The minister thinks that Master Li should not worry.After Lin Fangxu finished speaking, Emperor Jianwen was in a happy mood, glanced at Lin Fangxu with appreciation, and thought, what a group of selfish and greedy people, when this Great Wei world is their family's can't do it?
Relying on the eunuchs to encroach on the land without paying taxes, they say that they will not compete with the people for profit, but in fact, those big businessmen, either their clansmen or their stewards, do not know how much money they have earned by doing business.After listening to Lin Fangxu's words, Li Ge's face became more and more gloomy, where was there still a little bit of his usual amiable appearance, and the others looked at the young man in the middle with complicated expressions, it was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and he dared to say anything when he was on a rampage.It's a pity that it's such a person who doesn't follow the routine and doesn't act according to the rules, and his words have stumped a large number of high-ranking officials, and even Kong Ge Lao doesn't know how to summarize it.At this time, the emperor also asked with a smile: What do you think of the way to ascend to the east?
After asking, he didn't wait for anyone to answer, and sighed: As the saying goes, you can't do things well without hair, but I feel that young people's thinking is sometimes more open.I used to let you think, one by one, you only knew to stare at the rice, wheat, mulberry and hemp, staring back and forth, and the treasury did not see abundance, but it was still in deficit every year.Listening to the emperor's dissatisfied reprimand, everyone couldn't help but tighten their faces, only to hear the emperor name again: Guan Ge Lao, you are in charge of the household department, and you are in charge of the expenses of the entire imperial court.Before this, Guan Ge Lao didn't think of it anyway, what did the court discuss today?
It's a pity that things are so unexpected, he just happened to be on the stall, so he had to reluctantly reply: Back to the Shengshang, when the tax department was first established, the country was newly established, and it was in urgent need of recuperation, and the imperial court encouraged farming, and commerce has not been prosperous, and commercial taxes are like a drop in the bucket, and then they gradually stopped paying attention to it.Nowadays, if the commercial tax is to be reorganized, the tax department needs to rearrange the dispatch of manpower, not to mention, that is, there are not many businessmen sitting in the business, how to adjust the commercial tax, plus the investigation and punishment of tax evasion and smuggling, etc., these thousands of things are difficult to sort out for a while.Emperor Jianwen was displeased after hearing this, to put it bluntly, but he shirked it, and he didn't have to do it if it was too difficult?
Seeing that everyone listened to Guan Ge Lao's words, they all looked like they were convinced, Emperor Jianwen couldn't, so he had to take Lin Fangxu out again and asked: Since Dongsheng has proposed the reorganization of the commercial tax, I don't know if there are any other ideas?
Lin Fangxu felt that he was at a special loss at this time, he was led by an errand runner, but he did the work of the elder of the pavilion, and the others really had no choice?
Not really!
However, no one wants their own interests to be damaged, so they just pretend to be deaf and dumb.If you want to organize and improve it in a short time, it is indeed difficult to climb to the sky.Lin Fangxu first agreed with Guan Ge Lao's words, and then expressed his opinion: There are many types of commercial taxes, but the minister believes that there are only a few things that really account for a large proportion, such as salt tax, tea tax, wine tax, mining tax, etc., but all of them are not comparable to the listing tax.Lin Fangxu said here, seeing that many people had black faces again, yes, this is touching their interests again, forget it, since the reorganization of the commercial tax has almost offended, it is not a big deal to offend again, and continued: The former emperor of the declining dynasty once followed his father's example, and added two city ships in Quanzhou, Fujian, and Guangzhou, Guangdong, plus the original one in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and three city ships have been retained to this day, but because of sea smuggling and other reasons, the annual city tax received is not as good as the previous dynasty two-tenths of two-three, The minister believes that if you want to reorganize the commercial tax, you should start by reorganizing the municipal tax.Zhu Xianzong has not spoken much since the beginning of the court discussion, except for giving Lin Fangxu a round game, first, he feels that these important ministers of the court, pulling and pushing responsibility, and blatantly digging up the foundation of the Great Wei make him really disgusted, and second, he is pulling back and forth, and the last method does not make him feel that it will have any effect.After listening to Lin Fangxu's words, Zhu Xianzong felt that this little champion's words were the most meaningful words he heard today, which was insightful and a truly useful and feasible way to solve the imperial court funds!
