Chapter 419 Invoices

It's another day where the sun is shining.

The time when Yang reformed the chuáng was not very early, in short, the sun was already old and high, and the fog of early winter was dispersed, so it slowly started chuáng.

Yesterday, I talked with Sun Chengzong for a whole day, and figured out the inside story and context of the Ming Dynasty.

"Heh......" Yang Gai yawned first, and then asked with a smile: "Big companion, what is the matter today?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is nothing important today, that is, Your Majesty said yesterday that you would summon Zheng Zhilong, and now it has arrived, and you are waiting outside the palace, does Your Majesty want to see it?" Wang Chengen said with a smile on his face.

Zheng Zhilong? This guy is really a key figure who determines the direction of the late Ming Dynasty, and I chatted with Sun Chengzong yesterday, and those maritime merchants took a fancy to Zheng Zhilong's ability, and wanted to cultivate him to become a figure who could suppress the southeast coastal government, Yi people, and pirates, so that the southeast coast could calm down and clear the way for their maritime trade, but this matter made a mess for himself, and he not only recruited Zheng Zhilong into the palace, but also appeased him with a high standard, and even asked him to write about the Yi people, which made those maritime merchants realize, he knew everything at sea better than them, and the last hope of concealing the truth and deceiving the emperor was dashed, so he turned to himself. Got rid of Zheng Zhilong, that is to say, those tariffs in the future can be regarded as having fallen, not to mention more every year, it is a big few million taels, thousands of taels of silver, it should still be very good, Yang Reform sat on the chuáng, and he smiled alone.

"Forget it, let him wait a little longer, I will go to the Wenhua Hall first to deal with today's affairs and then see him." Yang Reform wanted to see Zheng Zhilong immediately, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was better to forget it, and it would be better to let it dry for a while, and then talk about it after leveling those maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

"Obey the order," Wang Chengen agreed, .......

A group of palace nv, eunuchs, began to dress up for the emperor.

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Mandarin Palace.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live......" is the voice of the ministers kowtowing.

"Get up." Yang Gengai was in a pretty good mood today, and even his voice was filled with a hint of joy.

"Your Majesty Longen...... "The ministers got up and began to officially deal with the government.

In fact, this Wenhua Palace's deliberations do not need to come every day, nor do they need to come every day, and the Xiǎo Cabinet will deal with it itself, and the major events will be placed in the morning court, or they will be ordered directly in the platform. It's not a big deal, and I'll discuss it here.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you have to do today?" Yang asked as usual.

Having dealt with some jīmáo garlic matters, Yang Gai was ready to formally reply to those maritime merchants.

"Yesterday, who said that I would pay for the shipbuilding?" Yang Reform asked, the smiling minister yesterday made a very deep impression on Yang Reform, and it was very vague, so that he couldn't always remember who he was.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is here." A minister with a smile on his face and a smile immediately came out of the class.

"Yesterday, I responded to this matter, I thought about it, and decided to give merchants in Jiangnan who are willing to build ships to transport the victims, according to the ship's big Xiǎo, respectively, subsidies ranging from one to two percent of silver, and when the ship is built, let them participate in the transfer of the victims, not much at a time, as the Qing family said, it is better to be older and ...... long," Yang Gai said with a smile.

When the ministers below heard this, they all changed their faces, the emperor's courage, this means, and the ability of this huā money, no one can really match it, even this kind of lion opening his mouth, he dares to agree.

Bi Ziyan's face is green, what's wrong with the emperor? Silly? How can you say yes? Your Majesty doesn't know how big the southern shipbuilding can be? If Your Majesty really gives 20% of the silver to the people in Jiangnan to build ships, I am afraid that every household in Jiangnan will have to build ships, not to mention 120,000 taels of silver, I am afraid that it is a big ship of 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver, I am afraid that even the treasure ship they dare to build, how much will it cost this year?

When the smiling official heard this, his face smiled even more widely, and he was about to say "obey the order" and put this matter on the ground. Someone spoke on the side.

"Your Majesty, is this still something to think about, Your Majesty, the huā fee in this is really ......" Bi Ziyan grimaced with a green face, lowered his head, and came out with a hard head and said, You pit Your Majesty, don't bring such a pit, I am a member of the imperial party, and I am in charge of the household department and the silver, if I don't come out, who will come out?

