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

After a long time, Xiao Ji took a deep look at his son, and suddenly asked, "Why is it the Tao family's bank? Not another family's bank?"

Xiao Jie thought that Xiao Ji would ask all kinds of questions, but he didn't expect Xiao Ji to ask this question.

Although he has 1 reasons to perfunctory, for example, the Tao family bank is the most widely distributed and densely distributed in the counties and counties of Daning, or the Tao family has a large amount of cash in the capital that is sufficient for the treasury to withdraw and so on.

But he still decided to tell the truth, maybe it was because of Xiao Ji's meaningful eyes, which made him feel that there was no need to deceive his father on such trivial details to make his father unhappy.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jie didn't hesitate any more, just knelt down on the ground, and said earnestly: "I dare not lie to my father, the Tao family is in trouble, anyway, they are the natal family of my minister's side concubine, son I want to help them."

"So that's the case. No wonder the Qilin Guard told me that Tao Lu was bedridden suddenly." Xiao Ji's eyes flashed an imperceptible strangeness, and there was a playful smile on his face, "What happened to the Tao family? Tell me Shall I hear?"

Xiao Jie cried out inwardly that it was very dangerous, Qilin Guard really has hands and eyes all over the sky, penetrating through every hole.

You must know that in order to avoid the market turmoil caused by the serious illness of the patriarch, the Tao family strictly blocked the news of Tao Lu's illness. Not many people knew about it, but they didn't expect that they couldn't hide it from Qilinwei.

He was also glad that he did not hide anything from his father, otherwise he would have ruined his goodwill.

Although he was secretly rejoicing in his heart, Xiao Jie still showed a look of pain on his face, and sighed: "The Tao family is unfortunate. Tao Lu's youngest son, Tao Zhi, colluded with outsiders and stole the money used by the Tao family bank to print silver notes." If there is no way to stop the plate-making and seals, within a few days, the Tao family's counterfeit banknotes will inevitably flood everywhere. At that time, not only the Tao family will suffer incalculable losses, but the century-old reputation of Tao Ji Bank will also be destroyed. The Tao family will be doomed forever and will be powerless."

Xiao Ji couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard the words, subconsciously felt that this matter was not simple: "Such a big incident happened to the Tao family? Have you checked who did it?"

Xiao Jie nodded, and then said: "I have analyzed it with my staff, and I want to print banknotes, paper, engraving, pattern, plate making and seal are all indispensable, but the other party only needs to make plates and seals, obviously he can solve the problem of paper. , printing, and patterns, but these things are not available in the market at all, and ordinary people can't buy them, so I think that the other party wants to open a bank."

Xiao Ji nodded slightly, deeply convinced: "Your analysis is somewhat reasonable, then who do you suspect is responsible?"

Xiao Jie sneered secretly in his heart, knowing that it was time to fight the fire: "Royal father, no one in the capital knows that the son-in-law has accepted the daughter of the Tao family as a side concubine, and the son-in-law is the son-in-law of the Tao family. To provoke the Tao family, it is impossible to say that you have the courage to deal with the Tao family... Therefore, although I don't know who is behind the scenes, I have reason to suspect that the other party wants to deal with the Tao family on the surface, but in reality The one I want to deal with is my son."

Although Xiao Jie didn't mention his name, Xiao Ji already knew it in his heart, and he was secretly a little annoyed. It was obvious that the aristocratic family was playing tricks behind his back, and only they had the courage to deal with a current prince.

He also understood Xiao Jie's intention of wanting the local governments to deposit money into the Tao Ji Bank, so that the Tao family's banknotes would be linked to the imperial court.

Under normal circumstances, counterfeiting Taoji Bank's bank notes is nothing more than a vicious competition among merchants. Even if the Tao family or the government catches them, the consequences will not be too serious. The lamb of sin lets himself back out.

