Chapter 405: Heavy Agriculture and Suppression of Business
What a surprise!
Zhao Qinghe never dreamed that this tax bill was not from the government, but from the Zhou Wangfu, and he had already prepared the taxes that should be paid to the government.
In fact, Guo Dan also wanted to tell him that if he could, he really wanted to send the two tax bills together, but it was really chaotic that the land registration in the government was relatively chaotic, and it was difficult to calculate it for a while, so he could only send one over first.
However, Zhao Qinghe was still skeptical about this, the news was too sudden.
However, soon, the news of Guo Dan's cooperation with the clan was confirmed.
Zhou Wangfu personally posted a notice, saying that Guo Dan would be hired to take full care of the property of Zhou Wangfu.
This news really made Zhao Qinghe and them completely dumbfounded.
Although they themselves are also tax-exempt households, they have quotas, ranging from 50 acres to 20 acres, but they have thousands of acres, or even tens of thousands of acres of fields, originally they did not hang so much, because the government has a cooperative relationship with them, you all pay a little, and the government will not check them, just because Guo Dan is coming, they quickly transferred, and now most of the fields are listed in the name of the vassal king.
If the vassal kings demanded to pay taxes, they would have to pay all the taxes.
This news shocked the entire Kaifeng Mansion.
These local gentry rushed to Zhao's house as soon as possible.
"Now that the Zhou Palace's Mansion has been controlled by the Jinyi Guard, our people can't enter at all."
The Liang Yan entered the lobby angrily and shouted loudly.
It turned out that on the second day of Guo Dan's arrival, Dong Ping had already sent additional people to block these clans, and during this period, Gao Shang was to negotiate with them, Guo Dan didn't have so much free time, he was only responsible for getting the king of Zhou.
However, the king of Zhou agreed, and those county kings and other things also agreed directly, because they are very close to the king of Zhou, of course this family has to be united, and they are united to pit other people's money, and their income is increased.
"Could it be that Guo Dan forced the prince to do this?"
A gentleman named Zheng Kaiwen said.
Liang Yan said: "What's the point of dwelling on this matter now, whether it's forced or not, a notice has been posted on the Zhou Wangfu, and Guo Dan can use this to collect taxes from us." ”
An old man stood up in a hurry, hung his head and said, "How is this good, how is this good!" ”
Seeing this, tears are about to flow.
Having said that, in fact, Guo Dan did not confiscate their fields, but just let them pay taxes reasonably, however, they are used to tax evasion, and letting them pay a little more tax is like asking them to die.
"Elder Liu doesn't need to worry."
Zhao Qinghe snorted: "I don't believe that the prince is forced to be helpless, Guo Dan is not a small businessman, how can he force the prince, it must be that they colluded together, in a vain attempt to snatch our money, but his prince's ass is clean, and now he is forcing us to be anxious, so we are not afraid to tear our faces with them." ”
Liang Yan said: "Yes, we can also go to the Zhou Palace, they have robbed the people of the land." ”
At this moment, a servant ran in and whispered a few words in Zhao Qinghe's ear.
When Zhao Qinghe heard this, he laughed and said, "Guo Dan's good days are over." ”
Liang Yan immediately asked, "How do you say this?" ”
Zhao Qinghe said: "I just got the news that Jiang Yinglan and Huang Daxiao have arrived at the mansion, and they are here to spy on Guo Dan, and this time the court will not let Guo Danhu come again." ”
Last time I went back to Weihui Mansion, the imperial court only sent two small imperial historians to go, but this time, the imperial court not only sent Huang Daxiao, the elite in the imperial history, but also Jiang Yinglan, who was the subject of the household department, to supervise Guo Dan in Kaifeng Mansion.
As soon as the two of them arrived in Kaifeng Mansion, they learned the news of Guo Dan's cooperation with the vassal king, and they were both surprised, so they hurried to the mansion to ask Guo Dan for an explanation.
"Guo Dan, about your cooperation with Zhou Wangfu, but is it true?"
When Huang Daxiao saw Guo Dan, he didn't wait for Guo Dan to salute, but asked.
Guo Dan nodded and said, "This is indeed the case." ”
"How can this be true, don't you know that the government can't contact the vassal king? You openly cooperated with the vassal king. Huang Daxiao said angrily.
Guo smiled lightly: "My lord Mingjian, I am just a businessman, and I am not an official. ”
"Neither can a merchant." Huang Daxiao said.
Guo Dan really wanted to spray him in the face, when those landlords colluded with the vassal kings, you didn't let out a fart, but he didn't bother to reason with them, and said with a smile: "But I'm a businessman sent by His Majesty." ”
Huang Daxiao didn't think about it, so he said, "The merchant sent by His Majesty can't either." ”
"Oops!"
Gao Shang stood up from the side and said: "I said Huang Yushi, you are really so powerful, Your Majesty can't take care of the affairs of this feudal royal family, so I don't know who can take care of it, but you talk to me." ”
Huang Daxiao suddenly came to his senses, couldn't help but look embarrassed, and said busily: "Don't blame my father-in-law, I really lost my words for a while, but I don't understand, why did Your Majesty do this?" ”
Gao Shang said: "That's because Your Majesty learned that in recent years, there are some clans in Kaifeng Mansion who have not been able to get their names and have starved to death at home, but some of them are very rich, and the gap between the rich and the poor is too big, but the treasury can't come up with money for relief, and the local government can't get land, so Your Majesty sent Guo Dan to take a look, hoping to let the rich clans go to help those who can't get the fame, and you also know that the clans can't meet at will." ”
This reason made Huang Daxiao speechless.
