Chapter 59 is accountable to taxpayers

"Lord Yue, you're not right, you said okay, you have to vote to see the results before you can be sure, how can you be so hasty."

When Yue Su said that no one objected, and when it was unanimously passed, one of the councillors immediately shouted. Immediately after, the other lawmakers chimed in, "Yes, yes...... You have to vote last, how can you break the rules. ”

The one who shouted first, Yue Su saw it, it was Zou Xing, the head of the household department, who was an official of the Junzuo Party. Yue Su glanced at him and said, "Lord Zou, what you said is right, this matter really can't be hasty, then the official wants to hear your opinion now, do you approve or disapprove?" ”

"I ......" Zou Xing was stunned when he saw Yue Su asking, and he was stunned for a long time before giving a vague statement, "Xia Guan has no opinion." ”

"No opinion is in favor?" Yue Su asked.

"I ...... I abstained...... "There was no good reason to oppose it, but I didn't want to approve in my heart, and in a hurry, Zou Xing could only say what was in his heart.

"It stands to reason that at the beginning of the establishment of the parliament, the main purpose was to select and promote officials, and normally speaking, it can be decided in the cabinet without going through the parliament. However, last time, because the matter of sending troops to Japan was approved by the Diet and received good results, the official planned to bring it to the Diet for discussion when he encountered some major events. Since it is a discussion, but on any issue, whether it is for or not, the official hopes that the big guy will say a reason, and then make a decision, depending on whether there are many people who support or oppose it. Of course, the people who can sit here are not confused, right or wrong, and the big guys can tell clearly. ”

When Yue Su said this, he paused deliberately, coughed twice, and swept around the councillors present before continuing: "In the earliest days, there was no abstention in the regulations of the parliament, but on the ballot, as long as the name is not filled, it is regarded as abstention, so there is the saying that abstaining during voting. Now, this official would like to ask Lord Zou, we are only discussing a proposal in the parliament, and there are only two choices, whether you approve or disapprove, but whether you approve of it or not, you must explain a reason. But if you abstain from voting as soon as you come up, can the official regard you as having no intention of participating in this council, and unwilling to discuss this issue in the council, or you do not intend to be this councillor at all? Zou Xing, now this official will solemnly tell you that the parliament is a place to discuss and decide on major national affairs, as long as the people sitting here have this fixed opinion on any topic, if you abstain from voting as soon as you come up, and treat yourself as a decoration, then the official will simply find two clay figurines to come, what else do you want to do! ”

"This ......" Zou Xing was speechless by Yue Su's words. Because what Lord Yue said is too reasonable, the big guy is discussing a matter, since you are here, you must have your own opinion, if you abstain, what do you want to sit here for.

Qi Shijiao sat at the front of the area where the Junzuo Party was located, he turned his head to look at Zou Xing, and said coldly: "Didn't you hear what Lord Yue said, if you agree, say yes, if you don't approve, say no." Abstained from voting when we discussed it, are you not going to sit here again in the future. ”

After receiving Qi Shijiao's suggestion, Zou Xing immediately understood and said: "Lord Yue, it is indeed the fault of the lower officials that they are suitable, and the lower officials are in favor of Lord Yue's proposal. ”

"Then why do you want to approve of this official's proposal?" Yue Su actually asked.

"Because...... Just as the adults said, the feat of increasing taxes and collecting taxes for the people and benefiting the people in this way is naturally to be approved. Zou Xing reacted quickly and said quickly.

"Doesn't this also understand the reason, why did you abstain from voting just now, you must support anything if you are right, you must oppose it if it is not right, and why do you abstain? Even if you don't oppose or support it, then what use does the court want from you, and what use does the council want from you? ”

Yue Qing said lightly, and Zou Xing broke out in a cold sweat, you must know that with Lord Yue's strength, there are too many ways to want you to go home.

