Chapter 44 This time it’s a real illness

When Li Yuanchen saw that Yue Su was silent, he smiled and said: "Brother-in-law, in fact, if the court wants to make money, there are many ways to collect all the thirty taxes. Even if it is the boss's ability, it can collect at least tens of millions more taels a year.

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"You are right. If you can collect all these taxes, it will be considered good. In your opinion, is there any way to accumulate more money for the court in the shortest possible time?" Yue Su asked again.

Regarding the taxation system of the imperial court, Yue Su had served as a county magistrate and magistrate, and of course he knew the situation. The commercial tax was thirty to one, which can be said to be the lowest in Chinese history.

Those who violate the order are regarded as violating the order. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty has always maintained this system. However, although the tax rate is low, such as one-thirtieth, it is not a small number, but it is accumulated day by day. However, in order not to compete with the people for profits, the royal family later

Gradually, dead quotas were established: salt tax was 2.5 million taels, tea tax was more than 100,000 taels, market shipping tax was 40,000 taels, passing tax was 600,000 taels, business tax was 200,000 taels, the total amount was only 3.4 million taels.

2. When I was a local official, my superiors also apportioned a fixed amount, which lasted for twelve months a year, and it only took three months to complete it. This comparison made it one hundred and twenty taxes per year.

"Let's start with the land tax. It's not the right time to start with the commercial tax. If the commercial tax is equal, we can only choose one of the hotland taxes. We can't do it until the commercial tax is completed, but the most we can do is pick up the whip law enacted by Zhang Juzheng.

Brother-in-law, please think about it. At that time, Zhang Juzheng had great power and did not dare to collect taxes from the scholars. Brother-in-law, if you dared to do so, it is hard to say what the consequences would be. Besides, not all the scholars were rich, some were wealthy.

We only have a few acres of thin farmland at home, so I study hard and give the land to tenants. If you tax them all and make these grains indiscriminate, how can they live? Even if it is taxed, you have to find some big households who are unkind for their wealth. Brother-in-law, you

He often kills corrupt officials and punishes bullies. If he wants to replenish the treasury, he will kill twenty or thirty of them a year, and the money will come. In just a Huaiqing Mansion, my brother-in-law just walked around and copied out a million taels of silver. There are so many states in the imperial court.

In cities and counties, they punished him two or three times a year, confiscated the stolen gold, silver, and silk, converted the family fields into farms, and recruited people to farm, which is no better than anything else."

Li Yuanchen spoke in an understatement, but Yue Su nodded repeatedly.

"He went to various places to monitor officials. Although Dongchang did it, he never reported to the emperor the officials' corruption and bending the law. Just like what happened in Huaiqing Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture, did Dongchang really not know what happened?

Pretending not to know, these are not important, the important thing is that the emperor was not informed, this is the ability. The brother-in-law used this as an excuse to ask the emperor to open a western factory and monitor the officials all over the world to see who is more greedy. The local tyrants and bullies

If there are too many, we can punish anyone. Isn't this great? First, we have won the hearts of the people, second, we have made the court rich, and third, we have consolidated our own power, so why not do it. Furthermore, the court can also take back all the mining rights and start mining on its own.

If you have a mine, you will also have money." Li Yuanchen talked eloquently. In his eyes, it seems that it is easy to make money.

Yue Sushen thought so. What the court is short of now is money. As long as it can earn another ten million taels a year, it seems that it can do anything. And the dozen or so officials currently in charge and their combined wealth are just right.

If we can reach this amount, we can catch up with the current tax revenue next year.

Li Yuanchen could see that Yue Su accepted his suggestion from the bottom of his heart. He stood up and said, "Brother-in-law, you still have official duties to attend to. I won't delay any more and leave here. Brother-in-law, there is no need to see you off." After that,

Step towards the door.

"Come on, Yuanchen. I'll see you off soon." Yue Su stood up, waited until Li Yuanchen went out, closed the door behind him, then walked to the coffee table and took the sachet.

Opening the sachet, there was a note inside. Yue Su read the words on it and not only laughed, "It's really amazing. He can actually come up with such an idea."

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Yue Su left the Shangshu's residence and did not return to the Ministry of Punishment. Instead, he returned directly to Shuntian Mansion. He did not go back to the Houya first as usual, but went to Mu Tianjiao's yard alone.

In the previous back house, several women lived in the same courtyard. Since their wedding, everything has changed. Only Du Shiniang and Ruan Aoyue still live in the same courtyard, while Li Qiongying and Mu Tianjiao live in separate courtyards.

Arriving at Mu Tianjiao's bedroom, Mu Tianjiao was puzzled and surprised to see her husband in the daytime. Unexpectedly, Yue Su's first words after entering the room were, "Prepare water for me. Now

Take a bath."

In addition to taking a bath, Yue Su also had very high requirements. He asked to prepare two buckets of water, one bucket of hot water and one bucket of cold water, and was not allowed to let outsiders know.

She married her husband and obeyed her husband. Although Mu Tianjiao said she didn't know what her husband meant, she didn't ask any questions and just acted as he was told. She asked her trusted people to prepare water. It turned out that it was normal for the couple to take a mandarin duck bath in the same room.

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But who would have thought that Yue Su was not taking a bath? He was torturing himself to death, sometimes soaking in cold water, and sometimes soaking in hot water. Mu Tianjiao became a little anxious when she saw Yue Su doing this, and asked

: "Husband... what are you doing... you will get sick..."

