Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Dan looked at the two important ministers who were sweating profusely in front of him, and said leisurely: "Mr. An, if I remember correctly, the turnover of the industries under your command reported to the Ministry of Marketing and Customs is completely higher than that in this booklet. The record is less than half. By the way, there is also Ru Xinjun, Xinjun Ru’s Lu’s business, the reported turnover this year is also [-]% less than the actual turnover. I don’t know what you have to say about this explain?"

Yu Xin hesitated for a moment, and was about to say something, when Lu Buwei next to him knelt down with a thump: "I am guilty, please ask the king to punish me!"

Yu Xin was taken aback for a moment, then immediately knelt down too.

You can't kneel down.

When it came to this, Yu Xin knew without thinking that since Zhao Dan was able to produce this pamphlet, it was enough to prove that the monarch had enough evidence in his hands.

Zhao Dan shook his head, sighed, and said: "The widow is really disappointed with you. Over the years, you have taken advantage of Zhao's expansion to purchase properties in Qi, Yan, and Wei. Do you think the widow doesn’t know? But it’s okay for you to buy the property, but you don’t even want to pay the tax paid to the widow in full, so the widow wants to ask, what is your intention in doing this?”

Concealing and underreporting such things as taxes is of course something Zhao Dan can't bear.

You must know that these taxes should have been in the treasury, and it was Zhao Dan's money!Now it was secretly concealed by these damned ministers who were blinded by profit, and secretly hid it in their own warehouses.

"Bastard!" Zhao Dan suddenly slapped the table forcefully and let out a roar.

The bodies of Yu Xin and Lu Buwei kneeling on the ground trembled visibly with the naked eye, and they immediately fell even lower.

"Is this how you repay the trust of the widow? This is the good minister of the widow, and this is the good minister of the widow! Hmph, An Guojun, come and explain to the widow what is going on!"

Yu Xin was sweating like rain.

Originally, he was full of ambition and wanted to take advantage of the time when he had just become Xiangbang to bring a new official to take up the post, but he didn't expect that the fire hadn't started to burn himself first, but instead burned himself first.

Yu Xin said with some difficulty: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will go back to rectify the family tradition, kill all those damned house slaves and disobedient retainers, and then make up for the taxes that should be paid. disappointment."

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin with a half-smile, but didn't speak.

Lu Buwei on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I will also make up for the taxes that I paid, including the previous five years!"

Yu Xin scolded himself for being confused, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I also mean the same thing."

After hearing these words, Zhao Dan's face softened a little.

Speaking of it, this matter has actually been ignored by Zhao Dan all the time.

After all, in these years, most of Zhao Dan's energy has been devoted to diplomacy and war, and he has not paid much attention to this part of internal affairs.

So it wasn't until two years ago that Zhao Dan learned about this situation through the secret report of the supervisory guard, and after another two years and the cooperation of Pingyuan Lord Zhao Sheng, he basically grasped the information.

Do not check, I don’t know, I’m scared.

Judging from the information that Zhao Dan currently has, the tax revenue concealed by these nobles every year accounts for [-]% of Zhao's treasury revenue!

An even more shocking fact is that almost all the important ministers of Longtai were involved, and their family businesses were all listed in the pamphlet in Zhao Dan's hand.

This is why Zhao Sheng has been dissuading Zhao Dan from asking Zhao Dan not to rush to investigate. The old Xiangbang is actually worried that the scope of the spread is too large and will affect the foundation of Zhao Guo himself.

But Zhao Sheng actually underestimated Zhao Dan's determination.

Zhao Dan stared at Yu Xin and Lu Buwei in front of him sharply, and said: "An Guojun, Xinjun, you will investigate this matter for the widow and see if those bastards are so rampant, even the widow's Dare to embezzle money! Remember, what should be punished is punished, and what should be killed is killed! If the two of you can't do it well, then the widow will replace it with other people!"

When Zhao Dan said these words, his whole body exuded a strong murderous intent from inside to outside.

It's not that the time has not come, now, it's time to clean up these moths in the widow's country!

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A storm quietly blew up in the country of Zhao.

