The corners of Chen Qiyu's face were gloomy and terrifying, with his kind of self-cultivation, he could force him to show such an expression in front of outsiders, which already showed that he was extremely angry in his heart!
The dignified Jingshi, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, hundreds of officials gathered, where the lifeblood of the world is, and he only donated a mere 'eight hundred taels'!
What a travesty!
If it spreads, what will others think?
Is it that these squires are stubborn and don't take him, the Shuntian Mansion in their eyes, or is he incompetent!
What is especially important is that they can't even collect much from the Shuntian Mansion, so what hope is there for the 'gentry to pay taxes', which is highly valued by the imperial court!
Chen Qiyu sat there, his face changing, and his eyes were full of cold light.
Seeing that Chen Qiyu didn't speak, Chen Suo knew that he was angry in his heart, and he was also full of anger, and said in a sharp voice: "My lord, it's not just that, some people ask the lower officials to be exempted from taxes and grain, saying, 'Everything is as usual, you can donate an extra hundred taels'!"
” Boom!
Chen Qiyu slammed his fist on the table, looked up at Chen Suowen coldly, and said: "Order, summon all the prefects of Beizhili and the prefects of the county to come to Beijing, no matter what they are busy with, if they don't arrive at noon tomorrow, they will prepare their luggage at home, and they will be able to return to their hometowns immediately!"
” Chen Suowen knew that Chen Qiyu was extremely angry, and was just about to speak, when a servant hurriedly walked in and said, "My lord, the Wang Dianguan allocated three hundred taels to Zhao Yuanwai with the 'township canal'. ” Chen Suowen's face changed suddenly, and he said to Chen Qiyu: "My lord, this king just donated three hundred taels!"
” Chen Qiyu laughed angrily, sitting there trembling all over!
He was a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and he did the household branch to give things, and then Shaanxi.
The deputy envoy of the west, and later the left to participate in politics, guarded the south.
Yang, it can be said that his resume is very thick, and he has seen a lot of dirt in the officialdom, but today, he still opened his eyes!
Left hand out right hand in, playing in a dignified manner, not caring about being known by him at all!
Chen Suowen knew that Chen Qiyu was very angry, and still said: "My lord, now is not the time to pursue these things, since the emperor asked Shuntianfu to make a donation, if it is only eight hundred, not five hundred taels......
Master Chen is still in prison......"
A trace of hideousness flashed on Chen Qiyu's face, and he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "What can you do?"
” Chen Suowen was also very angry in his heart, but he could distinguish the severity, he said: "Xia Guan once went to the household department to see the list of donations, among which the commercial houses donated the most, followed by the nobles, and then the courtiers, and the real gentry, but there are very few. ” Chen Qiyu frowned, he was the governor of Shuntian Mansion, how could he not know the details of those commercial houses, looked at him and said, "You mean, you want this official to go to those commercial houses to make a fortune?"
” If you really do this, you will probably be hated to death by the emperor!
The emperor asked you to donate, and you paid it to the emperor's head, isn't this self-inflicted!
Chen shook his head when he heard this, and said, "My lord misunderstood, this is not what Xia Guan meant.
The lower officials thought that it would be better to summon the nobles and big families in the capital with huge sums of money in the name of adults, to be open and honest, to pay donations publicly, and to record them. ” Chen Qiyu shook his head after a little thought, and said, "Not to mention that I don't have this ability, even if they are all summoned, they won't care about this." ” When Chen heard this, his expression slowly became solemn.
The gentry and nobles are not easily offended, and the means that the court can use against them are extremely limited, and there is not enough deterrent power to extract money from him at all.
There was silence in the lobby, and the two of them hated the group of people as they thought about what to do.
After a long time, Chen Suowen raised his head and said, "My lord, it's really not good, so I will recover the arrears of grain over the years to make up for this donation!"
” Chen Qiyu also shook his head and said, "If they find a reason not to give it, we can't rob it, we must think of a safe way."
"He said this, but in his heart he remembered a sentence mentioned in the tax reform: 'Anyone who evades taxes and refuses to pay taxes will be seized from the past feuds, banned from the imperial examination within three generations, and must not engage in politics or the army'.
The reason why these gentry are 'arrogant' is that their ancestors or now have 'fame' in their bodies, and they can have many privileges, which is the lifeblood of their survival, and if they are forcibly deprived, they are afraid that life is worse than death!
Once deprived, they are no different from ordinary people!
It's just that this is a double-edged sword, once it moves, it will definitely be a situation where the fish is dead and the net is broken!
Chen Suowen could also see that Chen Qiyu had an idea in his heart, but he was hesitating and said tentatively: "My lord, but there is a way?"