So I couldn't help but interject: Where do the people of Linshe think the reorganization of the city tax should start?
Lin Fangxu saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the future Emperor Yong'an looked full of interest, even if the faces of others were getting darker and darker, he was not afraid at all now, and cut the railroad categorically: the reorganization of the city's shipping tax needs to start from two aspects at the same time, one is to rectify the city's shipping division, re-evaluate and select suitable personnel, and the other is to strictly investigate smuggling at sea.Strictly investigate smuggling at sea!
As soon as these words came out, they were really thrown into the crowd like thunder, and they directly exploded and made the high-ranking officials present tinnitus and dizzy.When the others were dizzy, the treacherous and cunning Kong Ge Lao saw that the Holy Lord and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at Lin Fangxu's eyes with a look of satisfaction, and it was estimated that the Holy Lord would definitely not allow others to oppose this matter, but why should he oppose it?
His Confucian family is originally from Shaanxi, and no one has gone all the way to smuggle at sea.It's time for him, the head of the cabinet, to make a summary, and Kong Ge Lao also looked so satisfied that he couldn't be more satisfied, looked at Lin Fangxu and praised: Lin She people are really young and promising, after listening to your words, the old man really feels that he is old.After praising the younger generations, Kong Ge Lao said respectfully to the emperor: The minister thinks that the reorganization proposed by the Lin Sheren is completely feasible, and it is not impossible to completely solve the shortage of funds in the imperial court, so we must be cautious in the selection of people in charge of this matter.Lin Fangxu thought, such a big mess, how could it not be his turn to repair the six products with no family background and no qualifications, right?
Offending people in his mouth is already his limit, if he really wants to cut other people's flesh and blood himself, he really doesn't have the guts, his husband hasn't married yet!
Chapter 72 Kong Ge Lao's words said that the emperor's heart, this city may be the money bag after the Great Wei Dynasty, the selection of people must be cautious, the emperor glanced at the people below, and thought about it seriously.When the others didn't react, Kong Ge quickly set the tone of the reorganization of the city, and after brushing a wave of favor in front of the emperor, he stopped interjecting.Other people have already come back to their senses at this time, and they hate it so much in their hearts, but they have nothing to change, and they only hope to make some fuss about the candidates, and finally strive to be responsible for their own people.It's also interesting, can you know this truth, can the emperor not know?
Why does the city need to be rectified?
It's not that you have installed too many people, your own family doesn't pay taxes, and you use the city to squeeze out your opponents, Emperor Jianwen thought about the dilapidated city walls that had not yet been repaired, and he didn't dare to let the city port division fall into the hands of these people again.It is also because the current personnel who manage the city department and the forces of all parties are involved, and the tax objects are all some big families.Therefore, Lin Fangxu can actually rest assured, the emperor has no intention of letting him be responsible, he really wants to send him, even if he holds the holy decree, those local officials, the eunuchs and gate valves may not cooperate much, even if they cooperate, it is estimated that it is perfunctory, and even the yang and the yin are violated.He wanted to grasp it in his own hands and control the field, Emperor Jianwen thought of the most suitable candidate, so in the expectation of everyone, he said: The reorganization of the city is estimated to involve the departure and retention of many officials, and the transfer of officials is under the control of the Ministry of Officials, since this is the case, this matter will be directly responsible for the prince!
Zhu Xianzong had similar thoughts to his father, and was thinking about whether to take the initiative to ask for help, but when he heard his father's arrangement, he hurriedly responded respectfully: The son of the minister receives the order.As an emperor who could listen to the minister's advice, after Emperor Jianwen made arrangements, he asked: Do you have anything to add?
Can you have any objections?
The emperor asked like this, a qualified high-ranking official, he must answer, there is no objection, and he has to shout His Majesty Shengming with extreme sincerity!
However, that was when it did not involve his own interests, at this time Li Ge Lao was not so qualified, he stood up and said: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also has to supervise the affairs of the Ministry of Officials and the Criminal Department on weekdays, if he goes out of Beijing, I am afraid that these two departments are not easy to arrange?
