Ten days and a half months at night, it can only be the extravagant hope in Xie Jubo's own heart.

It will take at least ten days for the army to send an urgent report from Sichuan to Lin'an.

And these ten days are only the time it takes for the military messengers to travel from Chengdu to Lin'an.

If you count the time spent by Zhao Rongrui in detecting the movements of the Butai army, estimating the number of troops, and deploying the army to deal with the news of Butai's attack, I am afraid that the war in Sichuan has been going on for a month.

Well, no one knows what Sichuan is like now, maybe now Qingyuan Mansion has fallen?

But no matter what the current situation of Qingyuan Mansion is, it is certain that the imperial court will prepare silver, whether it is a big war with the Mongols or not, the imperial court will prepare silver, and there is no need to fight, and more is needed elsewhere.

"If my Da Song still has time to prepare, then what else do I need to discuss here?"

Zhao Yun said angrily.

No one in the palace spoke, and the taxes of the Great Song Dynasty have indeed increased over the years, but there are more places where silver needs to be spent, not only the court is unable to make ends meet, but the people are also complaining. These people here are like mirrors in their hearts.

However, if you want to talk about the art of power and scheming, maybe any of these people in the palace are old treacherous and cunning, but when it comes to things like increasing the income of the imperial court such as opening up sources and reducing expenditures, there are really few people who can have that ability. The only thing that can be done seems to be to keep increasing the tax items, and find a way to squeeze more out of the people.

The truth of fishing is understood, but what can be done?

"It's not without ...... solutions"

"What's the solution?"

Hearing Xie Jubo's words, Zhao Yun's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said.

Only Shi Songzhi and the others were still standing with their heads hanging down, without any excitement.

That is, the court continues to make friends. ”

Xie Jubo looked left and right, and had to say helplessly.

“……”

Hearing Xie Jubo's words, Zhao Yun suddenly felt a little excited.

"Jiaozi! Jiaozi, Xie Aiqing, you yourself are not unclear, now the Jiaozi of the household department, for the people of the people, is not as good as the straw paper of the toilet, and all roads are also making their own Jiaozi, which is full of complaints from the people, even if the household department is handed over again, the people and those businessmen do not recognize, what is the difference between it and waste paper? Moreover, Shi Xian also said that the imperial court can no longer make friends, otherwise I am afraid that the imperial court will no longer have any credibility among the people. ”

Zhao Yun said helplessly.

Xie Jubo didn't speak, he naturally knew that what Zhao Yun said was the truth, and the attitude of the people, especially the merchants, towards Jiaozi was far more serious than what Zhao Yun said. This problem, before Jia Rudao left Lin'an City, he had specifically talked to Xie Jubo, if it wasn't really helpless, from the bottom of his heart, Xie Jubo was even more reluctant to make friends.

Jiaozi is not valuable, but the court forces merchants and people to use it, but there are countermeasures and policies, and the people are powerless to change, but those big businessmen are collectively boycotting Jiaozi, and what can be bought with one tael of silver in the past will be charged ten taels or even twenty taels to the merchants.

The consequence of this is that prices in the entire Great Song Dynasty skyrocketed.

However, the soaring prices did not bring any harm to those big businessmen, who perfectly passed on all the risks to the ordinary people, and even took advantage of Jiaozi's windfall.

Therefore, in the large-scale relationship, the court only temporarily solved the trouble, but in fact, the court did not benefit from it, but most of the profits were made by those big businessmen. The consequence of exhausting the fishery is that the reputation of the imperial court among the people is getting worse and worse, the people are complaining, and in the end it is the big landlords and big businessmen who are fat.

Jiaozi was rampant, consuming the credibility of the Great Song Dynasty and losing the hearts of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but the fat were those big businessmen who only had to pay a small amount of taxes and the big landlords who basically did not have to pay taxes.

"Your Majesty, now that Sichuan is in an emergency, the minister thinks that the top priority is to solve the crisis in Sichuan first. Ordinary people don't like to have children, but there are many big businessmen in Lin'an and several surrounding places. However, if there is no imperial army to block the road of Mongolia's southern invasion, how can those big businessmen enjoy themselves?

Now that the court has difficulties, there is a place for them to be useful, that is the emperor's grace to them, and these people who enjoy the emperor's favor on weekdays need to be grateful to the emperor for his compassion. The imperial court only needs to show a little favor to these merchants, such as adding Enke, giving shade, etc., which will make these cloth merchants grateful to the emperor, so that the court can not only solve the urgent need, but also accept the hearts of those lowly merchants, the best of both worlds. ”

Li Mingfu rolled his eyes, stepped forward and said loudly.

Zhao Yun's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"But Master Li, those businessmen who took the Jiaozi of the imperial court will eventually use the Jiaozi on ordinary people, and in the end it will be the people who will be harmed, what is the difference between this and the court directly using it for the people? Not to mention, the imperial court will open Enke again? Patching up the shade again? Now the waiting for the shortage of scholars in various disciplines has become like the carp that crossed the river......"

"Lord Xie, this matter of handing over the son again, but what you said first, could it be that Lord Xie just said it casually?"

