In fact, in this banquet, Liu Yu has been pondering a problem.

As a high-grade hero, Liu Yu obviously knows how to draw inferences from one another, and he has a premonition that this new Futai is going to do a big thing.

In fact, fools can understand that this Futai has a great advantage, the popularity is very high, and there is the support of the palace, holding the military power of the Royal Academy, and there is Ruyifang as a backer.

If an ordinary governor is on either side, the court is staring at the top, and the gentry are watching coldly, and if they do something unprecedented, they will be scolded up and down, and it is absolutely impossible to expect such a person to do great things.

And the new Futai is different, he first formulated a tax system, if this kind of grain tax exemption decree is really implemented, then the popularity will reach an unprecedented height, from then on, Zhejiang Shilin and the common people will wear a pair of pants with the master of Futai, what does this mean? It means that from now on, any of Xu Qian's decisions will be unimpeded, and no one will object, even if someone in the court wants to bombard Xu Qian, ensure that Zhejiang is condensed into an iron plate, and the bombardment will be punished.

Because a single tax system has not only won the support of the common people, but also has been supported by Haoqiang, this article alone is enough for people to block and kill, Buddha to block and kill Buddha, people's hearts are the weapons of the rulers, with people's hearts as weapons, who dares to have the slightest slander against Xu Futai?

This guy ...... The means are very clever.

And Xu Qian next, he proposed to dredge, widen, and build the river, which is a big project, and there is a qualitative difference from those who occasionally build the river embankment, the problem is that this new Futai is so confident that he will do the next big project. For what? Nothing more than ...... It's just foreshadowing. The river is wide, the transportation is convenient, from Ningbo to Hangzhou from the original six or seven days of travel, can be shortened to one or two days, from Qingtian to Hangzhou if not a fast horse to come, but just an ordinary walk, it also takes ten days and half a month, but once the waterway is connected, I am afraid that it is only three days to come by boat.

The waterway can also transport goods. Ordinary goods from Hangzhou to Ningbo not only consume a lot of manpower, but also take half a month, but by water. I'm afraid it's a day or two.

But it stands to reason, what about convenient transportation, convenient transportation will not be beneficial, it is nothing more than saving distance, the reason why Xu Futai has to spend so much effort to do this, I am afraid that behind this, there is a series of things to do. This waterway is just the tip of the iceberg, or maybe it's just one of the links.

This guy's Ruyi Fang is indeed a historical precedent. Once it is done, Zhejiang will sooner or later become the first good place, Liu Yu quietly drank a few sips of water and wine, and finally became a little impatient. Leaned over to Xu Qian's side and said in a low voice, "My lord wants to widen the river." The Liu family is willing to donate 50,000 taels of silver to help the adults facilitate this matter. ”

50,000 ...... It's definitely not a small amount, even if it's a big family like the Liu family, it's not easy to come up with so much silver in one go, Liu Yu is obviously gambling, or releasing a signal, if you want to do something big in the future, you must remember to give your friends around you a share.

The number of 50,000, if it is in the eyes of other governors, is definitely a lot of money, I don't know how many political achievements can be made, but obviously in Xu Qian's planning, it is not much, but since Liu Yu has expressed his position, everyone is considered their own people, Xu Qian nodded: "Uncle is so supportive, and the millions of people in Zhejiang on behalf of the official generation have thanked Uncle Yu." ”

Liu Yu was the first to say that the others couldn't sit still, the Liu family is the weather vane, even if many people did not understand the intention of the new Futai, but the Liu family was willing to take out 50,000 yuan, and his net worth dared to smash into it, it can be seen that the rich man Liu was optimistic about this matter, and some people began to move their minds, but there was no action for the time being, everyone ate and drank with their hearts, and at midnight, the banquet ended, and everyone dispersed without mentioning it.

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Out of the governor's yamen, Liu Yu had just gotten into the sedan chair, and someone took the initiative to come to the door, and it was the editor of Ming Pao who came, with only one purpose, to find out the content of the banquet.

This kind of thing, of course, is to drive people away, as the first local tyrant in Zhejiang, how can there be kung fu to talk about this kind of light in the middle of the night, but ...... Liu Yu, who was sitting in the sedan chair, thought about it, but directly ordered the sedan chair man to go to the Ming Pao newspaper office.

After talking to the editor in the newspaper in the middle of the night, Uncle Liu returned to the annex in Hangzhou and did not mention it.

Early the next morning, everyone was anxiously waiting for news, especially the government yamen at all levels, for no other reason, the tax system set by the governor yamen was really unreasonable, and letting them implement it was tantamount to offending people, and they didn't dare to do things that offended people. There is no opposition from below, so it is natural to immediately implement the order of Shangfeng Jun, and it is our duty to shirk it.

