More than two million taels of commercial taxes.

This amount is unimaginable to Zhu Di.

Looking at this number, Zhu Di said: "They all said that they want to recuperate and enter the fuck, how can they ...... They all have such money, more than two million taels, and the silver tax in previous years is only so much in the whole world, and this also includes the silver of official salt and iron, and now it can be done by just one government. ”

Zhu Chun said: "Hey, don't talk about this. ”

He shook his head, but did not show his heart.

Liu Desheng and Liu Guangjin obviously also knew that His Royal Highness the King of Shu was a cautious person, not that he distrusted the two of them.

But even he himself still can't make up his mind.

If you stay in the capital, you will be jealous of your imperial brother, and his reputation is too great, the more the hundred officials are touted, the more they will take trouble.

But the world is ...... This is like this, so that even hundreds of officials do not hesitate to embarrass His Majesty at the risk of killing their heads, it can be seen that the court situation has reached the point of being out of control, if you don't do something, you are really sorry for the ancestors and ancestors.

"Along the way, the officials along the way, hearing that His Royal Highness the King of Shu had entered Beijing, were elated, and many local officials were moved to tears...... Liu Desheng sighed: "The capital...... If His Royal Highness the King of Shu can take on the big responsibility, maybe the world can take a turn, and Daming can no longer withstand the toss. ”

Liu Guangjin sighed: "But this is undoubtedly His Royal Highness the King of Shu, into a dilemma, the clan to govern Gyeonggi, at least in my Ming Dynasty, is unprecedented, His Royal Highness the King of Shu is expected to return, this is not a good thing." ”

The words of the two made sense, and Zhu Chun groaned and said, "Go to bed early, you have to hurry tomorrow." ”

Early the next morning, Zhu Chun set off, he always got up to read a book for a while, before eating a little refreshment, and then continued to set off, this is just a small county, Zhu Chun does not like to usher in the send-off, so he is lazy to learn that his parents will be here.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "In order to encourage business, in fact, the minister has set this business tax very low, and it is not good to ask for more, and the businessmen praise the minister's kindness, saying that a good person like the minister can't be found with a lantern." ”

After a while, the guards led Zhu Chun's donkey, and Zhu Chun turned over on the donkey and rode away with the other two.

After leaving the city, they came to a place, and before they had gone far, they were suddenly intercepted by a group of farmers, and some people led dozens of people to rush up, one of whom shouted: "Daring, you have trampled on our crops." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Chun was calm, and he had a kind of nobility that was not angry and arrogant.

Liu Desheng was furious and shouted: "Don't make trouble. ”

The guards behind him also became nervous.

The man stepped forward: "I see that they are not good people, I am the chief of the land, come ...... Look at what they're carrying. ”

He shouted, and a group of farmers rushed up behind him.

Liu Desheng said: "Do you know who we are. ”

"All I know is that you are not scholars. Y9 This Li long crossed his hand, and said triumphantly: "Although you are wearing a Confucian shirt and a scarf, you are carrying so many goods, but this Confucian shirt and scarf are embroidered in Shu, but what you say is Fengyang official dialect, nine times out of ten, you are Qixia's merchants, now there are many merchants, in order to avoid trouble, deliberately use the clothes of the scholars, so as to deceive us, and you ride a donkey, nondescript, if you are a scholar, it will never be so, there are rules in this state, all businessmen transit, the goods need to be drawn out of ten, and let people see, What are you betting on? ”

It's long and smug.

"Nonsense." Zhu Di smiled: "You took more than two million taels from others, and you still point to others to read your good?" ”

Zhu Chun smiled: "What's the difference between you guys and a strongman." ”

"Don't be chattering, that's the rule here."

The guards had begun to touch their swords.

It's a pity that the chief here was quite annoyed, stepped forward, and kicked Zhu Chun's donkey hard, and the donkey screamed and began to run around.

Zhu Chun was shocked, and the man fell off the donkey.

