Zhao Guan's family didn't understand, what kind of emperor's eldest son? Where did the emperor's eldest son come from? This is a rumor and a slander.
Then Li Gefei said frankly: "The official family has no heirs now, but there will be in the future. What's wrong with making the eldest son of the emperor a general in advance? Before the child is born, other generals are allowed to "act for" the crown prince in handling military affairs!"
As soon as Li Gefei said this, Zhao Guan's family was shocked at first, and paused for a moment, as if they were waking up from a dream. They wanted to start a crime, what a conspiracy.
The Zhao Guan family will not worry that Li Gefei will disturb Chao Gang, because Li Gefei has no son, only a daughter.
Zhao Guanjia thought to himself that military generals have power, but they can seize power at any time. After all, you are just an agent. As long as I want to fire you, I can ask the censor to find some evidence to impeach you, such as lack of seriousness in training, drinking in the army, deduction of military pay, poor training of soldiers and other reasons to remove you from your position. You go to other places to train.
This plan is really insidious, and all the officials are happy to see it. After all, as long as they think that any general is a threat, they will do everything possible to impeach him. As for the eldest son of the emperor, he only has a name. The acting general can be replaced at any time, so there will be no resistance. The situation in the court!
This also restrained the generals.
After Zhao Guanjia came back to his senses, he thought that no one had to deal with the commercial tax issue, and then he smiled and said: "Li Aiqing, I intend to transfer you to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and let you be responsible for the commercial tax affairs in Bianjing. I can rest assured that this matter will be left to you. I wonder what you think?"
After hearing this, Li Gefei responded in a deep voice: "I thank the officials for their love. It is not the most appropriate thing to leave this matter to the veteran! The officials only need to order the distribution of salary increases and bribes for all tax personnel involved, and there will be no shortage of people in charge. , even all personnel can be the principal, and the minister will also participate."
After Li Gefei left, the official picked up the memorial again, nodded repeatedly, and was amazed at these strategies. Then he called an internal affairs eunuch and ordered:
"Go and send a message to Cai Jing, the censor Zhongcheng, and ask him to find evidence for me to impeach Huang Qianshan, the minister of household affairs, tomorrow morning."
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Early morning.
"In the official family, I have my own memorial. I have to impeach Huang Qianshan, the minister of household affairs. He has asked for leave many times without reason. He is in a state of depression. The officialdom is a child's play and he is not qualified for the position of minister of household affairs."
Huang Qianshan, the Minister of Household Affairs, had no excuse because he had just taken a concubine and was discovered by Cai Jing, who used this to impeach him.
Huang Qianshan was then demoted to Qiongzhou.
"The position of Minister of Household Affairs cannot be vacant, so Li Gefei, a member of the Ministry of Rites, will be transferred to the position of Minister of Household Affairs."
Everyone looked at Li Gefei and thought to themselves, why did this old man suddenly get promoted?
Before everyone could figure it out, Zhao Guanjia said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, today I confer the emperor's eldest son as a mighty general, the commander-in-chief of the march on Hedong Road, Hebei East Road, and Hebei West Road, responsible for the response of the Song and Liao border armies. Affairs.”
The ministers asked suspiciously: "Guan family, I wonder when you had the emperor's eldest son?"
Seeing the confusion on their faces, Zhao Guanjia explained to them: "The emperor's eldest son will be born in the future, and I have sealed it for him in advance. Now that the emperor's eldest son has not yet been born, the original border army generals will temporarily handle the affairs. I will send The cronies went to supervise the manufacturing of weapons and express condolences to the border troops.”
The ministers were confused after hearing this, and then they were awakened. What a conspiracy. They were just managing the army on their behalf, so they could be impeached and laid off at any time.
Just like the former Minister of Household Affairs, the reason for being demoted...
