"All the manuscripts related to the household department have been suspended, saying that the incident happened suddenly, there is no time to verify the situation, and it is inconvenient to disrupt the court situation, and it will be submitted again after a few days."

Xu Jingchang, dressed in a crimson official uniform, sat in the main hall of the General Administration Department, and said quietly.

Hu Yan was stunned and said in a low voice: "Our General Administration Department has never had the power to detain the Xuan, not to mention that it involves the Inspectorate, the Six Departments, and even the Qingliu of the Guozijian of the Hanlin Academy, in case it ......"

"Don't worry about them, you go and tell Wu Shan, bring a message to Jinyi Wei Jigang, and don't worry about the rest."

Hu Yan was stunned again, then nodded vigorously and hurried down. Wu Shan knows the doorway better than him, and when he encounters a major event, he can't hide it from the Son of Heaven, this is the first one.

But you can't throw everything to the emperor, otherwise what's the use of putting you in the court?

If the General Administration Department is a communication room, even if it is a communication room, it must be considered for the leadership, and what should not be put in must not be put in.

Informing Jinyiwei is equivalent to telling Zhu Di, and although Jinyiwei can supervise hundreds of officials, they belong to a separate operation and only belong to the Son of Heaven.

If you check something in private, you don't have to go through the three divisions.

This leaves room for manoeuvre for everyone.

Otherwise, if Zhu Di did not express his position, the courtiers would definitely not give up, or continue to write the book, or go to Zuo Shunmen to ask His Majesty to see him, and even worse, he could beat the Dengwen drum and ask Zhu Di to come out directly.

These situations are worse than one another, so when Xu Jingchang knew about this matter, the first step was to sit in the General Administration Department and suppress the matter first.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao also came.

Xu Jingchang found that the old monk's face also had a trace of worry, because just now, Zhu Di invited him over and mentioned the matter of teaching the prince.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao was like Zhu Gaochi's master, and if something happened to his apprentice, he couldn't stay out of the teacher.

"Xu Tongzheng, Your Majesty also appointed you as the crown prince Zhan Shi, this time Jing'an Hou Wang Zhong is arrogant and bold, has no court, escapes taxes in the front, and collides with the official office in the back, no matter what, he can't be kept. simply took him as a sacrifice flag and gave his Highness authority. You can hand over the impeachment of Wang Zhong now. ”

Xu Jingchang smiled slightly, "Young Master, please forgive me for not agreeing." ”

Yao Guangxiao was stunned, "What do you mean?" Are you afraid of Wang Zhong's power and unwilling to make a move? It's rare, you Xu Tongzheng still have people who are afraid. ”

Xu Jingchang's smile did not decrease, "Young Master, it doesn't work for you to use the agitation method for me, Wang Zhong is really hateful, but behind this matter, there are more hateful and vicious guys." You don't want Your Highness to be pitted, do you? ”

Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly, speechless for a while. His level is definitely top-notch, Zhu Gaochi made such a big deal on the first day of observing politics, someone must have secretly arranged it.

It's just that Wang Zhong jumped out, so he had to take him first, and as for the rest of the things, he would slowly calculate them later.

This is also the experience accumulated by Yao Guangxiao in military affairs during the four years of martyrdom, and he first solved the most difficult problems.

But for Xu Jingchang, it is not like this.

"Young Master, I have been in the General Administration Department for several months, and I can be regarded as accumulating some experience, let me say that only the imperial court ship began to leak from above. You keep an eye on the General Secretary for me, and I'll help His Highness settle this matter. ”

Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly, he didn't doubt Xu Jingchang's ability, but it was a little surprising that this kid was so active.

"Then there is Lao Xu Tongzheng."

With Yao Guangxiao staring at the General Administration, Xu Jingchang took out his free time, staggered, and went straight to the household department, along the way Xu Jingchang was also thinking about what to say.

He successfully met Shangshu Xia Yuanji in the signing room.

"Xia Yuanji, I'm an immortal!"

Xu Jingchang met and scolded.

This sentence stunned Xia Yuanji, who am I and where am I? Is my name Natsuhara Yoshi?

Wang Zhong scolded me, and you kid scolded me too!

Xia Yuanji stood up suddenly, his eyes widened angrily, and he was about to scold back.

How do you know that Xu Jingchang reacted much faster than him, "Your damn calculating Highness, you have the ability to come at me!" Let's go, follow me to the queen's mother! ”

Hearing the queen's mother, Xia Yuanji was speechless, that's your aunt, even if I am reasonable, I can't say it.

"Xu Tongzheng, don't be unreasonable."