"Hehe, why? Bi Aiqing, I think it's very good, although I have contributed some money now, but in the future, they will also need to transfer immigrants for me, and they can be regarded as taking what they need, as this secretary said, I am willing to give money to fishermen and immigrants to build fishing boats, and I am also my people, and I am also willing to give money to businessmen to build big ships......" Yang Gai said with a smile. ,

The ministers below all looked sideways, what is this? The people of the imperial party and the emperor sing against each other?

Bi Ziyan lowered his head and said stubbornly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is very serious, and whose hands should be issued for this 20% subsidy?" How do I distribute it? And how do you prevent someone from cheating? Your Majesty, are there any rules for this? Bi Ziyan felt that the emperor had been cheated and took out such a sum of money for nothing, so he took the plunge to break this matter, it was really hard-headed, Bi Ziyan only felt that the cold máo in the back of his head was erected, and he was slapping the emperor in the face in public.

The official who proposed this matter smiled on Huā's face and stopped smiling, but unexpectedly, the emperor agreed, and there was still a troublemaker.

"Hehehe, it's okay, I've already figured out what to do......" Yang Gai said with a smile, it's still good to have such a person who thinks about his own money bag, this matter didn't tell Bi Ziyan, he has this kind of attitude, which is commendable.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the way?" Bi Ziyan is out of the way, step by step.

“…… In fact, it is also very simple, after the merchants in Jiangnan build ships, the shipyard will issue an invoice, and then take the invoice to the tax supervisor in Jiangnan to receive the subsidy, how big the ship will receive the subsidy, how many ships will receive the subsidy, up to 20%, cash it on the spot, I will never break my word......" Yang Reform smiled and announced the news.

The ministers who were originally bent on watching a good show were dumbfounded, the emotional emperor was willing to pay for the silver, this sad emperor; The emperor of this loser; The emperor who has a problem with his brain, the ministers fell to the ground, but they didn't expect that the emperor really wanted to build ships for the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and thought that he was talking about it, showing a gesture, because this thing couldn't be done at all, with the degree of drift in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention two percent, two points could go to the hands of those merchants, and they would burn high incense.

The minister who was smiling all over his face before this time, a smiling face turned into a bitter face, how did things become like this? What kind of invoice is issued, and can you really take the invoice to the tax supervisor to receive money? He doesn't know whether to laugh or cry, if he makes the emperor too bitter, he won't have a good life in the future, isn't that just talking?

Bi Ziyan was also dumbfounded, is the emperor lacking heart or wisdom and foolishness?

“…… Forget it, seeing that all the ministers don't quite understand what I mean, then I will say it again, if the merchant is willing to help me and help me transfer the victims, I welcome, all newly built ships can enjoy my subsidies, according to the size of the ship, they can enjoy subsidies ranging from 10% to 20%, and the ship is built in the shipyard, take the invoice issued by the shipyard, and then go to the tax supervisor I set up in Jiangnan to receive the silver, that's it...... In this way, there is no increase in the number of government officials and no increase in manpower, that is, there is an additional procedure when building a ship, just ask the shipyard for an invoice. Yang Gai explained with a smile that it seems that this invoice will appear in China N years in advance.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is an invoice?" The official who was full of smiles at the beginning, but now has a wry smile on his face, hurriedly asked, saying that His Majesty is smart and famous, but now, he just didn't see how smart the emperor was, he didn't expect to ask the emperor for 20% of the silver, if the emperor was miserable, wouldn't those accounts in the future be counted on his head?

"Invoices? After the ship is built, the shipyard will issue a bill on the shipbuilding cost to the merchant to prove that the merchant has indeed built a ship in the shipyard, such as how much silver he has made, how big a ship he has built, and then the merchant will take the invoice issued by the shipyard and go to the tax supervisor in Jiangnan to receive the corresponding subsidy. Yang Gai said with a smile.

Yang reformed this statement, the ministers on the ground were all stupid, didn't the emperor lose his heart? The shipyard issues an invoice, and the tax supervisor will give the silver? You must know that the shipyard of Jiangnan Shipbuilding does not know how much, so they all come to issue invoices and issue invoices for him millions of taels of silver, and the emperor also gives silver? The emperor is really a big business

At the beginning, the official with a smile on his face, now with a wry smile on his face, is now stupid, his face is demented, and he looks at the emperor stupidly, the emperor probably doesn't know how many shipyards there are in Jiangnan, according to the emperor's statement, as long as it is the invoice issued by the shipyard, you can get the silver, probably the emperor doesn't know, you can issue fake invoices, you can fake, you can collude with each other between merchants and shipyards...... Isn't the emperor a saint? How did you become so stupid? It's over, this time the emperor is miserable, and these accounts will have to be counted on his head in the future......

