Chapter 266 The Ming Dynasty tax soldiers are officially established!

Xu Jie's face was tense.

But I was already filled with anger in my heart.

What can I say.

Say no?
Then I would be the one who was hindering the suppression of the Japanese invasion in the five southeastern provinces.

This crime is equivalent to collaborating with the Japanese!
Say yes?

Then he would be hated by everyone in Suzhou and Songjiang.

God knows how much energy and effort I will have to spend, as well as immeasurable cost, to calm the anger of these people.

especially.

The so-called soldiers were drawn from the armies of the five southeastern provinces to collect commercial taxes and silver from the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang.

Once these people are trained.

From now on, it will be a knife hanging on the necks of countless gentry and businessmen in Suzhou and Songjiang.

This knife.

It is obvious that according to the current situation, it will be held in the hands of Hu Zongxian.

Holding it in Hu Zongxian's hands is equivalent to holding it in the hands of the Yan family.

Once the Yan family has any intention, they can use this knife to attack the Su and Song governments.

damned!
How on earth did Yan Shaoting come up with these shady tricks?

Xu Jie felt that for a moment, even breathing became difficult.

Zhang Juzheng kept staring at his teacher from behind.

In the past, I had always been in Beijing and knew very little about the situation in the local area.

But he personally went to the southeast last year, especially when he was in charge of the Suzhou Prefecture's Grain Supervision Office.

The things that happened.

But let yourself change your past understanding little by little.

The gentleman is no longer the gentleman I knew in the past.

So today.

Sir, do you agree or oppose the imposition of tax on merchants from Suzhou and Songjiang prefectures for joint defense?
When he had not yet returned to Beijing and had petitioned for reform, the gentleman singled out the "One Whip Law" tax levied in silver and agreed to implement it.

Zhang Juzheng had doubts in his heart at that time.

Sir, what are you thinking about when you are an official in the court?

Is it the common people of the world that he is talking about?

Or are they the wealthy gentry and merchants from the south of the Yangtze River that he has not mentioned?
Yan Shaoting still had a smile on his face.

"Lord Xu, although my Yan family has no property, I dare to say in front of Your Majesty that the Yan family may do some small business in the southeast for the survival of the clan members. If Your Majesty approves my request today, I will persuade my clan members to think about the country and the people in addition to the survival, and pay the defense tax silver for the use of the frontline army."

crit.

A complete and utter crit.

Yan Shaoting had a smile on his face, and in front of the old Taoist priest, he laid the groundwork for the Yan family to intervene in business affairs through foreign trading companies in the future.

Xu Jie frowned and said, "I think it is feasible to collect defense tax from Suzhou and Songjiang. If we can help the troops of the five southeastern provinces to quell the Japanese invasion and ensure the smooth flow of maritime trade in the future, the people of Suzhou and Songjiang will be eager to pay the defense tax."

at this point.

Xu Jie could only agree to this request.

I can't openly oppose the suppression of the Japanese in the southeast.

Then Songjiang Prefecture will really have to change its surname.

but.

Xu Jie then continued, "It is just that the imperial court has never mobilized soldiers to collect taxes in the local areas. If the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang collect taxes on the defense merchants, the two prefectures should take the lead, and the inner court and the Censorate should send people to supervise the collection.

"Tax silver is collected, divided by the government, and transported to the army. The army is on the front line, guarding against bandits day and night, fighting and killing all the time. How can they have the energy to collect taxes and silver?
Moreover, there are few people in the army who can read and write, and most officers and soldiers are violent. Once there is a conflict when collecting taxes and silver from the local area, it may cause conflict and even unrest. "

Soldiers should do what soldiers are supposed to do.

Collect taxes?

wishful thinking!

Once the task of collecting the commercial defense tax silver that is placed on the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang is transferred to the local government offices of the two prefectures, there will be more room for maneuver.

So what if the inner court and the Censorate sent people to supervise?

For so many years.

The imperial court sent many eunuchs from the inner court and censors from the Censorate to the local areas to collect taxes.

In these years alone, the imperial court has sent countless eunuchs to Huguang Province to collect mining taxes.

But has the mining tax problem in Huguang Road been solved?

No!

It all depends on human efforts.

Xu Jie's eyes were dim.

After Xu Jie.

Yan Ne, Paine and others naturally followed suit and seconded the motion.

Let soldiers collect taxes?
Then how can the people under them continue to do what they want?

