The four of them were silent at the same time, and after a while, Feng Qujian said: "Qinghe Hou acted like a whimsical and empty trace, I didn't expect that an idler frolicking and playing things could be made by him to make such a big battle, I heard that the lottery betting funds for each game alone are more than 200,000 yuan, this huge income should be taxed, and the high household department has arranged for someone to go to remind me?" ”

Gao Teng put down the teacup and shook his head and said: "I have not arranged for the tax officer to ask, this Keju Contest is opened in Xianyang City, and all taxes are under the jurisdiction of the Inner History Mansion, this matter can only be asked to Lord Qi!" ”

"I heard that when the Keju tournament was being prepared, the gaming company had already filed with the Inner History Office and submitted an application for tax verification, but the Inner History Office did not verify it!" Zhao Wei said next to him.

"There are two reasons for not verifying the collection, one is because of Qinghehou, and the other is that he doesn't know how to collect it. Gambling is a new category, although the game is popular in the past, there are many tricks, but the total amount of gambling money is only tens of hundreds of dollars, and now the Marquis of Qinghe suddenly carried it forward and made a big deal of millions, this tax should still be paid, otherwise it will be attacked for a long time. Feng Qujian said after a long silence.

The other three nodded slightly.

I also know what Feng Quji said that someone is attacking.

Before the reform of the three provinces and six ministries, the three princes and nine secretaries were directly under the emperor's ministers, and they were directly responsible for the emperor in handling government affairs, and although Li Si had the greatest power, he was only the officials who ruled the counties and counties in the world, and did not include the emperor's close ministers and civil and military officials above the court, and he could not even manage it within the scope of internal history, because internal history was also one of the nine qing, directly responsible for the emperor.

After the restructuring, Feng Quji, who was originally an auxiliary prime minister to help maintain the order of the court, suddenly rose in power, and the officials who commanded the six ministries and the world became the biggest beneficiaries, and he was able to directly compete with Li Si, but even so, Feng Quji's status in the emperor's mind was still far inferior to Li Si, and even inferior to Meng Yi.

Therefore, Feng Qujian urgently needed to find a helper who could support him.

And the best candidate for this helper is Qinghe Hou.

And now Meng Yi also began to feel that because of Zhao Gao's matter, there was some estrangement between him and the emperor, especially when the northwest disarmament was disarmed, Meng Tian was recruited back to Xianyang, which made the Meng clan a little uneasy, although it was speculated that Meng Tian would be reactivated by the emperor to attack the Western Regions, but before this matter was completely revealed, everything was just speculation.

Therefore, Montessori also urgently needs to find a backer, and this backer is none other than Qinghe Hou.

The household department is the former Zhisu Inner History Office, and it is also one of the nine Qings, but after the restructuring, it was classified as the most important office under the Shangshu Province, which is more important than the Ministry of Officials, responsible for the world's household registration, planting, fields, taxation and other matters related to people's livelihood, Gao Teng as the household order, can really feel Chen Xu's reform measures to improve the work pressure of the household department, just an Oriental Dao, if all the money and food support is solved by the household department, and within a year, Gao Teng is estimated to be tossed to death, Because this is almost an impossible task, so Gao Teng's enthusiasm for Chen Xu can be said to be the most obvious among the officials of the three provinces and six ministries, every time he sees Chen Xu, he has to take the initiative to greet the greeting set, not to mention that his home is next to Chen Xu's Hou Mansion, the two are still neighbors, Gao Teng often can't stand the delicious temptation made by the Hou Mansion, licking his face and rubbing a few delicious meals, so the relationship between the two is not bad, and Gao Teng has repeatedly taken the lead in supporting some of Chen Xu's reform measures in the court.

As for Zhao Wei, he was completely convinced of what Chen Xu did, Chen Xu not only easily helped him solve the complex currency reform, but also made Chen Xu's live speech at the Dongfang Dao Preparatory Conference completely made Zhao Wei fall, almost regarded Chen Xu as his idol.

What's more, even the emperor has to respect and rely on the Marquis of Qinghe so much, Zhao Wei, as the emperor's big butler, controls Shaofu, so it is natural for him to be close to Chen Xu.

Therefore, under various reasons, the four of them are finally slowly approaching and forming a new interest group, and the core of this group is Chen Xu, and Chen Xu himself does not know that it has become a glue.

Two secretaries and two secretaries.

Together, this force can withstand almost any powerful offensive above the court, and can even influence the emperor's decisions in many government affairs.

But as long as Li Si's position in the emperor's heart does not fall out of favor one day, it is impossible to overthrow and completely confront Li Si, at most he will contend with some matters related to interests.

At this time, the four of them talked about the Keju Contest and the tax issue of the bookmaker, if this matter is not handled well, it is likely to become a handle for the disciples of the Legalists to attack Chen Xu, and the bookmaker makes money so quickly, there are many people in the eyes of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military ministers, not to mention that Meng Yi and Gao Teng are both direct beneficiaries, and there are great losses if the family property is not handled well, and neither of them wants to see the end of the bookmaker being banned.

