Feudal scholar-bureaucrats reborn: marrying a husband and marrying a virtuous

People who usually don't fight or snatch such a big reaction for the first time, those who don't know think they really have a lot of character, but unfortunately they are all people in the same circle, who doesn't know who?

Even Shang Tan complained in his heart at this time, "When it doesn't touch your own interests, it doesn't matter how much others argue, but when it involves yourself, the reaction is bigger than anyone else." '

Every time Lin Fangxu went to Wenyuan Pavilion, Mr. Li Ge had the weakest sense of presence. All day long, he acted as if you were right and I supported him. Not all Ge elders are working hard for the country, and some are just dawdling.

However, it is such a person who you think is fooling around, but behind him stands the entire Shanxi Shanxi Merchants Group, one of the most powerful merchants in the Great Wei Dynasty today, with strong financial resources and very united, and at the same time strongly supports Shanxi Erlang's imperial examination career.

Li Mo, a son of Shanxi Province, is the biggest spokesperson of Shanxi merchants in the imperial court. In the previous dynasty, the Li clan was also a representative of going to Xikou. Shanxi merchants turned southward one after another.

Many salt merchants and maritime merchants in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, Jin people accounted for almost one-third, and the rest, such as Zhejiang merchants, Fujian merchants, Huizhou merchants, etc., were helpless when they watched them make money. , those who were forced to leave their homes were exceptionally tenacious and united.

Lin Fangxu didn't want to confront such a person, but they pointed their noses at you and scolded you as a treacherous minister, so you can't just admit it!

Lin Fangxu had no fear on his face, and sneered: "Commercial taxation began in the Western Zhou Dynasty and has continued for thousands of years. In the fourth year of Hongwu, in order to better manage commercial taxation, the late emperor ordered the establishment of taxation departments in prefectures, states, and counties. Supervise the collection and supervision of commercial taxes in various places. Heh..., according to the meaning of the old man, is the late emperor also competing for profit with the people?!"

Lin Fangxu's hat was too big, and Li Ge didn't dare to admit it. He was so angry that his beard and hair were stretched out: "Yellow mouth boy...! You have cultivated something out of nothing and slandered the old man! Farming and mulberry taxes have always been the foundation of a country. You are here to promote merchants and merchants, if everyone is going to do business, who will cultivate the fields, you are digging the foundation of our great Wei!"

Elder Dong Ge said slowly at this time: "Elder Li Ge, there is no need to get angry. When young people first enter the court, their ideas will inevitably be a little unrealistic. It is good to speak clearly."

Zhao Songtao also chimed in and said, "Yes, yes... Lin Sheren has a much higher starting point than others. He stayed in the capital directly and did not go to other places for experience. It is indeed a bit taken for granted."

Zhu Xianzong looked at a few people, you played bad face, I played red face, inside and out they demoted Lin Fangxu to nothing, as if he was going to be demoted out of Beijing after the court discussion, while others were either gloating or had nothing to do with him.Then look at the lonely young man who looked at everything coldly with his hands down. He couldn't bear it. Just as he was about to speak out to help, he saw the young man standing in the middle of the hall suddenly laughed.

Zhu Xianzong was surprised: "Why is Lin Sheren laughing? But did you think of something interesting?"

Lin Fangxu arched his hands to the prince and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, I did think of something, it's not very interesting, but it's worth laughing!"

Zhu Xianzong originally intended to help him, so he naturally cooperated and said at this time: "Oh..., what is so ridiculous? I think you adults are also very bored at this time, so you can tell everyone to listen."

With a smile on his face, Lin Fangxu said in a relaxed tone: "The reason why I am laughing is because Mr. Li has forgotten the original intention of this court meeting? The purpose of the gathering here is to solve the tax problem in the south of the Yangtze River, and Mr. Kong Ge finally concluded, The root cause of the tax problem in the south of the Yangtze River is the serious land annexation."

Speaking of this, Lin Fangxu glanced at Mr. Li Ge, and continued: "Master Li thinks that collecting business taxes is to encourage business, and in the end it will lead to no one to cultivate the land, but as far as the officials can see, many farmers have no Arable land! Let’s not mention other places for the time being, let’s just talk about the hometown of ministers. Many landless people live by being tenants. Hah... I am not sure whether the collection of business taxes will lead to everyone doing business, but the fact that no one is farming the land,

The minister thinks that Mr. Li need not worry. "

After Lin Fangxu finished speaking, Emperor Jianwen was in a happy mood. He glanced at Lin Fangxu admiringly, and thought, 'What a group of selfish and greedy people, can they think that the world of Great Wei belongs to their family?Relying on the fact that officials occupy land without paying taxes, they say that they don't compete with the people for profit, but in fact, those big businessmen are either their clansmen or their stewards. money. '

After listening to Lin Fangxu's words, Mr. Li Ge's face became more and more gloomy, and there was no trace of his usual amiable appearance. The others looked at the young man in the middle with complicated expressions, "It's really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and dares to run rampant." explain. '

It's a pity that such a person who doesn't follow the routine and act according to the rules has stumped a large group of high-ranking officials with his words, and even Kong Ge doesn't know how to sum it up.