In the beginning, most people don't really feel anything.

Although several shops belonging to major families were also investigated, the owners only regarded it as the result of the three fires of Yu Xin and Lu Buwei's new officials, and didn't take it too seriously.

It's just that as the days passed, people suddenly discovered that this winter storm seemed to have a tendency to stop at all.

It must be said that some people still feel quite uncomfortable with this kind of behavior.

During a gathering in winter, Zheng Zhu couldn't help complaining to his two allies.

For the commoners, winter is obviously a very boring season. Apart from hiding in the house and making people and beating up children, there is basically not much to do. But for the nobles, drinking Banquets and even outings are not uncommon.

This time the banquet was a banquet held by Li Mu, Li Si and Zheng Zhu at Li Si's mansion.

"This Lu Buwei is really too much! Five or six stores in my name have been raided by Lu Buwei under various pretexts, and several shopkeepers and a lot of money have been fined. I am serious. I want to ask, has this Lu Buwei made up his mind to fight against me?"

While talking angrily, Zheng Zhu stretched out his hand and touched Mei Ji's arms twice, causing Mei Ji to groan, and she collapsed into Zheng Zhu's arms all of a sudden.

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention of listening, but the listener does. As soon as Zheng Zhu said this, Li Mu and Li Si, who were smiling and drinking in the courtyard, suddenly paused at the same time and stopped in unison.

Li Mu thought for a while, and said: "Although I don't have any property, but according to the news reported by the Bianqi Legion, the money distributed by Lu's Chamber of Commerce has decreased by [-]% last month, and it is said that it is because of the sharp increase in customs clearance fees. reason."

Li Si also nodded and said: "Recently, Xiangbang's mansion sent someone over to take a copy of this year's registration materials, saying that they want to conduct a second check on the officials who have been registered this year."

"Verification?" Zheng Zhu couldn't help frowning, and said, "Isn't Lieutenant Ru responsible for this kind of thing? When will it be his turn to take care of this kind of thing in Xiangbang's mansion? Could it be that Yu Xin became Xiangbang?" After that, you have to hold all the power in your hands?"

Obviously, Zheng Zhu has a lot of opinions on Lu Buwei's actions this time.

Li Mu glanced at Li Si, and Li Si understood, and waved his hand to get all the Meiji and musicians who were waiting on the side to retreat.

Li Mu put down the bronze wine baron in front of him, and said seriously: "This matter is abnormal, very abnormal."

"Isn't it normal?" Zheng Zhu reluctantly looked away from the buttocks of the beautiful girl who had left Tingting just now, and said in a puzzled way, "What's wrong?"

Li Mu said seriously: "Zheng Qing, is there something wrong with your property?"

Zheng Zhu was taken aback for a moment, then heyed a little unnaturally, and said, "What's the problem? I didn't sell weapons privately, and I didn't participate in slave hunting."

Li Mu shook his head and said: "What I mean is, don't you think there is something wrong here? If I remember correctly, Lu Buwei has raided hundreds of shops in Handan City these days. It’s not just Zheng Qing’s shop.”

Zheng Zhu snorted sullenly, and said: "Of course. This Lu Buwei is absolutely crazy. He has offended so many people at once. Most of the prestigious families in Handan City have been offended by him. I see it." , He has not been sitting in this position of the dragon platform for a long time."

At this moment, Li Si, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said, "Didn't Zheng Qing hear about a big event in Handan City recently?"

Zheng Zhu was taken aback for a moment, and said, "What's the big deal?"

Li Si said slowly: "According to some rumors, the current crown princess is actually not the daughter of the Li family, but her real identity is the daughter of the Lu family. With Zheng Qing's knowledge, surely she doesn't understand the difference? "

"What?" Zheng Zhu's face changed drastically, and he called out after a while: "This is impossible!"

Li Shi and Lu Shi are different in one word, and they are so different.

Li Mu sighed, and said: "Zheng Qing, listen to my advice, don't fight against Lu Buwei, this kind of behavior is really unwise."

Zheng Zhu's expression changed, and he remained silent for a while.

A banquet broke up unhappy.