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"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said......"

Zong Mao's expression was attentive, listening carefully, all the previous content was automatically ignored by him, and in the end he only heard one word "Jiangnan Tax Supervisor".

Jiangnan tax envoy, what kind of official is this? He knew that the tax envoy of Huguang was Xu Yiyang.

For him, the starting point of this official position may not be too high, but there is an advantage, the governor of Nanzhili is vacant, and as long as he fulfills the duties of the tax collector, the promotion will be a matter of course.

The next day, a large ship carrying grain happened to return to Nanjing from Xiangyang.

Zong Mao packed his bags and returned to Nanjing with the Jinyi Guard, who had passed the decree. He is like an arrow, not because he misses his family, but because he can't stand the idle days.

He was not the only one who left Xiangyang at the same time, and the general order arrived at the same time as the Jinyi Guard, who passed the decree.

Zhang Tianlu was ordered to guard Anqing, Li Laiheng and Yuan Zongdi were transferred to Suizhou, and Xiangfan left only Zuo Ruo, Jin Shenghuan and Gong Chen. It seems that the general is not in a hurry to move the Jiangbei offensive.

The wooden boat went down the Han River to the Yangtze River and arrived in Nanjing on the fifth day.

After Jin Xiaoding took office as the governor of Nanjing, he tightened the internal and external loosened, and the Nanjing garrison returned to its unified deployment, eliminating the estrangement between the east camp and the west camp.

Although the streets were lively, Zong Mao had no intention of looking at the surrounding scenery, and went directly to the Jin Palace's mansion to meet Zhai Zhe.

There were always busy heralds coming in and out at the gate of the palace.

Zong Mao waited at the door for a moment, and was soon ushered in by the guards, seventy percent of the people here used to be his subordinates

He came very early, and Zhai Zhe was trying out the samples of the self-fire gun newly offered by the Hu family in the martial arts training ground. This sample is an improvement over the previous one, and the firearms workshop has stopped producing arquebus guns, and all of them have been changed to their own bird guns. Large-scale equipment in the army is still some days.

Because the bird gun is lit with flint, Zhai Zhe named it "flint gun".

Zong Mao waited at the door of the hall for a while, and saw seven or eight people crowding Zhai Zhe coming from the direction of the school.

Seeing the general again, Zong Mao was not as excited as he once was. In the past few years, between the ups and downs, he has tasted the danger of officialdom and the unpredictability of people's hearts.

He was confined in Ningbo for a year, watching the tide of the Qiantang River rise and fall every day, although he knew that the general would definitely reappoint him, but the days of waiting like that were really difficult. Now he knew what he had done wrong. It is not a mistake to kill Zhang Mingzhen, but it is a mistake not to have the permission of the general to kill Zhang Mingzhen.

"Meet the prince" His waist was bent very low, and his attitude was respectful, but there was a little more life than before.

He used to be a father-like figure when Zhai Zhe was a father, so he had the sharpness to expose Geng Guang's greed for ink in the capital, and now although he is still loyal, he already knows how to advance and retreat.

"You're back" Zhai Zhe put his right hand around Zong Mao's shoulder and led him into the hall. The general is still as kind as ever. Whether in the past or now, Zhai Zhe has never hidden his trust and appreciation for Zong Mao. This is the reason why Zong Mao is willing to repay with his life, and it is also the confidence for him to dare to act boldly.

The two talked as they walked.

"You did a good job in Huguang to recover Xiangyang, and you also have a share of the credit"

"The general is clever, defeating the enemy and thousands of miles away, the generals and soldiers in the army are all amazed"

Zhai Zhe turned his head to look at Zong Mao, he didn't expect Zong Mao to say this. He smiled and said: "Wu Sangui is treacherous, he went to take Sichuan by himself, and he wants the Ming Dynasty to compete with the Qing captive snipe clam clam "

Zong Mao didn't answer, and it was inconvenient for him to say much about the affairs in the army.

