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Anton's issuance of similar pledged bonds, or mortgage bonds, is too risky for Xu Jiu.

First of all, the court may not agree.

If it is the predecessor Bo Shi, it is estimated that the success rate will be much higher.

But he can't.

Because he has no political achievements, he has not proven himself.

Inside and outside the court, no one will think that his Xu Jiu's opinion is important.

I'm afraid that even the Son of Heaven will disagree.

rashly writing a book, leaving controversy or even criticism in vain.

As the governor of the Metropolitan Protectorate, Xu Jiu cherished his position very much and did not dare to take too many risks.

But Wu Shu's statement made his heart pound.

If the Son of Heaven really had this idea, then if he put it forward, the Son of Heaven would definitely be happy, and even thought that he Xu Jiu would be able to understand the inner chronicles, and from then on he would be regarded as a close confidant.

Besides, the current shortage of money in the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, if it is not resolved, it will explode sooner or later.

Blow him up to the sky!

He didn't dare to sit back and watch this situation deteriorate, he could only choose to find a way to solve it.

And at present, his only solution seems to be Wu Bei's idea.

What to do?

Xu Jiu really couldn't make a decision right away.

Wu was and Xu Jiu have known each other for many years, and they have been friends and comrades since the time of the first emperor.

Of course, Wu was aware of Xu Jiu's character.

In fact, Xu Jiu's personality is no different from that of most Han princes.

He craves recognition and status, but he also fears getting into trouble.

Therefore, at the beginning, he only dared to quietly print "Minfu" in private and quietly publicize it, but he did not dare to publicize it publicly.

Because he was afraid of being attacked and criticized.

It wasn't until he was in the township school that he fought with Chu Da, and was known by the Son of Heaven and supported by the Son of Heaven, that he was a little bolder.

But he still didn't dare to go public.

He would rather let the world think that he is just a fortunate minister who relies on patting horses, and would rather be misunderstood, he is just a pimping minister.

I don't dare to tell others out loud.

This is Xu Jiu's character flaw, and it is also the influence of his environment.

But Wu Quilt is different.

He has always had great courage.

For the sake of his ideals, he was able to go deep into the ice fields of Anton's east, surround himself with the wild people and the living people, observe their lives, and try to understand their society.

In order to experiment with his own ideas, he can enclose a piece of land in the mountainous village of Maban and conduct a social experiment.

When he found that the experiment had failed, he immediately resolutely withdrew and admitted that he had failed.

And for this reason, he overturned some of the things he had insisted on in the past.

So, he's a realist.

As long as it is advantageous, he does not stick to the world's opinions.

Seeing Xu Jiu's hesitation, Wu was immediately decisive and said, "Brother, don't hesitate anymore!" Because of Anton's matter, there are a lot of things, and a little hesitation may miss the opportunity! ”

"It's June now, Anton will snow in September, from Anton to Chang'an, even if the horse is fast, it will take at least two months to go back and forth, if my brother hesitates and misses the opportunity, then he can only wait for the next summer and April to go to school......

"However, in the summer and May of next year, the Yulin Weitun Reclamation Regiment and the Huben Weitun Reclamation Regiment will begin to be dismantled and changed to counties!"

"These two reclamation regiments have tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land......"

"As soon as they are abolished, it will immediately impact Anton's economy!"

"I'm afraid my brother is going to be in a hurry......"

"And husband, even if His Majesty does not agree, the governor has no loss......"

It was this last sentence that became the last straw that overwhelmed Xu Jiu, and he nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then I will write to Your Majesty......"

But he still has a lack of confidence and fear in his heart.

This lack of confidence and fear prompted him to decide to make a big news in the near future.

Because, he needs political achievements to support his back, and he also needs political achievements to speak.

Without political achievements, even if the Son of Heaven agrees with his opinion, I am afraid that the courtiers will criticize it.

In the court of today's Han family, everything is the king of political achievements.

If you have political achievements, you will speak loudly.

For example, Liu She, the secretary of the Shaofu, can speak freely every time he has a court meeting, and even question the prime minister and the imperial historian head-on.

By what?

Achievement!

People have a lot of political achievements, so they naturally have the confidence to speak, and even people like Prime Minister Zhou Yafu and Imperial Doctor Chao Cuo can only watch others act as prestige.

But you have to have no political achievements......

is like the great Honglu Gongsun Kunxie, every time the court meets, he is an invisible person.

If you don't pay attention, you won't even know he exists.

The reason is simple, he has no political achievements.

The entire Dahonglu also has no political achievements.

