The Ministry of Revenue Department also cannot avoid the invasion of this heavy rain. Raindrops as big as soybeans hit the roof, and scattered rain curtains hung across the courtyard or in front of the door, making it feel like it is a world of its own.

Faced with this sudden heavy rain, people here must be wet even if they are walking through a yard with an umbrella.

The yamen was not idle. Some people hurried back to the office house to collect the clothes for drying, some people found pottery basins to put them in the leaking place on the roof to collect water, and some people cleaned up the debris at the drain outlet.

In this era, facing this violent weather condition, they can only passively endure it. Perhaps it is precisely because of this helpless mood that having a house that can shelter from wind and rain has always been the highest pursuit of many ordinary people.

Therefore, "How can you get thousands of buildings and win over the poor people in the world to be happy" can be widely passed down to this day.

The dining room of the Ministry of Revenue is located on the north side of the yamen. There are a house with many doors and windows, but the windows have been closed on the side facing the wind and rain.

There were originally several short long dining tables here that were specially designed for clerks to eat, but now they have disappeared. They have all been changed to a unified Eight Immortals table, each with four chairs.

However, whether it is the clerks or officials of the Ministry of Revenue, they can all sit at the Eight Immortals table and enjoy lunch. This place gives people the feeling of a restaurant welcoming guests from all directions.

Since it was lunch time, a large group of officials gathered here.

Although they were blocked by the heavy rain outside, the officials in the Lang Office were also very sad, so the officials who had finished their meals did not need to give up their seats too much, even after they had finished their meals, they were chatting here.

However, their voices were not too high, and many people were even obviously absent-minded, because Lord Zhengtang was now sitting at the dining table at the eastmost point.

But no matter how they evaluated this Xinzhengtang in private, they just watched him eat here every day, which fully reflects his consistent side of words and deeds.

The heavy rain raged the poor roof, but except for the noise, the others did not seem to be affected in any way.

Lin Weiran has been in the Ministry of Revenue for half a month. On the second day of his employment, he took the initiative to seriously the officials who ignored his ban. Then he used iron-fisted means to re-examine the personnel affairs of the Thirteenth Department of the Ministry of Revenue and kicked them out directly.

Some black sheep.

Through the three government experiences of Leizhou Yamen, Guangzhou Yamen and Shuntian Yamen, he deeply realized the importance of effectively rectifying the personnel affairs of the Yamen.

No matter how good the plan he has made, it actually requires the people below to implement it. If the executor himself has serious problems, then he must pay for the failure.

Fortunately, the personnel adjustment of the Ministry of Revenue was very smooth. Whether it was Wu Song, Minister of Personnel, or Xu Jie, the chief assistant among all officials, there was no objection or obstacle to his personnel adjustment in the Ministry of Revenue.

But it is inevitable that there will be some negative effects! Through this personnel review from top to bottom, all the officials of the Ministry of Revenue have seen his power, so they are afraid of Lin Xun.

Lin Weiran and Yang Futian were talking whispering, but the distance between the two sides was too far, and the noise of raindrops on the roof hitting the blue tiles, his ears could not satisfy their curiosity.

Huh?

While the officials were watching the movements of the Lord Zhengtang, someone suddenly ran to the door in the rain, which made many people look surprised.

According to the current rules and regulations of the Ministry of Revenue, the meal time of officials does not limit, and everyone's meals are strictly quantified. If they encounter such heavy rainy weather, they have always been working in the government office, so there is no need to hurry.

Come here for lunch.

But just that, the Ministry of Revenue actually has such an independent and lonely person.

The person who came was a little old man with dark skin, with a very clean body, but his eyes were like torch. He was wearing a sixth-rank official uniform and was already a director of the Ministry of Revenue.

However, he did not rush to walk in, but stood at the threshold and shook the rain on his body. Then he untied the black hat and shook off the water marks on the top, and pinched the water stains on the sleeves on the sixth-grade official uniform.

After the treatment was done, he walked in and went straight to the meal-cheating place.

If there are four people, the yamen runners here will arrange tables and deliver standard four dishes and one soup. If there is only one person, the yamen runners here will directly use a large bowl to serve the meal and add a small bowl of soup.