But at this time, the emperor still smiled and asked: "What do you think of Dongsheng's method?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he sighed again: "As the saying goes, if you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do things well, but I feel that young people's thinking sometimes needs to be more open. I asked you to think of ways before, and each of you just stared at me. The rice, wheat, mulberry, and hemp are staring back and forth, and the treasury has not seen a surplus, but it is still in deficit every year."

Hearing the emperor's dissatisfied reprimand, everyone couldn't help but tense up, only to hear the emperor call his name again: "Mr. Guan Ge, you are in charge of the household department, and you are in charge of the expenditure of the entire imperial court. Tell me, is this commercial tax necessary?" Reorganization?"

Before this, the elder Guan Ge never thought of what is going on with him in today's court meeting?It's a pity that things were so unexpected that he happened to be on the stall so he had no choice but to reply: "Reporting to the Holy One, when the tax department was first established, the country was first established, and it was in urgent need of recuperation. The imperial court encouraged farming, and commerce has not flourished. Taxes are even more like a drop in the bucket, and later gradually no longer pay attention to them. If the commercial tax is to be reorganized, the tax department needs to reschedule the manpower. Not to mention, how should the commercial tax be adjusted if there are not many people who are businessmen and merchants? Coupled with the investigation and punishment of tax evasion and smuggling, etc., it will be difficult to sort out all these clues in a short time."

After hearing this, Emperor Jianwen was displeased. To put it bluntly, it was just an excuse. If the matter is too difficult, why don't you do it?

Seeing that everyone was convinced after listening to Guan Ge's words, Emperor Jianwen had no choice but to take Lin Fangxu out again, and asked: "Since Dongsheng has proposed to restructure the business tax, I wonder if he has any other ideas?" ?”

At this time, Lin Fangxu felt that he was at a disadvantage. What he received was the salary of running errands, but he was doing the job of Mr. Ge. The others really had nothing to do?Not at all!But no one wants to damage their own interests, so they just pretend to be deaf and dumb.

"If you want to sort it out in a short period of time, it is indeed as difficult as reaching the sky." Lin Fangxu first agreed with the old Guan Ge's words, and then expressed his own views: "There are many types of commercial taxes, but I think that the ones that really account for a large proportion are Of course there are taxes on salt, tea, wine, and mines, but all of these are inferior to the tax on ships."

When Lin Fangxu said this, he saw that many people turned black again, so..., this touched their interests again. Forget it, they have almost offended them since raising the reorganization tax, and it's no big deal to offend them again He went on to say: "Emperor Xie of the previous dynasty followed his father's example and set up two more city ship divisions in Quanzhou, Fujian and Guangzhou, Guangdong, plus the original one in Ningbo, Zhejiang. The three city ship divisions have been kept until now, but because of Due to smuggling at sea and other reasons, the city and ship tax received every year is less than two to three tenths of the previous dynasty. I think that if you want to restructure the commercial tax, you should start with the reform of the city and ship tax."

From the beginning of the court meeting to the present, Zhu Xianzong has not said much except for Lin Fangxu's round of smoothing. First, he feels that these important court officials are really disgusted by pushing the blame and blatantly poaching the foundation of the Great Wei. Second, After talking and talking, the last solution did not make him feel that it would be effective.

After listening to Lin Fangxu's speech, Zhu Xianzong felt that the words of this little champion were the most meaningful words he heard today, they were true insights, and they were a really useful and feasible solution to the court's funds!So he couldn't help interjecting: "Then Lin Sheren thinks where should we start to restructure the city ship tax?"

When Lin Fangxu saw His Highness the Crown Prince, the future Emperor Yong'an looked very excited, even though the faces of other people became more and more pale.

The darker he is, the less fearful he is now, and he said categorically: "The reform of the city ship tax must start from two aspects at the same time. One is to rectify the city ship department, re-evaluate and select suitable personnel, and the other is to strictly investigate maritime smuggling."

Strictly investigate smuggling at sea...!As soon as these words came out, they were really thrown into the crowd like a thunderbolt, directly blasting all the senior officials present with tinnitus and dizziness.

When the others were dizzy, Kong Ge, who was old and cunning, saw that His Majesty and His Royal Highness looked at Lin Fangxu with a look of satisfaction, and reckoned that the Majesty must not allow other people to object to this matter, but why did he want to Against it?His Confucian family was originally from Shaanxi, and no one went all the way to smuggle by sea.

It's time for him, the chief minister of the cabinet, to make a summary. Kong Ge also looked very satisfied. He looked at Lin Fangxu and praised: "Lin Sheren is really young and promising. After hearing what you said In other words, old people really feel that they are old."

After praising the younger generation, Kong Ge respectfully said to the emperor again: "I think Lin Sheren's proposal to reorganize the city ship tax is completely feasible, and it is not impossible to completely solve the financial shortage of the imperial court. Therefore, we must be cautious in selecting the person responsible for this matter."

Lin Fangxu thought, with such a big mess, how could it not be his turn to be a sixth-grade editor with no family background and qualifications?Offending people with his mouth is already his limit. If he really wants to cut other people's flesh with a knife, he really doesn't have the guts. His husband hasn't married yet!