” Chen Qiyu stood up, took a deep breath, and said, "You first gather the officials of Beizhili to Beijing to discuss countermeasures, and I will go around again later, and see if I can think of other methods." ” Chen Suowen knew in his heart, raised his hand and said, "Yes." ” Chen Qiyu walked out of Shuntian Mansion, thought about it, and walked towards Zhang Guoji's Mansion.
Zhang Guoji's life is now moist, with the dividends of the Huimin Chamber of Commerce, leisurely at home, not worrying about eating and drinking, plus the high status of the Empress Dowager Zhang, everyone respects three points when they see it, which makes him more and more proud.
The two little maids rubbed their shoulders, and there were two women playing and singing in front of him, he shook his head and hummed and chirped.
"Grandpa, Shuntian Mansion Yin, Chen Qiyu asks to see."
A subordinate came over and said in Zhang Guoji's ear.
Zhang Guoji was stunned for a moment and said, "What is he doing here?"
” He thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Go down, clean up, and invite him in."
"It's okay to be at home, not to outsiders.
Chen Qiyu raised his hand to Zhang Guoji and said, "Xia Guan has seen Taikang Gong."
Chen Qiyu knew that this Taikang Gong was actually incapable, it was nothing more than the Emperor of the Apocalypse who ascended the throne and needed arm strength, so he specially added a seal to this person.
Despite this, his influence should not be underestimated, and if he stands up to support the donation of Shuntianfu, there will be many people who will follow.
Zhang Guoji sat on the chair, looked at Chen Qiyu with a faint expression, and said, "Lord Chen, I don't know what is going on with me as an idler?"
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"People like Zhang Guoji are far away from the court situation and have no touch at all.
Chen Qiyu was calm and said straight to the point: "Grandpa, the officials are here because they think of their grandfather coming forward to donate money to Shuntianfu and make a contribution." ” Zhang Guoji was stunned, and then said more and more coldly: "Why does my father want to help you?"
” Chen Qiyu naturally thought of a countermeasure a long time ago, raised his hand and said: "Grandpa, you are the most noble person among the nobles, and this donation is also the emperor's request, and Grandpa must have no reason to refuse."
The lower official is the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion, and the grandfather's favor is also considered to be repaid. ” Reason, emotion, these two things, at this time often make people unable to refuse.
Zhang Guoji held his big belly, looked at Chen Qiyu, and said for a while: "Donate, my father-in-law can give you five thousand taels, but my father-in-law will not show up." ” Five thousand taels is a lot, but Chen Qiyu didn't care about this, looked at Zhang Guoji and said, "Grandpa, what does this mean?"
” Zhang Guoji snorted coldly and said: "Today is your Shuntian Mansion, tomorrow is the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, and the Cabinet, do I want to be clean in this Taikang Mansion!"
” Chen Qiyu frowned slightly, if Zhang Guoji didn't come forward, no matter how much silver he had, he thought about it in his heart and said, "Grandpa, if you are willing to come forward, the lower officials can ask the emperor, presumably the emperor will not hesitate to reward." ” Zhang Guoji had a calm face, waved his hand and said, "Send off!"
” Chen Qiyu wanted to say more, Zhang Guoji had already turned around and entered the inner room, and two subordinates came over and said, "Lord Chen, please." ” Chen Qiyu's expression moved, and he turned around and walked out of Zhang Guoji's mansion with a suppressed anger.
After walking a few steps, he was still groaning.
"My lord, where are we going now?"
The palanquin man asked.
Chen Qiyu stopped, his eyes full of thought.
Zhang Guoji's position is indeed noble, but in terms of influence, who can compare to the British public Zhang Weixian?
"To the British Mansion."
Chen Qiyu turned around and got into the sedan chair.
This time, however, he didn't even enter the door.
Zhang Weixian is now claustrophobic, has nothing to do, never goes out, and does not see any government and opposition officials.
Chen Qiyu's expression changed and changed, and he decided to go to Liu's house instead, that is, the maiden home of Old Concubine Liu.
Liu Hua went to Jiang.
West, Liu Dai greeted him very politely, generously donated three thousand taels, and asked for the same 'not to be out'.
After these three times, Chen Qiyu finally understood one thing.
It's not that the atmosphere of the capital has changed, everyone in the world has a feeling of serving the country and the people, everything is still the same!
The reason why the household can donate so much is because there is an emperor behind him!
Without this layer, let alone him, even Fu Changzong may not be able to receive much!
Sitting in the sedan chair, Chen Qiyu closed his eyes tiredly, and sighed softly for a long time, "How can such a big country rely on the emperor ......alone?"
Chen Qiyu returned to Shuntian Mansion and discussed with Chen Suowen for a while, but he could only pin his hopes on those prefects and counties who would enter Beijing tomorrow.
The entire Beizhili paid donations together, in the name of the governor of Shuntian, plus some 'means', the amount is not too small, right?