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Seeing Wei Huai go and return, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be surprised, and after summoning Wei Huai into the study, he asked, "Mr. Wei, what happened?" ”

Wei Huai's expression was grim, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he reported: "I just got the news, my lord, the maid in your mansion, this afternoon, secretly went to the mansion of Inspector Zuo Yushi Lu Chunxiao, and handed Lu Chunxiao a booklet, I don't know what was recorded in it, but Lu Chunxiao was very happy after getting this booklet, and hurriedly met with the prince Zhu and Yu, and it didn't take long for the prince Zhu and Yu to summon a group of cronies, and now they are talking secretly in the East Palace, but the content of their conversation, It is not known yet. ”

The "maid" in Wei Huai's mouth naturally refers to Chu Jiayi, a secret agent sent by Prince Zhu and Yu to Zhao Junchen's mansion!

It's just that Chu Jiayi is not a professional secret agent, and the city government is not scheming, so she revealed her flaws not long after she came to the Zhao Mansion, but Zhao Junchen did not expose her, but stayed by his side to pass on some false news to the crown prince Zhu and Yu, but the people from the West Factory were closely monitoring in secret.

Therefore, now Chu Jiayi was discovered by the people of the West Factory after just a slight move, and then passed the news to Zhao Junchen.

On the other side, after the report, Wei Huai looked at Zhao Junchen with a little worry, thinking that the booklet that Chu Jiayi handed over to Lu Chunxiao was about some important evidence of Zhao Junchen's crimes, so the prince Zhu Heyu and others would attach so much importance to it, but in this way, Zhao Junchen may be in a bad situation next, so Wei Huai is naturally worried.

However, between looking. Wei Huai was surprised to find that Zhao Junchen not only did not have any worries and panics. On the contrary, he is as calm and free as ever, smiling rather than smiling, and meaningful.

"Oh?" Zhao Junchen smiled lightly: "Chu Jiayi, did she finally hand over that booklet to the prince?" Since the prince took that booklet so seriously. Then I'm relieved...... These days, I'm really worried that these guys who are low-eyed and only talk about things don't know the goods! ”

While speaking, Zhao Junchen smiled at Wei Huai again: "Mr. Wei don't have to worry, that booklet is not my handle and incriminating evidence, but I deliberately handed it to Chu Jiayi, and everything is in my hands." ”

Seeing Zhao Junchen's appearance, Wei Huai knew that he was worried in vain this time, with Zhao Junchen's mind and means. Since he knew that Chu Jiayi was an undercover agent planted by the crown prince Zhu Heyu beside him, how could he still let Chu Jiayi grasp his own criminal evidence?

Obviously, all this is just Zhao Junchen's plan!

And Zhao Junchen's goal is obviously the prince's party!

Wei Huai thought secretly: "Prince Zhu and Yu, it seems that he is going to be unlucky again, but he is constantly being calculated by Lord Zhao like this, and I don't know how long he can sit in the position of the prince and prince?" Maybe ......"

Thinking of this, Wei Huai's eyes flickered. said to Zhao Junchen: "Since this is the case, the humble position is also relieved." Your Excellency, you will have a banquet for those new jinshi next, so you won't bother with your humble duties. ”

Between words, unconsciously. Wei Huai's attitude towards Zhao Junchen became more and more respectful.

Zhao Junchen nodded and smiled: "Mr. Wei's legs and feet are inconvenient, so you have to be careful on the road." ”

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At the same time, in the East Palace.

The crown prince Zhu and Yu did not know that this qiē was just Zhao Junchen's calculation. He sat in the main hall of the East Palace, reading the booklet in his hand repeatedly. His face was full of excitement.

After a long time, the crown prince Zhu and Yu finally put the book in their hands aside. sighed: "Although I despise Zhao Junchen's personality and official, I have to say that his "Excerpt of Commercial Tax Reform" has novel and unique insights, and thinks about what others have not thought of, which makes people feel uncomfortable!" Among them, the evaluation of China's commercial tax is even more to the point! If I hadn't read this excerpt, I wouldn't have known that my dynasty's business tax would lose more than eighty percent every year! If we carry out reform according to the methods in this excerpt, the embarrassment of money and food in the Ming Dynasty for many years will never be stored again! ”

While speaking, Zhu Heyu already looked excited!

It turned out that the booklet that Chu Jiayi handed over to the princelings was the "Excerpt of Commercial Tax Reform" written by Zhao Junchen before!

