My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 49 We Need Someone

"All memorials and inscriptions related to the Ministry of Household Affairs are temporarily withheld. It is said that the incident happened suddenly and it was too late to verify the situation. It is inconvenient to disturb the court. It will be submitted after a few days."

Xu Jingchang was dressed in a crimson official uniform, sitting in the main hall of the General Secretary, and said quietly.

Hu Yan was stunned, and said in a low voice: "The Secretary of the General Administration has never had the power to detain the memorial, let alone the Inspectorate, the Sixth Division, and even Qingliu from the Imperial Academy's Guozijian, in case..."

"Don't worry about them, you go tell Wu Shan and send a message to Jin Yiwei Ji Gang, and you don't have to worry about the rest."

Hu Yan was taken aback again, then nodded vigorously and hurried down.Wu Shan knows more about the ways of the matter than he does. When encountering major events, one should not hide it from the emperor. This is the first rule.

But you can't leave everything to the emperor, otherwise, what's the use of putting you in the court?

It is true that the Secretary of General Affairs is the communication room. Even if it is the communication room, it must be considered for the leader. If it should not be put in, it must not be put in.

Notifying Jin Yiwei is tantamount to telling Zhu Di, and although Jin Yiwei can monitor hundreds of officials, they operate independently and only belong to the emperor.

If you check something in private, you don't need to go through the third division.

That leaves room for maneuver for all.

Otherwise, if the Secretary of General Administration handed over the memorials of so many courtiers, if Zhu Di did not express his opinion, the courtiers would definitely not let it go. They would either continue to write letters, or go to Zuoshunmen to ask His Majesty to see them, and even worse, they could even beat the Dengwen drum and tell Zhu Di to directly come out.

These situations were more and more difficult one by one, so when Xu Jingchang found out about this, the first step was to sit in the Secretary of General Administration and suppress the matter first.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao also came.

Xu Jingchang noticed that the old monk also had a trace of worry on his face, because just now, when Zhu Di invited him over, he mentioned the matter of teaching the prince.

At this time, Yao Guangxiao was like Zhu Gaochi's master. When something happened to his apprentice, the teacher couldn't stay out of it.

"Xu Tongzheng, Your Majesty has also appointed you as Prince Zhan Shi. This time Jing'an Hou Wangzhong is arrogant and bold. He has no court. He escaped from the tax first and ran into the official office. No matter what, he can't be kept. Let him be sacrificed to the flag." , to show His Highness a prestige. You will hand over the memorial to impeach Wang Zhong now."

Xu Jingchang smiled slightly, "Master, please forgive me for not agreeing."

Yao Guangxiao was stunned, "What do you mean? Are you afraid of Wang Zhong's power and unwilling to take action? It's rare that you, Xu Tongzheng, still have people who are afraid."

Xu Jingchang smiled unabated, "Young master, it doesn't work if you use aggressive methods. Wang Zhong is really hateful, but behind this incident, there is an even more hateful and vicious guy. You don't want His Highness to be tricked, do you?"

Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly and was speechless for a while.His level is definitely top-notch. Zhu Gaochi's first day of observing politics, such a big incident, must be secretly arranged by someone.

It's just that Wang Zhong jumped out, so he had to attack him first, and as for the rest, we'll figure it out later.

This is also Yao Guangxiao's experience accumulated as a military counselor during the four years of disaster relief, to solve the most difficult problems first.

But for Xu Jingchang, he didn't see it that way.

"Young Master, I have been in the General Administration Department for several months, and I have accumulated some experience. Let me say that only the imperial court ship leaks from the top. You keep an eye on the General Administration Department for me, and I will help Your Highness settle this matter."

Yao Guangxiao frowned slightly. He didn't doubt Xu Jingchang's ability, but it was a little surprising that this kid was so proactive.

"Then there will be Lao Xu Tongzheng."

With Yao Guangxiao staring at the Secretary of General Administration, Xu Jingchang took time out, staggered, and went straight to the household department. Along the way, Xu Jingchang was also thinking about what to say.

He successfully met Shangshu Xia Yuanji in the signing room.

"Xia Yuanji, I call you an immortal!"

When Xu Jingchang met, he cursed loudly.

This sentence stunned Xia Yuanji, who am I and where am I?Is my name Natsuhara Yoshi?
Wang Zhong scolded me, you kid scolded me too!
Xia Yuanji stood up suddenly, his eyes widened with anger, and he was about to curse back.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jingchang reacted much quicker than him, "You fucking scheming Your Highness, you have the ability to attack me! Come on, come with me to the Queen's Empress for comment!"

Hearing the empress, Xia Yuanji was speechless, that was your aunt, even if I had a reason, I couldn't tell.

