Lu Chaoyang picked up a stack of documents on the table and flipped through them to confirm that they were correct.

"Well, these have to be given to Qi...... Well, send it to His Highness. ”

No matter what position he occupies, even though he is now the tax inspector of Zheng Erpin, who is also in charge of Jinyi Wei, and is the leader of the two major departments of the Ming Dynasty at the same time, Lu Chaoyang still maintains a habit.

——The important documents in his hands must be personally delivered to Zhu Gaoxian's hands.

Because he knows very well that all the work he is doing now belongs to the ranks of top secrets, except for Zhu Gaoxian, Lu Chaoyang does not trust anyone. If some important files are leaked, it is a small matter to dismiss the official or lose his life, but if it delays the major events of His Royal Highness, Lao Lu feels that it is not a pity for him to be Ling Chi.

Holding a stack of documents, Lao Lu found Zhu Gaoxian's carriage and bowed respectfully outside the car: "Your Highness, Lu Chaoyang asks to see you." ”

This amount of walking chariots and horses led to the Shuntian Mansion of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the ninth day of the first month of April, the capital of the Ming Dynasty has officially begun to move the capital from Jinling City to Shuntianfu, that is, the former Beiping Mansion.

Although Jinling City is still the Sixth Ministry, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the General Administration Department, the Five Military Governor's Office, the Hanlin Academy, the Guozijian and other institutions, and the officials are at the same level as the Shuntian Mansion, if it is calculated according to the weight formula, it is definitely far inferior to the Shuntian Mansion.

Most of the officials in the original Jinling City will move to Shuntian Mansion, including Zhu Gaoxian, the crown prince.

……

A gentle voice came from inside the car: "Come in." ”

Zhu Gaoxian's carriage is one foot two feet two inches high, and eight feet nine inches wide. The sill seat is surrounded by a line of gold multicolored vanilla boards. There are two mawlets next to the door, braided red lines and bright oaks, all of which are red. After the five mountains screen the phoenix, the green ground carved wood paste golden dragon five, between the colorful cloud text.

There are six dragon flags outside the car, and the person who holds the dragon flag is uniform. The yellow flag is in the center, the left front green flag is one, the right front red flag is one, the left rear black flag is one, and the right rear white flag is one.

Lu Chaoyang bypassed the sergeant, lifted the curtain and stepped into the car, Zhu Gaoxian sat on the chair, and a black-clothed monk sat beside him.

Lao Lu bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, young master." ”

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand: "You don't have to stick to etiquette, you have something to say." ”

Lu Chaoyang handed over the Chinese book in his hand: "Your Highness, this is the report of the tax supervision departments of each province, within half a month, the tax of each province has been counted, and the total amount of black tax and white tax is more than 97 million taels, and the figures on this document have been verified and confirmed to be correct." ”

Yao Guangxiao was shocked when he heard this number: "So many? ”

He calculated a lot, and the Tax Inspectorate had also given a budget before, but the reality was that this number was much higher than the budget, much more than he imagined.

Ninety-seven million taels, what is this concept?

In the Yongle Dynasty, the annual financial income was only less than 30 million stone grain. After the silver is converted, it is about fifteen million taels. Put it in the Song Dynasty to fold silver, not even 10 million taels, only equivalent to one-sixth of the Song Dynasty.

This is still a prosperous era of strong national strength, there is no way, the Ming Dynasty is poor.

Although the poor have a backbone, they are still poor.

Zhu Gaoxian smiled lightly: "Young Master, don't be surprised, this is not yet the sea ban, if the sea ban is opened, this number will be more." ”

The reason why the Ming Dynasty became the poorest dynasty in history is that its territory is vast, and foreign wars have never been false, and the reason for its poverty is also very simple.

- Maritime ban.

The Central Plains Dynasty since the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties was a dynasty in the form of commerce. The sea ban of the Ming Dynasty completely cut off the process of commercial civilization and degenerated ancient China from a commercial form into a large rural area.

Yao Guangxiao was shocked: "You still plan to open the sea ban?" ”

A generation of black-clothed prime ministers, who have been assisting Zhu Gaoxian in the past two days, have been stunned by the newly appointed prince's various extraordinary operations.

It's not that Yao Guangxiao's psychological defense line is too weak, but that the new prince's actions are too bold.

Changing taxes, maintaining integrity, and now we want to impose a ban on the sea, and every policy is frantically testing on the edge of danger, and the slightest carelessness will cause huge turmoil.

This will be tantamount to walking a tightrope with the fate of the dynasty on your back, and looking down at an endless dark abyss.

Zhu Gaoxian said calmly: "Opening the sea ban is the path I will inevitably take after taking power, and using overseas trade to pave the way for the Ming fleet to enter overseas in the future." It's just that this matter will not be too anxious, the hot steamed buns should be eaten one bite at a time, and the current things will be done first before anything else. ”

He was bold, but not stupid.

The tax reform has already caused a storm in the whole country, and if the depth charge of opening the sea is dropped at this time, it will be difficult to guarantee that the situation will not get out of control. Although the current situation is no longer rumored, it is still firmly controlled by Zhu Gaoxian in the end.

"There's one more thing I want to report."

