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Chapter 239

"The imperial court dares to send people to our place to urge us to pay taxes?" Chu Yun almost laughed out loud.

"Yes, this is the amount of tax that the imperial court thinks we have to pay, totaling 50 taels of silver." Chen Ting also felt a little funny, and his tone was a little cheerful.

"No, not one or two. We didn't accept any military salary from the imperial court, and many soldiers died to regain Liaodong. Why should we pay the imperial court taxes?" Chu Yun curled his lips, "Chen Ting, what do you think? ?”

"I have the same opinion as the military leader. We Liaodong and Liaonan have their own systems, and our own finances are not enough. Where can we get 50 taels of silver and hand it over to the court." If you fall into the eyes of money, you will be anxious to anyone who asks him for money.

Chu Yun thought for a while, then suddenly said: "No, not only do we not pay taxes to the court, but we also cry poorly. It is said that our Liaodong and Liaonan were affected by the freeze last year, and this year we suffered from drought and war, and millions of people were displaced. The crops are not harvested. Therefore, the court needs to allocate relief funds, and the financial gap is 100 million taels of silver. You immediately draft a memorial and let the officials who came to collect taxes bring it back to the court.”

puff.Chen Ting is a mouthful of old blood, there is such an operation in the world?Not only did you refuse to pay 50 taels of silver, but you also demanded 100 million yuan in disaster relief from the imperial court. Wouldn't your conscience hurt?
"The lord wants to raise food, does he want to deal with someone next?" Chen Ting said carefully.

"On this continent, except for the Ming Dynasty, we cannot move. The only threat to us is Lin Danhan of Mongolia. Before sending troops to the East China Sea, I need to extend the scope of the grassland under my control from Hulunbuir to the Hetao Plain near Shaanxi. There, there are many interesting forces, such as the peasant uprising troops that have caused quite a stir in Shaanxi recently."

After seeing Chu Yun, Chen Ting felt happier.Fortunately, Chu Yun didn't intend to pay attention to the people sent by the court, otherwise he would have to worry about finances again.

"Guo Shouzhong, you bring the officials from the court, I want to meet them." Chen Ting asked Guo Shouzhong, who was in charge of finance, to bring the officials from the court.

The court minister who was sent to Liaodong this time was an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs.Before coming to Liaodong, he and his companions who were also sent to Liaodong were very uneasy.The Liao Army was unfamiliar to officials of the entire Ming court.

But when they came to Liaodong, especially from Liaodong City to Jinzhou City in southern Liaodong, they were even more impressed by the prosperity here, which gave them a sense of being in the capital.The only difference may be that the size and population of Jinzhou City are not comparable to the capital.But in some ways, it's more than that.

At least the capital does not have a strong commercial and industrial atmosphere here, nor are there factories, workshops, and shops everywhere. It is more like Suzhou, Nanjing and other places.

"Our internal affairs officer wants to see you." Guo Shouzhong came to the place where these court envoys were staying.

"Excuse me, take us there." The officials of the household department did not feel the slightest dissatisfaction with Guo Shouzhong's attitude, or they dared not speak out.

Among the court officials, the glorious deeds of Chu Yun detaining a large number of officials who were appointed to Liaodong and Liaonan have spread, causing all the officials in the capital to feel insecure.After this, the civil servants who were unable to control Liaodong and Liaodong turned a blind eye to Liaodong and Liaonan, and let Chu Yun make trouble for the time being, and deal with the affairs in the pass first.

"What kind of internal affairs officer is appointed privately? I really don't care about the appointment of the imperial court. Their internal affairs officer Chen Ting's official position is not as high as yours." An envoy whispered to the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"Shut up! This is the territory of the Liao army. We will let them come here for now, otherwise we will be detained, and we won't know who to cry with." The household officials turned pale with fright.

Chen Ting was working in the government office in Jinzhou, and when he saw the officials from the household department coming, he just gave a slight compliment, and then asked the little official to bring wooden chairs for them.

In Chen Ting's eyes, although the official of the household department is higher than him, the real power is not as great as that of Chen Ting, so Chen Ting doesn't look down on the officials sent by the court at all, and treats them as equals at most.

"Master Chen, I wonder if the tax you are going to hand over to the court has been collected?" The household official thought that Chen Ting had hired him to collect taxes.

"Lord Ouyang, I came to you to explain the collection of taxes to you. This is the memorial that our military lord intends to present to the imperial court. Just read it." Chen Ting handed over the memorial that he drafted according to Chu Yun's intention to Hu Master Ouyang from the ministry.

"Oh?" Master Ouyang accepted the memorial, as if he had found a treasure. Could it be that Chu Yun finally realized his conscience and planned to obey the court's arrangement?
However, when Master Ouyang read the contents of the memorial clearly, his hands trembled slightly.It seems that his own knowledge is too little, Chu Yun is no longer a weirdo, but a penny-pinching person!It’s fine not to pay taxes to the imperial court, but he also has the cheek to say that under his rule, there are frequent wars, plagues, and droughts. It seems that the most disasters in the world have occurred in Liaodong and Liaonan. He specially asked the imperial court to allocate 100 million Two silvers were used as disaster relief funds.If Master Ouyang hadn't seen the peaceful appearance of Liaodong and Liaonan with his own eyes, he still believed in Chu Yun a little bit.

"Lord Chen, I have seen people living and working in peace and contentment along the way. Where did these disasters come from?" Lord Ouyang wiped off his cold sweat.

"Oh, Master Ouyang doesn't know something. What you see is only the surface of living and working in peace and contentment. The imperial court sent envoys, and we naturally have to show our best side to the envoys. But in fact, most of our people are It’s because he ate his last meal and didn’t finish his next meal, and he struggled day and night with food and illness.” Chen Ting’s face was as wrinkled as a chrysanthemum.

"Cough cough, even so, isn't this memorial a bit too exaggerated... Don't say whether Liaodong and Liaonan are in a catastrophe, even if it is, you need 100 million taels of disaster relief... Cough cough, Mr. Chen You know, even in northern Shaanxi, where the drought really hit, the imperial court is unable to allocate so much relief money." Lord Ouyang was in a dilemma, and he was too embarrassed to reveal it, fearing that the Liao army would detain him here.

"One million taels is really not much, how can such a big imperial court not get it?" Chen Ting asked in surprise.

Master Ouyang really wanted to strangle Chen Ting, who was like a showman, to death. If even 100 million taels didn't feel like much, then why should he apply to the imperial court for disaster relief?

"Could it be that Chief Chu Bing really wants to submit such a memorial to the emperor?" Lord Ouyang confirmed again.He really didn't dare to imagine what kind of sensation such a memorial would cause among the court officials.

"That's it." Chen Ting nodded firmly.

(End of this chapter)