Chapter 404: A Little Surprise, Not a Tribute

As soon as Guo Dan came out of the lobby, Aunt Xu's face turned red, she clenched her pink fist, frowned slightly, and whispered to herself: "How unreasonable!" ”

Before that, everything was as she expected, but when she got to this kick, it suddenly turned out to be a 180-degree turn.

This made her very depressed.

She believes that in order to solve the problem of Kaifeng Mansion, it is necessary to solve the problem of the vassal king, because this is a big loophole, and if this loophole is not plugged, everyone will use this loophole to evade taxes.

She is still looking at this matter with traditional thinking, what is the solution, is to change it.

I never thought that Guo Dan would go to cooperate with the vassal king.

This is self-defeating!

She ignored Guo Dan's thinking this time and traditional thinking, which was originally the opposite, and could even be said to be two thoughts that wanted to be hostile.

Although this result is not necessarily bad, because whether it is cooperation or to solve, Guo Danke has to take care of the tax revenue of the people and the country, but this makes her very embarrassed, if it deviates a little bit, it will be forgotten, it is completely the opposite.

What a thing!

However, she stayed by Guo Dan's side, and she didn't expect it, let alone these people in Kaifeng Mansion.

Aunt Xu knew that if Guo Dan really negotiated with King Zhou, then the situation would be out of control and completely unpredictable.

Fortunately, this time, Guo Dan was in a hurry, and he didn't sell it.

Early the next morning, I saw many soldiers holding notices and sticking them in the market, in the neighborhood, and so on.

This immediately attracted a lot of people to come and watch.

"What do you mean? Help... Help us pay our taxes? ”

"Is this true?"

"This notice has been posted, can it still be fake? I just said it, I just said it, as long as Guo Dan comes, he will never let us pay taxes. ”

"I need to rush back and tell Daddy the good news."

......

Soon, the crowd gathered in front of the notice was heard cheering.

The content of the notice is very simple, that is, I Guo Dan is favored by His Majesty to have today, so I intend to give back this kindness to His Majesty's people, and I will help the people of the entire Kaifeng Mansion and those who have ten acres of cultivated land and below to pay all taxes.

Although it means that within this range, there is no need to pay taxes.

However, this is not to say tax exemption, but I, Guo Dan, will help you pay taxes, which means that those who are more than ten acres will have to pay taxes.

This is the non-official way of dealing with it, it is purely a personal will, I love to help them pay taxes, can you control it?

But at the same time, the obligation to pay taxes is guaranteed.

The "free" and "helping" are completely two different natures.

Of course, it is impossible for him to put Wanli aside, everyone still has to remember that this is Your Majesty's blessing, and the reason why I help you pay your taxes is just to repay Your Majesty's kindness.

This sycophant shoot really leaves no trace.

This immediately separated the common people from the landlords.

Aren't you going to play Kill?

Lao Tzu will divide and conquer for you.

The whole Kaifeng Mansion is really celebrated by the whole world, many people heard the news, directly squatted in front of their own doors or in the fields, crying, they were terrified for many days, and they really needed to vent at this time.

Because for them, it is not a matter of a few stones of grain, it is a matter of life, they really can't pay taxes, not to mention the lack of grain harvest, the key is to lose a lot of people, if they have to pay full taxes, then the tax will only be more on their heads.

If they don't have to pay taxes, they can still hold on.

Because the burden on his shoulders was gone all of a sudden.

However, the landlords of Kaifeng Mansion heard the news, all of them were angry, what kind of ghost is this, you will not play, you will not play, you will stay at home, since ancient times, it has not been said, let the landlord pay taxes, but do not need farmers to pay taxes.

Thousands of years old, you dare to destroy it, you don't invite heaven's curse, who will invite heaven's curse.

In the courtyard of a large mansion in the south of Kaifeng Prefecture, I saw four or five middle-aged men in brocade clothes sitting inside.

The owner of this house is named Zhao Qinghe, who is the big landlord of Kaifeng Mansion, these people are actually similar to the king of Zhou, and their ancestors have been here for generations, and the ancestors are either Jinshi or Juren.

"How can this be true, that profiteer actually played this trick with us, does he think we are easy to bully?"

A slightly chubby man with an embarrassed beard slapped the table angrily.

This person's name is Liang Yan, he was born in a person, but he is also a gentry of Kaifeng Mansion, and he has a marriage relationship with Zhao Qinghe.

A person beside him said: "Brother Liang is reasonable, I said earlier, I should give that kid a dismissal, and let him know who is in charge of this Kaifeng Mansion." ”

This money is a trivial matter, the key is that you don't give face, just the next day, you will worry about us.

"Calm your anger and listen to me."

Zhao Qinghe waved his hand, and then smiled: "Do you think that Guo Dan is willing to pay taxes for those Diao people?" No normal person would be willing. ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

That's how it goes.

Zhao Qinghe smiled again: "I think he was forced to be helpless, so he made this decision." As for saying that he asked us to pay taxes, hehe, even if he wants to help us pay taxes, we won't let him go, what kind of identity does he Guo Dan, a humble businessman, a child who can't even get into the show, and finally falls to being a son-in-law for a tooth businessman, let him help me pay taxes, I Zhao Qinghe can't afford to lose this person! ”

"Brother Zhao is right."

A person on the left said: "He Guo Dan can help millions of people pay taxes, if we are still stingy with this money, it will really lose the face of our gentry in Kaifeng Mansion." ”

"Yes, yes, compared to millions of taxes, our money is just a drop in the bucket, then let's see what Guo Dan uses to make up this tax, if you can't make up for it, ......"

