The household hall is not far from Daming Gate, Xu Qian arrived in a sedan chair, and then the subordinate officials in the ministry came out to greet him.

Xu Qian and everyone have seen the courtesy, the left waiter Zhou Chun is a fat man, always with a smile on his face, and he is the most courteous to Xu Qian, but Xu Qian has checked the people in the household department before, this Lord Zhou doesn't look at people is a three-point smile, but it is a hardcore old party. This person has won Yang Tinghe's trust, and this guy was transferred to the household department to give Xu Qian eye medicine.

As for Wu Qian, the right waiter, his name is the same as Xu Qian, but this person has always been cautious, and he seems to be suspected of being a wall grass, although he also put on a bit of courtesy, but behind the diligence, God knows what the idea is.

As for the Qing officials of the Fourteenth Dao, there are a few Xu Qian who recognize and have dealt with Xu Qian, and they are proper royal parties, and the others are difficult to say. In addition, there are also principals, people in the matter, etc., and hundreds of officials have come to pay tribute to Xu Qian.

Since it is the first day on duty, it is naturally not just as simple as greeting a few words, Lord Shangshu must first hold a meeting, and then set a tone to point out the direction of the future department first.

So everyone sat in the lobby one by one, looking at Xu Qian, waiting for Xu Qian to speak.

Xu Qian stroked the case, first silent, his eyes seemed to stay on everyone for a while, and when it was almost over, he smiled slightly: "First take the account books of the household department to the official to see." ”

Immediately afterwards, a pile of account books was handed over, and the main accusation of the household department was to manage the accounts, but this account was too big, and the annual tax silver, official grain, and silk and tea collected by the imperial court were countless, and Xu Qian was not in a hurry, although it was ten lines at a glance. But they all looked at the past patiently.

He sighed. Said: "The state affairs are difficult, and this affairs are even more difficult. ”

Zhou Chun smiled and said, "What the adults said is good. At present, it is indeed difficult, especially our household department, which now receives about 3.5 million yuan in taxes and silver every year, but this year's expenditure has far exceeded 10 million, even if you don't eat or drink next year, I am afraid that you will not be able to get through. ”

Zhou Chun spoke, and everyone looked at Xu Qian, although they were silent, they all wanted to hear Xu Qian's opinions.

Xu Qian said lightly: "The matter of debt." I've seen it, what do you think? ”

Everyone was speechless, after all, no one knew what this new ministry was thinking, and now he spoke rashly, if it didn't suit Xu Qian's mind, the future would not be easy.

Xu Qian saw that no one spoke, so he said, "What." Don't you have anything to say? ”

Zhou Chun said: "My lord, the lower officials think that the problem lies with the ex, and the predecessor spends money like running water. The lower officials said something that should not be said, and the household department has always been a book, and they all know the truth of opening up sources and reducing expenditure. This is the rule of our household department, and I have never seen the previous household department Shangshu take it. And the provinces demanded the money for such a wasteful thing. If you want to start any project, the household department will be satisfied, so in the future, will you need money for relief and will you need money to build river embankments? There are also officials who need to spend money, let alone raise troops now. In the final analysis, neither open source nor throttling leads to the current dilemma. ”

Zhou Chun scolded Liang Teng, this is to make it clear that Xu Qian is a little ugly, who doesn't know the relationship between Liang Teng and Xu Qian, who doesn't know what the first thing Xu Qian did after entering Beijing was the one who didn't know what Xu Qian did after entering Beijing. It is impossible for Zhou Chun not to know, since he knows, he has to touch this tiger's buttocks, the purpose is nothing more than one, to embarrass this new official a little.

In the final analysis, Zhou Chun is not afraid of Xu Qian, he also has a backstage, as Yang Tinghe's protégé, what kind of thing are you Xu Qian, besides, the surname Liang is indeed not a good thing, there is nothing wrong with scolding yourself, at least you take advantage of it, what are you afraid of?

The adults immediately smelled the smell of gunpowder, and they didn't dare to squeak one by one, and Wu Qian, the right waiter, even closed his eyes to eat tea, and he didn't hear anything.

It's only the first day, and the head of the household department is on the top of the second gear, but no one will think that who has the advantage on both sides, because the two are of similar grade, although Xu Qian is the chief official, but behind Zhou Shilang is the cabinet, the two of them are at most half a catty and eight taels, not to mention, in the eyes of many people, Zhou Chun's words are not wrong, Liang Teng is indeed too bad for money.

