Jinan Sea

Pearl is very busy at the moment.He no longer showed up, but sent someone to monitor the imperial envoy.The next day, the imperial envoy brought people to Qingliang Mountain, a hundred miles north of the city.He was caught off guard.

Qingliang Mountain is the government treasury.A simple and simple courtyard is built under the gentle hills.Next to it is the barracks.It is the treasury where the government of the two cities and one sea manages the books and money.Various government documents, account books, gold silk and other materials are stored.The warehouses for storing rice, grain and other grains were built in other places in the suburbs.

To store account books and books, the warehouses are raised on low platforms, and water canals are drawn around the hall.In case of fire.Because there is gold and silver in store.The public warehouse is heavily guarded, and no one is allowed to approach it within a radius of five miles.

Zhao Xiachen was still dressed as a ronin, leading several subordinates into the gate swaggeringly.His witch-god attire is incompatible with the brightly armored and heavily guarded mansion, like a wild fox breaking into a pack of wolves.

"I want to check the account!" he yelled.

"Prepare a room for the imperial envoy and let him check the account book." Mingzhu welcomed them in with a smile.Maintaining the status quo.

Zhao Xiachen stared at him with copper bell eyes, feeling his back hurt again.The place where the boy was beaten was hot.

The tax officer usually checks the account book first and then counts the physical objects.Yamen servants led them into the warehouse.Zhao Xiachen's ugly face was distorted.There are hundreds of bookshelves in a row of tall warehouses, twelve floors, tightly packed with various documents and books.Tens of thousands of volumes are huge.The soldiers guarding the warehouse led them into the warehouse and then left.

"They sent a few small officials and clerks, these dog officials who deliberately sabotage their work." Zhao Qinchao forgot that he was also one of the dog officials.

The subordinate smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, even if they send clerks and minor officials, they can't use it."

"Oh, yes. They'll make fake books."

"It will take more than a dozen tax officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate for three months before we can find out. Mingzhu is deliberately embarrassing us."

"That bastard thinks I can't find out, so I want to find out. Hurry up and prepare wine and food for me, I will check the account overnight."

Mingzhu laughed again when she heard the return.Others were very surprised, and they didn't believe that the witch god flying across Qingjiang would still check the accounts.Mingzhu sent someone to prepare wine and food for them, and the imperial envoy walked into the warehouse with his head held high as if provocative.

There must be tax evasion in Jinanhai, and the officials are all corrupt and broke the law.Before coming here, Mr. Zhang Ge had fixed the sex for them.Now the task is to find evidence of their tax evasion.Zhao Xiachen made up his mind.

Dazichao tax evasion is called "hidden tax", and the punishment is called "penalty class".There are many ways to evade taxes. One is to conceal the population, and the other is to underreport the value of production and transactions.The third is to forge contracts and make large and small documents.The fourth is to avoid monopoly.The fifth is to bribe tax officials.There are too many kinds to check.Therefore, the Ministry of Household Affairs encourages the public to "sue people".For those who have contributed to reporting tax evasion, "at a rate of [-], [-]% will be paid to the informant as a bounty. There are too many whistleblowers at the moment."

There are also two types of taxes, one is land tax and the other is commercial tax.Minerals such as salt, tea, wine, gold, silver, iron and copper were monopolized by the imperial court.Later, the mining industry was relaxed, and account books had to be prepared for future reference.National monopoly is a good thing, it can reduce the burden on the people.Later, the rules were broken from top to bottom.Civil officials and dignitaries asked the Emperor of Heaven for mineral and salt imports, and resell them at a higher price.Civil officials used businessmen to monopolize sales and sales, and tax collectors also cheated and accepted bribes.All kinds of business taxes have increased hundreds of times.Instead, it became a burden on the people.Under the huge profits, some people still took risks, "building big ships to cover the ocean, selling weapons and selling salt and copper".

The crime of "Two Cities and One Sea" is "Assembling a private army, selling weapons and selling gold!"

It also has a number of serious crimes such as "underreporting minerals", "forging contracts", "evading monopoly", and "bribing tax officials".

Zhao Xiachen laughed secretly.Even if you are as pure as water, you have to become as dark as mud.Mr. Zhang Ge of Qinyuan Pavilion has already thought about it for you.