And no one understands the emperor's mind about the emperor's 100,000 yuan bet, but at least it can be seen as a hint from the emperor, in disguise recognizing the legitimacy of the new business of the bookmaker.

"It's best for Feng Xiang to raise this matter at tomorrow's court meeting, and we will help to arrange the tax of the gaming company properly, it doesn't matter how much the tax is, but it can't be someone else's handle!" Meng Yi said after thinking about it for a long time.

"Feng Xiang's eldest son Jing heard that he was sensitive and studious, and he was steady, and Cui Lin of the Ministry of Agriculture and Mulberry Administration was old and sick, and he submitted his resignation to the old man several times, because the affairs of the Agricultural and Mulberry Department were important, so the old man has not agreed, if Feng Xiang is willing, his subordinates will ask Cui Lin to take sick leave tomorrow, and recommend Feng Jing as the Minister of Agriculture and Mulberry Administration!" Gao Teng said with a smile.

Feng Qu frowned for a moment, revealing a hint of a smile and said: "The dog is only a fourth-grade, but the Agricultural and Mulberry Department is a third-grade, I'm afraid this matter will cause dissatisfaction!" ”

"Haha, Feng Xiang rest assured, why is he dissatisfied, Li Xiang's eldest son Li You has long been a third-grade official, and now he is the county guard of Sanchuan, Feng Tong is the secretary and the prime minister, how can he be backward, this matter is wrapped up in Teng's body, I will reconcile with the officials, this gaming company Shen Gongyan also has a share, and the second son of his family is also a participant." Gao Teng patted his chest and promised.

"Then thank you to the high household department for this matter!" Feng Qujian thanked him with a smile on his face.

Qin and Han Dynasty officials, do not want to have a complete set of official promotion assessment like later generations, although after Chen Xu's three provinces and six ministries and nine official positions of the restructuring, but generally speaking, still follow the Shang and Zhou Dynasty employment habits, mainly rely on the recommendation system, the reason is that the current official promotion assessment system is still very incomplete, Xianyang is better, but to the following counties, counties and towns, the appointment and deployment of officials are mainly the local chief officials have the final say.

Moreover, the interests of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were entangled with each other, and most of the power to recommend and appoint officials was still concentrated among these families.

However, this situation will gradually improve in the future, at least the establishment of agricultural colleges, engineering colleges, medical schools and other talent training institutions, these qualified graduates will be arranged by the imperial court to become officials, although they are all small officials in some counties, but it is indeed an opportunity for ordinary people to become real scholars, and unlike before, all reserve officials are selected from the families of princes and princes or civil and military officials, completely cutting off the needs and expectations of ordinary people who want to be motivated.

When a ruling class begins to solidify without fresh blood, it is actually the beginning of the country's decay and collapse.

But at all times, the top of the ruling class will always be controlled by a small group of people, who have firmly controlled and manipulated the country with huge interests and family power, forming the top of the pyramid.

Daqin is the same now, this group has solidified, if it weren't for Chen Xu, a catfish, jumping out and stirring up, this pond would have been quiet and depressed until one day when the first emperor died, and then Daqin collapsed instantly, and all these interest groups who uphold the court will follow the funeral and become victims of their own interests.

The arrangement of the position of a third-grade important minister was arranged in the midst of several marquis drinking tea and chatting.

Zhao Wei's Shaofu and the six ministries of the three provinces are not related, and they belong to special departments under the direct control of the emperor, so they don't care about the personnel arrangements of the court, and the four of them can sit together today and talk about these topics, they must all have their own tacit.

Promote Feng Jing's position, so that the Feng family will have another important minister in the court.

Feng Quji was naturally happy, and the price was only to make a letter tomorrow to propose and facilitate the taxation of the bookmaker.

Originally, Gao Teng could also do this matter, but Gao Teng was obviously not qualified enough to cut off Li Si's channel for attacking Chen Xu, once this book was proposed, it would inevitably be worn by Li Si in small shoes in the future, but if Feng Qujian brought it up, Li Si could only hold back this breath, and this was also proposed by Meng Yi after thinking twice, and in terms of official positions, Meng Yi could not interfere, this was not his authority.

The next morning, Feng Qujian submitted a letter for the verification and taxation of the gaming company, and several officials from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Internal History also cooperated to top the post, and the emperor did not hesitate to arrange the matter properly, and let the Inner History Mansion and the Ministry of Household discuss and approve a suitable tax rate.

In the afternoon, the officials of the Inner History Office carried the edict of the Chinese Book Province to the Lingering Fragrance Garden to pass the tax, the tax rate is ten taxes one, according to this tax rate, one-tenth of the lottery income of the gaming company will belong to the Treasury of the Inner History, and the previous income must be paid.