God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 960
The person sitting in the backyard of Sikong Mansion was the official from the court who was encouraged by Du He and spent a lot of money to set up an industry in the county seat of Hu County.

These people, at first, just thought about it, because Duhe and Dream Group's business in Hu County, even if they don't make money, at least they don't lose money.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, everyone has made a lot of money in Hu County.

Therefore, they put their energies into Hu County one after another, thinking about continuing to make a lot of money.

Unexpectedly, it hasn't been long since the county government of Hu County set up a taxation bureau.

Doesn't this make it clear that they want to grab money from everyone?
Many people became furious at once, so they came to look for Changsun Wuji one after another.

Changsun Wuji looked at the crowd, and said with a sneer: "Thinking that Du He used such means to trick me into going to Hu County to expand the family business to Hu County, I also promised him to speak a few words of kindness for him in front of His Majesty. , don’t pursue the harm caused by the enclosure movement, I didn’t expect this kid to turn his back on what he said, which I really didn’t expect. Since he is not benevolent, then don’t blame me for being unrighteous, my lords... Go back and prepare immediately, tomorrow, I will kill you All the shops, land and houses in the county are sold. Let Du He know that I was the one who saved his life. When His Majesty finds out, he will definitely not be spared."

"High!"

"Oh, Master Changsun's move is really vicious!"

"Haha, Du He can either cooperate with us and obediently withdraw the tax bureau, or we'll all die together. At worst, I'll pay some money later, but he will be punished by the court!"

Everyone applauded when they heard Changsun Wuji's method.

In fact, this method is also simple.

At the beginning, the land enclosure movement was booming, and there was no disturbance at all. It was precisely because officials from the DPRK and China went to Huxian County to buy properties and quickly replaced the former nobles and merchants. It's no different.

Now, Changsun Wuji and everyone are going to sell these properties together.

At that time, the county seat of Hu County will become an empty city again.

At that time, the harmfulness of the enclosure movement will explode immediately, and the gods will not be able to save Du He.

Of course, if Du He was smart and asked Wei Shuyu to remove the tax bureau in time, everything would be fine.

With Changsun Wuji as the leader, everyone has a backbone, and they discussed the details carefully.

Everyone prepared to leave Sikong Mansion, return to their respective mansions, and quickly arrange this matter.

Seeing that everyone got up one after another.

But Wang Fu, the steward of Sikong Mansion, ran in hurriedly, whispered into Changsun Wuji's ear, "My lord, something serious is not right. Just now there was news from Huxian County that the county government of Huxian County promulgated a decree. Within a year, If you want to sell the shops and houses in the entire Huxian County, you need to pay three times the cost of taxes..."

Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment.

Triple the tax?

It is equivalent to a house that can only be sold for [-] guan, but has to pay [-] guan in taxes.

Snapped.

"It's really unreasonable. Is Wei Shuyu, the magistrate of Hu County, a pig's head? What does he mean by doing this? Is it possible that Wei Shuyu is the one in Hu County?" Changsun Wuji slapped the table with his palm, angrily Said.

This time, the eldest grandson's family was the one who went to Hu County to buy properties.

If all these properties are sold at this time, not only will they not be able to protect their capital, they will even lose everything.

Seeing this, the others asked suspiciously: "Master Changsun, why are you so angry?"

Changsun Wuji asked Wang Fu to explain the matter briefly.

After Wang Fu finished speaking, he added: "It is said that the Guancheng Brigade is guarding all the entrances and exits of Huxian County now. Whenever there is any trouble, the Guancheng Brigade will take action and kill it."

Everyone was completely dumbfounded.

"My lord, what should I do?"

"That's right, Master Changsun, at this moment, you are the backbone of all of us, you can make a move for everyone!"

Everyone looked at Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji thought for a while and said: "As the magistrate of Hu County, Wei Shuyu issued a decree that was not approved by the court without authorization. This is already a crime of deceiving the emperor. I should go to see your majesty immediately and explain this matter clearly. "

"That's right!"

Everyone followed Changsun Wuji, left Sikong Mansion, and hurried to the palace.

When they came to the Imperial Study Room of Taiji Hall, Changsun Wuji led everyone and explained the matter briefly.

Li Er listened, took out a memorial from the table, and handed it to Zhangsun Wuji: "My dear family, I know what you want to say, but Wei Shuyu issued the decree of Hu County, and sent the memorial to the palace a few days ago. , I agreed after reading it. Earlier, didn’t you say that if a large number of people moved out of Huxian County, it would cause panic all day long? I thought it would be best to restrict the sale of family property by the gentry. Let’s leave the conversation behind. This method is the best. It can solve the problem and collect taxes at the same time. Why not do it? Du He mentioned to me that in extraordinary times, we must use extraordinary means. Today’s Huxian County has reached an extraordinary stage. Time, so what if you use extraordinary means!"

What?
Everyone was dumbfounded.

His Majesty knew about this and agreed.

So what else is there to say about this matter.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Er waved his hand: "Auxiliary machine, if you are free, go down first."

Everyone look at me, I look at you, all retreat.

When everyone left, Zhao Yang, who had been standing by Li Er's side, couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty is wise, many people call for His Majesty to rule the world with the gentry, these gentry really think that the world has their part, but they don't know , This world is only the world of His Majesty, what Du Consort and Wei County Magistrate have done in Hu County is a good start! Facts have proved that as long as there are means, the gentry are not justified at all!"

Li Er looked at Zhao Yang in surprise.

What this guy said is quite reasonable.

However, Li Er still gave him a hard look: "Zhao Yang, if you talk nonsense in the future, I will never forgive you!"

"Yes, this slave deserves to die, Your Majesty, please forgive me!" Zhao Yang was startled, he was so frightened that he was scared out of his wits.

Li Er fell into deep thought.

What he was concerned about was actually not the new decree promulgated by Hu County.

It's the Taxation Bureau of Hu County.

The Taxation Bureau collects taxes. The standard is actually very simple. No matter whether you are an ordinary person or a wealthy businessman, as long as you make more than ten guan a month, you will have to pay one-twentieth of your income.

And this is different from the way the Tang Dynasty collected taxes in the past. The most direct thing is that the gentry, especially the famous gentry in various places, do not need to pay taxes at all.

The tax bureau just broke this practice.

However, Hu County was first guarded by the Guancheng Brigade, and then a new law was promulgated, which completely made everyone lose their temper.

After a while, Li Er stood up and ordered: "Go and invite Fang Qing's family, Du Qing's family, and Dai Qing's family, and let them come to the palace as soon as possible."

What Li Er was talking about was Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

That night, the three of them stayed in the imperial study, and no one knew what they were discussing.

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(End of this chapter)