In the cabin, Xu Xun played with the pen holder in his hand, which was not made by a skilled craftsman but had some skill. It took a long time before he heard the sound of the cabin door opening and closing. Knowing that the person he wanted to see had arrived, he
He turned around and looked at Jing Bu Le, nodded with a smile, and then asked: "Eunuch Jing, how much do you know about Eunuch Du Jin, the tax inspector at Linqing Chaoguan?"
Since the establishment of banknote checkpoints in the Xuande period, these checkpoints have flourished and flourished in the Ming Dynasty. Although there have been frequent increases and decreases, generally speaking, the number has been reduced and the tax amount has been increased, especially the taxation tasks.
The amount is determined by the superiors, and the amount of tax depends entirely on the value of the goods, and the amount of the goods is subject to the tax supervisor's preference. Therefore, even if it is a ship of high officials and dignitaries, it must be checked whether all aspects of the relationship are well managed when passing through the currency customs.
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According to today's rules, each bank only collects shipping materials, but Linqing Bank also collects goods taxes. Naturally, this first-class job has always been something that countless people are trying to get. In this bank,
, the Ministry of Household Affairs sent chiefs, the Imperial Examination Yuan sent censors, and the palace appointed middle officials, a three-way check and balance. Sometimes the east wind and the south wind overwhelm the west wind, and sometimes the south wind and the west wind overwhelm the east wind. And now in Hongzhi
At a time when officials in the DPRK have to be cautious, Du Jin, a new eunuch from Chaoguan who has been here for three months, gets along as well as his two old colleagues. This has to be said to be extremely surprising.
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Just like today, in the hottest weather, he took a few of his cronies to sit on the canal and personally inspected each boat. If anyone was found to be involved, he would be severely punished. Fortunately, the numbers he set were not outrageous, and they were worthy.
Above the bottom line of human psychological endurance, the businessman had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky. As for the director and Liu Yushi, they were used to his desperate attitude of asking for money, but the results were everyone's, and the fault was Du Jin's alone, and
They had been caught in their hands early, and officials and civilians treated the rich and the poor alike. The two of them had been basking in the sun for more than half a month, and now they had even covered up prickly heat. Today, no one is willing to come out and suffer this pain.
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I learned the most important information from Jing Bu Le, such as whose name Du Jin came from, Xu Xun asked Ruisheng to use a bunch of copper coins, and Qingqing Qingqing cleverly found out a lot of other minor information from the mouth of a Zaoli.
Of course, this is not all because of money. If it weren't for his two ships, the first of which carried the flag of Wei Guogong's mansion, how could Zaoli speak so easily. Now that he explained this in detail, the one who got the reward
The smile on Zaoli's face became even brighter. He looked around and moved closer to Xu Xun.
"There is one more thing I want to tell you. Eunuch Du was the imperial eunuch when he was in the palace. It is said that he is very good at money, so he came to Linqing Chaoguan this time. It has only been three months since he first arrived.
Those account books were kept in perfect order, and there was no one who was not impressed by them. In the past few days, there were several ships of noble people passing by, but they refused to understand and pay taxes.
The book was handed over to the imperial court for impeachment, so it’s better not to screw up if you can. Just now there was a censor who was patrolling Jiangxi. He was a military commander in the capital of Zhejiang. However, the man who was said to be a breeze had fifteen or six people on the boat.
, each of them received an additional two thousand coins for the ship, but they still clamored to impeach Eunuch Du. Eunuch Du immediately seized the ship. The other one brought a lot of prohibited items, but he spoke softly, and Eunuch Du was relieved.
He has a hundred and fifty taels of meaning behind his back."
Adding together the previous and later information, Xu Xun knew that Du Jin was a soft-spoken person and had some reputation for financial management in the palace. He was not just scraping the market. He had been thinking about it for several months and secretly thought about it.
The arrangements made by Huitong should be the same. When he spent the extra one or two hundred copper coins and took Ruisheng to jump in and entered the shed, he thought he would definitely see a high-ranking person with an arrogant expression.
Who would have thought that there was only one burly man sitting in front of a simple fir desk, crackling his abacus.
"Eunuch, this is Mr. Xu...""
The Zaoli who was leading the way called softly, and Du Jin, who was sitting there, said without raising his head: "Is it someone from the Duke of Wei's mansion who is here? I didn't expect that before the summer heat has passed, there will be dignitaries from the Duke of Wei's mansion coming to Beijing. Now that's the case.
Your Excellency, we don’t want to board the ship for inspection without any reason. Please tell me directly what items are on board and how much they are worth.
"There are just some worthless tangles on the boat."
Hearing this sentence, Du Jin, who was busy writing at his desk, suddenly raised his head, revealing his tall aquiline nose and bright eyes. He frowned and looked at Xu Xun for a long time, but his expression that was about to get angry suddenly changed.
He calmed down and said, "Is this the Fourth Young Master Xu from Duke Wei's residence?"
"My father-in-law admitted the wrong person. My boat just happened to be traveling with the boat of the Fourth Young Master of the Duke of Wei and his uncle, Young Master Wang. By chance, Young Master Wang got seasick, so he handed over the matter of passing the customs to me.
." Seeing that although Du Jin's expression remained unchanged, his expression immediately turned cold. Xu Xun cupped his hands as if he didn't notice anything and said, "For the sake of the Duke of Wei..."
