The Ministry of Revenue Department was not far from Daming Gate. Xu Qian arrived in a sedan chair, and then the officials from the Ministry of Revenue Department came out to greet him.

Xu Qian and everyone have seen the ceremony. The left minister Zhou Chun is a fat man. He always has a smile on his face and is most attentive to Xu Qian. However, Xu Qian had previously investigated the people from the Ministry of Revenue. This Lord Zhou did not see that he would meet everyone.

He smiled, but he was a hard-core old party. This person was deeply trusted by Yang Tinghe, so he transferred to the Ministry of Revenue to give Xu Qian an eye drop.

As for the right assistant minister Wu Qian, his name is the same as Xu Qian, but this person has always been cautious and seems to be a fence-bearer. Although he also showed some attentiveness, he was just behind his attentiveness. God knows what his idea was.

As for the fourteen Qing officials and officials, there are a few Xu Qian who recognize that they have dealt with Xu Qian, and they are definitely royal parties, but others are hard to say.

In addition, there were also officials in charge, the staff and other officials, and hundreds of officials came to greet Xu Qian.

Since it was on duty on the first day, it was naturally not just a few greetings. When Lord Shangshu took office, he must hold a meeting first, and then set a tone to point out the direction of the department in the future.

So everyone sat in the lobby, looked at Xu Qian, and waited for Xu Qian to speak.

Xu Qian stroked the desk, and at first he pondered silently, his eyes as if he wanted to stay on everyone. When it was almost done, he smiled slightly: "Take the account book of the Ministry of Revenue first and take a look at it."

Immediately afterwards, stacks of books were handed over, and the main accusation of the Ministry of Revenue was the accounting management, but this account was too large. Every year, the court's taxes, official grains, silks collected, and teas were countless, but Xu Qian was also

No hurry, although you can see ten things at a glance, you will always look over patiently.

After watching it almost finished, he sighed and said, "The state affairs are difficult, and this business is even more difficult."

Zhou Chun smiled and said, "You are right. It's really difficult now, especially our Ministry of Revenue. Now we earn about 3.5 million yuan in taxes and silver every year, but this year's expenses are far more than 10 million yuan, even next year

If you don’t eat or drink, you’re afraid you can’t get through it.”

Zhou Chun made a speech. Everyone looked at Xu Qian. Although they didn't say a word, they wanted to hear Xu Qian's opinions.

Xu Qian said lightly: "I have seen the debt matter. What do you think?"

Everyone was speechless, after all, no one knew what this Shinbudo was thinking. Now he spoke rashly. If it was not in line with Xu Qian's wishes, the future would be difficult.

Seeing that no one was talking, Xu Qian said, "Why, do you have nothing to say?"

Zhou Chun said: "Sir, the officials think that the problem lies with their ex. The ex spent money like flowing water. The officials said something they shouldn't say. The Minister of Revenue has always understood the principle of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. This is the rule of our Ministry of Revenue.

, I have never seen a minister of the Ministry of Revenue who wasted money like this. The provinces demanded money and what projects they had to start, the Ministry of Revenue would satisfy them. In the future, should they need money to provide relief and river embankment?

Whether to spend the official salary, let alone raise soldiers now. After all, neither increasing the source nor reducing expenses has led to the current dilemma."

Zhou Chun denounced Liang Teng. This is clearly giving Xu Qian a little ugly. Who doesn’t know the relationship between Liang Teng and Xu Qian? Who doesn’t know what the first thing Xu Qian did after entering Beijing?

. Zhou Chun couldn't not know. Since he knew, he had to touch the tiger's butt, and his purpose was nothing more than to embarrass the new official.

After all, Zhou Chun is not afraid of Xu Qian. He also has a backstage. As Yang Tinghe's student, what is your Xu Qian? Besides, the person named Liang is indeed not a good person. He is not wrong in scolding at all, at least he owns himself.

What are you afraid of when you are careful?

The adults immediately smelled a smell of gunpowder, and they all dared not say anything. The right assistant minister Wu Qian even closed his eyes and ate tea, pretending that he had not heard anything.

On the first day, the big and second-level heads of the Ministry of Revenue were carried on, but no one would think that both sides had the advantage, because the two were of similar ranks. Although Xu Qian was the chief official, he was behind Mr. Zhou.

But it was the cabinet, and the two of them were at most half a pound, not to mention that in the eyes of many people, Zhou Chun's words were not wrong, and Liang Teng was really a waste of money.

Xu Qian seemed not angry and said, "The money you should spend is always spent. This is also a matter of benefiting the country and the people. For example, building roads. Shouldn't this money be spent? According to my official opinion, this is not a bad thing, everyone

I also know that there is so much loss in official grain every year, why does it cause so much loss? After all, on the one hand, it is the greed of officials, and on the other hand, it is inconvenient transportation, so the loss is huge. The Ministry of Revenue spent money but reduced the loss.

, It's not a bad thing, Lord Zhou thinks?"

