The journey back to Nanjing from the Huaihai Provincial Base was very smooth, the People's Party had already dredged the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal again, and Li Yaoguang rushed back to Nanjing by boat from Xuzhou, and finally rushed back to Nanjing on February 5, the day of the beginning of spring.

When the six principal cadres of the Civic Party received the news of Li Yaoguang's return, they immediately held a meeting at the home of Xie Siji, the interim leader of the Civic Party. After introducing the experience of this trip first, Li Yaoguang took out the receipt again. He Sui, Xie Siji, and others circulated it and read the letter written by the People's Party. He Sui exchanged glances with Xie Siji, who picked up the receipt and letter and lit the candle. Two of the other four cadres looked surprised, but it was just an accident, no one spoke out, let alone stopped it.

Li Yaoguang was quite moved by this, and it was not because of money. Even in extremely subtle terms, the six leading cadres of the Civic Party can be said to be not poor. Zhang Yutong is already one of the wealthier people in the Jiangsu Civic Party, but compared with these six people, Zhang Yutong is just a rich man. Xie Siji and He Sui each set up a silk reeling factory, and even Li Yaoguang also has a stake in the silk reeling factory.

Now three hundred taels of gold are worth about three thousand taels of silver. If the matter can be done, another 9,000 taels of silver will be given to the People's Party. The money was divided equally among the six cadres. But these young people, including Li Yaoguang, didn't care about spending the money. If you want to do things, you have to spend money, and if you want to do as many things as you want, you have to spend as much as you want. And many times, if not most of the time, people who are really capable of doing things are not really greedy for that money. Paying and receiving money is a matter of attitude, a matter of rules. The rules within the ruling class cannot be broken.

Similarly, the person handling it also has to talk about the rules, just like Qin Wu'an proposed to give a receipt and a letter of proof. This is a manifestation of the strict system of the BJP. The Civic Party has heard that corruption will not be tolerated within the BJP, and everyone is of course suspicious. However, the BJP's faction seems to be from the ruling class, and it has to do things when it collects money. Plainly saying that I can't do it, or simply saying that I don't want to do it for you, will cause unhappiness for the real ruling class, but it will not lead to resentment. The so-called buying and selling is not benevolent and righteous, and the front is not ugly. But whether you are above board or not depends on whether you can do what you say and do what you do.

Moreover, the real rulers have a quality, everyone understands that "there is a beginning and an end", and they are extremely phased in their work. After receiving the money, the receipt will be given, which proves that the matter of collecting the money will end immediately and in stages. If it is a poor ghost, at least a guy who is poor in his heart and can't see money, or a guy who is not responsible, Li Yaoguang takes back the receipt, this kind of person must be carefully put away. It's not that they've figured out how to use the receipt, it's that they're always trying to get hold of someone else, and if they don't, they're feeling like they're missing something.

Xie Siji directly burned the receipt and the certification letter, and his attitude was very simple. This matter ended here, he didn't want to have any handle on Li Yaoguang or the People's Party, nor did he want someone else to have his handle. Several people present at the meeting were silent, and these people also tacitly agreed. Silence is better than sound at this point, and they don't think explanations will be of much use. He who can understand, he understands. For those who don't understand, it's useless to explain, but to make trouble for themselves.

"Did the People's Party say when there will be a result in this matter?" Xie Siji asked.

"Nope." Li Yaoguang replied.

"Did they say when it would start?"

"After the Chinese New Year." Li Yaoguang continued to answer concisely.

Xie Siji tilted his head slightly in thought. He Sui said: "There are still thirteen days. ”

Xie Siji paused for a moment before nodding and replying, "It's thirteen days." We don't have to wait for them completely, we have to give New Year's greetings to Wang Dudu and his subordinates these days, just to find out. Councillor He, either you go to Yu Chen? ”

"Yes." He Sui replied, "Yu Chen is now the director of the National Police Agency, and I don't know if he is interested in taking on an errand as a tax policeman. ”

Xie Siji shook his head slightly, "I don't think we should startle the snake about this." Yu Chen's person is honest and does not covet power. Wang Youhong has repeatedly promoted him, and he is very important. If we say that, I'm afraid he'll see something. If he tells Wang Youhong, we will lose all our efforts. ”

Several cadres nodded slightly when they heard this, and He Sui said: "Then I will directly say that we want to pay taxes in the matter of the silk company, see if Yu Chen supports it, and if he agrees with our idea, I will ask him if he can recommend anyone to help." ”

"I think that's all it takes." Li Yaoguang replied.

"Let's say the same for everyone else. For the person in charge of the tax police now, let's not say such self-detrimental nonsense. Xie Siji said.

The next day, when Yu Chen learned that He Sui had come to visit, he had a hard time hearing about whether to receive him. He Sui is a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Council, and it stands to reason that there is no reason to refuse to meet him. It's just that He Sui visited in person, and it was not as simple as giving gifts for the New Year. After thinking for a moment, Yu Chen sent someone to invite He Sui in. If He Sui really wanted to say anything, it would be easier to refuse in person.

