Although we have carried out so many reforms and have continued to propagate them, history has its own corrective nature. A lot of things don't appear if they don't bounce on their own, they still appear in other situations.

"Emperor, why don't we go and take a look?" Seeing that Zhu Yijun was standing still, Zhang Whale asked with some hesitation.

Waving his hand, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Don't go, just listen to it!" After saying that, Zhu Yijun turned around and walked outside, in fact, Zhu Yijun really didn't want to go over in his heart.

What if it's gone? What's the point of reusing the person who says good things about him, or punishing the person who is similar to the Donglin Party? These two people are just two people.

Behind these two people, they represent the different interest classes of the Ming Dynasty.

As for tax collection, in fact, no one has let anyone benefit, in later generations, perhaps the people's awareness is relatively high, but there are not a lot of tax evaders, and this is still the case in later generations, not to mention the current Ming Dynasty.

In the cognition of the Ming people, the world belongs to the emperor, and the payment of taxes is naturally handed over to the emperor.

As for what is taken from the people for the people, disaster relief, river and road construction, what does this have to do with yourself? Let yourself take the money, on what basis? My money is all my hard-earned money.

In this case, there will be no second way except pushing, except for coercion.

"Yes, Emperor!" Hearing what Zhu Yijun said, Zhang Whale hurriedly bowed down and said, what did Zhu Yijun think, Zhang Whale didn't dare to ask at all, and he didn't want to ask, he knew that it was the best choice to shut up at this time.

When Zhu Yijun returned to the palace, the yamen of the tax department was very lively.

Wang Yongji was discussing with Li Biao.

Although Li Biao is the commander of Jinyiwei, but since he took office, Jinyiwei and the tax department have not been separated, with the development of commercial taxation, the link between Jinyiwei and the tax department has become closer.

"Lord Wang, do you want to go to Jiangnan?" Li Biao looked at Wang Yongji and asked with some hesitation.

In fact, Li Biao can understand Wang Yongji's thoughts to some extent, but the emperor does not have a holy decree now, although the taxation of Shuntianfu is going smoothly, but the seven northern provinces are not so smooth.

At this time, if you leave the capital and go to Jiangnan, is it a little inappropriate?

"Yes!" Wang Yongji nodded solemnly: "The richest places in the Ming Dynasty are all in the south of the Yangtze River, in the southeast. In particular, commerce is particularly prosperous, and if you want to collect business taxes, the southeast is the most difficult. ”

"If the official doesn't go, then Jiangnan is afraid that there will be chaos."

Li Biao looked at Wang Yongji, sighed and said: "Lord Wang's courage Li admires, but now the situation in the capital is turbulent, once the adult leaves, I am afraid that it will change forever!" ”

Glancing at Li Biao, Wang Yongji said with a smile: "The Holy Son of Heaven is on the throne, and in the land of Gyeonggi, no one dares to make trouble." ”

"Now these people in the capital are just waiting, waiting for something to happen in the place, and the most likely thing to happen is Jiangnan, that is, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, once Jiangsu and Zhejiang are in chaos, the capital will be unstable."

After being silent for a long time, Li Biao sighed and said: "Lord Wang, this trip south can be described as a tiger's den in Longtan, and the slightest mistake will be the end of being crushed, Lord Wang has really thought about it?" ”

Wang Yongji said with a smile: "You treat me as a countryman, I will repay me with a countryman, Your Majesty took me Wang Mou's deep kindness, Wang naturally wants to do his best to serve, even if he is broken, Wang will not hesitate." ”

"In this way, the official will go south with Lord Wang!" Li Biao opened his mouth and said.

"In the land south of the Yangtze River, no one dares to guarantee who the magistrate is, Lord Wang goes alone, he must be alone, although the brocade clothes are also rotten, but after all, there is still some usefulness."

"Coupled with Jinyiwei's deep cultivation in Jiangnan, I think it will have a miraculous effect."

Wang Yongji looked at Li Biao and said with a slight smile: "In this way, the two of us will enter the palace together to ask Your Majesty for orders, let's go south together, and we will work together to collect the taxes in Jiangnan." ”

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun heard Zhang Jing's words and asked rhetorically: "Wang Yongji and Li Biao are here together?" ”

"Back to the emperor, yes!" Zhang Whale hurriedly spoke.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "These two people walked in, but I didn't expect it, I don't know what happened!" Waving his hand, Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Let them come in!" ”

It didn't take long for Wang Yongji and Li Biao to walk in from outside.

After the salute, Zhu Yijun waved his hand and motioned for the two to be exempt from courtesy, and then asked, "Two Aiqing, what is the big deal when you come to see me together today?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, please go south to Jiangnan and supervise Jiangnan business and tax matters."

Wang Yongji didn't detour at all, and directly said the purpose of his coming.

Zhu Yijun was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Wang Yongji to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, looking at Wang Yongji's wrinkled face, Zhu Yijun sighed, and was slightly moved in his heart.

But from the perspective of being an official, Wang Yongji is now almost at the peak.

Tobe Shilang, although he did not have the title of Shangshu, but he was not constrained by the Tobe Shangshu, and he joined the cabinet and became a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and it was very difficult to go further.

Under such circumstances, most people will not choose to venture to Gangnam anymore.

How dangerous the trip to Jiangnan is, Zhu Yijun knows this after thinking about it a little. But Wang Yongji is still willing to go, this is a lot of enthusiasm, can Zhu Yijunyan not be moved?

"Li Aiqing, you also asked for a decree to go to Jiangnan?" Zhu Yijun turned his head to look at Li Biao and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, please go down to Jiangnan with Lord Wang." Li Biao said with a serious face: "The weight of the Ming Dynasty is in the commercial tax, and the weight of the commercial tax is in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"Lord Wang has such ambitions, and the minister is willing to be with Lord Wang."

"Jinyi Wei is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty's Eagle Dog, in this case, please go south to Jiangnan to eliminate the unscrupulous people in Jiangnan for Your Majesty, and ensure the smooth collection of commercial taxes."

Zhu Yijun looked at the two of them and didn't speak for a long time.

In fact, Zhu Yijun doesn't know that the focus of Daming's commercial tax is in Jiangnan? Of course he knew that no one knew the energy of those businessmen in Jiangnan better than Zhu Yijun, most of them were officials and businessmen!

What they did directly pushed Daming to the brink of annihilation.

Originally, Zhu Yijun also wanted to send someone over to collect the business tax in a relatively gentle way, but now it seems that there is no play. Especially after watching Li Maocai's recital, Zhu Yijun was ready to change his mind.

The reason why he didn't choose to send someone was because of Zhu Yijun's other arrangements.