Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 404
At the beginning of autumn, the eunuch Chu passed by Tianjin Wei intending to resist the tax, but the Jin Yiwei Qianhu Wang Tong sank the boat with a cannon, and finally paid the tax and silver fine honestly.

All I heard about this matter was two comments "absurd" and "bold". One was stationed in Jinyiwei Qianhu in Tianjin, and the other was an eunuch who was stationed in Jinyiwei. Boom, that's not what audacity is.

When an official is transferred, no one is full of money. In addition to gold and silver, there must be a lot of local specialties "gifted" by others before leaving. This is a common rule in the world. When passing by the tax card, everyone People in the officialdom give convenience to each other and never pay attention to it.

But this Wang Tong actually stopped the tax collection and caused such a big conflict. He really didn't know the rules, but when he thought about it carefully, this young master has done a lot of things like this, and the evaluation is just absurd.

Of course, local specialties and the like are often resold in the capital, or given away as gifts, and no one mentions this.

However, Wang Tong bombarded the Jinhe Warehouse, and no one dared not to pay the late payment of the Ping An brand money inside and outside Tianjin Acropolis. This time, the eunuch Chu was bombarded, and the effect was very good.

Tianjin Wei’s tax card on the canal has not been decreed by the palace so far, and the Ministry of Households has no clear text. Compared with Dali, there is a trade-off, if you don’t want it, you don’t want it.

Those officials and scholars who just passed by Tianjin Wei, and merchants in the north and south, really have a lot of opinions. Everyone is used to entrainment and tax exemption, and they are taxed for nothing. No one wants to, but Tianjin Wei tax collectors are fair and follow the rules. If you still don't want to give it, then someone with real knives and guns will come up to ask. These taxes come up and collected, but they also provoke a lot of resentment.

Once the eunuch Chu incident happened, the people who crossed the border were all honest, needless to say what they saw that day, they honestly declared the goods, paid the tax and left, and the later merchants refused to pay. Why are you complaining? The tax collectors under Wang Tong just asked:

"Do you know Chu Zhaoren, the admiral and eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, what kind of person he is, and he refuses to hand over the border, and my adults are bombarded. Who do you think you are, why don't you hand over?"

If you don't believe me, there is a broken ship near the tax card. It was the eunuch Chu's big boat that was salvaged and placed on the shore. Hearing this story and seeing the broken big boat, it is all in my heart. Feeling a little cold and fearful, he paid the tax honestly.

When Chu Zhaoren was bombarded that day, and he was fined and let him go, Cai Nan also worriedly reminded Wang Tong:
"Your Excellency has made an enemy in the capital by doing this, so I should write to Lord Long Live and Eunuch Zhang to explain it as soon as possible. It is inevitable that right and wrong will be involved again. Don't be so reckless next time."

Wang Tong's answer was straightforward:
"If the eunuch Chu refuses to pay, it will be a bad example. If he doesn't pay, the people behind will naturally have various reasons for not paying. If he can beat our tax officer, naturally the people behind will also beat our tax officer. When the time comes to get entangled, it will definitely be a headache. Another point is why we are doing this in Tianjin Weineng. It is because we keep sending money to the palace. Who doesn’t like money? Two, the expenses are naturally much wider. When they see this money, they will naturally think of Tianjin Wei, and think of me, Wang Tong. I am not in the capital, so I cannot get close to your majesty. This is the only way to stabilize our favored status. Others resent, someone in the palace remembers, that's enough!"

However, there is a saying that Wang Tong did not explain clearly. The resentment of the passing merchants is concentrated on him. Every year, no one mentions it when he goes to the palace where he enjoys gold, flowers and silver. Will definitely remember.

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As everyone expected, after returning to Beijing, the imperial horse inspector, the admiral, and the eunuch will go to the emperor and the queen mother to pay their respects. The queen mother and the emperor will both encourage and express their condolences.

Similarly, everyone guessed that Chu Zhaoren, the admiral and eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, had suffered such a big grievance in Tianjin, so he would definitely sue because of this occasion.

"...The servant just brought some gifts for the Empress Dowager to the Lord Long Live, but Wang Tong was going to collect taxes from it. The servant argued a few words, but he actually drove soldiers and horses to fight with the servant's entourage, and... even bombarded him with artillery Hitting a servant's boat... A servant can't talk about face, but what Wang Tong did is to ruin the reputation of the palace, and it is to ruin the Long Live Lord and the Empress Dowager."

Hearing Wang Tong bombarding the building with cannons and the soldiers of both sides fighting each other on the river, even though the palace had known the news for a long time, but at this moment, Cisheng Empress Dowager Li's complexion sank and her brows frowned.

Emperor Wanli who was sitting next to him had a rather turbulent expression on his face, but Emperor Wanli glanced to the side, saw the expression of the Empress Dowager, saw Zhang Cheng bowing his head there, and Feng Bao's expression was not good.

After all, Chu Zhaoren was chosen by Empress Dowager Li and Feng Bao, and Wang Tong's behavior really meant beating a dog and disregarding its owner.

When Chu Zhaoren cried below, he made it clear that he had mentioned the empress dowager's title, but Wang Tong still acted recklessly, which was clearly disrespectful.