Lord Yue didn't pay any attention to him, and said again: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are only more than 100 people in our council, and it should be said that every member of the council is elected, and no one is an idle person, otherwise, he would not sit here." There is a saying, called right and wrong, right and wrong are at ease in the hearts of the people, today's topic, I think the big guys should also be able to see the pros and cons, although it is said that some taxes have been added to the merchants, in terms of profits, there is a certain impact, but the court takes it from the people to the people, and uses this silver to benefit more people, isn't it a righteous act? The parliament and the parliament naturally have to be discussed before making a decision, and when the official does not want to be in the discussion, the big guy has no opinion and directly abstains. Anyway, there are not a lot of people, I think that's it, on this matter, the big guys first express their opinions, those who agree say yes, say the reasons, and those who disapprove say they don't approve, and they also have to say the reasons. In this way, start with the first row, the leftmost one......"

As he spoke, Yue Su stretched out his hand and pointed to the first person on the left hand in the first row. This was originally Yue Su's position, but in turn, it was Zhang Zhenggang, the backbone of the Junyi Party.

Seeing that he was on his own, Zhang Zhenggang stood up without hesitation, and said to Yue Su: "Lord Yue, the lower officials agree with this issue, increase commercial taxes, and use the collected silver to benefit the people of the world, which is really a blessing for the community and the people." ”

After Zhang Zhenggang, Liu Ce was next, and he immediately expressed his support for this issue for the same reasons as Zhang Zhenggang.

Needless to say, the officials of the Monarchy Party stood up in turn to show their attitude, that is, they were in favor. But compared with them, others feel quite a headache, at this moment, who dares to abstain from voting, can only bite the bullet and say their own opinions.

There is no good reason to oppose it, there is no more upright reason. There was no choice but to end up with the people of the Monarchy Party in favor of it.

Soon, it was the turn of the businessman councilor, and there were a total of five businessman representatives, who had always looked at Li Wenzhang as the leader, and at this time, the other four looked at Li Wenzhang together, waiting for him to speak. Li Wenzhang is an old Jianghu, and Yue Su's posture at the moment has made him understand that Yue Su is determined to do it. Now the vast majority of people are under the strength of Yue Su, verbally expressing their stance in favor of increasing commercial taxes, and I am afraid that in the end, they will even be exempted from voting.

Li Wenzhang had the intention to oppose it, but there was no good reason, and if he said something, it was estimated that he would have to be refuted by Yue Su. After thinking for a moment, I saw Li Wenzhang stand up and say: "Lord Yue, this lord thinks that increasing the business tax and using it for free treatment for the people of the world and free education for the people of the world is indeed all feats for the benefit of the country and the people, and this lord admires the idea of the lord in his heart, and sincerely agrees with ......"

He was the best of the merchants, and he bought and sold all over the world, and if the court increased taxes, he should have paid the most taxes. Therefore, the big guys want to see what Li Wenzhang will say. If Li Wenzhang is against it, and if he can refute Yue Su well, everyone will definitely immediately turn their guns and stand on Li Wenzhang's side. But they didn't expect that Li Wenzhang's opening was the same as them, expressing his approval of Yue Su.

However, immediately afterwards, Li Wenzhang changed his words and said: "But, Lord Yue, Benjue wants to know, will all the extra money really be used for the National Medical Center and the Free Academy?" ”

"This official has always been true to his word, and what he has said naturally counts. If there is a shortage, the court will allocate another part of the silver to invest in it. Yue Su said awe-inspiringly.

"Lord Yue's personality, this lord believes, not only this lord believes, but everyone present will also believe in Lord Yue's personality. But there is one point, the commercial tax has been increased from the original twenty taxes to twenty taxes, which is a full triple, not a small amount, the adults said that it is all invested in the free medical hall and free school, if it is not enough, the court to add, then if there is a surplus? How much does the free medical center and free school cost, do you know now, Lord Yue, how to operate at that time, do you know now, Lord Yue? It can be said that the money for opening free medical centers and free schools is all made by us businessmen, and the money can be paid, and we have made money, and we have done something that benefits the country and the people. But we paid the money, and we should have the right to know exactly where the money was spent, and the court should at least be responsible for us who pay taxes. If the imperial court can do it, where will we use every cent of tax and silver, and let us taxpayers clearly understand that I, Li Wenzhang, will definitely support Lord Yue, if the imperial court cannot do this, then I will forgive Li for not supporting Lord Yue's proposal. ”

Good guy, his request is clearly to argue with Yue Su, you let us pay the money, it's okay, but we must make the accounts public, so that I know where the money has been spent.

