Although in his opinion, Brother Xi's move was indeed a bit too weird, but he could only blame those people below for being too greedy.

At this time, several teams of people clearly riding official horses, but looking like civilian merchants and caravan guards, rushed out of the city from the Chaoyang Gate.

Zhu Gaochi's eyes narrowed slightly.

These people are naturally members of the Ming Dynasty Company.

It's just that they moved so quickly. They must have gone to the local area to take back those properties.

Zhu Gaochi silently guessed.

If it weren't for the fact that the profits earned by Brother Xi this time were all placed under the name of Daming Company and used for the needs of the country, he would definitely have opposed it from the beginning.

The methods are too cunning and not fair enough.

Using the power of the state to fight for the property and wealth in the hands of greedy merchants and gentry is really not in line with the status of the grandson of the emperor who oversaw the country in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head vigorously, throwing these things out of his head that could not be changed by his own will.

Then he spoke softly: "Next, what means are you going to use to get the money back?"

Zhu Yunxi was silent for a moment before replying: "You should ask me where I want to attack next."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but shrink his eyes.

Zhu Yunxi's words clearly meant that he did not intend to take the money back directly.

He has other means.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but ask: "Where are you going to attack next?"

Zhu Yunxi sneered, stretched out his hand from the city wall, and drew a line in front of Zhu Gaochi.

"Of course we have to take action against the loyal local ministers of our Ming Dynasty. I want them to obediently send back my money intact!"

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"check!"

"Give me a good investigation!"

The sun has set, but the lights of the Zhili Governor's Yamen are already brightly lit. No one from the various departments has gone home, and they all gathered in front of the main hall of the Yamen.

Zou Xueyu's face was full of anger, and he kept slapping his palms on the high pile of papers on the table in front of him.

The document made a loud bang as he slapped it.

Zou Xueyu roared several times, and his voice softened a little, but it was still serious: "It's really shocking! If I hadn't taken this opportunity, I really didn't know that the place was so abandoned! What on earth are these people doing?

of!"

No one spoke in the hall.

Yu Dalian, the magistrate of Yingtian, sat aside with his teacup in his arms, his eyelids sunk, thinking about his own affairs.

Today's thing is actually very simple.

It was this time that by re-clearing the land, the Governor's Yamen asked the tax office to assist, and by the way, without knowing what was going on, they found out that over the past twenty years, there had been a lot of hidden business taxes in the 18th Prefecture of Zhili Province.

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The commercial tax, which was originally not very large, was mostly covered up by those below using Spring and Autumn techniques.

In the past, this was a common thing.

After all, the land tax is under everyone's nose, and the court also keeps records. If the tax is too small, people from the Ministry of Household Affairs will definitely go to verify it, not to mention that there will be a re-examination by the Metropolitan Procuratorate at any time.

However, commercial tax has never been taken seriously, so there are even more places for manipulation.

How much commercial tax is collected and how much is paid depends entirely on the conscience of the local government.

conscience?

Yu Dalian felt that in the hearts of his colleagues, conscience was only worth one tael of silver at most.

"recover!"

"These are the silver of our Ming Dynasty! They are all the money that should be placed in the Taipingcang of the Ministry of Household Affairs! They are all the money that should be used for the governance of our Zhili Governor's Yamen!"

"It must be recovered!"

Zou Xueyu continued to roar angrily from above.

Yu Dalian put down the teacup in his hand.

Since Mr. Dutai has already said that he wants to recover it, then he, the number one horseman under Dutai, will naturally follow Mr. Dutai closely at this time and set an example.

Yu Dalian put down his tea cup and stood up.

"Reporting to the Supervisor, I have ordered Yingtian Magistrate's Yamen to re-examine the general ledger of commercial taxes from the first year of Hongwu to the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu from tomorrow. We will strive to complete all accounts within one month. Before the end of the year,

Recover all local commercial taxes owed from the first year of Hongwu to the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu!"

Yu Dalian issued a military order.

The governor's Yamen officials present were silent.

These are all things that have been decided. Today’s meeting is just a formality.

With this process, things will fall into place.

When the time comes, the local government will no longer blame the Governor's Yamen for taking action.

Zou Xueyu's face darkened: "Check! All the way to the twenty-ninth year of Hongwu this year! I want to see how much money these people have swallowed from the imperial court!"

Yu Dalian's face brightened.

"I'll take my orders."

As for how to trace back the accounts for more than 20 years, Yu Dalian did not consider it.

Anyway, the current situation is that if you just check it down, you will definitely be able to find out the hidden deception. At that time, you can just set a number and keep nine out of ten, and you will not be wronged.

Another thing is that the amount of tax concealed must exceed the set amount of tax!

Yu Dalian remembered another thing.

He looked at Zou Xueyu, who was furious at the words above.

Zou Xueyu said in a deep voice: "What does Ying Tianfu have to say?"

Yu Dalian took a step forward and said softly: "Supervisor, if you want to investigate the concealment of business taxes in the past twenty-nine years, I am afraid that you will inevitably have to trace the past officials. If this is the case... I am thinking..."

Zou Xueyu raised his eyebrows. He had not thought of this matter.

"What are you thinking about?"

Yu Dalian immediately said: "I am thinking that if I want to trace the business tax to the previous officials, I should ask His Highness the King of Qin to come over to assist? After all... His Highness's task of reviewing local officials has not been handed back to the court..."

Zou Xueyu's eyes suddenly lit up.

When he looked at Yu Dalian again, Zou Xueyu's eyes already showed that he wanted to cultivate this number one horse boy.

Zou Xueyu immediately slapped the case and said: "I will write a letter to His Highness the King of Qin now, and ask His Highness to assist the Governor's Yamen in tracing back the hidden business tax case of the 18th Prefecture of Zhili Road in the past 29 years."

"The governor is wise."

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Chapter completed!