In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen, the Son of Heaven, looked at Li Zhi's recital and snorted coldly. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What a businessman!"

Li Zhi opened his mouth widely, so that Zhu Youzhen, the son of heaven, couldn't help but ridicule.

Wang Chengen looked at Li Zhi's recital and said, "The rank of governor of Shandong, business tax, Tian Fu, governor of Shandong." This Li Zhi simply called himself the king of Shandong. Li Zhi relieved a disaster, and he wanted to divide the territory of Shandong! ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "This Li Zhi is from a businessman, and he is really unprofitable. He is bidding all over the sky, waiting for me to sit on the ground and bargain. ”

Wang Chengen praised: "The emperor is shengming! He looked at the piece in the hand of the Son of Heaven again and said, "But this Jinguo Gong has so much silver?" Can he really make 10 million stone of grain for disaster relief? If you go to the south to buy rice, it will inevitably cause the price of rice to soar, and I am afraid that 30 million taels may not be able to buy this 10 million stone of grain! ”

Zhu Youzhen said in a deep voice: "Li Zhi has always done what he says over the years, and he has never made vain and exaggerated remarks. Since he said that he could help the victims, I believe that he must be sure. After a pause, Zhu Youzhen said: "If the tens of millions of victims in Shandong can have food in the coming year, I will feel much more comfortable." ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "Holy benevolence, blessed life!" ”

Zhu Youzhen pointed to Li Zhi's piece with his finger and said, "Let's look at them one by one." The title of governor of Shandong is to give Li Zhi the power to dispatch soldiers and horses from the two towns of Shandong and Denglai. If Li Zhi had this official title, he would be able to confidently station troops in various parts of Shandong to deter Shandong Province. ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed and said, "Even if he doesn't give him this official title, he actually controls the military in Shandong." Now that his tiger master is in Jinan, he has no face in the imperial court, so it is better to push the boat down the river and let him supervise the government of Tianjin and Shandong. ”

"Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Youzhen looked at the chapter again and said, "Commercial tax!" ”

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Youzhen asked: "Wang Chengen, Li Zhi collects business taxes in Tianjin, how much is his annual income?" ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "Back to the emperor, Tianjin's commercial tax is about 450,000 taels a year, and Li Zhi escorted 100,000 taels of them to the capital to be used as the emperor's internal silver. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Shandong's population is five times larger than Tianjin, and although it is not as rich as Tianjin, the commercial tax is at least 1.5 million taels of silver. Li Zhi spent tens of millions of taels on disaster relief, and he couldn't help but give him a little compensation, so let him collect business taxes in Shandong. After receiving it for twenty years, he also earned back the money he had received for disaster relief. ”

Wang Chengen asked: "Holy Lord, let Li Zhi collect business taxes in Shandong, I'm afraid the civil officials will be dissatisfied." ”

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Let them be dissatisfied, they can't turn the sky over the business tax." Looking at the recital again, Zhu Youzhen said in a deep voice: "But this is all flat Tian Fu, even I can't be the master." ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and said: "If Li Zhi is allowed to collect land from the gentry in Shandong, the small people who have contributed to the gentry will all leave the gentry." Within a year, most of the gentry landlords in Shandong would probably lose their land and property. This is a policy to take the lives of the Shandong gentry, if the Son of Heaven allows the Duke of Jinguo, I am afraid that the civil officials will collectively attack the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "I can't do anything about this, not allowed!" ”

Wang Chengen said: "The power to appoint the governor of Shandong? ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "That's not allowed!" ”

Wang Chengen took a breath and said: "Holy Lord, in this way, Li Zhi only received the title of Shandong Admiral and 1.5 million commercial taxes per year, and the slave is afraid that he is not willing to spend 30 million yuan on disaster relief!" ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and said: "It's okay, since Li Zhi is already the governor of Tianjin and Shandong, I will give Li Zhi the power to appoint and dismiss the three general soldiers of Tianjin, Shandong and Denglai." ”

"Although the governor of Shandong cannot be appointed, there are three more commanders in charge of the appointment and dismissal of the general army at once, and the Duke of Jin Guogong should also be satisfied."

Wang Chengen pondered for a while, and then asked, "What about the court in Shandong?" ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said: "Spread my will, the Jinguo Public Court will benefit the country and the people, and I will allow it to be handled." All the required funds are drawn from the local yamen. ”

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The eunuch stood in front of Li Zhi and sang aloud:

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, Li Zhike, the prince of Jinguo, has served the public... He was appointed as the governor of Shandong and Tianjin. Tianjin, Shandong, and Denglai have the power to appoint and dismiss the commanders, and the Son of Heaven granted the Duke of Jinguo..."

"The court of Jinguo Gong is fair and honest, and the Son of Heaven allows Jinguo Gong to continue to handle the court. The local yamen shall bear the service expenses. ”

After announcing the holy decree, the eunuch who announced the decree respectfully handed over the decree to Li Zhi. He didn't dare to ask for silver from the high-ranking and powerful Li Zhi, so he only bowed to Li Zhi and left in a hurry with the two little eunuchs.

Li Xing looked at the departing eunuch Xuanzhi, laughed, and said: "Now that the eldest brother is the governor of Shandong, it is justified for us to control a province in Shandong. ”

Zheng Kaicheng said happily: "Now that the Duke of China has the official title of Governor of Shandong, those civil officials have lost the right to transfer troops, and they dare not go against us. ”

Zhong Feng said with a smile: "Give the division commander the right to appoint and dismiss the three general soldiers at once, and we can go sideways in Shandong in the future." ”

Xie Liangyou, the ambassador of the Shogunate Tax Agency, sniffed and said, "Grandpa Guo, according to my estimates, Shandong Province can collect 1.7 million taels of commercial tax in a normal year. ”

Li Laosi groaned and said: "The Son of Heaven didn't wait for us to agree this time, and directly issued an order to seal the official. It seems that the Son of Heaven is not ready to bargain with us. Looking at the posture of the eunuch who proclaimed the decree, the Son of Heaven meant that these conditions were finalized! ”

Li Xing hugged his chest and said: "It's a good thing to be able to take this opportunity to control Shandong's commercial taxes!" It's just that this disaster relief really needs a lot of food..."

Xie Liangyou said: "At least 10 million stone of grain is needed for disaster relief, and such large-scale grain purchases will definitely raise the price of grain in various places. If you want to rely on commercial taxes to recover the cost, it will take more than ten years. ”

When they heard this, they fell silent. Now Li Zhi's silver warehouse only has more than 10 million taels of silver, and no matter what, he can't raise 30 million taels of silver to buy grain for disaster relief. In everyone's hearts, this disaster relief is an impossible task, and they don't know what Li Zhi is going to do.

Li Zhi said lightly: "I think this disaster relief, as long as we find some way to come out, it won't cost much silver." The gentry and landlords guarded a lot of silver, but they were unwilling to provide disaster relief. Let's figure out a way to make them bleed! ”

Everyone looked at Li Zhi, but they didn't know how Li Zhi was going to make the gentry bleed.

Li Zhi said with a smile: "But first of all, we must prepare the food for disaster relief, Cui Changwu, you come with me, and we will write a formal order to Zheng Hui in Hsinchu." ”