Chapter 657: The Storm

Xu Qian's instructions were almost over, so naturally the meeting was dismissed, and as for the final drafting of the secret charter and how to implement it, he was in a hurry.

Officials from the household department began to discuss privately, and the response was very enthusiastic.

The most important thing is that all the people have reached a consensus, regardless of your Wang Xue and the old school, at least one thing you must admit, don't go against the surname Xu, Zhang Chun's example is in front of you, Zuo Shilang is finished, they are small fish and shrimp, if they want to put it together, they will move around and move their fingers.

With this consensus, the rest will be easy to handle, and now the discussion is, what exactly is Lord Xu's intentions?

In fact, in the final analysis, the household department is just a vassal in the cabinet of the yamen, for example, the household department wants to collect grain, so it has to go through the cabinet, and the cabinet will mobilize the officials of the prefectures and counties, whether there is a problem in the process of collecting grain in the prefectures and counties, and the household department cannot control it, this is the business of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as for the local officials can not complete the task, it seems that it has little to do with the household department, it is the matter of the Ministry of Officials, and then as for the grain escort into Beijing, It still has nothing to do with the household department, it is the matter of the Yamen, the governor of Caoyun.

The whole process of collecting grain and taxation is actually a general mobilization of the imperial court, and the duty of the household department is only to inquire, but to mention yƬ, but to enter the warehouse.

The reason for this is actually very easy to understand, after all, the organizational capacity of this era is limited, and it is impossible to complete such a large project with a single household yamen.

But now, Lord Xu seems to mean that the household department is doing it alone.

On the one hand, it is more complicated to levy a commercial tax than a grain tax, but it is also easier.

The complication lies in the fact that if there is no set of rules, how much to levy, it may be exhausted, and in the end, all localities will be miserable.

And the magistrates are mixed, and they are not professional enough, relying on them to levy commercial taxes, God knows how many malpractices will be caused in the end. This is the case for every official ration, not to mention the real money.

At that time, it is almost conceivable that some magistrates were extremely vicious, and after opening this opening, they arbitrarily apportioned them in this name, and then countless workshops went bankrupt, and the final result was that the court and merchants suffered losses, but these magistrates were cheapened.

And it is easy to say that it is because the collection is the silver of snowflakes, not official food, and the scope of the levy is much smaller, so even without the assistance of local officials, the household department can still sing on stage by setting up a stage by itself.

Taxation comes by itself, the regulation comes by itself, the supervision comes by itself, and even the use of money and grain, as well as the flow of money and grain in the future, this Lord Xu has already thought about it, Xu Butang is clearly the rhythm of package production to households, and wants to set up another cabinet.

Since you want to follow Xu Butang alone, the benefits are obvious, one is power, the other is money, fools know that once this happens, the power of the household department will reach its peak, and even far exceed the ministry, with power and money, is it possible not to get rich?

Everyone pondered for a while and had an epiphany, this thing can be done.

But a new discussion has arisen, since it is going to go it alone and throw off the other ministries, will the cabinet agree? I'm afraid that the pigs know that the cabinet will never agree, and the cabinet is not stupid, it is impossible to let the household department do this, even if you have a thousand and ten thousand reasons, these reasons are all bloody reality, and the household department does this, which is obviously more suitable for the development of the country, and it is also extremely beneficial to the imperial court, but with the power alone, the cabinet has enough reasons to completely veto.

This is actually a matter of position, the position of the cabinet is to control a qiē, and now standing in the position of the household department, if you want to become a real household department and hold the financial power in your hands, I am afraid that it will be more difficult than ascending to the sky.

In Wu Qian's public house, a lot of officials gathered, Wu Qian has worked in the household department for seven years, and the right waiter who was promoted from Langzhong has a wide range of contacts in the household department, plus Zhang Chun has fallen, everyone naturally wants to hear what he means.

"The old man thinks that Xu Butang's initiative is still very good, why is there so much chaos? The old man will say a few, for example, this levy grain, the household department is only responsible for storage, inventory, to put it bluntly, is a housekeeper, how to collect, how much money to collect, the household department is speechless, you see, the current result is, here to help, there to allocate silver, the collection is 3 million, but the spend is 7 million, 8 million, or even tens of millions. We are clever women, we have no part to speak, we can only rely on the decision of the cabinet to carry out, but the treasury is empty, we can't allocate money and food, and in the end it is the fault of the household department. The relationship between the household is not trivial, this kind of extraordinary thing, the master can not be the master, but the relationship that should be borne is not pulled down at all, in previous years, the old man saw that the previous Shangshu did what he did every day was to argue with the cabinet and the ministries and the supervisors, in order to strive to spend less money, but what was the result? It's still time to spend it. Now there's a big ass debt. ā€