As a result, the establishment of Dahonglu is decreasing year by year, and the powers and responsibilities are decreasing year by year.

In the winter and October of this year, the Great Dynasty Meeting, Da Honglu's ranking was even ranked after the Lieutenant of Jingfu.

The dignified Jiuqing could only sit behind a courtier who was more than two thousand stones.

It's a shame!

But what about Gongsun Kunxie?

He could only watch all this happen, and even, he could only watch other colleagues divide up Dahonglu's funds and establishment.

And he couldn't say a word!

Since ancient times, a weak country has no diplomacy, and in the same way, a weak bureaucracy can only watch others prey on itself and encroach on itself.

There are rumors in the market that Da Honglu may even be abolished in the future, just like Neishi.

Hearing Xu Jiu nod, Wu was overjoyed.

This time he came to see Xu Jiu, naturally it didn't just bring problems and troubles.

It also brings political achievements and resources.

After all, no matter what Xu Jiu says, he is also his own person.

Although the Pyongyang Academy did not dare to disclose its close relationship with Xu Jiu in order to avoid suspicion.

However, it is possible to use contacts and resources to escort Xu Jiu.

Brush up his reputation and political achievements.

This kind of thing, it's very simple.

In the past few years, the Pyongyang Academy has long been very proficient in playing.

Therefore, Wu was slightly smiled and said, "The third hidden danger of Anton is actually the tax ......."

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In Weiyang Palace, in the Xuanshu Palace, Liu Che and Bo Shi sat opposite each other.

The ease and joy that had just returned from the East Palace disappeared, and there was only a serious atmosphere.

"Worship Your Majesty when you die: Your Majesty asks the minister, Anton is worried? The minister thought that he was alone in the tax ......" Bo Shi bowed his head and told Liu Che what he had been worried about.

When he left Anton, the situation in Anton was calm and rapid.

Beneath the surface of prosperity, there are countless hidden worries.

However, as a former governor, there are many things that he is not suitable to say.

If you say it, you're slapping yourself in the mouth.

The things that can only be reported and spoken in private, and what can be said publicly, are actually just some problems that will inevitably arise in the development process of Anton.

Among them, this tax is the most problematic.

Liu Che listened, but smiled slightly.

The problem of taxation in the Andong area already existed when Xinhua City was established.

It can be said that he deliberately caused the result.

At the beginning, Xinhua City was first established, in order to attract and encourage immigrants, Liu Che played a preferential policy similar to that of later generations to attract investment.

This is also known as 'three reductions and five exemptions'.

According to this edict, new immigrants were exempted from all field taxes, oral levies, and forced labor for three years from the date of their arrival in Anton.

Then for the next five years, enjoy a reduction of half of the discount.

This policy stimulated and attracted a large number of landless people to Anton.

Especially in the Qilu area, from the third year of Yuande to the sixth year of Yuande, at least 300,000 people dragged their families with their mouths, or through the mode of reclamation groups, or went by themselves.

But this also brings a problem - Anton's finances and taxes are almost entirely based on business and whaling profits.

And the bureaucracy in the Andong region is growing day by day.

Officials have to pay for expenses, repair roads and bridges, and organize the people to reclaim land.

It is also necessary to undertake various tasks.

Under the current circumstances, Anton's finances are actually entirely funded by the central government.

This is still the case that the Protector Army actually does not need the state to pay for it - the military expenses of the Protector Army are basically contributed and apportioned by vassal states such as Korea, Zhenban, South Korea, and Buyeo.

And for these kingdoms, too, it is good.

With the protection and support of the Han Dynasty's father, all countries only need to maintain a minimum army, and even Zhenban simply cancels the army, and only retains officials and officials and some arms.

The rest of them were all exported to Anton to 'earn foreign exchange'.

Liu Zhonghan, the true king, is triumphant and boasts that he is the first in the world in terms of intelligence and intelligence.

But such a model cannot be sustained.

Especially now, with the increasing population and cultivated area of Andong.

In fact, Anton's meagre financial income is no longer able to continue to support.

It is even difficult to support Anton's continued development.

However, Liu Che didn't care about such a thing.

Anton is his testing ground.

It is also where he uses to observe and experiment with capital.

In other words, in fact, Anton's financial predicament today was deliberately created by him.

The aim was to force Anton's bureaucracy to target the sources and targets of the tax to merchants, handicrafts, and whaling.

You don't have any money?

Then go to the merchant!

These guys have money!

Therefore, Liu Che just waved his hand and said to Bo Shi: "I have my own plans for paying taxes...... Let's talk about other things......"

