Lu Bing nodded and said, "Okay, you go on." If the maritime merchants are really so troublesome and drift away, they will inevitably not be able to continue the shipbuilding trade, how should we deal with it? ”

Yan Hong believes that his father-in-law must have a way to deal with it, but who made himself an uncle? He must have to leave his face to himself, and immediately said: "Those maritime merchants are very profitable, and the huge sea ships are really going to be scuttled, and they are reluctant." Besides, I'm the one who is in charge of the ship, and I'm the one who is in charge of the red list, can I give the maritime merchant a chance to build a ship? They don't have a ship, so they have to fight the idea of our imperial dragon boat. Therefore, if they want to do this, they will most likely buy the boat and have it drifted by the competent officials. If we arrange for some brocade guards to mix in the sailors, and follow them to the new owner's house, we will bite out when the time comes...... I don't think it's a matter of a few dozen heads. ”

Liu Shouyou listened to Yan Hong's idea, and always felt that something was wrong, and suddenly said: "Since you know the idea of the maritime merchant to fight the sea ship, you naturally have a way to prevent it in advance." Why use this method alone, first inducing people to break the law, and then cutting them off? ”

Yan Hong nodded and said, "Brother Liu is right. I just want to dig a deep pit to wait for tigers and leopards, and set up fragrant bait to catch golden turtles! If you don't die a few people, how can you make them have a good memory? If a few people don't die, how can they pay taxes obediently? If you don't kill a few people, how can you let them understand the truth that only by being obedient can you do a good job? I'm just teaching them how to be human beings, and as for human lives, it's the money they have to pay. ”

Liu Shouyou said: "However, the Jinyi guards we sent to go undercover are also dangerous. If the identity is discovered, it is inevitable that there will be deaths and injuries. Or maybe some maritime merchants took risks and really sank the ship. Will they not all perish together? ”

Yan Hong said: "What Brother Liu said is very true. However, our Jinyi Wei was originally a good way to live. Hunt down the traitors. Spying on the Tartars. Which one isn't meant to carry a head? If these wealthy businessmen are consumed by profit, for their own selfish interests, they destroy the open sea, bully the king and harm the people, and we Jinyiwei will have to fight him. It's not easy, either. Since it is a war, there will be many casualties. Don't say that our brocade clothes will be damaged, even if you are a lower official, maybe you will also make the thief cut off his head. But what's the fear? This taste of dying is on the verge of death, and the lower officials have experienced it in Jinan and Taizhou. If you want to save your life, you still have to study, not to mention lifting people to become scholars, even if you are a showman. can also show off his power in the county for a lifetime, and there is no risk of killing his head. Since you put on the Flying Fish suit. took the embroidered spring knife, that is, to sell a bloody blood to the heavenly family! I only know one thing, if that wealthy businessman dares to manipulate and harm our brocade clothes, I must pay him back tenfold! If I die at the hands of pirates, and ask Governor Lu and all my predecessors to avenge me, then I will die without regrets under Jiuquan! ”

Yan Hong's generous statement was actually half pretend. He thought that he was now a senior official of Jinyitang, even if Kaihai really wanted to fight with the wealthy merchants, he would probably not take risks in person, and he would be happy to say some beautiful things. However, these words made the blood boil of all the brocade officials present. The identities of these officials attending the meeting are different, some of them are ancestral old brocade clothes, but after hearing this, they feel as if they have heard the ancestors say that when the brocade clothes were majestic, they were like this. Many years have passed, and I thought that Jinyiwei had become a flower of tomorrow, but I didn't expect such a motivated character to emerge again. If it can really be like what he said, maybe my Jinyiwei will still be able to stop the baby's crying in the future!

Lu Bing saw Yan Hong's face in front of the officials, nodded with a smile, and said, "What about this tax?" ”

Yan Hong said: "It's simpler. I have the responsibility of collecting local standing practices, and every year in the thirteen provinces of the country, we have to hand over the standing rules to the general yamen of our Beijing Division. But in recent years, there has been less and less money. There are too many local trading shops with official backgrounds, this is the industry of Shangshu, and that is the backer of the imperial historian, who can we Jinyiwei collect? However, in this way, those civil officials are full of pockets, what should the court do, what should the heavenly family do, and what should the people of the world do? The lower officials have just arrived in Jiangnan, and they have to raise taxes! The positive tax that should be paid has to be paid, without this, could it be that the court uses it, and all of them are squeezed from the hoes of those bitter people who farm the land? The routine of our brocade clothes cannot be less, without this, let tens of thousands of children drink the northwest wind? Governor Dadu, the lower officials pat their chests here, my Yan family has a lot of property, and I want to take the lead in handing over this part! ”

Yan Hong also knew that it was impossible for the Yan family not to participate in this kind of thing, so he first expressed his attitude. Sure enough, without Lu Bing speaking, Zhu Xixiao had already spoken: "Yan Yan's words are outstanding." You are the official of our Jinyi Guard, or the beloved son-in-law of Governor Lu. Your family's industry is our own family's industry. If you even have to accept the norm for your own family's property, then don't you talk about personal feelings? This is absolutely unacceptable, and it can't be said from the old man. ”

You must know that those who are here, who doesn't take their names to eat a few dry stocks that are bought and sold? Those merchants are not overeating, in order to evade taxes. If the Yan family really paid the tax, what would they do? Do you want to pay it too? Therefore, without Lu Bing speaking, these people can't let Yan Hong pay taxes.