The two young men sat down, and the orderlies brought tea and then withdrew. Both of them are international students, or these young people who are now rising in Jiangsu, have the experience of studying abroad. He Sui's family was extremely rich, so he went to England. Yu Chen and Xie Siji, and Li Yaoguang went to Japan to study. Before the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, things were extremely undisciplined, and it would be stupid to say that there was a new deal. The abolition of the imperial examinations blocked the way for scholars to advance to the ranks, but at the same time, it required that newly recruited government personnel must have received a Western-style education. At that time, there were not so many Western-style schools in China, and even new-style schools were not included in the national talent selection system. So those who have money go to Europe and the United States, most of them have a little money, but they don't have much money, so they have to go to Japan to study. Yu Chen is like this, and now those young core cadres of the Jiangsu Civic Party are also from international students. They really have something to do with each other.

After a few words of New Year's greetings, He Sui went straight to the point, "Director Yu, I don't know if you have heard that the representatives who went to Anhui this time want to establish a silk company that includes Jiangsu silkworms?" ”

Of course Yu Chen had heard of it, and he had not only heard of it, but he also attached great importance to it. If this company can be built, it will be equivalent to a big source of tax revenue, and the police department also wants to get a piece of the pie. "I've heard about it."

"Then Director Yu must know the news that we want to fix this tax?" He Sui asked.

"We don't have to deal with the collection of taxes, I've only heard about it." Yu Chen refused to express his position.

Yu Chen didn't say anything, but He Sui had to say anything, "Director Yu, if such a company is formed, there will definitely be more and more people who grow mulberry and raise silkworms." Since mulberry is planted in the field, it is naturally impossible to plant again. However, with the current various taxes and contributions, the tax police do not care what we plant, and we have to pay the mulberry tax and the grain tax in one acre of land. The people were really troubled. What we mean by this is simply to set this tax. The people have to take a breather. ”

This is not made up by He Suisheng, and now Jiangsu's taxation has completely inherited the model of the former Qing Dynasty, and the tax does not seem to be heavy, but there are many tax items. After the autonomy of the provinces, Jiangsu no longer has to pay money to the central government for the time being. However, none of the taxes that existed in the previous Qing Dynasty have been reduced. For example, the tax apportioned to the provinces by Gengzi indemnity is collected when the provinces do not need to pay indemnity at all.

Yu Chen disagrees with this approach, he believes that "good steel is used on the blade", since taxation is so important, it should be more effectively implemented and managed, but it is not collected if it can be collected. In addition, Yu Chen also knew very well that a considerable part of the taxes collected by the tax police did not enter the treasury of Jiangsu Province, but were exploited by all levels, and even nearly half of the taxes fell into the pockets of the people below.

It's just that this matter is very involved, and Yu Chen doesn't want to put himself on the cusp of this storm. He shirked and said, "Councilor He, I can't make the decision on this matter. If you want to get things done, you have to decide under the king's governor. ”

"The governor of the king is now only afraid that the tax is not enough, if no one is willing to mediate this matter, I am afraid that the governor of the king will still refuse to adjust. Director Yu, now Jiangsu is all dependent on the export of raw silk to make money, if there is no breakthrough in this, if Jiangsu mulberry sericulture collapses, Wang Dudu will lose more. I know that Director Yu is highly regarded by the Governor of the Royal Capital, and we would like to ask Director Yu to explain this matter to the Governor of the Royal Capital. ”

"I'm afraid it won't work. Wang Dudu is a very disciplined person. He often told us about his time as a bodyguard for the Empress Dowager Cixi. The Queen Mother likes a famous character in the capital, and once the Queen Mother was waiting to watch the play, but the person did not come. He didn't hurry until before the start of the song. The Queen Mother waited for the horn to finish singing before asking him why he came so late. The horn replied that he had overslept. The Queen Mother asked again if his family didn't tell him to get up. Mingjiao replied that his family knew that he was a little grumpy when he slept. ”

Although he was an international student, He Sui did not have the opportunity to contact an existence of the level of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Listening to Yu Chen's story, He Sui was a little fascinated, and he couldn't help asking, "What did the Queen Mother say?" ”

"Brother He, guess." Yu Chen said with a smile.

He Sui thought for a while, "Since that person admitted that he overslept, I think the Queen Mother blamed him?" ”

Yu Chen shook his head slightly, smiled and said, "I originally thought so, but Wang Dudu said that the Queen Mother not only did not blame this famous character, but rewarded him with something. The Queen Mother said that everyone in a small family knows how to abide by the rules, which is rare. ”

Obedient and listening, when Yu Chen finished telling the story, He Sui's face involuntarily became quite ugly.