Not only the government, but also the ordinary Shengdou small people are also paying attention, after all, the government promised to say tax exemption, but the fact of tax exemption is not very reliable, this has never heard of such a thing, it is one thing, what kind of tax exemption law is another thing, if it is clearly exempt from grain tax, in fact, it is to add all kinds of miscellaneous taxes, maybe it will suffer more.

Everyone has only heard that the tax of the large household is used to fill the tax of the small household, this statement is very rare, is the large household willing to fill the tax of the small household?

As a result, the newspaper came out on the same day, and it was very happy to talk with the gentry in Futai, the banquet was very lively, and there was even an exclusive interview, and the interview was with Liu Yu of the Qingtian wealthy family, Liu Yu praised the new tax system in Futai in the newspaper, talked about the people's suffering, and said that Futai wanted to be educated, and knew the truth of etiquette and etiquette, and to educate, first of all, the people should have food and clothing, and the common people had more people and less land, and they were heavily taxed, and they were not hungry and clothed, so how should they be educated? The new tax system wantonly reduces taxes and even exempts them from taxes, precisely seeking to enrich the people first, and then seeking to educate the people, which is also good and benevolent government.

Liu Yu's high praise is naturally a signal, and this signal is that the big households are obviously very supportive and supportive of this tax system. Obviously, the new tax cut the neck of the Liu family, but Liu Yu actually stood up and gave such support, and even opened his mouth to open the words of Zhejiang Centennial Taiping, which is no longer as simple as official words, this is people's sincere support for this tax system.

As soon as the Ming Pao newspaper came out, Hangzhou was boiling, and then Zhejiang was boiling. Not only Zhejiang Province, but also Nanjing, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places are all boiling.

The officials in Zhejiang are relieved now, for them, there is nothing to say at the moment, anyway, there is an order from above, everyone will handle it according to the rules, maybe they can follow Lord Xu's back and mix up some political achievements. After all, this is a historical precedent, and I am afraid that if any official leaves office, the monks and laymen in the land will inevitably send some umbrellas to the people.

Officials in Nanjing, Jiangxi, Fujian, and other places were dumbfounded, and it is said that the governor of Jiangxi was speechless for a long time after hearing about this. This is a pit, the surname Xu is a broken back road, this is a desperate household.

You must know that being an official will inevitably show a little compassion and mercy, for example, when there is a great drought, the official must come out and ask for rain, say a few words about the people's innocentness, and say a few words If God wants to punish him, he will punish the official. In this way, when the people below see it, they will feel that the old man is unparalleled.

But now there is a Xu Futai, since then there is no good governor in Jiangnan, no matter how many plays you play, no matter how you toss, no matter how you feel the suffering of the people, will people look at it? What people are most afraid of is to compare, people are exempt from taxes, people are not divided, what about you, you have something to learn from and see.

In fact, Zhejiang has its particularity, Xu Futai also has its particularity, which is determined by special provincial conditions, this is naturally undoubted, if anyone learns Zhejiang, tomorrow your black yarn hat will not be able to keep, therefore, you can't learn.

What if you can't learn? If you can't learn from others, you will ride the dust, the world only knows Xu to Taiwan, and will never know you, Zhang Wang, Zhao Qiansun.

The provinces of Futai are very speechless, but also very aggrieved, as if all of a sudden, it is shorter than others, now it is not only Zhejiang, the monks and lay people under the rule of the provinces, which is not talking about Zhejiang, Jiangnan is not more than other closed places, this is the gathering place of the examination masters, and now the Ming Pao is rising again, so that the news always spreads quickly, spreads fast, and public opinion is more boiling than before, so that all of you Futai feel the pressure, and the surname Xu, everyone is the governor, but now the people under the head will be called Xu Futai, Opening your mouth is worried about the people, and closing your mouth is the suffering of the people, as for other people, they will naturally become passers-by, who knows you?

Jiangxi Governor Zhang Jian is also a good official, seeing that Zhejiang has such a rule, he immediately gathered his friends, closed the door and pondered for a few days, and the final result is, nonsense means that Zhejiang is, how to implement Zhejiang, how to appease the gentry They don't know, but one thing they know is that Jiangxi must not follow suit, and the final result is naturally still the same, when it is time to urge food, go to urge food, what to do and what to do. It's just that the pressure on the government to urge food is obviously much greater than before, in the past, everyone felt that the government urged food as a matter of course, and now with the example of Zhejiang, some people will inevitably scold, the scholars have no stakes, and they can't urge them to urge food, but they want to jump up and scold; The small people who were involved in their own powerful Shengdou also scolded, and the whole province was scolded, and the scolding Zhang Futai was on fire, so he had to order someone to catch a few scolding people and beat the board before he could suppress the matter.