Embarrassed!

The atmosphere is a little awkward!

Although Wang Jiaping and they don't care about this meal, it's quite embarrassing for you to say it, after all, at their level, as long as it's not a secret visit, you have to eat and drink wherever you go!

But in this matter, Guo Dan's attitude is very resolute.

Not negotiable.

Guo Dan is really not reluctant to give up this money, he gave Zhang Cheng money, but a lot, Wang Jiaping and these people eat and drink here, how much money can be spent, but the cost of the post station in the Ming Dynasty state capital is shocking, the money reserved by the state government is spent here, and it is not enough, so there are often state governments trying their best to collect from the people to fill this hole, but they will never be satisfied.

And Guo Dan contracted all the taxes, he had to pay the taxes in full every year, and the court did not say that he would give Guo Dan a sum of money, as public expenses, with his own financial resources, he could not afford it.

In fact, the court is willing to give public funds, Guo Dan will not ask for it, he would rather not do this deal, when he wanted to contract Weihui Mansion, this point was very clear, and the contract was also very clear, because no matter how much the court gave, it was not enough for them to eat and drink, and he might be slandered, saying that he was corrupt and perverted the law.

Moreover, he doesn't want officials to run here often, now Weihui Mansion doesn't even have an official mansion, the officials are coming, who TM will entertain, so he is very resolute about the public expense, one or two public expenses are not given, unless he invites it, then of course he has to entertain, otherwise, you officials have to come, all the consumption is borne by yourself, just your salary, you have to eat the poor.

If you don't give public funds, you will naturally not go this way.

"Whoever wants you to have a treat, just a small businessman, and you want to invite us to dinner, you are not qualified enough, our family just asked you to find a place."

Having said that, in fact, Zhang Cheng is helping Guo Dan play a round, of course he doesn't care about the cost of this meal.

But Guo Dan made it seem like they were here to get food, which was really embarrassing.

Just don't invite a treat. Guo Dan said with a smile: "Then go to Jinyulou." ”

Wang Jiaping nodded and said, "Just go to Jinyulou." ”

When I came to the Jinyu Building, I saw that there were people inside, almost all of them were full, and all of them were dressed in silk and satin, and at a glance, they knew that they were all rich people.

Those who don't have money don't dare to come here to spend.

Zhou Feng had already been waiting there that day, and reserved the largest box in Jinyulou, he knew Wang Jiaping and others, and they were all his old customers.

Coming to the private room, Zhou Feng said with a smile: "It's rare for all the adults to come, the small shop is full of brilliance, what do you adults want to eat, just order, just the villain was the one who picked up the wind and washed the dust for the adults." ”

"No need!"

Wang Jiaping smiled and said, "Just order food." ”

"This..." Zhou Feng suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, glanced at Guo Dan again, and then nodded: "Yes, the villain knows." ”

Guo Dan was also standing and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I also went out, you can enjoy it slowly." ”

He didn't even invite guests, so there was no reason to stay here to eat.

Wang Jiaping glanced at Guo Dan and nodded with a smile.

So Guo Dan went out with Zhou Feng.

"Virtuous nephew, what's the situation, did I just say the wrong thing?"

When he got out, Zhou Feng immediately grabbed Guo Dan and asked.

Guo sighed: "It has nothing to do with you, take this opportunity, I also make it clear to you, I will not pay out of my own pocket to entertain any officials, you want to invite, that's your business, but you also have to take into account that if you develop this habit, officials come here to eat and drink, then you will bear it yourself." ”

Zhou Feng frowned, and said: "This is very difficult for us to do, my home is in the capital, and I have to go to Jiangnan to open a branch, I can't offend them." ”

Guo Dan said: "I know this, but you have to watch it yourself, and I also watch it myself, if the prime minister eats, drinks and has fun here, then I will naturally help him pay the bills, but this matter has to have a degree, you think about it, whether it is a restaurant or a hotel, our Weihui Mansion is much more luxurious than the surrounding post stations, once they know that they can eat and drink for free here, then they will go this way." I can only assure you that if you don't ask for it, you deserve it, and they can't do anything to you. ”

Zhou Feng nodded and said, "I know." ”

Suddenly, I heard someone on the side: "What are you two muttering here?" ”

Guo Dan turned his head to look at them, and saw Zhang Cheng slanting at them, and hurriedly said, "Prime minister, why did you come out." ”

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Our family is here, but we came to look for you, and we didn't ask them to come here for dinner." ”

In addition, if he sits inside, it is not convenient for everyone to talk, after all, the celebrant and the cabinet check and balance each other.

Guo smiled lightly: "Neixiang, I'll take you to relax and relieve your fatigue." ”

Zhang Cheng snorted: "You kid is really stingy enough, this cabinet minister is here, but you don't even want to pay for a meal, and Zhou Feng is more sensible than you." ”

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "Prime minister, I really can't afford to pay for this meal, let's talk while walking." ”

With that, he took Zhang Cheng downstairs.

