Transmigrated into the book to become the villain prince, the son of the plane to destroy

In the blink of an eye, it has come to the end of the year, and in a dozen days, it will be Jingxing's 26th New Year's Eve.

As the New Year approaches, the city of Luoyang is decorated with lanterns and festoons, which looks festive, and every household has reached the busiest time of the year, and everyone is busy buying new year's goods to prepare for the New Year.

For local officials, big and small, who are officials abroad, this year is also the time when they will go to Beijing to report on their duties once every three years. According to the laws of Daning, the chief officials of the prefecture, county, and county governments must go to Luoyang City for pilgrimage. The emperor, and accept the assessment of the Ministry of officials, in order to determine the promotion or demote of officials.

Although most of the local officials have not yet entered Beijing, the officials of all sizes are not idle. After all, there are as many as 4000 officials who come to Beijing every year to report on their duties. When I got it, I was in a hurry, and I was too busy.

The first step in the preparation work is to go to the Ministry of Households to check the money and food books sent to Beijing in advance by local officials in various states, counties and counties. How much tax was collected by the imperial court.

This is the reason why every official rushes to go to Shangjun Fu County, because the gentry and people in these places are relatively rich, and with a little effort, they can collect a considerable amount of taxes, so that they can pass the assessment of the Ministry of Officials and make progress all the way. .On the contrary, if you are unfortunately assigned to a wild and bitter place, the people live in poverty and cannot eat enough to eat, let alone pay taxes. In the end, let alone a promotion, it would be nice if he could keep his official career and life.

The Ministry of Officials sent people to check, and soon discovered a strange thing.

Jiaozhou, which has always been ranked last every year, has jumped to the first place in terms of taxes paid this year.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the total tax collected by the 700 prefectures of Daning this year is more than 720 million yuan (it is always equal to 2 Wen, and the official price can be exchanged for one tael of silver), and the tax paid to the state is 200. Wanguan is more than 70 million yuan more than No.[-] Jizhou, while Jiaozhou paid less than [-] yuan in taxes last year.

This means that King Xiao Jie of Qi has only governed Jiaozhou for more than half a year, and the tax paid by Jiaozhou has increased tenfold!

The officials of the Ministry of Officials thought they had read it wrong at first, but each of them rubbed their eyes several times and confirmed that the amount written on it was 720 million guan.

The officials from the Ministry of Officials were still worried, and asked the officials from the Ministry of Accounting if they had accidentally written an extra zero when transcribing. I have repeatedly confirmed with the officials who sent money and food books in Jiaozhou, and the amount on it is 720 million guan, and said that the tax money is already on the way to Beijing.

The officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs carefully looked at the money and food books again, and found that 650 million of them were commercial taxes.

They have heard about Wang Xiaojie’s business development in Jiaozhou Daxing for a long time, and they also know that many officials in the court are quite critical of this.

But no one thought that the king of Qi created more than 600 million tax money for the court in one year by relying on the great industry and commerce, which is really astonishing.

But the officials of the Ministry of Officials quickly thought of something. Such a boom in industry and commerce in Jiaozhou will inevitably lead to many people abandoning their land and farming to go to business. This year's grain production in Jiaozhou must be terrible.

But soon the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs found out that they were wrong again, because the tax and food collected by Jiaozhou this year not only did not decrease, but increased by [-]%.

This also means that after the large-scale industrial and commercial development in Jiaozhou this year, not only did the grain production not decrease, but the production increased by at least [-]%.

This can no longer be described in terms of outstanding political achievements, it is simply a fantasy.

I don't know if it was the officials from the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of Officials who leaked the news. It didn't take long for the entire government and the public to know that the tax paid to the state this year was ten times that of last year, and it jumped to the top.

But surprisingly, the reaction of most officials is that Jiaozhou must be cheating.

How could the rulers of the past dynasties not know that promoting commerce is easier to increase taxes than promoting agriculture, but why they insist on implementing the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is simply because the rise of industry and commerce will seriously hinder agricultural production. Compared with the land, the profits are undoubtedly much higher. If the development of commerce is not restrained, a large number of farmers will abandon their agriculture and go to business, which will lead to a large reduction in food production.

Previously, I heard that the king of Qi was vigorously developing industry and commerce in Jiaozhou. Many officials in the court were already worried. Grain production has decreased, and the people can't eat enough to eat. As a result, riots are everywhere, and Jiaozhou is bound to be in chaos.Therefore, at that time, some officials had already written to the emperor, begging him to make an order to stop the king of Qi, so as to avoid endless troubles in the future, but his majesty still let him go, and let the king of Qi mess around in Jiaozhou.

Although the increase in state tax payments is expected by everyone, after all, who doesn’t know that doing business can make more money than farming, but it’s too much if it’s more than ten times more. Fool?

What's even more outrageous is that it is common sense that large-scale industrial and commercial activities will lead to a reduction in grain production. After all, more people are doing business, and the number of people farming will inevitably decrease. However, the tax and food reported in the Jiaozhou newspaper have actually increased by [-]% compared to last year. This is simply naked It is humiliating the IQ and common sense of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

Therefore, no official in Luoyang City believed the tax figures reported in the Jiaozhou newspaper, and everyone was certain that King Qi was cheating.

After all, King Qi had the motive to cheat. Now that King Xiao Huang of Qin has regained the Western Regions and his family is in prosperity, if King Qi wants to overwhelm him, he can only work hard on his achievements in governing Jiaozhou.

Although the household department's red mouth and white teeth said that the tax money and tax grains paid to the state are on the way to Beijing, and they will know when they enter the treasury.

However, many officials believed that in order to prove his political achievements, the amount of tax money and food paid by the King of Qi would definitely not be a problem. After all, everyone knew that the Tao family, the richest man in the world, wore the same pair of pants as the King of Qi. , It is absolutely possible to give more than 700 million copper coins to the King of Qi for business. As for so much food, it is not known whether it is to search for the people of Jiaozhou or to threaten the rice-rich Nanyang countries.

It's just that King Qi is still a little younger after all, if he is a little restrained in the amount of tax money and food reported, he won't be seen through so easily.

Near the end of the year, the capital was full of turmoil due to the matter of paying taxes to the state, and the city was full of wind and rain. There were rumors and different opinions for a while. Everyone was waiting for King Qi to enter the capital to see how he would end up.

In the end, the rumors intensified, and even Xiao Ji couldn't sit still, so he specially ordered Zhang Chu, the commander of the Qilin Guard, to die. Once Qi Wang Xiao Jie entered the city, he would immediately bring him to the palace to meet him. It's crystal clear.

While everyone was waiting eagerly to see Xiao Jie's jokes, Tao's shops suddenly put on shelves a lot of novelties, each with weirder and weirder names, such as glass, soap, perfume and so on. They were all unheard of and unseen. Although they were expensive, they still attracted the dignitaries in Luoyang City to flock to them and rush to buy them. It was also a common practice in Luoyang City for a while.

Seeing that these novelties are so popular, other merchants went to the Tao family to inquire about the purchase channels of these products. The Tao family did not hide their secrets and told their colleagues that these things were all produced in Jiaozhou...