The simplest and most straightforward words actually poured out Shi Yiwen's treatment of them, and in the end, all the thoughts went to the wine.

The wine is no longer moist rice wine, the wine is so soft, the stamina is too great, and it can't express the welcome of friends in my heart.

In the end, it was the liquor that was returned.

The wine was taken out of the supermarket, and Moutai had been in the cellar for more than a year...... Prince wine.

For this kind of wine with a unique fragrance and a very high degree, whether it is Chang Fatzi, Xu Weixin or Jiao Hong, they all feel too strong, obviously they are not used to this kind of strong wine, and Shi Yiwen can only hehe.

Winter is the time to eat hot pot, and the spicy red oil hot pot was unexpectedly praised by the three of them, and sure enough, for the spicy taste, although it is very fresh, it easily conquers their taste.

Shabu mutton, hairy belly, tasting spirits, looking at the red oil rolling in the hot pot, after three rounds of wine, Shi Yiwen, who was also drunk, looked at Chang Yukun's figure and quipped.

"Master Hou, you are fat again, this body shape is really not worthy of your identity, how can the dignified Lord Hou be so fat?"

"Nonsense!"

When Chang Yukun heard this, he was not happy.

"Just because I'm the Hou Ye, I have to be so fat, who made me the Hou ......"

Before he finished speaking, Chang Yukun suddenly stopped and stared at Shi Yiwen with wide eyes.

"You, you, you kid is not authentic, as soon as we meet, you will use me as a monkey...... No, drink, drink, you will be fined three glasses. How dare you say I'm a monkey! ”

"No, you're a monkey!"

Shi Yiwen said with a smile, and at the same time picked up the wine glass, drank a glass with him, and only after the wine was down, did he look at him and said.

"Actually, I asked you to come here this time to ask everyone to help me,"

"Oh,"

As soon as he said this, Chang Yukun, Xu Weixin, and Jiao Hong all looked at him and looked at him, and after a while, Chang Yukun grinned.

"What can I, a lazy and lazy Hou Ye, help you do?"

"It's not to help me, it's to help Jinshang."

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"Now I am ordered by the emperor to handle the banknote customs, it is the time to employ people, because this is the emperor's errand, so I don't need to pass the imperial examination to elect officials, now I have eleven banknotes to do, at least eleven banknotes to be tasked with the tax department, how about it, are you interested?"

Department of Taxation!

What kind of official is this?

Seeing that Chang Yukun, Xu Weixin and Jiao Hong were all looking at him suspiciously, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"How so? This errand may not seem very remarkable, but if it is done well, I think that these eleven banknote customs and taxation departments will be as prominent as the governors of a province. ”

Not inferior to the governor of a province!

seemed to be a casual sentence, but the three of them were all shocked.

"How is this possible?"

"It's Zhiyuan, what are you kidding?"

"Are you kidding?"

Their words made Shi Yiwen laugh.

"Do you really think I'm joking? If these eleven customs are adjusted, I dare to guarantee that the tax collected by each tax customs will be no less than 500,000 taels next year! ”

500,000 taels!

Shi Yiwen's words made Chang Yukun, Xu Weixin and Jiao Hong all widen their eyes in horror, 500,000 taels of taxes! How much tax does Nanzhili collect in a year? In addition to Nanzhili, Daming has a tax in that province that can exceed 500,000 taels! On this basis alone, this tax department is indeed not inferior to the governor of a province.

"This, is this possible?"

Looking at Xu Weixin, who had wide-eyed eyes and couldn't believe himself, Shi Yiwen asked rhetorically.

"Did I say a big thing?"

This...... His rhetorical question made the three of them fall silent, and seeing that they still seemed to be thinking about this, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Mingda, actually, I invite you to come over this time, not only to ask you to do me a favor, but also, I want you to recommend a few people to me, after all, I, the chief tax department, need at least eleven tax divisions, and I am going to use the children of Nanjing Xunchen for these eleven tax divisions."

All use the children of Nanjing Xunchen!

This is Shi Yiwen's plan, the son of Nanjing Xungui, and it is another choice for him to put the banknote in addition to the struggle between the nobles of the capital and the civil officials in Jiangnan. After all, the lords of Beijing and Nanjing can be said to be two groups that are not compatible, and most of the latter are the lords who followed Emperor Gao and were awarded the title back then, so they have been outside the center of the court for many years, and naturally they will not be affected by the struggle between civil officials and lords.

"All, all the lords......"

Jiao Hong looked at Shi Yiwen in surprise, he, what does he mean by this?

"Because of their special status, when facing the magistrates, they will not be afraid of them, they will not be influenced by them, and they will not sit back and watch the tariffs drain."

Shi Yiwen smiled, and directly used another excuse to cover up his purpose, in fact, at the beginning, his plan was very clear, that is, to borrow the lords of Beijing to solve the civil officials, and to borrow the lords of Nanjing to collect taxes, so that he could stay out of the matter and maintain the detachment of his status when fighting in the imperial court.

Shi Yiwen's explanation made Chang Yukun smile.

"You kid has a bad stomach, do you want Hou Ye and me to work for you, and use Hou Ye's identity to block the possibility of interfering in the local money customs for you, in the end, this cheap can be taken advantage of by your kid, what benefit can I have?"

Because they are friends, they will have no scruples, hearing him say this, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Actually, there are a lot of benefits......"

Seeing that Xu Weixin had been silent, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"Among the lords, it is inevitable that there are virtuous people like Kunwu, who have never met talents and have the country, and many of them are side branches, although they have no worries about life, but they are not rich, and in order to prevent corruption among customs officers, I am ready to implement high salaries and honesty in the banknotes!"

"High salary?"

"Yes, in addition to the grade of the salary, the tax department of the five products also has a performance award ranging from 4,000 taels to 8,000 taels every year, which is not only related to the collection of taxes on banknotes, but also related to the year-end audit, if corruption and other behaviors are found, corresponding deductions will be made."

In terms of "high salary and incorruptible", Shi Yiwen did not use the so-called "incorruptible silver" of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but used the "performance" of the late Qing Customs, and issued it through the comprehensive audit at the end of the year, of course, the money is divided into two pieces, one is paid with the monthly salary, and the other is with a reward and punishment system.

"Eight thousand taels! That's, that's a lot! ”

Not to mention ordinary people, even Chang Yukun, the marquis, was also taken aback when he heard eight thousand taels, after all, like Qi Jiguang's soldiers, they only have ten taels of military salary a year. Eight thousand taels, which is almost equivalent to the income of an ordinary soldier for 800 years!

Such a huge income can't help but make people excited, not to mention ordinary people, even Chang Yukun is moved, as for Xu Weixin, who is not welcomed at home, he is naturally also excited. However, after being silent for a long time, he raised his head and looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"Actually, if you want to do this, you don't have to use the sons of the lords."

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