The accountant of the governor's Yamen quickly finished sorting the money in the two wooden boxes. He walked up to Hu Mingyi with the account book, leaned over and said something.
Hu Mingyi nodded, and then said to him: "Take the money back and keep it."
After explaining, he stood up from his seat.
Seeing this, Xue Mu standing next to him hurriedly stood up.
"I think I have something to do at the General Military Mansion, so I won't keep Brother Xue." Hu Mingyi stood up to see off the guests.
Xue Mu did not move, with a hesitant look on his face, and his mouth opened and closed several times.
Hu Mingyi, who noticed this scene, frowned slightly and asked, "Brother Xue, is there anything else?"
"This," Xue Mu hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Although Xinpingbao has collected a lot of tax money this month, several shops in Xinpingbao under Tiger Character Banner did not pay taxes like others. Once other shopkeepers imitate the tiger-character flag shops and no longer pay taxes, it is very likely that the food and salary for the border army will be delayed. Almost half of the food and salary for the border army camp that the court requested to expand came from Xinpingbao. Tax money.”
The General Military Mansion did not want to get involved in the trouble, so he decided to leave it to the governor's Yamen to resolve it.
If Li Xunfu came forward, even if something happened in the future, the court would not be able to blame their General Military Mansion.
"There are other things like this." Hu Mingyi frowned.
He had only been in Datong for more than half a year, and he mainly spent his energy on running the governor's office and sorting out various relationships in Datong City. He only knew who the guard generals were for the border forts below.
For a big castle like Xinping Fort, he knew that the guard before Huang An was Liu Heng of Tiger Flag, but he didn't know that there was a shop of Tiger Flag in Xinping Fort.
Xue Mu added: "General Huang of Xinpingbao is also in a dilemma now. He doesn't know how to deal with the shops opened by several Tiger Flags under his rule."
"It is natural for the imperial court to collect taxes. Some people dare not pay taxes. What does Huang An do as a guard? If he can't do such a small thing well, why not resign as soon as possible and replace him with a capable person?" Hu Mingyi looked dissatisfied. explain.
The accountant who was about to leave the house saw that Hu Mingyi could not leave for a while, so he asked the servants who were carrying the money to stay and wait to go back with Hu Mingyi.
Xue Mu said with a wry smile: "The reason why General Huang didn't do anything to the Tiger-Character Banner's shops was because he was worried that it would cause fierce resistance from the Tiger-Character Banner. The shops in Xinpingbao alone are not scary, but the Tiger-Character Banner I heard that Qi had an army of hundreds of thousands on the grassland."
Some people who came back from the grassland saw with their own eyes the power of the Tiger-Character Banner in Qingcheng. They felt that to conquer the Tumut tribe, which even the court had a headache, would require at least hundreds of thousands of troops.
Gradually, there were rumors that the Tiger Character Banner had an army of hundreds of thousands.
Moreover, many people really believe that the Tiger Character Banner has hundreds of thousands of troops. Even some officials in the border town believe so. After all, the rumors that the Tiger Character Banner has gold mountains and silver seas have never stopped. In the eyes of many people, Here, as long as there is money, there will naturally be no shortage of soldiers and horses.
In recent years, natural disasters have continued throughout the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. There are too many people who have no food to eat. As long as they can have food to eat, many people rush to work.
In today's Ming Dynasty, people's lives are like grass is no longer a sentence in books, and local officials know this all too well.
"It's a joke." Hu Mingyi said with a cold face, "The court may not know how many soldiers and horses there are in the Tiger Flag, but how could Commander Yang of the General Military Office not know that when you Commander Yang personally led the army to Lingqiu? How long has it been since the Tiger Suppression Flag was launched? It's not even two years. Could it be that the hundreds of thousands of troops you mentioned just appeared out of thin air?"
Xue Mu paused, and then explained to himself: "The fact that there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the Tiger Flag is the news brought back by the people who came back from the grassland. Although it may not be true, there are not enough Tiger Flags. With our own troops and horses, I’m afraid it will be difficult to conquer most of the northern barbarians like the Tumote tribe.”
"These news are not trustworthy. Who knows if the people from the Tiger Character Banner spread them intentionally." Hu Mingyi waved his hand, not believing Xue Mu's explanation at all.
Seeing this, Xue Mu no longer asked Hu Mingyi to tell how many soldiers and horses the Tiger Flag had, but instead said: "How should we deal with the shops belonging to the Tiger Flag in Xinpingbao? Do we still need to collect taxes and money?"
Hu Mingyi said: "This is a matter between the General Military Mansion and the guard at the border fortress below. As for whether to collect tax money, naturally you decide for yourself. The governor's office will not interfere with you."
Hearing this, Xue Mu frowned.
It sounds nice to let the General Military Mansion make the decision, but he understands that the governor's office is unwilling to interfere in this matter.
"The governor has something else for me to do, so I won't see Brother Xue off and say goodbye." Hu Mingyi casually bowed his hand to Xue Mu and left the house with the accountant and the money.
"Bah, you take the big head when you divide the money, but you hide behind and let others come forward when something goes wrong. What the hell." Xue Mu spat heavily at Hu Mingyi's leaving back.
Apart from venting a few words, he knew there was nothing he could do.
The money was all carried away. If he stayed for a while, the people from the governor's office would come to drive them away. He led the people from the general military office and left the governor's office through the back door.
On the other side, Hu Mingyi asked the accountant to carry the money back to the warehouse, and he went straight to the back office alone.
"Dong Weng, the General Military Office has just sent this month's money, and the students have arranged for the accountant to deposit it into the private account." Hu Mingyi came to Governor Li Guangyi and said.
Li Guangyi blew the hot air from the tureen in his hand, raised his head and said, "The money can be collected, but it must not delay the matters assigned by the court."
"Don't worry, Don Weng. The student specifically asked Xue's staff around General Yang, and the money has been set aside for the border army." Hu Mingyi explained hurriedly.
Li Guangyi nodded with satisfaction and said: "You have to remember that you don't take any money that you shouldn't take. Liu Hong, the previous governor of Datong, lost his official position because he took money that he shouldn't take. When Xu Tong was appointed governor of Datong, he offended many of his colleagues in Datong because he took any money. In the end, he even lost his life on the way back to Beijing from Datong to report on his duties."
"Students must keep Dong Weng's teachings in mind and understand them all the time." Hu Mingyi bowed in front of Li Guangyi.
Li Guangyi was very happy to hear this.
"Advisor Xue of the General Military Mansion also said one thing this time." Hu Mingyi said: "He said that the Tiger Character Banner's shop in Xinpingbao did not pay taxes. Listening to what he meant, Xinpingbao guard Huang An I have the idea of taking action against the Tiger Character Flag Shop. I think it’s better to let Master Kaiyang and Liu Heng talk to each other. Anyway, the Tiger Character Flag is not short of that little money, so why not take the initiative to pay the tax money."
After speaking, he looked at Li Guangyi, waiting for him to make up his mind.
