Tao Lang had always been bold, but at this moment he was so scared that his face was pale.

Although he did not know that this collective resignation was the result of a series of officials in the Sailing Ye Building, he was very clear about the seriousness of the matter.

This is not a trivial matter, but the officials of the entire Dengzhou Prefecture are resigning. It is not the magistrate Xu who wants to resign, but the entire Dengzhou Prefecture must advance and retreat together. There are prefects, co-magistrates, magistrates, prosecutors, and magistrates and counties below, with twenty or thirty people.

This means that he, the Dengzhou Haifang Road, has lost control of Dengzhou Prefecture, and the entire Dengzhou Prefecture officials have to fight against him. As long as one of them is not properly handled, all Deng officials will be spared.

In the Ming Dynasty, officials resigned and even parted without saying goodbye, and there were even examples of ministers leaving office without asking for instructions. A few years ago, the Shandong Inspector Zhao Riheng created a record of local officials leaving office without asking for instructions. However, this is the first time that local officials resigned together.

If this matter is handled improperly, these officials of Dengzhou Prefecture will naturally not be able to get good results, but he, the Taoist minister, will bear the greatest responsibility, not to mention that Liaodong is in urgent need of money and food. Once the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture are paralyzed by this space, the impact may be extremely far-reaching.

Moreover, so many officials unanimously requested to resign, which also means that they stand in the opposite direction of the entire Dengzhou officialdom. No matter what they do, they will achieve half the result with twice the effort, and even spent hundreds of times more effort, but because of the collective boycott of lower-level officials, they must ease their relationship with the Dengzhou officialdom.

What should I do? Fortunately, Tao Daochen has been in the officialdom for so many years, and suddenly had an idea and said loudly: "I am also working with the prefect Xu. If you want to resign, we will resign together. Tao is unwilling to do this!"

Seeing the expressions of sympathy on the faces of the following officials, Tao Lang quickly said: "The court is so nonsense. I want to advance and retreat with everyone, but you can raise any conditions. I must fight for our Denglai Palace. If I can't win, I will advance and retreat with everyone and resign together!"

It turned out that all the important officials of Dengzhou Prefecture had to resign from him, but now he has regarded himself as the interests of Dengzhou Prefecture. The Song Magistrate of Penglai stood up: "First, the price of buying must be increased. A stone of rice must be at least six cents and five cents, and a stone of bean must be at least four cents and five cents. And you have to follow the market and beans must be at least high or low. Once you call the purchase, the price will be lower than the market price. You must increase it in time and do not delay."

Last year, the Dengzhou official suffered a great loss on this issue. Until now, the Ministry of Revenue did not admit the account at all, so the deficit was still not available. Tao Daotai immediately said: "Okay, I will strive for this for everyone. If I can't win, I will resign with you."

And Sun Changling continued on the other side: "The second thing is that the Ministry of Revenue must agree to the settlement. The new and old Beijing border money and grain must be kept in Dengzhou Prefecture. And last year, the huge deficit caused by the call-up price is far lower than the market price. The Ministry of Revenue must admit it and allow the discount to be released."

As soon as Sun Tui said this, the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture present nodded repeatedly, and all expressed their agreement: "That's right, if the shipping is launched, the money and grain of new and old Beijing borders must be retained. The Ministry of Revenue for the last year's deficit must also be processed. If the Ministry of Revenue is not compatible, we will not do it."

"The Ministry of Revenue must be handled with ease. If you are unwilling to handle this, let's go together!"

"Yes, if this matter is not resolved, let's go home."

"This matter must be solved, and it must be solved. The money and food in the border areas must be kept."

When it comes to this matter, everyone is angry and may be able to compromise on other issues, but they will never compromise on this matter, and Tao Daotai also complained secretly.

He felt that the entire Dengzhou Prefecture was deliberately targeting him, otherwise there might be such a unanimous reaction, and he directly mentioned the most critical and important part of "money and grain in Beijing".

In fact, he guessed correctly. The officials such as Xu Prefect, Sun Tuiguan and others discussed several days to decide the final plan. However, the plan they proposed was also the unanimous request of all the officials in Dengzhou. The money and grain in Beijing must be kept in Dengzhou.

The Ministry of Revenue said that "Liaodong New Fees" can be retained in the local area, while the old Fees in Liaodong are still transported and released. Therefore, the focus of disputes between the local and the Ministry of Revenue has always been on the old Fees in Liaodong.

But now the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture have changed the saying, and have become "money and grain in the border areas". They seem to be very similar to the old Liaodong salary, but they are still competing for the issue of the retention of the old Liaodong salary, but in fact there is a world of difference.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the money and grain of Beijing were a special noun. The Ming Dynasty also called "Beijing Bian Nian Silver". If we use a simple term, it is Taicang silver. The unified silver and grain of Taicang are all called "Beijing Bian Money and grain", which is the most and most important part of the country's fiscal revenue in the late Ming Dynasty.

