In fact, it is just a matter of asking for money and food in advance in winter. It happens every year, and there is nothing unusual about it.
But Zhai Xiu, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, wanted to find a place. He knew that Chu Qing and the Ministry of Hubu were close, but he was just using the topic as an excuse.
After the new king came to the throne, this was the first time that the Ministry of Punishment was criticized. Because of the "King of Doctors" incident, and because the Ministry of Finance helped Qianqiying speak up, yesterday he collected thousands of guan from Zhang's mansion. If he didn't regain his place, he Zhai Xiu, how can he hang out in the punishment department in the future?
This is the case for the Six Ministries and the Nine Temples. The Nine Temples are better. There are very few official affairs involved in the Council of Government, but fights between the Six Ministries are very common, except of course for the Ministry of Works.
The Ministry of Industry can no longer be described as cowardly.
For example, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites are at odds with each other.
The Ministry of Officials scolded: Ministry of Rites, you are trying to calm the people, you are trying to comfort your grandma, but you don’t understand anything else.
The Ministry of Rites scolded back: Ministry of Personnel, when you select officials, you select your grandma’s legs, but you don’t understand anything.
Staff: @#%@&￥
Department of Etiquette: #￥&@#@
The two scolded each other for a long time, neither of them scolding each other. When they saw that the stalemate could no longer be reached, they both turned around and looked at the Ministry of Works.
Ministry of Personnel: Ministry of Industry, what are you looking at? Look at that bear look you have.
Ministry of Rites: Ministry of Works, look at your uncle, what’s wrong with you?
Then the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites inexplicably started to attack the Ministry of Work together.
Ministry of Industry: What’s wrong? What happened to your kidney?
Of course, the Ministry of Industry would sometimes make excuses, and sometimes when he was scolded for being anxious, he would suddenly turn his head and look at... Jingzhao Mansion.
Ministry of Industry: Ma Rui, what are you looking at? What’s going on? I’m unhappy. #￥&@#@…
This is the normal state of the six movies. They criticize each other, not for the sake of fun, but to compete for the right to speak.
Logically speaking, it seems that Zhai Xiu's behavior is making a fuss out of a molehill, but it is not.
Each government office will cooperate with each other. For example, the Ministry of Justice will arrest people wherever they go. If the case is handled at public expense, then it has to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to pay the money. After the money is collected, if there is not enough manpower, the local garrison guards or government soldiers must be mobilized. , then you have to go to the Ministry of War to ask for a note. After finishing the note, if the person you want to arrest is a local official, you have to go to the Ministry of Personnel to inform you and bring the official.
This is true for all government offices. Many times they have to cooperate with other government offices or seek help from other government offices to handle official business.
Help, I definitely help, it is official business after all, but it is uncertain when to help, how much effort to use, and whether to cope with it. Most of the time, it also involves management authority and priority relationship, and the final result will be Let’s see which government office is more “powerful”.
It is worth mentioning that this group of bureaucrats are the best at wasting time. Many times the people they want to arrest have passed away, and the people from the Sixth Department have not yet left the capital.
Let’s talk about the “power” of each government office. This power is usually reflected in the hands of officials in each government office, including official positions, connections, voice in court, qualifications, etc., which are all part of their confidence.
Just look at the Ministry of Rites and you will know that the two ministers who have just been dismissed have not been replaced yet, and their prestige has been greatly lost. It is not very strange that the minister has to deal with such things as quarrels personally.
Shangshu Niu B is true, but the problem is that the two ministers, the first left minister Zhou Youwei, because it involves the King of Wu, the emperor must be unhappy, the second chapter Songling still involves the King of Wu, the emperor is not Happy +1, the Ministry of Etiquette is no longer tough when it comes to words. This means that Cao Wu asks for money in person, and changes to the doctor below. Zhong Yu doesn’t even have to show up. Any doctor who goes out can give the people of the Ministry of Etiquette a bloody blow.
