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Seeing Wei Huai go and come back, Zhao Junchen couldn't help but be surprised. After recruiting Wei Huai into the study, he asked: "Mr. Wei, what happened?"
Wei Huai's expression was stern, his brows slightly furrowed, and he reported: "I just received the news that the maid in your residence secretly went to the residence of Lu Chunxiao, the left inspector and censor, this afternoon, and handed it over to Lu Chunxiao had a book, and I don’t know what was recorded in it, but Lu Chunxiao was very happy after getting the book, and quickly visited the prince Zhu Heyu. Not long after, the prince Zhu Heyu summoned a group of cronies. Now They are having a secret conversation in the East Palace, but the content of their conversation is still unknown. [Read the latest chapter]"
The "maid" mentioned by Wei Huai naturally refers to Chu Jiayi, the secret agent sent to Zhao Junchen's mansion by Prince Zhu Heyu!
However, Chu Jiayi was not a professional spy, and the government was not very scheming, so her flaws were revealed not long after she arrived at the Zhao Mansion. However, Zhao Junchen did not expose her, and instead stayed with him to help the prince Zhu Heyu. Some false news was passed on, but people from Paixi Factory were secretly monitoring it.
Therefore, now that Chu Jiayi only made a slight move, she was discovered by people from the West Factory, and then the news was passed to Zhao Junchen.
On the other side, after the report, Wei Huai looked at Zhao Junchen with a little worry, thinking that the booklet Chu Jiayi handed over to Lu Chunxiao was some important evidence about Zhao Junchen, so Prince Zhu and his wife呶呹哐В瑆⊥ww. Value of heat, instant vomiting, rise, crisp, cherry, ship, Huanchu key] Jiyou, Lu Chunzhi, lead condemnation nest, Huanrui, halo, ram coin, Cangyun emperor, cut trouble, apricot shovel just?br />
However, between looking at it. Wei Huai was surprised to find that Zhao Junchen not only did not have any worries and panic. On the contrary, he remained as calm and composed as ever, with a half-smiling smile and a profound meaning.
"Oh?" Zhao Junchen chuckled softly: "Did Chu Jiayi finally hand over the booklet to the prince? Since the prince and the others attach so much importance to the booklet, then I am relieved... In these days, I’m really worried that these guys who have high ambitions but low ambitions and only talk about things don’t know the real deal!”
While speaking, Zhao Junchen smiled at Wei Huai again and said, "Mr. Wei, don't worry, that booklet is not my evidence, and I gave it to Chu Jiayi deliberately. Everything is under my control."
Seeing Zhao Junchen like this, Wei Huai knew that his worries were in vain this time, with Zhao Junchen's mind and means. Since he knew that Chu Jiayi was an undercover agent placed by Prince Zhu Heyu, how could he let Chu Jiayi get the evidence against him?
Obviously, all of this is just Zhao Junchen's plan!
And Zhao Junchen's target is obviously still the prince's party!
Wei Huai thought to himself: "Prince Zhu Heyu seems to be in trouble again. It's just that he is constantly being easily plotted by Mr. Zhao. I don't know how long he can sit in the position of crown prince? Maybe..."
Thinking of this, Wei Huai's eyes flickered. He said to Zhao Junchen: "In this case, I can rest assured. My lord, you will also have a banquet for the newly promoted scholars, so I won't disturb you."
While speaking, unconsciously. Wei Huai's attitude towards Zhao Junchen became more and more respectful.
Zhao Junchen nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Wei has limited legs and feet, so you must be careful on the road."
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At the same time, in the East Palace.
Prince Zhu Heyu didn't know that all this was just Zhao Junchen's plan. He sat in the main hall of the East Palace and read the book in his hand repeatedly. His face was full of excitement.
After a long time, Prince Zhu Heyu finally put the book aside. He sighed: "Although I despise Zhao Junchen as a person and as an official, I have to say that his "Business and Taxation Reform Notes" are novel and original, thinking about what others have not thought of, and it is enlightening! Among them, he has a lot of insights into our business in the DPRK. The evaluation of taxation is even more to the point! If I hadn’t read this brochure, I wouldn’t have known that more than 80% of our dynasty’s commercial tax revenue would be lost every year! If we carried out reforms according to the methods in this brochure, our Ming Dynasty would have lost more than 80% of its commercial taxes every year! The money and food crisis will no longer exist!"
As he spoke, Zhu Heyu looked excited!