Although Xu Xun spoke politely, it didn't sound that way to Du Jin. The two masters of Gonglu in Wei State just couldn't put on airs. At least they had to send a general manager or steward to deal with him, or even an unknown person.
What's going on with the white people? So, looking at the young man in front of him who was traveling on the boat with the Duke of Wei, he rolled his eyes and made up his mind.
"There's a sentiment on the left and a sentiment on the right. If everything in this world is done based on sentiment, what's the use of Long Live Lord's banknotes! Come here!... Du Jin stood up with a loud shout and saw two people.
The young eunuch rushed in immediately. He grabbed the big green cloak that was hanging on the chair beside him and tied it around his body. He said in a deep voice, "Come on board the ship for inspection!"
Ruisheng, who was following Xu Xun, was already shocked when he saw this evening. It was only when this group of people ignored his master and servant and walked straight outside that he felt extremely uneasy.
Xu Xun's sleeve said: "Master, what's the point? They are going to get on the boat..."
"What are you afraid of!" Xu Xun patted the little guy on the shoulder with a smile, and then said meaningfully, "I just want him to go!"
Du Jin acted vigorously and resolutely, but when Xu Xun rushed back to where his ship was docked, he saw that Du Jin had already brought three or four people aboard. Seeing that there was quite a bit of a commotion on the ship, he was not in a hurry at all.
After waiting for a while under the boat, the messy sounds on the boat suddenly disappeared, and then there was silence. Then he called Ruisheng to get on the boat unhurriedly.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the cabin at the end, he saw Xu Liangzheng glaring at Du Jin with an angry face. A box on the ground had been overturned, several bamboo and wooden pen holders rolled to the ground, and there was an altar table next to it.
The shelf holding a yellow silk scroll is also a little crooked. In the corner, behind Li Qingniang and Ruyi, who else is there but Shen Yue, who is bowing his head and making a polite gesture?
"Eunuch Du, what's going on?"
Du Jin never expected that he would use the latter ship to intimidate the ship of the Duke of Wei in front, so as to once again show off his selflessness to Linqing Bank Pass, but he didn't expect that he would kick the ship in the iron.
On the board. If he hadn't noticed the unusual yellow silk scroll on the altar table, he might have been involved in a big lawsuit this time. Even so, when he saw Xu Xun and his servant coming in, he calmed down his expression as quickly as possible.
, instead of showing a smile, his face became even more gloomy.
"What's going on? What is this? The emperor issued an imperial edict, and you dare to ignore it and just leave it here?"
"Of course I don't dare to neglect the emperor's imperial edict. What's left outside is the pruning skin. The real thing has been kept at the bottom of the box for a long time. I'm just giving Eunuch Du such a torment. Is it really hurt? Let me tell you.
That's not good." Seeing She Jin's face suddenly stiffened, Xu Xun said with a half-smile before she could speak, "As for offering this roll of yellow silk here, it was originally when I received the order in Nanjing.
, Eunuch Sun, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, wrote a warning, saying that when the canal was passing through the banknotes for inspection, there would be no risk of someone messing with it. I thought Eunuch Sun was unfounded, but it turned out to be true."
The person writing the script for the Supervisor of Ceremonies? Eunuch Sun? He is Sun Bin, the grandson of Xiao Jing, the Grand Master of the Supervisor of Ceremonies!
Du Jin took a breath, but this time he had offended someone so severely. He knew that he could not just back down, so he immediately smiled and said: "It turns out that it was Eunuch Sun who came to deliver the order. In that case, it is our Meng Lang who
.But Linqing Customs inspects cargo ships, merchant ships and passenger ships. Our family has to fulfill our responsibilities. The elders who have always been ordered to go to Beijing also have to be inspected here. Come on, pack your things, room by room.
Check out the cabin!"
"My father-in-law, please excuse me."
Seeing Xu Xun smiling and nodding gently, Du Jin suddenly felt a bad premonition in his heart. However, he had no choice but to shoot. He looked around the room and knew that it had already been turned upside down as soon as he arrived.
After searching everything, he couldn't find anything more, so he simply turned around and left, planning to go to other rooms to check carefully. Even the slightest clue would be enough for him to pass this level.
As soon as Du Jin walked away, Xu Liang couldn't help it anymore. He walked to Xu Xunyue in a few steps. Just as he was about to ask something, he noticed someone tugging on his sleeve. He turned around and saw that it was Ruyi. Ruyi pointed at Li Qingniang.
Shen Yue was behind him, and the little girl was waving for him to come over. He was even more surprised, but he still followed the instructions and walked back.
"Uncle Xu, don't worry about this big liar. He just told me that our ship didn't bring any good goods. It only brought a few boxes of various bamboo and wood products, a box of fans, a box of pen holders, and two boxes of bamboo.
Wooden ornaments, that damn eunuch’s journey must have been in vain!”
Xu Liang clearly remembered that when he got on the boat, Jin Liu complained to him that those boxes were too heavy. He thought they were some treasures, but they turned out to be so unexpected. Look at the little girl with shining eyes.
He looked back at Xu Xun again, and suddenly felt that his anger just now was gone. He immediately walked back to Xu Xun angrily and slapped him on the head without saying a word.
"Let me know if you have any plans in the future. I'll almost scare you to death!"