It was getting late when I left the palace and returned to my house.

After dinner, Zhu Yunzhen locked himself in the room.

The night is getting darker, and the pleasant chirping of cicadas can be heard outside.

Zhu Yunxuan looked at the candlelight and began to think.

Lao Zhu asked him to do two things. The first was to write a memorial on collecting business taxes, and he had to write it himself.

The second is the case of the judge and his son.

No matter what Zhu Yunxuan thinks, he feels something is wrong.

It is not the turn of a seven-year-old child to do these things.

I’m afraid no one will believe me if I tell you.

What is Lao Zhu’s intention?

"Wait!" Zhu Yunzhen felt a flash of lightning suddenly flash in his mind: "Could it be..."

In an instant, an idea came to his mind.

Could it be that Lao Zhu wants to make himself the prince?

I hope he can come out and do something for others to see?

Otherwise, how could it be possible...

"No, it's impossible." Zhu Yunxuan shook his head quickly and quickly denied the idea.

It is unlikely that Lao Zhu wanted to make him the crown prince.

On the one hand, he also has a group of uncles.

Even if Zhu Xi is not suitable, there are still Zhu Fan, Zhu Di, Zhu Xi...

In addition, there are two older brothers.

Whether it is Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Yunxi, in Lao Zhu's eyes, they should be more suitable to be the prince.

Whether it is to establish a son or a grandson, it will never be his turn.

What's more, Zhu Yunzhen was only seven years old at this time.

And Lao Zhu is already sixty-five years old this year. He is already in the wind and may die at any time.

At least everyone thinks so except him who knows the history.

If that day, Lao Zhu suddenly traveled west on a crane, how could the seven-year-old prince succeed to the throne and suppress the ministers and the vassal kings?

Although it is possible to set up auxiliary ministers to help the young emperor manage the court affairs.

However, that was also a helpless move. It was only done because there was no one else to stand on.

That would be a very high risk for the imperial family.

If one thing goes wrong, the auxiliary minister will become the auxiliary emperor!

Now, there are actually several candidates for the crown prince.

There is no need to leave the older one alone and raise a younger child.

Who knows whether the auxiliary minister will hold the emperor hostage to order the princes?

Finally, even if Lao Zhu really wants to do this, the whole government will not allow it.

It is a rule recognized by all the people in the DPRK that one should establish a leader rather than a virtuous one.

Although Lao Zhu is an emperor, it is not easy to break him.

At this time, Zhu Yunmin and Zhu Yunxi are already in their teens after all, so they are not young!

If they were only a few years old, they really wouldn't be able to appoint any grandson, but would only choose from the King of Qin, the King of Jin, and the King of Yan...

Zhu Yunzhen thought about it, but he still didn't believe that Lao Zhu would risk the disapproval of the world and establish himself as the emperor's grandson.

After ruling out this point, I decided to start by analyzing two tasks.

Gradually, his thoughts slowly became clearer.

The first one is to collect business tax, which is easy to understand.

Maybe it's just like what Lao Zhu said, it's just to test him and see what he will say.

Anyway, it’s just a memorial, not an imperial edict.

Lao Zhu also said, it doesn’t matter if you write it wrong.

It's like a parent assigning a composition to a child about national events.

It’s not that I really want children to participate in this, but I want to take this opportunity to see what children think.

The second item is more interesting, as it actually requires him to handle the Bu family's case.

Historically, it can be said that there are almost no such cases when a case is handled at the age of seven.

What does Lao Zhu mean?

Zhu Yunzhen thought hard and couldn't think of a reason.

Suddenly, Zhu Yunxuan thought of the identity of the Bu family.

They work for Lan Yu.

Sapphire?!

The Sapphire Case!

Zhu Yunzhen's eyes suddenly widened, as if a door suddenly opened in his mind.

The Lan Jade case involved tens of thousands of people.

There must be many corrupt officials among these people, and the water is very deep.

Could it be that...there are a lot of things involved in the Bu family?