Lu Chaoyang bowed and said, "There is a businessman in Jiangxi, named Li Zhe, who has made meritorious contributions to the tax reform and played a role in flaunting. ”

"A merchant from Jiangxi, Li Zhe?"

Zhu Gaoxian touched his chin, "This person, I have a little impression." ”

Lu Chaoyang was a little surprised: "Your Highness, do you know?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian thought for a while and said: "This person is a merchant of the Jiangyou Merchant Gang, who transported grain from Jiangyou across the Grand Canal to Tongzhou. ”

Speaking of this, he paused, "At that time, I gave him a jade plaque, and with this jade plaque, he could go to Jinling City to receive the reward, but now it seems that he should not have gone." ”

Lu Chaoyang was a little angry: "This person doesn't know how to raise his life, and he even dares to refute His Highness's face!" ”

Zhu Gaoxian shook his head and said calmly: "It's not that he doesn't know how to lift, he is bold and careful, this person has brains, he is not an ordinary businessman, he just lacks some opportunities, if he wins the creation, he can also use one or two." ”

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

Zhu Gaoxian said leisurely: "In the final analysis, he is just a small person after all, before he took the creation, he ended up as an ant, you look at him and give him a step, see if he can walk up the steps." If you can't get up, that's the end of it. ”

Lu Chaoyang bowed his head and said, "The minister understands." ”

……

Nanchang, Jiangxi, Li House.

The name of the family is divided into house, mansion, house, house, house, courtyard, house, house, house, apartment, etc., a total of eight, the distinction is clear, and it is not allowed to be used indiscriminately.

The government is the highest, and only the king's relatives can call it the government. As for the house, it is the place of the rich.

As for what is more noble than the "mansion", it has to be the palace of His Majesty the Emperor.

It is said that it is a Li house, but it is actually quite simple, more like a temporary residence.

The owner of this Li Mansion, named Li Zhe, is a merchant of the Jiangyou Merchant Gang.

"Master, we don't live in such a big yard, so we just gave him the tax superintendent as a yamen, what do you want?"

The subordinate said with some complaints.

Li Zhe was wearing a cloth coat and sighed: "Do you know, who is the boss of this tax superintendent?" ”

"Lord Lu Chaoyang of the Tax Supervision Institute, a well-known executioner, who doesn't know that this Lord Lu is still in charge of the eagle dogs of the Jinyi Guard."

"Then do you know who is the backer standing behind this Lord Lu?"

"I've heard a little, it seems to be ...... That one? ”

The subordinates no longer dare to say their names, but only dare to use "that one" as their name.

"Isn't that all there is to it?"

Li Zhe said with emotion, "In the past two days, I have been paying attention to the direction of the imperial court, and as soon as I heard that the imperial court was going to set up tax supervision departments in various provinces, I immediately sent my house out and gave the tax supervision office as a yamen." This is also due to the fact that I sent it early, and if I sent it late, people really won't accept it. ”

When the Superintendent of Taxation first came, there was no pomp and circumstance, it was like a silent arrival, and no one cared. After learning about the duties of the tax superintendent, he also counted the account books of his shop overnight, paid the tax according to the tax rate, and became the first businessman in Jiangxi Province to pay taxes.

At that time, the tax superintendent was still reluctant to accept it, because their identity was too sensitive, and if they accidentally embezzled dozens of taels of silver, they would have to be dissipated by the nine clans.

Facts have proved that Li Zhe's foresight was right, and everyone was scolding him for being stupid at that time, but when the tax superintendent showed his might, everyone was stunned.

This is the department that collects taxes?

This is the life!

For a time, the whole Jiangxi Province was disturbed, and the people were panicked, and the Tax Supervision Department counted the thirteen prefectures and seventy-eight counties of Jiangxi Province like a ghost, no matter what you do, you have to pay taxes to the imperial court!

And Li Zhe, who paid his taxes in advance, survived this unprecedented catastrophe.

Li Zhe muttered: "I heard that the patriarch of our Jiangyou Merchant Gang was ordered by the Tax Inspector to pay taxes within fifteen days, and the black and white taxes add up, and he still owes more than 100,000 taels of silver. In the end, the patriarch quit and wanted to spend money to recruit troops and stab the tax superintendent, but no one expected that the tax superintendent directly came to the door with thousands of tax superintendents, killing the head of the senator's family all over the ground, and since then no one dares to make trouble with the tax superintendent, they all pay taxes honestly, even if they smash pots and sell iron, they have to pay taxes. ”

Who would have thought that?

A civil department, the Tax Inspectorate who manages taxes, actually has its own army!

Moreover, it is the elite of the border army that has been withdrawn from the nine sides, and even the officials of the Tax Supervision Department are also the generals of the northern military town!

You call this the civil service?

This is clearly a bandit, okay!

It's really worthy of that person's style of doing things, the bandit leader has a nest of small bandits under his hands, and the world is shaken.

It's good to pay taxes honestly, if you wait for the tax superintendent to come to the door, it will really be more uncomfortable than being punished by God, as soon as the black tax and white tax are settled, the ashes of the eight generations of ancestors will be dug out and sold for you to pay off the tax debts.

(End of chapter)