This excerpt embodies a lot of Zhao Junchen's hard work, and all the remarks and opinions in it are Zhao Junchen's true thoughts, but unfortunately the commercial and tax ills of the Ming Dynasty are very wide-ranging, and there are countless stakeholders, although Zhao Junchen can see it clearly, he never dares to change.

However, the crown prince Zhu and Yu are fierce and courageous, so Zhao Junchen also handed over this fold to him through Chu Jiayi's hand, and I believe that the prince Zhu and Yu will inevitably act according to the plan.

Of course, after the crown prince Zhu Heyu implemented this "Excerpt of Commercial Tax Reform", how many people he will offend, how much chaos he will cause, and how much backlash he will encounter, Zhao Junchen will not care.

Sure enough, after seeing this excerpt, the crown prince Zhu Heyu was already moved, and asked the surrounding henchmen: "Everyone, what do you think of this excerpt?" Although this excerpt was written by Zhao Junchen, the opinions in it are undoubtedly beneficial to the court and the people, so should we promote the reform of our commercial tax according to the advice in this excerpt? ”

Prior to this, all the core figures of the princeling party had already seen this excerpt, and their minds were the same as those of the prince Zhu and Yu, and they only felt that there was a lot to be done!

Lu Chunxiao took the lead and said: "Your Highness, according to the information I have gotten, this excerpt is indeed the work of Zhao Junchen, according to Zhao Junchen's idea, when he will be guilty of the crime in the future, he will present this excerpt to His Majesty and use it to please His Majesty, which can be described as Zhao Junchen's life-saving excerpt!" But at the same time, this is Zhao Junchen's urging excerpt, as we all know, His Majesty Xià he can't do without Zhao Junchen, because of Zhao Junchen's financial management methods, if this excerpt is implemented, our dynasty's silver grain turnover will no longer be difficult, and his role Zhao Junchen will be dispensable, at that time, how will His Majesty continue to shelter him, a corrupt official? So although Zhao Junchen wrote this excerpt, he hid it. ”

After a pause, Lu Chunxiao continued: "Now. This fold fell into our hands, and Zhao Junchen did not intend to make it public. We can't afford to remain indifferent! For the sake of our dynasty's financial taxes, and also for the overthrow of Zhao Junchen, a corrupt official and traitor. Xia Guan believes that we should present this excerpt to His Majesty, and implement the commercial tax reform according to the method in this excerpt, which is not only 'attacking the shield of the other with the spear of the other', but also 'killing two birds with one stone', 'killing two birds with one stone', in addition, it can also be used to establish the prestige of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the court and the opposition, which is the best thing. ”

Pavilion elder Cheng said coldly: "This Zhao Junchen is not only corrupt and bribery, but also forms a party for personal gain. Now there is a good plan but not dedicated to the court, just thinking about himself, and he is even more disloyal! What Master Lu said makes sense, now that we have obtained this excerpt, we will do it according to the method in the excerpt, so that we can not only increase taxes for the imperial court, but also take the opportunity to get rid of a big scourge of officialdom! Hum! At that time, Zhao Junchen lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot, I want to see what kind of expression he will have! ”

Speaking of which. In the process of Cheng Yuandao entering the cabinet and becoming the elder, Zhao Junchen made great efforts, although Zhao Junchen did this because of the persecution of Emperor Deqing, but Cheng Yuandao still owed Zhao Junchen a favor after all. However, Cheng Yuandao didn't mean to appreciate it at all, but felt that his entry into the cabinet with the help of Zhao Junchen was a big stain on his life, so he was among the princelings. He was also most disgusted with Zhao Junchen.

On the other side, Bao Wenjie, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly sighed. said: "It's a pity, just look at Zhao Junchen's excerpt." Whether it is praise and disapproval, or countermeasures, there are things to say and insightful opinions, and you know that his wisdom and ability are far above us, but he is a corrupt official, with a poor character, and is the enemy of the righteous way in the world...... A beautiful woman, what is a thief? What a waste of his talent! ”

Hearing Bao Wenjie say this, the princelings were silent.

Although they are disgusted with Zhao Junchen's corruption and bribery, forming parties for personal gain, they also know that excellent insights such as those in "Excerpts of Commercial Tax Reform" are by no means something they can come up with!

During this period, the crown prince Zhu and Yu had even more complicated expressions.

For Zhu Heyu, it is very difficult to admit that Zhao Junchen is not only a corrupt official, but also a capable official, but the facts are in front of him, and Zhu Heyu has to admit it!

