Sitting in front of Kelly Y Zhou, as if he knew clearly what Sun Chengzong was thinking, directly looked at him after the shock. Sun Chengzong asked, "Not surprisingly, Sun’s adult must want to compare with Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, so why is the imperial grain tax so little?"
"The real reason is very simple. The imperial grain tax has not changed since the founding of the People’s Republic of China."
"At the beginning of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the price of grain was only five silver, but now the price of grain has risen ten times, but the standard of grain tax levied by the court has not changed."
"In addition, there is a fatal reason that the court can’t have too much grain tax."
"That is a big country to MAO emperor set a rule that officials and gentry don’t accept food …"
"There are hundreds of millions of acres of land in the whole dynasty, even if an acre of land receives grain and a bucket of grain department adds up to tens of millions of burdens, but it is precisely because of this rule that officials and gentry do not accept grain that more and more land does not accept grain, which eventually leads to lower and lower grain tax in the imperial court and more and more difficult to collect …"
Speaking of which, Kelly Y Zhou didn’t forget to make up for the imperial court. He continued, "Lord Sun, I’m sure that if the imperial court doesn’t reform, it will one day have an unrealistic grain tax policy."
"Take the current imperial court as an example, there is no silver payment for the salaries of officials. The root reason is that the imperial court has no tax, and the poor tax has been unable to meet the needs of the imperial court, and the imperial court has been unable to make ends meet."
In the face of Kelly Y Zhou’s accusation against the court, Sun Chengzong, a loyal official of the court, wanted to defend himself.
But when his words came to his lips, he couldn’t say them, because Kelly Y Zhou’s accusations were well-founded for himself, and none of them could be defended by himself.
This time Kelly Y Zhou continued to say
"Although there are many grain taxes for the governor-general of Shanshan, grain taxes are not the most important income."
"For my Shanshan governor, the biggest income is business tax …"
"Whether it is the continuous production of glass or the necessity of eating refined salt in every family can bring great wealth to the governor’s office in Shanshan."
"Up to now, the glass mirrors we have produced have brought 6 million and 2 million silver income to the Governor’s Office of Shanshan in less than half a year."
"The refined salt also brought us one million taels of silver in half a year."
"The business tax of other countries in the territory was changed from 30 tax to 10 tax because of the commander-in-chief, and all the people, regardless of officials and gentry, had to pay taxes strictly. In just half a year, they earned two million taels of silver."
"I can say for sure that the business tax in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces can reach 12 million even if the people have surplus grain when the 10 million mu of grain is collected by the Ministry of Reclamation."
"With tens of millions of taels of silver a year, does Lord Sun still think that the Shaanxi Governor’s Office is incapable of supporting hundreds of thousands of troops?"
At this time, Sun Chengzong was speechless because of the shock.
It was a full cup of tea before Sun Chengzong reacted from the shock.
After taking a deep breath, I have to sigh, "I didn’t expect that your hands in Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces have changed so much in just half a year …"
At this time, Sun Chengzong seems to be a few years old and said to Wei Zheng with a decadent face, "Now your goal has been achieved … The old man can’t stay here except to add trouble to you."
"The old man decided to leave Datong House and return to Beijing to plead guilty to the court the next day. The old man came here not only to apologize to the emperor for his great trust, but also to commit the crime of deceiving the king. If the emperor can forgive the official, he will resign immediately."
It’s definitely not what Weizheng wants to see that a loyal minister is so tired.
Besides, it’s been almost half a month since Sun Chengzong was released from returning to Beijing, and what he wanted to achieve was not all in vain.
For Sun Chengzong request Wei Zheng didn’t want to think about it, so he refused
"No, it will be three months before you can leave Datong Mansion …"
"After Sun’s adult, An Shuai will transfer 100 elites from the pro-Weiying to closely protect the adult’s safety."
I heard that Sun Chengzong decadent eyes quickly shot out two cleaners.
At the same time, a thick murderous look is also emitted by the body.
Without hesitation, Wei Zheng asks, "Who’s adult, you are going to put the old man under house arrest … Although the old man probably has no two thousand Beijing camps, the old man still has a force. If Wei’s adult really intends to do this, the old man doesn’t mind killing people here … even if he dies here, the old man won’t allow you to put me under house arrest at the Governor’s Office …"
When he put a big knife on the table, he was grasped again by Sun Chengzong’s trembling right hand
And at this moment, the pro-Weiying soldiers who have been guarding the door are like a burst of water rushing into the room to surround Sun Chengzong and taking out a short lead bullet and a broken musket aimed at Sun Chengzong, who is still sitting in the chair.
