The best little eunuch

Chapter 125 Leaving the Capital
Chapter 125 Leaving the Capital
"Yes, my lord, I'll do it right away." As Hu Dazhi said, he personally selected a team of people, escorted 50 taels of silver, and rushed to the provincial capital in person.After all, this time, he was going to discuss with Chief Envoy Feng Yuanji about recruiting troops.

After Hu Dazhi left, Lin Feng wrote a letter to King Wu who was far away in the capital.Although he knew that what Wu Baoxing said was probably true, Lin Feng still wanted to make sure.

After the letter was written, Lin Feng immediately asked Niu Jin to find a bodyguard and send it back to the capital in secret, and repeatedly asked him to keep it secret so that no one would know.If this matter is found out by others, King Wu may be on the cusp again.

On this day, Lin Feng was taking an afternoon nap in the military tent, when Niu Jin came in suddenly and said to Lin Feng, "My lord, there is an urgent report from Skynet."

Lin Feng had a special explanation to Niu Jin. Once Skynet reported urgently, no matter what Lin Feng was doing, he had to report immediately.Therefore, Niu Jin woke up Lin Feng.

"Give it to me." After sitting up, Lin Feng said to Niu Jin.

After receiving the letter, Lin Feng read it carefully.The letter was written by Lu Shuai, and there were two things in it: Liu Yunxin quietly left the capital with her personal maid. Judging by her itinerary and direction, she probably came to Nanjiang; the second thing was about Yunying. At that time, after Lin Feng met Liu Yunxin, he wrote a letter to Yunying, but until Lin Feng returned to Nanjiang soon, he did not receive a reply from Yunying.So Lin Feng asked Lu Shuai to find Yunying in person when he was free.

In the letter, Lu Shuai told Lin Feng that he had gone to find Yunying, but Yunying had already moved away.By asking Yunying's neighbors, I learned that Yunying moved away a month ago, which coincided with the time when Lin Feng wrote to Yunying.Lu Shuai felt that there must be a connection between them, so he combined them together and wrote an urgent report to Lin Feng.

"What's hidden in this? What is the relationship between Yunying and this Liu Yunxin?" Lin Feng thought in his heart.

Picking up the pen, Lin Feng began to write a letter to Lu Shuai, asking Lu Shuai to try his best to find Yunying's whereabouts when he had energy, and to closely monitor Liu Yunxin's whereabouts, and to know her every move.

"You send this letter to Master Lu Shuai." Lin Feng packed the letter, sealed it, and handed it to Niu Jin.

"Yes, my lord, I'll go right away." Niu Jin picked up the letter and walked out quickly.

With something on his mind, Lin Feng naturally couldn't fall asleep, so he simply sat up and thought carefully about the future.At present, in Beijiang, he has made a good start. Among other things, at least two important businessmen in Beijiang have been completely caught by him. As long as they say something, they will never dare to say anything.This is very beneficial to Lin Feng.

What Lin Feng is thinking now is whether to take the lead in trying to collect commercial taxes in Beijiang now. Although he knows that many businessmen will definitely oppose him, he believes that with the help of Wu Baoxing and Sun Shide, this resistance will be reduced to very little. .

As long as it is successfully promoted in Beijiang, Nanjiang and Southeast will not be a big deal.The most worrying thing now is Beijiang's side, what if it fails?Logically speaking, the southeast province previously controlled by Jin Quan is the most suitable place, but compared to commerce, the Beijiang and Nanjiang rivers are the most developed. Although the southeast province is close to the sea, there is no maritime trade, so there is no What a well-developed business exists.

"It's a headache." Lin Feng said, patting his head.Now, he began to consider whether to go to the provincial capital as well. After all, that was the center of Beijiang, and Feng Yuanji and Xia Yizhi were also there, so he could find someone to discuss with him.

However, Lin Feng had to wait for King Wu's reply, so he was not in a hurry to go to Fengjiang Mansion, the provincial capital.

After waiting for two days, King Wu's reply finally arrived.In his heart, King Wu was frank and honest that he had asked Wu Baoxing to buy the cannons, and what he bought this time was not only cannons, but also a large number of muskets.The muskets had arrived, but due to the extreme lack of ammunition, the army of Wu Wang did not use muskets, and these muskets were buried underground in the original Wu Wang mansion.Along with this letter, King Wu also drew a map, marking in detail where the muskets were buried.

