Chapter 43 The water is clear and there are no fish

Yue Su, who was in the duty room of the Criminal Department, kept pacing around the room, always unable to think of a way to properly solve the case. It would be easy to remove all the criminals, but it was completely inconsistent with his previous style. Once you do this, you will be labeled as a favoritist, and it is inevitable.

Although his reputation is not very good among Shilin, no one has ever questioned Yue Su's attitude towards law enforcement.

As he was hesitating, there was a knock on the mén outside the room.

"Who?" Yue Su asked.

"My lord, it's me." The sound of iron crumbling sounded outside.

"Come in."

The voice settled, and the iron crow pushed mén in. After coming in, without waiting for Yue Su to ask, he bowed directly and said, "My lord, someone who claimed to be from Li Gongzi's mansion just now sent you a letter. ”

finished, and presented a letter to Yue Su.

"Oh?" Yue Su took the letter and wondered in his heart why Li Yuanchen suddenly sent someone to deliver a letter to him.

The letter was sealed with wax, obviously it had not been opened, and the letter was opened, and Yue Su took a look. I saw that only a short sentence was written on it, "Brother-in-law, brother will go to Shangshu Mansion later, and I have something to say to my brother-in-law in person." ”

Yue Su's family has now moved back to Shuntian Mansion, but Shangshu Mansion is not available, and some of Mu Tianjiao's servants are there, which can be regarded as helping Yue Su's house. For Li Yuanchen's brother-in-law, Yue Su still admires him, he is capable and has a lot of ideas. He had something to do with himself, and Yue Su immediately thought that it was probably about his current situation.

At that moment, Yue Su immediately said: "Prepare a sedan chair." Back to Shangshu Mansion. ”

"Yes, sir."

Although it was working time, no one dared to care if the senior leaders wanted to come out. Preparing a sedan chair, Yue Su immediately rushed to the mansion. When he arrived at Deshangshu Mansion, the mén room hurriedly opened mén, and as soon as he entered mén with his front foot, Li Yuanchen also arrived, as if he had counted the time.

The two of them went to the study together, and told Tie Qiu to stay outside, and no one was allowed to approach. After going in and saying a few simple greetings, Yue Su said, "Yuanchen, I don't know what you asked me to do here?" ”

Li Yuanchen smiled slightly and said, "One is to congratulate my brother-in-law, and the other is to solve problems for my brother-in-law." ”

"I have worries here, do you like it...... Not necessarily......" Yue Su said to Li Yuanchen.

"My brother-in-law has just been promoted to a scholar of Dongkaku University, which is a first-class happy event in the world. As for worrying, my brother-in-law is worried about the eldest lady's affairs, and now Lord Ruan is in prison, and my brother-in-law will try it himself. The brother-in-law has always been honest and upright, and such a case with conclusive evidence, if he is not impartial and straightforward, it is against the principles of the brother-in-law, but if he really kills Lord Ruan, the eldest lady will not be treated there. Therefore, it is difficult. Brother-in-law, are you and me right? Li Yuanchen said with a smile on his face.

"You really know everything about me. If you want to solve my problems, how can you solve them? Yue Su said.

"If my brother-in-law always adheres to his principles and is not in a high position, he is still returning, but if he enters the center of the court, he should focus on the overall situation in everything, otherwise it will be difficult in the future. Now the brother-in-law is also regarded as a first-class important minister in the court, there are not a few people who are attached to the brother-in-law, looking at the courtiers, and a few are clean, if you find a corrupt and illegal person, the brother-in-law will follow the law to kill the family, then who dares to follow the brother-in-law. Compared to this time, everyone's eyes in Beijing are on their brother-in-law, and they want to know what their brother-in-law will do. Brother-in-law, if you really kill Lord Ruan, it is estimated that even those officials who are inclined to you will have to think about it and whether they will follow you again. But if you don't kill it, your brother-in-law's unfair and inconsistent reputation, and the reputation accumulated over the years will also be put into water, maybe the emperor will also question your brother-in-law's character, and there will definitely be no fewer people who impeach your brother-in-law. My brother-in-law has just entered the cabinet, and there will definitely be no shortage of things to do, the treasury is poor, and the foreign captives are current, and if you are not careful, you will fall into a place of no return. Therefore, in this case, my brother-in-law should not try it. ”

"Don't go to trial?" Yue Su was stunned and said: "This is the emperor's stay, and I have already received the will, now I go and retreat, I'm afraid it's too late." ”

"It's in time, it's in time, as long as it's not tomorrow, everything is in time." Li Yuanchen said with a smile.

"Please advise." Yue Su threw his hand at Li Yuanchen.

"Brother-in-law, don't dare to give advice. I have a plan here to ensure that my brother-in-law passes the test smoothly. "Over, Li Yuanchen went out of his arms with a bag. Place it on the coffee table next to it. He also said: "Brother-in-law, if you don't try this case, Wei Zhongxian will make a move, thinking of a way to catch people, at least to protect the life of his henchmen, otherwise, who will work for him." As long as there are immortal ones, Lord Ruan can't die. The brother-in-law not only saved his reputation, but also saved people. ”

"Then Wei Guangwei and Feng Quan ...... them"

"The three law divisions will interrogate, there are people who are inclined to brother-in-law, people who are inclined to Wei Zhongxian, and people who are wise to protect themselves. When the brother-in-law goes to interrogate, they all have to take the brother-in-law as the leader, and they don't dare to talk nonsense, and the brother-in-law is not there, so they will definitely study a decision that is acceptable in several aspects. Now the evidence is conclusive, it is absolutely impossible for these people to be reinstated, and the killing is heavier, and in the end, all of them are dismissed, and they are not used, isn't it. Moreover, perhaps after the trial of the three law divisions, they will not be directly convicted, and they will turn their heads and transfer the case file to the emperor, who will decide it. How to judge, it is the emperor's business, who still goes to the heart of "cào". When today's son is not a fool, he should also make a judgment that everyone will shut up. ”

"You're good, aren't you...... Just do what you want......" Yue Su nodded.

