Li Shuchu and Qi Guoyuan sat on the bench in the gatehouse for a long time. When it was dark, a manager finally appeared. He walked into the gatehouse and glanced at the two of them.

"You are the people from the Governor's Mansion?"

Qi Guoyuan had already been a little impatient, so he stood up and continued loudly, "That's right, we are the ones from the Governor's Office, and the one in front of you is the current Governor Li of the Central Plains."

The manager was stunned for a moment, his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and froze there. The door next to him was even more shocked and looked like earth. Qi Guoyuan snorted, "The Zhu family in Kaifeng is really big. Is this the so-called thin camel bigger than a horse?"

The manager hurriedly came forward, "Are you really Governor Li?"

"Why, do you still want to test our Governor's official seal, or do you want to see the Shangfang Sword given by the Imperial Palace?"

"I dare not, I dare not. It's all because these guys are blind and hope that there are many adults, so don't worry. Please, the master and the others have been waiting in the hall for a long time."

Li Shuchu patted her clothes, "Please report to the hall, I will arrive soon."

"Yes, yes, the little one will go and report immediately." As he said that, he walked out quickly.

The gatekeepers were already shocked and could not speak. They didn't know how to move on the spot. They were all like a bereaved. They never thought that the dignified governor would still play with them. They really didn't know Mount Tai.

The several wards were stunned for a while, and finally came to their senses. They knelt down at Li Shuchu with a thump, slapped himself while kneeling, begging for mercy and begging for guilt.

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Several concierges immediately retreated in a hurry.

On the other side, Zhu Gongzi heard that Governor Li Shuchu and General Qi Guoyuan had arrived outside the gate more than an hour ago, but after being left in the gatehouse for a long time, he was shocked and angry again. While shouting and scolding, he hurriedly called the doors of the old and young masters of the families and rushed to the gates to greet them.

"My Lord, please forgive me for your crime. I'm sorry."

Li Shuchu just smiled. The Zhu family in Kaifeng has a great career. There are many people and there are many people, it is inevitable that there will be a mixture of fish and dragons. It is normal to have one or two people who can't do things."

"I'll drive them out of the mansion."

"That's your own business, I have no intention of asking about it. I can't help it. Today, I'm going to talk to the old man about some serious matters. It seems that today, everyone from the Zhu family in Kaifeng's Kaifeng should have arrived. That's right. Let's talk together without talking about it."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked into the mansion first. Zhu Gongye's face became extremely solemn, and he hurriedly followed him up. He had a very bad premonition. I'm afraid it would be difficult to deal with it.

After entering the hall, Zhu Gongye immediately arranged for the best tea and snacks, and asked Li Qi and the other two to sit down and stay with him. The rest of the Zhu family sat in the back.

Li Shuchu sat down and was very leisurely.

But the room was no longer as popular as before, and there was only death silence left. Li Shuchu had been sitting in the gatehouse for more than an hour, but I was afraid that the visitors were not good, so I was probably even more angry at this moment.

The Zhu family was a little nervous.

Li Shuchu glanced at everyone, first coughed, and then said, "Two days ago, Mr. Zhu personally went to the military camp and delivered the loyalty and righteousness of the entire Zhu family in Kaifeng to the court. We have accepted the 2.5 million silver dollars. Thank you very much for your strong support to our Central Plains military and political circles. Today, we are here, and we are here in person to express our gratitude."

"Secondly, there are some important things that need to be discussed with the Zhu family in person."

Zhu Gongzi hurriedly said, "What's the matter? The governor directly sent someone to inform me, and I will definitely come to meet immediately."

Li Shuchu laughed a few times, "I heard that Kaifeng's commercial tax was collected by the Kaifeng Zhu family in the past, and the commercial tax collected was also owned by the Kaifeng Zhu family. Is there any such thing?"

"It was indeed the case in the previous dynasty. Emperor Hongwu specially gave Kaifeng Commercial Tax to me the Kaifeng Zhu family. But now it is the new dynasty, and Kaifeng's commercial tax naturally belongs to the court and the current emperor. My Kaifeng Zhu family dare not touch the point at all." Zhu Gongzi rubbed his forehead and said.

"It is very good for Mr. Zhu to have this awareness. I would like to thank Mr. Zhu for his support to the court and the yamen. In the future, the commercial taxation in Kaifeng will be specifically responsible for the tax institutions of the court, and we will no longer bother the Zhu family."

"It should be."

"In addition, according to the emperor's will, it is prohibited to set up private checkpoints and exploit merchants and travelers in the future. The imperial court will have strict restrictions on the establishment of customs and river customs. It will be a serious crime to set up private checkpoints without the imperial court. I know that the Zhu family in Kaifeng also has a lot of checkpoints, and even set up a lot of taxes and fees in the market. In the future, all of this must be stopped."

Zhu Gongye didn't dare to hesitate at all and nodded repeatedly.

“Should, ought.”

