Great Tang Southern Emperor

But now, as my first child, I don't even need to think about it. Li Shimin will definitely grab the naming right. Now I just hope he doesn't choose any weird names.

"..." The two looked at each other speechlessly, and then burst into laughter, so they stopped mentioning this matter.

On the third day after he came back, Li Zhen still got up early, but maybe it was because he had finished correcting the accumulated documents yesterday. Today's official duties were very little, and he only took an hour to finish today's work, and then Take people to the Shibo Department.

"My minister Feng Zhibao, I have met His Royal Highness the King of Yue." At the gate of the Shibo Department, just as Li Zhen arrived, Feng Zhibao brought a group of civil and military officials from the Shibo Department to pay a visit.

"Get up, this king is just here to take a look around, go about your own business, Feng Zhibao can stay."

"Yes." Everyone dispersed, leaving only Feng Zhibao.

Feng Zhibao suggested: "Your Highness, will this subordinate take you around?"

"That's good." Li Zhen asked as he walked, "How is the situation of the Shibo Department now? How much tax can it collect every day?"

The role of the Municipal Shipping Department is to collect taxes, not only for cross-border trade, but also for domestic cargo and fishing vessels... To be precise, this part should be called berthing fees or terminal management fees.After all, we built this pier by ourselves, and we will maintain and manage it in the future. Of course, you have to pay for docking here—haven’t you seen parking fees in future generations?What if I charge a parking fee?

There is no such thing as a free lunch.What's more, I don't collect much, compared to taxes, it's only one-tenth of it, which is already very conscientious.

Chapter 541 The Arrogant Dou Family

Chapter 7 The Arrogant Dou Family

"You are Li Zhen, King of Yue?" After the manager called out this name, his complexion suddenly paled a lot, because he knew that he was finished, and he said something that he shouldn't have said. Not only would Li Zhen not let him go, even if he could escape After this catastrophe, the Dou family will never forgive themselves.

"It seems that you are very smart, yes, I am Li Zhen." Li Zhen admitted her identity without hesitation, and smiled at the manager: "I heard it just now, but you said that the official is here In the eyes of the Dou family, you don’t even think you’re a fart, you’ve killed officials yourself...you’ve all heard that, right?”

"I heard it all." All the soldiers responded in unison.

Li Zhen laughed: "That's great, I thought I heard it wrong...By the way, Feng Zhibao, what is the crime of killing an official?"

Feng Zhibao immediately replied: "Ah, it should be similar to rebellion, right?"

"That's right, killing officials and rebelling, killing officials and rebelling, the two have always been connected together. Since it is already killing officials, the rebellion will come soon." Li Zhen glanced sideways at the captain of the patrol battalion: "Useless things, the other party is ready to rebel, why are you still here?"

"Yes." The lieutenant immediately came to his senses, and with a wave of his hand, a few strong soldiers lined up to block the fellows, tied up the man in charge, and strangled the rope into his flesh. The manager screamed in pain.

Seeing this scene, all the fellows of the Dou family dared not speak out. Didn't they see that King Yue put the charge of rebellion on the steward?Who dares to stop the actions of the officers and soldiers at this time?Why don't you arrest him as an accomplice?Isn't this courting death?

Seeing the guys who kept silent, the captain's heart was full of joy. He was scolded to death by these bastards just now. As soon as His Highness arrived, he immediately grasped what the other party said, and even charged him with murdering an official for rebellion, so he was trapped. It was so satisfying.

As for the person in charge, he had already been frightened into a fool, and it was only when the soldiers were about to take him away that he suddenly realized and cried, "Your Highness, Your Highness, please forgive me. I'm so old, I'm just trying to have a good time." , I have never killed an official, let alone an official, I have never killed a chicken...Your Highness, I am wronged..."

"Oh? So, Pu Liangcheng (the stunned young man who was beaten) was beaten like that, and you did it in a moment of confusion?" Li Zhen raised her eyebrows, with a smile on her face, and asked: "But in the university Tang, attacking officials is also a felony. It is impossible not to sentence you for three to five years. We will only sentence you according to the law, but it doesn't matter whether you were sober or confused when you did this... You, just Live in the prison honestly and with peace of mind, and tell everything you know, or your life will be in danger."

