Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 1039 What are we fighting for?

Zuo Guangdou knew the true colors of some people too well. It was precisely because of this that he knew even more clearly that if he wanted to deal with such people, he could only rely on catching and killing them!

Zuo Guangdou had never been so radical before.

However, since he was demoted from the capital to serve as an official in charge of water conservancy, Zuo Guangdou has seen a lot and realized that natural disasters are indeed terrible, but what is really terrible is man-made disasters!

In order to make a profit, some people even bully the powerful and oppress the weak, causing the disaster, which was not serious at first, to become more serious and increase the number of people affected, so that they can make huge profits from it.

In the past few years, the Disaster Relief and Emergency Response Departments under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu have been continuously stationed in the disaster-stricken areas to be responsible for all matters related to disaster relief. Otherwise, God knows how many innocent people would have died under these layers of calculations.

Since the establishment of the procuratorate, prosecutors headed by Han Yiliang have arrested thousands of local officials in connection with disaster relief.

As for groups such as officials, gentry, and merchants, their numbers are countless.

But some things, even so, still cannot be stopped.

This is driven by interests.

"I can understand the feelings of Zuo Xunxian."

Lu Xiangsheng lifted his sleeves, looked at Zuo Guangdou and said, "But now is not the right time. Since we have chosen to thoroughly investigate this matter, we must verify all those hidden in the dark."

"Otherwise, if we take action now, those hiding in the dark will definitely become alert. If we can't catch these people, the harm will be too great."

"Ah~"

This feeling of helplessness made Zuo Guangdou sigh.

In fact, Zuo Guangdou also knew that what he said was a manifestation of his incompetence. Instead, it was Lu Xiangsheng’s calmness that was the key to breaking the deadlock.

Knowing is one thing, doing is another.

"Zuo Xunxian doesn't need to worry about these distractions."

Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng smiled and said, "Xunxian Zuo only needs to take care of the regulation of the three rivers of Huang, Huai and Yun. I heard that Xunxian Yang also achieved remarkable results in regulating the Yellow River in Henan?"

"Yes."

Zuo Guangdou obviously had no intention of answering these.

Since the establishment of the General Administration of Water Resources, the central government has been responsible for overall coordination, while the various direct-affiliated offices stationed in the local areas have been responsible for regional coordination of rivers, lakes and other places. In addition, there are officials at all levels under the direct-affiliated offices. This complete set of systems at all levels plays a vital role in the overall water conservancy construction and protection.

But even so, a lot of money is spent every year.

Not to mention anything else, the water conservancy bonds jointly issued by the Shaofu and the Water Resources Administration alone have amounted to tens of millions in the past two years.

Nearly 40% of them were purchased directly by the Minting Department under the Shaofu with the newly minted coins. This not only created a good atmosphere, but also increased the circulation scale of the new coins.

If there had been no seigniorage to support the economy in recent years, with Zhu Youxiao's way of spending the money, not to mention the treasury, even the national treasury would have gone bankrupt long ago.

"Lu Futai, please tell me the truth."

Zuo Guangdou frowned slightly, turned sideways and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and asked, "Is the situation this time because Qian Qianyi was arrested, or is it because of something else?"

"Zuo just can't figure it out, what on earth are they fighting about?!"

"Is it easy for our dynasty to have the changes it has today?!"

"They are all trying so hard to cause chaos in some places. What is their purpose? Just for profit? How much is too much?"

It is just as Your Majesty said.

Seeing Zuo Guangdou like this, Lu Xiangsheng felt deeply moved. Zuo Guangdou and Yang Lian were both pure people, and it was precisely this purity that allowed someone to plot against them and use them.

"Actually, this incident is partly related to Qian Qianyi's arrest, but more importantly, it is due to the new policies implemented in Fengyang in recent years."

Facing Zuo Guangdou's gaze, Lu Xiangsheng said solemnly: "Let's not talk about the improvement of the Huanghuai and Yunsan rivers. Because of this, the disasters in the areas under its jurisdiction have been greatly reduced. This also prevented some groups from taking advantage of the disasters to make a lot of money, annex land, and hide people."

"The salt reform in Lianghuai, the customs duties for grain transport, the construction of ports along the Lianghuai coast, and the tax reform, this series of trial new policies, were implemented in Fengyang and the area, and touched too many vested interests."

"The Left Inspector may not know this, but how much silver has been saved from fire consumption by paying taxes in the new currency in the past two years?"

"how many?"

Zuo Guangdou said subconsciously.

"130 million taels of pure silver!"

Lu Xiangsheng said with a sharp look.

"There are so many?!"

Zuo Guangdou said in disbelief.

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"Yes."

Lu Xiangsheng said with some disappointment: "Originally, these taxes were to go into some people's pockets, but because I took office as the governor of Fengyang, an official document clearly stated that taxes should be collected in the new currency, and now their pockets are empty."

"Even if Lu arrested some people before and after this, wouldn't those who were not arrested try to hinder him in every possible way with such resentment?"

"Haha~"

Zuo Guangdou smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He knows these things.

Part of the silver transferred by the Fengyang Governor's Office was confiscated from these people.

"It's more than that."

Lu Xiangsheng continued, "Since the construction of ports along the Huai River and the Yangtze River, the maritime trade industry has prospered, which has also promoted the development of the shipbuilding industry, which has touched the interests of many people."

"And the coastal areas of the southeastern provinces will bear the brunt of the impact."

"Although the imperial court has arrested many smugglers in the past few years, from what I know, most of these groups are on the surface. As for those who are hiding deeper, they have not yet surfaced."

"There is such a thing."

Zuo Guangdou's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "So the Western Jishichang led by Fang Zhenghua and the New Army led by Qi Jin are still in the southeastern provinces, because..."

"Zuo Xunxian, there are some things that just need to be known."

Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand to interrupt, "Everyone says that I am under a lot of pressure, but who knows how big the predicament Your Majesty is in? This is a huge mess to solve, and it can actually be solved in three to five years?"

"Why did Your Majesty want to implement the new policy? Even though there were constant oppositions, why was he so determined to implement it? Isn't it because some things have not been resolved?"

It was not until this moment that Zuo Guangdou understood something.

"Your Majesty is far-sighted."

Seeing Zuo Guangdou like this, Lu Xiangsheng sighed inwardly, 'I know that some things cannot be solved in a short time, so I will clean up and reform at the same time, and force them all out little by little. When the time is right as your majesty said, we can try to implement the unified tax payment and unified service for officials and gentry in Fengyang. But before that, Fengyang must be stable, otherwise there will be a big mess! '

Thinking of this, Lu Xiangsheng's eyes became sharp. He knew how much impact this policy would have on himself and the world once it was implemented, but he did not regret it! !
(End of this chapter)