Tian Xiurong was riding in a carriage.
Zeng Pengcheng was so poor that he could only rely on his legs.
Still a pair of old cold legs.
Naturally, he couldn't keep up with Tian Xiurong's carriage.
As a classmate who was misunderstood by Zeng Pengcheng, Bai Xiaotian couldn't help but carry Zeng Pengcheng on his back and use Qinggong to catch up.
What to do about this?
In the end, Zeng Pengcheng could only walk slowly, while Bai Xiaotian had good legs and ran faster to follow.
In this way, when Bai Xiaotian followed Tian Xiurong's carriage to the Yuelai Inn and watched Tian Xiurong enter the Yuelai Inn with his own eyes, Bai Xiaotian returned to look for Zeng Pengcheng.
When he found Zeng Pengcheng and brought Zeng Pengcheng to Yuelai Inn, a full hour had passed!
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Yuelai Inn.
Under the pavilion in the patio.
Tian Xiurong leaned over and sat opposite Wang Zhenghaoxuan, making a pot of tea.
His sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked face was filled with joy.
After returning home last night, he and Master Wen discussed it all night.
He didn't sleep either, but he was very energetic.
He had no doubts about what the regent said at the Nine Immortals Tower yesterday.
The regent basically gave him three things.
The first thing to do is to catch dogs. Last night, seven or eight dogs in Youzhou City were caught.
There are roughly more than 300 animals in about ten large cages.
He was placed in the prison cell of the government office, and someone was assigned to wait on him——
We can't let those dogs starve and lose weight. If the regent doesn't like it, there will be trouble!
The second thing is to cultivate the straight path of Ning.
Master Wen calculated that the Ningzhi Road, which is three hundred miles from Youzhou City to Yanjing City, would cost thirty million taels of silver!
This is a huge amount.
Tian Xiurong has been in office for more than 20 years, and he only has about 8 million taels in his pocket, which is still far short of that.
The original plan was to collect it from the people, but the regent said that he would send the imps from the Imperial City Department to keep an eye on it... This naturally didn't work.
Master Wen came up with an idea.
The Yanyin sold by the Youzhou government still has two years to expire, so keep selling it!
Selling for another thirty years!
This can roughly get ten million taels of silver.
Still not enough.
We have to ask the salt merchants, large and small, to donate part of it... and directly issue the donation amount, which can roughly raise thousands of taels of silver.
There isn't much left.
Then we should collect taxes. If we don’t collect them from the people, then we should collect them from the merchants of the counties and counties in Youzhou!
You can’t collect too much, but you can collect for a long time!
For example... take forty years first!
This biggest problem is easily solved!
As for the third task of implementing the new tax law, this one is simple.
Because the imperial court already has this document, it benefits the people, and the people will naturally support it.
There will inevitably be a shortage of tax money paid to the court. Part of this shortage will also be taken from commercial taxes!
If forty years is not enough, add thirty more years!
Tian Xiurong did not consider what would happen to Youzhou's taxes in seventy years.
Anyway, by that time, all that was left of him was a pile of bones.
What he needs is to solve the immediate emergency!
If these two things are done well, the regent will be happy, and he will be promoted one step higher and sit on the platform of Bei Mo Dao. This life will be considered worthwhile!
"I will bear in mind the regent's warning!"
"I assure the regent that it will never increase the burden on the people. I also hope that the regent will send officials from the Imperial City Department to supervise."
Tian Xiurong poured tea and handed a cup to Wang Zhenghaoxuan respectfully.
Wang Zhenghaoxuan reached out to take it, and Tian Xiurong's eyes fell on Wang Zhenghaoxuan's hand——
During the battle with Dongfang Bai last night, his tiger's mouth burst open. Xiao Wu gave him medicine and bandaged the wound.
There is a white band on his hand!
Tian Xiurong was startled, stood up immediately, and asked extremely nervously: "Prince Regent...who hurt you?"
"Who in Youzhou has eaten the heart of a bear or the gall of a leopard?"
He bowed and said, "Please inform the Prince Regent. I...will catch this evil thief and ask the Prince Regent to deal with it!"
Wang Zhenghaoxuan waved his hand: "When I came back, I met a few gangsters."
Tian Xiurong was startled, his mind whirled rapidly, and his heart skipped a beat.
It’s no secret that the regent has entered Youzhou!
Could it be that those short-sighted salt merchants were worried that the regent would investigate their illegal salt sales in Youzhou?
These pieces of shit!
How courageous!
You've done such an outrageous thing and yet you haven't even discussed it with me!
If they succeed and really kill the regent in Youzhou City, they will no longer be able to become an official!
My own head is definitely not safe!
Tian Xiurong suddenly felt a chill on his neck!
These dogs say it!
Let’s see how this government deals with you!
We just need money from these salt merchants...
Tian Xiurong turned to look at Wu Baotou standing behind him, and shouted:
"Wu Captou!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"Go and inform General Tian, the commander of the government soldiers, and tell him to take all the government soldiers and help me arrest the people in the city!"
"Especially the branches of the Daqi Gang in this city have all been captured by me!"
"Remember, no one can be spared by me!"
"Arrest them all and put them in prison to await their fate!"
"Anyone who resists...will be killed without mercy!"
Wu Baotou cupped his fists and saluted: "I obey my orders!"
Wu Captou turned around and left. Wang Zhenghaoxuan opened his mouth in surprise, but did not say a word.
How do you say this?
Those people in the world are in trouble again.
Tian Xiurong then turned around again, looked at Wang Zhenghaoxuan with a charming smile, and bowed:
"Hey, I have always been open-minded and tolerant of those in the world, but I didn't expect that these short-sighted people would dare to attack the regent!"
"Fortunately it didn't lead to a big mistake, otherwise I would be responsible for my death!"
What an official!
Wang Zhenghaoxuan looked more and more fond of that sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked face.
"Sit, sit, sit!"
"They're just young people!"
"When I faced the arrogant Second Eagle with ten thousand cavalry in Nanxi Prefecture, didn't I easily burn them all to death with a single fire?"
"This little battle is nothing!"
Amu looked at Wang Zhenghaoxuan and swallowed.
Just at this moment, a voice came from outside:
"I, Zeng Pengcheng, have come to see the regent. Why are you stopping me?"
The waiter put on a smiling face:
"This...Old Master, since you know that the Regent is here, how dare I let you in without the Regent's invitation?"
Wang Zhenghaoxuan was stunned and saw Tian Xiurong's face turned cold.
He asked curiously: "Who is this Zeng Pengcheng?"
"Ah... back to the regent, he is studying in Youzhou."
Wang Zhenghaoxuan didn't know what Ti Xue was, and he thought that he had nothing to do. Since someone wanted to see the regent, he would definitely meet Li Chenan's character.
So, he looked at Amu and waved: "You, go and bring him in!"
Tian Xiurong was shocked. Zeng Pengcheng was a tough guy. If he spoke ill of himself in front of the regent...
"No!"
"Why not?"
"This person...this person became a fool after reading. He doesn't know etiquette, talks nonsense, and talks nonsense..."
"I, I am worried that he has tainted your eyes and ears, the regent!"
Wang Zhenghaoxuan raised his eyebrows and suddenly became interested.
I thought that I had nothing to do and no dog to stew. I had to wait here for Li Chenan to come back. Why not just take a look at the person who turned into a fool by reading books.
