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The tax in the fourteenth year of Wanli was thirty percent less than that in the thirteenth year of Wanli, and the treasury revenue under the Great Tomorrow was thirty percent less. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This section consists of:

There is really nothing to pay attention to, Zhang Juzheng threatened with the crime of dismissal and beheading, and cleared the acres of land in the world, so that the magistrates did not dare to conceal their slackness, and the local wealthy families did not dare to encroach on the land.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng goes, if Zhang Siwei continues this policy, he can do it with Zhang Siwei's prestige, but in order to show the difference between himself and Zhang Juzheng, in order to win over local officials and heroes, Zhang Siwei will not be able to grasp this management at all.

Whether the center is grasped or not, the local rich and powerful will naturally revert to their old ways, and the local people and rich households will also take advantage of this loophole, a large number of fields will be concealed, a large number of fields will be donated, and taxes will naturally not be collected and will become less and less.

And the fourteenth year of Wanli is a particularly big resurgence, everyone was still cautious in the twelfth and thirteenth years of Wanli, and in the fourteenth year, they completely let go of their hands and feet.

Wang Tong knew in his heart that what was harvested this year was less than in the fourteenth year of Wanli, and this situation would continue until he came up with some way to rectify it.

However, Emperor Wanli summoned Wang Tong today, on the one hand, to talk about the border towns, and on the other hand, to talk about the reduction of taxes, I am afraid that there will be more to talk about the latter.

"Your Majesty, the lower levels are invaded by force, the officials are greedy for ink, and it is inevitable that the situation before the restoration of the land of Qingzhang will be restored."

Since it was said, Wang Tong also told the truth, after Emperor Wanli heard it, his hand subconsciously flipped through the fold a few times, covered it again, leaned on the back of the chair and sighed, and said:

"With someone like Zhang Juzheng staring, you can be honest below, but how can you find another person like that here, Wang Tong, what can you do?"

"How about those who have merit not be exempt from paying taxes?"

Listening to Wang Tong's crisp answer, Emperor Wanli was stunned for a moment, then laughed, waved his hand and said:

"All the ancestral rules in the world can be changed, only this one can't be changed, our Ming Dynasty from the royal family to the officials below, all rely on this to eat? Tell me what else is going on? ”

Wang Tong groaned and asked with a smile:

"Your Majesty, may I ask how much of the salt tax in the fourteenth year of Wanli has been paid?"

The salt tax has always been one of the largest taxes in the Ming Dynasty, and the main major head is on the Liangzhun side, how much is collected every year, this number must be remembered by the emperor.

"It should be about 2,400,000 taels."

"Your Majesty, the salt tax was 4.6 million taels in the ninth year of Wanli, why is it so much less this year?"

"Haizhou said that the tide was irrigated, and many salt farms were destroyed, and then this year it was rainy, and the grass on the grassland side was not good, and there was not enough firewood to boil salt."

Although Emperor Wanli was tired of government, he still remembered this kind of detail very clearly, but Wang Tong shook his head and smiled, bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is nothing more than a pretext, it's just that you want to make money up and down, Your Majesty sent a messenger to check it, and you will definitely be able to hand over more."

"These bastards, the court gave them grace and made a fortune, but they deceived like this, do you mean to send a salt patrol imperial history?"

Wang Tong's words are not denunciations, nothing more than a little bit, Emperor Wanli immediately understood, helplessly evaluated, even the scolding is not so powerful, this patrol salt imperial history is also a Qin cha, the Metropolitan Procuratorate sent officials to inspect and picket the local salt administration, according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, send such a patrol of the salt imperial history, the local government knows that the imperial court needs silver, everyone always has to spit out some silver, and then the next year is still the same.

"Your Majesty, the minister took the liberty to say that it is better to send a salt inspector to the imperial history than to send a salt supervisor, the civil officials also make money, and the fathers-in-law also make money, but in the end, the father-in-law will do their best for His Majesty, and the civil officials need to divide too many people, and when they get to Your Majesty, there will be nothing left."

Salt supervisor, with a prison word, it must be the eunuchs in the palace who go out on errands, but Wang Tong did not make it clear that the civil officials collected it into the treasury, and the eunuchs collected it is very likely that it is the income of the inner treasury, the household department is in charge of the treasury, and the world's expenses are scraped by the household department, and the inner library is the private use of the Son of Heaven and the royal family, and the Wanli Emperor must have understood, but he did not say anything.

Emperor Wanli nodded, patted the table again and said:

"This method is to go up to one year or two years, or to come up with a long-term strategy, Wang Tong, this will fall on you."

Wang Tong suddenly had a wry smile on his face, and said:

"Your Majesty, if the minister can do it so easily, wouldn't it become the god of wealth who turns stones into gold, besides, these things should be planned by the cabinet and the household department, and the minister is the internal guard"

"Those who are capable work hard, those who are capable work hard, Tianjin Weihe Naturalization City, how much money have you earned for the United here, and then think about it, and get a similar one."