"Chu Zhaoren, I heard that you came back from Nanjing with about [-] boatloads of special products. I asked the Yuma Supervisor Duzhi today, Chu Zhaoren, how many gifts did you send?"

When asked by Emperor Wanli, Chu Zhaoren, who was kneeling there, immediately turned pale and kowtowed repeatedly. Empress Dowager Li frowned and said:
"Your Majesty, treat your servants with magnanimity first..."

Emperor Wanli quickly bent sideways to agree, turned back and sat there again, his expression still, but after his words, Chu Zhaoren didn't dare to say any more, the eunuch Chu finally understood at this moment, no wonder that Wang Tong was so arrogant Domineering, it turns out that Long Live Lord's protection does have this capital.

"Chu Zhaoren, you have always been respectful. Only then did the Ai family discuss with the Lord Long Live to transfer you back to Beijing to work in the Yumajian. Now that you are back, you can work with peace of mind and work diligently. You will be promoted in the future."

"The servant girl thanked the Empress Dowager and the Lord Long Live for their kindness, and will definitely do things faithfully..."

After finishing the etiquette, Chu Zhaoren didn't dare to say anything more, bowed and retreated.

After the people retreated, Empress Dowager Li said with a sullen face:
"The Tian family's favor is to let Wang Tong work abroad, not to show off his prestige. Feng Bao, I will reprimand you below and let him restrain himself."

Emperor Wanli frowned when he heard this, and was about to speak, but saw Zhang Cheng winking at him, shook his head slightly, and immediately stopped talking.

Every time Wang Tong was mentioned, Emperor Wanli would defend it. Empress Dowager Li naturally knew about this joint, and several eunuchs in the palace also understood that the atmosphere was actually a bit awkward at this time, but no one thought that Emperor Wanli would not speak out. But there was nothing to say next, Emperor Wanli made an excuse and got up to leave.

Wanli left, but Zhang Cheng did not. Empress Dowager Li looked at the back of Emperor Wanli leaving, and said calmly:

"Wang Tong is dedicated to his errands, and the Ai family also knows that they can do whatever they want because they have the favor of the Long Live Lord, but this is a way to kill them. Now they are just a small thousand households, so they can do this. If it will be of great use in the future, what will he do, you should keep an eye on what happened to Feng Bao this time, and teach him a lesson."

Feng Bao hurriedly bowed to answer, Zhang Cheng hesitated there, took out a folded piece from his bosom, and said in a low voice:

"Empress Dowager, Wang Tong has a booklet. It arrived yesterday. Today, Long Live Lord wants to show it to Empress Dowager. It just happened to be at Chu Zhaoren's place, and it was not easy to hand it over, so I ordered the servants to come. Let the slaves find an opening to forward the report."

Empress Dowager Li shook her head and said casually:
"There's nothing to look at. It's just to find a reason for what I did. This kid Wang Tong is slippery. Do you think it's easy to use every time?"

Zhang Cheng lowered his head and laughed twice, bowed and said:

"After reading this booklet, Lord Long Live, he found it very reasonable. He ordered the servants to present it to the Queen Mother for viewing. Since Lord Long Live has a will."

"Bring it up!"

Empress Dowager Li gave an order indifferently, took the notebook, opened it, and glanced at it. Normally, civil and military officials handed out notebooks, or wrote them by themselves, or masters, and they were all eloquent articles. Long live the said, then directly said

"I set up a card for the emperor to collect taxes. All the officials and people in the world, except for your majesty's decree, no one can refuse to pay. The gold and silver are sent to the palace. If you scold me, you should pay it alone. Even if you are smashed to pieces, you will not complain!!"

Empress Dowager Li frowned and finished reading, threw the notebook on the ground, and said in a cold voice:
"It's ridiculous, it seems that the palace is short of his money, so arrogant, Feng Bao, immediately draw up an edict and send it out!!"

The so-called Ming Fa is to go through the official procedures of the ceremonial supervisor and the cabinet, and promulgate it to the whole world, and the official circles know it. Once such a decree is made, the Tian family's likes and dislikes for a certain person will immediately spread throughout the world. There is no solution, but the attitude shows that it is naturally a situation where everyone pushes the wall down.

Hearing the Empress Dowager's will, Feng Bao picked up Wang Tong's memorial, and bowed to accept it, but Feng Bao knew the content of the memorial, so he hesitated when he got up on the ground, and said:
"Empress Dowager, since the Jinhuayin increase was made, Tianjin Wei has sent 180 million taels of silver to Da Nei so far. The slaves have also heard that Wang Tong doesn't even have a servant or maid in Tianjin Wei's mansion. Check everywhere during the day, but Wang Tong is indeed in a daze, if you don't reprimand him, I'm afraid there will be a catastrophe."

After speaking, she stood up and stepped aside, but the Empress Dowager Li fell silent over there. When Feng Bao and Zhang Cheng were about to leave, the Empress Dowager Li said slowly:

"After all, this child is on a mission in the palace. If he finds out, it will hurt his heart. Let the emperor reprimand him, and he will learn the lesson..."
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