In the letter, King Wu hoped that Lin Feng would let Wu Baoxing go for his sake. After all, Wu Baoxing was still his father-in-law.And it's helping him.Moreover, King Wu promised that he would persuade Wu Baoxing about Lin Feng's collection of commercial taxes in Beijiang, and other businessmen in Fengjiang Mansion would not have much resistance.

"King Wu really understands what I want most!" Lin Feng said as he put down the letter from King Wu.Along with this letter came a letter from King Wu to Wu Baoxing. This update was not sealed with wax.This is also a gesture made by King Wu to Lin Feng: You can read what I wrote in this letter.

Naturally, Lin Feng would not read the letter, and sent someone to call Wu Baoxing, Lin Feng said: "This is a letter written by King Wu, please read it."

"Wu Wang? A letter to me?" Wu Baoxing couldn't believe it. How could Wu Wang write a letter to himself?Most importantly, what will this letter contain?What is the relationship between Lin Feng and King Wu?This series of questions prompted Wu Baoxing to take the letter and open it up.

The letter was very long, and Wu Baoxing read it for a while before finishing it.After handing the letter back to Lin Feng, Wu Baoxing said, "I don't know what to do if Mr. Lin needs a small one?" How to do this naturally refers to the collection of commercial taxes.

Instead of answering the letter, Lin Feng said, "In order not to cause trouble for King Wu, you can burn the letter yourself." After speaking, Lin Feng also burned the letter that King Wu had given him.

After Wu Baoxing also burned the letter, Lin Feng said to Wu Baoxing: "About the collection of commercial tax, do you think it will be successful?"

"It's hard to say about this small one, but the small one will definitely do its best to help the adults collect the commercial tax. Other shops can't guarantee it, but the small shop will definitely pay the commercial tax as soon as possible, and persuade other people to do the same. Pay the tax." Wu Baoxing said to Lin Feng.He also knew what King Wu said in the letter. Lin Feng came back this time to collect taxes, and Lin Feng would not go back until the taxes were collected.More importantly, Lin Feng is very likely to violently collect taxes, so Wu Wang advised Wu Baoxing to cooperate as much as possible and not to anger Lin Feng, otherwise the consequences will be serious!

After writing a letter to Yao Xing, asking him to secretly fetch the batch of muskets from King Wu's mansion, Lin Feng temporarily handed over the command of the garrison battalion to Hu Dazhi's deputy general, and took Wu Baoxing towards Fengjiang mansion. go.

As the provincial capital of Beijiang, Fengjiang Mansion is naturally not ordinary.Although he suffered several military disasters, he recovered quickly.At least the current Fengjiang Mansion does not show any traces of military disasters.

"This Fengjiang Mansion is comparable to Jinling City." Looking at the Fengjiang Mansion in front of him, Lin Feng said.He had to admire the ancients, who could build such a magnificent wall without modern tools.

"Compared to Jinling City, Fengjiang is much inferior. However, although Fengjiang Mansion is in Beijiang, it is also known as one of the three major cities in the south of the Yangtze River." After all, Wu Baoxing was born and raised in Fengjiang, so he introduced Fengjiang to Lin Feng. Jiang Cheng.

When Lin Feng and the others entered the city, Hu Dazhi, Feng Yuanji and Xia Yizhi were already waiting at the door with the officials of Fengjiang Mansion.Seeing Lin Feng coming in, Feng Yuanji took the lead to salute Lin Feng. Those high-ranking officials stood, while those officials of seventh and eighth rank knelt down.

"Everyone is free." Lin Feng said loudly.Then he walked to Feng Yuanji's side and said, "Master Feng actually made such a big show, but it really shocked me."

"These are all spontaneous by the officials of Beijiang. They also want to meet the governor." Feng Yuanji said to Lin Feng.

After entering the city, accompanied by Feng Yuanji, Lin Feng ate a meal at the best restaurant in Fengjiang Mansion. Of course, those who could eat with Lin Feng were the prominent figures in Fengjiang Mansion, including Chief Minister Feng Yuanji, and Inspectorate Xia Yizhi, As well as Fengjiang's magistrate and the chief deputy envoys of the chief minister's yamen and several deputy inspectors of the inspector's yamen.

