doesn't work, send someone to remind you."

Zheng Kun waved his hand.

"My lord! My lord! The summer tax from Lingnan has arrived!"

A voice came urgently.

I saw a small official rushing in.

"Frizzled! The summer tax in Lingnan is here, and it's time for people to count and put it in the warehouse. What's the rush!"

Jiang Siwen turned his head and reprimanded him. He was slapped in the face by this little official just after he finished applying eye drops to Lingnan, and said a little angrily.

"No, my lord, the summer tax in Lingnan is too much, and more than 60 cars have been pulled!"

The little official said out of breath.

"What! Take me to see it!"

Zheng Kun stood up abruptly, took a step forward, walked out from behind the desk, and stood in front of the little official.

In fact, when Lingnan Mansion handed over to the tax official, it provided a bank note.

Then Wang Han said that he led the team all the way into Beijing with the bank notes. Halfway there, he suddenly remembered that if he handed in the bank notes directly, no one would know his credit.

So he simply exchanged the banknotes for silver ingots on the way to Beijing.

In fact, when tax officials from all over the country handed in tax money, they almost always handed in silver ingots, and few of them entered Beijing directly with silver bills.

One reason is that if the capital did not have so many deposits and withdrawals at that time, it would take a lot of time, and the Shangguan didn't like it.

Secondly, everyone pulls silver ingots to pay taxes, but you just hold paper bills, doesn't it seem that you have no credit?

The visual impact of these 60-odd carts of silver ingots is definitely stronger than that pile of silver notes.

"Just this one trip, I guess I can be promoted." Wang Han said thoughtfully.

Zheng Kun came to the entrance of the household gate, saw the mighty motorcade, and walked up quickly.

He opened a wooden box on a cart, and all he saw were bright silver ingots of excellent quality.

This cart of silver is estimated to be about 7000 taels, and there are about 60 carts here, so there are more than 40 taels of silver!

Thinking of this, Zheng Kun's eyes lit up.

You must know that only [-]% of the tax is paid on the vassal land of the vassal king, and most of it is still kept in the local area for personal use.

The tax that the imperial court can get from the vassal lands of the vassals every year is actually not much.

Take Jiangnan, which is located in a prosperous place, as an example. King Zhao, whose fiefdom is in Suzhou Mansion, is a veritable upper-class mansion. He pays 10% of the tax. This time, he only paid [-] taels of summer tax.

And this is already the most tax paid among all the feudal lords.

Originally, according to Zheng Kun's prediction, judging from the tax payment situation of King An last time, it would be good if Lingnan could collect 15 taels, even if it was 10 taels, it was expected.

Unexpectedly, there are so many, which is completely beyond Zheng Kun's expectation.

"My lord, I'm glad you didn't disgrace your orders. This time, a total of 53 taels of summer tax silver was transported from Lingnan. Please check and accept it."

Then Wang Han said he walked to Zheng Kun's side and bowed to worship him.

"What! Say it again! How much is it?"

Zheng Kun couldn't believe it, grabbed Wang Hanyue's arm with both hands and shouted.

"53 taels."

Wang Han said he was taken aback by Zheng Kun's actions.

"53 taels, so much!"

Zheng Kun was shocked when he heard this number.

"How could there be so many! Tell me in detail."

Zheng Kun pinched Wang Hanyue's arm and said seriously.

No wonder Zheng Kun was so shocked, it was really too many.

Even if it is a high-level government that is completely under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the tax paid is only 25 taels.

This Lingnan is only a summer tax of 53 taels, and this is only [-]% paid by Lingnan.

"My lord, the trade between Lingnan Prefecture and the capital and other places is very frequent, and the tax payment in the past six months has reached a huge amount of 1706 million taels."

Wang Han explained.

"1706 million taels! This is worth the taxes of five upper-class governments!"

Zheng Kun said with a look of surprise.

"My lord, the trade route in Lingnan has just started for half a year, and it is estimated that there will be more in the second half of the year."

Wang Han said and continued.

"Unexpectedly, a golden city was born in that remote place. This King An really deserves his reputation. He is really the God of Wealth in the world."

Zheng Kun said with emotion.

Jiang Siwen's face was livid, and he didn't say a word.

"You've done a good job, and I will show my merits to the court for you."

Zheng Kun patted Wang Hanyue on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you, my lord!" Wang Han said happily.

Originally sent to Lingnan, he still felt that he suffered a great loss, but looking at it now, this is definitely a fat job.

The next day, in the morning, Chengyun Hall.

……

"Your Majesty, that's how things are. The summer tax in Lingnan is worth five upper-class mansions. It's really a cornucopia of my work."

Zheng Kun paid homage to Emperor Qian.

Just now he reported the situation of Xia tax payment, and truthfully informed Emperor Qian of the tax situation handed over by Lingnan.

"How can this Lingnan develop so fast! Could it be that King An can turn stones into gold?"

"The taxes in Lingnan alone account for one-tenth of the country's taxes. Throughout history, this has never been seen before!"

"In time, wouldn't this Lingnan prefecture be rich enough to rival a country?"

Hundreds of officials talked about it, and they all lamented the huge summer tax in Lingnan.

"Father, Lingnan is so rich now, but it has become a vassal land, and there is no prefect appointed by the imperial court to check and balance, which is not conducive to the imperial court's control. I ask my father to appoint a prefect of Lingnan."

Prince Li Yan came out and said.

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.

Chapter 47 Jingling Railway Planning Shareholding Letter

There is nothing wrong with sending the magistrate to Lingnan.

After all, every state capital should be appointed by the imperial court.

There was no magistrate in Lingnan Prefecture before, and it was only because the imperial court had insufficient control over Lingnan that it was not stationed there.

However, the reason why the prince requested the appointment of the prefect of Lingnan is full of unusual meaning.

This is short of directly saying that it is to prevent King An from rebelling.

Emperor Qian, who was sitting at the top, was originally happy for the summer tax paid by Lingnan, but now he also looked solemn.

It has to be said that the prince's words are not without reason.

A vassal land that lives in a remote corner and is rich enough to rival a country, it was out of the control of the imperial court before, and now I am afraid that it only knows King An, but not the imperial court.

If Li Su is not that outstanding, but is still the ignorant dude before, the imperial court does not have to worry that the people in Lingnan will turn their hearts to Li Su.

If you want to blame it, you can blame Li Su for suddenly becoming so good, and even doing better than the imperial court in some aspects, which makes people feel guarded.

This made everyone in the court have an absurd idea at this time: "It would be great if Li Su was the same dandy as before."

Before that, both the Emperor Qian and the big bosses in the court were actually avoiding this question on purpose, but now they were not expected to be uncovered by the crown prince.

Emperor Qian didn't want father and son to be jealous of each other before, so he deliberately ignored this matter.

After all, although he is the king of a country, he also wants to have family affection.

But the officials of the court did not want to mention this matter at the risk of alienating the royal family.

Since the crown prince broke the window paper, it would be better to settle the matter.