The last sentence, Li Zhen said casually when passing by the steward, was not heard by outsiders except the steward.

"I..." The manager is also an old fox, so he naturally understood what Li Zhen meant.

He stayed in the Dou family for so many years and knew too many secrets of the Dou family, but he fell into the hands of Li Zhen again. In order to ensure that he did not leak the secret, the killer of the Dou family would come soon.Now the only way for me to survive is to rely on Li Zhen, tell all I know, maybe I can get a good death, if I am stubborn, then even if Li Zhen doesn't kill me, the Dou family will never let me go .

"I see." The manager is not a foolish and loyal person, on the contrary, his mind is very clear and rational, and he knows exactly what choice he should make at this time

"But I want you to ensure the safety of my family." The steward also made his own request.

"No problem, I will protect them." Li Zhen made her promise.

After finishing speaking, he ignored the manager who was taken away, and turned to the captain and said: "That manager can say such rebellious words, obviously he is not the only one who has done this, in order to prevent him from having accomplices, immediately arrest him These people were taken into custody, and they were not allowed to leave unless they were checked clearly. In addition, this fleet refused to pay taxes and berthing fees, and beat the ruling officials. People come to negotiate with the king, and check to see if there are any contraband on it."

The captain shouted loudly: "Yes, this subordinate obeys."

"From now on, I will follow this rule and say that I said it. No matter whose ship comes, as long as it enters Yuezhou Port, I must pay taxes and berthing fees. If there is any resistance, it will be followed immediately. Deal with it today."

"Yes."

……

The response speed of the Dou family was really fast enough, Li Zhen just left on the front foot, and the people from the Dou family arrived on the back foot.

"Dou Tangmu of the Caomin Dou family, I have met His Highness the King of Yue. I heard that my family, Lin Guanshi, offended His Highness. My Dou family apologizes for this, and please Your Highness, for the sake of Empress Taimu, release Lin Guanshi. From now on, everyone They are still relatives." Dou Tangmu is a middle-aged man in his 30s, with an ordinary appearance, only the flash of light in his eyes from time to time makes people realize that this person is not simple.

It's just that although Dou Tangmu's words are humble, everyone can see the threat in his words.Empress Taimu is also Li Yuan's Empress Dou, the birth mother of Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba and Li Yuanji.

In other words, the Dou family is actually Li Shimin's uncle's family and Li Zhen's uncle's family. Although this Dou Tangmu is young, his seniority is the same as that of the Dou family. Even if Li Shimin meets him, he has to call him uncle. Therefore, he was not polite at all in front of Li Zhen, and kept talking about Dou's family.

"Hello, uncle. Actually, I didn't take this matter to heart. Originally, this was just an ordinary incident of resisting taxes and hurting people. It was not a big deal. If you offend me, you will offend me. The problem is that he later What are you talking about?" Li Zhen pretended to be suspicious: "He said later that officials are not even farts in the eyes of the Dou family. This offends not just one person, but scholars all over the world.

What's more, he also admitted that he had killed an official. This is a big deal. I won't let him go until this matter is investigated clearly.And I have already reported this matter to my father, I believe my father will reply to me soon, it will only take a few days, I believe my uncle will not mind these few days, right? "

Dou Tangmu originally thought that he would be able to get people back easily when he came, but he didn't expect that Li Zhen not only refused to make friends, but dared to say such words, and immediately became furious: "You... Li Zhen, you actually disobeyed me If so, is this how Li Shimin educated you?"

Li Zhen frowned suddenly...

Chapter 542 Feng Zhibao's Difficulties, His Own People Are Beaten (Two in One)

Chapter 6 Feng Zhibao's Difficulties, His Own People Are Beaten (Two in One)

Hearing Li Zhen's question, the sweat on Feng Zhibao's face came down, and he stammered: "Q... Your Highness... the Shibo Department... other places in the Shibo Department... the development is not bad... All kinds of work...have been launched, that is...that is...that is, the taxation aspect...a little...then what..."