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"Don't take it to me, just give it to me!" The old man took the big rice bowl, but took the initiative to ask for another soup bowl, and even walked towards the dining room without looking back.

Due to the heavy rain, even if he wanted to bring the food back to the yamen station to enjoy, it would not work, but he could only find a seat here to sit down and enjoy it.

But today, the seats were full. Although some officials had finished eating and using food, many officials chose to turn a blind eye to this old man, and even several officials raised their chins directly.

This little old man is nothing but Hai Rui, the chief of Yunnan Department.

The officials who were able to work in the Ministry of Revenue were all Jinshi officers, and there were even two-level Jinshi. On the contrary, Hai Rui was only a juren, but he was promoted to Beijing by Zhu Heng, the former Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

For this colleague, they are also willing to maintain the unity of the Jin vassal officers and exclude Hai Rui together.

Hai Rui has been working for nearly half a year and has long been used to this situation. He then looked for it with his job, and his eyes suddenly lit up slightly, but he saw two empty seats.

Huh?

Yang Futian was talking vividly, but suddenly he found that there was someone else next to him. His fat face turned his head and looked over in surprise.

"Xiaoguan has met two adults!"

It was only at this time that Hai Rui also saw clearly the two people sitting at this table, but there was no unnatural on his face, but he greeted him lightly.

Lin Weiran and Yang Futian couldn't help but exchanged glances, but they didn't expect Hai Rui to have the courage to come here.

this……

The officials in the canteen were also paying attention to this side. Seeing Hai Rui really sat down, many officials seemed to have their eyes glared out.

After Hai Rui sat down, he didn't feel anything wrong and ignored the surprised gazes of the people around him. He immediately swallowed the voracious eyes as if he was a starving ghost.

Since Lin Weiran canceled the right of officials to have small meals, the dine-in at the Ministry of Revenue is now a combination of ordinary meat and vegetables. Just looking at Hai Rui eating, it was like eating delicacies.

Yang Futian has been frugal since he was a child and is extremely particular about food. If Lin Shiran had not been dragged by him today and the heavy rain was pouring, he would have chosen to go outside or let his family deliver food.

I didn't eat much, but seeing Hai Rui eating so deliciously, I couldn't help but pick up a piece of tofu and put it in my mouth. I turned my head and looked at the meal place, seriously suspected that the chef had other preferential treatment for Hai Rui.

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"Although the specific data has not been released yet, the most serious arrears in recent years are Zhejiang, Nanzhili and Jiangxi!" Lin Weiran returned to the topic and said helplessly.

His first big move when he took office was to check the tax and grain accumulated in various provinces over the years. If used in later terms, he would start to check these bad accounts receivables.

Even if today is the world of Ming Dynasty, it is inevitable that some people will be owed taxes and grains. There are poor people who are really unable to pay grains, gentry who refuse to pay taxes in the places, and some disputes with quite complex situations.

If all accounts receivable can be collected, then the current financial problems of the Ming Dynasty will naturally be solved, but this is no longer possible.

In fact, this is the most difficult problem of the Ministry of Revenue, which can be said to be a chronic disease.

Although the Ministry of Revenue can recover tax grain, the local government's method of collecting grain will directly hurt the poor people who are unable to pay tax grain. If they are too polite, they will indulge more wealthy families to evade taxes.

It is this problem that is almost unsolvable. The Ministry of Revenue in previous sessions has usually tried it out and would rather use the method of collecting miscellaneous taxes to increase income than to encounter this problem again.

After these periods of investigation, the tax arrears in each province have been slowly sorted out specific data, and it has even been accurate to prefectures and counties. Zhejiang, Nanzhili and Jiangxi have become "severely affected areas".

Yang Futian was not surprised by this result, and nodded solemnly: "The local gentry in these three places is the most naughty, and there are too many of them in the court to support them. Local officials really dare not use excessive means, but..."

"It's okay to say it!" Lin Weiran has developed the habit of not expressing his opinion easily. He prefers to listen to others talking loudly, but responds gently.

Yang Futian has been in the Ministry of Revenue for many years and was born in a merchant family. His knowledge is already at the top of this era. He said seriously: "When the former Minister of Revenue Jia Yingshu just took office, he proposed to determine the results of collecting grain.

