Yao Guangxiao said calmly: "Learning from the past, those who are good at using swords will also die by the sword."
Zhu Gaojie shook his head and said: "There is no good or bad in history, only wins and losses. Who is responsible for the ups and downs of life through the ages? Everything that is produced will eventually despise the master. It is just a drop in the ocean in the long river of time. If there is a gain or loss, the honor and disgrace will last forever. The final conclusion of right and wrong is finalized. If you want to achieve great things, the only way is to put a sword against your own throat."
Yao Guangxiao said in a deep voice: "Sometimes, stance is more important than behavior. Even if you are talented, you must learn to live with the light and go with the flow, otherwise you will be the light in the darkness and guilty."
Zhu Gaojie said calmly: "I have ten thousand ways to let them die without a burial place. They were born in the wrong era. Here with me, they are not the same as the light. They will either die standing or live on their knees."
It's not that he doesn't understand what Yao Guangxiao said.
If the local gentry is prevented from seeking high profits, then the ministers who come from the local area will not be loyal and the scholars will not die. Therefore, once the superiors control the power of distributing benefits, they must plan and obtain from the subordinates to avoid forced expropriation.
The form of giving is clear, and the secret of taking away is not leaked. The subordinates will naturally be happy to obey, and the superiors will also have a comfortable life.
But Zhu Gaojie is not a person who lives in comfort. If everything is based on the rules of learning from the past, then what use is he?痆
Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly: "What are you going to do?"
Zhu Gaojie said indifferently: "The Tax Supervisory Court is established, directly under the imperial power and independent of the court. The chief officer is the tax superintendent, with one person; the deputy tax superintendent is appointed with two people. The chief officer is the second grade, and the adjutant is From the second rank, we ordered the establishment of eighteen tax supervision departments in each of the eighteen provinces, which were subordinate to the Tax Supervision Institute in the middle of the capital, with the tax officer from the third rank as the chief officer to thoroughly investigate the taxation of each province."
Yao Guangxiao sighed: "It's just the same institution as the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It has changed the outer shell but not the lining. Isn't the Metropolitan Procuratorate enough to learn from? In my opinion, the Tax Supervisory Authority you want to set up may just start. Some of it works, but in three years it has already become corrupted, in ten years it has become rotten and incurable, and eventually it becomes a tumor growing on the back of the imperial court."
This old monk has an astonishingly far-sighted vision. He has already seen through the operation of the huge machine of the imperial court. Every part is new at the beginning, but after a short time, it will rust and stop functioning.
At the beginning, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was also a powerful tool to control the court's constitution. It thoroughly investigated corruption and embezzlement in the capital and even the provinces. It was indeed effective at first. However, before Zhu Yuanzhang died, it was still in the last years of Hongwu. The courtyard had already begun to rot.
This sharp weapon was tainted by the powerful and gentry with their wine, sex and wealth, until it fell. From the beginning, he was proud and disdainful of being associated with the powerful, but later he was shameless and became a dog raised by the powerful, and became a tool for the powerful and gentry to seek benefits.
The same is true for the Tax Supervisory Court.痆
However, compared to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, how long can the Tax Supervisory Yuan endure in the face of drunkenness, sex, and wealth?
There are several lines of names in Qing history, and countless barren hills in Beimang.
Zhu Gaojie said calmly: "Officials of the Taxation Yuan are directly appointed by the emperor or the supervising state, and are selected from officials of the third rank and above. If an official of the Taxation Yuan knows the law and breaks the law, the crime will be increased by ten levels, and the fine will be changed to beheading, and beheading will be changed to the execution of the nine tribes. The same applies to the officials of the Taxation Department. Thirty thousand elites will be drawn from the Jinyi Guards and the border army to set up a tax supervision army. Anyone who resists the tax supervision institute and the Tax Supervision Department to collect taxes can directly mobilize the tax supervision army of the province and kill them all!"
"Reform taxation and unify taxation. No matter what you do or what business you are doing, as long as there is profit, you need to pay taxes. Even if you are engaged in brothel business, or smuggling, real estate, gambling... the tax superintendent can collect taxes .”
"If an official from the Taxation Department is killed during an investigation, he will be exempted from all policies of the government, put pressure on the local area, and kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
Yao Guangxiao was shocked: "I've never seen this kind of policy like yours, are you sure?"
"I'm pretty sure. I've already made a plan."
Zhu Gaojie wrote a name on the paper, "The first tax inspector will be Lu Chaoyang."
Yao Guangxiao gave a thumbs up: "I've never seen your approach before, let's wait and see?"
He was also curious about whether the person in front of him could implement his idea.
This method of collecting taxes is unheard of.
This Zhu Gaojie is really a strange person.
…
"Fellow, open the door, the yamen will send you warmth."
"Who the hell are you?"
"Draw up? Can't you open the door?"
"Don't drive, get out!"
"I'll fuck you to death!"
There was a loud bang, and Liu Erhei was startled. The wooden door in front of him exploded with a bang, and broken wood stubble flew everywhere.
Liu Erhei had never seen this battle before. He was used to being domineering in the county, but today someone came to his door and shouted angrily: "Brothers, you are copycats, looking for trouble!"