Zhao Guanjia said in a deep voice: "At the same time, from now on, a new commercial tax law will be promulgated. It will be based on ten taxes and two taxes. The more income, the higher the tax. Today, all the officials in the early dynasty will collect commercial taxes from me. I also know that it is not easy to be an official. In this way When the collection is finished, we will increase the salaries of all the participants present."
Some officials were opposed because they had their own industries, but most of the officials who did not have any property seconded the proposal and took the initiative to collect taxes.
Finally, Zhao Guanjia announced something again, saying: "Also, for those of you courtiers who accept bribes, I will send people to keep an eye on you. The bribe money will be divided into ten parts, seven parts will go to the national treasury, two parts will go to the internal coffers, and one part can be used by yourself." . Take bribes and do nothing, enforce the law impartially, tax must be collected, and all officials and royal properties must pay taxes. I will send the imperial army to assist the ministers and collect taxes at door-to-door. At the same time, pharmacies and medical clinics will not collect taxes. Officials must pay taxes. We will go to investigate from time to time and use the less tax collected to lower prices so that people can see doctors and drink medicine. The new business tax law will be distributed to every courtier present."
As soon as they heard the word "bribery", all the courtiers were shocked and sweated. Not many people present had clean hands, but they were shocked to hear that they could still keep their share of bribes. so? Both bribes and taxes were collected. If the previous officials dared to stipulate this, there would be nothing invisible about the bribes collected by everyone present.
Some big businessmen might be able to get ten thousand taels for themselves if they take one-tenth of the bribe money. So more courtiers took the initiative to ask for orders to take charge of tax matters. After all, there would definitely be bribes from merchants, and if they could keep their share, they would definitely make a lot of money.
In fact, if merchants knew how the court dealt with bribes, no one would take bribes soon.
Seeing that so many officials were trying to take away their jobs, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was unwilling and said: "Officials, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. I will be solely responsible for this matter. I will definitely raise the business tax." "
"Officials, I think this statement by the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is inappropriate. Although I am not a member of the Ministry of Revenue, we are willing to share the worries of the court." Zhao Tingzhi, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, retorted.
"Shilang Zhao's remarks, I second my opinion."
"I also second my opinion."
"I second the proposal"
...For a time, all officials were ordered to collect business taxes. A few days later, specialized personnel and imperial troops would accompany them to collect taxes. After all, this is a good job to make money. Many people think like this: I have to collect bribes and taxes.
In this way, collecting commercial taxes was originally a difficult task, but this time the collection of commercial taxes was equivalent to providing welfare benefits to all officials. On the contrary, all officials were very active.
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Li Qingzhao was very late studying antiques at Jinshi Society yesterday and did not go home to spend the night. While she was still sleeping, she was startled by the women.
"Sister Qingzhao, your father is going to be promoted. Why haven't I heard you tell me before? We have to celebrate. How about Sister Qingzhao treat us to Baifanlou today." Pingting teased, and several girls around her nodded in agreement.
Baifan Tower is the largest restaurant in Bianjing. It is a place where court officials entertain guests. Most of the gatherings of wealthy businessmen are also held in Baifan Tower. It is famous for its delicious food and wine, and is famous for being the most expensive restaurant in the capital.
Li Qingzhao just woke up, muttering in his heart, he was speechless. He asked me to treat him all day long, how could he have so much money? I just lost 30 guan to my father, when can I get it back?
Wait, my dad got promoted? Why did my father suddenly get promoted? I haven't heard from my father that he has the possibility of promotion? Li Qingzhao asked with doubts: "Pingting, are you kidding me? Why is my father getting promoted? If you want me to treat you, just say so. Of course, this is impossible. I have lost all my personal money."
Li Qingzhao didn't believe that her father could be promoted. After all, he usually went to court every morning for five days as usual, and everything was normal.
Seeing that the president didn't believe it, Pingting explained to her excitedly: "Sister Qingzhao, it's true. I just came from the house. My father went to court today. Cai Jing impeached the Minister of Household Affairs for asking for leave for many times without reason. During the court session, He was languid, and the officialdom was a child's play. He was dismissed from the post of Minister of Household Affairs and demoted to Qiongzhou."
