Chapter 459: Burn, New Deal!
Master Huikong, the presiding officer of Tanzhe Temple, has really experienced the whole process from great compassion to great joy and then to great compassion these days. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
He thought that with the queen mother here, the matter of Qingzhang's land could be suppressed for the time being, but who knew that those officials of Wanping County left the temple not long before they went and returned. This time, they seem determined to get to the bottom of it. No matter how Master Huikong tried to cover it up, he couldn't escape the eyes of the foreman.
After some inventory, there are nearly 7,000 acres of fields in Tanzhe Temple that need to pay grain tax. Because the 7,000 acres of land Tanzhe Temple has been lying before, it is necessary to pay the grain tax. This is not a small amount, Rao is Tanzhe Temple incense is at its peak and could not raise so much money.
The most important thing is that Master Huikong can't swallow this breath.
But what's the use of not being able to swallow your breath, isn't it to watch the officials show off their might? Master Huikong can't be ruthless and ask the monks in the temple to come out to resist taxes, right?
Although Tanzhe Temple is a pure land of Buddhism, the place where the temple was built is also the land of the Ming Dynasty, so it is bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty.
If it weren't for Master Huikong's good temperament cultivated over many years of practice, I'm afraid he would really faint.
However, these officials do not seem to have the intention of urging immediately, that is, they have left time for Tanzhe Temple to raise money.
This is not too disgraceful, and it can be regarded as giving face to Master Huikong.
At this moment, Master Huikong only regretted that he had underestimated Xie Shen at the beginning. If we had been careful and had divided the monastery land, I am afraid that we would not have been able to do it today.
Whatever the reason, it seems that the royal family is not going to come forward this time.
Master Huikong didn't have the heart to think too much about other things now, and it was the top priority to raise money to pay back taxes.
He had to pull down his face and beg several big incense masters one by one, hoping that they could come up with a sum of sesame oil money to solve the urgent needs of Tanzhe Temple.
Most of these incense owners are wealthy businessmen, and donating incense oil money to Tanzhe Temple is nothing more than to gain fame. To them, even a hundred thousand taels of silver is just a symbol. The country is poor and the business is rich, which can be seen from this.
These businessmen were naturally willing to do such "good deeds", and soon Master Huikong raised the back taxes and handed them over to the Wanping County Ya.
Although most of the money was not paid by him, he was still very depressed.
The reason is very simple, this time in order to raise tax money, he can be said to have fished with all his might.
Those incense owners donated such a large amount of sesame oil money, I am afraid that they will not donate money again in a short time.
In this way, at least for a long time, the whole temple will have to live a tight life.
The most important thing is that paying taxes is a bottomless pit.
In the past, the land of Tanzhe Temple did not have to pay taxes, and it was possible to earn a lot of money just by renting land. Now, a large part of the land has been designated as common land, and a large amount of money has to be paid every year in taxes alone, and there is very little profit to be obtained.
Venerable Huikong had to grit his teeth and cut back on the monks in the temple to survive this difficulty.
In this regard, the whole temple was naturally full of complaints, and all kinds of ugly words came out.
This made Master Huikong faint with anger.
It doesn't matter if he's sick, the Tanzhe Temple is completely messed up.
Many monks felt that there was no future, so they simply escaped at night.
They were ordained in Tanzhe Temple because they saw that the monks of Tanzhe Temple were all shiny and alive. Since Tanzhe Temple is now going to cut their use and ask them to tighten their belts to live, naturally there is no reason to continue to stay.
For a time, Tanzhe Temple has the meaning of the tree falling down and scattering.
I didn't mention it for the time being, but said that Wang Shouren made the new deal impressive in Huating County.
The weaving factories run by the Xu family, the Wu family, and several other families produced more cloth and silk than the official production.
These cloth silk are mainly sold to Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces.
It greatly alleviates the problem of insufficient supply of silk cloth.
Of course, the local county government also collected a large amount of business taxes, and everyone was happy for a while.
Wang Shouren made political achievements, and Emperor Zhengde naturally saw it in his eyes.
After consulting with several scholars in the cabinet, he decided to send Wang Shouren back to Beijing ahead of schedule.
As soon as he came to Huating County, it was only a pilot, and now that he has made achievements, there is no need to let Wang Shouren stay.
Second, Wang Shouren's original six-grade official position was demoted to make Huating County Order, which was somewhat disgraceful. Although he has the identity of the Qincha, the Qincha can't be a lifetime.
Wang Shouren's mood was complicated after receiving the holy decree.
Of course, he knew he was going to have to do it. But faintly, he is still a little reluctant to give up on Huating County.
Clear the land, implement commercial tax reform, and encourage gentry and businessmen to set up factories......
Although these ideas were put forward by Xie Shen, the specific implementation was done by Wang Shouren. Behind everything is Wang Shouren's hard work.
It is still somewhat unacceptable to send out the "child" raised in Huating County like this.
But Wang Shouren could not resist the decree. After completing the settlement procedures with his successor, he returned to Beijing by boat with his family and family.
After a long journey, Wang Shouren and his entourage finally arrived in Beijing on the fifth day of December.
At this time, it was the middle of winter, and the goose feathers and heavy snow were falling, wrapping the silver decorated by the Beijing Division.
As soon as Wang Shouren entered the city, he saw a familiar figure beckoning to him.
"Brother Shouren, you're finally back!"
"Siming!"
Wang Shouren's heart warmed, and he stepped forward quickly.
"Brother Shouren has made a great contribution this time, this glass of wine respects Brother Shouren."
Xie Shen took a glass of warm rice wine from Lu Chongtian and handed it to Wang Shouren.
"Haha, I don't dare to take credit for this, it's all Siming, you are like a god."
Wang Shouren took the wine glass and poured it down his neck, only to feel the warm current in his stomach rolling, and there was no trace of chill.
"Haha, let's stop staying in the snow and ice, let's get into the carriage."
Wang Shouren nodded and motioned for the coachman to send his family back to the mansion first, and he got into Xie Shen's carriage.
"In this world, I'm afraid there is no one who understands people's hearts better than Siming."
Wang Shouren sat in the carriage and said with a smile while rubbing his palms to keep warm: "None of the affairs of Songjiang Mansion have been left behind by you, and the foolish brother only needs to follow your words." ”
"Brother Shouren praised it falsely. In this world, except for those Taoist priests who claim to be able to reach the heavens, who dares to claim to be able to understand people's hearts. ”
Xie Shen poured another pot of warm wine, took a sip and said, "But what these gentlemen are trying to do is those things, it's not difficult to guess." ”
"Siming, now Huating County and Wanping County are off to a good start. Now it's up to you. ”
Wang Shouren's words are true. He can be the vanguard for Xie Shen. But when it comes to layout, you can only rely on Xie Shen himself.
"Well, I've been thinking about it all this time. His Majesty is very supportive of the new policy, and it is better to take advantage of this momentum to push it forward. ”
Xie Shen bowed his head slightly and said lightly.
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