There are 10,000 acres of mulberry fields at home, and a large number of raw silk is smuggled overseas through sea ships every year.Sure enough, the emperor was very unhappy when he heard this: Naturally, there are two Shangshu in charge of the big and small matters of the two departments, and if there is really any hesitation, he will directly report to me.In short, no one can stop him from reorganizing the city's shipping tax.Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind and his attitude was extremely tough, everyone didn't dare to jump out and find themselves uncomfortable, so they had to secretly think about how to deal with it when they went back.Seeing that everyone was honest, the emperor was thinking about whether to urge the prince to leave Beijing earlier, but the old man stood up again, and sighed in his heart, is this old guy going to be strange again?
Immediately displeased: Master Kong still has something to say?!
Kong Ge pretended not to understand what he meant, and said with a look of worrying about the country and the people: The minister thinks that the reorganization of the city should be done sooner rather than later.Emperor Jianwen thought to himself, but Kong Ge Lao was still sensible.Kong Ge Lao continued: Seeing that the New Year is approaching, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sets off again after the New Year, I am afraid that it will delay a lot of things.Emperor Jianwen wondered in his heart, who said that the prince will only leave next year, I asked him to set off in a few days, after smuggling for so many years, what can I do if I delay for a while?
What is this old man's idea?
For the sake of the old Ming Dynasty, Emperor Jianwen cooperated and asked: Sea smuggling really needs to ring the alarm bell in advance, so as not to know how to converge one by one, I don't know if Kong Ge has any good suggestions for this matter?
Kong Ge Lao felt that the three generations of the Zhu family's father, son, grandfather and grandson were not so easy to fool, and he was about to retire, and there were some things that he did not do well before he retired, and the descendants of the Kong family were afraid that they would have a difficult career.Thinking of this, the old man Kong Ge pondered and said: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally rectified the city tax, and there is no doubt that he is the best candidate, but thousands of miles away, the customs and customs are completely different, and the minister thinks that it is better to arrange one or two local officials to assist in this matter.Kong Ge Lao's words reminded the emperor that as the Son of Heaven, he was not fooled by these people if he was not careful, and the prince went alone, facing those huge clan forces alone, and it was inevitable that he would be a little weak.Who is the candidate for Kong Ge Lao?
Emperor Jianwen didn't want to ask other people, and when he looked at it, he was either a representative of the Jin merchants or a Zhejiang businessman, and after counting, only the Kong family was reassuring.It is said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, Kong Ge Lao thought so, and said directly: Ningbo prefect Kong Anxian is jealous and hateful, and his temperament is upright, and the minister thinks that he can take on this responsibility.Kong Jue sat behind his grandfather from the beginning of the court discussion, unlike Lin Fangxu, who had the opportunity to speak, silently watched the politics from beginning to end, and sighed by the way, among their new science and technology scholars, Lin Fangxu left them farther and farther away.Suddenly hearing his grandfather say that his father was jealous and hateful, Kong Jue was a little speechless in his heart, and his grandfather described it very pertinently!
If he is not jealous and hateful, he will not be caught and squeezed out of Ningbo, and now he will be forced to be dragged into this troubled water.After the others heard the person recommended by Kong Ge Lao, their hearts were shocked again, since Kong Ge Lao ascended the throne, perhaps because he was getting older and older, he didn't want to make too many enemies, and he didn't have the sharpness and decisiveness of the first emperor when he was alive very early.It's just a show to be at odds with Dong Ge Lao, which is also the reason why Emperor Jianwen is becoming more and more dissatisfied with him, as the head of the dynasty, he only thinks about how not to offend people and retire, it's unreasonable!
Now that I heard that Kong Ge Lao pushed his son out, everyone finally knew that this time the incident would not be perfunctory.When the other people were in a heavy mood, Emperor Jianwen was very happy, this old guy has been dying for the past few years, and now he finally plans to fulfill the duties of the first assistant, he naturally will not object, when even announced: Then let Kong Anxian, the prefect of Ningbo, concurrently serve as the anti-smuggling officer, and then let the governor of Zhejiang Naval Division assist from the side, responsible for strictly investigating smuggling at sea!