Pingting added: "The Minister of Household Affairs did not argue. I heard from my father that he had just taken a concubine into his house not long ago and was discovered by Cai Jing."
When the women heard this, they realized that Cai Jing, a wall between the new school and the old school, was really capable of causing trouble. Once this reason came out, it was hard to argue with anyone, and it was hard to say even if it was justified.
"Sister Qingzhao, don't you really want to celebrate?" Pingting joked. She also knew that Li Qingzhao lost thirty coins, but it didn't stop them from wanting to make money.
Li Qingzhao didn't listen to their nonsense. She wanted to congratulate her father and ask for clarification.
In the Li Mansion, Li Gefei was leisurely reading a book in his study. Tax collection would not begin until a few days after the distribution of the Forbidden Army was completed.
Li Qingzhao pushed the door open and walked in with a smile on his face: "Dad, why did you get promoted? Are you now the Minister of Household Affairs?"
Li Gefei came back only after seeing his daughter. He wanted to say a few words to her, but he held it back. He had no choice, it was his own. He paused for a moment and said, "Thanks also to my virtuous son-in-law. He came to my house yesterday and gave me the idea. He was afraid that his father-in-law would be implicated in the old and new party strife, so he showed me a path that would not be affected by the party strife."
"A good son-in-law? Which good son-in-law?"
Li Gefei was indignant and responded: "Is that your husband? People also say that you have a bad temper. I asked my father to talk to you properly. He is very protective of you and says that you are still young."
Li Gefei really explained to his daughter, and added: "The thirty guan he took from his father has been returned to the house."
Li Qingzhao couldn't believe it. She wanted to ask his father what that man looked like. She cursed: Who is that person? Why did he come to see his father again and again, and why did he always come when I was not at home? Moreover, why did he want to help his father? Is it because he defrauded his father of 30 yuan, and he feels guilty about it? Or, could it be? He admires me? But have we seen it?
At the same time, Li Qingzhao was worried that the man had returned the thirty taels and would he disappear in Bianjing City? She was unsure, and she didn't know why. It wasn't because of her father, but she just wanted to see this person. She wanted to find this person, but she didn't know where to start.
In order to meet this man, Li Qingzhao did not go to Jinshi Society for several days and stayed at her house. She wanted to wait for that man and wait for him to come to her father again.
However, she was disappointed. The man hadn't come these days. Did he really leave Bianjing City? Just when Li Qingzhao felt lost and dejected, several women from Jinshi Society knocked on the door of Li's house. They told Li Qingzhao that the "Dao Sect" people had resumed business.
Li Qingzhao's face looked much better after hearing this, and she was going to meet this expert for a while. Naturally, she didn't believe what Bai Meng said before, but she had nothing to do now, so she might as well go and have a look with a group of sisters.
Since the last time he closed the door, Bai Meng had locked himself in the room for several days, feeling a little depressed. He didn't know how long he would have to stay here, how he could break through the afterlife and return to the reincarnation, where in the southern dragon vein would the Dragon-Slaying Sword strike? What about the other two dragon veins?
Maybe, I can never get out again? After all, it seems that no one has been able to compete with the laws of heaven since ancient times! ! !
He seemed to have fallen into self-doubt, but he quickly got out of it, thinking in his mind: The future is still unknown. Now that the alliance with the Jin Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty has undergone great changes, why should he worry about not being able to fulfill his master's instructions? Definitely!
Bai Meng's "Tao Sect" now only tells fortunes for ten people a day. Every time, he pays the fortune. If he feels that the fortune is correct, he will pay for it. If it is wrong, please feel free to do it, because the gossip of the day after tomorrow can only give a rough estimate, and the secrets can be glimpsed at a corner. Not the whole picture.
When Li Qingzhao and several women from Jinshi Club arrived, they took a quick look and saw Bai Meng was about to lock the door from the outside.