The two walked slowly into the hall, and eight guards remained outside the door.

Zhai Zhe sat down, and Zong Mao stood.

"The reform of the two taxes is the top priority of this year, and the success of the reform of the two taxes will make the household department have enough money to maintain the northward march of the army. I will transfer you back and hand over all the taxes of Zhejiang and Nanzhili to you. Do not let people take advantage of the loopholes, nor do you persecute too much, and kill chickens and eggs. ”

Zong Mao nodded, he has been in charge of the finance of the General's Mansion for many years, and he is a master of financial management, and the reform of the two taxes is not complicated for him.

Zhai Zhe continued: "This matter is jointly in charge of you and Hubu Langzhong Fan Yongdou, you are all Jin people, don't let the Jiangnan people underestimate you"

"I understand it under it"

Zong Mao's mind was in a hurry.

The finances of the Jin Palace's mansion are no longer in his hands, he has left the position of the general for more than a year, and the Liu family has been out of his control under the guidance of Liu Suifeng, and Fan Yongdou suddenly came to Jiangnan again, and the army suddenly emerged. So where is his status? Do you want to compete with these people for status? He is still dismissive.

Liu Quan and Fan Yongdou are both business wizards, but in Zong Mao's eyes, they are just like Zuo Ruo and the king of Jin.

Liu Quan and Fan Yongdou only have money in their eyes, and his eyes are Ming businessmen and scholars. Just like when Zhai Zhe promoted the business of firearms from public to private, only Zong Mao firmly believed that it was a brilliant strategy.

King Jin's words have a deep meaning.

Zong Mao knew in his heart that King Jin was warning him not to clash with Fan Yong.

The two still wanted to talk affectionately like before, and Zong Mao finished lunch in the palace and went to meet the three ladies. A few years ago, he was as comfortable as his own family in Zhai Zhe's mansion. Zhai Zhe even led him to watch the two Haidongqing.

When leaving the Jin Palace, Zong Mao's mood was relaxed, and he noticed that the gate of the palace was magnificent, and the two stone unicorns were majestic and majestic, which was completely different from the general's low-key style in the past.

The Great General has changed, and he will change too.

When the once small Han tribe grew into today's control of the Ming dynasty, all relationships are changing.

During his seven-day stay in Nanjing, Zong Mao established contact with Liu Suifeng, Jin Xiaoding and others, and learned about some of the numbers of the two taxes in Jiangnan in the household department. He finally understood the reason why King Jin transferred him to be the tax envoy of Jiangnan, and immediately left Nanjing and went straight to Hangzhou.

After the bloody crackdown in Huguang, the discussion in Jiangnan was much quieter. But the tax collected was still quite different from what Fan Yongdou expected.

A total of 32 checkpoints have been set up in Huzhou, Ningshao, eastern Zhejiang, Suzhou, Songjiang and Zhenjiang to inspect incoming and outgoing goods.

For several months, smuggling raw silk was more profitable than smuggling salt.

Fan Yongdou is just a businessman, no matter how fine he is, but the local officials do not cooperate with the household department, and let smuggling run rampant, he is afraid that it will be useless to add another hundred checkpoints.

There was no governor in Nanzhili, and seventy percent of the local officials were promoted by Chen Zilong, the current official department secretary and former governor of Jiangnan. Those prefects and county commanders who were born in Jinshi are not as unseen as businessmen everywhere. Fan Yongdou, a Tobe Langzhong who relied on the relationship of the Jin King's relatives, is no different from farting here.

Countless raw silk flows to Fujian through the uninhabited paths in the mountainous areas of eastern Zhejiang.

Zong Mao went to Hangzhou to meet Zhang Huangyan, the governor of Zhejiang, and the smuggling activities immediately curtailed a lot. The head catchers in Huzhou and Hangzhou were busy jumping and catching a group of smuggling minions to make a show.

More people are waiting.

