The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 460 Burn, New Deal!

Master Huikong, the abbot of Tanzhe Temple, has truly experienced the whole process from great compassion to great joy, and then to great compassion these days.

He originally thought that with the Empress Dowager here, the matter of clearing the land could be temporarily suppressed, but those officials from Wanping County left the monastery not long after they left and came back.This time they seemed determined to get to the bottom of it.No matter how Master Huikong concealed it, he could not escape the eyes of the foreman.

After some investigation, Tanzhe Temple has nearly [-] mu of land that needs to pay grain taxes.Because Tanzhe Temple has been lying about the [-] mu of land before, it is necessary to pay the grain tax.This is not a small amount of money, even if Tanzhe Temple was in its heyday, it would not be able to raise such a large amount of money.

The most important thing is that Master Huikong couldn't swallow this breath.

But what's the use if you can't hold your breath, why don't you just watch the yamen servant show off his might?Master Huikong can't just call the monks in the temple to come out to fight the tax, can he?

Although Tanzhe Temple is a pure land of Buddhism, the land where the temple was built is also the land of the Ming Dynasty. In this case, it is bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for the kindness that Master Huikong cultivated for many years, he might really faint.

However, these yamen servants did not seem to have the intention of urging the payment immediately, which means that they left time for Tanzhe Temple to raise money.

In this way, it will not be too shameless, and it can be regarded as giving face to Master Huikong.

At this moment, Master Huikong only regrets that he underestimated Xie Shen.If the land of the monastery could be divided up carefully, it might not be what it is today.

Whatever the reason, the royal family doesn't seem to be planning to make an appearance this time around.

Master Huikong doesn't want to think too much about other things now, and raising money to pay taxes is the top priority.

He had no choice but to lower his face and beg several big incense masters one by one, hoping that they could provide a sum of money for sesame oil to solve the urgent need of Tanzhe Temple.

Most of these incense masters are wealthy businessmen, and they donated sesame oil money to Tanzhe Temple for nothing more than gaining fame.For them, even 10 taels of silver is just a symbol.This shows that the country is poor and businessmen are rich.

These merchants were naturally willing to do such "good deeds", and Master Huikong soon raised the back taxes and handed them over to the Wanping County Government.

Although most of the money was not paid by him, he was still very depressed.

The reason is very simple, this time he was exhausted in order to raise tax money.

Those incense masters donated such a large amount of sesame oil money, I am afraid they will not donate any more money in a short time.

In this way, at least for a long period of time, the whole temple has to live tightly.

The most important thing is that paying taxes is a bottomless pit.

In the past, the land of Tanzhe Temple did not need to pay taxes, and it could earn a lot of money just by renting the land.Well now, a large part of the land has been designated as commonly used fields, and a large amount of tax is required to be paid every year, so there is very little convenience to be obtained.

Master Huikong had to grit his teeth and reduce the fees of the monks in the temple to tide over this difficulty.

Naturally, the whole temple was full of complaints, and all kinds of ugly words were spread.

This made Master Huikong faint from his illness.

It doesn't matter if he is ill, Tanzhe Temple is completely in chaos.

Many monks felt that there was no future, so they simply fled out in the dark.

They received precepts at Tanzhe Temple because they saw all the monks in Tanzhe Temple radiant and alive.Now that Tanzhe Temple wants to reduce their expenses and tell them to tighten their belts, there is no reason to continue to stay.

For a while, Tanzhe Temple had the meaning that the trees fell and the monkeys scattered.

Let's not mention it here, but say that Wang Shouren made the New Deal sound and colorful in Huating County.

The weaving factories run by the Xu family, the Wu family and several others produced far more cloth and silk than the official production.

These cloth and silk are mainly sold to Nanzhili and Zhejiang provinces.

The problem of insufficient supply of silk cloth was greatly alleviated.

Of course, the local county government also collected a lot of business taxes, and everyone was happy for a while.

Emperor Zhengde naturally saw Wang Shouren's political achievements.

After discussing with several cabinet scholars, he decided to order Wang Shouren to return to Beijing in advance.

At first, Huating County was just a pilot project, so there was no need for Wang Shouren to stay now that he had achieved results.

Secondly, Wang Shouren's original sixth-rank official position was downgraded to become Huating county magistrate, which is somewhat shameless.Although he also has the status of an imperial envoy, he cannot be an imperial envoy for a lifetime.

Wang Shouren's mood was complicated after receiving the imperial edict.

Of course he knew that his luck was about to change.But faintly, he was still somewhat reluctant to leave Huating County.

Clear up the land, carry out commercial tax reform, and encourage the gentry and merchants to set up factories
Although Xie Shen came up with these ideas, Wang Shouren did the actual implementation.Behind everything is Wang Shouren's hard work.

It is somewhat unacceptable to send out the raised "child" of Huating County in this way.

But Wang Shouren could not resist the order.After completing the delivery procedures with his successor, he returned to Beijing by boat with his family members.

After a long journey, Wang Shouren and his party finally arrived in the capital on the fifth day of December.

It was already the middle of winter, and heavy snow fell, covering the silver decorations decorated by the capital.

As soon as Wang Shouren entered the city, he saw a familiar figure waving to him.

"Brother Shou, you are finally back!"

"Siming!"

Wang Shouren's heart warmed, and he stepped forward quickly.

"Brother Shou has done a great job this time, this glass of wine must respect you."

Xie Shen took a glass of warm rice wine from Lu Zhongtian and handed it to Wang Shouren.

"Haha, I don't dare to take credit for this, it's all about Siming, you are so good at predicting things."

Wang Shouren took the wine glass and drank it down his neck, only feeling the warm current in his belly, without any trace of chill.

"Haha, let's not stay in the ice and snow, get in the carriage."

Wang Shouren nodded and signaled the coachman to take the family members back to the mansion first, while he got into Xie Shen's carriage.

"I'm afraid there is no one in this world who understands people's hearts better than Siming."

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Shouren rubbed his palms to keep warm and said with a smile: "You have not neglected anything in Songjiang Mansion. Brother Yu just needs to follow your advice."

"Brother Shou Ren is absurd. In this world, except for those Taoist priests who claim to be able to reach the sky, who dares to claim to be able to understand people's hearts."

Xie Shen poured another jug ​​of warm wine, took a sip and said, "However, what these gentry are drawing is those things, it's not difficult to guess."

"Siming, now Huating County and Wanping County have made a good start. The next step is up to you."

Wang Shouren's words were true.He can be the vanguard for Xie Shen.But when it comes to the layout, Xie Shen can only rely on himself.

"Well, I've been thinking about it during this period of time. Your Majesty is very supportive of the New Deal, so we should take advantage of this momentum and push it away."

Xie Shen nodded slightly, and said softly.

(End of this chapter)