Suddenly, the guards drew their swords one after another, and when they looked at it, they were also taken aback: "This is the official army." ”

He shouted, turned and fled.

The dealers were at a loss and dispersed.

Liu Desheng and the others hurriedly helped Zhu Chun up and helped him pat the dust on his body.

Zhu Chun was extremely embarrassed and said, "The wind of the world has come to this, hey..."

"Your Majesty, if the businessmen are profitable, they don't really care about paying a little tax, what they are afraid of is uncertainty......

"Your Highness, I will write here, and the county magistrate of this county will tell them to take the thieves."

Zhu Chun shook his head and sighed: "There are so many such people in the world, what's the use of taking one?" ”

At that moment, he appeased the donkey, turned over again and said, "Let's go, let's go, let's talk about it when we get to the capital, don't make any extraneous branches." ”

Zhu Chun looked up, and there was a ferry in front of him, but he found that there were all people.

Zhu Chun simply didn't ride a donkey, and walked nearly a mile before he barely approached.

However, I saw that this place was already overcrowded, many people brought their families with them, and some even carried luggage.

At the ferry, there were many officers and soldiers, shouting something one by one.

Zhu Chun pulled a person and said, "What is this for?" Do you want to catch the market? ”

The man turned around, looking stupid, and only said indistinctly: "You also go to Taiping Mansion to beg for a living?" Be careful, now the road guide is strictly ......"

"Huh?"

These two days will be adjusted.,This is yesterday's second update.,These two days will move the update back.,There are two more changes today.。

Of course, Zhang Anshi knows that no one likes to pay taxes, and the reason why he says this is actually just the businessmen of this era, and there are more terrible things that make them prefer to pay taxes honestly.

Zhang Anshi said: "The minister asked people to investigate, and said that in Qixia, there was a businessman, who was originally a merchant, and then gradually had some capital, so he sold silk, he said that in the past, he did this silk business, that is, he was gambling on his life, buying goods from the place of origin, there is a risk in itself, one is afraid of thieves, two is afraid of officials, this thief sees that you have silver, he may kill people and goods, and you carry silk all the way through various ports and passes, but if you are targeted by officials, or some local snakes, you will inevitably be accused of blaming you, for peace, You have to try your best to stuff the silver, and not a day is not a day of trepidation, so ...... On the surface, the government did not collect taxes from him, but in fact, in order to deal with officials and thieves, his expenses were at least three or five times that of now, not to mention, I don't know when he got into a lawsuit, or ...... Killed by bandits. ”

Zhang Anshi continued: "But the Taiping Mansion has set up a rule, as long as the tax is paid, the government will try its best to crack down on bandits, in addition, try its best to provide convenience, I dare not say that there is no possibility of collusion between officials and businessmen, but the exploitation of this is reduced by seventy or eighty percent, and this businessman feels that it is ten times better to buy ** than before." Now Taiping Mansion...... All kinds of workshops, as well as many shops, were born in this way. ”

Zhu Di also seems to have grasped the core of it: "What do you mean...... Businessmen...... In fact, the silver that should have been paid out has also been released, and a lot of it has been released, but it is just ...... These silvers ...... Fell into someone else's pocket. ”

Zhang Anshi smiled embarrassedly: "The minister didn't say it, the minister just made an analogy." ”

In the eyes of the world, Zhu Di is an emperor who is a 'great achievement'.

Zhu Di snorted coldly from his nose: "No wonder this up and down are obstructing the new deal, one by one, like mourning and examining, all of them have words, heh......"

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, forget it, don't worry about it, can you still kill them." ”

Zhang Anshi didn't say that it was okay, but when he said this, Zhu Di was furious: "What if I kill them?" ”

Zhang Anshi smiled dryly: "Hehe...... Forget it, forget it, slaughter one, isn't it still the same for the newcomers...... If you don't shovel the soil, it's just a futile effort, and the minister thinks it...... This is ...... Forget it. ”

Zhu Di gritted his teeth, and his back molars were about to be crushed: "Then eradicate them together." When he entered his mother, the merchants and the people complained bitterly, and the silver was squeezed away, and not a penny came to me. Who is this world? ”

Zhang Anshi was silent.

