The news of Qufu's recovery quickly spread back to Jinan Mansion, and neither Yueyang nor the officials in Jinan were surprised by this news, after all, Xuan's army was still famous, and if they couldn't even handle such a stream of rogues, then they would suspect that Yueyang deliberately released water. ｜[2][3][][x]}

The happiest among these people is naturally Yan Shenggong Kong Yanzhi, as soon as this Yan Shenggong heard the news of Qufu's recovery, he was ready to pack up and go home as soon as possible, but this time he also kept an eye on it, he came to the governor's yamen to find Yueyang, and asked the government to immediately send troops to escort him back and asked the imperial court to send troops to garrison Qufu County again.

Looking at the vigorous Yan Shenggong in front of him, Yue Yang couldn't help but cry and laugh a little, it seems that this Yan Shenggong is really anxious, and he doesn't even want to stay for a day. But that's okay, Yue Yang doesn't want this big Buddha to continue to stay in Jinan, this is a typical master who has more than enough success and more than failure, staying in Jinan will only cause chaos for himself, or let him go back to the small county town of Qufu to be his soil emperor.

"Tuk tuk tuk ......" There was a knock at the door.

Yue Yang said, "Come in!" ”

The door opened, and Chen Dazhi strode in. After giving Yue Yang a salute, he said, "Master Hou, Master Ma and Master Ke are asking to see each other outside. ”

"Let them in!"

Soon, Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan, who were dressed in official uniforms, walked in. It stands to reason that after resting for more than half a month, the two of them should be more energetic, but the fact is the opposite, Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan's faces are not very good-looking.

I saw Ma Ke come to Yue Yang and asked very directly: "Lord Yue, now that Qufu has also been recovered, and Yan Shenggong has also returned to his hometown, should you also order the abolition of military control?" ”

Yue Yang asked indifferently, "Cancel...... Why cancel, isn't it good now? A few adults drink wine and listen to small songs at home every day, you are still Shandong's political envoys and envoys, and Shandong's political affairs have been solved for you, so that even if something happens in the future, you will not be responsible. Wouldn't that be great? ”

What a fart, if you don't have the slightest power in the hands of an official, what kind of official is it? In the past half a month, the officials of Jinan Mansion have been living like a year, and all the rights in their hands have been taken over by Yueyang. Whether it was the implementation of the decree or those trivial things, the people sent by the army were rounded, which was even more uncomfortable for these officials than killing them.

Now hearing this posture of wanting to take charge of the generals to the end, Ke Zhennan couldn't help but tremble with anger, pointed at him and scolded: "Yue Yang, you have no cabinet edict and no emperor's holy decree, and you have ordered military management in Shandong without authorization. Do you really want to cut yourself off from the court? If you don't announce the abolition of military control, this officer and Master Ma will be killed by you today! ”

"Alas...... Wait, wait, wait......" Yue Yang hurriedly stopped Ke Zhennan, who was overly excited, this benevolent brother has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, and his anger is still so big.

"Master Ke, why are you so angry, you have something to say." Yue Yang is really afraid that this guy will die here, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty will not know anything else, but they are very skilled in this trick.

"Then you can say, do you want to cancel the military control?" Ke Zhennan still looks unrelenting, it seems that he is the king of the eight today.

"Exactly. We are the officials of the imperial court, and the emperor appoints the cabinet, Lord Yue, you have implemented military management without the permission of the imperial court, which is a great rebellion, and if the imperial court investigates it, you can't afford it! Ma Ke on the side was also indignant. These days, he is really fed up, the current dignified envoy and the political envoy were dismissed by the governor and had nothing to do at home, and the decree issued could not get out of the yamen, which really opened a precedent for more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty. How can they endure it.

Yue Yang pondered for a while before saying, "Two adults, it is not difficult for Benhou to cancel the military control, but can the two of you guarantee that they will no longer obstruct Benhou's implementation of the new policy?" "Speaking of which. Yue Yang looked at the other party with blazing eyes, and made it clear that if you don't cooperate with my work again, I won't lift the posture of military control.

Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan glanced at each other and nodded slowly, it seemed that the two of them also realized that it was unrealistic to continue to stop Yue Yang. Moreover, through the contest of these days, they also understood the determination of this guy to not give up until he achieved his goal, whoever continued to stand in front of him was his enemy, and these days the two of them did not know how many impeachment notes they had written against him, but they were like a stone sinking into the sea and never heard back. Tong Guò These things also gradually realized that it is estimated that as long as this guy does not tear the flag and rebel, the court will not do anything to him.

There is a famous saying in later generations, life is like that, since you can't resist, then enjoy it. This sentence is the same as the current situation, since the fists of the two are not as hard as anyone combined, it is still an honest compromise, isn't the process of becoming an official a process of compromise.

Ke Zhennan nodded and said, "Okay, this official and Master Ke can promise to support the implementation of the new policy in the future, and they will also urge the officials below to re-measure the fields and collect commercial taxes." ”

"That's right." Hearing that the other party agreed to his request, Yue Yang's face immediately showed a smile like a big bad wolf, "But there is something Ben Hou wants to sue the two of you, in view of the fact that the commercial tax of this dynasty is too low, Ben Hou thinks it is necessary to raise the commercial tax, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”

"Uh...... Raising business taxes? Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan began to look at each other.

After a while, Ke Zhennan said: "My lord, I set the tax at thirty taxes and one, how much did you interrupt and mention?" ”

Yue Yang stretched out a finger and said lightly with a breezy look, "Yicheng...... Five! ”

"What ......"

The two of them almost jumped in fright, and the boss ...... You're the lifeblood of those merchants. Originally, these people were already unwilling to pay the thirty tax, but now you have raised it to one to five, which will kill you!

Yue Yang squinted at the two of them and said, "What...... Is this tax rate difficult for you? ”

"Uh...... Yes. Ke Zhennan felt that he was a little unfavorable to speak, and said with a wry smile: "It's not just embarrassing, if you announce this now, I'm afraid the whole Shandong will jump up." ”

"Jump?" Yue Yang was not angry and smiled: "This matter is so decided, who wants to have an opinion to let him come to Ben Hou, Ben Hou said ugly things in front, they have to pay this commercial tax whether they pay it or not, whoever dares to resist the tax will blame Ben Hou for being ruthless!" "Speaking of which. A chilling killing intent appeared in Yue Yang's eyes, and he couldn't help but jump in the eyes of Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan.

However, the killing intent in Yue Yang's eyes quickly flashed away, and he smiled and said to the two of them: "Ben Hou knows that the officials below have complained about the collection of commercial taxes, and think that this matter is purely thankless, is that so?" ”

"You know, and ask." Ke and Ma rolled their eyes in their hearts, but they were silent.

"That's it, Ben Hou also knows that the people below do not agree, Ben Hou thought about it again and again and thought of a way, although the tax silver collected this time must be uniformly handed over to the governor's yamen, but every month Ben Hou will take out one percent of these collected commercial taxes to the local government as cheap silver. What do you think, two adults? ”

As soon as they heard this, surprise immediately appeared in the eyes of the two, and Ma Ke hurriedly asked, "My lord, is this true?" ”

Yue Yang said unhappily: "Of course, will Ben Hou still frame you?" ”

"Raise incorruptible silver?" Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan chewed two sentences in their mouths and nodded in unison.

"Very good...... It's called raising incorruptible silver. Marco said approvingly.

But Ke Zhennan was more worried, and asked hesitantly: "I'm afraid that the court will ...... there."

"Afraid of what?" Yue Yang waved his hand, "I have me to stand up to the imperial court, and the Ming Dynasty's Yulu is so low." If you don't order anything else, how can the people in the state capitals and counties feel at ease to do errands for the imperial court, just do what Ben Hou said. ”

"Master Hou is so benevolent!" Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan couldn't help but speak, for the first time, they felt that the person in front of them was still very good, at least for the sake of the people below.