Zhou Chun did not argue with Xu Qian on this, and said, "What the adults said is actually quite reasonable. But if you can't reduce expenses, you have to increase the source. But the problem is that Wen Zhigong is exhausted, but he refuses to do so.

Open source, the Ministry of Revenue says it is a money bag, but the money bag cannot make money. There are so many holes in the bag, who will make up for this deficit? The adults are just a little bit empty.

, and Sichuan has suffered a great disaster, and the imperial court has been waiting for the relief of the imperial court and the loosening of river embankments in various provinces have also been reported, and the imperial court has also asked the imperial court to allocate silver to repair it. Now the Ministry of Revenue has taken so much money and made it.

There are so many unrelated things, but the difficulties are not small now. Once the Ministry of Revenue cannot allocate the bank in time, I am afraid that the Ministry of Revenue will make a big fuss."

Zhou Chun paused and said seriously: "And, if you want to issue debts again, it's not easy. The court issued 10 million taels of silver in a row. Now who doesn't know that the Ministry of Revenue is heavily in debt? Can it be used to pay it?

The debts of the past are still unknown. Now, it is not easy to borrow money. The court has raised the debt three times in total. The first time is six million silver patterns, but the second word is more than three million. The third time,

There are only more than 900,000 yuan. No one is willing to borrow money anymore. After all, everyone has concerns, fearing that the Ministry of Revenue will continue to borrow endlessly, and they are afraid that the account will not be paid back then. So the officials thought that now

The debt is no longer enough, but the tax and silver have been spent, but the money that should be allocated must be allocated, otherwise what would the court want the Ministry of Revenue do?"

He talked freely, told all the difficulties of the Ministry of Revenue, and then sneered: "Therefore, the question now is how to continue to maintain the operation of the Ministry of Revenue. The adults just mentioned the open source, and the officials also happened to have an open source wonderful thing.

Fang, I don’t know what the adults think.”

Xu Qian said lightly: "You just say it's okay."

Zhou Chun said: "Tax!"

"Sir, it is reported that many workshops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have made a lot of money. If they can earn money, the court naturally has to pay taxes, so the tax system must be changed. The subordinates have been worried about the affairs of the ministry recently, but there is a tax statute.

, please take a look at it.”

Xu Qian smiled and said, "It's rare that you care so much." After taking over the charter and reading it, he immediately understood what Zhou Chun meant.

Zhou Chun's charter details the matter of taxing merchants, but... this guy is obviously fishing in the waters and actually uses a one-size-fits-all approach to demand that all workshops pay 30% of the goods.

That is to say, how many products are produced in your workshop today, 30% of them are not yours, but the court. As for the others, you will have your share.

And the imperial court sold 30% of these goods in the market and obtained the so-called commercial tax.

This method is not bad. Xu Qian supports tax reform, but Zhou Chun is a bit too ruthless. This is not a taxation area. It simply cuts off the workplace's life, because once this tax system is implemented, the first thing to do is to do is to

This will inevitably lead to shortages and will lead to bankruptcy of a large number of merchants.

In addition, Zhou Chun also had to collect other miscellaneous taxes. The court had to collect cash, the local government had to build roads, and the river embankment was also to open silver. If it was so vicious, which merchant would dare to open a workshop in the future? Once there were a large number of workshops.

The consequences of reduction are catastrophic, such as landlords who grow mulberry cotton, and owners who develop and logize large numbers of mines and log, all of them will go bankrupt.

Once they go bankrupt, the tenants who flock to cities and workshops will inevitably be affected.

Zhou Chun obviously wanted to make a fuss about this and directly stifle the new policy.

Zhou Chun smiled slightly and said, "What do you think sir?"

Xu Qianhe nodded and said, "There are some advantages."

These five words are worth considering, that is, Xu Qian agrees with Zhou Chun in some aspects, but as for others, it is naturally undesirable.

Zhou Chun refused to give in and said, "So what is desirable and what is not desirable," he said, "

Xu Qian said seriously: "Taxes are desirable, but as for the others, they are all nonsense!"

The lobby of the Ministry of Revenue was quiet, and everyone was like a stone carving, and they didn't dare to make a sound.

As for Zhou Chun, he felt humiliated and said, "Sir, since he said taxation is desirable, why are the others just nonsense?"

Xu Qian said lightly: "It's very simple. If you want to set rules, you have to set a win-win rule. For example, the court needs to pay taxes. This is natural. The Ministry of Revenue wants to get silver from merchants. That is natural.

The tax burden is too heavy and it is not advisable. You must weigh the pros and cons, weigh the pros and cons, and take a tax system that both parties can accept to implement it. Also, your charter only contains taxes, but since merchants pay taxes,

But the taxes of the court should be taken from the people and used for the people. The charter only talks about taking them, but does not talk about how the court pays. Will the merchants convince? For example, since the court has taxed, then this

The annual funds for building roads and rivers cannot be paid by the Money and Grain Bureau. This must be allocated by the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, the police departments of various prefectures and counties will also have to be paid in the future.

The court issued the issue, and then...
Chapter completed!