Luo Lun's worries were correct. The finances of the Jin Dynasty ruled by Zhao Yanxun were on the verge of collapse.
To be more precise, the imperial court's finances actually collapsed, and now Zhao Yanxun relied on military suppression to forcibly maintain the imperial rule.
If An had not been strong enough and found the current governance model, the officials, gentry and people would have rebelled long ago.
Zhao Yanxun, who stands at the top, knows this truth very well, so he is eager to carry out tax reform.
Only by resolving the crisis as soon as possible can the rule of the imperial court be maintained, otherwise it may still collapse.
In fact, nowadays, in addition to the financial crisis in the usual sense, there are also natural disasters caused by God's lack of respect.
Putting aside the threat of zombies, the cold weather may lead to production cuts, which is also a very serious problem.
"When your stomach is not full, no one will care about superiority and inferiority, and the constraints of ethics... So you should know how important food is!"
Outside Taicang, Wannian County Household Department, Zhao Yanxun was inspecting the storage situation with his hands behind his back, accompanied by a group of officials.
These grains are the result of recently increased taxes and are now arriving in the warehouse one after another.
Strictly speaking, the three thousand stones of grain delivered today is not a big deal to the imperial court, at least it does not require a visit in person.
But today Zhao Yanxun came here to show the imperial officials that the emperor attached great importance to taxation.
Taxation involves too many interests, and there is no guarantee that some people will not be able to resist the temptation. Zhao Yanxun wants to scare these people.
Although several major cases in more than half a year have shocked many people's greed, Zhao Yanxun still dare not relax.
The people who followed him to Taicang, in addition to officials from the Ministry of Revenue, were also the first-, first-, and third-grade Jinshi for this scientific examination.
Generally speaking, the first three people should enter the Hanlin Academy, and the other Jinshi should be assigned to various ministries to observe government affairs, and then be awarded official positions based on performance.
The current situation is that Zhao Yanxun asked all these people to join the Ministry of Yamen to observe the government, and planned to appoint officials to govern the local area in three months.
Now that the refugees from the Central Plains are being resettled one after another, there is a relatively large shortage of local officials, and the tasks are complicated and test their abilities. It is perfect for these new scholars to be trained.
"Yu Chengyao..."
"I'm here!"
"You go to the south to supervise taxation, but someone is making things difficult for you?"
"this……"
Turning his head, Zhao Yanxun said calmly: "To tell the truth..."
"According to the order!"
Yu Chengyao replied: "Reporting to the emperor, although there are severe penalties for this tax, there are still people who conceal and fail to pay. The local government has severely punished those involved!"
Stopping, Zhao Yanxun turned around and looked at the three new scholars.
"Paying taxes does not cost people's lives. What do you think...Why do these wealthy families try every means to go against the imperial court?"
"Could it be that taking their money and food is really more difficult than taking their lives?"
These words were obviously asked to the three new scholars, so Yu Chengyao just bowed his waist and said nothing.
No one answered, so Wang Xin said: "Reporting to your Majesty, the southern gentry's tax avoidance has been a habit for hundreds of years. It cannot be changed in a while, so it is a big mistake!"
"Now that the imperial court is growing in prestige, anyone who opposes the imperial court will be severely punished. I think it will take just one or two years... for everyone to learn to behave!"
Wang Xin's words were very straightforward, but he also analyzed it appropriately.
In fact, the three Jinshi Yijia were very thorough in their opinions, so Zhao Yanxun was particularly fond of them.
Zhao Yanxun turned around again and continued walking forward, and Yu Chengyao and others immediately followed.
"The three of you are all rare talents, with knowledge and ideas that are better than many people in the government office. Now Guan Zheng is too talented!"
Hearing this, Wang Xin and the others were a little surprised. Could it be that they were going to be conferred an official title?
"The major event in the DPRK today is the land inventory in the Central Plains and Jiangxi, as well as the resettlement of refugees. I intend to let you participate in it!"
"Are you willing?"
Participating in these major events can not only exercise your abilities, but also display your ambitions. Most importantly, it can also be "gilded", so why not do it!
Gushu
The three people quickly replied: "I am willing to share the emperor's worries!"
The only disadvantage of taking the initiative to participate in these things is to offend the gentry, but they are not afraid of this at all.
Ever since they took part in the imperial examination and succeeded, they basically broke with the gentry, and now they are naturally not afraid of offending others.
"very good……"
"Wang Xin, if you are from Jiangxi County, go to work for Xie Xiaofang; Yang An, if you are from Shannan County, go to work for Wang Tinghe; and Gu Putong, go to Cheng Wenguang!"
The three people quickly replied: "I obey the order!"
The three of them received "imperial envoys", but the other Jinshi who watched the government did not have this blessing, so they could only start from the most basic level as county magistrate.
In fact, even at the county magistrate level, the official rank is not actually low.
Time passed quickly. Zhao Yanxun visited Taicang and then returned to the capital.
The grain in Taicang could not be stored for more than a few days before it was shipped away one after another, because there were too many poems in places where grain was scarce.
Fortunately, Dajin's water network is well developed and domestic food mobilization consumption is not large, otherwise supplies would be even more stretched at the moment.
Zhao Yanxun just returned to the palace, and Wu Hong reported to him what happened in the northwest.
Zhao Yanxun looked gloomy and asked: "When did the news come? Why didn't you report it earlier?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, regarding the news just now, before I have time to find someone to inform you, you have returned to the palace!"
Go to a side hall of Qian'an Palace. There is a "telephone" with three eunuchs on duty.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun appeared here.
Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice: "Meet the Northwest Governor's Office!"
"According to the order!"
Thousands of miles away, Luo Lun was sitting at his desk busy, but his mind was still on the reply from the capital. He had been waiting for almost ten minutes.
When he picked up a new report, he saw a small official running into the lobby quickly and reported: "Sir, there is a summons from the capital!"
Upon hearing this, Laurent immediately dropped what he was doing and quickly rushed out of the lobby.
When they arrived at the "computer room", Luo Lun was still outside the door and saw the two clerks who were left behind, kneeling facing the "phone".
Seeing Luo Lun arriving, one of them reminded: "Sir, the emperor is here in person!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Lun quickly knelt down, looked at the phone and kowtowed: "Your Majesty Luo Lun, I would like to ask your Majesty's Holy Ann!"
"The barbarians are negotiating for peace, how do you think we should respond?"
Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Luo Lun replied: "Your Majesty, I am a barbarian and a wolf with ambitions. I am afraid that I am not sincere in negotiating peace. I think... we should not expect too much!"
In the Qian'an Palace, Zhao Yanxun nodded, and then said: "Then you talk to him for the time being. Kill their majesty before talking, and then report after talking!"
"I obey your decree!" Luo Lun replied.
Then, he heard a "beep" sound coming from the phone, which meant the communication was over.
"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"
Then Laurent stood up. With this question, he finally had a direction in his work.
This time, his judgment was correct. The court did have many difficulties, so he wanted to try his best to maintain peace. It would be good to delay for a while.
With the war, the consumption of materials at least doubled, which was extremely painful for the court.
Pacing back and forth in the room, Luo Lun originally wanted to contact Meng Hai, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea.
Then he walked out of the house and ordered someone to find Zhang Ziming.
There are not many talented people under Luo Lun, but Zhang Ziming is definitely one of them.
Although this person was a scholar, he was also very good at military affairs. Zhang Ziming was responsible for the reorganization of the Beidi Dusi army, and the effect was not ordinary good.
Therefore, Luo Lun promoted Zhang Ziming to join the army as his subordinate, specifically responsible for supervising some important errands.
