Everyone thinks that the business tax issue is both an opportunity and a crisis for Zhao Junchen.○
If this matter is successful, it means that Zhao Junchen has solved a serious problem that has existed in the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years. He will naturally have outstanding achievements. Even if the government and the public hate Zhao Junchen to the bone, they will not be able to deny that Zhao Junchen has great influence on the Ming Dynasty.
Even if he hates Zhao Junchen's status as a corrupt official, he has to admit that "although this person is corrupt, he does have merit and ability." By that time, as Zhao Junchen's power expands, scandals will quietly occur.
Variety.
However, if this matter fails, Zhao Junchen will not only face the blame of Emperor Deqing, but also offend countless vested interests in vain, and face crazy counterattacks and revenge from these vested interests, and his abilities will also be severely affected.
I doubt that by that time, Zhao Junchen's momentum and strength will be greatly weakened.
Therefore, in the eyes of many people, Zhao Junchen's presiding over the commercial tax rectification is a complete adventure. Although the benefits are high, the risks are also high.
However, only a few discerning people can understand that after Zhao Junchen takes over the business tax affairs, no matter what the final success or failure is, the end will not be good.
Even for Zhao Junchen, once the commercial tax rectification is successful, the harm will be even greater.
After all, Zhao Junchen was valued by Emperor Deqing because of his outstanding financial management skills. The money and food turnover of the Ming Dynasty also relied on Zhao Junchen's efforts. In recent years, when the Ming Dynasty needed money, Zhao Junchen
Whether it was to increase revenue, to reduce expenditure, to embezzle and squeeze, or to reuse idle resources, they could always think of ways to solve some problems, which greatly alleviated the court's financial and food difficulties, so Emperor Deqing could not do without Zhao.
Junchen, he also condoned Zhao Junchen’s various illegal behaviors.
However, once the commercial and tax rectification is successful, it will mean that the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty will be greatly eased, and the Ministry of Household Treasury will gradually become richer. By that time, the importance of Zhao Junchen's financial management skills will be greatly reduced, which means that
Zhao Junchen was no longer so indispensable to Emperor Deqing.
In short, once Zhao Junchen's action to rectify business taxes was successful, it would be equivalent to him personally destroying his biggest support and advantage. In addition, Zhao Junchen made many enemies in the court, and Emperor Deqing's positioning of Zhao Junchen
He is also very sensitive, and may come to an end where the birds are gone and the bows are hidden.
With Zhao Shancai's wisdom, he could naturally understand this situation.
At the same time, Zhao Shancai never dared to underestimate Zhao Junchen's vision, thinking that Zhao Junchen must also understand these truths, so Zhao Shancai could not help but have some doubts in his heart. He didn't understand why Zhao Junchen strongly supported the court's rectification of business taxes and even personally took over the business.
Got this job.
Vaguely, Zhao Shancai felt that Zhao Junchen would definitely make big moves when he was rectifying commercial taxes, but these big moves were just a cover for Zhao Junchen. Under the surface of rectifying commercial taxes, Zhao Junchen must be hiding.
The real plan, and Zhao Junchen's real plan, must be so shocking that Zhao Junchen would rather risk losing his advantage.
Today, the main reason why Zhao Shancai was willing to go to the appointment to meet Zhao Junchen was to find out Zhao Junchen's real plan.
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On the other side, after hearing Zhao Shancai's test, Zhao Junchen felt admiration and slightly frowned.
He deliberately met with Zhao Shancai today to recruit Zhao Shancai for his own use, but not to let Zhao Shancai take the opportunity to test him.
In fact, Zhao Junchen came from a later generation, so there were naturally many open-source strategies that could improve the Ming Dynasty's finances, but Zhao Junchen did not use them. It was precisely to maintain his own advantages and reliance that he would now be willing to rectify business taxes, and also It's just because compared to the risks, the benefits from rectifying commercial taxes are higher, and besides Zhao Junchen's rectifying commercial taxes, he does have a series of secret plans that will be gradually implemented.
However, Zhao Junchen would never reveal these secret plans to Zhao Shancai under any circumstances.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen avoided talking about Zhao Shancai's probing, and just changed the subject again, saying: "Oh? I had a conflict with Shen Shoufu last night. I didn't expect you, Shancai, to know the details. , after hearing that you invested in the Crown Prince’s East Palace, His Highness the Crown Prince valued you very much, and even handed over all his resources to you to integrate. Now it seems that you have lived up to the Crown Prince’s high expectations, but in just a few days, Donggong’s ability to collect intelligence has been significantly improved, which is really a good method..."
As he spoke, Zhao Junchen showed admiration at first, but then quickly shook his head and sighed: "However, a carriage driving in the wrong direction, the stronger the horse pulling the carriage, the more skilled the driver is, the more prepared the carriage is. The more sufficient and complete the money and food are, the more they go in the opposite direction and drift further away...Don't you understand this truth, Shancai? With the nature of the prince, no matter how powerful you prepare for him, he will only Injuring himself, the more powerful you prepare, the more serious he will injure himself... The prince is not a good master. You should have seen it very clearly before and after His Majesty's southern tour. You wholeheartedly want to assist the prince, but the prince He refused to listen to good advice, and in the end not only did he cause countless troubles for himself, but he also caused you to lose your official position and reputation. Don't you feel resentful?"