Although the central government finance in the late Ming Dynasty also had income channels such as the Ministry of Works, Taipu Temple Changying Cang, Guanglu Temple, etc., it was particularly important because Taicang was responsible for "the salary of all officials in the Taicang Silver Cang and the military supplies of the nine sides", which was particularly important, resulting in the "Taicang's annual income of about 3.7 million is strange, the annual income of 4, Taipu Temple is one hundred, Guang & 17,973, and the 10th slightest slightest till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till till

People at Wanli said it very clearly that "there are regulations on the supply and use of internal and external treasuries in the country, such as the internal treasury of gold flower seeds stored in the treasury and the Taicang, which is stored in the border areas, is dedicated to the needs of the military and national government."

Although Liaodong's new salary gradually replaced the status of Beijing's border money and grain after the Liaodong shipping, the Liaodong new salary was actually left in Denglai for use. Therefore, Dengzhou officials strive for the capital's old salary as a whole, rather than just one of the small items of Beijing's old salary.

Since the Ministry of Revenue wants to take away all the old Liaodong salary, then Xu Prefect, Sun Tuiguan and others think that they will take the firewood from the bottom of the pot and keep all the money and grains in the border area of ​​Beijing. In other words, all the money and grains transported to the Ministry of Revenue will be retained, and the money and grains transported to the Ministry of Rites are also ready to be kept.

As for the deficit last year, the Ministry of Revenue also required the Ministry of Revenue to handle it together. It was one of the bargaining chips that everyone discussed and bargained with Beijing. Anyway, the Ministry of Revenue must compromise on Dengzhou Prefecture to have a way out.

But Tao Lang's forehead was first exposed to sweat. The magistrate, the magistrate, the county magistrate, and the magistrate, had a deep feeling. He dared to take this out and bargain with the province and the capital, but he did not have such courage.

Money and grain in the border areas are the lifeblood of the court, "specially preparing for the needs of the military and national affairs", "the salary of all officials is the salary of the military and military affairs in the border areas is given by the military supplies of the nine borders". On this issue, he really may die without a burial place. On this issue, he really dared to advance and retreat with the officials of Dengzhou Prefecture.

Seeing Tao Langxian's face in a hurry, Sun Changling and Sun Tutor said without hesitation: "Dao minister, the court has added another Liao salary. If you don't make the decision at the right time, you may have endless troubles!"

Speaking of which, Sun Tui Guan directly raised his official hat: "Dao minister, you started to advocate the matter of shipping. Now you have to have a beginning and an end, and you must not abandon future generations. Now as long as you say a word, everyone will advance and retreat with you!"

Speaking of this, the officials present raised their hats directly, and their eyes were staring at Tao Langxian like lightning. There was only solemn atmosphere left in the entire venue, and they stared at Tao Daotai one by one.

If he dares to say no, these officials from Dengzhou Prefecture seem to be about to tear him!

In order to create this kind of solemn aura with frost, Sun Tuiwang led everyone to practice in the Sailing Yelou more than once, and Tao Langxian was really panicked by a general like Sun Changling.

He has been completely undermined!

He is now forced to palace!

Therefore, Tao Langxian's forehead was covered with cold sweat. After a while, he said, "Why did the imperial court add Liao salary? Why didn't I know?"

In the 46th year of Wanli and December of the 47th year of Wanli, the court had already added two Liao tuitions, each time it was added three cents and five milli per mu of land, which added up to seven cents of silver per mu.

In February of the 48th year of Wanli, that is, now, the Ministry of Revenue ordered another Liao salary to be added, with an additional two cents per mu of land. The three Liao salary to be added was a total of nine cents of silver, so it was called "nine cents of silver."

On the surface, it is not much to impose a sum of nine cents of silver per mu of land, but the problem is that the annual capital and grain in Taicang was originally only three to five million taels, but now it has been imposed at once for 7.4 million taels, which means that the Taicang silver warehouse has doubled the income.

When you arrive at the place, it will be a real disaster, including both expropriation costs and corresponding losses, as well as scattering and dispersion. To give the simplest example, in the 24th year of Hongwu, Shangyuan County, Jiangning Prefecture, that is, Nanjing, had a registered population of 270,000, but in the Zhengde period, only 130,000 were left, while in the Wanli period, there were only 27,000 people in Shangyuan County.

This naturally means that the taxes borne by 270,000 people in the early Ming Dynasty were transferred to the 27,000 people in the residence. Now, the burden on farmers in places like Xiangwendeng County has suddenly increased several times and cannot bear it at all.

Now the increase in Liao pay seems to be endless. Tao Langxian, the first local official to advocate for the Liaodong shipping, was under great pressure, while the Xu Prefect on the opposite side said in surprise: "The Ministry of Revenue just issued an edict to add two cents of silver per mu. Why don't the Taoist platform know that the Taoist platform has not yet known?"

However, Master Xu's face looked surprised. Tao Daotai carefully sympathized with him. You don't know such a big thing, but he can only explain one thing, that is, you were completely obsolete by Dengzhou Prefecture.

However, Tao Daotai no longer cared about the fact that he had been undermined. He had to consider another most serious problem, that is, after adding Liao guarantories, Denglai was not able to continue to buy rice beans and ship them by sea.

This is related to Tao Daotai's career.
Chapter completed!