Bi Ziyan's face was already full of black sè, and the emperor was really stupid now.

Looking at the changing faces of the ministers on the ground, Yang Gai smiled again and said: "I forgot to say a word, this invoice has to be a regular invoice, and I won't recognize a fake invoice, don't make a mistake about this." ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is a real invoice and what is a fake invoice?" The official who was full of smiles just now, then turned into a bitter gourd face, and now looked suspicious, asked, this matter has made him nervous.

"The invoice is not printed by the shipyard itself. Invoices are printed and issued by my tax supervisor, and they are issued to merchants who have registered with the tax supervisor and have passed taxes,...... After the merchant has built the ship, the shipyard that has registered with the tax superintendent and paid the tax will issue a formal invoice to the merchant that is printed and issued by the tax superintendent, and then the merchant will take the invoice and go to the tax superintendent to get the silver subsidized by me......" Yang explained.

The ministers on the ground can be regarded as having seen the emperor's jīng, and their feelings still have this hand, no wonder, this is almost the same, not outrageous, otherwise, the emperor will not be allowed to pit others to death?

At the beginning, the official with a smile on his face, then a sad face, and then a suspicious face, this time he understood the emperor's power, this time, he became crying and laughing, what kind of formal invoice, it is estimated that Jiangnan can be opened, it is Jiangnan Shipyard, it has to be ......, the emperor has done the business at home, and he has to ......, this time, what kind of tax supervisor in Jiangnan; The tax supervisor who was ridiculed by 10,000 people, the tax supervisor who was voluntary in Jiāo, this time it was going to become fragrant, others used to laugh at the emperor for being stupid, and laughing at the tax supervisor was a joke, this time, everyone had to go to the tax supervisor to ask for a father, worship nǎinǎi, ask the tax supervisor to register for himself, and give himself a tax, otherwise, this twenty percent of the subsidy, I'm afraid that I can't nòng, I can't get an invoice, I'm afraid that this business can't be done, and without twenty percent of the subsidy, who is still building a ship here for you? That merchant doesn't want to save some money? Can you save 20%, which is not tempted? The official looked at the emperor with tears and laughter, and the emperor's hand was nòng......

Only then did Bi Ziyan understand that the emperor's abacus was very loud, and in Bi Ziyan's heart, the original stupid emperor immediately became an emperor who was extremely bright.

The ministers broke their eyes and glared at the emperor with their eyes open.

Some ministers were depressed, they wanted to oppose it, they wanted to say something, but they thought about it, they came and went, it was all the emperor's own money, and it was all the emperor's own ministers, how could this be mixed? I can't fish out of bounds, I'm afraid that what I say is in vain, the emperor and those ministers will also let their words go as a fart, and the ministers can't control the ministers, and the ministers won't bird the ministers.

That's how it was settled.

Out of the Wenhua Palace, Yang Reform became serious, pondering as he walked.

waved off many followers, leaving only Wang Chengen to follow alone, Yang Reform said: "Big companion, in the name of me, immediately send a letter to Zheng Huaizhong in Jiangnan, tell him about this invoice and the various ...... of shipbuilding, let him pay attention to it, this twenty percent subsidy is given by me to those shipbuilding merchants, not for him, let him know clearly, don't spoil my business......" Yang Reform said seriously, he has done it at this end, then, the actual implementation end, but don't give yourself a mistake, if something goes wrong, Then you will lose a lot, and then it may be because of such a little bit of power comparison, there may be a deviation between victory and defeat, and it is naturally careless.

"Obey, slave and maid will do it." Wang Chengen agreed, the emperor said this, he participated from head to toe, naturally knew the inside story, knew the power, and also agreed seriously.

