nashuaworldcup Chapter 10 Is it deliberately embarrassing?
Chapter 10 Is it deliberately embarrassing?
Lin Xu left the palace quickly and went straight back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
When Xu Lan came to the door in the evening, Lin Xu was not surprised, he had expected it.
In the living room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xu Lan put the things he brought with him on the table next to Lin Xu and sat down, "The emperor asked me to deliver this on my behalf."
Lin Xu glanced at the gold medal in his dark eyes, and it was clear in his eyes.
There is only one gold medal in Dayu, and it is kept by Jin Qi himself on weekdays. It is his personal possession. Seeing a gold medal is like seeing a person, and he can mobilize all the troops in Dayu with all his senses. Even the border camps must be dispatched.
The matter of business and taxation involves a lot of things, and it is naturally not easy to involve officials from the DPRK and China.Jin Qi presenting the gold medal at this moment is to allow Lin Xu to kill first and play later.
With Lin Xu, he trusted him with all his heart and naturally supported him with all his strength.As the emperor, Jin Qi couldn't do some things on the surface, otherwise he wouldn't let such thankless things fall into Lin Xu's hands and make things difficult for him.
Both Lin Xu and Xu Lan are people with clear minds, and this is understandable.
"What do you think about this?" Xu Lan lightly sipped the tea in his cup, and the light tea fragrance lingered on the tip of his tongue, which made him relax a bit.
Lin Xu was in the main seat, looked up and looked into the courtyard, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "The idea is good, but I'm afraid it won't be possible to do it in ten years or so."
"Ten years?" Xu Lan smiled bitterly in surprise, "The late emperor has made no progress for more than 30 years. Do you really think that ten years can change?"
"It depends on how far he can persist." The he in Lin Xu's mouth naturally refers to Jin Qi.
Lin Xu had already noticed Jin Qi's intention to mobilize the commercial tax several months ago, and Xu Lan was also a smart person, and he knew it more or less.
Both of them are not against such a change, but they are also aware of the difficulties involved. This is not something that happens overnight. If you really want to change the situation, you must work hard for it. Ten years is not much time.
Even if Lin Xu can get those people to pay taxes honestly this year, if the central government doesn't take strict measures, those people will definitely find ways to evade taxes again.
"But I'm a little curious about what he's going to do next." Lin Xu seemed to think of something, with curiosity and interest in his eyes.
"It's probably the same as before. I want to reduce the agricultural tax!" Xu Lan also laughed.
Dayu's farming is not well developed, but the tax point has always been high but not low, which indirectly led to more and more negligence in farming, and many people abandoned farming for business.
This is indeed a good thing in a short period of time, the people are rich and the country is strong, but if the farming is left behind, Dayu may not even be able to support himself in a hundred years.
Not to mention a hundred years from now, in the current Dayu, once a large-scale natural disaster occurs, it can only open an emergency business route to buy food from the neighboring country Daning to solve the problem.
The national treasury is running short this time, largely because of food shortages caused by frequent disasters this year. Dayu had to buy food at high prices from neighboring Daning.
Since Jin Qi ascended the throne, he has always wanted to reduce the farming tax, but this matter has been proposed several times in the past few years, but it has been unanimously rejected by all officials.
Taxation has always been a matter of increasing and overcharging. Conversely, it is impossible to reduce taxes. Moreover, reducing taxes will directly affect the national treasury and military funds, and it is naturally impossible for hundreds of officials to agree.
"He really wants to be a good emperor." Lin Xu said softly, but there was a bit of undisguised joking in his eyes when he said this, and he didn't know how sincere and how much he was watching the show.
Since ancient times, all the emperors of all dynasties have chanted the slogan of "for the sake of the people", but how many of them really do it?Not to mention tax cuts and refunds, those who can really not increase their income can already be recorded in the annals of history and can be called a wise king through the ages.
"Then what is the Prime Minister going to do next?" Xu Lan asked.
Jin Qi is Xu Lan's student. Xu Lan knows exactly what kind of character he is. Xu Lan does not deny Lin Xu's admiration for the good emperor, but he still has to apply Lin Xu's previous words. Whether he is a good emperor or not depends on whether he is a good emperor or not. How many years can he last.
If it happens on a whim, in the end it will be the people of Li who will suffer.If he can really stay clean and honest all his life and stick to his original intention, time will prove everything sooner or later.
"I want to go to the household department to check the accounts of previous years first." Lin Xu put away the gold medal on the table.
"Have you already made up your mind?" Xu Lan asked.
Lin Xu only shook his head lightly. He had to go through the bad debts from previous years before he knew what was going on.
"If you need help, just ask." Xu Lan stood up and said goodbye.
Lin Xu got up and sent him away.
After sending Xu Lan away, Lin Xu went back to the house and sat for a while before calling the guards to go out.
The major officials of the three provinces and the six ministries all have dedicated yards in the palace to deal with affairs. On weekdays, most of the officials will gather here to deal with affairs.
When Lin Xu found Wanyu, Shangshu of the household department, the desk in his office cubicle was already full of old and new accounts.
