Glancing at Xu Wenchang, Zhu Yijun asked with a smile, "Does Aiqing think it's inappropriate?" ”

"I don't think it's appropriate!" Xu Wenchang looked at Zhu Yijun respectfully and said: "Yangshiyin is a big matter, people all over the world are waiting to see what Your Majesty does, and the minister originally thought that His Majesty would first implement Yangshiyin in Daxing County." ”

"Your Majesty has set up a tax department, but where do people come from? Who collects taxes? ”

"Let the literati collect their own taxes, there are too many operational places here, although the court has a fish scale book, but the court only sees the amount of taxes, how to collect it, who collects it, whose it is collected, it is difficult for the court to grasp."

"There are all kinds of apportionments rampant in the locality, plus fire consumption and the like, which will be problematic."

"If the gentry collude with the government and collect less from the gentry, then they will collect more from the people, and such a thing will disturb the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. Once the people are forced to be in a hurry, something will happen. ”

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Wenchang, can he say that Xu Wenchang is worthy of being Xu Wenchang? That's amazing!

Looking at the problem directly through the essence, in fact, will the local officials collude with the squire? You don't have to think about this at all, it will definitely collude. In this era, without the support of the local squire, officials could not remain officials.

How did the mine supervisor of the Wanli Emperor die, and he was not killed.

Glancing at Xu Wenchang, Zhu Yijun asked directly, "What does Aiqing think?" ”

"The minister thought that this matter should be delayed, starting with Daxing County, and after a trial period of one or two years, it can be checked and filled, and if there are any problems, they can be solved in time. When it matures, it can be promoted to one province and one province. ”

"The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty should be completed within ten years."

Ten years!

Zhu Yijun looked at Xu Wenchang, if he just promoted Yangshiyin, then he could use these ten years to do this, but he couldn't wait ten years. A Yang Shiyin will be pushed for ten years, so how can he do other things.

The key is that we need financial support for our future reforms, and we need a stable fiscal revenue.

The salt administration and the taxation of the fields were the most stable sources of revenue in the early stage, and without the support of these two financial resources, their follow-up reforms would be empty talk. There are many things that cannot be said or done.

"I'm going out of the palace tomorrow, so come with me!" Looking at Xu Wenchang, Zhu Yijun pondered for a moment and said.

Xu Wenchang was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhu Yijun's gourd, but he also saw that the emperor didn't mean what he said, so he had to bow down and say, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

When Xu Wenchang left, Zhu Yijun sighed helplessly.

While peaceful reform is pursued on its own, there are times when violent means are more effective.

The next morning, Xu Wenchang came over early, accompanied by Hai Rui, Zhu Yijun didn't expect Xu Wenchang to call Hai Rui over. But looking at Xu Wenchang's appearance, it should be Hai Rui who insisted on coming over.

Zhu Yijun didn't say anything, changed his clothes, and went out with Chen Ju and the guards.

Out of the door, Wang Yongji also came, and Zhu Yijun said to the three of them with a smile: "Today I will take you to see the tax department of Daming." ”

The carriage left the palace gates, crossed several streets, and finally stopped in front of a large courtyard in the eastern city.

After everyone got out of the carriage, they all looked at the scene in front of them in a bit of a daze.

There are people standing guard at the entrance of the compound, and unlike the other yamen janitors, the janitors here are more like soldiers. It's just that they don't wear armor, and the clothes on their bodies are more like servants.

However, their demeanor did not look like a servant.

The waist knife carried on the waist also looks very sophisticated, and they are all the same, which is obviously the military standard.

The clothes of the four gatekeepers were similar to those of the officials, black hats and thin-soled fast boots, but their clothes were not written on them, but a big tax word, which looked a little strange.

"It's tax service." Zhu Yijun looked at the four people and spoke.

Chen Ju walked over at this time and showed his waist card to the other party, and a tax collector ran in to report.

It didn't take long for a middle-aged fat man to come out of it, wearing a cyan official robe and a white pheasant embroidered on his chest.

"The archives of the Minister of Taxation Lang Zhongluhe see the emperor, see your lords!"

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said: "Call all the people from the tax department to the lobby, today is the day when the secretary of your tax department arrives!" Saying that, Zhu Yijun pointed at Wang Yongji and said: "The household servant, in charge of the tax department, Wang Yongji Wang Aiqing." ”

"Xiaguan Luhe has seen Wang Sicheng!" Lu He hurriedly came to Wang Yongji's side and said respectfully.

Wang Yongji nodded, and said with a smile: "Lu Langzhong is exempt!" ”

Not only Wang Yongji, but Hai Rui and Xu Wenchang were also confused, where did you come from, why did you suddenly have an additional yamen of the tax department?

Looking at the plaque of the Yamen of the Tax Department, they all knew each other, and it was inscribed by Zhu Yijun's royal pen.

The two gatekeeper beasts next to them are two Pixiu, does this mean that they only eat and don't pull?