The imperial court imposed severe punishments.Li Fu is the owner of Tongshan, and he is decisive.The Murong family was beheaded and confiscated properties such as Yinzhuang and Tongshan City in order to run a commercial firm.Mingzhu is an official of her parents, she participated in tax evasion and was not inspected, so she was dismissed and imprisoned.The remaining mines, gold, Mu's firm, and the world's richest man in distress all belong to the family of civil servants.

Envoy Zhao Qin looked at the empty warehouse and was so happy that he almost danced enthusiastically.

What Mingzhu showed them must be "false accounts".Hmph, he also prepared a lot of shocking "stuff" to put in the warehouse to frame him.This is a trick where you frame me and I frame you.It depends on who can cure who.Hehe, even if he did something bad, he, Mr. Zhao, would not lose to Miao Chen.

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In the middle of the night, Zhao Xiachen woke up suddenly, and smelled a bad smell.There was thick smoke billowing in the warehouse, and a rocket shot from the window towards the bookshelf, and the account books exploded like small fireworks with a "touch".The flames surrounded the imperial envoys and subordinates who were sitting at their desks in the library.Zhao Xiachen yelled and jumped up, flapping the flames, and cursed: "You bastard Pearl, you have learned from the thieves to 'set fire to the granary to prevent inspections'. You have become bad, I thought your moves were better Woolen cloth."

Set fire to the warehouse, and burn the imperial envoy to death by the way.What an evil plan to draw wages from the bottom of the pot!People often say that the South China Sea is a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, which is true.

Five subordinates were burnt to death and injured, and fires broke out in several places in the warehouse at the same time, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.Someone also threw torches through the vents, igniting the entire warehouse.The imperial envoy and others fled, and the gate of the Shiku was locked tightly.

Zhao Xiachen's lungs exploded with anger.

The candlelight was like beans, and Mingzhu was sitting in the back hall reading a book.He was shocked when he heard that the treasury was on fire.

Mr. Lan Da with a mustache rushed in like a whirlwind, followed by the chief arrester Feng Liangchi: "My lord, shall we save him or not?"

"We need to save him. We didn't set the fire. I just want to drag him to Qingliang Temple for a few days."

Mr. Lan Da breathed a sigh of relief.He felt that it was no big deal to kill the imperial envoy, but Mingzhu was not so reckless, the treasury was still his own territory, and rabbits couldn't eat the grass beside the nest.

Feng Liangchi said to Mingzhu: "The imperial envoy must think we did it."

"Let him think what he wants. Once he comes to South China Sea, we will be unsolvable sworn enemies. It's just how can I burn the account. The account book is real, and it is hidden deep. I want to trip him up in Qingliang Temple." day."

"Who did that?"

"Mr. Changle..."

Pearl sighed.Ji Lin played tricks again.They originally cooperated, and Ji Lin informed the imperial envoy, who then led the imperial envoy to the treasury of Qingliang Temple to check the accounts.He took the opportunity to detain the imperial envoy.Time to raise money for Li Fu.But Ji Lin came to the treasury in the middle of the night and set fire to it, causing him to fight with the imperial envoys. He really wanted their lives all the time.

The sword of the capital hangs on the beam, and he has not forgotten the internal struggle.This person cannot stay.

Mingzhu ordered people to quickly put out the fire and rescue the imperial envoy.When the treasury soldiers dragged their hoses and smashed open the gate with wood and rushed into the warehouse, they found that the imperial envoy and others were gone.Several tiles on the roof were uncovered, revealing a big hole.

Mingzhu led the treasury soldiers to chase out of the treasury camp on horseback.Turning around the mountain road, I saw the imperial envoy limping and running away.I saw that the pursuers fled faster.

Zhao Xiachen ran away and stopped.He suddenly remembered that he was not a thief, but an official ordered by the court!He also has confidence in his force. Except for that wicked handsome young man, none of the master catchers in Shuangcheng Yihai are his opponents.

He was so angry that he fought back: "Mingzhu, you dare to murder the imperial court official, do you want to rebel?"

Countless public treasury soldiers poured out from the side of the mountain road and surrounded him, pointing their spears and arrows at him.There is still an ambush here.At this moment, Zhao Xiachen felt dizzy and nauseous. The food and drink he ate were not poisonous, but there was drug in the lit candle.This is the pearl of every step of the way!He was so angry that he yelled.

