"People!"

Glancing at Shi Yiwen, Zhu Yijun said.

"Although there are only a few dozen officials in the eleven banknotes of the Ming Dynasty, there are thousands of servants and soldiers, Zhiyuan, what should these people do? According to you, they have long been accustomed to filling their own pockets, and after taking back the banknotes, will they cause any trouble? ”

The reason why he is worried about this is because he took back this banknote, and if something goes wrong, it will eventually burn on his head and become the handle of Mr. Zhang and Baiguan.

Zhu Yijun's rhetorical question made Shi Yiwen smile slightly, and then sneered.

"Whenever the court is reformed, it is never the officials who are the most vocalized, but the officials, because the officials, regardless of their official positions, have little influence, and only the officials have the greatest influence, because their interests are based on the old system. So, they're bound to make some mess, and then they're going to make small things bigger, big things bigger, and big things bad, hum ......"

After sneering, Shi Yiwen said.

"Therefore, before I do it, I am going to send some people to the various banknotes to conduct audits, those people's hands and feet are not clean, and they will definitely find out something, and when the time comes, kill a batch, close a batch, and the group of people who are left behind will not dare to move, and they will be retained because they understand the operation of the banknote customs and understand the doorway for the traders to pass through the customs, which is still useful after all."

Kill, close, use, these seemingly simple three words, few people know, these three words actually contain too much information, and no one has paid attention to the significance of these three words in modern history, but Shi Yiwen doesn't mind using them.

"Oh?"

Glancing at Shi Yiwen, Zhu Yijun smiled.

"Zhiyuan, if I hadn't heard you say this with my own ears, I really wouldn't believe that you said it."

"Ci is not in charge of the army."

After saying this sentence lightly, Shi Yiwen said.

"For a long time, the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty have a fixed amount, and the tax is assigned to each banknote according to the quota, and the banknote customs only pay the full quota, and no one knows the amount of arbitrary collection outside the quota. In the past few days, I have specially inquired about the quota obtained by the imperial court, which is less than one-tenth of the actual total amount of money expropriation, or even smaller, that is to say, at least two million taels of silver are filled by the officials who pass the banknotes every year. ”

Looking at Zhu Yijun, Shi Yiwen said earnestly.

"Moreover, the collection of commercial taxes with banknotes is related to the industry of my Ming Dynasty, the land output is limited, even if it is expropriated violently, the income from the land is exceeded, it is also limited, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat, the people's patience is always limited, once the people are provoked, where is the Ming Dynasty? Therefore, if you want to enrich the country, the key is the commercial tax, and it is most appropriate to collect it by banknotes, even if businessmen complain because of the heavy tariffs, at most they complain, so no matter how they levy tariffs on banknotes, it is the most stable and the lowest cost, and it is also the foundation of maintaining Mingzhi to create a prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty! ”

From these words, Zhu Yijun obviously heard the expectations of Shi Yiwen's words, and Zhu Yijun nodded heavily and said about his expectations.

"Zhiyuan, I won't let you down!"

After saying this solemnly, Zhu Yijun looked at him again and smiled:

"Are you sure you're going to be in charge of the General Tax Department?"

"Sure."

Shi Yiwen nodded and said seriously.

"At the beginning of the General Taxation Department, there are many charter systems, and I have to personally participate in them."

"Well, I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others, Zhiyuan, what else do you want from the General Tax Department?"

"Personnel rights independent of the imperial court, all staff and employees are independently recruited by the General Taxation Department, and their official status is also independent of the official department, and there is no independent employment right, which is bound to interfere with the imperial court.

"That's right."

Zhu Yijun felt that Shi Yiwen was meticulous and thought about everything, and his worries were purely superfluous, so he said.

"This General Taxation Department will take the old example of Jinyiwei, 100 households...... Officials below the sixth grade shall be appointed by the General Department of Taxation on their own, and there is no need to ask for a decree, and the officials above the sixth grade and below the fifth grade can submit a letter for the record......"

seems to be a casual sentence, but it shows Zhu Yijun's full trust in Shi Yiwen. This meant that in the future, after taking charge of the General Department of Taxation, he could appoint officials on his own, without taking into account the interference of the imperial court or even the emperor.

Although he was slightly moved by this kind of trust in his heart, after a little hesitation, Shi Yiwen said again.

"Mingzhi, I have one more request."

"Speak!"

"This customs is set up to levy taxes, and it is inevitable that there will be bandits who boldly break through the customs, so I hope that each pass can still maintain a certain amount of soldiers."

"It's nature." Zhu Yijun nodded and said.

"Let's do this according to the old practice."

Then, he looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"You must do this well, I don't know how many people in this court are looking at me!"

Looking at Shi Yiwen, Zhu Yijun wanted to speak and stopped, he knew very well that even if Mr. Zhang agreed to his request, he would pay attention to this matter, and when the time came, the whole court would definitely stare at the General Taxation Department, in case something went wrong, when the time came, he would inevitably become a joke from the government and the opposition. For him, who has always wanted to show his ability to the world, he naturally does not want to see failure.

"yes, I know."

Seeing the worry in Zhu Yijun's eyes, Shi Yiwen nodded slightly.

"Well, Zhiyuan, you are ready, tomorrow, I will edict you to enter the palace, and when the time comes, I will ask you about some Western customs matters, after all, you always need to give outsiders a little cover-up, and you can't let them know that we know each other like that......"

"I understand."

While laughing, Shi Yiwen of course knew why Zhu Yijun was so worried, after all, every time he left the palace, he secretly ran out, and for the outside world, the two of them had never met.

However, having said that, Shi Yiwen was full of interest in the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, after all, as we all know, when Li Zicheng left the capital, he set fire to the palaces in the Forbidden City, and most of the palaces in the Forbidden City were rebuilt after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.

What did a palace in the Ming Dynasty look like?

With that curiosity, Shi Yiwen can't help but look forward to tomorrow.

Of course, this kind of mentality is similar to the curiosity of a tourist when he arrives at a place.

Moreover, entering the palace in this era is not a very common thing in itself, at least for him this is the first time, and it is inevitable that there will be some expectations in his heart.