Therefore, at this time, the mind of the crown prince Zhu Heyu was quite complicated, and for a moment, he even had the idea of "how good it would be if Zhao Junchen could be used by me".

Seeing that everyone was silent, Bao Wenjie sighed lightly again, and then changed the topic and said: "However, although the exposition in this excerpt is brilliant and seems to be effective, how we need to realize the construction in this excerpt needs to be seriously considered. Now, the prince, you have just offended the three major elders, if we implement the commercial tax reform at this time, they will secretly obstruct it out of revenge, I am afraid that they will secretly obstruct it, not to mention, the commercial tax reform is inseparable from the support of the household department, and the household department is now in the hands of Zhao Junchen, this fold is from Zhao Junchen's hand, he naturally understands that once the commercial tax reform is implemented, it will shake his position, and it will inevitably be disobedient...... Also, the commercial tax reform is the most troublesome for the whole body, and now that the southern tour is about to begin, His Majesty may also have the idea that more things are better than less, and he may not support ......"

Bao Wenjie's remarks pointed out the problem to the point, but it made all the princelings frown, only to find that it was not so easy to implement the construction in this "Excerpt of Commercial Tax Reform"!

Bao Wenjie's face became more and more heavy, and then said: "In addition, and most importantly, the reason why our dynasty's commercial tax has lost countless amounts is because there are countless people who are making profits from it from the center to the localities, from the top to the bottom, from officials to businessmen!" And these people collude together, the influence of the power is very great, if we implement the commercial tax reform, it will affect the interests of these people, and they will inevitably treat us as enemies! At that time, we don't know how many open guns and hidden arrows we will have to face! Compared with this, the secret obstruction of the three major pavilion elders, Zhao Junchen's yang and yin disobedience, or His Majesty's attitude bias are all just trivial matters! Therefore, Your Highness also asks Your Highness to act cautiously! ”

What Bowenjie said certainly makes sense.

However, is it the style of the crown prince Zhu and Yu to look forward and look backwards?

I saw that after thinking about it for a moment, the crown prince Zhu Heyu suddenly waved his hand and said in a firm tone: "Since the construction in this fold is indeed beneficial to the court and the people, then we must implement it, if we stop because we are afraid of obstruction and retaliation, how can our Ming Dynasty reverse the decline?" How can we still accomplish things? However, Bao Shilang is also reasonable, we want to implement the commercial tax reform, we really have to be prepared, I thought about it, when the father and the emperor after his southern tour, the first assistant Zhou Shangjing, the old Shen Changmao, and Zhao Junchen will all accompany him, and only one Huang Yourong is left in the court, and I, as the crown prince, have enough power and influence in my hands, and at that time, it is the time when the resistance is the least and our strength is the greatest! It is also a good opportunity to implement commercial tax reform! Therefore, this excerpt, let's not present it to my father for the time being, and after my father and emperor tour the south, we will implement it alone! ”

Hearing what the prince Zhu and Yu said, everyone's eyes lit up and they felt that it made sense, so they all agreed.

In fact, the decision of the crown prince Zhu and Yu has another thought, Emperor Deqing has given him a total of two errands during this time, one is the preparation of the southern tour, and the other is to try and handle the "fraud case of the preparation of the southern tour", the first errand prince Zhu and Yu smashed, and the second errand prince Zhu and Yu consciously did a good job, but Emperor Deqing was still extremely dissatisfied.

Therefore, the crown prince Zhu Heyu wanted to promote the commercial tax reform alone this time, and he also had the intention of proving himself to Emperor Deqing!

Although Bao Wenjie still has some concerns, he is essentially the same as the crown prince Zhu Heyu, and he is not a person who does things forward, so after hesitating for a while, he did not object!

In this way, the princelings reached a consensus and decided that after Emperor Deqing's southern tour, they would implement the commercial tax reform alone!

It's just that just when everyone was gearing up and preparing to do a big job, no one noticed that the prince and young master Guo Tang were silent at this time, and there was an inexplicable emotion in his eyes.

The disadvantages of commercial taxation in the Ming Dynasty were used by countless people to make profits! Collusion between officials and businessmen, tax evasion, and tax evasion are common occurrences.

In fact, although Guo Tang is the backbone of the prince's party and enjoys a clear name on weekdays, his family has been taking advantage of the loopholes in the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty to make profits all these years!

Now, seeing that the princeling party wants to promote commercial tax reform, Guo Tang is naturally in a complicated mood, and he only feels that he is in a dilemma between public and private!

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PS: The computer crashed once, and everything written was gone, so the update was late, forgive me! (To be continued......)