Chapter 529: A Energetic Tax Supervisor

The first thing Emperor Jiajing did when he regained power was to send tax supervisors to various places, tax supervisors, weaving supervisors, and mine supervisors were all eunuchs sent by the palace to loot in order to get money.

The Ming Dynasty literati Qingliu attacked the most this matter, regarded as the first major maladministration of the imperial court, but there is one thing that is often ignored, after these eunuchs who scrape money, although everyone says that the eunuchs have made a large amount of silver, but the silver paid to the treasury is really a lot more, there are no eunuchs when they go out to supervise, they are all in charge of the local officials, and the silver is not paid more than a point, but every year it is required to be considerate of the people's livelihood and reduce the quota.

To put it bluntly, if the money is in your own hands, it is to petition for the people and be sympathetic to the people's livelihood. At this time, the hundred officials in the capital are all in the Western Party in high positions, and as long as there is a little political acumen in this tax supervision matter, they will also know that this kind of thing will inevitably make the people below resentment boil.

Of course, this people never said that they were fighting small people, but that they were the landlords and squires, and these people were the pillars of state power. However, on the one hand, the senior officials of the Western Party feel that the increase in commercial taxes can reduce the burden on their hometowns, and on the other hand, there is no effective way except this method at this time.

But now this money is not collected, but it is not possible, the treasury is so empty, the military salary is not able to continue, the yamen hundred officials and military generals are the pillars of this country, although some people are loyal, but most of the people have to support their families, eat food and eat.

If there is no money to send down, I am afraid that the people's hearts will immediately fluctuate, and the mutinies caused by the arrears of food and salaries in the past dynasties, chaos and even the destruction of the country and the dynasty are not once or twice, and in the past, the local civil and military attaches also deducted less in order to maintain their own stable situation here.

Now that Emperor Jiajing has come to power, many people still don't know what their future will look like, they are still desperately trying to make money in their positions, civil officials are scraping the ground, and military attaches are deducting military salaries, regardless of what will happen next, it is really the so-called whether there is a flood behind him.

The people in the capital are worried that if someone makes trouble because of the arrears of food or wages, the prestige accumulated after the ascension to the throne will collapse, and at that time, the territory of the four provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan and Guizhou alone is not enough to support the prestige of the imperial power, and the pillars of the Ming Dynasty have always been these elite provinces in the east.

Things are very big, even the emperor may not be able to do a stable job, the world is full of vassal kings, when it comes to relatives and estrangement, there are a few closer to Emperor Zhengde, when the time comes, take the opportunity to ascend to the throne, and all the wealth and wealth they have gained will disappear without a trace.

If you can't collect the money, you can't pay the military salary, the world is in chaos, there are strong enemies outside, and everyone's glory and wealth have disappeared without a trace. The tax supervisor goes down, although it is said that the heavens are angry and people are resentful, but it is just turmoil, and when the time comes, train strong soldiers and suppress it.

Since this consensus has been reached, things are much more convenient, that is, in half a month, Dongchang sent the first batch of tax supervisors to the three northern provinces under the escort of Jinyiwei.

The three provinces of North Zhili, Henan and Shandong are the closest places to Beijing, because Shandong and North Zhili have good ports in the north, so the prosperity of industry and commerce in these years is not inferior to Jiangnan, and it takes a long time for Beijing to go to Jiangnan, but in the three northern provinces, there is no waste of time.

Soon they were in place, busy, in the north of these provinces are near the Beijing Division, Jizhen, Xuanhua border town officers and soldiers, Baoda's large battalion soldiers, plus Jingwei and the 12th regiment battalion, the military power of these places completely shocked these provinces.

Even if someone wanted to be reactionary, the soldiers of the Beijing division would arrive at dawn, and the local governors and political envoys would follow the imperial court to express their loyalty at the first time, and they did not dare to say anything about the policy of tax supervision and tax promotion.

The eunuchs and eunuchs who came to collect taxes, during the period when the civil officials controlled the government, the scope of activities was completely encircled in the Forbidden City, if it was like this from the beginning, it would be fine, but a few years ago when Huang Jin was the chief eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi, the eunuchs and eunuchs had unlimited scenery, and further on, the Ming Dynasty had countless eunuchs for more than 100 years, and there was such a suffocation.