Several people looked at each other very tacitly, and then they all laughed.

They didn't intend to refuse to pay the tax in the first place, this tax evasion is a matter of skill, not a hard one, and they have already arranged it properly.

At this time, a slightly young man sitting at the end said, "I heard that Guo Dan went to the Zhou Wangfu yesterday. ”

Zhao Qinghe said: "I also heard about this matter, and I sent someone to ask last night." ”

Speaking of this, he laughed contemptuously: "Then Guo Dan is really whimsical, he actually hopes that the prince can help him and take the lead in paying taxes, but how is this possible, if it weren't for His Majesty's sake, the prince would want to drive him out with a stick." ”

"Really?" Liang Yan laughed and said: "It seems that this Guo Dan is just selling his reputation and reputation, and he is not as powerful as the rumors outside, he is so naΓ―ve." ”

They were right, it was impossible for the vassal king to take the lead in paying taxes, but they never expected that Guo Dan would unite with the vassal king to divide their money.

And now Guo Dan is counting every penny in their pockets.

Due to some insomnia last night, Aunt Xu got up later today than usual, but not long after she got up, she heard the news that Guo Dan had already made a list, so she took a carriage to go around the street.

If Guo Dan hadn't revealed it to her yesterday, she would probably be confused, she wouldn't have believed that Guo Dan had the ability to help millions of people pay taxes, but now, she was not surprised by this.

She knew that Guo Dan did this to appease the people, and then free up her hands to clean up those gentry.

Guo Dan's plan did not even consider collecting taxes from the people.

As a big businessman from later generations, Guo Dan really has no habit of worrying about the pockets of the poor, at least he is a middle-class person who can enter his eyes and calculate the money of the poor, which is difficult to make and wasted his brain.

Only those crooks who are indiscriminate will look at the poor to get that little money.

As soon as she returned to the mansion, she suddenly heard a crackling sound inside, which was deafening, Aunt Xu frowned slightly, and said to herself: "This seems to be the sound of the abacus, but this voice is inevitably too loud." ”

She walked to the backyard, looked into the fan-shaped stone door, and couldn't help but show surprise on her face, only to see dozens of people in the house and in the corridor quickly toggle the abacus, all of them were about fifteen-year-old girls and young men.

And Guo Dan was sitting on a recliner under the tree, chatting with a fifteen or sixteen-year-old guy very happily.

At this time, Guo Dan also saw her coming, hurriedly beckoned, and glanced at the energetic young man beside him, who immediately stood up and went to the big room in the middle.

Aunt Xu walked in and looked left and right, "They are?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "The tax bureau of Weihui Mansion, now that Weihui Mansion has nothing to do, I will transfer them here." ”

The young man is Cao Xiaodong.

The capital is no longer the main battlefield, and the elites of Xinxing went to Weihui Mansion very early to station, and became the most mysterious department of Weihui Mansion.

No matter where Guo Dan goes, it is Cao Xiaodong and they are charging into battle, this Guo Dan's profession is related, and whatever he does, the first thing he does is to collect information.

Aunt Xu asked again, "What are they calculating?" ”

"I'm calculating how much tax they have to pay to the Zhou Palace."

Guo Dan smiled and said: "Seriously, I have to thank the former prefect very much for leaving me such a true and detailed field register, and even the 10,000 acres of fertile land of his cousin's family are written on it, I have never seen such a simple and honest master of the mansion." ”

Because they want to avoid taxes, although the household registration is very chaotic, but this tax-free field registration is written in great detail, and they are afraid that if they don't write in detail, they will let Guo Dan take advantage of the loopholes.

But if you want to write in detail, it is impossible to leave no traces, Aunt Xu can see at a glance that this modification is passable, but they are not afraid, anyway, many ministers in the court support them to do this, and the emperor cannot say that it is not allowed to give more taxes to the vassal king, they have nothing to fear.

But I didn't expect this to help Guo Dan a lot and save Guo Dan a lot of time.

In less than three days, Cao Xiaodong calculated the tax income of those landlords and gentry clearly and clearly.

Zhao family.

"Master, there is a brocade guard outside, saying that he wants to see you."

"Jin Yiwei?"

Zhao Qinghe was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Let him come in." ”

After a while, a brocade guard entered the hall, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Zhao Yuanwai, I am ordered to come and hand over this tax bill to the outsider, and I hope that the outside can pay the tax on time." ”

As he spoke, he handed over a tax bill.

"Guo Dan asked you to come?" Zhao Qinghe asked while taking the tax bill.

"Yes."

"Humph!"

Zhao Qinghe sneered, opened the tax bill at random, fixed his eyes, and trembled suddenly, the tax bill in his hand almost didn't fall on the hand, and then said angrily: "Where does the old man need to pay so much tax?" ”

The brocade guard said: "Please also ask the staff to see clearly, this is not the official tax, it is the tax of the Zhou Palace." ”

"Zhou... Zhou Wangfu? ”

Zhao Qinghe immediately looked confused, and after a while, he frowned and said: "How can this be true, what does the tax of the palace this week have to do with him Guo Dan?" ”

The brocade guard said: "Don't you know that the other clans of the Zhou Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion have hired Guo Dan to help them take care of their family business. ”

"What did you say?"

With a pop, Zhao Qinghe jumped up directly.