"Alright, let's go inside!" Zhu Yijun smiled and interrupted the gaze of several people, and then walked into the yamen of the tax department. In fact, Zhu Yijun was also here for the first time, and he found that this place was really big.

When they came to the main hall, there were already many people waiting here, and when they saw Zhu Yijun walking in, they all knelt on the ground.

Zhu Yijun walked to the main seat and sat down, then looked at the people below and said, "Excuse yourself from being polite!" ”

"I came to the tax department today, mainly to bring you your secretary." Saying that, Zhu Yijun asked Chen Ju to read out the holy decree again. In fact, it is the holy decree of canonizing the king, and it can be regarded as a formal appointment.

"You talk about your position, and then talk about what you do, it can be regarded as you and Wang Aiqing know each other."

At this time, a civil official standing on the left side took a step forward, he was wearing a crimson official uniform, and Yun Yan was embroidered on his chest, this was a four-rank civil official. respectfully saluted Zhu Yijun, and then opened his mouth to introduce himself.

"Xiaguan Shanghong, lick as the chief bookkeeper of the tax department, in charge of the accounts and documents of the tax department."

After Shang Hong retreated, another civil official in a scarlet official uniform walked out: "Xiaguan Qi Baisheng, lick the warehouse of the tax department, and take charge of the storage affairs of the tax department." ”

"The subordinate Zhang Li is the transfer envoy of the Tax Department, and is in charge of the transfer matters of the Tax Department."

After the three officials, a person who was obviously dressed differently stepped forward, because he was wearing a flying fish suit. I didn't wear much of this thing, so I saw him stand up and say, "Humble Liao Changting, lick as the Admiral of the Tax Division." ”

"In charge of the tax department, a taxable officer."

After these four people, more than a dozen people left the introduction, basically all of them were Langzhong of various sections, including Lu He of the archives department. The entire yamen structure is very complete and the scale is also very large.

Wang Yongji glanced at Hai Rui, Hai Rui glanced at Xu Wenchang, and the three of them were a little unclear.

"After the establishment of the Daming Taxation Division, the taxation divisions of the two capitals and thirteen provinces will soon be established, and the taxation divisions of each province are all under the jurisdiction of the Daming Taxation Division. The manpower is ready, and when the household department hands over the tax matters, it can begin. ”

"There are not many tax servants in various places for the time being, but it doesn't matter, I will let some of the Jinyi guards enter the tax service."

"In addition to the provinces, there will also be tax departments in all provinces and counties, and the entire tax department will be spread all over the world, specializing in tax matters. Since then, the local government office of Daming no longer has the authority to collect taxes, and all taxes are collected by the tax department. ”

"The expenses of the yamen at all levels will be allocated by the imperial court according to the upper, middle and lower levels, and will be allocated in the annual tax revenue, which is called retention."

"If you need money for a major event, you can make a compromise to the court, and then the court will allocate another fund. The special funds are earmarked, and the imperial court will send special people to keep an eye on the expenditure of money, and once there is corruption, it will be severely punished. ”

Listening to Zhu Yijun's words, the three of them were stunned, the emperor had already prepared, but where did this manpower come from?

Zhu Yijun knows his own affairs, ten years, he has been preparing for ten years, and he has spent ten years investing in two institutions, one is Chen Ju's military battle bureau, and the other is Xu De's internal factory. I threw a lot of money into it, and it was naturally time to produce results.

For example, the Liao Changting who just spoke, he is the No. 3 of the Shuntian Mansion in the inner factory.

Many of the other people present were on their own side of Wu Qingbo and Li Wei.

Ten years is enough time to train a group of skilled people, who are very familiar with the accounting field and the business business. Many of them are from the business background, and they are definitely rare talents.

At the beginning, he sent a group of little eunuchs to Wu Qingbo's business, in addition to supervising money, cultivating talents is also something they need to do.

Wu Qingbo's account room, half of the accounts that come out every year go to his side, plus the training school of the inner factory, hundreds of people are smashed down every year, and in ten years, the manpower he has accumulated has been very considerable.

Although it is unrealistic to arrange all of them as their own people, it is still no problem to set up a tax department with their own people as the skeleton.

Insufficient manpower, Zhu Yijun is ready to draw from Jinyi guards from all over the country, these Jinyi guards are local snakes and have a lot of resources in their hands. It is also appropriate to send a group of them to join the tax department.

Now the inner factory manpower is all over the Ming Dynasty, with the provincial capital as the point, the capital city as the face, not the remote place has spread to the county seat.

A few days ago, I asked Xu De to split the inner factory, and some of the spun off will be transferred to people from the tax department, such as the current Liao Changting. Engaged in internal factory work for many years, it is absolutely very suitable to turn around and collect taxes.

After all, these people know the local area very well, and even know a lot of dirty things of the local gentry, once someone makes a fuss, they can come up with the evidence of the crime, without framing them, and they don't have to go to great lengths to convict them.

Zhu Yijun started planning this matter very early, and now it can finally be put on the table.