It is a fact that since the promulgation of the Ordinance of the Clans, many clans have been denied status, and although they are much freer than before, they have no life skills and can only starve to death.
It is reasonable to let the rich receive the poor, and still not let the treasury pay!
The point is that this is also the emperor's family affair.
Jiang Yinglan couldn't help frowning when he heard this, this is really self-defeating!
Guo Dan saw Huang Daxiao's embarrassed face, and kindly relieved them: "The two adults came just in time, and I have something important to discuss with the two adults." ”
Huang Daxiao asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"It's about valuing agriculture and suppressing business!"
Guo Dan said passionately: "I plan to strictly implement the national policy of valuing agriculture and suppressing business, but I found that the household registration system of Kaifeng Mansion has become very chaotic.
Therefore, I intend to rectify the household registration first, and anyone who wants to do business must pass my approval, and I will strictly limit the number of merchants to prevent the proliferation of merchants and undermine our national policy of taking agriculture as the foundation. ”
Gao Shang glanced at Guo Dan in surprise, and thought, aren't you just a businessman?
There is a conspiracy! Huang Daxiao said cautiously: "You have to get your approval before you can do business?" ”
The response was not bad, and it was too late to get to the point as soon as it was said. Guo said lightly: "What else should I do?" Now there is no government here, so I can only approve it. ”
Huang Daxiao was a little uncertain, he really didn't believe that Guo Dan would restrict businessmen, he thought that there must be a reason for this, and he couldn't rush to agree to this, so he said: "Although the system is like this, it also has to be determined according to the actual situation, this rash restriction of businessmen, I am afraid that it will cause panic among the people." ”
Guo smiled lightly: "My lord, you didn't tell me that, you said that I must strictly implement the national policy of agriculture and industry and commerce and heavy agriculture and suppressing business, and now you say that you can't rashly restrict it." ”
Speaking of this, he changed his words: "Of course, the adults must insist, then I can only obey my fate, but I also ask the adults to sign an explanation letter, explaining that the adults do not allow me to focus on agriculture and suppress business, and don't let the merchants flood at that time, and say that I caused it." ”
"This official didn't say that you should focus on agriculture and suppress business."
Huang Daxiao said excitedly: "The official is just worried that this move will cause dissatisfaction among the people. ”
Guo smiled lightly: "It's my business to cause dissatisfaction, but I have to do it, if I don't do it, then I'll be finished, as for why I'm finished, adults should know better than me." ”
"What does this officer know?"
Huang Daxiao glared at Guo Dan angrily, then glanced at Jiang Yinglan on the side, and saw that Jiang Yinglan, who can usually speak well, was sitting on the chair stunned, so he could only agree: "Okay, since you are sure that there will be no problem in doing so, then you can do it." ”
Guo smiled lightly: "Don't worry, my lord, this is just a suppression of business, and I have to report to the adults on the agricultural part." ”
Huang Daxiao saw Guo Dan's smile now, and he was a little panicked, mainly because of the matter of the vassal king, which he didn't expect, he didn't know what was wrong with this, and asked, "I don't know how you plan to focus on farming?" ”
Guo Dan said: "In recent years, Henan Province is not beautiful, the grain harvest is poor, and it is urgent to control the river, so I want to invest in the construction of water conservancy, which is definitely a heavy agriculture." ”
You want to fight me for this idea. Huang Daxiao said: "But the construction of water conservancy works hard and hurts the people, what will happen to this tax at that time?" ”
Guo smiled lightly: "Please rest assured, in the annual budget of the local finance, there is such an item, but I will never increase any expenditure, and the excess will be all mine." ”
The more Huang Daxiao listened, the more wrong he became, he had never seen such a generous person in his life, building water conservancy costs a lot of money, the government has to budget, but it has to be maintained at ordinary times, and it is definitely not enough to build water conservancy, incredibly: "You... Do you pay for it yourself? ”
Guo Dan nodded and said with a smile: "Your Excellency should have learned that I have already helped millions of people pay taxes in the notice on taxes I issued a few days ago, do I still care about this money?" ”
Of course, Huang Daxiao knew about this, but he didn't believe it either, and said, "Are you so kind?" ”
"Of course I wasn't so kind, but I can't help it."
Guo Dan said: "The saddest thing in this world is that this person is dead, but the money is still there, and now someone wants my life and wants to kill me, so I will use the money to eliminate the disaster at that time." ”
"You don't refer to Sang and scold Huai here."
Huang Daxiao snorted and said, "This official has no objection to you doing this, but you must remember, don't let this official know that you have other plans, otherwise, this official will never let you go." ”
He was full of thought that Guo Dan would nod his head and come down.
Who knew that Guo Dan was smiling and silent.
Huang Daxiao frowned and said, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Guo Dan spread his hands, and said lightly: "Let's talk about it when I catch it!" ”