Xu Jiudu sent it over, and also strengthened Li Guang and Wang Wenshu, and granted Xu Jiu privileges.

If Xu Jiu can't turn his mind, then he won't have anything to look forward to.

It's a big deal, throw Zhang Tang to Anton next year.

With Zhang Tang's means, it is easy to play a game in Anton with seventy percent of Anton's fiscal and tax benefits from industrial and commercial fish and salt!

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"Finance?" It is difficult for Xu Jiu to understand, why has even the finance and taxation become a problem in Andong?

You must know that in recent years, production technology and farming technology have made great progress, which has brought about an explosion of local finance and taxation.

In all counties in Guanzhong, taxes are increasing every year, and the increase is amazing.

In the Kanto region, there are more and more money to deport Chang'an.

Last year, the income from field tax even exceeded 200,000.

In the Han family under the model of thirty taxes and one tax, they can still get so much land tax income, which can only be said to be too buggy for the Mo family and the farmer.

In particular, a "New Shennong" has created countless agricultural experts and Litian.

Wu was forced to explain to Xu Jiu: "Although Anton is rich, the treasury is poor......

"To a certain extent, this can be regarded as hiding the wealth from the people......"

"Your Majesty's edict, Anton immigrants will be exempted from all land taxes and forced labor at the age of three, and the next five years will be halved by ......"

"In addition, there are groups such as reclamation groups and rangers, who never pay taxes......"

"Anton's finance and taxation are basically income from merchants, whaling and fishing......"

"Over the years, there have been only 50 million ...... per year"

In fact, Chen Huan and his younger brothers contribute more than half of Anton's fiscal and tax income every year.

Without the contribution of the whaling and fishing industries, Anton's finances would have been entirely dependent on state grants.

But the problem is that the state is reducing subsidies to Anton every year.

Last year, Anton was even given a financial subsidy of more than 34 million yuan.

In the past, there was naturally no problem.

Because the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate actually only had to manage the big cities and the countryside around the big cities.

In other places, it is either the Tun Reclamation Regiment or the Garn Feudal State.

The army and the princes themselves can solve the problem.

However, starting next year, each cantonment regiment will be turned into a county.

It was inevitable that officials would be appointed on their territory and that they would establish a grass-roots government, which was a good thing for the Metropolitan Protectorate, because its authority was expanded.

But at the same time, it's bad news.

The expansion of authority was accompanied by the hiring of more officials and the payment of more salaries.

What's even more troublesome is that the immigrants of these cantonment regiments still enjoy three reductions and five exemptions.

In other words, they won't pay a dime!

That's embarrassing.

Obviously, the princes of the court, why don't you care about the difficulties of protecting the mansion?

They only know that in the past, when Bo Shi was in office, there was no problem with the finances of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

Now, you Xu Jiu is in power, and you actually ask me for money?

Bastard!

How did you become a governor?

Even if he is given money in the end, I am afraid that his performance will fall to the bottom of the class.

According to the system, the performance appraisal section is the best, and it is possible to directly take away the official title.

As an official parachuted in from the central government, Xu Jiu deeply understands the way of thinking of the princes of the court.

They are a bunch of perverts who only focus on political performance!

If you have political achievements, you are a talent, and if you don't have political achievements, get out of the way!

This is also the result of the evolution of the Han court over the years.

Today, he has never been too lazy to care about the following things, he will only put pressure on the court Jiuqing.

A county was not properly governed, and there was chaos.

The Son of Heaven will not blame the county guard, he will only spray the courtiers indiscriminately.

Xu Jiu himself has witnessed similar situations countless times.

"Doctor Yushi, how do you explain this matter in XX County?"

"Prime Minister, this person was recommended by the Prime Minister, what does the Prime Minister say?"

"Shaofu, something like this happened in X County, what is Shaofu's defense?"

In such a situation, the three princes and nine ministers have no choice, they can only put pressure below.

Catching those officials who have been criticized and asked by the Son of Heaven to give an explanation because of them is a wild spray, and they can say anything.

The Imperial Doctor even called a county guard to the official office and sprayed it for a whole afternoon.

The county guard who sprayed him hanged himself when he got home......

Over the past few years, both the government and the opposition have formed an atmosphere of 'meritocracy'.

No matter what means you use, if you have political achievements, you will be valued, praised, and promoted.

If you don't have political achievements, just stay obediently and don't be delusional.

If you go out on a business trip, take it yourself.

Heavy pressure, from top to bottom, is exerted on everyone, forcing everyone to dig out their minds to brush up on their political achievements.