It turned out that the booklet Chu Jiayi gave to the princeling was the "Business Tax Reform Notes" written by Zhao Junchen before!
This excerpt embodies a lot of Zhao Junchen's hard work. All the remarks and opinions in it are Zhao Junchen's true thoughts. Unfortunately, the business tax problems of the Ming Dynasty involved a wide range of people and countless related stakeholders. Although Zhao Junchen could see clearly. , but never dared to change.
However, the prince Zhu Heyu had a fierce and enterprising temperament, so Zhao Junchen used Chu Jiayi's hand to hand over this document to him, believing that the prince Zhu Heyu would definitely act according to the plan.
Of course, Zhao Junchen will not care about how many people he will offend, how much chaos he will cause, and how much backlash he will receive after he implements this "Business Tax Reform Guide".
Sure enough, after seeing this excerpt, Prince Zhu Heyu was already moved, and asked the confidants around him: "Everyone, what do you think of this excerpt? Although this excerpt was written by Zhao Junchen, the insights contained in it are But it is undoubtedly beneficial to the court and the people, so should we follow the suggestions in this brochure to promote the reform of commercial tax in our country?"
Prior to this, all the core figures of the princelings had read this document, and their thoughts were the same as those of the prince Zhu Heyu, and they only felt that there was much to be done!
Lu Chunxiao first said: "Your Highness, according to the information I have received, this document is indeed Zhao Junchen's hard work. According to Zhao Junchen's idea, when he cannot escape the responsibility for his crimes in the future, he will submit this document to Your Majesty. , used to please His Majesty, it can be said to be Zhao Junchen’s life-saving trick! But at the same time, this is Zhao Junchen’s life-saving trick. As we all know, His Majesty cannot do without Zhao Junchen because of Zhao Junchen’s financial management methods. If this is the case, If the plan is implemented, it will no longer be difficult for our court to turn over money and food, and Zhao Junchen’s role will be dispensable. At that time, how can His Majesty continue to protect him, a corrupt official? So although Zhao Junchen wrote I got this piece of information, but I hid it again.”
After a pause, Lu Chunxiao continued: "Now, this document has fallen into our hands, and Zhao Junchen does not intend to make it public. But we cannot remain indifferent! For the sake of our government's fiscal revenue, and also to bring down Zhao Junchen. Corrupt officials and treacherous ministers. I think we should submit this brochure to His Majesty and follow the methods in this brochure to implement commercial tax reform. This is not only 'attacking the other's shield with one's spear', but also 'killing two birds with one stone'. "You can kill two birds with one stone. In addition, you can also use this to establish your prestige in the government and the public, which is the best thing."
The elder Cheng Yuandao said coldly: "This Zhao Junchen is not only corrupt, accepting bribes, and forming cliques for personal gain. Now he has good ideas but does not offer them to the court. He only thinks about himself, which is even more disloyal! Master Lu is right. Since we are now After getting this booklet, just follow the method in the booklet. In this way, you can not only increase tax revenue for the court, but also take the opportunity to get rid of a major scourge in the officialdom! Humph! At that time, Zhao Junchen shot a stone. If he kills his own foot, I want to see what his expression will be like!"
Talk about it. When Cheng Yuandao joined the cabinet and became the elder, Zhao Junchen worked hard. Although Zhao Junchen did this because of the pressure of Emperor Deqing, Cheng Yuandao still owed Zhao Junchen's favor after all. However, Cheng Yuandao didn't mean to appreciate it at all. Instead, he felt that joining the cabinet with Zhao Junchen's help was a stain in his life, so he was among the princelings. He was also the most disgusted with Zhao Junchen.
On the other side, Bao Wenjie, the Minister of Rites, suddenly sighed. Said: "It's such a pity. Just look at Zhao Junchen's excerpt. Whether it's praise or criticism analysis or countermeasures, they are all meaningful and insightful. You can tell that his wisdom and talent are far above us. However, he is He is a corrupt official with low moral character and an enemy of the world's righteousness... How can a beautiful man like you be a thief? What a waste of his talent!"
After hearing what Bao Wenjie said, all the princelings were silent.
Although they are disgusted with Zhao Junchen's corruption, bribery, and clique for personal gain, they also know that the outstanding insights in "Business Tax Reform Notes" are definitely not something they can come up with!
During this period, Prince Zhu Heyu had even more complicated expressions.
For Zhu Heyu, it is very difficult to admit that Zhao Junchen is not only a corrupt official, but also a capable official. However, the facts are right in front of him, and Zhu Heyu has to admit that !