Emperor Jiajing was in the palace forbidden, using the Taoist as a cover, using the Taoist priests to transmit news and intelligence, if there was no full cooperation of these eunuchs, there would not be such a good effect, these eunuchs and eunuchs precisely knew that if the emperor did not really grasp the power, the status of the celebrant did not return to the way before, I am afraid that they would continue to hold their breath in this Forbidden City.

This time the emperor reoccupied the throne, the most cheerful people included these eunuchs, after arranging the tax supervisor to go out of Beijing, everyone was very happy, thinking that the hard work of the past few years was not in vain, and sure enough, there was a chance to go out and make a fortune.

When he went out of Beijing, Rui Xiaosan personally went to give them a lecture, and what he said was quite true, saying that in the past few years, people in the world have regarded our internal officials as nothing, even the emperor trusts Jinyiwei more, and he must make an appearance when he goes out this time.

Behave well in front of the emperor, and then you can earn greater wealth in the future, naturally if you want to mess up this errand, you will lose the face of our celebrant and Dongchang, and after coming back, our family will definitely want to cramp and peel this person, so that he will never be able to turn over in the prison.

The blood of the eunuchs who heard these words was boiling, and they knew in their hearts that whether they were rich or turned over, it was all at this time, and they were all very attentive, for fear that because of their ineffective work, it would affect their future prospects.

When the Jinyi guards who followed them went out of Beijing, although Lu Bing didn't give them any encouragement, he also knew that this time he came out, it was the opportunity to make a fortune given by the above, and those eunuchs relayed the words they heard from Rui Xiaosan to them, encouraging each other, and their momentum was very high.

In the various prefectures and counties of the three northern provinces, although the industry and commerce are rising, most of them are private and honest people who have pooled money to set up, and most of them have no official background.

However, the taxes made up by these merchants, and the extra part paid, were only made up for the part that had been embezzled by the magistrates in the past, and there was really no extra part, and the merits of the tax inspectors could not be shown at all, and everyone was racking their brains there.

This merchant really can't raise taxes, and if the taxes are raised, I'm afraid they will close their doors one after another, this tax collection is not a matter of a month or two months, but a matter of adulthood, and it is not good for them to do the thing of killing chickens and eggs, and the excitement at the beginning soon fell into silence.

The tax supervisor stationed in Cangzhou Mansion used to be a subordinate of Chen Gou'er in the imperial dining room, a eunuch named Lu Li, when he served Chen Gou'er, that is, he was in his twenties, and the big eunuchs who originally served in the palace would have a very good background in the future, but Chen Gou'er was old, and he couldn't support it for too long, and he died after serving for a year, and the new replaced the old, and Lu Li was replaced.

Doing some ordinary duties in the palace, I thought that I would always get up next, who knew that it would be a civil official in power soon, and when the eunuchs were completely beaten into the cold palace, they were also aggrieved in the palace for a few years, but they were also considered to have some brains, and they were counted as the periphery of delivering news to the emperor, and they were linked to the relationship.

This time for the tax supervision task, Rui Xiaosan naturally wanted to find his cronies to do it, and Lu Li also took this opportunity to make this difference.

In the past, whether it was serving in the palace or on duty, it was used as a handyman to shout and drink, this time out of Beijing really know what is the feeling of being a person, the reception of the county along the road is naturally respectful, after pouring the Cangzhou Mansion, the prefect is personally banqueting accordingly, and officials at all levels are smiling. This feeling of raising his eyebrows is really refreshing, and Lu Li even feels that the suffering he suffered when he entered the palace that day is worth it.

The officials are still so polite, and the merchants in Cangzhou Mansion regard Lu Li as a grandfather, and giving money and things is a trivial thing, and there are still people who are willing to worship Lu Li as their father-in-law and ancestor, and there are also a few hard-hearted people, but Jinyiwei is a vegetarian there, like a wolf and a tiger to come to the door, and it is idle to break the house and destroy the door, you know, this is the emperor's will.

However, the extra amount did not achieve the purpose of paying the tax supervisor at all, and only after urging did this money be collected, what was left after deducting the fee!

Lu Li was majestic on the side, but he was anxious on the other, and tried his best to collect more taxes, but since the increase in commercial taxes had no effect, he couldn't help but turn his attention to the agricultural tax and land payment......