Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 423
Xie Jue raised his eyebrows and looked at him for a while, then snorted coldly and said, "What uncle? Do you think I look like an uncle?"

Lao Tzu is her husband!

"Then, Your Excellency is Xie Jue." Zhao Hao smiled lightly, but couldn't understand the other meanings hidden in his words.

"The general seems to know Xie Jue quite well?" Xie Jue frowned slightly, and smiled softly.

Repeatedly confirming whether he is Xie Jue, could it be that this guy has scouted him before?
Zhao Hao shook his head slightly and said, "No, I just heard about it."

After a slight pause, Zhao Hao smiled and said, "I heard that Master Xie's business is mainly in the south, why did he go to Aye City this time?"

The Xie Jue he had heard about in his previous life had never crossed the Yangtze River, but now, he appeared in Aye City.

And bring Su Yue along!
Xie Jue chuckled twice and said, "Yue'er said she wanted to see the scenery of the Northland, and I also want to buy some property in the Northland, and I heard that silk and spices can be sold at a high price in the Rong people. I also know that it is not easy for us merchants to make some money now that the imperial government's decree is changed again and again, so it is safer to have a few more business routes."

"The decree is changed again and again?" Zhao Hao smiled slightly: "What news did Master Xie get?"

"What? General Zhao doesn't know?" Xie Jue said aloud, "That's right, the general is naturally not interested in this kind of thing, but maybe this matter really has something to do with the general."

"Please speak." Watching Xie Jue remain silent, Zhao Hao said.

Xie Jue tapped his fingers on his knees, seeing Zhao Hao's calm expression, the feeling of weirdness in his heart was even stronger.

They walked together this way, and to be honest, although I hated the way this guy looked at Su Yue and the way he treated Su Yue, I had to admit that this guy was very powerful.

(Tang Bing: You don’t just hate it, do you)
Whether it's judgment, action, or his unflappable perseverance, people will forget that he is only 16 years old.

Yes, the young general in front of him is only 16 years old.

However, why would it give him the feeling that this person is a generalissimo who has experienced countless battles, experienced countless lives and deaths, and commanded thousands of troops?
"Mr. Xie has something to say, but please speak up." Zhao Hao said again.

"My subordinate sent me a letter." Xie Jue withdrew his thoughts and said in a deep voice, "Ten days ago, Cai Xiangzuo asked the emperor to change the commercial tax and agricultural tax. The tax rate has more than doubled."

Zhao Hao's expression changed, he muttered, bit his lips again, just looked at Xie Jue, waiting for him to continue.

The corners of Xie Jue's lips twitched slightly, and he said: "Cai Xiang's actions have made the national treasury empty, so that the military rations and salaries cannot be paid out. General Zhao is dissatisfied. Last time he robbed the food, I don't know what will happen in the future. , Therefore, we need to change the tax law and collect more money to ensure the needs of the frontier army.”

Zhao Hao's face was tense, and he let out a cold snort: "I know what Master Xie means, Prime Minister Cai wants to take the blame from my frontier army, so what can Master Xie do?"

Xie Jue froze for a moment, then blinked at him.

Damn, are you as direct as you?
This is a major issue for your frontier army, it is a crisis for your Zhen Guogong, what does it matter to me?I'm just a businessman!
Logically, shouldn't you express your anger, think about it for yourself, and then I will express my willingness to cooperate!

"Thank you, we can be considered to have come through adversity together. If we have anything to say, just speak up." Zhao Hao said with a faint smile.

Who is Xie Jue?

In his previous life, Cai Bing also came up with such a decree, which caused chaos in the Song Kingdom, but in those few years, Xie Jue's reputation rose and his wealth accumulated very quickly, and he was not affected by that decree at all.

Although Cai Bing implemented this decree much earlier in this life, Xie Jue must have a way to deal with it.

Xie Jue snorted softly, thinking that he really didn't like this person very much!
However, for this person to understand so well, it saved him a lot of trouble.

After pondering for a while, Xie Jue said: "General, first of all, you can't let Cai Bing put the evil cause of this law on yourself. The general can write a public letter to oppose this law, and ask the Ministry of Households to disclose the accounts. Where did the deducted military rations and salaries go? Moreover, it will be stated later that if the national treasury is really insufficient, the frontier soldiers are willing to tighten their belts and automatically reduce their military salaries by [-]%, and they also oppose this practice of exploiting the people."

"Reduce the military salary by [-]%?" Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Anyway, you can't get it." Xie Jue chuckled twice: "Except for the first few years when the crown prince was here, did your frontier soldiers ever get full military pay? The most, it was only more than [-]% It’s just a little? This year, I’m afraid it’s less than [-]%, and in the future, if Cai Bing wants to use you as a raft, he will naturally deduct even more, and then use your booklet to urge the army’s salary as an excuse.”

Zhao Hao nodded: "I understand, since it's something you can't get, it's better to take it out as a gesture."

Xie Jue nodded: "Yes, but, can you decide this matter? Can Duke Zhen listen to you?"

The status of Zhao Hao and Duke Zhen is not the same. Now, after all, Duke Zhen is the commander of the frontier army. If Duke Zhen disagrees, this method will not work.

Zhao Hao smiled, and said: "Since Mr. Xie said so, there is naturally a way to make up for [-]% of my frontier army's salary."

Xie Jue's face darkened.

What the hell, this guy is really annoying!

"Mr. Xie, if you have anything to ask Zhao to do, you can say it." Zhao Hao continued with a smile.

The frontier army claims to be 40, but the number of people reported to the Ministry of War is actually more than 40. Its annual salary is about 600 million to 800 million. .

Of course, there is moisture in this.

The Zhao family was able to keep the frontier army from falling despite the imperial court's embarrassment year after year, so they naturally had their own methods.

For example, empty rates and false highs.

However, this space is not very large. After all, there are wars every now and then at the border. The shortage of soldiers is a big deal.

This space is less than two hundred percent.

In the past, the imperial court had deducted some money, and it would not exceed this space. During the ten years when the crown prince was there, he guaranteed the full military salary, which made the Zhen Guo government have some surplus. However, after the death of the crown prince, the deducted amount was not is growing.

Not to mention filling in the surplus from the early years of the Zhen Guogong Mansion, there was also a shortage.

If there is no windfall from Jiangnan this year, Cai Bing will make such a move, and the frontier army will be worse than in his previous life.

Under such circumstances, if Lord Zhen Guo should take the initiative to reduce the military pay, it would not be possible to rely solely on one reason that he could not get it anyway.

However, now that there is that golden cave, and Xie Jue took the initiative to mention it, then there must be a guarantee.

It's just that Xie Jue is a businessman, and businessmen don't do good deeds.

He is very clear about the blending of interests.

What's more, this person is still Su Yue's backer...

Xie Jue looked at Zhao Hao and smiled lightly: "The general said, do you mean that I can ask for anything?"

Zhao Hao's face froze slightly, and he suddenly remembered that this person was the one who raised 20 soldiers within a month in his previous life...

Uh……

This is not easy to answer!
(End of this chapter)