Yue Su looked at Mu Tianjiao's concerned look and said with a smile: "I just want to make myself sick. Don't mention this to anyone, not even to Ao Yue and the others. If anyone asks me how I got sick.

Yes, you said you just got cold."

"This..." Mu Tianjiao looked at her husband blankly, really confused. "Husband, are you in any trouble? If you have anything, please tell me."

"There is indeed a little trouble, but it's not important. After a few days, it will be fine." After Yue Su finished speaking, he started tossing in the buckets again.

Mu Tianjiao didn't dare to stop her, she could only watch with her own eyes as Yue Su tormented her. But Mu Tianjiao understood that something big must have happened, otherwise her husband would never be like this. At least he pretended last time

Illness, this time it’s life-threatening, it’s a real illness.

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The news that Yue Su suffered from cold and high fever spread that night. Several ladies were busy and asked the doctor for diagnosis and treatment. The doctor's answer was that it would take at least half a month. He was fine during the day.

No matter how sick you are, no one would believe such a thing. Even Ruan Aoyue didn't believe it, and she expected her husband to be pretending to be sick. After all, Yue Su had a history of pretending to be sick.

But when she saw that Yue Su was indeed ill in bed, she couldn't say a word. She couldn't even open her mouth to plead with her father.

The next morning, Yue Su reluctantly asked Yang Yishan to write a letter for him and presented it to the emperor. The content of it was roughly as follows: I accidentally caught wind and cold and my condition was serious. I asked the emperor for a leave of absence. I will not be able to work for the next few days.

I'm at work. Please don't worry, your majesty. The doctor said that he will be fully recovered in ten days and a half. But the case handed over by the emperor cannot be delayed. I think that the joint trial of the three judicial departments is not a matter of the Ministry of Justice. Without me, I

Even if it doesn't affect me, it would be better to ask the Minister of Criminal Affairs to replace me and try it together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple. Moreover, this case involves my father-in-law, so it is natural for me to avoid suspicion.

As soon as this document was presented, there was an uproar. Eunuch Wei was still waiting to see how Yue Su would punish his father-in-law. If you don't try it, what else would I expect? The other members of the eunuch party immediately began to spread the word,

Yue Su was pretending to be ill. Eunuch Wei was polite and once again asked the emperor to send someone to diagnose and treat Yue Su. He even proposed that he replace the emperor and visit Mr. Yue.

Carpenter Zhu did not suspect that Yue Su was ill. He believed that Yue Su would not lie to him. He did not ask Wei Zhongxian to go on his behalf, but personally led Wei Zhongxian and the imperial doctor to visit him.

This is a real illness. When the imperial doctor went there, he could tell it without checking his pulse, just by looking at his face. He then gave the emperor an accurate answer. Mr. Yue was really sick. One of them was the cold, and the other was the internal heat.

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Zhu Carpenter was not confused either. Why he got angry? It must be because he was in a dilemma because of the inconvenience of trying his father-in-law. Okay, why bother your beloved? It’s not impossible to let others try this case. According to the agreement

The Ministry of Punishment, the Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple will start the trial this afternoon.

So much gold and silver was found in the homes of the prisoners. It is impossible to earn money from the salary. It is inevitable to fall into corruption and accept bribes. Wei Zhongxian hoped that Yue Su would come to interrogate, but Wei Guangwei, Feng Quan and others

, I don’t plan to let Yue Su do the trial. After all, letting someone else do the trial will give me some hope. Once Yue Su’s temper comes up, what if he gets hit directly? Bystanders are interested in watching Yue Su’s excitement, but the person involved still says "

Sex and life are the most important thing.

Today is the first session. The Tribunal of Justice is holding a trial in the lobby of the Criminal Department. There are many officials present. In addition to Zuo Shilang, there are also doctors and Yuanwailang from the Criminal Department. All officials from the Imperial Procuratorate and Qiandu Yushi and above are also here.

Marble is for officials above Shaoqing to come to the hall.

No matter which yamen door you go to, there are officials from the three parties, officials from the eunuch party, and neutral officials. These people have their own ideas. The neutral officials pay attention to being prudent and safe, and neither family will be offended. The eunuch officials plan to put Ruan Zhenmei to death.

Try to save Wei Guangwei, Feng Quan and others. The three parties are just the opposite. They want to kill Wei Guangwei and his gang and try to save Ruan Zhenmei. Who knows that is Mr. Yue's father-in-law.

As a result, the courtroom was extremely lively, and it didn't look like a prisoner was being interrogated, but like two groups of people fighting.

For example, when Wei Guangwei came to the court, the Minister of Justice, who was a neutral person, casually asked, "Where does your family's money come from?"

Wei Guangwei immediately answered that it was earned by relatives doing business and he gave himself some profit.

Next, there were no neutral officials. Officials belonging to the three parties immediately asked what kind of business could earn so much money. If they were not honest, they would be punished with severe punishment.

Wei Guangwei didn't need to quibble, the officials of the eunuch party began to help, saying that the doctor could not be punished, and Wei Cifu was only temporarily suspended, how could he use punishment? Why can't he make so much money in business? The relatives of the British government are in business, all year round

, have you still made money? I heard that the relatives of Mr. Li, the Minister of Dali Temple, are also engaged in business. I wonder how much money they can make in a year.

Officials from the two factions exchanged words with each other, and started a war of words in the lobby. The case was not revealed, and the day almost passed. Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, the representative of the neutral faction, Zuo Shilang of the Criminal Department, announced: "

"Retreat from court" and the trial will resume tomorrow.

Chapter 44 This time it’s a real illness
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