The general situation is like this. The officials of the Ministry of Rites said that I want money, and the Ministry of Husband said that your left minister Zhou Youwei colluded to rebel against the king.
The official of the Ministry of Rites said again, I want money for disaster relief.
Officials from the Ministry of Revenue said that Zhou Youwei, your left servant, colluded to rebel against the king.
The official of the Ministry of Rites said patiently, I want to bring peace to the people.
Officials from the Ministry of Revenue said that your left servant colluded to rebel against the king.
The officials of the Ministry of Rites are getting anxious. Could you please stop mentioning the fact that our Zuo Shilang colluded against the king?
The officials of the Ministry of Revenue said yes, your right servant Zhang Songling has also colluded to rebel against the king.
The official of the Ministry of Rites said, I am your grandma!
So many times, if you make a mistake, it will be easy for people to talk about it for a lifetime.
The Ministry of Punishment was criticized by the emperor a few days ago. It cannot be said that the Ministry of Punishment has lost its majesty, but it is definitely a shame to be embarrassed.
Since he was embarrassed, he had to get his place back. Chu Qing didn't come, so using the excuse to cause trouble to the household department would also be effective.
"Your Majesty, if you are not meddling in other people's business, Qianqiying and Jingzhao Mansion have inspected the tax money of merchants in the capital, and found that there are more than 100,000 yuan. This money was already in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and now the merchants are sending tax money into Jingzhao Prefecture, Jingzhao Prefecture is sending tax money to the Household Department every day. Even though we have tax money, why is it that the Household Department still has no money or food?"
After Zhai Xiu finished speaking, Huang Laosi also reacted.
Yes, more than 100,000 yuan were obtained from merchants before, and now it is the beginning of the month again. The merchants have taken the initiative to pay taxes. The Ministry of Household Affairs should have money. Why is there still no money?
Looking at the Ministry of Household Affairs, Huang Laosi frowned and said, "How much tax money have been paid by merchants in recent days?"
Huang Laosi all spoke, and Wei Changfeng came out and replied: "One hundred and eighty-seven thousand one hundred strings."
Chang Chengyou's pupils narrowed: "Not counting last month's taxes, this month alone, there are more than 60,000 dollars?!"
The fourth child was a little excited, merchants, they are quite fat.
The courtiers are also excited. Qianqiying and Jingzhao Mansion almost tortured the merchants in the capital to death and collected 120,000 guan. This month, another 60,000 guan were collected. Didn't the treasury get rich?
Wei Changfeng nodded: "That's true."
Huang Laosi said in confusion: "Since we have the extra money, why not allocate it to the Ministry of Rites?"
"Your Majesty, the tax money paid by these merchants has another purpose for the Ministry of Revenue, but it has not been started yet."
Wei Changfeng took out a memorial and held it in both hands. Sun An quickly walked over, took the memorial and placed it in front of Huang Laosi.
The ministers looked at each other in confusion, wondering what Wei Changfeng had in mind.
Huang Laosi looked at it with a very strange look on his face.
What the memorial mentions is the use of the collected tax money. According to the memorial, the Ministry of Household Affairs should organize a group of people to go to the local areas to check taxes. It is not about measuring land, checking hidden households, or getting money from family members and local officials. , but for merchants, checking the tax money of merchants in various places.
The personnel of the Ministry of Revenue are in the open, and the Qianqiying Yamen Office is in the dark. The personnel of the Ministry of Revenue go to various places to check the merchants' taxes and debits, while the Qianqiying secretly compares the accounts, just like they used to torment the merchants in Beijing, and use all means to investigate the merchants. income, and then let these merchants make up the tax money.
Huang Laosi tapped the imperial case gently, thinking deeply.
The idea is definitely a good one, but the problem is that it is difficult to implement, even harder than Star Yao.
The previous thorough investigation of the merchants in Beijing was because Qianqiying and Jingzhao Mansion invested a large number of manpower and used all possible means. The merchants who were also punished complained so much that they had to pay all the tax money.