Although the promotion of county magistrates was almost no results at that time, I have carefully studied it over the years and it was actually a feasible method. If it weren't for his lack of prestige and resigning after less than half a year of taking office, the effect would have been reflected, and it would have been possible.

Alleviate the decline in the decline in our Ming Dynasty’s grain tax!”

Although Hai Rui kept burying his head to eat, his ears were growing on both sides, and at this time he frowned slightly.

Lin Xuran knew this move, but shook his head gently and said, "I'm afraid it may not be feasible, unless he can serve as the Minister of Personnel, and he will have to do it in this position for several years before he can really see the results.

It is a life that offends people. If you only plan for an unseeable benefit in three years, many magistrates would not take such a big risk to offend those evil gentry! Even if I follow the rules now, more local officials may still watch.

At most, the waiting time will be shorter. But... our Ming Dynasty cannot be delayed now, and I cannot guarantee that I can stay in this position forever, and this method cannot cure the root cause!"

If he was in the position of the Minister of Revenue, he would be able to collect more tax grains below, but after he left the position of the Minister of Revenue, the tax grains below would still decline year by year, which was not the result he wanted.

"It's true, this is indeed not a fundamental solution!" Yang Futian pondered for a moment, and nodded helplessly.

The rain has weakened, and the noise above the head has gradually become smaller.

Lin Qingran knew that the matter was not hidden for long, so he revealed: "I have submitted a memorial to the emperor, asking the Xia tax to relevant part of the silver in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and all non-grain and non-silks will be relevant to the silver in order to alleviate the difficulty of transporting the canal.

, it can also be convenient to use silver to pay for the throne’s wealth and rice!”

During the reform of the vassal and rice in the last year, although he was unable to implement the vassal regulations for root control, under his insistence, he added silver to pay the vassal and rice in the vassal and rice.

The same is true. Last year's autumn grain was sold to solve the problem of silver in the vassal of the vassal of the money.

"Zhengyin?" Yang Futian frowned slightly, but looked at Lin Shiran in surprise and said.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded and said, "This is inappropriate!"

The person who spoke was Hai Rui, the chief of Yunnan who was eating next to him. He had already eaten his rice bowl and drank the soup in one go, but suddenly he made a serious statement.

The sound was not small. The entire dining room was originally focused on it, and at this moment, he looked at the Yunnan chief Hai Rui in surprise.

Not to mention that he is only the sixth-rank chief at the bottom of the Ministry of Revenue, and he is also a juren. How could he have the confidence that he dared to speak like this to Lord Wenkui Zhengtang?

"Master of the Sea, please pay attention to your body..." Yang Futian frowned slightly, and he immediately wanted to take up Shangguan's airs and said.

Lin Weiran raised his hand to stop Yang Futian and asked gently: "Master Hai, but I don't know what's wrong with Benzhengtang?"

"No matter whether the transaction of gold and silver was explicitly prohibited during the Taizu period, once the grain collection was changed to silver collection, then the magistrates from all over the country would seek personal gain! As the magistrates of Chun'an and the magistrates of Xingguo, the composition of this silver would be very knowledgeable. If it is

What should local officials do to waste fire?" Hai Rui was not afraid of Lin Weiran, and seemed to be organized and authentic.

The rain outside gradually stopped and lightened, and some officials came toward this place. Before entering the door, they saw this amazing scene.

Some officials were happy to do this, knowing that the chief of the Yunnan Department of Yunnan, Hai Rui, who had been lucky, was over and must have been swept out of the Ministry of Revenue like the officials in the past few days.

Lin Weiran took a sip of the cold soup, but responded lightly: "What Master Hai said is not without reason, I will consider it carefully!"

Huh?

The officials looked at the dignified Lord Zhengtang not only without being angry, but accepted the arrogant words of a juren, the chief officer of Yunnan, but couldn't help but look at each other.

"Let's go!"

Lin Weiran looked up and watched the rain outside gradually stop, and then greeted Yang Futian.

Yang Futian was not too surprised. Lin Qingran cleaned up those officials to do things better, rather than to exclude dissidents, and it was even more impossible to retaliate because of a dislike Hai Rui.

Hai Rui was the same accident, and was quite surprised to watch Lin Weiran and Yang Futian go away together, and found that this fellow villager gets along better than he thought.
Chapter completed!