Another World Da Ming: I use a hundred lives to become holy

Chapter 366 Asset Investigation

despair! despair!

"From now on, all state officials and merchants will count and calculate their own assets and report them truthfully to the nearest government office before spring. There must be no mistakes!!!"

"From now on..."

The letter sent by Zhao Zheng passed through the hands of Emperor Zhu Chongba and Prince Zhu Biao, and was directly handed over to Jin Yiwei by the two father and son who were ready to watch the show. It was sent to the offices of eighteen different chief secretaries in the world at a speed of eight hundred miles. Puppet hands.

Naturally, Zhao Zheng did as they wished, letting the puppet show an angry and helpless reaction in front of the Jin Yiwei who delivered the letter.

But in fact, he was happy in his heart.

Why was the emperor so eager to see the internal strife in the Zhao mansion?

It's not because he is old, but now he can't take any action against the Zhao family openly. Instead, he has to continue to maintain the harmonious situation between the king and his ministers in name only.

Just like before, even though he was guilty of overstepping the control of the general manager of the imperial village, the emperor still had to praise him for his good work and even gave him eighteen whips.

Mo Gao Guangrong, who was given the whip by the king and worked for his ministers, still had eighteen whips, and everyone in the Zhao family who left the capital had one!

This is a bargaining chip sent by the emperor.

It is a fire in the dark night, and it is the roar of a wild monkey on behalf of a tiger in the mountains.

Under the glory, it is flattering and killing.

Apart from the Central Plains, the puppet's policy feedback is the most direct proof.

"Then from now on, I will do as you wish."

Chief Secretary of Guanghu, Xiangyang City, Zhao Zheng is possessing the puppet here.

In order to prevent the accompanying Jin Yiwei from noticing anything unusual, he spent a day laying the groundwork from receiving the letter to the announcement from Kuai Ma.

"Sir, they asked us to check the tax. You informed them in advance. This..."

These national tax guards who came from the imperial city knew that they were asked to come here to assist Zhao Zheng in conducting tax inspections.

But one day later, Zhao Zheng not only did not take them to the door to check the tax, but instead spread the word and asked the person they wanted to check to report their property.

Isn't this a magical operation where the cat and the mouse agreed to hide and seek, and let the mouse escape in vain?

The National Tax Guard team knew that their identity could not threaten Zhao Zheng, so they could only give vague reminders.

"Collect taxes? Of course we have to collect them."

"Zhao asked, how many of your national tax guards have come?"

Just talking about the experience of this puppet, from Hanyang to Xiangyang, from north to south, if Zhao Zheng didn't recall it carefully, he wouldn't know how many cities he passed through and how much gloom he encountered.

And what about these national tax guards who came from the imperial city to assist him in collecting taxes?

Even if everyone were to line up alone, stand in a line, and count the number three or five times from the front to the back, it wouldn't be enough time for him to finish a bowl of duck blood and vermicelli soup.

"Please rest assured, sir! Our generals and subordinates are all at your disposal!"

This team also thought of this and quickly showed their position.

Unfortunately, what Zhao Zheng wanted was not for him to obey orders, because it would be useless for him and his men to obey orders.

This is not to say that the National Tax Guard is useless, but that their small number is of no use to Zhao Zheng's request of 10 million taels.

He didn't have that much free time to take his troops and go door to door to check taxes.

This is a problem of high cost of information acquisition, and it is too slow to do it on your own.

Zhao Zheng wants those merchants to act on their own!

"Don't worry, Zhao has his own way to collect the amount required above. Just be prepared to reconcile the accounts."

"Yes."

Seeing that Zhao Zheng was so sure, the National Tax Guard could no longer refute him, so he could only answer yes, and then mutter to himself.

Tell those people in advance that it will be a big deal if they report it honestly.

What this team did not expect, or did not dare to think about, was that this was exactly what Zhao Zheng wanted to achieve.

In normal times, the court wants to investigate the details of tax items?

Once this news reaches everyone's ears, people with ulterior motives will definitely not cooperate, and secretly make various preparations in advance.

But when Zhao Zheng took the initiative to break the news about the tax items, he also issued an order, that is, asking them to report the details of their assets!

Yes, it's just such a simple action.

Zhao Zheng was able to remove the disadvantage of having few people at his disposal and directly turn passivity into initiative.

why?

Because greed doesn’t stop!

A certain family has 300 acres of fertile land. If they encounter this kind of situation, if they have different intentions, they will definitely hide it. Reporting 200 acres is considered conscientious.

But the amount of fertile farmland is there.

Zhao's method of collecting money is also here.

Since you said your family only has 200 acres, then the extra 100 acres are ownerless property?

If you don’t recognize it or don’t dare to recognize it, then I will take over the hundred acres.

You know, I was hiding it before.

Deceiving the court and disobeying the imperial order!

Sorry, the Jinyi Guards have too few manpower, and the National Tax Guards have not enough manpower. I just have a reason to deploy troops to raid homes.

Is there any faster way to get a lot of money than by raiding your home?

Is there anything more offensive than this?

No more.

If so, then Zhao Zheng must have completed the asset collection before the beginning of spring, and then put away the net bag after the beginning of autumn.

You said you earned 50% more of your family property in one year? Then please pay the tax, and by the way, please share your experience with the court, and I, Zhao Zheng, will personally recommend you to become an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

It's great to be an official. According to the national policy that I, Zhao Zheng, modified earlier, you can still do business! But we only need to give up 50% of the shares to the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises.

If you don't want to be in business anymore and just want to pursue an official career, that's even better.

Emperor Zhu Chongba teaches you how to be an official. To be a good official, you must be a good official!

Zhao Zheng did not move aside, just imagining in his heart the surprised expression that would appear on Lao Zhu's face.

But on the side, the National Tax Guard who had just come into contact with Zhao Zheng was frightened by the change in his momentum during his silence.

"What's going on..."

The National Tax Guard and the Jinyi Guard were originally trained from the same yamen.

Therefore, the Jinyi Guards who had been following Zhao Zheng for a long time were hurrying to remind him.

"Master Zhao must have discovered something illegal again."

The two teams were following Zhao Zheng's gaze as they swept towards the street.

Shila~Xilai~

At this time, there was nothing unusual in the streets of Xiangyang City. The only abnormality was that a group of shackled prisoners were escorted by government officials to the north gate.

And one of the prisoners was accompanied by a woman with a sad face and a young man.

"Stop! Jin Yiwei is asking!"

When this group of prisoners came to the front, the Imperial Guards did not wait for the National Tax Guards to react, and directly led the group forward to stop the group.

Zhao Zheng naturally looked over, waiting for the officer's answer.

At the same time, he nodded with satisfaction to the royal guard following him.

So what if these Jin Yiwei are all your cronies, Lao Zhu?

I can't change their hearts, but as long as I can use it, it can be useful.

What's the difference between that and no change?