Normally, where the court's money is spent, it has always been recorded in the household department, but it will never be made public, after all, it is a secret, how can it be known to the world. And Li Wenzhang seems to see this, and asks the imperial court to announce to the world how to use the overcollected tax silver, so that he is in favor of paying more taxes.

This kind of thing is simply a violation of the rights of the imperial court, and everyone almost unanimously believes that Yue Su will never agree. As long as Yue Su doesn't agree, everyone can stand on Li Wenzhang's side for this reason. Of course, if Yue Su dared to say yes, they would also stand up against this decision.

Yue Su just smiled slightly, and said: "Uncle Li, what you said is not wrong, the silver was handed over to the imperial court by you, and how the imperial court uses it, of course, you should also let the people who pay taxes know." Well, this official promises you that after the increase in commercial taxes, how the imperial court uses these taxes every year will be announced to the public, so that all taxpayers in the world can clearly understand. ”

Lord Yue has always been dedicated to public service, in an important position, in charge of the power of the court, but he has never embezzled or embezzled a penny of silver. Therefore, he didn't think anything of the imperial court's accounts were made public, but agreed with it in his heart, after all, in this way, how the imperial court used the silver could be supervised by the people of the world, which was much stronger than internal supervision. Also, since Yue Su came back to Bingzheng, he has been careful about how to spend the silver of the imperial court, and he has to check the accounts of the household department and the Ministry of Industry every year to see if the people below are messing around. But in any case, one person's ability is limited, and there are some things that Yue Su may not be able to see, but if it is announced to the world, then someone will definitely see it. The Grand Duke can be selfless, and the accounts of the imperial court will be made public, which is nothing.

"I'm against it!"

But as soon as Yue Su agreed, someone immediately stood up. This person is Jiang Yueguang, this benevolent brother is really positive when he opposes Yue Su, not for anything else, singing against a big man like you Yue Su, at least it can increase a little popularity.

"Master Jiang, I don't know why you object?" Yue Su said politely. He had already thought that after he promised Li Wenzhang, there would definitely be people who stood up against it.

"The accounts of the imperial court are the secrets of the imperial court, how can they be viewed by the world." Jiang Yueguang said confidently.

"Confidential?" Yue Su chuckled lightly and said, "Lord Jiang, you said it was a secret, but I don't know what secrets are contained in it?" ”

"This ......" Jiang Yueguang is qualified to read the account books of the household department, he is not like Lord Yue, if he wants to transfer the account books of the household department, it is no different from looking at his own account books. Now, Yue Su's words stopped Jiang Yueguang and asked, tell me, what are the secrets?

Seeing that Jiang Yueguang was speechless, it was impossible that no one would come out to help, but this time, it turned out to be Qi Shijiao. "Lord Yue, what Lord Jiang said is right, the accounts of the imperial court really cannot be publicized to the world. It is said that it is a secret, but for us and other officials of the household department, it is actually not such a secret, but the annual expenses of the imperial court are just listed on the list. But the reason why it cannot be disclosed to the people of the world can only be said to be the system of the imperial court. Just like Uncle Li, his family is in business, but he will look at his own accounts from other families. The state has national laws, the family has family rules, and the small family will not give their own account books to others to see, let alone the huge court. Master Yue, are you right? ”

If it weren't for the fact that Qi Shijiao could be such a big official, Jiang Yueguang could only mix below, and after a few words, the level would be revealed. After he finished speaking, all the officials in the parliament nodded one after another, and Jiang Yueguang praised it even more reasonably.