"Huh?" Zhu Di thought that Zhang Anshi would follow Zhang Anshi's words, and it was naturally His Majesty's world.

But Zhang Anshi's face was embarrassed, which made Zhu Di's heart sink reluctantly.

I have to say that silence sometimes brings great harm to people.

Zhu Di said: "Do you mean that this is not my Daming country?" ”

It is precisely because of his 'great joy' that he naturally wasted countless money.

"The minister didn't say that."

Zhu Di said: "If you have anything to say, it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Zhang Anshi said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, it's almost over, this matter can't be investigated." ”

Zhu Di was furious: "I see that you have something to say." ”

Zhang Anshi coughed: "The crime of death." ”

Zhu Di was angry for a while, but after all, he couldn't vent his anger on Zhang Anshi, so he had to bow his head, continue to look at this music, and said, "Your grid looks interesting." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes, the minister is now the governor of the right capital, and there are more prefectures and counties under management, in order to select talents, and for the governance of various prefectures, I plan to quote this table as a means of performance, Your Majesty, you see, in the future, this table will have a comparison of taxes in various prefectures and counties, in addition to that...... There's still an annual increase, by the way, here...... This is the statistics of the incoming students, which is also among the performance. Here, this is the table, which is the output of pig iron, silk, and cloth above the scale of each county. In the future, the minister plans to refine it further, and to count the number of medical centers and doctors, as well as the number of workshops above the designated size, and even the water conservancy built every year, as well as bridges, roads, and so on. Your Majesty, the quality of the officials, in fact, in the eyes of the ministers, with the so-called gentleman to measure, there is no practical significance, we often say, what is the right dynasty, in fact, this is just a joke, who is right, who is evil? Can you tell the difference? In doing so, the minister will only blindly attach importance to the so-called 'official reputation', and the 'official reputation' is precisely what makes the officials afraid to govern. ”

"Timid?"

Zhang Anshi said: "In the actual process of governing the prefecture and county, the minister found an extremely serious problem, that is, no matter what is implemented, there will always be a lot of opposition, and the people who benefit from it...... Generally, they will not make a sound, but if they lose their profits because of this, they will inevitably shout and scold everywhere. Your Majesty, think about it, if you attach too much importance to the official reputation, what will be the final result? It is a person who is an official, and he does not dare to do things, so he is reduced to a daily conversation, just like this to the West, His Majesty wants to go to the West, which will inevitably cause controversy, but what are the benefits of going to the West? If Your Majesty also has an official reputation, I am afraid that this trip to the West alone will attract the criticism of countless people. ”

And precisely those ...... A person like Li Shimian in the court, as an official of the imperial court, is hardly responsible for actual affairs, only rhetoric every day, or playing this one today, and impeaching that one tomorrow, it seems that everything he does is to ask for the people's lives, but in fact, he sits on the people's fat and the people's ointment, what good is it in this world? But on the contrary, such a retreating person is often praised as a gentleman, regarded as a minister, and everyone praises it, and everyone applauds it, and dares to ask His Majesty...... Is the purpose of the court monks to let them rule the world, or let them lead the money and accumulate fame? Isn't this the same as offering a deity to a mud bodhisattva? ”

He went north again and again, went to the West again and again, and launched a war against Annam.

So I thought it was ...... This is the first major harm of this dynasty, if the whole dynasty is such a clean talker, sooner or later there will be a big problem, the minister thinks, it is better to work out a performance, use data to speak, other things in this world can deceive people Of course, data can also deceive people, but at least ...... It is much more accurate than most things, and the quality of a place's governance is nothing more than looking at its money and food, its schoolchildren's schooling, whether the people are sick and can seek medical treatment, and whether the transportation is convenient. ”

Zhu Di listened to it and was quite touched: "You can give it a try, then let's start with you." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Di then sighed: "Brother I...... That is, the king of Shu...... ...... It still worries me, he is an honest man, but he didn't expect it, but he was also pulled into such a right and wrong. ”

When Zhu Di said this, he was depressed in his heart.