Seeing Lin Xuxun approaching, Wan Yu hurriedly stopped to sort out the accounts and went up to him, "Why is the Prime Minister here? All the accountants of commercial taxes since the emperor ascended the throne have been found out, and they are about to send them to the Prime Minister."
It has only been an hour since Lin Xu was fully responsible for this matter, but Wan Yu has already found out all the accounts.
"Just send it to my office later." Lin Xu glanced casually, and he saw a bad debt in just these two glances.
Well-known and well-to-do businessmen and the like, after a quarter, the tax points reported are not as good as those of a few unknown merchants.
Lin Xu was not in a hurry, and put the accounts back. He looked at Wan Yu, "The commercial and tax matters involve the Ministry of Accounts, and we need the assistance of Wan Shangshu."
"It's natural. This matter is originally a matter of the Ministry of Finance. In fact, the Ministry of Finance is too busy to bother the Prime Minister. Please forgive me." Wan Yu immediately responded without any hesitation. With some apologies.
It's just that both of them understand that he promised quickly, but it's still unknown whether or how much he can do.
"Besides, I also called some people to come over to help, and I would like to trouble you to clean up a place here to make things easier." Lin Xu was expressionless.
"Of course, I'll send people to prepare immediately." Wan Yu recruited people, and immediately sent people to prepare.
Wan Yu was clearly prepared, but after a while, someone outside reported that the place was ready.
Wan Yu immediately took Lin Xu to check it out. The place he prepared was a relatively quiet and spacious side hall in the household department. If nothing else, this place is really a good place to work.
"I don't know what else the Prime Minister needs? If there is, I will send someone to buy it immediately." Wan Yu was very active, which was completely different from the previous evasion when he was in the palace.
"No, the people I called will come later, just bring them here." Lin Xu entered the room and chose a place to sit down.
Seeing that Lin Xu had no intention of making things difficult, Wan Yu, who was energized by 12, immediately withdrew his smile and left.
Lin Xu ignored his hypocrisy, and after someone delivered the accounts, he began to look through the accounts by year.
It has been about ten years since Jin Qi ascended the throne, and the business and tax accounts stored by the Ministry of Households are so high that they cannot be exhausted in a day or two. Lin Xu is not in a hurry, so he just checks it slowly.
About half an hour later, there was a burst of hurried footsteps and a burst of inadvertently cheerful voices outside the door. Hearing the sound, Lin Xu closed the pages of the book and looked up. Wan Yu, with a livid face, led a person in.
Unlike Wan Yu with a livid face, Su Fanyi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was brought over by him had a bright smile on his face. Two people of similar age, smiling and angry, really amusing.
"Prime Minister, is he the one you want?" Wan Yu was very angry. He didn't think too much when Lin Xu asked for help before, but he never expected that the person Lin Xu called for help was his deadly enemy. Su Fanyi!
He and Su Fanyi were about the same age, both in their twenties, and they were candidates of the same class who entered the court at the same time. It stands to reason that there should be a lot of topics to talk about, but they disliked each other when they got their honor in the exam. It is because of the different ideas that they quickly become the thorn in the other side's eyes.
All officials knew about this, but Lin Xu chose Su Fanyi to help at this moment, obviously on purpose.
Lin Xu was questioned, but before he could speak, Su Fanyi had already smiled and answered, "You and I are in the same class, so it's only natural to help."
When Wan Yu heard this, his livid face instantly turned black and shiny.
Everyone knows that there is a problem with the business and taxation. The emperor wants to investigate, but the officials dare not. Now that Lin Xu is the leader, Su Fanyi just ran over, saying that he was helping, but he clearly wanted to take the opportunity to trouble him .
If Su Fanyi were to find out the leaks in his accounts, and then report to the emperor, he would definitely suffer, and even his life would be in jeopardy if he lost his official title.
"The Ministry of Household Affairs does not need the help of the Ministry of Labor. Besides, the Ministry of Industry should have its own affairs to attend to, right? Su Shangshu please come back." Wan Yu said.
"The Ministry of Industry is free. Didn't you say that when you were in the palace?" Lin Xu said leisurely, and his unhurried tone made Wan Yu want to grit his teeth.
"I'm free, I'm free." Su Fanyi smiled all over his face, not thinking it was a big deal.
"You!" Wan Yu's forehead was throbbing with veins.
"Go and do your work!" Su Fanyi was in a very relaxed mood, and his eyebrows were beaming.
"I just remembered that I'm free too, so I won't bother you with the things here, so get the hell out!" Wan Yu said word by word through gritted teeth.
"Since you're all here, let's stay!" Lin Xu saw that these two people were about to jump together and bite, and he didn't forget to add fuel to the fire indifferently.
"My lord prime minister, what do you mean, to make things difficult?" Wan Yu was so angry that he couldn't choose what to say.
"I just really can't bear to see two loving people waste time and miss Lao Yan's separation, and finally die in great pain because they can't stay together forever." Lin Xu's faint words that seemed to be regretful spit out from his mouth.
Hearing this, Wan Yu, who was already very angry, and Su Fanyi, who was still smiling happily, immediately went crazy and shouted in unison, "Who wants to stay with him forever?"