My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 82 Gardening False Warning

It seems that he suddenly understands why Zhu Gaochi is so fat!
It's just unlucky to have such a dog father on the stall.

Zhu Di doesn't understand finances and taxes at all, and he doesn't want to continue fishing.

Just know to stick out your claws and keep asking for money.

Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu tried to compile an all-encompassing class book, but since the 21st year of Hongwu, this book has not been completed in ten years, which shows that it is difficult to compile a book. Would your majesty take it easy?"

"No need." Zhu Di smiled happily: "I have already asked the Bachelor of Understanding, and he has also investigated carefully, why don't we let him talk about it."

Xie Jin bowed hurriedly, "Returning to Xu Tongzheng's words, it is precisely because of the ten years of work of Emperor Taizu that the book has been roughly repaired, and now it only needs to be sorted out a little and the missing parts can be supplemented before it can be published in the world. The officials think that this will not only It can demonstrate His Majesty's rule of law, and it is also a comfort to Emperor Taizu, His Majesty is filial, and it should be so."

When mentioning filial piety, Zhu Di felt as if he had been beaten up, and hurriedly said: "That's right, I should finish what the emperor did not complete. Only in this way can I comfort the soul of the emperor. This matter cannot be discussed and must be done. And as soon as possible."

At this time, Zhu Di was like the most unreasonable father of Party A, and there was no room for rejection at all.

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about how much it will cost to recruit so many people to study?"

Zhu Di thought for a while, "Then tell me."

Xu Jingchang glanced at Xia Yuanji, you can do the math for him.

Xia Yuanji also bowed with a wry smile, "Your Majesty Qizuo, all Confucian scholars who come to Beijing must at least be treated as fifth-rank officials. They must be arranged for accommodation, go to the Imperial Academy every day to study books, eat three meals a day, and eat during festivals. There must be rewards. There must be rewards for success in writing books. Also, so many people need pens, inks, papers and inkstones, which is not a small number... I roughly estimated that a great Confucian would need to spend 500 taels of silver a year .”

Zhu Di frowned, "There are so many?"

Xu Jingchang added: "Your Majesty, these daily expenses are still small. If you want to repair a book, you must collect rare books from all over the world. A book costs a lot of money, and after it is completed, it will be published... How many copies does your Majesty plan to print? Engraving How much will it cost? Paper, ink... I can't even imagine, I really can't afford that much money right now."

Zhu Di's face sank after hearing the two people's words like chanting, "I know it's not easy, but the more it is like this, the more you need to be dedicated to your duties and resolve your worries. You can push back a little bit on the matter of compiling books, you We must do our best to enrich the national treasury, and let me see the income quickly. Now, what I want to do, you all say no, and by the end of the year, I will still achieve nothing, but I will send you to the prison!"

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Coming out of the Golden Palace, Xu Jingchang's face was dark. He happened to see Xie Jin, and said quietly: "Bachelor Xie, your reinstatement this time is to recover taxes and to revise books. A cabinet bachelor has two It's really not easy to make a major remonstrance."

Xie Jin couldn't figure out what Xu Jingchang meant, and was about to exchange polite greetings, but Xu Jingchang said again: "How are your flowers and plants?"

Xie Jin was shocked suddenly, what do you mean, do you want to let yourself take gardening leave?
Help, I would rather die than be bullied by the landlord villain.

"Xu Tongzheng, my servant, I just act according to the order, and I will do whatever His Majesty entrusts me to do. I really don't know where I went wrong."

"What's wrong? What you said is wrong. As a subject, you should solve problems for your father, instead of causing trouble for His Majesty."

Xie Jin was still confused, "Xu Tongzheng, I, I didn't cause His Majesty any trouble!"

At this time, Xia Yuanji said coldly: "If you don't talk about Taizu's repairing of the book, or talk about the cost of repairing the book, to dispel His Majesty's thoughts, you won't cause His Majesty any trouble."

Is this not causing trouble to His Majesty?

Xie Jin was dumbfounded, isn't this not going to cause you trouble!
This great talent suddenly understood something. In the officialdom, there are many nonsense words that sound ordinary. For example, if you are good to Daming, you are good to all officials.

For example, if you don't cause trouble to His Majesty, you don't want to cause trouble to the officials.
"As the Son of Heaven, one always has the right to be ignorant... It will be much easier if you don't know about those bad things, do you understand what I mean?" Xu Jingchang said.

Xie Jin nodded, "Understood, it is to deceive the saints."

"Nonsense, this is to relieve the king's worries, which is the duty of the courtiers. Bachelor Xie, you are a great talent, you can't even understand this matter, right?"

Xie Jin's expression changed again and again, and he was speechless.

At this time, Xia Yuanji sneered again: "I advise you, figure it out as soon as possible, we are all on our own, don't make things difficult for each other. Bachelor Xie, don't be an example!"

The three words "one's own person" hit Xie Jin's heart hard.

Your reinstatement is indeed promoted by His Majesty, and it seems reasonable that you are now wholeheartedly pleasing Your Majesty.

But you have to be clear, if you can't become the "person of your own" of Baiguan, sooner or later there will be gardening leave waiting for you!
What is even more speechless is that what Xu Jingchang and Xia Yuanji said, in fact, boiled down to deceiving the saints, deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth, forming cliques for personal gain, and doing evil to the king...all are the actions of traitors, which is despicable.

But are these two people treacherous?
Xu Jingchang took it away and said, Xia Yuanji is a virtuous minister who is highly respected by the government and the public. Why does he also have this opinion?

