It was almost noon, and there was more movement outside, and some people had already gone to have lunch.

Xu Jie glanced at Xu Fan with appreciation, stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup and nodded lightly: "If Chongwenmen's tax can have 100,000 taels a year, this is already a merit of Lin Ruoyu, and in just a few days, it is naturally less than 100,000 taels!" ”

In fact, the plate of Chongwenmen's taxation is so big, it cannot be achieved overnight. Even if Lin Haoran turned into Lin Papi, it was impossible to squeeze 100,000 taels of silver from the merchants who entered the city in just a few days.

"Dad, if you can't get the 100,000 taels of silver that the emperor wants, then ...... Then he Lin Ruoyu can't give an account to the emperor, and his black gauze hat is still not guaranteed! Xu Fan knew that the emperor had already thrown out his words this time, and couldn't help but ask even more suspiciously.

Xu Jie silently took a sip of ginseng tea, and frowned at the bitter taste.

He knew that it was indeed as his son said, and whether he could raise enough 100,000 taels of silver to hand over to the emperor was the key to the matter. Although he knew that Lin Haoran, who was so scheming, must have a back-up move, otherwise Lin Haoran would not have offended so many court bigwigs by forcibly levying commercial taxes in Chongwenmen under the premise of knowing that he was "unable to return to heaven".

However, he couldn't figure out how Lin Haoran would break the situation and what method he would use to raise the 100,000 taels of silver, and even now he still felt that this problem was unsolvable.

Xu Jie was about to gently shake his head and admit that he couldn't see through Lin Haoran's true intentions, when a rush of footsteps suddenly came from outside, but it interrupted their communication.

It was none other than Zhang Siwei, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, who hurriedly walked in from the outside, and the well-deserved leader of the Jin Party in the future.

"Master, I've seen Xu Shaoqing!" Zhang Siwei hurriedly walked in from outside, first greeted Xu Jie, and then saluted Xu Fan respectfully.

Although Xu Jie knew that this disciple was not very shrewd, he was very satisfied with Zhang Siwei's attitude of respecting the teacher, so he gently took the initiative to ask: "Ziwei, I don't know what happened?" ”

Zhang Siwei glanced at Xu Fan, and responded directly without hesitation: "Master, the disciple has just learned that the household department is sorting out the roster of shops in the inner city, and I heard that the household department is preparing to require these shops to pay half a year's Chongwenmen entry tax in advance!" ”

Yin eats grain?

When Xu Fan heard this, even when he thought of the strategy used by Lin Haoran, he said with extreme disdain: "The shops in this city are all bigwigs with backgrounds, how can they allow his household department to act so arbitrarily, which family will advance half a year's tax to Lin Haoran?" ”

"Xia Guan only learned the news from the household department, but what the final effect is, Xia Guan also doesn't know!" Zhang Siwei responded embarrassedly.

Although he was born in a family of merchants, he was urged by his family to concentrate on studying since he was a child, and he did not know how to do business. For those businessmen who would choose this way, he was not sure in his heart.

When I came in in a hurry, I also felt that there was something unusual about this matter, so I reported it to the teacher as soon as possible.

Xu Jie was stunned for a moment, and then said with a long sigh: "This time it is not an advance to Lin Haoran, it is an advance to the household department, is it ...... Advance to the emperor! ”

When the last two words were uttered, the room fell silent.

If it's just the former, then it's not so inevitable. It's just that when it comes to the current saints, especially the arbitrary emperor of the current saints, the weight here has become different again.

Xu Fan's mouth opened slightly, and finally said with understanding: "He...... How to borrow the emperor's power! ”

The trick is obviously not new, but now it is placed here, it is so magical. Take advantage of the emperor's power to make everyone obediently pay business taxes, or take advantage of the emperor's power to make everyone obediently pay half a year's taxes.

"Lin Shangshu once served as the Yin of Shuntian Mansion, and these merchants are afraid that they will sell him some face! If they don't cooperate, I think Lin Haoran may trouble them, and I'm afraid that in the end, I will make more friends! Zhang Siwei hesitated for a moment, and seemed to express his opinion.

"It should be like this, there are still more people!" Xu Fan listened to Zhang Siwei's analysis and nodded gently.

Originally, he thought that today's weather was very hot, but at this moment, his back was cold, and he found that the current Ming officialdom was really not something that a person of his level could survive.

A problem that I still felt unsolvable yesterday, thinking that Lin Haoran was in a catastrophe this time, but Lin Haoran only used a household head to collect taxes in Chongwenmen, and all things were resolutely solved.

Not to mention the layout and calculations of others, just the shrewdness of others, even if he can't catch up.

Xu Jie suddenly felt old again, but said bitterly: "Pay the tax that should be paid, and give the tax that should be paid in advance to others!" ”

"Dad, are you going to let that kid be like this...... Are you so proud? Xu Fan knew that he was not Lin Haoran's opponent, but he looked at his father hopefully.

Xu Jie was a person with a city government, but he waved his hand lightly: "Don't ask about the matter, you will be less involved in the future, and go back to stay in Taichangqing in peace!" ”

In fact, he didn't want to train his son well, but his son couldn't support the wall with mud. Now that there is a demonic character like Lin Haoran, with the IQ of his son, he will only drag down his own layout and calculations.

When Hai Rui was sitting in Chongwenmen's tough collection of commercial taxes, the household department was not idle.

After receiving the brochures of the shops in the inner city from Suncheonfu, the officials and officials of the household department began to visit from house to house. Although there is no shortage of scoundrels here, when the household department seized a problematic shop and sealed it, many shops obediently gave money.

Things can go so smoothly, of course, because of the iron-fisted methods of the household department and the authority of the emperor, but during the period when Lin Haoran was in charge of Shuntian Mansion, he was also recognized by many businessmen, and they also took the initiative to send silver taels.

In particular, the merchants in the area of the Drum Tower in the north of the city were also very happy to send half a year's tax to the household department when they learned that Lin Haoran collected the commercial tax in Chongwenmen without discrimination.

Lin Haoran is actually kind-hearted, promising that their shops will be protected by the Ministry of Households, and will not let their shops be forcibly bought and sold by some court bosses.

In just three days, the household department quickly raised more than 60,000 taels through the method of collecting Chongwenmen's commercial tax in advance, which was very close to the target of 100,000 taels.

If there was no accident, Lin Haoran successfully avoided this catastrophe and continued to sit firmly on the throne of his household Shangshu, but a dark cloud floated in the east.