It is certain that these guards will not hesitate to pull the trigger and lead the Sun Chengzong into a hornet’s nest when Wei Zheng orders it.
Facing the tense atmosphere in the room, Wei Zheng quickly said, "What are you doing? There is no danger here …"
Say that finish directly to Sun Chengzong a face of apology explained, "Sun’s adult you misunderstood the court before there is no purport, you are still the governor of Shanshan, but handsome himself and more than 100,000 soldiers. An Shuai had to send someone to monitor the adult’s every move and can’t let the adult understand you from the two provinces of Shanshan."
Seeing that Sun Chengzong’s face has finally changed, Wei Zheng continued, "Before the imperial court reached the imperial edict, you are not only the governor of Shanshan, but also the governor of Shanshan. You want to go to the place to know all the handsome and well-informed soldiers who want to know the place … I don’t know if Sun’s adult is satisfied with this decision …"
Weizheng stared at Sun Chengzong’s eyes and fell into meditation directly.
For myself, I have committed the crime of deceiving the monarch. Since there is no way to change this fact, the only way to make up for my mistake is to find out the true strength of defending the emperor for the court, so that the court can make the most intelligent decision at all times.
It is obviously not enough to understand the true strength of Weizheng only by relying on Kelly Y Zhou’s explanation just now.
At present, the decision of Wei Zheng just helped him to solve the way of understanding the tiger and leopard army.
Although I don’t know what Wei Zheng’s purpose is, this result is the best for Sun Chengzong who has no choice
Sun Chengzong nodded without thinking.
Chapter three hundred and seventy-two Merchant ships
As more and more soldiers and civilians joined the Tiger and Leopard Army in Laizhou Bay, Shandong Province, and the Tiger and Leopard Army was worried about their livelihood, the hostility of the local army to the Tiger and Leopard Army, a foreign force, finally dissipated.
Watching thousands of young people around Yantian District work hard to build hundreds of battles every day, and Zhang Daotian, the principal of Yantian, is happy to see it.
Because up to now, I have cemented two salt pans, and when the fence is completed, these two salt pans can be dried in absolute secrecy.
As for Wang Daotian, he was full of expectations for his future and the future of the whole saltworks … When he was in charge of materials, money and grain, the beadle suddenly came up to his position with a little tension.
Wang Daotian, with a smile on his face, told the other party with a full face of anxiety, "My Lord, because the construction of the fence consumes a lot of cement, there is not much cement we brought from Shanxi. According to the current consumption rate, the remaining cement is enough for us for five days …"
"The fence we are building has just been repaired by half, and only two salt fields with a total area of less than 10% have been built. Please ask the adults to transport cement from Shanxi as soon as possible, otherwise the whole salt field will be shut down."
Wang Daotian frowned and said to himself, "If you hadn’t woken up, you would have almost forgotten about it."
"According to the original plan, the cement we brought from Shanxi is to repair Yantian, but it is definitely not enough to build a fence now."
"Not only cement food is running out … after all, we brought ten thousand people a month’s rations from Shanxi, but now these rations have to feed more than twenty thousand people …"
"In order to persist until the follow-up food is sent from Shanxi, except for the training of recruits and ordinary workers, the rations have been reduced by more than 30%, and everyone is trying to save food as much as possible."
"Now it seems that we also want to save the cement …"
Say that finish directly in front of the beadle ordered "notice to the fence to build in addition to the key parts of the cement in the process of his temporary yellow mud against the first …"
"The official has written a letter to the Governor’s Office, which is calculated according to the speed of the motorcade. In ten days, the Governor’s Office will supply us with food and cement, and we will arrive in Laizhou Bay …"
Get a reply beadle just left another burst of horseshoe and suddenly Wang Daotian rang behind him.
With the arrival of the Tiger and Leopard Army, the officers and loyalists of the original guard station have already left the station. The whole Laizhou Bay also has war horses, and He Guozhong is the commander of the Laizhou Bay Garrison.
In addition, the soldiers of the current garrison are either patrolling around Laizhou Bay or training new recruits. It is impossible for Laizhou Bay to ride wildly.
The first thought I heard of horseshoe Wang Daotian’s consciousness was that it must be He Guozhong who ordered the soldiers to come. Not only that, but something must have happened at the station. Otherwise, He Guozhong, who stayed at the station, would never send out the soldiers at the key moment.
Sure enough, the soldiers stopped as soon as they rushed to their faces, and then jumped off their horses very neatly and told themselves
"My Lord … our head has ordered you to go to Laizhou Bay pier …"
"Wharf …" Wang Daotian asked with a puzzled face when he heard the report.