"Speaking of which, there is only one problem, that is, revenue and expenditure cannot be the master, and when it is collected, the local officials are eager to collect less if they can, so that they can collect less, so as to fill their private pockets. But when it comes to spending, whether it is the cabinet or the ministries, they want to spend as much as they can, they want to do great things, how much money they have to do, how big things they have to do, how big things they want to do, how can they do things well if they don't have enough money. Xu Butang's words made the old man feel a little interesting, after all, the household department is dedicated to settling accounts, how to spend, the household department has to make its own decisions, only by being the master, can we solve many current problems, let those local officials who are full of local achievements to collect taxes, let those adults who want to do big things think about how to spend, sooner or later, this treasury will collapse. ā€

Wu Qian talked eloquently, the volume was very doggy, he didn't think that others couldn't hear it, he was afraid that people with a heart wouldn't hear it, these words were taboo, and even if he was listened to by the cabinet, he was afraid that his career would be bleak.

However, Wu Qian was not as favored by the cabinet bigwigs as Zhang Chun, and now that Xu Qian is in charge of the household department, looking at his strength today, Wu Qian, who was still swaying from side to side, has already made up his mind at this time and followed Xu Butang all the way to the dark.

In fact, he was also forced to do so, if at this time, the cabinet people let themselves be the nails of the household department, and follow Zhang Chun's general to embarrass Xu Qian, whether he promised or not, he would be shot to death by Xu Qian if he promised, and if he didn't agree to the cabinet, he would think that he was Xu Qian's henchman.

Since there is no choice, then simply, just mix with Xu Butang, anyway, offending Xu Qian, it is a dead end, offending the cabinet, at most it is to send it to Nanjing, choose the lesser of the two harms, Wu Qian thinks that his IQ is enough.

After listening to Lord Wu's words, someone couldn't help but say, "But will the cabinet agree?" ā€

No matter how good it is, it is useless, and the cabinet vetoed the regulations of the household department, saying that everything is false.

Wu Qian said with a smile: "Agree or disagree, this is not something we can guess, Master Xu is the backbone, let's draw up the charter together." ā€

Everyone said yes again and again.

Suddenly a new Shangshu came, suddenly the new Shangshu fought and killed, and then suddenly Zuo Shilang was finished, the princes of the household department were eye-opening today, combined with Xu Butang's groundbreaking rhetoric, everyone felt that the household department would not live in peace from now on, and he was in the eye of the storm, how to choose, but it was a big problem.

Some people are full of spirits, some people are retreating, everyone is playing abacus beads, until the next day someone handed in the resignation, at this time, everyone knows that now is not the time for them to continue to fight the autumn wind, how to choose, must have a decision.

If you feel that the future will be difficult, then simply go to the office, and if you have a way, please transfer out. As for those who have a heart, they want to stay, but they want to do something.

And the next day, the snowflakes of impeachment were all over the government and the opposition.

Xu Qian was bold and reckless, set up a private torture hall, he was a household secretary, how could he dare to deal with the imperial court's officials.

It's so bold, Zuo Shilang said to fight it, and he said to take it, a big crime, and it is not your turn to interfere with the household book, there is still the court above, and the Son of Heaven, do you have Xu Qian's share?

Let Sichuan Prefecture and County open warehouses to release grain, if everyone follows suit, the disaster will be flattened, but it is very likely that it will shake the community, if someone plots against it, falsely reports the disaster, and withholds money and grain, what should it do?

Xu Qian said that he had a problem with morality, had two wives, and had an affair with a subordinate concubine.

He accepted a bribe from the merchant and was angry with the merchant Shen Tong.

There are books like this all over the sky, as if all of a sudden, everyone discovered the new continent, and suddenly found that this Xu Butang is simply the best among people and a fighter among bad people.

For these impeachments, the controversy immediately rose, some people spurned and some people praised it, to this day, Xu Qian is no longer a chick who relies on the Son of Heaven alone, there is no need for Xu Qian to make a move, the criminal department Shangshu and several imperial envoys will write a book, all talking about Zhang Chun's crimes, and finally said that Zhang Chun's promotion to Zuo Shilang depends on the recommendation of Yang Tinghe, the cabinet minister, now, is it time to investigate the involvement, and the Ministry of Officials, once a year in Beijing, why has not found such a faint official, mediocre official, the Ministry of Officials should also give an explanation.

The fuse is there, and another controversy is brewing.

On the side of Dali Temple, Zhang Chun, who was escorted to Dali Temple for trial, overturned all the blame, said that he had been framed by Xu Qian, and demanded that Shangshu Xu Qian be investigated.

Dali Temple is also hesitating, this is actually a confused case, no matter who comes to trial, it is difficult to figure it out. But they also have difficulties, on the one hand, the cabinet and a group of imposing ministers, on the other hand, Xu Qian and a group of Wang Xuexinxin, it seems that no matter how they are tried, they will offend people.

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