Hear this command.

Gong Liangyu hesitated for a moment, then said: "Isn't it six million stones?"

This batch of grain was collected by Emperor Longjing in the south during the civil war.

The food was raised, but it was never shipped to Beijing.

According to Yang Su, there were originally 8 million shi, but officials at all levels had embezzled about 2 million shi.

It has to be said that in the later period of Longjing, corruption was also a disaster.

This batch of grain has been stored in Lin'an. Guan Ning asked Wang Lun to transport it before, but he used various reasons to stall it.

It must be self-stealing. In the past such a long time, I'm afraid there were no six million stones. How could there be eight million stones?

Thinking like this.

Gong Liangyu asked again: "And he may not send it."

"It didn't happen before, but it will definitely happen now."

Guan Ning said: "The so-called Nanfu Army has been torn apart, and they have also lost the support of the local officials and squires. What strength can they still have to fight against the imperial court?"

"On the contrary, they have to do their job well. Not only do they have to make up for their previous mistakes, but they also have the huge temptation of conferring the title of prince in front of them..."

Gong Liangyu was immediately speechless.

Your Majesty knows people's hearts very well, and this matter may cause big trouble if you are not careful.

But it was easily resolved by His Majesty.

"Then there is a big gap in this batch of grain. I'm afraid there won't be so much left."

"That's his business and has nothing to do with me."

Guan Ning said calmly: "Let the eunuch who passed the order mention a few words. The general idea is that it takes a lot of merit to be crowned king. Otherwise, the officials will have too much resistance and will not be able to convince the public. The court is currently short of money and food. How can this be done?

The solution is a great achievement!”

"In addition, we can pass the decree to Fang Jie and Sun Pusheng, so that they can send back taxes, and then reveal the amount of taxes paid by each other, so that they can compete with each other, because this is the condition for becoming king..."

Gong Liangyu's inner surprise became more and more serious as he listened.

One ring within another.

These people have taken the first step and can no longer look back. They can only move forward towards that illusory goal.

It's not that they want to do this, but that external forces push them to do so.

First, they collect commercial taxes desperately, and then they compete with each other to pay them. If you have five million taels, then I will pay six million taels, and then keep raising the prices. In the end, they may not have much left, but the court will benefit.

…

Gong Liangyu thought about it and asked: "In this commercial tax collection, those local officials can also get 20%. In fact, I am afraid they will keep more of this money?"

"This money can't escape."

Guan Ning said: "Collecting taxes from merchants is more complicated. If the imperial court sends people there, it will be difficult to open up the situation in a short time, and it will be difficult to achieve results. But the local officials are different. They know the actual situation better and know which merchants there are.

Know who has money."

"Understood."

Gong Liangyu took a deep breath.

"Businessmen have no registration, but officials have registration. By checking the official registration, we can know who is involved. It is equivalent to transferring the money of the businessmen to the hands of the officials, but it is not easy to collect the money of the officials, right?"

He asked another question.

"Good harvest."

Guan Ning said calmly: "After the collection of commercial taxes is over, I will start an anti-corruption campaign. If you dare to reach out to commercial taxes, is this corruption?"

"Who can guarantee absolute cleanliness, then they will not only spit out the extra money they took, but also spit out what they didn't take extra!"

ruthless!

This is really cruel!

Gong Liangyu was really convinced.

"But there is another problem. If this continues, the six southern states will be in chaos. Officials, businessmen, etc...."

"chaos?"

Guan Ning said calmly: "I just want chaos. The local forces will unite to fight against the imperial court. If they are not in chaos, how can I have the chance to deal with them? If we don't break it, we won't establish it!"

Gong Liangyu knew in his heart that this situation was exactly what His Majesty wanted to see.

"His Majesty."

At this moment, Cheng Jing came to report.

"Those people are here again, kneeling outside the palace. You see..."

"What did they say? Did they say that we should not compete with the people for profit?"

"yes."

Cheng Jing said: "They also said that this will lead to chaos in the six southern states and turn officials into bandits. This is a perverse move and will make the country regress..."

"good!"

"That's very well said!"

Guan Ning knew there would be objections.

Ever since he started to implement commercial tax collection in Beijing, the voices of opposition have never stopped.

But at that time, he adopted the appropriate strategy and suppressed it temporarily.

Now, it broke out again.

At first, Guan Ning did not make it public, but only gave instructions secretly. Now that word has spread, these people realized later that they may have a rebellious mentality, which made the advice more serious.

I can say anything.

Of course, the main saying is that we cannot compete with the people for profit.

Because this sentence allows them to occupy the righteousness and the moral high ground.

In fact, it is extremely hypocritical!

"Come here, send the Jin Yiwei to kill all those who threatened to die for remonstrance. I will help them."

Guan Ning gave the order directly.

"His Majesty!"

Gong Liangyu was a little frightened when he heard this!

As far as he knew, those who gave the advice were all veterans of the previous dynasty, and there were quite a few of them.

The outbreak of the southern incident has caused many people who had retired to come out.

They themselves are all old scholars, and some of them once held high positions. Although they have resigned, they still have great influence...

Gong Liangyu knew that they also had a special identity, that is, the Qingliu Party.

The members of this faction are not fixed, just like there used to be the Snow Party and the Mei Party in the imperial court, but some of them belonged to the Qingliu Party.

This is because the Qingliu Party’s ideas are all based on serving the people.

As long as you say that you are a member of the Qingliu Party, you will have an aura, as if you have great righteousness.

Regardless of whether we really agree with this proposition, it is indeed something we often talk about.

Because I can show off.

If His Majesty directly ordered the killing, the impact would be too great...

Thinking like this, Gong Liangyu said: "Your Majesty, most of them are members of the Qingliu Party, right..."

"What happened to the Qingliu Party?"

Guan Ning became angrier the more she thought about it.

He said coldly: "The people I want to kill are the people of the Qingliu Party, and I want to kill them all!"

Gong Liangyu was shocked. This was the first time he saw His Majesty say such serious words.

"What is the Qingliu Party? It is just a group of self-proclaimed and arrogant people. They also advocate that the emperor cannot plunder the people, cannot compete with the people for profits, does not collect commercial taxes, and does not collect agricultural taxes... Then where does the country's tax revenue come from?

!”

Guan Ning said coldly: "It is true that the people will be rich and the country will be strong, but there is a premise that only by collecting taxes from the people and having money can the country be strong and develop construction and production. This kind of thinking instilled by the Qingliu Party,

You are doing your country a disservice!"
Chapter completed!