Looking at the faces of the two of them that became a little excited. Yue Yang smiled secretly in his heart, since ancient times, there has been a saying that being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, although this is too absolute, it cannot be denied that being an official is the fastest career to make money in any era. Although the officials in any dynasty are the elites of this era. But the love of money is the same, as long as it can give them enough benefits, they will not care about anything.

He waved his hand: "Okay." That's it, the two of them hurry down and get ready, and tomorrow the yamen will work normally. ”

"Yes!" The two soon left in a hurry.

"Master Hou, did you cancel the military control so lightly?" After Ma Ke and Ke Zhennan left, Chen Dazhi, who had been standing aside as a guard, asked with some puzzlement.

Yue Yang asked rhetorically: "What, do you still want to keep Jinan Mansion under military control." ”

Chen Dazhi smiled honestly: "It's a pity that they just think it's so cheap, and why do you want to use the tax as something to "raise incorruptible silver", isn't that cheap for nothing?" ”

"What? Hungry? Yue Yang looked at Chen Dazhi with a smile,

"It's not...... How dare you be lowly. Chen Dazhi waved his hand again and again.

"You!" Yue Yang asked earnestly, "Dazhi, let me ask you." If you were to be sent down to a county, would you be able to manage it? Can the people under his rule be fed and clothed? ”

Chen Dazhi hesitated for a moment, scratched the back of his head a little embarrassed: "I'm afraid not?" ”

"What about the state capital?" Yue Yang continued to ask.

"That's even more so." This time, Chen Dazhi shook his head without hesitation.

"Then let you govern the whole of Shandong?"

Chen Dazhi was about to cry when he was asked, "Master Hou, don't play a humble job, you don't even know a few words about fighting a big word, how dare you talk about governing people's livelihood." ”

"Isn't that the end of it?" Yue Yang glanced at him: "After all, military management is only an expedient measure, and governing the country depends on scholars." If too many soldiers interfere in politics, the consequences are very strict, which is an ancient precept! ”

Although Yue Yang has never been an official in modern time and space, he has been involved in what he has come into contact with and seen on weekdays, from ancient times to the present, he has always been governed by literati, and the consequences of military interference in politics are either reckless military or changing the dynasty, which is the same even in the 21st century. Therefore, although Yue Yang knew that the officialdom at the end of the Ming Dynasty had been rotten, he could only choose to use literati to govern the place, and he knew very well that if he continued to adopt the method of military management to govern Shandong at this stage, he might be able to achieve immediate results in the early stage, but in the long run, it would definitely do more harm than good, which is what the world's thousands of years of history have told future generations.

Besides, after Ke Zhennan and Ma Ke returned to the Yamen, they jointly summoned the officials at all levels below and held an emergency meeting to inform everyone of Yue Yang's decision. Like their mood before, the officials at all levels below all frowned one by one after learning that they were going to levy a commercial tax of up to 10 percent, and now which official is not inextricably linked with the merchants, and these merchants do not respect them less on weekdays. Now I have to collect taxes from them, and I can't turn around for a while.

"Master Ma, Master Ke, do you really have to accept this silver?" The person who spoke was the commander of Shandong, and Lu Zhili also rushed over with his injured body.

"Yes." Ke Zhennan nodded with a calm face and said: "Now that Lord Yue has finally been lifted from military control, if we don't cooperate with him to carry out a new policy, I'm afraid this guy will soon start military management again." ”

"Thieves dare to do this!" Lu Zhili trembled with anger.

"Alas...... After all, the arms can't twist the thighs! Liu Zeqing, who is the chief soldier of Shandong, put on a look of looking away.

Look at me, and I look at you, and they know that once the money is received, then the filial piety of the merchants will be insulated from them.