Li Mingfu looked surprised. Between the words, it is extremely heart-wrenching.

Xie Jubo's expression couldn't help but froze.

"Besides, the household department can write everywhere, strictly order merchants everywhere not to raise prices at will, and violators will not be severely punished, I think those businessmen don't have the courage to do anything against the imperial court decrees, right? Master Xie should know more about these than his own officials. ”

Li Mingfu looked at Xie Jubo suspiciously, and made up for it again.

Xie Jubo really wanted to say that no matter what decrees the imperial court issued, those businessmen would always have a way to take advantage of the loopholes, and in the end they would not let their own interests be harmed in the slightest. What's more, the merchants are just merchants after all, and the biggest rats are the landlords and squires who occupy a large amount of fertile land.

However, Xie Jubo knew that he couldn't say this.

Li Mingfu has already dug a hole for him, if he says these words again, not only will he appear incompetent, but also offend the vast majority of people in the field.

"Your Majesty, the matter of Jiaozixing is too much to do, and the old minister was also anxious just now, and he was a little thoughtful, in fact, there is another way. The Ministry of Household has long been preparing to reformulate the commercial tax, and now it is just a good time to take this opportunity, and there are many cash deposits in the treasury of merchants from all walks of life......"

"Lord Xie, it is the right thing to do to impose heavy taxes on businessmen, but how can those rats eat away at my Great Song Dynasty wealth little by little, how can they enjoy it in vain? It's just Lord Xie, even if the household department redrafts the commercial tax, how can it be a matter of one or two days? ……”

"The whole household has been prepared for a long time and wants to come for three days...... No, the new proposed commercial tax can be taken out in one day......"

"Lord Xie, this official believes that Lord Xie has already prepared, but the household department has taken out the business tax, how long will it take for the world's businessmen to know? January? Two months? ”

"This ......"

"Even if the household department can collect the tax of the merchants near Lin'an first, how can the adults know that those treacherous people can honestly pay taxes to the imperial court? There must always be a charter for the payment of taxes, and it can't be decided by the household department or all businessmen are treated equally, right? Merchants have big and small, and they naturally pay more or less taxes, which requires the household department to check the accounts before the tax can be determined, right? How long does it take to check the accounts? Does Lord Xie know how many businessmen there are in Lin'an City?

How many merchants are there in Lin'an Mansion? How many merchants are there in the east and west roads of Zhejiang? How many merchants were there in the entire Great Song Dynasty? And each of these businessmen will have accounts, how many accounts does the household department need to check? How many accounts can be checked? How many people in the household department can check the accounts? How long does it take to clear all the accounts?

Finally, the official asked again, how much time does it take for Lord Xie to get those businessmen to pay the taxes honestly? And now, Sichuan is being ravaged by Mongolian barbarians, how much time do the people of Sichuan have to wait for the adults to pay all the taxes? The emperor waited, but did Sichuan wait? Thank you, sir! ”

Li Mingfu's series of questions made Xie Jubo, who had controlled the entire household department for more than ten years, completely speechless.

The ministers in the palace are obviously quite impressed by today's Li Mingfu.

To be able to sit in today's position, no one is a person with a worrying IQ, and he has some understanding of the various routines of the household department and the imperial court's taxation.

And Li Mingfu is obviously a big explosion in the small universe today, and every sentence he just asked really hits the nail on the head of the household department's collection and payment of taxes, and he is even more familiar with various regulations, so that he can have something to say. Otherwise, how could Li Mingfu be completely speechless to ask Xie Jubo, who was in control of the Great Song Dynasty's money bag?

In the past, Li Mingfu naturally had a scheming, but he would never be as good as he is today.

Perhaps, Jia Nidao, who has left Lin'an City, is the one who has fulfilled Li Mingfu?

The ministers in the palace couldn't help but think at the same time.

Because the impeachment of Jia seems to be impossible, Yuan Fu told the old man, Li Mingfu exchanged a completely faceless Fang Si for a punishment that he had thought about behind closed doors, and he lost face but finally retained his official position.

The crowd was silent.

Even Zhao Yun temporarily ignored Li Mingfu's series of reproaches to Xie Jubo just now because of Li Mingfu's sudden explosion, and stared at Li Mingfu non-stop, as if he had seen Li Mingfu for the first time.

Xie Jubo stared at Li Mingfu for a long time, and Li Mingfu also looked at Xie Jubo's gaze calmly without fear, as if he was really dedicated to the public.

Alas, Shi Xian, Shi Xian, the old man has tried his best, and the emperor has messed up, but if you know that the momentary concession that day was exchanged for Li Mingfu, who is more difficult today, I don't know if you will regret it?

Xie Jubo sighed secretly in his heart and silently retreated to the side.

All Li Mingfu's words were facts, so he couldn't find any reason or excuse to refute them.

The grim situation that the imperial court is facing today is even more true.

There is no time for him, to the household, to the Great Song.

The matter of Jiaozi is like drinking a donkey to quench thirst, even if it is infinitely poisonous, but in today's Great Song Dynasty, how can there be too many choices?