The green men in the room who were still drinking and eating meat were stunned for a moment. They woke up after hearing the roar. They pulled out the bright silver butcher's knives and sticks from under the table and started to follow Liu Erhei out.痆
Who would have thought that the person standing behind the door was not a lamb to be slaughtered, but a fully armed butcher.
In an instant, sparks fell on the straw pile, igniting a raging fire. A large group of people rushed in from behind the door, holding standard weapons and wearing black robes. They knocked over these arrogant green men like cold machines. On the ground.
In less than a quarter of an hour, everyone in the room was already subdued to the ground.
Liu Erhei was so frightened that he trembled. He was just playing tricks on the people. How could he ever encounter such an unreasonable thing? He couldn't use weapons to send warmth, and that silver sword could drink blood.
"Your name is Liu Erhei, you are so fucking arrogant!"
An official wearing a green robe walked in and kicked Liu Erhei hard, leaving a series of shoe marks on his clothes.
Liu Erhei ran away with his head in grief and anger: "I tell you, my uncle is the county magistrate. If you dare to touch me, my uncle will kill you!"
The reason why he is able to run rampant in this county is simply because he has an uncle with a strong reputation and is protected by the county magistrate, so he dares to be lawless in the local area.
Liu Erhei originally wanted to use the reputation of the county magistrate to intimidate the other party, but he never thought that the official opposite him would not be timid at all: "County magistrate? Who is he? I am the tax collector of the Tax Supervision Department!"
"Tax Superintendent?"
Liu Erhei was confused, "What kind of department is the Tax Supervision Department?"
Even though he doesn't know a single word, he still knows how many departments there are in the county. He is used to being domineering in the county. He knows which departments can be provoked and which departments cannot be provoked. He has never heard of others. This department is the Tax Supervision Department.
"The imperial court is established and subordinate to the imperial power. No matter who you are, you have to pay taxes honestly. Even if you are the six ministers, you still have to pay taxes in front of our tax superintendent!"
The official who claimed to be the Tax Supervisor snorted coldly and said, "Liu Erhei, I have checked all your information. I have no control over bullying the people. It has nothing to do with our Tax Supervisor, but what you extract from the people The wealth of the people and the anointing of the people are our responsibility."
Liu Erhei was a little confused: "What do you mean, tax collector?"
The tax collector chuckled and said: "Hmm, it seems you haven't mastered the art yet."
Liu Erhei exclaimed: "Master, you are right when you say that I extract money from the people. I asked for money from the shops in the county, but I have never heard that there is also a fucking tax. This is collected." What kind of tax?”
"The new law of the imperial court stipulates that what you are doing is called black tax, and the black tax should be three times the white tax."
The tax collector took out a small book, checked it and said, "As far as I know, you have extracted a total of more than 1,400 taels of dirty silver this year. According to the court's tax rate, the black tax should be collected... 1,000 taels! Hurry up. Pay your fucking taxes, or I’ll kill you if you don’t!”
Liu Erhei was shocked by this number: "Are you crazy? Why don't you go and rob it? I earned more than 1,400 taels of silver, and you charge me a tax of 1,000 taels?"
He had never heard of such a thing!痆
The tax collection falls on the green-skinned gangsters!
Furthermore, this tax rate is too outrageous, isn’t it? One thousand four hundred taels is charged a thousand taels of tax, a 70% tax? Please be human!
The tax collector was furious: "You can't pay it or not!"
He was transferred from the border army to the Tax Supervision Department. He doesn't care about so many things. If you don't pay taxes, I'll kill you!
Liu Erhei was scared: "I'll hand it in, I'll hand it in!"
Mr. Qingtian, please take care of these bastards from the Tax Supervision Department!
How shameless!痆
…
After collecting a thousand taels of black tax from Liu Erhei, the tax collector walked out of the house with a satisfied look on his face.
The adjutant next to him asked: "Sir, this guy is plundering people's wealth and anointing. His crime is unforgivable. Shouldn't we arrest him?"
"What are you arresting? I am a tax collector, not a royal guard. I will collect the taxes. Does arresting people have anything to do with me?"
The tax collector said disdainfully, "As mentioned above, people in the tax supervising department should just do their jobs. The more black taxes they collect, the faster they will be promoted. Damn it, I heard that in the next county That tax collector collected more than 30,000 taels of white and black taxes in one day, which made the county go crazy. When the tax collector heard about this, he directly promoted this guy from the eighth-grade tax collector to The tax collector of the seventh grade, this guy and I are both soldiers from Datong Town, why should he be able to do it but I can’t? Stop worrying about other things, raising taxes is our most important thing."
The Tax Supervision Yuan is under the jurisdiction of the Tax Supervision Department, and the Tax Supervision Department is under the jurisdiction of the tax collection officials of each government. They have only one task.
- Raise taxes.痆
Don't worry about white tax or black tax, don't worry about what illegal things the other party has done, just raise the tax and you will be promoted.
"Okay, now that Liu Erhei is done with all the illegal taxes he's carrying, it's time to go find his uncle, the county magistrate."
The tax collector clapped his hands and waved his hands, "Brothers, go to the county government office and help me!"
"This Lord County Lord is a wealthy guy. I have opened my eyes to find out how much gold and silver the Lord County Lord has embezzled from his family, and asked him to pay the taxes to the court without any penny!"
"If you want to be promoted, come with me!"