Zhu Yunzhen knew that the reason why Lao Zhu didn't move away from the Bu family was definitely not because of connivance. A person like him who was very perceptive would definitely not be unaware of the actions of the Bu family and his son.

The only possibility is that the Bu family and his son involve too many people.

Lao Zhu never had the right opportunity to take action.

And now, the opportunity has come.

The reason why Lao Zhu asked him to handle the case was probably because he wanted a child to muddy the waters.

In this way, Lao Zhu can watch from behind and catch them all in one fell swoop.

Yes, that’s definitely the case.

The more Zhu Yunxun thought about it, the more it made sense.

How could Lao Zhu not know that a seven-year-old child cannot judge a case?

He just wants to let himself do whatever he wants, and he just wants to keep this matter in chaos.

Zhu Yunzhen breathed a long sigh of relief, as if a big stone in his chest was suddenly put down.

As long as Lao Zhu doesn't want him to inherit the throne, everything will be fine.

Zhu Yunxuan doesn’t want to be the emperor.

What's good about being imprisoned on a dragon's chair in your prime years, working hard for the country every day, endless memorials, and endless political affairs.

Life is alive, grass and trees are in autumn.

It’s just a journey in the end.

If you work too hard, you are a fool.

Wind, flowers, snow, moonlight, traveling around mountains and rivers, this is life.

After figuring out Lao Zhu's idea, Zhu Yunxu probably knew what to do.

The first is to collect business taxes.

Although Lao Zhu may just want to test him, Zhu Yunxuan knows very well that as long as he does this well, he will have a greater say in front of Lao Zhu on the matter of establishing the crown prince.
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So not only do we have to do it, but we also have to do it well and beautifully.

"Collecting business tax... um..." Zhu Yunxi held his chin and frowned slightly.

This is no small matter, and there are many difficulties involved.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce.

In ancient times, although the status of merchants was not high, they definitely had considerable energy.

In fact, the beneficiaries of low commercial taxes are the wealthy gentry businessmen represented by Su Yang.

And they have huge energy in the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom.

If you want to increase business taxes, these people will be offended.

This matter affects the whole body at once, and nothing can be done carelessly.

However, this is a headache for Lao Zhu.

This peasant emperor, who is always raising his butcher's knife, must have his own ideas.

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As for him, he just wants to know how to raise the high business taxes.

This is not something that can be decided solely by imperial power.

Businessmen are different from farmers.

Farmers' fields can be harvested as long as they are measured clearly and apportioned.

How much land does each household have and how much tax should be collected? All we have to do is follow the rules.

But businessmen are completely different.

In addition to fixed shops, there are many merchants who run around.

How big a business they do, how much money they make, and how much they purchase and ship...

It’s hard to tell how many goods the shop sells every day and how much revenue it generates.

These things are very complicated, and they all depend on what they say. Who can know the real situation?

Even if you are a regular businessman, it is not difficult to falsify your account books.

Maybe not before, but with high taxes, there is no guarantee that someone will not take risks.

In later generations, the tax system will be perfected and science and technology will be developed, so it will not be easy to collect business taxes.

Under such conditions, many businessmen still use various loopholes to evade taxes.

How much more so in this day and age?

It is not that easy to solve this matter.

The business tax in Ming Dynasty is very low, but even so, this very low business tax does not actually bring in much.

Many of them were collected randomly.

To put it bluntly, it relies on sharing and coercion.

Some merchants overcharged, some undercharged, and it was a mess.

Anyway, businessmen who overcharge cannot afford to offend the government, so they can only admit it with their noses pinched.

Businessmen who charge less will naturally be happier.

But in Zhu Yunxuan's view, this is always a serious problem.

Chaotic taxation has a great impact on the development of business.

"What should we do?" Zhu Yunzhen muttered to himself while leaning on his chin.

Time is passing by gradually, and the night is getting quieter and quieter.

But Zhu Yunzhen's brain was spinning rapidly.

"If you want to collect a small amount of business tax, you must have something to prove the businessman's income..."
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