Isn't this going to cost them their lives?

However, Yan Shaoting absolutely could not transfer the power to collect taxes to local authorities.

Especially the local government offices in Suzhou and Songjiang.

Today, the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang were urged to jointly defend the commercial tax silver, which was said to be a stab at Xu Laogou.

But more importantly, it was for the emergence of tax soldiers.

As long as the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang used tax soldiers.

Then tax soldiers can also be used in other places in the future.

Everything has to have a beginning, right?

As long as you get started, the rest will be easy.

Yan Shaoting said immediately: "Your Majesty, the tax silver levied on the defense merchants in Susong Prefecture is for the five southeastern provinces to suppress the Japanese invasion. If it is transferred to the local government, wouldn't it be an additional burden on the local government offices in Susong Prefecture?

"Besides, the local tax books are already complicated, and with the addition of the defense merchant tax silver, the accounts are mixed up, and it is inevitable that there will be unclear parts when checking the accounts in the future. In addition, the government has to go through several layers of procedures to collect the tax silver.

"When government clerks collect tax silver at various customs offices, they must first transfer it to the county treasury, where it will be registered by the county government's household department, and then transferred to the government treasury. The government office will register it again before it can be transferred to the army for use.

"It's so complicated, but we can obviously let the five southeastern provinces draw officers and soldiers who are literate and proficient in arithmetic from the army, train soldiers to assist in the defense of commercial taxes and silver, and directly collect the taxes and silver and transport them to various places in the army.

Afterwards, the officials sent by the inner court and the Censorate will only need to check the accounts, and the accounts will be clear, and it will be easy to tell at a glance whether there is any fraud. In this case, why bother to transfer the tax silver to the local government?"

Xu Jie immediately said: "Let alone those who are proficient in arithmetic, how many of them can even read and write?"

At this moment.

Yan Shaoting didn't say a word.

Instead, Hu Zongxian coughed lightly.

Xu Jie immediately turned around and looked at the newly appointed Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War.

Jiajing also looked at his beloved Grand Marshal of the Ministry of War with a smile on his face.

Hu Zongxian smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty has bestowed upon me the grace to employ the three young masters of the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of Yingguo, and the Duke of Chengguo in the Qi Jiguang Mountain Camp in Zhejiang Province.

"Last year, Duke Ying's Zhang Yuangong and Duke Cheng's Zhu Shitai both led troops in the Shanzi Camp and went to the front line to fight against the Japanese pirates.

"And Xu Wenbi of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion was retained by Qi Jiguang to serve in the Central Army Headquarters, in charge of the army's money and food expenses. In his spare time, Xu Wenbi also taught the officers and soldiers of the Shanzi Battalion to read and write, and also studied arithmetic, so that each battalion in the army could manage its own military supplies.

If we want to mobilize troops from the five southeastern provinces to form the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang to assist in the defense of the merchants and collect the taxes, I recommend Xu Wenbi from the Shanzi Camp as the leader, and mobilize soldiers from there to serve as the auxiliary, and sit in Suzhou and Songjiang to collect the taxes. "At this time.

Yuan Wei immediately spoke up, "Your Majesty, I second the motion. Xu Wenbi of the Shanzi Camp was born in the Dingguo Mansion. I have heard of him before. Young Master Xu is in charge of the military's money and food expenses in the Shanzi Camp. He is very capable and is already a trusted confidant of Qi Jiguang."

There is an opportunity to speak well of the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion.

Yuan Wei felt that he couldn't miss it.

But Xu Jie immediately turned around and looked at Yuan Wei.

Yuan Wei, you even want to get involved in this matter?
however.

Jiajing raised his eyebrows.

It is a safe and reliable suggestion to let the young man from the Duke Dingguo's Mansion be in charge of collecting taxes and silver from the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang.

A nobleman of the national dynasty.

They all rest with the country.

Compared with the group of civil servants in front of me.

I believe in them more.

Xu Jie was silent.

His eyes couldn't help but look at Yan Shaoting, who hadn't spoken for a long time.

Could it be that when Yan Shaoting requested to expel Xu Wenbi and others to the Southeast Army, he had already planned what would happen today?

If this is true...

Xu Jie couldn't help but be shocked.

If this is true, then Yan Shaoting is really too scary.

At such a young age, he has such mature strategies. He can be said to be laying the groundwork for victory thousands of miles away.