"Brother-in-law, the so-called water is clear and there are no fish, my brother thinks that your previous style should be changed. There are some things that can be ignored with one eye open and one eye closed. You must know that if all the officials in the world are as honest as you, the last time you went to Henan for disaster relief, you went there to steal silver, and the victims by the Yellow River would not have to starve to death. Li Yuanchen said to Yue Su.

"Hu Badao, if there were no corrupt officials and corrupt officials, my Ming country would be rich and strong, what would this famine be worth?" Yue Su said disdainfully.

"Brother-in-law's words are wrong, Daming's annual income is less than 10 million taels of silver, and the annual military expenditure on the nine sides is very huge, if the country is rich, it is impossible. Most of the corrupt officials are not greedy for the silver of the court, but mostly accept bribes to help those who are cunning and robbing, without them, the people can be rich. But looking at the world, there is only one 'Yue Qingtian', and you can't 'bī' everyone be Qingtian. They study hard in the cold window, not just to be able to live a rich life after becoming officials, the court's income is low, but a seven-grade county, a year's salary is also worth a few years of income for ordinary people, the reason why it is not enough is mainly because there are many people to raise, and there are a lot of maids and servants in the house. These corrupt officials and corrupt officials, my brother-in-law can kill ten or hundred, but can he kill them all? Li Yuanchen said with a smile.

Li Yuanchen is good, history always evaluates the low salary of Ming Dynasty officials, but compared with ordinary people, it is still much higher. At that time, it was very difficult for an ordinary person to earn two or three taels of silver a year, and a mere nine-grade official earned three times as much a year as they did. At present, the salary of civil servants is about the same as that of ordinary salarymen, and the monthly salary of a county magistrate is estimated to be five or six thousand, depending on the region. But a part-time worker's salary is not necessarily less than his. That is, the salaries of state officials are also very low. The officials of the Ming Dynasty also did not have buses, and the sedan chair bearers had to be hired with their own money, and there were a large number of people at home, so it seemed that there were few people. In fact, I am still wondering now, Lord Hai Rui has never bought two ròu to eat twice in his life, where has his Yulu gone, at least he is still the person who served as the governor of Yingtian.

"Some of yours are reasonable, corrupt officials and corrupt officials cannot be killed, but I can't let people live excessively. Now that I have entered the cabinet, I have to find a way to make my Ming country rich and strong. Yue Su said in a deep voice.

"It's easier said than done to get rich. But my brother-in-law is so confident at the moment, has he already thought of a countermeasure? Li Yuanchen asked.

"Taxation is the country's, and my Ming commercial tax is thirty taxes and one, so there are still people who evade taxes, I plan to change it to thirty taxes and two, and cancel the system of gentry not paying taxes." Yue Su expressed his thoughts, this matter was planned by him a long time ago, and he was not afraid to tell Li Yuanchen.

"Hahahaha......"

Yue Su thought that Li Yuanchen would be surprised when he heard it, but he didn't expect him to laugh. followed, and listened to Li Yuanchen say: "Brother-in-law, I didn't expect that in terms of exploiting the people, you are more ruthless than corrupt officials and corrupt officials, admire, admire ......"

"Taxes belong to the state, and I am collecting taxes from merchants, where is the exploitation of the people. I know that your family is a big business, and if you change the tax system, it will be very bad for you, so that's why it's like this. Yue Su said.

"Brother-in-law's words are wrong, don't pay 30 taxes and 2, even if it is 30 taxes and 10, my Li family will not take it seriously, and the businessmen in the world will not take it seriously." Li Yuanchen didn't care about the authenticity.

"Ah......" Yue Su was stunned when he heard this, he looked at Li Yuanchen directly, and it took a long time for three words to pop out of his mouth, "Why?" ”

"The imperial court will increase the amount of tax on me, and we will raise the price when we sell the goods, and whoever buys our goods will be taxed at that time, so what does it have to do with our merchants. Compared with one stone of rice, if the imperial court dares to increase the tax of 50 wen, we dare to increase the price of 100 wen, and the jiāo tax for buying rice will be. Is it wrong for my brother-in-law to exploit the people? Li Yuanchen said with a smile.

"This ......" Li Yuanchen's words made Yue Su speechless.

Yue Su was a human being, and he still knew more or less about the tricks of businessmen, and when he was a policeman in his last life, he didn't understand that buying any goods was tax-included. China is tax in-price, and foreign tax is tax off-price. Those who pay for taxes are far from the people who buy things. The most infuriating thing is that the author's Red River cigarettes used to be five yuan a box, and the imperial court added a tax of less than two "máo" dollars, but now it has risen to six yuan a box.

Chapter 43 The water is clear and there are no fish

Chapter 43 The water is clear and there are no fish, and the address is reached