Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 537 The iron-faced financial minister
Household Department.

The study room.

"A lot of things have happened in the court recently, which has made people in the court feel uneasy, and many of them are not in the mood to go on errands!"

Bi Ziyan sat in the main seat with a serious expression, looking around the people gathered in the hall, "I don't want to care about other ministers, and I have no right to interfere. But if you dare to let me know who is in the Ministry of Revenue, If you don’t fulfill your duties, don’t blame me for being ruthless when the time comes!!”

Nan Juyi, the left minister, Li Zongyan, the right minister, and other household officials all showed different expressions on their faces after listening to what their chief minister said.

The situation in the DPRK has been changing so fast recently, and so many things have happened, beyond the imagination of many people. Many people even have a premonition that there will be more instability in the future.

The reason is too simple.

The emperor did many things and broke too many old rules and regulations, which made some keen people realize that the emperor just wanted to implement the New Deal!
Although the name of the New Deal was not shouted out in the central government, the things we were doing were New Deal!
As long as the New Deal is involved, it will inevitably affect many people, especially those groups with vested interests. The last thing they want to see is the New Deal.

Once the New Deal appears, their interests will be damaged!

"The verification of grain and silver has been going on for a long time."

Bi Ziyan rolled up his sleeves and turned the topic to matters involving tax reform, "As far as we know now, there are many problems with the grain and silver transfer in Lianghuai, South Zhili, Zhejiang and other places!"

"The delivery of grain and money that should be delivered to Beijing has been delayed for various reasons. According to the actual verification, most of this part of grain and money has been collected. This kind of phenomenon happens almost every year. It is difficult not to Makes you wonder if there is something fishy in it!!”

In Bi Ziyan's view, the banditry in Lianghuai was not only affected by the situation between the DPRK and China, but also the Shandong water transport case, the public election of Yanshenggong, and the Shandong salt reform. It was also affected by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The verification of supervision is closely related to grain and silver.

Nowadays, unhealthy trends are rampant in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Favoritism, corruption, bending the law, and abuse of power for personal gain are extremely common. Since he became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Bi Ziyan carefully sorted out everything in the Ministry of Revenue and found that the treasury was empty. It should happen.

But it is a fact that the treasury is empty!

Then Bi Ziyan couldn't help but wonder, where did the money that should have gone into the national treasury go?

"Anything related to Caoliang and Caoyin, draft an official letter as soon as possible and send it to the local departments involved in the name of the Ministry of Accounts."

Thinking of this, Bi Ziyan said in a sonorous tone: "I have instructed the local departments involved to come up with corresponding reasons to explain why this kind of phenomenon occurs. If the reasons cannot be explained clearly, then in the future it will involve the Ministry of Accounts allocating money." They don’t even have to think about everything!”

"Da Sima, do you want to consider this matter again?"

Nan Juyi was startled, looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "After all, there are still disasters in Henan, Lianghuai and other places, and there are also bandits in Lianghuai. In addition, due to the previous influence of the earth dragon turning over, Beizhili , Shandong and other places are still providing disaster relief. If we choose this time to send the responsibilities involving grain and silver to the local department, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the local area."

"Yes, Da Sima." Li Zongyan followed closely and said: "If there is any trouble in Zhejiang and other places, it will not only make the court very passive, but also make our household department fall into a whirlpool. After all... "

"If that is the case, then I will ask Your Majesty to investigate the place where the incident occurred!"

Bi Ziyan's attitude was extremely tough, and he interrupted Li Zongyan, "It involves the taxation of grain and silver, which is a tax item established by the state. In the past, the Ministry of Revenue had too many concerns, which led to such long-term abuses. But now, the Ministry of Revenue has It’s not like it used to be anymore!!”

Regarding the emperor's dispatch of an army, Qi Jin took command to suppress the rebellion. Although this matter was quite controversial in the court, Bi Ziyan fully recognized it.

No matter why the Lianghuai bandits happened, if they dare to challenge the majesty of the imperial court and the majesty of the emperor, they must be suppressed no matter how many reasons there are!

If something is discovered later, no matter who is involved, they will be arrested when they need to be arrested and killed when they need to be killed. If they don't do this, how will the imperial court rule the world in the future?
The reason why Bi Ziyan made this decision was that Qi Jin took command and went to the Huaihe River to quell the rebellion. If during this period, chaos occurred in some places because of Caoliang and Caoyin's questioning, then Qi Jin's command could directly intervene. Opportunities like this were rare, and Bi Ziyan had to seize it.

"In addition to this matter, the two matters of nuclear hidden fields and tax temple properties that I have personally investigated are much more serious than expected!" Bi Ziyan continued.

"In the past few days, the news from the Northern Zhili Governor's Office revealed that there are many more hidden fields in various prefectures under the rule of Northern Zhili than expected!!"

"And most of these Hidden Fields are under the names of non-existent people, and they can do such things. This shows that they don't take the court's laws and regulations seriously!!"

Although the situation between the DPRK and China has been volatile in the past, Bi Ziyan did not dare to relax on any matter involving the Ministry of Revenue, and even kept a close eye on it.

The more problems found, the more determined Bi Ziyan is in his determination to reform the tax. This is only a trial in the northern Zhili border. If you look at the whole country, what a terrifying existence it will be!

These are supposed to be taxes paid to the national treasury, but now, just because some people violated the law, this part of the taxes is gone!

I am afraid that the next court situation will not be stable.

When Nan Juyi and Li Zongyan heard this, their expressions all changed, and they even felt worried in their hearts, because their chief minister's attitude was too tough and they did not consider anything else at all, as long as it was the settled matters of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Then we must proceed without compromise.

In addition to the nuclear hidden fields and taxation of temple property, Nan Juyi personally took charge of the nuclear tooth shop and the municipal taxation. Li Zongyan personally took charge of the elimination of redundant labor and the taxation of fraud. In fact, many of them were discovered before. There was even a lot of resistance during this period. After all, many people were unwilling to pierce these vested interests one by one.

How can there be any reason to spit out the fat you eat?
"Now the dismantling of the guard posts in the northern Zhili border is in full swing."

Looking at the people gathered in front of him, Bi Ziyan said with a clear attitude: "I won't say anything else, but matters related to the household department must be pushed forward step by step. If anyone dares to slack off on these matters, then don't do it." I blame Bensuke for turning his back on me and being heartless!”

Since the current situation is not calm, it is even more important to express your attitude. You cannot become timid just because you have to investigate some things and there may be some disturbances. In that case, just don't do it at all. Just This is definitely not a good thing for the court! !
(End of this chapter)