Xu Qian didn't seem to be annoyed, and said: "The silver that should be spent always has to be spent, and this is also something that benefits the country and the people, such as building roads, shouldn't this silver be spent?" In my opinion, this is not a bad thing, and you also know that there is so much loss of official food every year, why is there so much loss? In the final analysis, on the one hand, the officials are greedy, and the other is that the transportation is inconvenient, and the transportation is inconvenient, so the loss is huge. ”

Zhou Chun was on this, but he didn't raise the bar with Xu Qian, and said: "What the adults said is actually quite reasonable, but if you can't throttle, you have to open source, but the problem is that Wen Zhigong spends too much, but he refuses to open source, the household department says that it is a money bag, but the money bag can't make money, there are so many holes in the bag, who will make up for this shortfall?" Now the treasury is almost empty, and Sichuan has been a catastrophe, just waiting for the imperial court to help, and the provinces of the river embankment loose recital have also been reported, but also to the imperial court to allocate silver to repair, now the household with so much silver, do so many irrelevant things, but now the difficulty is not small, once the household can not be timely allocation of silver, I am afraid that the household will be upside down. ”

Zhou Chun paused, and said: "Moreover, if you want to issue debts again, I'm afraid it's not easy, the imperial court has issued 10 million taels of silver in a row, now who in the world doesn't know, the household is in debt, whether it can make up the previous debts is still unknown, and now you have to borrow money, I'm afraid it's not easy, the court has raised a total of three debts before, the first time is six million silver, the second word is more than three million, the third time, it is only more than 900,000, my lord, no one is willing to borrow silver anymore, after all, everyone has concerns, I'm afraid that the household department will borrow endlessly, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to repay the account when the time comes. Therefore, the lower officials thought that it was impossible to borrow money at the moment, but the tax and silver had been spent, but the silver that should be allocated must be allocated, otherwise what would the court want to do? ”

He talked eloquently, and talked about all the difficulties of the household department, and then sneered: "Therefore, the question now is, how to continue to maintain the operation of the household department, the adult just mentioned open source, and the lower official also happens to have a recipe for open source, I don't know what the adult thinks." ”

Xu Qian said lightly: "It's okay for you to say it." ”

Zhou Chun said: "Tax!" ”

"My lord, it is reported that over there in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, many workshops have earned a lot of silver, and they can earn silver, and the imperial court naturally wants to pay taxes, so the tax system must be changed.

Xu Qian smiled: "It's rare for you to be so concerned. After taking the charter and reading it, he immediately understood what Zhou Chun meant.

In Zhou Chun's charter, the matter of taxing merchants was proposed in detail, but it was ...... This guy is obviously trying his best to catch fish, and he actually uses a one-size-fits-all approach, requiring all workshops to pay 30% of the goods.

That is to say, how many commodities have been made in one of your workshops today, thirty percent of them are not yours, they belong to the imperial court, and the rest are yours.

As for the imperial court, these thirty percent of the goods are sold in the market to obtain the so-called commercial tax.

This method is not bad, Xu Qian supports the reform of the tax system, but this Zhou Chun is inevitably too ruthless, where is this tax, it is simply cutting off the way of life of the workshop, because once this tax system is implemented, it will inevitably cause a shortage in the first place, and it will lead to a large number of businessmen going bankrupt.

In addition, Zhou Chun also had to collect other miscellaneous taxes, the imperial court had to collect silver, the local roads had to be built, and the river embankment had to be opened with silver. The consequences of a large reduction in the number of workshops would be catastrophic, such as the landlords who planted a large number of mulberry and cotton, and the owners of a large number of mines and logging, all of whom would go bankrupt.

If they go bankrupt, the tenants who flock to the cities and workshops will inevitably be affected.

Zhou Chun obviously wanted to make a fuss about this and directly stifle the New Deal.

Zhou Chun smiled slightly and said, "What do you think?" ”

Xu Qian nodded and said, "There is something to be desired." ”

These five words are worth considering, that is, Xu Qian agrees with Zhou Chun in some aspects, and as for others, it is naturally undesirable.

Zhou Chun did not relent, and said: "Then adults think that what is desirable and which is not desirable. ”

Xu Qian said with a straight face: "Taxation is desirable, as for the rest, it's all nonsense!" ”

The lobby was quiet, and everyone was like a stone sculpture, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

As for Zhou Chun, he suddenly felt humiliated and said, "Since the adults say that taxation is desirable, why are the others all nonsense?" ”

Xu Qian said lightly: "It's very simple, if you want to set the rules, you have to set a win-win rule, for example, the imperial court wants to pay taxes, which is natural, and the household department wants to take silver from the merchants, which is also natural, but this tax burden is too heavy and undesirable, and it is necessary to weigh the pros and cons, weigh the pros and cons, and take a tax system acceptable to both parties before it can be implemented." Also, in your charter, only the court pays taxes, but since the merchants pay taxes, the taxes of the court should be taken from the people and the people, and the articles of association only talk about taking, but do not say how the court pays, will the merchants be convinced? For example, since the imperial court has levied taxes, it is impossible for the money and grain bureau to pay for the construction of roads and rivers every year, and this must be allocated by the household department, and there are ...... The expenses required for the patrol halls of various prefectures and counties will also have to be allocated by the imperial court in the future, and then there will be ......"

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The second chapter is delivered, and the tragedy asks for a monthly pass. (To be continued......)