Liu Shouyou said: "It is a rule that the imperial court gives preferential treatment to scholars, and the business of scholars and doctors is exempt from taxes. Rash changes are only afraid of causing a lot of emotion, which is not good for our defense. ”

Yan Hong said: "What is the statute, who made the statute?" The court is merciful to the scholars, which is not a bad thing. Even the talents in the county school can be exempted from three people from forced labor, and there are also grains, meat and vegetables every month. However, these civil officials relied on their privileges to put those thousands of businesses in their names, causing the court to lose huge amounts of taxes. If they don't bear these expenses, they have to pass them on to ordinary people! The crowd is turbulent, who is the turbulence? It's nothing more than the gentry who took advantage of it and sold well. I'm going to fight them! Moreover, even among the civil officials and gentry, there are also good people. But those who understand some things, know the truth that the family and the country are one, and the country is strong and the people are rich, most of them will also pay taxes. Then the six families in Hangzhou are also scholars, so they don't pay taxes the same? Then Yangzhou salt merchants, how many gentry brands, don't pay taxes the same? ”

Mu Denggao suddenly said in a dream: "Ah! Bold little lady, if you dare to disobey my old man, I will throw these books of the Golden Lock Red Yang Policy and the Salvation Sutra of the Childless Old Mother into your yard and make you an adulterous white lotus. When the time comes, you will be put in prison, if you want to be born, if you want to die, you will die, and you will never obey me? ”

Yan Hong said with a smile: "The old man is really a wonderful person, and he never forgets to be romantic in his dreams." But this dream is good! If there is really a person who is not enlightened, I might as well throw the White Lotus Demon Book to his house, and when the time comes, treat him as a white lotus or as a widow, it's up to me. I don't believe that these people's butts can be clean, as long as they find out that he is not here, it is false and real, and it is effortless to kill him! Let's see if we can collect this tax! ”

Liu Shouyou sneered: "Yan Yan is so majestic, I also know that you are in Jiangnan, with more than 100 pairs of iron armor and flags, thrown into people's yards." But if such a deed of slander and theft can be carried out for a while, how can it be carried out for a lifetime? If you use this despicable means, are you just a mud ball, let you knead it? When the time comes, the government and the opposition will be angry, but you will pull my entire Jinyi guard down! ”

Yan Hong said: "There is an impeachment of officials in the court, which is also inevitable, but I am not afraid!" Don't hide it from you, if you want to talk about civil officials, one I admire a lot is Wanping County Ling Hai Rui Hai Gangfeng. This man has a temper greater than his talent, he is stubborn and hateful, he despises me, and he has not been impeached by me. When I think of him, I am angry and afraid. However, at least when someone becomes a civil official, he is really doing things according to his moral articles, he really wants to follow the words of the sage to bring the people well, eat bran and swallow vegetables by himself, and the only official uniform without patches on his body has to be worn when he is ready to be martyred! If those civil officials were people like Hai Rui, I wouldn't dare to throw iron armor into his yard if I was killed, he could fight with me directly! The old servant of his Hairui family sells some peanuts and melon seeds at the yamen, and I will never collect his taxes! But looking at the Manchu Dynasty, how many Hai Rui are there? I don't mean to frame all the wealthy businessmen as thieves, nor do I mean to play with these gentry. But the more you are afraid of him, the more horizontal he becomes, it's better for everyone to play and see who coaxes first! These officials and gentry are all people who make a lot of money from business, and it is too much to ask them to pay taxes according to common sense? If you refuse to pay taxes, then there is nothing, and everyone will be left empty-handed! ”

Lu Bing said: "Yan Yanshi, your intentions are good. But don't rush things. You must know that freezing three feet is not a day's cold, how can you change the rules of more than 100 years in a hurry? And remember to treat them separately and walk slowly so as not to cause chaos. ”

Yan Hong knew that this was his father-in-law's suggestion to support him in disguise, so he nodded and said, "The majority of the governors are high, and the lower officials should keep it in mind." What Xia Guan wanted this time was to take the opportunity of opening the sea to collect the same regular taxes and common practices at sea, and by the way, borrow the issuance of ships and other things, and try to recover a part of the positive taxes on commerce and trade that had been stolen in the past. In this way, let the court be more relaxed, so as not to temporarily collect taxes from the common people in case of war. The first thing to be done at present, in addition to preparing for the opening of the sea for supervision, is to sort out the situation of commercial taxes in the past, how much is the amount of commerce and trade in various parts of the country, how much is the regular tax and common practice to be paid, how much is in arrears, and what is the background of the delinquents. After figuring out all these black and white, we can take the next step. In the future, I hope that the Metropolitan Governor and your seniors will mention more, if you can't say anything, you also hope that the Metropolitan Governor will forgive your sins, and a few old-timers, don't laugh. ”

Saiha laughed and said, "It's still Yan Yanshi who can speak." I'm weird open in my heart about this, and I'll end up in the hall, let's go to the cheap shop, drink wine, eat duck, and then slowly talk to you, which is wrong. (To be continued......)