But once it comes to the court's taxation, it must be investigated to the end.As Xiao Jie said, if you want to forge and print fake banknotes, paper, folder printing, patterns, plate making and seals are all indispensable, and it is easy to trace the person behind the scenes. Then the whole family will be copied and beheaded, and even the nine clans will be implicated.

Xiao Jie's move was to put a layer of amulet on the banknotes of Tao Ji Bank, so that even if the other party got the plate making and seal of the Tao family, they would not dare to take the risk of printing fake banknotes, so as not to harm the whole family.

Although he figured out the joints, Xiao Ji remained silent, constantly weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

He knew how important the Tao family was to him, and wanted to help the Tao family at the critical moment, but he still had some other concerns in his heart.

Not to mention what will happen to those civil and military officials in the court when the news spreads, he alone has a lot of worries. He is still a traditional king in essence. Although he is not hostile to businessmen, he still despises businessmen in his bones, and taxation is For state affairs, he absolutely does not want to have anything to do with the court's taxes and businessmen.

"Aside from this, is there no other way?" Xiao Ji glanced at his son and asked involuntarily.

Xiao Jie guessed his father's concerns, and he also understood that a ruler of a feudal dynasty naturally despises and distrusts businessmen, which cannot be reversed overnight.

However, this was just a stopgap measure. Although he wanted to help the Tao family, he was him after all, and the Tao family was the Tao family. Even if he trusted the Tao family, it was impossible for the Tao family to control the taxation of the court.

"I understand the concerns of my father. In fact, I have long thought of reforming the way of taxation and entry into Beijing, but I have not found a suitable opportunity. The Tao family's matter is also an opportunity. I want to use the Tao family bank to try it out. One year, if possible, next year the imperial court can open its own official bank, in order to distinguish it from other merchants’ banks, it can be called Daning Royal Bank, which is responsible for statistics and collection of annual taxes for the imperial court.”

Xiao Ji nodded slightly, if it was only a year, it would not be unacceptable.

He also thought about the way to deposit money into the bank, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good way to avoid the loss of taxes all the way to Beijing.

But even though he thought so in his heart, Xiao Ji smiled and said: "A few days ago, I mentioned to your imperial grandmother that the Tao family donated 1000 million taels of silver to the court to start a school. She also said that although the Tao family is a business, But he is also sensible and general, so I want you not to treat the Tao family badly."

Xiao Jie admired secretly in his heart that the father is the father, and his speech is really good. It is obviously a matter of mutual benefit, but he hinted that he was trying to repay the favor of the Tao family.

But Xiao Jie still heaved a long sigh of relief, no matter what, with the words of his father, the Tao family could finally escape the catastrophe.

"My son thanked the emperor for his kindness on behalf of the Tao family."

Xiao Ji smiled slightly: "Okay, I will ask Zhongshu Sheng to draw up the decree later, if you have nothing else to do, you can leave first, and I should go back to the imperial study to review the memorial."

After resolving a big crisis for the Tao family, Xiao Jie's mind became active all of a sudden. Since the opponent provoked him first, he let them see what the financial war of later generations is.

"Father, my son really has something. Last year, there were locust plagues in the three prefectures of Jiao, Jing, and Yang, and then the Huaihe River burst, which caused a lot of food production last year. This year's spring is not enough rain, which may cause this year's grain production. Insufficient, so my son suggested that the emperor should issue a decree strictly prohibiting folks from using grain to make wine, and those who violate it will be severely punished."

Xiao Ji couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard the words, obviously he didn't realize that his son would have such a proposal.

But based on what he knew about his son, it was definitely not that simple to know his actual purpose.It is true that there were locust plagues and floods last year, and it is also true that there is little rain in the spring this year, but it is not enough to cause a food shortage.

But thinking about it, his son has never been a master who swallowed his anger. Now that the Tao family who supported him suffered such a big dark loss, it is absolutely impossible for him to let it go with his character of retribution, and he will definitely take revenge. But we can wait and see, happy to see it happen.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ji also smiled, and nodded lightly: "Okay, I'm sure!"

(Well, another chapter will be posted at night)