After arranging all this, Emperor Jianwen was in a good mood, and he did not forget to happily instruct Zhu Xianzong: After the prince arranged the affairs of the officials and the criminal department, he would leave as soon as possible.Just when everyone was in a mood and thought that they could finally leave, they heard that Emperor Jianwen seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly said: By the way, someone said before that the starting point of the Lin She people was too high, and they needed to go to the place to see.Zhao Songtao, who said this, twitched his face, and before he could think about how to save it, Emperor Jianwen said to Lin Fangxu cordially: It's better to do this, Dongsheng should stop nesting in the capital, this time I will act as an inspector and follow the prince to see how you proposed to reorganize the city and the city was completed step by step, and also take a look at the people and scenery along the coast of the south of the Yangtze River for me.Lin Fangxu, he was given benefits by the emperor?
Look at the scenery, it feels like taking Yulu to the mountains and rivers.If you want others to say, Lin Fangxu is cheap and obedient, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the commander, the son of Shoufu is charging into battle, and the Zhejiang Navy is the assistant of the plundering formation, he is the little supervisor who stays in the big camp, he only needs to follow the battlefield for a walk, and he is full of seniority when he comes back.Lin Fangxu naturally understood the emperor's intentional cultivation and accepted the appointment with gratitude.Emperor Jianwen also did not forget that Kong Ge Lao, who had been very sensible in today's court discussion and pushed his sons out, joked to the ancestors and grandchildren of the Kong family: If Dongsheng goes to Jiangnan, there will be one less errand runner around me.Kong Ge Lao naturally smiled and said: Young people should move more, what can the minister be reluctant to, not to mention having the opportunity to listen to the teachings of the saint, that is his blessing!
In this way, compared to Yang Yan, Kong Anxian and others, who had to fight wits and courage with the Jiangnan family and smugglers and maritime merchants, Lin Fangxu and Kong Jue became the real beneficiaries of this court discussion.Shang Tan saw that Kong Jue had taken Lin Fangxu's place, and felt a little sorry for him, after all, he was a close minister of the Son of Heaven!
Lin Fangxu felt that it didn't matter, no matter how close he was the Son of Heaven, he was only a seventh-grade official, and he couldn't do it for a lifetime.He went around Jiangnan this time and came back, mixed up enough qualifications, and when the time comes, it is not impossible to plan well, and it is not impossible to go to any local prefect.When the time comes, govern one side, do some political achievements in a down-to-earth manner, and then find an opportunity to return to Beijing, and the career in this life will be considered stable.However, he is not happy about his seemingly stable career now, but is full of worries about when this mission will be completed, and he doesn't know if he will be able to come back in time to participate in Xiaoyun's and Lu, and whether he will delay his marriage to a husband.Perhaps satisfied with the results of the court meeting, after the end, the emperor asked the imperial dining room to make lunch and send it to the Qianqing Palace, and then dispersed after using it with all the adults.The delicious food made by the imperial chef could not soothe the heavy hearts of the adults, and they hurried back one by one, looking for their staff and friends, and discussing how to meet this storm.Perhaps it was to solve the big trouble in his heart, Emperor Jianwen, who was diligent in government and loved the people, gave himself an unprecedented vacation and took the crown prince Zhu Xianzong to visit the imperial garden.The emperor is gone, and Lin Fangxu, who runs errands, is naturally stained, and he has more than half a day of rest.When he walked out of the palace gate, Lin Fangxu was still in a trance, he came back from rebirth and decided to participate in the imperial examination in advance, he was planning today's things, and he finally came to this day step by step, and the result was even better than he had preset.Chapter Seventy-Three The cool breeze of early winter blew Lin Fangxu sneezed twice, the winter in the capital was cold and dry, and it was an extraordinary torture for the pumpkin seedlings who were born in a humid and warm place, but fortunately, the pumpkin seedlings could return to their homeland in a few days.Before the prince left the Qianqing Palace, he told Lin Fangxu to prepare in advance and set off in a few days.Thinking of Lin Xiuhao, who was picked up by the Wu'an Hou Mansion almost every day during this time, Lin Fangxu considered whether to simply leave that kid in the Wu'an Hou Mansion.When Lin Fangxu arrived home, Lin Xiuhao was at home doing the homework he assigned, Lin Fangyuan didn't know where he was busy, Lin Chong was practicing marksmanship in the yard, and when he saw him, he blamed himself and felt that he was derelict in his duties.Usually he leaves the palace in the evening, and then Lin Chong will estimate the time to catch a car to pick him up, Lin Fangxu explained to him that today's situation is special, so that he doesn't have to care, and it is not too far to walk home from the palace gate.