Many of Zhu Di's brothers may be because their fathers are Zhu Yuanzhang, so they are quite ambitious.

But this King of Shu, to be honest, is a rare honest person, but he is such a person with a good reputation, but he was suddenly coaxed up, but he had to make Zhu Di vigilant.

After all, the essence of Zhu Di and the King of Shu is a pair of brothers who are still harmonious, and now everyone praises the King of Shu for being virtuous, to a certain extent, it is actually the yin and yang weirdness Zhu Di is not virtuous, so Zhu Di must be wary of the King of Shu.

Many times, the so-called flesh and blood affection of the heavenly family is in this situation, step by step towards antagonism, which is inevitable, not to mention brothers, even if it is father and son, how can it not be so.

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty and the ministers have two preparations, please rest assured." ”

Therefore, he was advised by countless ministers, in addition to Xia Yuanji, who had gray hair every day in the household department, there were naturally ministers like Li Shimian, who almost didn't anger Zhu Di to death at the beginning, thinking that Zhu Di did these things emptied the treasury and consumed people's power.

Zhu Di was also inconvenient to say anything to Zhang Anshi, so he only nodded: "Go ahead." ”

Zhang Anshi said goodbye.

The study class of the form went very smoothly, and the counties have allocated manpower to study, and then ...... Zhang Anshi also ordered a printing workshop to print a large number of special forms and distribute them to various counties.

As for money and food, in fact, everyone is also very handy.

When the new officials of the prefectures and counties took office, they immediately copied the experience of the Taiping Mansion, and the people quickly cleared the hidden fields, which is the hidden fields, so ...... It is a crime, of course, it is not like the Taiping Mansion, which directly treats the crime of bullying the king, but the hidden fields are all confiscated.

All of a sudden, there were many complaints, half of Zhili, as if it was in a crater, and there were even many incidents of attacking and killing scribes.

So, the model battalion attacked and suppressed the thieves, and the brocade-clothed guards rode out.

Finally, in the early winter, the situation subsided.

Taking advantage of the slack farming, he began to measure the land and distribute the land, because the experience was ready-made, so there was no chaos, of course, this was the result of Jinyiwei's probing around.

However, bad things happen by chance, such as Suzhou County, where someone set fire to the county office, because it was burning fire oil, and the fire was not extinguished, so that the local county officials were directly burned to death, and other scribes were burned to death seven or eight.

Zhang Anshi didn't know if the people's power was spent, but the empty treasury really wronged Zhu Di.

Zhang Anshi led his troops to Suzhou overnight, searched for a night, checked the losses, and ordered a pension.

When the matter was resolved and he returned to Qixia, Zhang Anshi summoned Chen Lilai, Chen Li was already panicked, and when he saw Zhang Anshi, he bowed down and said: "Humble and incompetent." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "How can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves, but in the future, we must be more meticulous, we must strictly guard against it, and prohibit these things from happening." ”

"I also heard that there are many subordinate officials of our Zuodu Governor's Mansion and their families."

"You say."

"I found out that many of these people's families are in their hometowns, and some people threatened...... It's not just that to their detriment...... The ancestral grave of his family in Shouzhou County...... They were also dug up, and the coffins were opened and the corpses were killed......"

Zhang Anshi stood up and paced back and forth, he took a deep breath, and naturally knew in his heart that such contradictions could not be resolved.

When they were confined to the Taiping Mansion, they were not at the point of tension with each other, but now, they are ...... It has reached the point where it is like fire and water.

"Investigate thoroughly, we must find out who did it, and after finding out, immediately give me an edict to test all the people involved, as well as their families, they dare to play such a terrifying trick in front of me Zhang Anshi, it's really a hatchet."