"What you said is right." ……

"Master Qi, what you said does have a certain amount of truth, Uncle Li is a small family, but the account books at home cannot be seen by others, let alone the imperial court. However, my lord, I have to ask you a question, the Li family does business, and the silver they use is their own, and it seems reasonable to spend their own money, keep their own accounts, and not let others look at it. But I don't know, whose money is spent by our court? Where did the money come from? Yue Su said with a chuckle.

"The silver of the imperial court comes from taxes, Lord Yue, what do you mean, the lower officials are clear, my lord, you want to say that since the silver of the imperial court is paid by the people of the world, the people naturally have the right to check the accounts of the imperial court and know where their silver is spent after it is handed over to the imperial court. Lord Yue is even more good at making an analogy, if Uncle Li's business is funded by them, then Uncle Li needs to hand over the account books to the funder for inspection every year. You say, don't you? Qi Shijiao also said with a smile.

"What Lord Qi said is exactly what the official wants to say." Yue Su nodded slightly, and said, "Since Lord Qi knows what the official wants to say, let's give the official an explanation." ”

"There is no explanation, the whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, the court is the emperor's, and the world is also the emperor's, but this world is governed by our scholars and the emperor. The account books of the imperial court, they are the emperor's, and the emperor's account books can be read by anyone. Qi Shijiao said eloquently.

"Yes, yes......" "This is reasonable, the account book is the emperor's, how can it be shown to others casually." ……

The officials in the hall echoed once again.

"That makes sense." Yue Su also nodded, but he immediately said: "Lord Qi, you said that the account books of the imperial court belong to the emperor, and this official agrees with this very much. But in the same way, is Lord Qi saying that if the emperor nods and promises to publicize the account books of the imperial court to the world, then the imperial court can publicize the account books to the world? ”

"Exactly." Qi Shijiao didn't even think about it, so he nodded and said.

"I guess that's what you mean, right?" Yue Su glanced at everyone in the hall.

"Yes." At this moment, everyone has nothing to say, so they can only push the matter onto the emperor.

"That's good." Yue Su said solemnly: "You should also see the results of today's deliberations, Uncle Li said that if the imperial court can make the account books public, so that everyone in the world who pays taxes knows whether the silver they pay is spent on the right way, they will be willing to pay more business taxes." If the emperor is unwilling to make the account books public, then today's issue will be stopped, if the emperor agrees to open the account books, then the official wants to ask, the issue of increasing commercial taxes, everyone present is willing to agree? ”

Yue Su's words can be described as loud and confident, looking at his posture, it seems that he wants the emperor to agree to disclose the accounts, which is very easy, and it is a matter of his Lord Yue's effort.

Whether Lord Yue has this ability, everyone present has no score in their hearts, after all, Lord Yue's words, it seems that the emperor has not refused. And Lord Yue is so strong, I am afraid that if it is his words, the emperor will not dare to refuse.

It's just that in this way, the people present don't know how to answer. Nodding yes, it's just too contrary to your "conscience", don't nod and agree, it's all said to this, and it's not okay if you don't agree.

In desperation, everyone nodded reluctantly and said, "What the adults said is right. ”……

"Good! There is no basis for empty words, and words are based on evidence. Come on, write down the topic of suitable talents and the promises of the members of the council to the official, and then sign and draw the pledge together! ”

In the council hall, there was naturally a clerk in charge of recording, and that person quickly wrote a diploma according to Yue Su's intentions, and then handed it over to Yue Su. After Yue Su finished checking, he was the first to sign and draw, and let the secretary office hand it over to Zhang Zhenggang.

Zhang Zhenggang signed and drew the pledge, and then passed it down in turn, just like that, no matter what you think in your heart, in this situation, you can only sign obediently. It can be said that many people present can only pin their hopes on the emperor.

Finally, all the people signed and drew the charge, and finally handed it over to Yue Su, Yue Su checked again, and saw that no one was left behind, so he nodded and said loudly: "Today's parliament is over here." Whether this matter will be implemented or not, after the official faces the saint, the decision will be made! ”

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