After a pause, Zhao Junchen warned with an unprecedented solemn tone: "Shan Cai, I am not being alarmist. The situation the prince is facing now is far from as simple as it seems. If you continue to assist him, you will lose your official position and reputation. It’s just the beginning.”
Zhao Junchen did not know that Zhao Shancai had doubts about the seventh prince Zhu Hejian. Due to various considerations, he did not reveal Zhu Hejian's ambitions to Zhao Shancai. He only warned Zhao Shancai in a vague way, hoping that Zhao Shancai would change his mind.
However, in a certain sense, Zhao Shan was willing to assist Prince Zhu and Yu, perhaps because they had similar temperaments and were both stubborn and hard to change.
Therefore, after hearing Zhao Junchen's advice, Zhao Shan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "Master Zhao, the path you choose may not be the right one, and the direction His Highness the Crown Prince chooses may not be the wrong one... In fact, , your biggest shortcoming is that you are sometimes too confident. The road ahead is long and the end is unknown, and you and I are just exploring as we go."
Having said this, Zhao Shancai's eyes brightened, and he seemed to be more and more determined in his choice, and said: "What's more, compared with the adult's path, the student thinks that the path of His Highness is the right one... At least, the path chosen by the prince is the right one." Although the road you choose is difficult, you can still see an oasis ahead, but the road you have chosen, my lord, you can see nothing but desert."
This is the fundamental reason why Zhao Shancai is unwilling to take refuge in Zhao Junchen.
In Zhao Shancai's view, Zhao Junchen rose to power with the help of corrupt officials. If Zhao Junchen can finally succeed in taking office, then the Ming Dynasty will inevitably usher in a corrupt situation in which corrupt officials control the government and the public. By that time, the Ming Dynasty, which is already struggling, will probably
The end is over. Although Prince Zhu Heyu has various shortcomings, he has principles and positions. Perhaps he can clear away the smog in the court and let the people see hope.
Seeing Zhao Shancai's attitude, Zhao Junchen shook his head regretfully.
But Zhao Junchen still didn't give up, and then he used various methods to lure him with benefits, move him with emotion, explain the situation, or make subtle threats.
Unfortunately, no matter how Zhao Junchen tried to persuade him, Zhao Shancai remained unmoved. Instead, he would test Zhao Junchen's plans and purposes from time to time, which made Zhao Junchen feel helpless.
Finally, seeing that Zhao Shancai was still determined to assist Crown Prince Zhu Heyu, Zhao Junchen sighed secretly in his heart and finally gave up his advice.
Regarding Zhao Shancai, Zhao Junchen did his best out of cherishment of his talent, but Zhao Shancai was unwilling to change his mind.
In this case, for the sake of his own future, Zhao Junchen had no choice but to give up on Zhao Shancai and let the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian destroy him.
Perhaps, the stunning Zhao Shancai in front of him will suddenly disappear soon...
Thinking of this, Zhao Junchen felt regretful in his heart, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Shancai.
However, Zhao Junchen did not know that the desperadoes who were originally targeting Zhao Shancai actually recognized the wrong person and targeted him.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen's pity at this time was full of irony.
In a certain sense, by chance, although Zhao Junchen did not change Zhao Shancai's mind, he did save Zhao Shancai's life once - unintentionally, in a way that Zhao Junchen was never willing to accept, using his own
at the cost of his safety.
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When Zhao Junchen and Zhao Shancai left Tianhai Tower, it was already three minutes later.
This meeting, whether it was Zhao Junchen or Zhao Shancai, failed to achieve their goal. Zhao Junchen failed to make Zhao Shancai change his mind, and Zhao Shancai failed to find out Zhao Junchen's true plan.
Regarding this, both of them felt somewhat unwilling to do so.
At the door of Tianhai Tower, Zhao Shancai saluted Zhao Junchen and said goodbye, but Zhao Junchen quietly looked at Zhao Shancai for a moment and then said: "In that case, take care of yourself!"
After saying that, Zhao Junchen walked towards his carriage without looking at Zhao Shancai again.
On the contrary, it was Zhao Shancai who quietly stared at Zhao Junchen's back for a long time.
When Zhao Junchen came to his carriage, Xu Qingyan had been waiting there for a long time.
Seeing Zhao Junchen's regretful look, Xu Qingyan's face flashed with anger and asked: "Master, Zhao Shancai still doesn't know how to praise him? It's so outrageous. Who does he think he is?"
Zhao Junchen shook his head and did not answer.
For Zhao Junchen, since Zhao Shancai was determined not to surrender to him, and the seventh prince Zhu Hejian was eyeing him, Zhao Shancai's end was already doomed.
Although it is regrettable, from now on, Zhao Junchen no longer needs to pay special attention to Zhao Shancai.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen just entered the carriage, and then told Xu Qingyan: "It's getting late, it's almost Shenshi, let's go to the West Market, Cui Qianxue should be waiting there."
Seeing that Zhao Junchen was unwilling to say anything, Xu Qingyan glared hard in the direction of Zhao Shancai, but did not continue to speak. He just sat on the shaft of the carriage and ordered the driver to drive towards the West City.
According to the agreement, Zhao Junchen will meet Cui Qianxue in the West Market of the capital and make an appointment to relax.
However, no one noticed that as Zhao Junchen's carriage drove slowly towards the West City, there was actually a desperado secretly following him.
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