However, merchants in various state capitals are all involved with local aristocratic families and wealthy squires. The farther away from the capital, the more serious the situation becomes.
Even if Huang Laosi didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that the sky was high and the emperor was far away. With the support of those aristocratic families, how could the merchants submit obediently?
After hesitating for a while, Huang Laosi raised his head, a little confused.
Wei Changfeng probably didn't come up with this method. It's not that Lao Wei doesn't have the brains. It's that Wei Changfeng wouldn't take the initiative to ask the Qianqi battalions from all over the country to cooperate. If you can say this, he must have studied it with Chu Qing. , and it was probably Chu Qing’s idea.
In fact, it is indeed the case. This is what Chu Qing came up with. If the capital can do it, why can't other places do it?
After closing the memorial, Huang Laosi said to Sun An: "Circuit it to all the ministers."
Sun An took the memorial and handed it to Shangshu Ling Nangong Xi first.
After reading it, Lao Nangong showed a wry smile, and then handed it over to Cao Wu, the Minister of Rites, and then to several other ministers.
The memorial finally fell into the hands of General Tan Zhongping of the Ministry of War.
The Secretary of the Ministry of War went to inspect the border. Several Yunhui generals were on duty. Today, it happened to be Tan Zhongping who had the final say.
Old Tan held the memorial and looked at it for the longest time. His expression changed again and again. After a while, he turned his head and looked at the others.
"Who can read?"
Generals: "..."
The civil servants all looked away and communicated in a low voice with their respective ministers.
Huang Laosi silently observed the reactions of the courtiers. As expected, everyone looked unfavorable.
After seeing everything, Huang Laosi said, "What do you think?"
Representatives from various government agencies expressed their opinions one after another, and most of them said that the matter should be discussed in the long term.
Zhai Xiu jumped out again. He did not say anything about the long-term plan, but said matter-of-factly: "Master Wei wants to collect taxes and money from merchants in various states. It has to be right. You can know by watching the merchants in the capital. The merchants have indeed concealed their reports." The bad habit of taxing money, but there are so many state capitals and so many merchants, it cannot be achieved overnight."
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Wei Changfeng said with a complex expression: "It's not that the Ministry of Household Affairs doesn't allocate money and food, but that there are hundreds of merchants in one capital city hiding their tax returns. It's conceivable that all over the world How about the Taoist merchants? Take it from the merchants and control the merchants. This is done. Dachang merchants will no longer hide their taxes. This is a long-term achievement."
Zhai Xiu nodded slightly and changed the topic: "Then why is Qianqi Battalion as the auxiliary? The merchants concealed their tax returns, which is a violation of Chang's law. The Ministry of Punishment can mobilize the military guards and officers from various states. This matter should be handled by our auxiliary household department of the Ministry of Punishment. yes."
Wei Changfeng frowned and understood.
The Ministry of Punishment, this is trying to steal credit!
The Ministry of Husbandry is the main one, and the Ministry of Punishment is the auxiliary one.
To put it more bluntly, the Ministry of Husbandry uses his mouth to negotiate with you first, pay the tax, give you a chance, and forget the blame, while the Ministry of Punishment uses fists, if you don’t pay, then fine, I’ll fuck you. !
If it is done, the Ministry of Punishment will definitely be able to share the credit. If it is like Jingzhong, hundreds of merchants can collect so much money, and the credit will be huge.
But if it is not done, the Ministry of Punishment does not have to take responsibility, because the Ministry of Punishment uses its fists, and your Ministry of Finance has not found out what it has to do with our Ministry of Punishment.
Lao Wei fell silent.
It's not that he rejected Zhai Xiu's desire to take credit. If it were him, he would do the same thing. The reason why he remained silent was because he couldn't trust the Ministry of Punishment.
You must know that the officials of the Ministry of Punishment, whether they are high-ranking or low-ranking, all come from aristocratic families in various states and prefectures, so it is inevitable that they will encounter situations where their own people are investigating their own people.
But Wei Changfeng couldn't say this yet.