"Yes."

With the tax collection capacity of the Ming Dynasty, the actual situation is that although Zhu Di has done a lot of things, he actually ...... Even if you don't do these things, the annual income can be said to be a poor jingle.

"And."

"What does the governor command?"

"Send some more men to protect me."

"Ah, yes, yes...... He neglected this matter, and died humbly. ”

Zhang Anshi waved his hand: "Go." ”

In a few months, a letter of will was sent to Chengdu.

Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, hurriedly entered Beijing.

Zhu Di also ordered all post stations to let them live well and entertain them along the way.

At the beginning of November, Zhu Chun finally went west and finally arrived in the capital.

This way, it is inevitably tiring, and Zhu Chun has always been thrifty, not luxurious, and the servants he brings are only a few people.

One of the most important reasons is that commercial taxes are almost impossible to collect, or they are not collected at all.

He arrived in Guangdezhou first.

This Guangdezhou is the boundary of Nanzhili, and Zhu Chun who passed along the way was in a very bad mood.

The court pushed him to be the governor of the king of Shu, so that Zhu Chun was very vigilant about this, the situation in the capital, he was not unaware, and some of the staff of the Shu Wangfu were also worried that this time might attract suspicion of him as the king of Shu in the palace.

It's just that...... At this time, he had to come, because if he refused to enter Beijing, it might arouse everyone's suspicion.

Zhu Chun is named after advocating education, and in the palace, a large number of wise men gathered, the most famous of which is the original Fang Xiaoru, but after that, Fang Xiaoru entered the court as an official, who would have thought, but was killed by Zhu Di in the end, which made Zhu Chun very regretful.

Among the several people who accompanied him this time, he was accompanied by two great Confucians.

One is called Liu Guangjin, who is a famous Confucian in Shu, and the other is Liu Desheng, who has made a name for himself in the examination, but he is not keen on the imperial examination, but is obsessed with painting and poetry, and is used to being idle, but Zhu Chun treats him with courtesy.

The three of them plus a few guards were worried along the way.

Zhu Chun was in a very bad mood, and when he arrived in Guangdezhou, he was even more depressed.

There is still some distance from the post station in front, Zhu Chun is already sleepy and tired, so people can live at will, and the three of them are all dressed as Confucian students, so they have not attracted too much attention.

This is also a miraculous thing, the two richest groups in the world, one is the gentry and the other is a businessman, they don't even need to pay taxes, the former is fine, but the latter you say that the businessmen did not pay taxes, in fact, they have wronged them, in fact, they are definitely not small, but these exploits have nothing to do with the treasury of the imperial court.

After moving in, Liu Guangjin and Liu Desheng went to Zhu Chun's bedroom to meet them, and the two saluted Zhu Chun: "Your Highness is about to enter Beijing, do you want to send a fast horse to inform you first." ”

Zhu Chun put down his own compilation of "Xianyuan Rui Collection", and looked up at the two: "No need, everything should be simple and don't make a big show, otherwise it will inevitably attract attention, which is not a good thing." ”

Liu Guangjin nodded: "Is Your Highness still worried about His Majesty's suspicions?" ”

Zhu Chun pondered for a moment: "Sometimes, people are burdened by fame, this king naturally knows what the princes of the court are thinking, they want to use this king to question His Majesty's national policy......"

Liu Guangjin sighed and said: "Your Highness, in the past two years, the imperial court has indeed done too much, and if it continues like this, something big will happen sooner or later." What is the difference between His Majesty's move and book burning? ”

Zhu Chun said with a straight face: "Be cautious." ”

"Yes." Liu Guangjin hurriedly silenced.

Then Liu Desheng smiled: "Your Highness...... If His Highness sees His Majesty, will His Majesty really let His Highness be the governor of the Zuodu? ”

Zhu Chun groaned: "What I have seen and heard along the way, what I have seen is mostly the withering of people's livelihood, hey·"

Liu Desheng said: "Then what His Highness means." ”