"Lord Zhao, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for my father-in-law to identify these seals when he is involved in this case, so Lord Zhao should ask another master." Li Yuntian took the tax seals and flipped through them, a subtle smile flashed on the corner of his mouth, and he said to Zhao Muyu quietly.

In Li Yuntian's view, the mastermind behind the mastermind who planned Liu Ren's case seemed to hate himself very much, otherwise he would not have tried every means to slander himself.

It's a pity that there is one thing that the other party may forget, that is, a lie needs to be covered up with thousands of lies, and thousands of flaws will follow, and then give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of.

Now if it were Li Yuntian, he would definitely not make so many incidents, because the simpler the matter, the fewer flaws, and the more difficult it would be for the opponent to get out of it, otherwise it would provide the other party with a lot of opportunities to take advantage of.

Like Liu Zhang's confession, these seals also made an unforgivable mistake, which will become Li Yuntian's killer weapon, and will deal a fatal blow to Liu Zhang's and Dong Youcai at that time.

"Come on, go to the tax bureau and ask someone to identify these tax seals!" When Zhao Muyu heard this, he felt that Li Yuntian was reasonable, so he took out a command sign and shouted loudly to an errand officer in front of the hall.

Since the end of the Lianghuai Salt Road Corruption Case, Emperor Xuande once again divided the power of the household department under Li Yuntian's construction, separated the Lianghuai salt tax and the local commercial tax from the household, and established the Lianghuai Salt Bureau and the Daming Tax Bureau respectively.

Among them, the Daming Taxation Bureau is a new yamen directly under the cabinet, which is not under the jurisdiction of the local yamen, and is a new administrative operation system.

Although the Daming Tax Bureau was assigned to the name of the cabinet, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the cabinet elders were not good at business, after all, the cabinet elders had been serving in Beijing and had never served as magistrates, so the establishment of the tax bureau naturally fell on Li Yuntian, who had rich experience in local governance.

Li Yuntian managed the huge Jiaozhi in an orderly manner, and the tariffs collected by overseas commerce and trade were worth the taxes of the Ming treasury for several years, so Li Yuntian, who had the title of Zuo Chunfang University Scholar, was the best candidate to set up a tax bureau, because he could basically be called a quasi-cabinet member.

In Li Yuntian's view, if the cabinet wants to put the Daming Tax Bureau into operation in the fastest time, it must use the departments of Jiangwutang in various places.

Jiangwutang has now opened a division office in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, and almost all the personnel of the department have graduated from the six colleges of Jiangwutang, and have received systematic and professional government training, including tax matters, and are excellent tax personnel.

Therefore, the general offices of Jiangwutang in various places can assume the responsibilities of the Daming Taxation Bureau, and the local branches of the Daming Taxation Bureau can rely on the local offices of Jiangwutang to operate, which saves a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and at the same time, this is also an important reason for Li Yuntian to set up divisions in various places, and he has already planned the establishment of business bureaus in the future.

In addition to the establishment of the Daming Taxation Bureau in the capital, the general bureau of Daming taxation will be directly listed in the local office of the martial arts department.

Emperor Xuande wanted to set up a business bureau and a tax bureau in the court that year, not on a whim, but under the reminder of Li Yuntian, he saw the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty's collection and expenditure being controlled by the household department, so he took advantage of the Lianghuai Salt Road to carry out reforms and separated the tax power from the household department to ensure the Ming Dynasty's taxation.

It is worth mentioning that when the news of Emperor Xuande's increase in commercial taxes reached Jiangnan, the merchants in Jiangnan did not show any resistance except for being surprised, you must know that Emperor Hongwu had to cancel the profession of businessman, and he tried his best to suppress merchants, and Emperor Xuande's approach was much more peaceful than that of Emperor Hongwu.

Moreover, Emperor Xuande did not simply raise taxes this time, but set up a tax bureau and a commercial bureau for the first time in history, and the person in charge of the commercial bureau and the tax bureau was the famous Zhenwu Marquis, which was undoubtedly a great thing for the merchants, which meant that they finally had a yamen that they could rely on in the future, and they no longer had to be blackmailed by those officials of the local yamen.

In response to Emperor Xuande's move, the merchants in Jiangnan even lowered the prices of goods, causing the prices in Jiangnan to drop by nearly one percent, which shows that Emperor Xuande's move was very popular with the merchants.

The reaction of the Jiangnan businessmen caught the civil and military officials in the capital unexpected, and also disappointed those who were secretly preparing to watch the jokes.

Jiangnan business community has always been the barometer of the Ming business community, since the price of Jiangnan has fallen, then the price of the Ming Dynasty has also fallen in the Ming Dynasty, and the national policy of macroeconomic regulation and control of business has begun to show signs at this time.

Although Emperor Xuande issued an edict to set up the Daming Tax Bureau, but to this day the system of the Daming Tax Bureau is still not operating, according to Li Yuntian's plan, Xuande was supposed to be nine years of local tax bureaus can be put into use, but later the southern invasion of the Tatars and Warats disrupted his plan, the whole country is busy with the war in the north, and the formation of the local branches of the Daming Tax Bureau is naturally shelved.

It was not until the middle of the ninth year of Xuande that Li Yuntian restarted the establishment of the local branch of the Daming Tax Bureau, which had been interrupted for nearly two years, and the Yamen of the General Administration of the Daming Tax Bureau was completed in July of the ninth year of Xuande, and was established, and now it is waiting for the local tax bureau to be put into operation after the completion of the formation.

