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Zhang Huan returned to Nanjing.

The spring rain continues, and the bluestones on the street are cleaned.

He first went to see Liu Suifeng and told him what he had seen and heard in Wu Sangui's camp.

Liu Suifeng said: "I didn't think it was so smooth, but since you can come back alive, it means that Wu Sangui is still tempted."

"Will the King of Jin be satisfied" Zhang Huan brought the holy decree back, he was not afraid of the emperor, he was worried that the King of Jin would blame him.

"It's okay" Liu Suifeng said with relief: "How can it be so easy to rebel against Wu Sangui, King Jin has been very busy recently, wait for two days, I will take you to meet again"

King Jin is very busy, what is more important than plotting against Wu Sangui Zhang Huan muttered in his heart.

The bullying atmosphere in Nanjing has been a little unusual in recent days, not because the continuous spring rain is annoying, but it is really related to the continuous spring rain.

There was a dispute between the cabinet and the king of Jin.

It is said that the cabinet and the Jin king's opinions are at odds, but it is better to say that they are forced by the form.

It started with a flood that broke out in Suzhou a dozen days ago. Every spring and summer, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River is continuous, and there are often floods in various places. In the past ten days, the Songjiang River has flooded, and 10,000 acres of fertile land on both sides of the river have been submerged. Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, went to Suzhou to inspect the area, and only then did he realize that the water conservancy along the Huangpu River and the Songjiang River had been in disrepair for many years, and the embankments were already very dangerous.

The peak of the rainy season has not yet arrived, and there is no guarantee that this year's rainfall will not cause the levee to collapse.

Zhang Guowei is proficient in water conservancy, and he can't fight for the military department, but no one dares to take his statement on water conservancy seriously.

The Cabinet met and it was agreed that the dam had to be repaired. But it costs money to build the embankment, and Sun Jiaji, the head of the household, spreads his hands, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

After the implementation of the new policy in Jiangnan last year, the income of the fields in various places increased by fifty percent, but the king of Jin expanded his army in Huguang and wanted to form a cavalry, and the money in his hand would only be insufficient to spend, and there was no one or two silver superfluous.

Songjiang is Chen Zilong's hometown, and if he doesn't do this well in the cabinet, he can't explain it to his hometown elders and scholars.

However, the cabinet met several times to discuss, and Sun Jiaji did not dare to embezzle the money privately. He is very old, and this time he was summoned by the imperial court to be the head of the household, which is completely a signboard in front of him. Every payment in and out of the household department could not escape the accounts of Fan Yongdou, the brother-in-law of King Jin.

Sun Jiaji's son, Sun Zhijing, is a deputy general in Suzhou, and has been following Zhai Zhe since he started his army in eastern Zhejiang. He is already old, and his children and grandchildren have been tied to the body of King Jin, so he never wants to be this early bird.

Sun Jiaji only had one sentence: "If you want to move the military salary, you must have the permission of the king of Jin"

After being frightened by the assassination case, Fuma Shiying avoided matters that had conflicts with the King of Jin.

Chen Zilong discussed with Zhang Guowei and finally decided: "It is better to report this matter to the King of Jin and see how the King of Jin decides." "Although the cabinet already has a certain amount of power, once the matter is involved in the King of Jin, no one can call the shots.

The cabinet has held several meetings, and the official document reported by Ma Shiying has already been placed on Zhai Zhe's desk.

After the Qingming Festival, Chen Zilong, Sun Jiaji and Zhang Guowei came to the Jin Palace, but Ma Shiying avoided from afar.

Zhai Zhe set up a banquet in the palace of the king of Jin, several people staggered, drank tea after drinking, and then gathered in the conference hall after the wine and food were full.

When Zhang Guowei started the incident, he first gave a brief introduction to the situation of the embankment in Songjiang Prefecture, which meant that the situation was already very strict.

Zhai Zhe listened carefully, and occasionally asked in detail.

Zhang Guowei said with a dry mouth, and finally said: "To build the river embankment, only the silver is lacking"

"How much silver do you need?"

Zhang Guowei stretched out two fingers and said, "If you want to complete it before the arrival of the summer flood peak, you need at least 200,000 taels of silver."

"Two hundred thousand taels?" Zhai Zhe's heart sank.

Chen Zilong pretended to smile lightly, and continued: "Repairing the water conservancy can ensure a bumper harvest in Suzhou and Songjiang this year, and when the autumn harvest comes, the silver can be returned, and the knife can be sharpened without mistake." ”

Zhai Zhe shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that there are too many, the war in Xiangyang is not over yet, and Tian Fu's supply of military salaries is still insufficient."

There are not enough firearms and armor in the army, and if the Qing prisoners are allowed to cross the river, everything will be in vain. ”

Chen Zilong said the idea he had made before, and said: "You can borrow some from the military salary first, and then give it to the army after the field is handed over this year."

"Impossible" Zhai Zhe flatly refused, "Once the salary in the army is cut off, this battle will no longer be able to be fought."

Sun Jiaji lowered his head and didn't speak, Chen Zilong was very faceless and looked embarrassed.

Zhai Zhe pondered, and after a long time, he said slowly: "In the past few years, there have been wars, and the income of the imperial court is insufficient, and there is only one way to solve it."

What's the best way to do it? All of you here know that in your heart. At that time, Ma Shiying had to sell his official position and sell his lord in order to meet the requirements of the four towns in Jiangbei, and if the imperial court did not do this policy today, he could only increase taxes. For example, when Emperor Chongzhen levied training salaries and peaceful Liao salaries.

Chen Zilong's brows furrowed, and Sun Jiaji and Zhang Guowei's heads were looking at their feet.

As few people expected.

"Tax increase" two popped out of Zhai Zhe's mouth.

