Cen Zhong laughed so hard that he almost couldn't breathe.

The so-called beating of a drowned dog is what Xiao Cheng looks like now.

Having caught the other party's mistake, he chased after him and started to fight relentlessly for a while, vowing to squeeze out all the benefits of this matter before giving up.

"You have separated the taxation from the Ministry of Household Affairs, which is equivalent to taking away the backbone of the Ministry of Household Affairs and depriving them of most of their power. I am afraid that Xu Xiangqi will not let it go, and it is inevitable that Si Jun will surpass them.

I will think of ways to hinder this matter." Cen Zhong said: "I think you are pushing too hard."

"It is better to chase the remaining bandits bravely than to be a famous academic overlord!" Xiao Cheng said: "Am I in a hurry? No. Look, didn't I still put the tax office in the Ministry of Household Affairs and accept the leadership of Xu Xiangqi?

If they really don't want to, well, I won't be polite. I will hand over all the evidence of the Ministry of Revenue's collusion, embezzlement, and corruption of taxes over the past few years to Zheng Qi, and let them, the Supervisory Yuan, investigate this matter.

check."

"After all, I'm still afraid of them jumping over the wall!" Cen Zhong sighed: "In the southwest, these corrupt people would have been used as coolies in mining by you."

"There is no way, just pull one and mobilize the whole body!" Xiao Cheng also had no choice: "You only need to carefully stroke the veins inside, and you will find that it goes around and around, and finally it ends up on these people. Now I can only cut

Its branches and leaves cannot be cut down at its roots."

"Take your time. Now we still have to endure for the sake of the country. Once we have a solid foundation, we will have capital!" Cen Zhong said. "The capital is too thin at the moment and cannot withstand the torment."

Both of them shook their heads.

Regardless of the victory after victory on the front line, which made Xiao Cheng's prestige skyrocketing, in fact, they knew in their hearts that these were just buildings on the gravel. As long as they suffered a defeat, their situation would immediately become difficult.

stand up.

Regardless of whether it is the central or eastern row, it is the southwestern troops and horses that play the backbone role.

However, the number of such elite soldiers and horses is limited.

These soldiers and horses were in the southwest. When they were dealing with Dali and the surrounding small countries, they naturally looked majestic and fearless of anyone.

But now when facing the largest country in the world, the Liao Kingdom, it naturally seems powerless.

It seems that the Liao people have not yet seriously dealt with their fate!

Qu Zhen and Liu Yu who appeared were just their lackeys.

Every day is precious to Xiao Cheng.

Laying a solid foundation and then building the house of Song Dynasty firmly is the most important thing for him right now.

Therefore, most of the time, he could only deal with certain people in silence. Even if he had evidence that could kill the other party, it could only be used as a handle to threaten the other party to cooperate with him.

What a rat-proof weapon!

He couldn't throw the whole Jiangnan into chaos just to get rid of these people.

If the Liao people, a formidable enemy, hadn't been waiting on one side, Xiao Cheng would have drawn out his knife at these people and started hacking them indiscriminately.

"The tax laws of our Song Dynasty are actually quite complete, but the implementation process is too flexible!" He patted a pile of files in front of him. These are the tax orders issued by the Song Dynasty since the founding of the country.

As well as the combined editions of some imperial edicts issued by officials of past dynasties.

"There is no specialized agency. Let some tax supervisors take charge of this matter. Whether the result is good or bad often depends on whether the person is competent and knowledgeable." Xiao Cheng shook his head and said: "And these tax supervisors,

Except for the eunuchs in the palace, most of them are demoted officials. The eunuchs are a little better. Those demoted officials, when it comes to doing such professional things, some of them are really messed up and say nothing at all times.

Competing with the people, he used the interests of the imperial court as a favor for his own family. He has gained such a great reputation, but he abandoned the imperial court on the dry slope. This is really intolerable!"

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Cen Zhong laughed loudly: "You are right, I have also been to supervise the wine tax, and I have done this kind of thing."

"So, we need a specialized, professional organization to take charge of this matter. To collect taxes in accordance with the law, even if they are exempted, it is the grace of the court. As a tax supervisor, what kind of reason do you dare to do such a thing?

thought?"

"If he is an eunuch, it must be to seek wealth. If he is demoting an official, it is naturally to gain fame and reputation!" Cen Chong said cheerfully, but he was not ashamed that he had done this before.

"The so-called competing for profits with the people means not competing for profits with wealthy gentlemen and officials, right?" Xiao Cheng sneered: "Such a thing will never happen again in the future, so a professional tax agency is necessary."

"Who will be the director of the tax bureau? If you can't win this position, all your hard work will be in vain!"

"Originally Tian Yi is very suitable, but his eldest brother Tian Chou has just assumed the post of governor of Jiangning. It seems inappropriate to let him come again. Let Lu Ze come."

"I think Lu Ze is more suitable than Tian Yi." Cen Zhong thought of this person's information. "He is a Qianzhou official, and he has your brand on him. He can't wash it off wherever he goes.

I can hold your thigh tightly. Secondly, this person has been an official in Guizhou for many years. He gradually rose from a household in a county, and he is very clear about the tax industry. Thirdly, this person can be considered to have certain abilities, although he is not.

What innovative move will there be, but fortunately, the tasks assigned to Shangfeng were completed to the letter. Fourthly, with his current position, he was transferred to be the director of taxation. In terms of level, it was a level transfer.