This Zhang Cheng left, and Wang Jiaping and them naturally spoke much more conveniently.

"What do you think?"

Wang Jiaping asked.

Xu Guodao: "I don't think things are as easy as Guo Dan said, there is a big mystery in this, he definitely planned it a long time ago, if there was no such careful plan, he would not have dared to take over this job." ”

Jiang Yinglan sighed and said, "It seems that I really underestimated him before, just with everything he has done in Weihui Mansion, his talent is far above me." ”

This time he was really convinced, Guo Dan used to play those tricks, looking at him, they were all opportunistic and ninth-rate means, but this time he was able to manage a state capital, and Guo Dan managed Weihui Mansion in an orderly manner without taking power, and no minister in the court could do so.

Fang Fengshi suddenly said: "Although he planned very carefully, it is not an unworldly strategy, the key is that those big landlords and wealthy businessmen are willing to pay taxes, if the big landlords and wealthy businessmen in other state capitals are willing to pay taxes in full, the national finances will definitely be much more substantial than now." ”

Wang Jiaping said: "This is also where I can't figure it out, if you want to say that Guo Dan is here to force them to pay taxes, then that's it, but he has no prestige here, and he doesn't send people to collect taxes, it can be seen that those people are voluntarily paying taxes, which is really strange, since ancient times, this kind of thing has never happened." ”

Fang Fengshi said with a smile: "Later, after we finish eating, we will find out when we go outside and ask." ”

......

And over there, Guo Dan took Zhang Cheng to the Hot Spring Pavilion, of course he didn't want to disgust Zhang Cheng, the Hot Spring Pavilion is not a place for special dungeons, but more of an entertainment place.

When Zhang Cheng sat in this luxurious private room and saw the delicious wine and food on this table, he couldn't help but say, "You kid can really enjoy it!" ”

"It's all King Lu's, I enjoy it here, but I have to give money, and the price is not cheap." Guo Dan smiled bitterly.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly asked, "Is King Lu okay?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Don't hide it from the prime minister, he is the happiest in the entire Weihui Mansion, eating, drinking, and having fun every day, lying down to collect money, but it's really ......." ”

Zhang Cheng smiled: "King Lu, you can't be jealous." ”

"That's, that's." Guo smiled lightly and asked again: "Prime Minister, Your Majesty is okay." ”

"Your Majesty is happy to complete the task so well, but you have done it so well, not to mention those ministers, even Your Majesty can't believe it, so he sent our family over to take a look."

The younger brother gave him such a face, of course Wanli was hilarious, and he held a court meeting if he didn't agree, and then blew it up, but as the good news of Weihui Mansion continued to spread to Jingshi, it was one day at a time, and Wanli gradually became a little weak-hearted, in case there was a cat in the middle, it was fake, and then his face would be swollen, after all, he was very fierce, so he sent Zhang Cheng to come over to see the truth.

Zhang Cheng said again: "Now our family is relieved, but our family doesn't understand, what is the mystery here, why you have been talking about him before, and you are unwilling to tell Wang Jiaping them." ”

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but I want to tell the truth, then I will get into big trouble again, with the wisdom of Lord Wang, I will be able to understand it in a few days." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhang Cheng said curiously.

"Not to mention those big landlords and gentry who evade taxes, in fact, each state government collects a lot of taxes, but the government consumes a lot, I am in charge of Weihui Mansion, and I don't need their money to support it, I just hand over the money to the imperial court.

If I tell them that they only need to reduce the cost of the government, reduce the cost of the post station, and reduce the cost of the vassal king, and each state capital can pay the tax to the court in full, the officials of the world will come to me again. ”

"I see, you're right, you can't offend them again." Zhang Cheng nodded, and then asked, "But why are those big landlords willing to take the initiative to pay taxes?" ”

"It's simple."

Guo Dan picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his bowl, and said: "If this is the profit generated by Weihui Mansion every year before, just a little bit, in this case, then I eat more, and there is less left for them, they will naturally desperately cover this pastry and not let me eat it." ”

Speaking of this, he put the whole plate of pastries in front of him again, and said: "And this is the profit I brought to Weihui Mansion, there are so many pastries, then I eat a whole piece, and they will not have an opinion, because each of them can get a piece, not even less than I get, as for that little bit of tax money, it doesn't matter, so I just make this pastry bigger and more, so that everyone has something to eat, if it's just a little bit, everyone will grab it." ”

"When you say that, our family understands." Zhang Cheng nodded thoughtfully, and said: "But this is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, otherwise, who doesn't want to do this, I think the whole world is down, and you can do it." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "The Prime Minister has won the award, I can do it, all because of His Majesty's support for me, otherwise, I can't do it." ”

"That's, that's." Zhang Cheng nodded.

Guo Dan said again: "Prime minister, about the ..... of your father-in-law." ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "Don't worry, I told him, he won't make trouble for you, what do you want, just tell him." ”

Guo nodded with a smile, and said: "I also bother the minister to tell your father-in-law that every year I will give him a good profit, I only ask him to do one thing, that is, don't break the rules here, if he is accused of going to the court, then I can't help him." ”

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "Our family knows this, so our family let Xiaogui come over, if you really send an older person to come, you may not be able to hold it down." ”

......