"By all means" Chen Zilong immediately objected, "The people of Jiangnan have just come from the tribulation, once the imperial court raises taxes, don't cause the disaster of the original white-headed army"

Sun Jiaji and Zhang Guowei were also shaking their heads gently.

"Don't add Tian Fu" Zhai Zhe leaned back in his chair and said: "I know that the people of Jiangnan can live, but there are still many people who can't survive after Jia Tian Fu, so I want to increase business tax and mining tax."

Chen Zilong was still shaking his head and objected: "Every time the imperial court levies a tax, it will inevitably fall on the people in the end

"Huzhou's raw silk and Suzhou's cotton spinning sell well to all parts of the Ming Dynasty every year, and even are sold overseas, but the imperial court can not get benefits from it, I think last year's Jiangnan business tax was only a few thousand taels of silver, which is absolutely inappropriate."

Zhai Zhe opened his hole card and said: "If the commercial tax and mining tax are increased, and the two taxes are used as collateral to borrow silver from the bank, the money for building water conservancy will come out, although it is a lot, but it is not impossible to solve it."

Chen Zilong is proficient in government affairs, and he understands it with a slight turn of his mind.

This is to let the court borrow money from the people. Since ancient times, only the government has suppressed the people, and no one has ever dared to act on an equal footing with the officials. He hesitated and said, "I'm afraid that no money dealer will dare to borrow silver."

Zhai Zhe said with a smile: "It's okay, a few days ago, I asked Liu Quan of the Shang Alliance to set up a Rishengchang Qianzhuang, with Rishengchang taking the lead, and then going to find a few rich businessmen, it shouldn't be difficult to do this." ”

Chen Zilong understood where the king of Jin was short of money. The household department borrowed money from the Rishengchang, but it was only to move the silver from the left hand to the right hand of the king of Jin, and the real purpose of the king of Jin was to raise taxes.

The Donglin Restoration Society has always been the most opposed to the imperial court's tax increases, especially commercial taxes and mining taxes, because the mines and businesses in various places have always been controlled by the squires in various places. They had a good reason to oppose the taxation of the imperial court, saying that the wealth should be hidden from the people, and the king should not compete with the people for profit. Therefore, during the Chongzhen period, almost all of the imperial court's tax increases were to increase the land endowment, and finally forced the people of the Central Plains to rebel.

Chen Zilong objected, saying: "Rash tax increases, I am afraid that there will be turmoil in various places"

The previous Emperor of the Apocalypse increased the mining tax, and also provoked civil revolts in various places, and the real reason is clear to several people here.

"The Qing captives have been driven away by me, and Jiangnan can't get up a wave that can overturn me"

Zhai Zhe's voice was soft, but resolute.

Chen Zilong looked at Zhai Zhe with a blank eye, expecting him to have a good plan, and asked: "There is no other way than to increase the two taxes?" ”

Zhai Zhe spread his hands and said, "I'm not an immortal, can I conjure up silver?" ”

The tax increase of the imperial court has nothing to do with the authority of the official department, although Chen Zilong is reluctant in his heart, he cannot insist on opposing it. Looking at Sun Jiaji again, he closed his eyes slightly, as if he was dozing off, and he looked like he had nothing to do with himself.

A few people gossiped all afternoon, and then couldn't find any other way.

Around the end of the day, several cabinet scholars resigned. Chen Zilong felt uneasy in his heart, and vaguely felt that Zhai Zhe began to make big moves.

In fact, some signs can already be seen from some of the strategies before King Jin. Most of the people in the Jin Dynasty's mansion were poor scholars, and most of the prominent families from all over the country were huddled around Chen Zilong for warmth.

The next day.

A few guards went to the Hubu Shangshu Mansion and invited Sun Jiaji to the Jin's Palace.

There were already two people in King Jin's study, Zhai Zhe was sitting on the top, and Fan Yongdou was sitting at the bottom. Sun Jiaji entered the door and sat on the side,

Fan Yongdou held a thick stack of paper in his hand, on which were densely written in upright letters.

Zhai Zhe pointed at Fan Yongdou and said, "Sun Shangshu, this is the strategy for the commercial tax and mining tax that I asked Fan Langzhong to draft, you can take a look at it first!"

Fan Yongdou is a businessman by training, familiar with accounting, and the projected benefits of tax reform are clearly marked

Sun Jiaji was no longer as old and dizzy as he was yesterday, he reached out and took it and read it carefully. He was the head of the household, and the reform of the tax system was submitted in his name, and he wanted to know what was going on even if he didn't want to take care of it.

"Huh" he quickly realized that something was wrong. Cotton spinning will be subject to 30% commercial tax on 6 roads, and 10% and a half commercial tax will be levied on waterways. Raw silk and porcelain are subject to double the commercial tax for 6 routes, and only 50% of the commercial tax for taking the sea route. He kept turning back, in addition to increasing the mining tax, there was also a salt administration to sort out, restore the previous salt introduction system, and abolish the current chaotic situation of salt affairs.

Fan Yongdou bowed his waist and said, "If Lord Shangshu doesn't understand something, just ask."

He is now only the Langzhong of the Tobu, but he hopes to sit in the position of Tobe Shangshu in a few years. The man above is old, and he is in the prime of life.

He has the power to dream, but it depends on what the King of Jin thinks.

"Is this in the name of collecting commercial taxes?" Sun Jiaji thought of the recent policy of the Jin Palace, and immediately understood.

Porcelain and raw silk are the largest varieties shipped by the sea trade, and if this strategy continues, the price of these two goods from Jiangnan to Fujian will more than double. The price of the goods going out from Ningshaohai Road is much cheaper, and if Zheng Zhilong wants to accept cheap goods, he must do business with the maritime merchants in Zhejiang.