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In the adult world, nothing can be done easily, because adults always need to bear all kinds of pressure, and they always need to consider all kinds of ideas, and they can't just live for themselves.

And in officialdom, it is even more so.

Officialdom has never said "win-win", because as long as a person is in the officialdom, whether you want to or not, you will always stand in the way of others, the resources in your hands will always make people red, and your performance will always make people suspicious, so there is never a saying in officialdom that "harms others and is not beneficial to yourself", for the vast majority of officials, the failure of others is equivalent to their own opportunities, why not?

Therefore, regardless of ancient and modern China and foreign countries, and regardless of the change of dynasties, partisan tilting is the norm in officialdom, and pulling back legs and infighting are things that happen every day, especially when it comes to Zhao Junchen's status, every move will cause countless attention and speculation, and every moment will face countless hostility and covetousness.

It is precisely because of this that officialdom has never been a Taoyuan township without quarrel with the world, and there has never been a white lotus that is not stained by mud, the word "doing things" is simple to say, but it is not easy to really do, whether you want to "serve the country and the people", or want to "use power for personal gain", you must spend a large part of your energy on intrigue, compromise of interests, etc.

Now, Zhao Junchen naturally knows that as he begins to rectify commercial taxes, the forces of all parties in the DPRK and China will inevitably take action, either taking the opportunity to infiltrate, or secretly obstructing, or waiting for the opportunity to sabotage, all of which are ill-intentioned and must be guarded against.

For these small actions, whether bright or dark, although Zhao Junchen attaches great importance to them and takes a lot of precautions, he does not pay too much attention.

Because, Zhao Junchen has been secretly preparing for a long time for today, and he has already made full preparations.

In Zhao Junchen's view, intrigue and compromise of interests are certainly an indispensable part of officialdom, but they must not be indulged in! No matter what it is, if you want to achieve ultimate success, you must first do your own part, rather than looking ahead and looking backwards, blindly considering the ideas and practices of others.

It is precisely because of this consciousness that Zhao Junchen dared to take over the matter of commercial tax rectification!

Therefore, when the various factions in the DPRK and China began to calculate Zhao Junchen, although Zhao Junchen knew it, he was not too nervous, but he just acted according to his plan as always, and was staying in the office room of the household department at this time, carefully reading the materials that would be used tonight.

There are a lot of materials, a thick pile, stacked up enough to be six or seven inches high, and I don't know how long it will take to read them all, but Zhao Junchen didn't show any impatience,

As Zhou Lu received, tonight Zhao Junchen will have a banquet in Tianhai Tower.

According to Zhao Junchen's plan, this commercial tax rectification plan is a "bottom-up" change, and these wealthy businessmen are a vital part of Zhao Junchen's plan.

And the information that Zhao Junchen is reading is also the details of these wealthy businessmen, whether it is background, position, current situation, family, preferences, etc., all of them are readily available. In order to collect these materials and ensure the details and reliability of the information, Zhao Junchen secretly spent a lot of thought.

In fact, as early as Yanzhou, Zhao Junchen had already agreed with Lin Yunpu, Bai Mingyu, Dai Fengfu and others of the Huizhejiang Merchant Gang, and after the imperial court decided to rectify the commercial tax, the two sides would meet again in the capital to discuss the details of cooperation in detail.

After the imperial court made a decision, Lin Yunpu, Bai Mingyu, Dai Fengfu and others also reacted quickly, and soon came to the capital, and invited Zhao Junchen to a banquet last night.

It's a pity that Zhao Junchen was suddenly assassinated yesterday, and there are many things to deal with, so naturally he couldn't go to the banquet, and Lin Yunpu and others also expressed their understanding, and said that they would invite Zhao Junchen again in a few days.

However, in order to show his importance to the Hui and Zhejiang Merchant Gang, Zhao Junchen did not let the other party wait too long, but took the initiative to invite everyone from the Hui and Zhejiang Merchant Gang to a banquet tonight.

According to Zhao Junchen's idea, the matter of the imperial court and the Huizhejiang merchant gang forming a joint shipping company will be formally decided this evening.

Therefore, tonight's banquet is extremely important, Zhao Junchen naturally has to be fully prepared, and Zhao Junchen must also fully understand these Huizhou and Zhejiang businessmen who are willing to cooperate with him, and will never miss anyone.

When flipping through the materials, Zhao Junchen was quite serious, constantly holding a pen to sketch on the materials, and marking out all the contents that need to be focused on one by one.

At the same time, whenever Zhao Junchen read a piece of information, he would list them separately -- the information of the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang whose background position was determined to be fine was placed in one place, the information of the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang who had doubts about their background and position was placed in another place, and the information of the merchants of Huizhou and Zhejiang who had obviously a problematic background and position were put in another place.

In fact, Zhao Junchen has now formed a reliable staff team, and these things can be handled by the staff, but Zhao Junchen still hopes that he can handle it himself, and then he can know it in his heart.

After Zhao Junchen carefully read all the materials, a whole day had passed unconsciously, it was getting late, and the sun was setting outside the window.

Putting down the last piece of information in his hand, Zhao Junchen let out a long breath, then shook his head and stretched his body, slightly relieving his physical and mental exhaustion.

Then, Zhao Junchen's eyes turned to the information of those merchants in Huizhejiang who had questionable backgrounds and problematic backgrounds, but the corners of his mouth showed a sneer.

"Sure enough, as I began to take action to rectify the business tax, the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods appeared one after another...... Compared with when I was in Yanzhou, the number of businessmen from Huizhou and Zhejiang who have expressed their intention to cooperate with me has increased significantly...... However, among these merchants in Huizhou and Zhejiang, there are all kinds of complex backgrounds, and there are even many people who are just puppets on the table, such as this Shi Kesong, whose backstage is the old Zhou Shangjing, and this Zhang Cheng, who used to be the Fuzhong of Wang Shou, the secretary of the Ministry of War...... Hey, I didn't expect even the prince's people to appear, this Li Xiangru turned out to be a distant relative of the prince's young master Guo Tang, and this Xu Changde, but he has a lot to do with the first assistant Shen Changmao, I heard that thirty and a half percent of the dividends of his firm will be distributed to the 'Shen Party' officials every year......"

Between muttering to himself, the sarcasm in Zhao Junchen's expression became more and more obvious.

"Do these people really want to work with me? Or is it for spying on the news? Or is it to stealthily and wreak havoc? Or...... Do you want to elevate me and pick peaches? Zhao Junchen said softly: "However, no matter what kind of background you have, since you are here, I will take it, but if you have bad intentions, I have already taken precautions, and if you steal chickens and rice, it will be your own ......."

Just as Zhao Junchen was thinking in secret, the door of the office room was suddenly pushed open, and then he saw Xu Qingyan enter the room and report to Zhao Junchen: "Young master, it's time to go to the banquet, we should go." ”

Zhao Junchen nodded, and after stretching his waist, he no longer saw any tiredness, got up and said, "Let's go, it's time to start!" ”

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…… (To be continued.) )