Li Shuchu nodded with satisfaction, held the tea cup in front of him, picked up the tea lid and gently slid the foam in the tea cup, and brought it to him to take a sip.

“The tea is good.”

"The buds produced in Yunnan are picked from old tea trees that are more than 300 years old, and use exclusive tea making skills. If the supervisor likes it, I will ask someone to pack a few pounds for the adults."

"It's not cheap to have such good tea. I dare not take such heavy gifts randomly. As an official, you should be the one who is honest and fair. As the governor, how can I destroy the court system?" Li Shuchu smiled.

"When it comes to commercial tax, there is another thing that needs to be notified by the old man. It turns out that the official store established by the imperial court in Kaifeng has been officially handed over to the imperial court."

Zhu Gongye was stunned.

Official stores are actually somewhat similar to imperial stores, except that one is the emperor's private property and the other is the official property. In many cases, official stores were both commercial institutions and tax institutions. Official stores were also responsible for collecting commercial taxes. Official stores were mostly set up in prosperous commercial towns and had a large scale.

For example, the official shops in Kaifeng have thousands of new and old shops. Some of them are purchased by the government, while others are confiscated from the real estate of the officials and the people. With their special status, the official shops operate the most profitable transactions.

However, the official shops are often begged by the clans and are rewarded in large quantities to the clans.

For example, many of the official stores in Kaifeng have fallen into the hands of the Zhu family in Kaifeng over the years. Nowadays, there are thousands of official stores in Kaifeng, but in fact, the number of official stores occupied by Kaifeng King Yisu over the years is several times that of the existing ones.

The official shops that Li Shuchu mentioned were taken over to the imperial court, of course, not only refer to those normal official shops, but also include those that were begged for the past years and were rewarded with the King of Zhou.

"All official stores are handed over to the court, and all the operating profits produced by the official stores from the beginning of the first month of the first lunar year of the Longhan year must be handed over, and the inventory and receivables of each store must not be reduced."

This is already about to dig out the Zhu family's meat, and Zhu Gongye's face turned ugly.

"Mr. Governor, Your Majesty ordered the world to treat my former Ming royal family with preferential treatment. You are inconsistent with Your Majesty's edict." Zhu Gongye said boldly.

Qi Guoyuan sneered, "Can you still enjoy this beautiful home and wealthy family now be considered preferential treatment? Old man, Qi Guoyuan is just a martial artist, but he also knows one thing: if someone respects you one foot, you should pay one foot. Since Your Majesty treats you so well, the more you should cherish it, rather than gaining more."

Zhu Gongzi felt cold when he was stared at by Qi Guoyuan's one-eyed eye. Finally, he had to grit his teeth and said, "Thank you, General Qi, for your advice. I will take stock of all the official stores and then hand them over to the court as it is."

"It's very good, there's another point to add. These items are specialized in the court. Other merchants can only sell them wholesale from the court's specialty stores and must sell them according to the price specified by the court. If there is any disobedience, the consequences will be very serious."

"clear."

"It's so satisfying, then there's only one last thing left." Li Shuchu clapped his palms, "Reduce rent and interest. The land rent cannot exceed 35% of the land output, the interest rate cannot exceed 150% and the maximum amount cannot exceed 150% of the principal."

Zhu Gongye gritted his teeth and nodded, "No problem, we must follow the will of the court."

"I believe in Mr. Zhu, General Qi, you can transfer a group of troops to help the Zhu family in Kaifeng to clear the fields again. I will send another official to assist in re-registering the property rights of the land. At that time, I hope the old man can support him and take the initiative to prepare the property rights contract for all the land."

Zhu Gongxian felt a big feeling.

“What is this to do?”

"Oh, it's nothing." Li Shuchu smiled slightly, "This is just a social census nationwide according to Your Majesty's will, including household registration inventory, clearing the land and a commercial census. The main thing is to check the details of all parts of the country, so as to know the truth of my Han Empire."

"In addition, in the future, taxes must be collected according to the newly-cleared land acres. Oh, I forgot to tell the old man that in the future, officials and gentry will be paid together as a member of the royal family, the imperial family, the royal family, and even local scholars will no longer have the privileges. The amount of land there will be taxes. The governor heard that the Zhou family in Kaifeng had millions of acres of fertile land, and it seems that they would be a taxpayer in Kaifeng in the future."

Zhu Gongzi was struck by lightning. If commercial taxes, customs fees and official stores could be given up, this land was the lifeblood. The Zhu family in Kaifeng had millions of acres of land. In the past, they had never received grain. Now not only did their past salary be lost, rewards are gone, the privilege of setting up card fees for commercial taxes and official stores is gone, the privilege of selling salt and tea is gone, and now there is no privilege of preferential land exemption.

Thinking about it, Zhu Gongzi shook with pain.

"Old man, you must prepare the property rights contract for the real estate. After the land is cleared, if the Zhu family cannot present all the property rights documents of the real estate, the land will be taken over by the official."
Chapter completed!