Could it be that the officials don't like the emperor's meddling by nature?
An emperor who meets the expectations of the big guys should be honest and ignorant, honest and modest, without extravagance, follow the rules, and not cause trouble for courtiers?
Xie Jin suddenly felt that he had read decades of books for nothing.

When it comes to being an official, I am still a stickler who knows nothing.

Xie Jin learned another lesson. He really can't just think about pleasing the emperor, otherwise he will offend this group of people, and there will be no good fruit to eat.

Let's teach Jin a lesson together, and looking back, Xu Jingchang and Xia Yuanji still have to worry.

"Originally His Majesty adopted our plan, and in the end, as long as there are benefits, it is enough to deal with His Majesty, but now His Majesty forced us to agree to issue at least one and a half times as many treasures. After completing it, it is only fulfilling His Majesty's request, and it cannot be completed. , is to live up to the grace of God.”

Xia Yuanji sighed helplessly, "Xu Tongzheng, you shouldn't have said that."

Xu Jingchang snorted and said, "I don't say that, can we pass the test? I have seen it through. Your Majesty may not really understand. He wants to take the opportunity to squeeze us. Don't say anything, let's arrange it quickly. Finish this shit , I have to think of a way, this envoy is really not a human being."

Although Xu Jingchang complained, the plan he instructed was really good and very feasible.

The tax card of Jubaomen has been implemented for more than half a year and has accumulated rich experience.

All goods that pass by must pay a tax.

The next step is to register and compile all commercial shops in the capital.

Some small stores and small shops can charge a symbolic tax, but there must be no fish that slip through the net.

According to the strategy, all commercial firms and shops should go to the household department to report truthfully... If they have not paid taxes in the past year, they will need to pay a fine.

Tax arrears must be punished. This is the golden rule, and it is also the result of Zhu Quan's defying the law.

It's just that the money can be repaid with old treasure notes, and the Ministry of Households does not discount it.

That is to say, if you spend ten Wen, you can buy a consistent old banknote from the market, and when it arrives at the household department, you can pay at least 150 Wen.

This operation is roughly similar to how the third brother repaid the tens of billions of loans owed to Da Mao with a small sum of money when the ruble was depreciating.

It's just that this time the court took the initiative to take advantage of it.

Give shop people a chance to take advantage.

You really don't need to pay too much to solve the problem of tax arrears. By the way, your business will be legal and you can be protected by the yamen.

Xu Jingchang specially arranged for Tax Ding to work together with Ying Tianfu to severely crack down on the hooligans in the market.Anyone who blackmailed merchants, even if they just took a pear, would be sent to Peiping as hard labor.

This move really frightened many people, and he used both kindness and power to lure them to benefit.

Many merchants were obedient and took the initiative to pay the taxes they owed... In a short period of time, the household department recovered tens of millions of treasures.

These dilapidated speculative coins are piled up like a mountain and placed in the warehouse of the household department, just like a pile of butt wipes.

Xu Jingchang shook his head when he saw it, "I said Xia Shangshu, how many treasures have the Ministry of Household issued these years?"

Xia Yuanji said with a bitter face: "How do I know... But it is not difficult to store a hundred more in such a warehouse."

Xu Jingchang was speechless.

However, Xia Yuanji was in a good mood, "I have already received news that someone is buying old banknotes at a price of 80, [-], or even higher... If you can secretly sell the old banknotes in front of you, you can In exchange for [-] million taels."

After saying this, Xia Yuanji's heart suddenly moved, it seems that this is not impossible!
Xu Jingchang glared at him viciously, "The current treasure banknotes are as fragile as eggs. Any reckless behavior can make our efforts go in vain. Hurry up and send an order to burn all these treasure banknotes!"

Xia Yuanji was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "This is several hundred thousand taels of silver!"

Xu Jingchang said: "Only by destroying these treasured banknotes can the value of the hundredfold treasured banknotes outside be stabilized. Don't you understand this truth?"

Xia Yuan Jilang said: "Of course I understand! But I still can't bear it."

"You!" Xu Jingchang was furious.

Xia Yuanji was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "I have already made arrangements. This batch of old banknotes will be used to make pulp and reused to make new banknotes. The old will make new, endlessly, and the treasury will have more money." money."

Xia Yuanji squinted his eyes and smiled like a Maitreya Buddha.

Using this kind of old banknotes, as well as the waste official documents of the imperial court, is shredded to make paper, and then printed precious banknotes. The biggest advantage is that it is anti-counterfeiting.

Because the paper produced in this way will have a bluish-white color, which is quite different from ordinary paper.

Since ordinary people can't get so many official documents, it is impossible to buy up old banknotes and make new banknotes.That kind of cost is too high, and the money earned is not enough to compensate.

Therefore, only the imperial court has this condition, and this is one of the few feasible anti-counterfeiting methods at present.

When it comes to anti-counterfeiting, Xu Jingchang suddenly thought of watermarking technology. It seems that this thing is not very difficult. As long as patterns are engraved on the bottom plate of the pulp, the pulp will leave image imprints due to its uneven thickness, which is also a watermark.

Xu Jingchang thought for a while, and then said: "Xia Shangshu, you said, can you have His Majesty's face printed on this treasure note? It is convenient for identifying the authenticity?"

Xia Yuanji's expression changed suddenly, and he said in panic, "No, absolutely not."

"Why not?" Xu Jingchang asked.

"I'm afraid of committing a serious crime of disrespect... What should you do if you, Xu Tongzheng, don't bring a papyrus and only have treasure money at hand?"

"I'll use the back."

"Then after you've used it, you can't take it home with you, wash it and offer it up?"

(End of this chapter)