"Beijiang is thanks to everyone these days. I would like to toast to you all." Lin Feng raised his glass and said.

"Your Excellency, you are welcome. These are what the lower officials should do." All the officials stood up quickly and said.There is no way, Lin Feng, the governor of the three provinces, has too much power.As for their inspectors and political envoys, as long as Lin Feng said a word, they could be replaced directly.So, they have to be cautious.After all, after climbing all his life, he finally got to where he is today. If he lost his hat because he offended Lin Feng, it would be more than worth the loss!
Pressing down with his hand, Lin Feng said: "Everyone sit down, don't be so restrained."

The most important thing for this meal is to meet with several main officials of Beijiang. After all, we will have to deal with things with them in the future.After eating, Lin Feng, accompanied by Feng Yuanji, walked towards the governor's office.

Since Beijiang Province does not have a special governor's mansion, the governor's office of Beijiang can only be temporarily used as Lin Feng's governor's mansion.For this, Lin Feng didn't care too much.Just a place to work.

Since Lin Feng did not belong to an official, Feng Yuanji temporarily transferred more than a dozen clerks from the governor's office and the inspector's office, and some servants from the Fengjiang government office.

In the back hall of the governor's office, Lin Feng was discussing matters with Feng Yuanji and Xia Yizhi, the two chief executive deputy envoys, and the counselors of the chief envoy's office.

"My lord, it's never been used to collect business tax. I'm afraid it's not easy to collect business tax at once." The speaker was Chief Executive Feng Yuanji.After all, since the founding of the dynasty, no commercial tax has been collected.Now that the business tax is to be levied, and it is still in the Beijiang province that has just gone through the war, the situation is probably not optimistic!

"I know what you're talking about, but it's imperative to levy a commercial tax." Lin Feng said, "Besides, I've already communicated with Wu Baoxing, who agrees to levy a commercial tax, and said that he will Be the first to pay taxes."

"With the support of Yuanwai Wu, it should be a lot easier." Xia Yizhi said.After all, Wu Baoxing's influence among the merchants in Beijiang was still very large.With Feng Yuanji taking the lead, it should be a lot easier.

"Yes, yes." Several counselors also nodded in agreement.

"The problem now is the attitude of Xu and Wang. I have sent Wu Yuanwai to be a lobbyist, but I don't know if I can make sense of them." Lin Feng said.Wu Baoxing also said at the time that he was not fully convinced that I could convince them, he just tried his best.

"If Xu and Wang are persuaded, then this matter will be [-]% successful." Feng Yuanji said.You know, the shops outside the four major members accounted for almost half of the entire Beijiang province.If these shops have paid taxes honestly, then other shops will not be able to afford any trouble.

"Now it's up to Mr. Wu." Lin Feng said, "It's just, what percentage of the commercial tax is more appropriate?"

For commercial tax, there are no examples to follow before, so Feng Yuanji and the others don't know what to say. "My lord, why don't we imitate the agricultural tax and use ten to one?"

The so-called one out of ten is to levy a tax of 50.00%, which is almost the tax standard of the entire Great Yan Dynasty.However, the only thing that is higher than this tax is probably the salt tax. After all, the salt business is monopolized by the imperial court, so the salt tax is also quite high, reaching an astonishing [-]%.

But except for the salt tax, most of the other taxes are [-]%, that is, one out of ten.Some are even [-] out of [-], which is quite low.This is also the reason why the Yan Dynasty did not pay much attention to other taxes. After all, the Yan Dynasty belonged to that kind of traditional agricultural country. The rulers of the Yan Dynasty believed that agriculture was the foundation, and agricultural tax was the main income of the court.It is a tax levied on other industries, which is completely symbolic.

"My lord, I don't think this tax collection can be generalized. After all, the income of each industry is different. For example, jewelry shops and steamed bun shops have different daily incomes and different profits. , This is a very heavy burden for those shops with low income." Feng Yuanji reminded.After all, he has been a parent official for decades in various places, and he still has a good understanding of the sufferings of the people.

(End of this chapter)