And over there, after Wang Jiaping and the others had eaten, they went out of the Jinyu Mansion and went to the street to stroll.

"Two old men, do you want to buy some pen, ink, paper, and inkstone?"

When passing by a four-treasure shop, the shopkeeper saw that Wang Jiaping and Xu Guo both had extraordinary temperaments, so he shouted at them.

Wang Jiaping and Xu Guo glanced at each other, and then entered the store.

"Shopkeeper, your business is pretty good."

"It's not bad, but compared to other stores, it's not good, after all, there are relatively few people who come to our Weihui Mansion to read now."

The shopkeeper said, and asked, "Are you two from the capital?" ”

Wang Jiaping nodded and said, "We are all businessmen in the capital, and we want to come over to do some business." ”

The shopkeeper said, "Then you are late, and this good workshop has been occupied." ”

"That's not a problem." Wang Jiaping waved his hand, and said distressedly: "We just see that this tax is too high, the old man hires someone to give them such a high salary, and he has to help them pay taxes, and even make a contract, they have to pay taxes, but it is really unreasonable." ”

The shopkeeper's expression suddenly changed, and he said: "You are not willing to pay this tax, then you will go to other places to do business, don't come to our Weihui Mansion, take a walk, you are not welcome in my store." ”

Xu Guo wondered: "You shopkeeper is really rude, if this tax can be less, it will be good for you!" ”

The shopkeeper applauded his eyes and said: "I am just willing to pay taxes, can you manage it, hmph, if you come to Weihui Mansion to do business, I will keep an eye on you every day, if you dare not pay taxes, I will sue you." ”

Xu Guo was completely dizzy.

I have such upright people, why didn't I find out before.

In the past, if you wanted to talk about not paying taxes, you could definitely talk about it at night, but now you have turned against them.

Wang Jiaping raised his hand to stop Xu Guo, and smiled at the shopkeeper: "This is really strange, I know many businessmen in Jingshi, and they all try their best not to pay taxes." ”

The shopkeeper said: "Don't hide it from the two of you, I was originally a businessman in Kaifeng Mansion, I am in Kaifeng Mansion, and I don't want to pay taxes, but there is no way." ”

"Why is that?" Wang Jiaping asked.

The shopkeeper said: "You are a businessman, you still ask me, those big landlords don't pay taxes, and the government doesn't dare to say anything, so they will bully us small businessmen, no matter what we do, we have to take money to honor those old men first, this money is much more than taxes."

It's us who pay taxes, but it's also us who are bullied, we are not born cheap, we like to spend money to find bullies, we just have no choice. ”

Wang Jiaping asked, "Isn't it like this here?" ”

"Not here."

The shopkeeper said: "If you want to hire someone, you have to pay taxes, whether you are a landlord or a gentry, they all have to pay taxes, and they all pay by themselves, no one collects them, then Guo Dan didn't say it, if you want to pay it, don't let him catch it, naturally there is no need to honor anyone, in fact, the commercial tax of the court is not high, but we not only pay commercial tax, but also up and down, and those big men, in a word, we have to go bankrupt."

When the Luwang Mansion was built before, many small businessmen and small landlords in Weihui Mansion were forced to bankrupt their families, and their families were ruined, which was worse than ordinary people, but today's Weihui Mansion will not. ”

"Not really."

Wang Jiaping sneered: "Everywhere there are officials and officials who protect each other and bend the law for personal gain, if the gentry and the officers and soldiers collude together, you don't pay it." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Our Weihui Mansion is really every official, it is impossible for the gentry to collude with the officers and soldiers, the gentry are the local squires, if they dare to do this, they will be driven out by the villagers, and even the ancestral graves will be thrown out." ”

"Then what if the officers and soldiers ask you to pay for it?"

"Officers and soldiers will not do this, there were many troops in the former Weihui Mansion, but now they have all run away, because those soldiers' fields have been occupied by their superiors."

The shopkeeper said: "Our Weihui Mansion has been said in advance, to ensure that private property is sacrosanct, anyone wants to blackmail us, then he has only one identity, that is, a robber, a rogue, of course he can resist, only the court has the right to judge whether we pay a fine, but that has to talk about evidence, this is good for us, good for the officers and soldiers." ”

As he spoke, he squinted at Wang Jiaping and Xu Guo again, and said with a smile: "I see that the two of you are not badly dressed, you are quite well-cultivated, you must be a wealthy businessman in the capital, and you must have not evaded taxes before, but I advise you, don't do this when you come here, you can't play Guo Dan, the tooth merchant is very good at settling accounts, if you want to be caught by him, not only will you be punished, but he will also find five guns to help you paint portraits, and then stick them everywhere, telling everyone that you don't pay taxes, have no credit, and let your reputation be discredited. Who will dare to do business with you then? ”