Therefore, Prince Zhu Heyu's thoughts at this time were quite complicated. For a moment, he even had the idea of "It would be great if Zhao Junchen could be used by me."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Bao Wenjie sighed again, then changed the subject and said: "However, although the discussion in this booklet is insightful and seems to be effective, how can we implement it?" The suggestion needs to be seriously considered. Now, Prince, you have just offended the three major cabinet elders. If we implement commercial tax reform at this time, they may secretly obstruct it out of revenge. What's more, commercial tax reform is inseparable from the opening of accounts. With the support of the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is now in the hands of Zhao Junchen, this document comes from Zhao Junchen. He naturally understands that once the commercial tax reform is implemented, his position will be shaken, and he will inevitably violate it... Also, the commercial tax reform It is the most troublesome thing to have one thing affect the whole body. Now that the southern tour is about to begin, Your Majesty may also have the mentality that doing more is worse than doing less, and he may not support it..."
Bao Wenjie's words pointed out the problem to the point, but made all the princelings frown, only to realize that it is not that easy to implement the suggestions in this "Business Tax Reform Notes"!
Bao Wenjie's face became increasingly serious, and he continued: "In addition, and most importantly, the reason why our dynasty's commercial tax revenue has been lost is because there are countless people from the center to the localities, from the top to the bottom, from officials to merchants, who are borrowing money." This is for profit! And these people collude together and have great influence. If we implement commercial tax reform, the interests of these people will be affected, and they will definitely regard us as enemies! By that time, we will not know what to do How many overt and covert attacks have we faced! Compared to this, the covert obstruction of the three pavilion elders, Zhao Junchen's overt and covert actions, or His Majesty's biased attitude are nothing more than trivial matters! Therefore, I would like to ask Your Highness to act with caution! "
What Bowenjie said certainly makes sense.
However, is it the style of Prince Zhu Heyu to look forward and backward?
After thinking for a moment, Prince Zhu Heyu suddenly waved his hand and said firmly: "Since the suggestions in this document are indeed beneficial to the court and the people, we must implement them. If we are afraid of obstruction and retaliation, Just stop moving forward, how can the Ming Dynasty reverse its decline? How can we people still achieve great achievements? However, what Bao Shilang said is reasonable. If we want to implement commercial tax reform, we must be fully prepared. I have thought about it. , when my father visited the south, his chief assistant Zhou Shangjing, Pavilion elder Shen Changmao, and Zhao Junchen would all accompany him. There was only one Huang Yourong left in the court, and as the prince overseeing the country, I also have enough power in my hands. and influence. At that time, it will be the time when the resistance is the least and our strength is the greatest! It is also a good opportunity to implement commercial tax reform! Therefore, we will not present this document to the father for the time being, and wait until the father visits the south. , and then let us implement it alone!”
Hearing what Prince Zhu Heyu said, everyone's eyes lit up and they felt it made sense, so they all agreed.
In fact, Prince Zhu Heyu had another thought behind his decision. Emperor Deqing had given him a total of two errands during this period, one was to prepare for the southern tour, and the other was to review the case. "Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case", the first errand of Prince Zhu Heyu failed. The second errand of Prince Zhu Heyu felt that he did well, but Emperor Deqing was still extremely dissatisfied.
Therefore, when Prince Zhu Heyu wanted to promote commercial tax reform alone this time, he also wanted to prove himself to Emperor Deqing!
Although Bao Wenjie still had some concerns, he was essentially the same as Crown Prince Zhu Heyu. He was not a person who acted forward and backward, so after hesitating for a moment, he did not object!
In this way, all the princelings reached a consensus and decided to carry out commercial tax reform alone after Emperor Deqing's southern tour!
However, just when everyone was gearing up and preparing for a big fight, no one noticed that the prince's young master Guo Tang was unusually silent at this time, and there were inexplicable emotions fluctuating in his eyes.
Countless people took advantage of the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax abuses to make profits! Collusion between government and businessmen and tax evasion are commonplace.
In fact, although Guo Tang is the backbone of the prince's party and usually enjoys a good reputation, his family has been making profits by taking advantage of the Ming Dynasty's commercial tax loopholes over the years!
Now, seeing that the prince's party is going to promote commercial tax reform, Guo Tang naturally has mixed emotions. He only feels that he is in a dilemma between public and private!
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ps: The computer crashed once, and all the things I wrote were lost, so the update is late, everyone, please forgive me!
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