When Zong Mao was in charge of Jiangnan, there were hundreds of squires who confiscated their property, and the families of those noble families were sent to the workshop to work as coolies. Anyone with a memory knows how terrible this Shangguan is.

I don't know where the rumors came from, the officialdom is saying that the vacancy of the governor of Nanzhili was left to Zongmao by the king of Jin, so all prefectures and counties must give the newly appointed tax commissioner a little favor.

In the Ming Dynasty, the rumors of officialdom are often very reliable. Zong Mao did have the qualifications to serve as the governor of Nanzhili.

At the beginning of June, the weather enters the hot summer.

Zong Mao asked the General's Mansion for orders, and in order to arrest the smuggling of raw silk, he asked for the right to mobilize the troops of the various counties in Nanzhili

The general's permission further confirmed Zong Mao's message that he would be the governor of Nanzhili.

From June to August, news continued to reach Nanjing, and more than 200 smuggler leaders were arrested in Zhejiang and Nanzhili.

In the city of Nanjing, the undercurrent is surging.

Chen Zilong, the secretary of the ministry, was quite troubled, he was responsible for the cause last year, and this year he reaped the fruit.

The Ministry of Officials is the most popular yamen in Nanjing, and has recently been slightly stolen from the limelight by the Ministry of Households. But Sun Jiaji is getting older, and he has no intention of fighting for power and profit, and he, the secretary of the ministry, is in the prime of life.

"Lord Chen" Liu Suifeng walked over with two official documents, "The household department has two more official documents today, and the Jiangnan tax supervisor impeached the Huzhou prefect for accepting bribes, and the arrest of silk thieves was ineffective."

Silk thief is a term that has only recently emerged, specifically referring to thieves who smuggle raw silk.

Chen Zilong stretched out his hand to take it and said with a wry smile: "Four county orders, two prefects and sect supervisors are really vigorous and resolute" The tax supervisor is a temporary ad hoc official position, not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Officials, and he is still used to calling Zong Mao the suzerain. He pressed Zong Mao in his official position, but he didn't dare to despise him in his heart.

Liu Suifeng echoed and said: "The revenue of the two taxes of the household department has doubled in the past two months, and the sect envoy is really in practice" His mentality is different from Chen Zilong. This sounds like a defense for Zong Mao.

"It's just that if you toss like this, the people of Jiangnan are panicked"

Chen Zilong was very unhappy, he supported the imperial court to change the two taxes, and it did not mean that the protégés and officials who depended on him all supported it. Zong Mao was ruthless, according to the latest regulations of the imperial court, smuggling raw silk and selling illicit salt are capital crimes, so there are too many killings.

Eighty percent of the prefectures and counties in Nanzhili are a party in Donglin, Chen Zilong has always been cautious in using officials, although those people have a relationship with him, but they are all familiar with the study of the world, and they are not good and exaggerated. Zong Mao's impeachment of so many people naturally reminded him of his idle staff in the General's Mansion in Jiangnan last year.

But at that time, he couldn't help himself. The general urged the military food to be urgent, and he used it well without raw food, and Zong Mao's subordinates were not convinced by him.

Zong Mao and Fan Yongdou's official documents were directly transferred from the household department to the official department. Sun Jiaji neither suppressed nor put forward opinions, basically just being a shopkeeper.

Liu said slowly with the wind: "The disposal of silk thieves is reviewed by the Criminal Department, but the envoy does impeach too many people."

Chen Zilong opened the official document and read it carefully, and Zong Mao wrote several county orders and how the prefects of Huzhou and Songjiang indulged in silk theft. His real intention was to remove a few officials in order to show the majesty of the tax collector.

He pondered for a long time and said, "Remove the two county orders from Huzhou."

Liu Suifeng said: "It is appropriate for Lord Chen to deal with it like this" He understands the thoughts of King Jin best, King Jin wants to suppress the power of the Donglin Party, but he doesn't want to beat the Donglin Party to death with a stick.

Mastering the ideas of the superior is equivalent to being invincible in the battle between the government and the government.