Emperor Wanli smiled and said, "Is it like your home?"
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "Yes, just like the Chen family! But let me talk about the nobility first. They rely on their status as nobles to make money wantonly, and they are often involved in hugely profitable industries and never pay taxes. But their What they do pales in comparison to civil servants and wealthy families! After all, the civil servants have the final say now, so how can they collect taxes from their own people? They have expanded the preferential and exemption policies granted by the court to no limit, and now they have As long as you are a scholar, you will not pay taxes, so the country will suffer serious tax losses!"
Liu Haojia then explained in detail how civil servants use their status to evade taxes through various means. Hearing Emperor Wanli's anger rising, even the joy of receiving the money just now was completely melted away by his anger!
After listening to Liu Haojia's story, Emperor Wanli slammed the teacup on the ground and said loudly: "It's outrageous! Is the Ming Dynasty still the Zhu family's world! I want to see Mr. Zhang and tell him that starting from tomorrow, The whole world has started collecting business taxes!”
After saying that, he stood up and was about to walk out, but Zhang Jia and Liu Haojia held him tightly and finally pushed him down. Then Liu Haojia consoled him and said, "Long live my Lord, now is definitely not the time to collect business taxes!"
Emperor Wanli said angrily: "Why is it not the right time? How dare they not listen to my decree?"
Liu Haojia gritted his teeth and said, "They dare! And they dare very much!"
Emperor Wanli was stunned when he heard this, and then he became furious and said loudly: "I want to see how they dare to do it? Do they still dare to rebel?"
Liu Haojia nodded vigorously and said, "They dare!"
Emperor Wanli was a little frightened by these words and sat there in confusion. He loves money, but it wouldn't be worth it if the world was in turmoil because of tax collection!
Liu Haojia breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had calmed down. He wanted to persuade Emperor Wanli to do something, but now that he and Emperor Wanli were both fledgling, any tampering would be courting death! So he said eagerly: "Long live Lord, just because you can't do this now, doesn't mean you can't do it in the future! There will definitely be a chance in the future!"
Emperor Wanli stared at Liu Haojia for a while before saying, "Liu Aiqing, tell me exactly what you are thinking!"
Liu Haojia said: "Long live Lord, let's not talk about anything else. You see, Prime Minister Zhang has not easily attacked the commercial tax. You can see the dangers involved. If you are not careful, you will be ruined and your reputation will be ruined."
Emperor Wanli slapped the table angrily and said, "Then I just don't care and let them take what they should do for the court into their own pockets?"
Liu Haojia said: "Long live Lord, don't worry. In fact, what Mr. Zhang is doing now is the basis for what we will do in the future! We can wait for Mr. Zhang to sort out the land in the world, sort out various taxes such as salt, tea and dices, and then At that time, the revenue of the national treasury will definitely increase greatly! It will only take ten years to complete this matter. By then, Long Live Lord should be in charge! By then, Long Live Lord will spend money to train elite soldiers diligently and shock the world. What else can be done? Can’t do it?”
Emperor Wanli was reminded by Liu Haojia's words of diligently training elite soldiers! In the early years, he had discussed military issues with Liu Haojia. At that time, he was very sad to find that he did not have the military power to control! If he really messes up the world and messes up the world, it is not impossible to change the emperor! Thinking of this, Emperor Wanli's expression finally stabilized.
Liu Haojia finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was completely quiet. I told him a simple plan. It doesn't matter, just be pro-government first, then collect money to train elite soldiers to shock the world, pacify the disobedient, and then continue the cycle to control the world in your hands!
Although he didn't put forward anything specific, it was enough for Emperor Wanli to think about it! Liu Haojia could tell by looking at his eyes that he might have put the name of the Eternal Emperor on his head!
Liu Haojia finished speaking. After briefly summarizing, he changed the topic and said: "Long live the money, now the money is piled up in the small school yard in the west of the city. I have been sending people to guard it. I wonder when you will send someone to collect it?"
When Emperor Wanli heard this, his attention was finally diverted, and he immediately said: "Tomorrow! Let Zhang Jia get it tomorrow!"
Liu Haojia said: "The minister will leave the palace in a while and get ready. By the way, there is one more thing I almost forgot to mention!"
Emperor Wanli rubbed his eyebrows and said, "What is it? Is it important?"
Liu Haojia said: "It's like this. There are three people who are responsible for collecting money together with Wei Chen. Wei Chen has persuaded the three of them to join His Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will give them more protection in the future!"
Emperor Wanli perked up after hearing this and said, "Who are they? What are their positions?"
Liu Haojia gave a detailed account of the positions of Wu Shilang and several others, and even told Emperor Wanli the reasons for how to persuade them. Emperor Wanli laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "Liu Aiqing is indeed a blessed general! With these three people taking refuge, my strength will be even greater!"
Zhang Jia followed and nodded repeatedly to express his joy. In terms of positions, these three people may not be great, but their positions are relatively critical!
General Sun Shen himself controls part of the capital's troops. If he really surrenders to Emperor Wanli, it means that he has a soldier in his hand. Although it can't have a big effect, it can still be contained in times of crisis. of!
Compared to General Sun, Minister Wu is even more important! In his position, he could screen some people who were politically inclined to Emperor Wanli into the officialdom. Although the effect is a little slower, it is a hole opened under the strict control of the civil servant group! Anyway, Emperor Wanli felt that he was still young and still had time to wait.
As for County Magistrate Zhang, although his position is a little lower, his position in Shuntian Prefecture is also beneficial. After all, he is nominally in charge of the political security of the entire capital. If used well, it is also an amazing force!
Seeing that Emperor Wanli was happy, Liu Haojia immediately said: "Long live Lord, if you think the three of them can be used, you might as well write a secret letter to Wei Chen and take it out to the three of them, so as to reassure them! Wei Chen I think these three people will have more available time in the future, and it is not appropriate to expose them to court officials too early, otherwise they will be ostracized."
Emperor Wanli nodded repeatedly and said: "You are right! I will write a letter now, and you will show it to them when you go out, but you must destroy the letter after they have read it!"
Liu Haojia said: "Long live my Lord, don't worry, I will definitely do a good job!"