The atmosphere was relaxed, Wang Tong bowed down and agreed with a smile, but this is also a will, although it is not too urgent, but it is necessary to go back and make plans, and at this level, there is nothing to say, that is, to bow and leave.

………………

"Go and invite Gonggong Zou to come to the house, saying that the official wants to see him, and he must come in person",

After Wang Tong came out of the Daming Gate, he immediately followed the instructions of the entourage, and the entourage hurriedly went over to do it, whether it was talking about the border town or the tax, this was just a discussion of exchanging information, but Wang Tong saw some other things, this is very important.

"Come in person" This greeting has already been called, and Bang Yi has to leave the palace even if he is busy, and now he is the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, and he must live in the palace every night, and it was already afternoon when Wang Tong invited him, and the time was also tight.

However, Wang Tong has an advantage here, Nanjie is very close to the palace, and there is no need to delay too long on the road.

"Don't do business in the afternoon in the Zhenxing Building, you are all guarding around the Zhenxing Building!"

Wang Tong commanded, and a cadre of personal guards hurriedly agreed, this statement is actually a huge revitalization building, only Wang Tong and Bangyi are here, and they don't know what big things to talk about.

The guards were unusually cautious, as if they were on guard in wartime, but Zou Yi, who was also a party to the party, was a little puzzled and didn't know what to talk about at all.

"Brother Zou, please announce the old man to Zhang!"

Wang Tong said straight to the point, there are many father-in-law Zhang, but in this context, there is only Zhang Cheng of the master of ceremonies and the commander of the East Factory, hearing this, Zou Yi's hand holding the teacup trembled, and the tea spilled a lot, and he almost got up from his seat, but in the end, he had been in a high position for a long time, and he calmed down quickly, and hurriedly asked:

"Brother Wang, why do you say that, if Gonggong Zhang is not in this position, do you know how much trouble we will have?"

Zhang Cheng is the minister of the Ming Dynasty, serving all day long, is one of the most powerful figures in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Tong is in this group, Zhang Cheng is their backer, if there is no such a character, it is equivalent to not having a lot of protection, and the consequences can be imagined.

"If we are still in this position, we will be in even greater trouble in the future, not to mention us, even Grandpa Zhang may not be able to die well."

"Brother Wang, don't scare me, what happened to the face saint today, it is so serious.

Zou Yidu's face had changed, Wang Tong shook his head, and said in a deep voice:

"Grandpa Zhang is old, and His Majesty also thinks he is old......"

Zhang Cheng is full of old age in the imperial study today, and he can't be as calm and shrewd as before, and Emperor Wanli also sighed, but by the side of the Son of Heaven, hundreds of government affairs every day, and he also has to serve the private life of Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli now sighs that he is old, that is because he still cares about the old feelings, if it is a long time, the emotion turns into a bad feeling, then there will be big trouble.

“…… It's better to take advantage of the fact that the love is still there, and Gonggong Zhang will take the initiative to tell the old man, he can still have a face when he leaves, and let the brother help you join the ceremonial supervisor to be a commander of the East Factory or Bingbi, if you continue to stay like this, it will be difficult to say in the future......"

Wang said it clearly, and Zou Yi's expression was also cautious, but when he heard Wang Tong's words, he still shook his head, and subconsciously lowered his voice and said:

"As soon as Gonggong Zhang leaves, the position of the palm print must fall on Tian Yi's side, what's the point of our family going, grasping military power and financial power on the side of the Imperial Horse Supervisor is also a piece of heaven and earth."

Wang Tong also shook his head, stared at Zou Yi and said:

"Brother Zou, what else do you want to have military power, you look at the generals of the five battalions of the forbidden army now, this is clearly the situation that His Majesty directly grasps, as for this financial power, you go to the ceremonial supervisor is not the same as you can interfere, the ceremonial supervisor is the core in the inner court, and the Chinese side can lead the overall situation, if Gonggong Zhang goes, you don't intervene in it, do you wait for Tian Yi to run the situation and then go, at that time, wouldn't it"

Zou Yi groaned, and after being silent for a long time, he got up from his seat and said:

"Let's go back to the palace to see Father-in-law Zhang and tell him these words, I'm afraid that his old man won't be able to let go!"

Wang Tong sighed and said:

"He is an old man who is generous and gentle, he should be able to figure it out, Brother Du directly said that it was Wang Tong's words, and the two of us will discuss it together, and Grandpa Zhang will not ignore it."

Zou Yi nodded, hugged his fists there, and left directly.

Wang Tong returned to his mansion, and as soon as he entered the door, Erhu hurried over and said in a low voice:

"Master Hou, the news that just came from Shandong, Qi Dashuai went first, and the news should enter the palace now."

Wang Tong was stunned, Qi Jiguang died, Yu Long and Qi Hu, now they are all gone, these two people Wang Tong has dealt with them, and they have given Wang Tong great support and help, hearing this news, Wang Tong sighed for a while, and all the romantic characters born at the end of Jiajing because of the crisis in the world are gradually getting old and pastime,

That night, news from the palace reached Wang Tong's side, and Zhang Cheng was ready to tell Lao I