"Xu Tongzheng, don't make trouble for no reason."

Xu Jingchang chuckled, "I'm making trouble for no reason? Xia, did you know about Wang Zhong's tax evasion?"

Xia Yuanji frowned slightly, "I heard it a little bit, but..."

"But what? You waited for His Highness to observe politics, and hurriedly took it out, and even called His Highness away, and went to check taxes with you, and you asked His Highness to be your pawn to deal with Jingnan Xungui. You conspired to provoke His Highness What is your intention in the conflict with Xungui? You dare to sway the prince, you are too vicious, how did the Ming Dynasty produce such a traitor! I should really cut you off, lest you bring disaster to the country and the people, and to the world... ..."

"Wait a minute!"

Xia Yuanji was fooled by this set of accusations, "Xu Jingchang, don't spit blood on people. You are making a theory out of nothing. You are contrived. You are a traitor!"

Xu Jingchang sneered and said, "Okay, if you say I'm a traitor, then let's go to His Majesty to argue and see who His Majesty believes!"

Xia Yuanji's lips were blue with anger, there was no such hateful thing as Xu Jingchang in the entire court.

"It was His Majesty's permission for me to collect finances and taxes. You, the Secretary of the General Administration, also know that it is only natural for His Highness to come down to watch the government and let him look at the finances and taxes. I did not make a single mistake in what I did. As a result, Jing'an Hou Wangzhong relied on wine Drunk, went to the household department to make a scene, insulted me in public, and His Highness testified next to me. As an important minister of the court, I was so humiliated. Instead, you came to me to spoil, Xu Jingchang, when did you collude with Jingnan Xungui? Have you reached the point where you don’t care about right and wrong?”

Xia Yuanji, who has calmed down, is not a vegetarian either. Xu Jingchang doesn't have to be weak at all because of this hat.

Xu Jingchang chuckled, sat down suddenly, and then pulled Xia Yuanji to make him sit down too.

"I understand your thoughts, Lao Xia, we are grasshoppers on the same rope. The business tax has been implemented for several months now, especially at the end of the year, the growth rate has slowed down, and money is everywhere. You can't come up. So you want to kill the chicken and scare the monkey, and then pull the Highness over, and want to use his name to suppress all the officials and dignitaries, and implement this matter as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Xia Yuanji's face softened a lot, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He pointed to his sideburns, the white hair protruding from under the beam crown was particularly dazzling.

Xia Yuanji is not too old, he is not yet 40 years old, and after managing the finances for several months, he is already in a state of desperation and prematurely born.

In the four years of Jingnan, the Ming Dynasty was beaten to the brink of poverty, and the provinces had to be appeased by the soldiers. In some places, the land tax was exempted for three years.Around Yingtian, it was also exempted for one year.

Food cannot be harvested, but money has to be spent outside like water.

The Jubaomen tax card bears great hopes, but in the end there are too many honorable courtiers evading taxes, and it is really difficult for Lao Xia.

"Actually, it's not very useful to just kill the chickens to warn the monkeys. The key is to increase our ability to collect taxes, and we need people!" Xu Jingchang said persuasively.

Xia Yuanji snorted, "Pretend I don't know? You need to increase the manpower and spend money. The warehouse rats in the household department can't support them. What do you want me to do?"

"That's why disarmament is needed." Xu Jingchang said with a smile.

"Disarmament? What do you mean?" Xia Yuanji whispered: "Could it be that you want to eliminate the old and the weak and reduce expenses?"

"No, what I mean is to allocate a few well-trained thousands of households from the army to enrich our subordinates as special tax servants!"

Xia Yuanji turned pale with shock, "Xu Tongzheng, you mean to use soldiers to collect taxes?"

"That's right, we have to be elite soldiers!" Xu Jingchang gritted his teeth and said, "We are in the business of snatching food from the mouth of a tiger. The guy in the hand is not good, and the waist is not strong! We must use the best soldiers, the strongest generals, and the smartest Wang Zhong's life and death are not important, the key is that we must strengthen the tax office. Old Xia, you now understand my painstaking efforts!"

Xia Yuanji's face flushed slightly, he thought for a while.

Now is indeed the best opportunity. Wang Zhong made a mistake. He happened to pinch Xungui. Taking advantage of their losses, he grabbed a few thousand households and specially picked the best ones to fill the household department. The helmet is bright and the armor is full of murder. Who dares to evade taxes?

"Xu Tongzheng, in this way, you are the most scheming!"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "It's all for enriching the Ming treasury, and it's all for the country."

Xia Yuanji nodded, "Okay, since that's the case, is Xu Tongzheng willing to meet the king with me?"

"Okay, no matter what the difficulty is, the two of us will carry it together!"

(End of this chapter)