"Unsatisfactory?" Li Zhen frowned and added: "How could this be?"

"That's right, that's right, it's just a bit unsatisfactory." Feng Zhibao nodded quickly, and seeing that Li Zhen didn't intend to pursue it, he immediately began to complain: "Your Highness, you don't know that the tax we receive every day is not as good as our daily meals. It cost a lot of money, and if it wasn’t for your highness’ support, the Shibo Department would have been unable to continue operating.”

Li Zhen frowned deeply: "No way? When I came back, I saw that although the port was not full of ships, I didn't see how many vacant berths there were on the pier. With so many ships, even A ship charges one guan, can it also collect five hundred guan a day? Even if you count the patrol team, your city shipping department only has a few thousand people, so how many people can get five hundred guan a day?"

"How can there be five hundred guan?" Feng Zhibao immediately cried bitterly: "If we can earn five hundred guan a day, how can my subordinates complain to His Highness? The Shibo Division also depends on the sky for food. When the weather is good, there are more ships coming and going. , I can probably collect a hundred guan a day, but if the weather is bad, I can’t even collect ten guan a day.”

"How is it possible?" Li Zhen said in disbelief, "There are so many boats, no matter how bad the weather is, it's impossible for one day to fail to receive ten money, right?"

Feng Zhibao complained: "Your Highness, you don't know. You only see boats coming and going at the port, but you don't know that most of these boats are fishing boats, and many of them go fishing. How could they bring money? Many of them are fishing boats. Take the fish to fill the number."

"But I also saw a lot of cargo ships." Li Zhen was a little angry: "Don't think that I can talk nonsense just after I come back. There are so many cargo ships. If you pay the money, the ship will be detained. Even if you are fools, it is impossible that you will not receive the money, right?

When I first came back, I saw with my own eyes a fleet of medium-sized ships berthed at the port. There were more than a dozen medium-sized cargo ships in this fleet alone. Not to mention taxes, even the berthing fee was at least good for so many ships. Dozens of pens? "

When Feng Zhibao heard Li Zhen say this, his complexion changed immediately: "But Your Highness, the taxes on those ships are not allowed."

"What do you mean? Why can't I collect their taxes?" Li Zhen was furious, and there were taxes that she couldn't collect?

"Your Highness, please calm down and listen to my subordinates to talk to you slowly." Feng Zhibao explained in a low voice: "What this subordinate means is that many of those ships belonged to rich families or princes and nobles, and almost included all the families of the Tang Dynasty. Taxes can’t be collected... Offending almost all the families in Datang just for a little tax, it’s not good for His Highness’s future.”

Li Zhen suddenly stopped, looked straight at Feng Zhibao, made his heart tremble, and asked in a low voice: "Your Highness is looking at your subordinates like this... Is there anything you want to order?"

"No, I'm just thinking about whether it's time for the deputy envoy of the Shibo Department to be replaced?" Li Zhen's eyes were colorless, and his tone was flat, but what he said shocked Feng Zhibao: "If all the Shibo envoys If you bully the weak and fear the strong like you, then what's the point of setting up the Shibo Department?"

"But..." Feng Zhibao wanted to defend, but was interrupted roughly by Li Zhen: "No but, I'm very pleased that you can consider for me, but you used the wrong method.

Why do you think this king handed over the Shibo department to Fang Yiai?It is because he is not afraid of power, he dares to seize the ship of anyone who dares not pay taxes, not to mention princes and nobles, even the emperor's ship. Li Zhen flicked his sleeves and snorted angrily: "But when I came to you, instead of covering Fang Yiai's mouth, I took the initiative to compromise with the aristocratic family. You really disappointed me."If everyone in the Shibo Division is like you, compromising with the aristocratic family, then what is the Shibo Division doing?The purpose of setting up the Shibo Department is not to collect fish from fishermen.