Xu Jingchang smiled, "I'm unreasonable? surnamed Xia, did you know about Wang Zhong's tax evasion in advance? ”

Xia Yuanji frowned slightly, "I've heard a little, but it's ......"

"But what? You waited for His Highness to watch the government, and he roared and took it out, and called His Highness away, and went with you to check the taxes, and you asked His Highness to be your pawn to deal with Jing Nan Xungui. You are plotting to provoke the conflict between His Highness and the nobles, what are your intentions? You dare to sway the prince, you are too vicious, why did the Ming Dynasty come out with such a traitor as you! I ought to have cut you down, lest you bring disaster to the country and the people, and to the world......"

"You wait a minute!"

Xia Yuanji was blinded by this set of accusations, "Xu Jingchang, don't spray people with blood, you are a heart-wrenching theory, making something out of nothing, piercing and chiseling, and deep and thoughtful...... You, you are a traitor! ”

Xu Jingchang sneered: "Okay, you say that I am a traitor, then let's go to Your Majesty to refute it, and you can see who Your Majesty believes!" ”

Xia Yuanji's lips were blue with anger, and in the entire court, there was no such hateful thing as Xu Jingchang.

"I went to collect finance and taxes, which was approved by His Majesty, and you also know that it is only natural for Your Highness to go down to observe the government and let him see the financial and tax situation. There was no mistake in what I did, and as a result, the Marquis of Jing'an, who was drunk, made a fuss and insulted me in public, and His Royal Highness testified that I, as an important minister of the court, was so humiliated. Instead, you came to me to sprinkle, Xu Jingchang, when did you collude with Jing Nanxungui, and your party is the same as you, has it reached the point of not asking right and wrong? ”

Xia Yuanji, who calmed down, is not a vegetarian, and this hat is buttoned, so Xu Jingchang is not weak at all.

Xu Jingchang smiled, sat down suddenly, and then pulled Xia Yuanji and asked him to sit down too.

"I know your thoughts, Lao Xia, we are grasshoppers on a rope. At present, the commercial tax has been implemented for several months, especially at the end of the year, the growth rate has slowed down, and there is money everywhere, but it cannot be collected. So you want to kill the chickens and monkeys, and pull His Highness over, and want to use his name to suppress the hundred officials and nobles, and implement this matter as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji's face softened a lot, and he couldn't help but sigh, he pointed to his sideburns, and the white hair that emerged from under the beam crown was particularly dazzling.

Xia Yuanji is not too old, not yet forty years old, and he has been in charge of finances for a few months, and he is already in a hurry, and he is born early.

After four years of Jingjing, the Ming Dynasty was beaten to the end, and the provinces that were killed by the soldiers had to be pacified, and some places were exempted from three years of land taxes. Around the day, it was also exempted for a year.

The grain cannot be harvested, but the money has to be spent outside.

The treasure gate tax card bears great hopes, but it turns out that there are too many noble courtiers evading taxes, and Lao Xia is really difficult.

"Actually, this matter, just killing chickens and monkeys is of little use, the key is to increase our tax collection capacity, we must have someone on our hands!" Xu Jingchang followed the good path.

Natsuhara Ji snorted, "You don't know when I don't know?" But if you want to increase the number of people, it will also cost money, and the warehouse rats in the household department can't support it, what do you let me do? ”

"So disarmament is needed." Xu Jingchang said with a smile.

"Disarmament? What do you mean? Xia Yuanji said in a low voice: "Could it be that you want to eliminate the old and weak and reduce expenses?" ”

"No, I mean to allocate a few well-trained thousand households from the army to enrich our subordinates as special tax collectors!"

Xia Yuanji was shocked, "Xu Tongzheng, you mean to use soldiers to collect taxes?" ”

"That's right, it's an elite soldier!" Xu Jingchang gritted his teeth and said: "What we are doing is the business of snatching food, the guy in his hand is not good, and the waist pole is not hard!" You must use the best soldiers, the toughest generals, and the smartest minds. Wang Zhong's life and death are insignificant, the key is that we must strengthen the tax yamen. Lao Xia, you understand my hard work now! ”

Xia Yuanji's face flushed slightly, and he thought about it again and again.

Now is indeed the best opportunity, Wang Zhong made a mistake, just pinched Xungui, took advantage of their losses, grabbed a few thousand households, specially selected the most capable of fighting, enriched the household department, and went out in the future, bright armor, murderous, who would dare to evade taxes?

"Xu Tongzheng, in this way, you are the old schemer!"

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "It's all for the sake of enriching the Daming treasury and for the country." ”

Xia Yuanji nodded, "Okay, in that case, is Xu Tongzheng willing to meet with me?" ”

"Okay, no matter what the difficulty is, let's carry it together!"