In fact, the establishment of the local branch of the Daming Taxation Bureau was not smooth, and under the deliberate indulgence of the household department, it was greatly resisted by the local yamen, and the local yamen did not want to give up such a good method of making oil and water to others, which made Li Yuntian very headache but helpless, so he could only come step by step.

There is an idiom that says well, if you lose the east, you will reap the mulberry, although the establishment of the Daming Tax Bureau has been delayed, but it has invisibly helped Li Yuntian a lot, so that Li Yuntian can get out of Liu Ren's case.

Although the Daming Tax Bureau has not yet been put into operation, Zhao Muyu knows that Li Yuntian has transferred a group of tax officials from Jiaozhi to enrich the yamen of the General Administration of the Tax Bureau, and those tax officials have arrived in the capital in October, and they will definitely be able to verify the authenticity of those seals.

"Master, the villain heard that the tax bureau is all from the town and the country, I don't know if this is true?" Without waiting for the officer in the hall to pick up the order that Zhao Muyu threw on the ground, Dong You suddenly opened his mouth and looked at Zhao Muyu with a nervous face.

Zhao Muyu's brows suddenly frowned slightly when he heard this, he never thought that Dong Youcai would dare to say this at this time, although it seemed that Dong Youcai was just asking questions, but in fact, it was to remind Zhao Muyu to let the tax officials of the tax bureau avoid the case, so as not to make them perjury.

"Lord Zhao, this person is reasonable, for the sake of fairness, it is best for the people of the tax bureau to avoid suspicion." Li Yuntian saw that Zhao Muyu had secretly stumbled on himself, and the corners of his mouth suddenly showed a sneer, and he said to Zhao Muyu quietly, "The Jiaozhi tax seal has been kept in the household department, and the household department sent someone to Jiaozhi to verify the tax last year, and now it has returned, so you can distinguish the authenticity of these seals." ”

Since the Daming Taxation Bureau has not yet been operated, the commercial tax is still in charge of the Ministry of Households, and according to the regulations, the system of Jiaozhi tax seals is kept on file in the Ministry of Households, so as to be verified by the Ministry of Households and the local yamen in the future.

Dong Youcai suddenly stopped saying when he heard this, the relationship between Li Yuntian and the household department was the most delicate among the major yamen in the capital, because Li Yuntian "provoked" the household department several times and divided the power of the household department twice, and successively established the Ministry of Agriculture and the Daming Commercial Bureau, so the relationship between the household department and Li Yuntian can be said to be the worst, but it has eased in recent years.

Therefore, if someone from the household department came, Dong Youcai would have nothing to say, because the people from the household department were the least likely to protect Li Yuntian among the major ministries and courtyards in the capital.

"That's very good." When Zhao Muyu was about to scold Dong Youcai for talking too much, he suddenly heard Li Yuntian's words, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, then nodded, and ordered the messenger to go to the household department to ask for someone.

Generally speaking, avoidance of suspicion refers to the fact that the person involved in the case has some kind of close relationship with the presiding judge or juror, and at this time, the presiding judge or juror wants to avoid suspicion, and as a witness, there is generally no such thing as avoiding suspicion, only the suspicion of perjury.

And Dong Youcai suspected that the people of the Daming Tax Bureau would give false testimony that those tax seals were fake, so he had a previous question, although the words were biased, but the meaning was clearly expressed.

In Zhao Muyu's view, the people from the Daming Tax Bureau came to testify not against the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and they could also protect Li Yuntian, which was undoubtedly beneficial to Li Yuntian, but he didn't expect that Li Yuntian would abandon the people from the Tax Bureau and find people from the household department to come, which was really worth the loss, because it was impossible for the people from the household department to favor Li Yuntian.

Subconsciously, Zhao Muyu had already regarded those tax seals as genuine, because he really couldn't find a reason for Liu Ren to cheat, coupled with the realistic performances of Liu Zhang and Dong Youcai, and Li Yuntian sitting on the military and political power of Jiaozhi, so he naturally chose to believe Liu Ren.

I have to say that the content of the second half of Liu Ren's letter made Zhao Muyu feel shocked, he didn't believe that Liu Ren was full of food and wanted to make up these things to slander Li Yuntian.

After the errand officer left with the order, Zhao Muyu asked him to show Liu Ren's masterpiece book to Li Yuntian, and at the same time secretly observed the changes in Li Yuntian's face.

"Lord Zhao, since it is now a court trial related to Liu Ren, it is better to make Liu Ren's letter public, so that everyone can understand what he means." Li Yuntian glanced at the book and said to Zhao Muyu in a deep voice, his face was as usual, and he couldn't see any psychological fluctuations.

This was a big surprise to Zhao Muyu, in his opinion, whether it was true or not, Li Yuntian would have a relatively fierce reaction, usually either denying it or jumping into a rage, but Li Yuntian was like a person who had nothing to do, so that he couldn't see what Li Yuntian was thinking at all.

But soon, Zhao Muyu was surprised to realize one thing, that is, the young Li Yuntian actually achieved Shenhua introverted, and his joy and anger were invisible, which really made him feel stunned, don't look at Li Yuntian has passed the age of establishment, but among those fifty or sixty-year-old ministers in the capital, he is definitely an out-and-out "young man".

This made Zhao Muyu feel a little more emotional, no wonder Li Yuntian can have today's status, his mind is outstanding, and he may not be able to surpass him in the Ming officialdom.

Subsequently, Zhao Muyu called the document that was recorded on the desk next to him, and asked him to read the contents of Liu Renjue's book aloud and make it public.