Mingzhu smiled slightly at once: "Master Zhao, if I say that this is not the work of a subordinate official, would you believe me? I am here to help you. Don't go any further, the front is very dangerous."

Zhao Xiachen snorted.No matter how dangerous it is, is it more dangerous than burning the imperial envoy?

People on the mountain road are at war.Zhao Qinchao is stronger than Mingzhu in force, and Mingzhu is good at strategy.He also ambushed the soldiers in advance, drugged them, and led hundreds of soldiers to chase and kill them.Not long after, the imperial envoy, who was alone, was forced to the side of the mountain road.Even Zhao Xiachen fell into the sea of ​​people even if he had three heads and six arms.

Zhao Xiachen shouted angrily: "Aren't you afraid that I will report to the imperial court to send troops to suppress you?"

"Don't be afraid. You came from an unknown teacher. The increase in taxes was done by Mr. Zhang Ge. The Emperor of Heaven didn't know about it." Mingzhu's eyes pierced into his heart like a needle, and she laughed loudly: "You are not an imperial envoy, you are the true dragon of the capital. You come here Guangji is not sending documents for Qinyuan Pavilion, nor is it to trouble Ji Lin and Li Fu. You came to see me specially. We have never met before, and we are called Zichao Shuangxiu Jingwushuang. You are very dissatisfied, many Years ago, you sent people to challenge me, saying that the Ziqing Dynasty only allowed one prime minister who is the pillar of the sky. You want to defeat me."

Zhao Xiachen was shocked and clenched his teeth.

"That's why you came all the way from the capital to Guangji. You want to challenge me to defeat me. You think you're not a Confucian civil servant because you pretend to be a wild and unruly witch god? No, I recognized it at the first sight. You. You've made countless mistakes."

"One is that the two volumes of imperial edicts, light and dark, will not be handed over to ordinary officials. The saints only love to show off the talents of Jiu Furong. The second is that you come to Nanhai with a secret order from the cabinet to observe the division of leaders in Nanhai and prepare to invade the two cities. Third, you pretend As an imperial envoy playing games in the world, if I don’t recognize you, you will overwhelm the wonderful minister in front of the world. Fourth, you have acted too much. An imperial envoy with an important mission will never be so reckless, like a middle-ranking officer [-]. You carry a shadow of a person on your body. A sage created a country and made great achievements. He is a world-class hero. He also loves brave generals. You have only learned one-tenth of his old man You are known as the Little Real Dragon in the capital because of its fur shape. You have deliberately learned the demeanor of a dragon and a tiger from the Emperor of Heaven. From this, you are the one who is proficient in martial arts, witchcraft, rhythm, can lead soldiers in battle, and is extremely talented. The true dragon of the capital, which is highly valued by civil officials!"

Mingzhu smiled leisurely: "The real dragon came to the wrong Guangji. I have nothing to compare with you. I don't care about the reputation of number one in the world. You are number one in the world! Now please leave the South China Sea, or I send someone To shoot you and carry you out of the South China Sea? You choose."

The soldiers raised their sharp bows and muskets one after another, and were about to shoot through the real dragon.

Zhao Xiachen froze in place, extremely embarrassed.After a while he stretched his body and became fierce and calm: "You are amazing. Pearl. It seems that there is nothing you can't guess. But you made a big mistake. This will kill you. I won't tell you Where did you go wrong?"

"I can't make mistakes." Mingzhu smiled.His pride is hidden in his smile.

"Hmph. You are the jewel in Dazi Dynasty's exquisite Wushuang, and you have been praised by the world and favored by saints. But you have a fatal flaw. Your eyes are blind! The person you follow is a lunatic, and he will destroy you. But if you are deceived by him, you will lose, and you will also bring Nanhai into danger. The purpose of my coming is not you, but to deal with that lunatic. If you persist in your obsession, you will have no good ministers."

Mingzhu's smile didn't change, but her eyes became deeper: "You are wrong. He is not. And you are just a self-righteous real dragon in the capital. You are trapped in the situation like me, and you can't see the big picture. You can stay in Jinanhai !"

He waved his hand, and arrows rained down on Zhao Xiachen.The real dragon in the capital yelled and retreated in a hurry.Disappeared from the foggy mountain road.Mingzhu walked quickly to the side of the road, looked down the cliff, "He fell, catch him."

(ps: The content of taxation is quoted from Ni Fangliu's "Ming Dynasty Taxation".)