What happened in Chongwenmen soon spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

For ordinary people, it is naturally a happy thing to see. And those businessmen have always been the targets of exploitation, and seeing that the shops of the court tycoons also have to pay taxes, they are more applauded in their hearts.

The first to bear the brunt of the matter was Zhang Shouzhi, the secretary of the Dali Temple, because he was a person from the capital, making him more powerful than the ordinary Dali Temple.

It's just that I never thought that today's house slaves would provoke such a thing. In essence, the steward was not a house slave, but a cousin in his main room.

Dali Temple Qing Yamen, the main hall in the signing room.

Zhang Shouzhi is over fifty years old, and because of his Mongolian blood, the beard on his face is not much more than Gao Gong, but he also has an elegant bearing.

Facing his wife who came to cry, Zhang Shouzhi, as an old fritter in the officialdom, said at a glance: "Do you really think that Hai Rui, the head of the household department, is collecting taxes in Chongwenmen?" The person who really collected taxes in Chongwenmen was Lin Ruoyu, the head of the household! ”

He ...... He can't be so domineering, right? Mrs. Zhang is Zhang Shouzhi's third wife, and she is at a good age as a mature woman, but she is crying and wiping her tears.

Zhang Shouzhi asked in a calm voice: "Why are people domineering?" Who stipulates that our goods do not have to pay commercial tax in Chongwenmen? ”

"Haven't you had to pay for so many years? That...... Then you fish out Zhang Tian first, and let's sell him a face! Mrs. Zhang knew that she was wrong, so she wiped away her tears and made concessions.

Zhang Shou responded with a straight smile: "Can't get it!" Your good brother is attacking the imperial court officials this time, if I don't know how to advance and retreat at this time, not to mention my own humiliation, I'm afraid that your career will end here! ”

"How can he, Lin Ruoyu, come from such great ability?" Mrs. Zhang stopped crying and said with her eyes glaring incredulously.

Zhang Shouzhi laughed self-deprecatingly: "If he didn't have such great ability, he wouldn't dare to collect customs duties in Chongwenmen, and everyone wouldn't obediently pay taxes and enter the city!"

The problem of Chongwenmen tax customs has been around for a long time, and it is not that there is no idea of Chongwenmen commercial tax without the head of the household department. It's just that the interests of Chongwenmen are very wide-ranging, from the ministers to the nobles, so that the previous Hubu Shangshu is a mouse-throwing device.

This Chongwenmen malaise that the previous household secretaries did not dare to or could not solve, Lin Haoran just changed the practice of his predecessor, and he already wanted to prescribe the right medicine for this ill.

He used the well-known Hai Rui to sit in Chongwenmen, and all forces faced Lin Haoran's strong move, but they chose to compromise with Lin Haoran.

"Everyone is so afraid of him?" Zhang's family was originally a lady in the capital, and when he realized that the attitude of the bigwigs on all sides was indeed a compromise, his mouth opened slightly.

Zhang Shouzhi sighed lightly, but looked in the direction of Xiyuan and said: "Now there are not many people in the court who are not afraid of him, and there is only one who dares to argue with him!" ”

West Garden, Wuyi Hall Duty Room, Sandalwood in the copper furnace rises.

"Dad, Lin Ruoyu really committed the anger of the public this time, we have to clean him up well!" Xu Fan hurriedly walked into the first assistant duty room, and when he saw his father, he proposed resentfully.

He originally wanted to go to "oppress" Hai Rui, but when he learned that Zhang Shouzhi's house slave had been imprisoned, he saw that Li Gongzi and others had honestly paid taxes and entered the city, but he was not carried away by anger, but chose to change his route to his father.

After realizing that Hai Rui was standing behind Lin Hao, he knew that he didn't have the ability to directly argue with Lin Haoran, and he also hoped that his father, who was in power and in the opposition, would take this opportunity to clean up that kid.

Chongwenmen made such a big move, and the news had already reached Xu Jie's ears.

Xu Jie, who was wearing a scorpion cannon, was dealing with the song, and when he learned that his son had arrived, his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, and his tone was slightly dissatisfied: "You saw that he Lin Ruoyu was angry with the public, didn't you see anything else?" ”

"What else?" Xu Fan carried out murderously, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard the words.

Xu Jie held a brush in his hand and wrote on the note, and replied without raising his head: "Lin Ruoyu borrowed the power of the emperor, whoever dares to argue with him is defending his own death!" ”

"How can he borrow the power of the emperor?" Xu Fan originally wanted to come over and encourage his father to make a move, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but ask more confusedly.

Xu Jie finished drafting a note, then raised his head and nodded lightly: "We all know that Lin Haoran is currently encountering a problem of 100,000 taels, and now he chooses to collect commercial taxes in Chongwenmen, which can be regarded as collecting taxes and raising money for the emperor, do you understand the mystery?" ”

And so it is. If the emperor had not forced the household department to allocate 100,000 large warehouses of silver to the inner warehouse, then Lin Haoran's tough taxation in Chongwenmen would have been a personal act, but now it was already more of a banner to raise money for the emperor.

Now who dares to argue with him on this matter, then this move is not only difficult to get along with his household department Shangshu Lin Haoran, but also ignores the authority of the emperor.

The sandalwood in the copper furnace has burned out, but the whole room is still filled with fragrance.

Xu Fan originally came with a fighting spirit, but the reality always made him so disheartened, although he always knew that Lin Haoran's conspiracies and tricks were endless, but he couldn't help but ask in shock: "Dad, you said that this time it was the kid's layout and calculations?" ”

"Yes and no!" Xu Jie opened a book again, and analyzed like an outsider: "It is a fact that there is no silver in Taicang, and there are not many ways for him to raise money, and it is a helpless move to collect commercial taxes in Chongwenmen!" Now cleverly putting the two things together, it gives him stronger confidence, and no one dares to resist taxes! ”

"In this way, I'm afraid that this kid has already had a plan, it's really no wonder that everyone now says that Lin Ruoyu is 'three steps and one calculation'!" Xu Fan was inclined to all this because of Lin Haoran's layout and calculation, and he seemed to be in awe.

Although Xu Jie was very calm on the surface, looking at Lin Haoran's layout and calculation, his heart was also turbulent, but he told him seriously: "I know that you have a large number of goods to enter the city, but you still have to pay it, don't ...... was calculated by that kid! ”

"The child obeys!" Xu Fan didn't dare to feel sorry for that bit of silver anymore, so he nodded solemnly and agreed, and immediately asked for advice with doubts: "Dad, although this Chongwenmen's tax customs is quite oily, even if he Lin Ruoyu really doesn't sell anyone's face, it is impossible to collect 100,000 taels at once in the past few days, right?" ”