The existence is simple. Although Tian Yi is more familiar with finance, he is still only at the sixth level at the moment. He was promoted to the full fifth level position all of a sudden, which is unavoidable. Don't forget, what happened to Lu Wan earlier, you are here

At the court meeting, someone grabbed the little debater and chased him and beat him."

"You know this Luze so well?"

"Of course, knowing that you have this plan, I have been thinking about which person is suitable, and I have been trying to find a suitable person. This person is not bad, and you don't know that there is another wonderful thing." Cen Zhong said with a smile.

"What's so wonderful about it?"

"This Lu Ze is actually a relative of the Jiang family."

"That Jiang family?"

"Who else could it be? A relative of Jiang Zhihe, the governor of the two lakes, and Lu Ze's wife is also named Jiang."

"I haven't heard Jiang Zhihe say that even if he is a relative, he is probably a distant relative who has been out of the fifth server, right?" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Cen Zhong looked at Xiao Cheng with interest and said, "Believe it or not, as long as Lu Ze becomes the director, they will immediately become very close relatives. In the past, Lu Ze couldn't get along with each other, but now Jiang Zhihe

I'm afraid they will take the initiative to come to the door. Even though this is only a fifth-grade position, the power is really great. And if you go one step further, you can be promoted to the minister. In your lifetime, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance is not unable to aspire. Between Xu Shangshu and the First Assistant

If you don't deal with it, and Lu Ze is your confidant."

Xiao Cheng laughed: "So, if they oppose Lu Ze's choice, they will offend Jiang Zhihe again!"

"Who says it isn't?" Cen Chong said with a smile.

"In that case, this candidate has been decided, and you will be the one to nominate him for the next court meeting!" Xiao Cheng said.

"Okay, Jiang Zhihe will remember this favor on my head!" Cen Zhong said. "By the way, besides this matter today, didn't you say there are several other things you want to discuss with me?"

"Yes, a few very important things!" Xiao Cheng stood up, walked to the bookcase, flipped over for a while, and took out some manuscripts: "These are the few things I plan to promote next, come and take a look.

Look."

"One thing after another, what policies are you planning to introduce again?" Cen Zhong looked at it with a smile.

Immunity Law.

In addition to taxes, another extremely heavy burden for the people of the Song Dynasty was corvée.

Corvee service is unpaid and is the obligation of every citizen of the Song Dynasty. People in the same place serve in turns. When it is your turn, prepare your own bedding and food and go to the place of service. There are many families who have been ruined because of the heavy burden of corvee service.

On the road to Guizhou, Xiao Cheng abolished the corvee system and changed the government to pay and recruit people to carry out the work.

Now, Xiao Cheng is ready to implement it on the territory controlled by the entire Jiangning court.

Each household has its share of the money contributed according to the level of wealth and poverty. There are three grades: upper, middle, and lower. The upper household has one hundred cash, the middle household has eighty cash, and the lower household has fifty cash.

As long as the money is paid in full, you can be exempted from corvee service, liberating the people from heavy corvee service, allowing them to have more time to make money, ensuring working hours, and promoting the development of production.

In the second year of the Tiansong Dynasty, the population of Ding in the world was calculated. Now, in the entire area under the control of the New Song Dynasty, there were more than 10 million households and a population of 60 million. This population of Ding only counted adult males.

If all was collected, this would be a considerable amount of money, with an income of millions of dollars a year. If the court supplemented some of it, many large-scale projects could be started at the same time.

Moreover, this can also allow many idle and landless refugees and urban unemployed people to have something to do in Hukou to make money to support their families, which is a killing two birds with one stone.

Take it from the people and use it for the people.

"Okay, okay, but the people who collect money here include all the scholar-bureaucrats. Do you really want to collect their money as well?" Cen flicked the paper in his hand and asked.

"Is one hundred liters too much?" The so-called scholar-bureaucrats are naturally the upper class.

"One hundred pennies is not much, but face is very important!" Cen Zhong said: "They will think you are slapping him in the face and putting them on the same level as the head of Guizhou."

Xiao Cheng sneered: "If anyone has any objections, I can send him to the Five Kingdoms City in the Liao Kingdom to see the so-called noble families who herd sheep and horses there. They are scholarly and wealthy, and the gentry and wealthy families are rich. If the skin is not preserved, the hair will be lost.

I don’t want to tell them the truth again.”

"That's what I said!" Cen Zhong shook his head: "Okay, although it will slap them in the face, I think they can still accept it."

The second one is the green seedling method.

Seeing the specific contents inside, the smile on Cen Zhong's face gradually disappeared.

Every year during the lean years, the government could provide loans to the people, including grain loans, with an annual interest of one cent, which would be repaid during the summer and autumn taxes.

This interest rate is ridiculously low.

Cen Zhong knows that most of the interest rates on loans on the market today are 5 cents, and even 6 cents or more.

The faces of these beating scholar-officials were different. Xiao Cheng's move was really cutting off the wealth of many people.

It's okay to be shameless, but if you cut off people's financial opportunities, isn't that the same as seeking money and killing people?

Can those who can afford loans be ordinary people?

"The usury will be repaid three times in a lifetime, and it will never end!" Xiao Cheng said: "These people use this method to slowly seize the people's fields and real estate, turning the people into their slaves step by step.
To be continued...