"Okay, everyone, don't be sad." In the end, Ke Zhennan cheered up and said to everyone: "No matter what, this commercial tax must be kept now, otherwise you know the consequences." The official hopes that after everyone goes back, they will supervise the people below and be sure to bring up the business tax. Otherwise, if you stab the basket, the first official will not be able to spare him! When he said this, Ke Zhennan could be said to be fierce, and there was a fierce light in his eyes, it was about everyone's black gauze hat, if anyone dared to steal and play tricks, it would be the public enemy of everyone, needless to say, everyone understands this.

Soon...... A vigorous tax collection campaign began.

At the gate of the city, a caravan composed of dozens of carts came to the gate of the city, but there were five or six tax collectors and more than a dozen soldiers guarding the city standing at the gate of the city.

The man of the caravan asked the steward a little strangely: "Chief, do you see that those tax collectors have taken the wrong medicine today, and they actually came to the gate of the city in person." Is it difficult to collect taxes in person? ”

The steward craned his neck and looked at it, then sneered, "Hmph...... It's just a group of poor ghosts, and it is estimated that they have no money to drink, and they can beat him up with a little loose silver later. ”

The caravan soon came to the gate of the city, and several tax collectors stopped the wagon: "Stop...... All stopped. Have you paid the tax on this batch of goods? ”

A steward immediately greeted him: "This official, we belong to the eldest master's family, and these goods have been taken care of by Master Zhang himself, you can see ......" After speaking. A piece of broken silver quickly slipped into the tax collector's hand.

But what the steward didn't expect was that the usual method of trying and trying a hundred things would fail today, and the tax collector, who was very familiar with him in the past, said with a straight face today: "I'm sorry, no matter which master is useless." Today this tax must be collected! With that, the tax collector returned the money to the other party.

The steward couldn't help but be stunned, and his first reaction was that the other party was disgusted with the less silver given. Although he was very dissatisfied with the tax collector's insatiable greed, but adhering to the principle that more is better than less, the steward still forced a smile and took out a piece of broken silver and quietly handed it to the other party along with the piece just now.

Unexpectedly, the tax collector pushed the silver back with a black face as if he was possessed by Hai Rui today, and attached a sentence: "Prepare to check the car"

"Eh!" No matter how good the temper of the steward is, he can't help but get angry, "I said buddy, don't do things too much, my courtesies have been fulfilled, if you insist on checking the car, you will weigh the consequences yourself." ”

"I advise you to weigh how many goods are in the fleet yourself." The tax collector who always accompanied him with a smiling face in the past was very tough today: "If you have anything to say, say it to the governor, Lao Tzu is only responsible for collecting taxes!" ”

"Good...... Okay, good ......" The steward smiled instead of being angry: "You check, you check, but if there is anything in the future, don't blame me for not reminding you." ”

"You don't have to worry about it." The tax collector replied with a straight face, then waved his hand, and soon five or six companions began to check the car.

After a quarter of an hour or so, a tax collector came and reported, "My lord, this carriage is carrying cloth and wine, and the total price is three thousand six hundred taels, and the tax is five hundred and forty taels of silver." ”

"What!"

As soon as he heard this, the steward, who was still sneering at them, jumped three feet high and shouted in a high-pitched tenor: "What...... Five hundred and forty taels of silver, why don't you go and rob it? ”

"Rob?" The tax collector sneered and pointed to the sign behind him: "This is a new official document from the governor, from now on, all commercial taxes will be raised to one to five, and no one will be exempted!" ”

Looking at the sign behind the tax collector, the rows of black fonts seemed to be like a python that chose people to eat, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said: "I sue you, this tax money Lao Tzu will not give you a penny!" I want to see who dares to stop our Zhang family's convoy! ”

"Whoa!"

Before the steward could finish his words, a uniform sound came from the side, and then a row of bright spears was aimed at him. Immediately after that, the tax collector's voice also reached his ears: "The governor has said that those who dare to resist taxes can ...... the law on the spot" (to be continued!).

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