Xu Wenbi was appointed to be in charge of collecting taxes from merchants in the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang.

This is something no one had ever thought of.

Yan Shaoting smiled.

By letting my eldest brother-in-law and others go to the southeast to serve Qi Jiguang, did he really think that he only wanted to mobilize troops to the capital in the future so that he could have a reliable military guarantee when fighting for power with these civil officials?

Knife.

You can stab it through the chest.

But you can also stab it from behind.

Yan Shaoting said immediately: "Your Majesty, the person recommended by the Grand Marshal, Xu Wenbi, can take on this important task. I think that if Xu Wenbi is in charge of collecting the defense merchant tax silver in Suzhou and Songjiang, he can also be responsible for the 6,146 taels of defense silver in Huizhou Prefecture. Under the supervision of Huizhou Prefecture, Xu Wenbi can send people to collect and transport the silver, thus saving Huizhou Prefecture from the pain of levying taxes and labor service on the people to transport the tax silver."

This is just opening a loophole so that it can be implemented in other places.

There were the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang and the prefecture of Huizhou.

In the future, the existence of the Ming Dynasty's tax system can be widely implemented throughout the two capitals and thirteen provinces.

Want to evade taxes?

Do you still want it to be the same as before, with the rich not paying taxes and all taxes being levied on the common people?

Let me first ask whether the knives in the hands of the tax soldiers are sharp.

Seeing that the debate has reached this point, there is no need to debate it further.

Jiajing then spoke as usual: "What do the cabinet and you think about Yan Shaoting's request and the person nominated by Hu Zongxian?"

This is his usual style.

Except for some occasional matters, Jiajing made all the decisions on his own.

Most of the time, even if he agreed with something, he still needed the approval of officials in the cabinet and the court.

In this way, the court agreed to do this.

If anything goes wrong, it is the court's problem.

It has nothing to do with Xiyuan.

There is no one more wise than the emperor; all mistakes are made by his ministers.

Gao Yao, the Minister of Revenue, was the first to speak: "I think this is feasible, but the Ministry of Revenue should also send someone to supervise this matter so that the Ministry of Revenue's annual tax collection accounts can be compared."

Gao Gong also spoke up: "I have no objection."

Subsequently, Yuan Wei, Guo Pu, Lei Li, Ouyang Bijin and others followed suit.

So many people agreed one by one.

Yan Ne, Paine and others could only express that they had no objection.

Any objection?

Didn’t you see that Lord Xu said that his family members were willing to pay the tax for commercial defense?

Who are they? Can they compare with Lord Xu?

Yan Song finally spoke, "Your Majesty is wise and wise. This time, Huizhou Prefecture exempted the silk tax from the population of She County, and levied silver from Huizhou Prefecture to help the five southeastern provinces suppress the Japanese pirates. Susong Prefecture also levied silver from commercial defense to help the southeast suppress the Japanese pirates. The government and the people are united, and the local businesses and people are united. No one will stop us. Our dynasty will soon be able to completely suppress the Japanese pirates that have plagued our dynasty for generations! By then, your majesty's achievements will be enough to report to the ancestral temple. The ancestors of our Ming Dynasty will be blessed by their spirits in heaven. Your Majesty."

The Prime Minister’s speech was a summary of the work meeting.

It has the function of setting the tone.

Yan Shaoting's eyes flashed.

Old Yan is still a master after all.

These words did not forget to lay the groundwork.

If his student Hu Zongxian failed to quell the Japanese invasion in the five southeastern provinces within five years, it is possible that someone was interfering and causing trouble.

At that time, the court could use this as an excuse to argue instead of directly convicting Hu Zongxian.

Old Yan is so careful!
Feeling admiration in my heart.

above.

Jiajing smiled and said, "Since all the ministers have no objection, how can I not approve it? This matter will be carried out according to your advice."

Yan Shaoting immediately cheered in his heart.

The existence of tax soldiers.

Finally, it came into being after a series of debates today.

With this one.

You will be able to open up the situation step by step in the future.

And above the main hall.

But everyone had different thoughts.

Today, Xu Jie and his gang of conservatives suffered a complete defeat.

Of course, there is a sense of unwillingness in my heart.

I also want to retaliate and overturn everything that was agreed upon today.

Just not now.

We need to make detailed preparations before we can counterattack.

But now, everyone can only speak in unison.

"Your Majesty is holy."

"Our dynasty will surely continue to prosper!"

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