"No, wait, I'll send a letter to Erxizi again, also in my name, just say, I'm going to do this invoice, let him do what I want, don't let people take advantage of loopholes, if it is really a new ship, let him fulfill my promise to those merchants, and the silver money will be made up with the interest of the mint, as for the shipyard to register, ask for taxes, this matter, let him pick and choose, don't make this matter too easy, and choose those powerful and reputable merchants to pay taxes, don't come to pay taxes to cats, pay attention." In addition, tell him to gradually shift the focus of his work to the tax supervisor from now on, and focus more on the tax supervisor, the mint is now on the right track, and he doesn't need too much jīng force, let him gradually let go, let him find a competent person to replace him in the future, the achievements of the mint are not comparable to the tax supervisor, let him ......work more the tax supervisor, and the future achievements are limitless......" Yang Gai frowned, and along the way, he said carefully that his tax bureau was really going to open with this east wind, which was undoubtedly a very important thing. ,

"The slave obeys, and this will be done." Wang Chengen agreed again.

"Well, go and come back quickly, write it and show it to me, by the way, this has to be rushed by seven hundred miles, and it must be sent to Jiangnan as soon as possible......" Yang Reform looked up into the distance and said.

"Slaves obey orders......" Wang Chengen agreed again.

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Yang Reform did not go back to the Qianqing Palace, but went to the platform, and between the platforms, Yang Reform remembered something and said, "Come to someone"

Wang Chengen had already gone to run errands, and a eunuch on the side immediately agreed: "The slave is here." ”

"Go and summon that Zheng Zhilong, and I will meet him on the platform." Yang Gai said.

The eunuch hesitated for a moment, and then understood who the emperor was talking about, and immediately said: "The slave obeys the order, so go and pass the decree." ”

……

platform, as usual, many shì participated in the work of the staff department in the platform, and also fought on the sand table, deducing some changes in the situation, and when they saw the emperor coming, they naturally saluted again.

Zheng Zhilong has been waiting outside the palace for most of the morning, but he has not complained at all, this is the palace, it is the residence of the Son of Heaven, not to mention waiting for half a day, there are more people who have waited here for many days and have not been summoned by the emperor.

Zheng Zhilong came to the palace with a complicated feeling, as for how complicated it is, only he knows what it feels like.

First of all, the person in charge of receiving him was actually Lin Zhu, the countryman's priest wine, under the banner of a fellow countryman, in fact, he couldn't fight with Lin Zhu, but it was Lin Zhu who received him, which made Zheng Zhilong feel very different, not to mention that his identity as a Zheng Zhilong pirate was 108,000 miles different from Lin Zhu, even if he was recruited, at most he was a guerrilla general or a military attaché, and compared with the Guozi priest wine, his identity and status were still 108,000 miles away, and Zhao'an was a pirate, and he could be personally received by the emperor. More than once, this specification is absolutely groundbreaking, even more outrageous, the itinerary arranged by the emperor for him, visiting the new army barracks, visiting Liulizhai, visiting various factories, and even asking him to visit Shanhaiguan, Jiayuguan These side walls, these things, Zheng Zhilong never dreamed that this kind of Zhao'an's specifications are so high that it even caused controversy in the court, all of which made Zheng Zhilong feel uneasy, this kind of thing was arranged by the owner of this Forbidden City.

"Long live the grass people, long live my emperor, long live, long live." Zheng Zhilong kowtowed respectfully and meticulously with mixed feelings.

Yang Gai once again saw this figure who could change the history of the late Ming Dynasty - Zheng Zhilong. Still with dark skin and a strong figure, it looks like a jīng Ming capable character who has experienced wind and rain.

Yang Gengai nodded and said, "Yes, where have you been recently?" Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people followed His Majesty's arrangement, led by Lord Lin, went to Shanhaiguan, Jiayuguan to see the side wall, went to Sun Yuanhua, and Lord Sun went to see the cannon factory......" Zheng Zhilong replied in a regular manner, what the emperor did, the pressure on him was too great, although he was a figure calling for wind and rain on the southeast coast, but at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the fear of imperial power in his bones made him respectful from the heart.

"How do you feel about it later, how is the book I asked you to write earlier?" Yang Gai asked, he knows the ins and outs of Zheng Zhilong, knows that he has worked as a translator for foreigners, has worked for foreigners, knows the details of foreigners, and is ready to tell the details of foreigners through Zheng Zhilong's mouth, so he will have a lot of initiatives, for example, why do Yiren dare to collect taxes on the sea of my Ming Dynasty? What is going on, etc., ...... to Zheng Zhilong's mouth, to tell the harm of Yi people, and also to find enough excuses for himself to collect taxes at sea, you maritime merchants can give Yi people Jiāo tax, but you can't give me Jiāo tax, what does this mean?