Of course it is impossible to check the emperor's taxes, and you can't even ask...

Moreover, the Republican Bank paid a lot of municipal taxes. Last year, I paid 75,000 yuan, and this year I will definitely have more. If I exceed 100,000 yuan, I will definitely pay at least tens of thousands of taxes for the 420 houses sold by Wanjia Bank! It should be that among the commercial banks in the world, the one who pays the most taxes may be the Republican Bank. Even if the city tax can find any problems, Song Huizong has something to say to protect his shortcomings.

People paid more than 100,000 yuan in Kaifeng Prefecture a year, and the amount of tax payment is already the best in the world! And they also raised one million yuan for the government by selling land. Isn’t the contribution great enough? Lu Jia asked, are you not satisfied, do you want to collect excessive taxes?

"Father, we can't pick the wrong ones on the commercial tax paid by the Republican Bank..."

After watching the city tax official leave, Lu Benzhi frowned and asked Lu Jia: "They have paid such taxes for a year, and even if there are some mistakes, it is not convenient to pursue them."

Lu Jia asked, frowned. Wu Haogu was very different from the merchants he fought for when he was in Kaifeng Prefecture's management of market affairs.

First of all, the backstage is particularly tough and he is the confidant of today's official family!

Secondly, the tax paid by the Republican Bank and the money they earned from the government were really destroyed by the Republican Bank and Wu Haogu, who would the government ask for money? If there was any businessman who could earn hundreds of thousands of dollars for Emperor Shenzong in a year during the Xining New Policy, Wang Anshi would not dare to beat him up as a tiger.

Furthermore, Wu Haogu did things that he did dig money from the pockets of the rich, and the rich people who made money were happy.

This is different from the fact that some bad businessmen hoarded the living materials of people and harmed the people. Even the real estate in Kaifeng Prefecture is not affordable to ordinary people. Moreover, Wanjiaxing in Wuhaogu did not hoard and speculate on real estate. They are building "affordable housing" for officials and imperial guards.

Lu Jia asked and snorted coldly: "But the tax needs to be investigated! And... the case must be dispatched!"

"Quanjing case?" Lu Benzhi frowned, "Dad, should he use the Quanjing case to investigate Christie's and the Father's?"

Lu Jiawen shook his head: "Of course not, how can you let Ping Jing case investigate the courtesan?"

Yes, no matter how high the price of a courtesan is, it is not the turn of a regular case to deal with it! Even during the Xining New Policy, it did not care about the price of prostitutes.

Lu Benzhi curled his lips, "Who should I check?"

Lu Jia asked and snorted: "Go and check the small vendors who live in the military camp in the northern Zhou Dynasty!"

"Check the small vendors?" Lu Benzhi immediately understood his father's mind, "Dad wants to use this method to force them to move?"

Now the little braid from the Republican Party can't hold back for the time being, Lu Jiawen can only turn his target to the demolition of the Zhoubei Military Camp. But the nail households in the Zhoubei Military Camp are so easy to deal with? They are from the imperial guards, and there are two departments and three yamen behind them, and the Yuanyou treacherous party (old party).

Lu Jia asked if he wanted to talk to others and refused to listen. He wanted to mobilize the Imperial Army to use strong power, but he had no power. Even An Tao, the Minister of the Privy Council, and Jiang Zhiqi, the Tongzhi Privy Council, (Zhang Shi retired when he was old) did not support the method of using forced relocation to the Imperial Army.

Of course, even if they support each other, they do not have the power to directly mobilize the imperial guards of Kaifeng Prefecture. This matter must be issued by the emperor...

So after thinking about it, Lu Jia had to use the city tax peace case under Taifu Temple to find trouble for the nail households in the northern military camp of the Kaifeng Prefecture. There are 360 ​​entries, and there are imperial guards everywhere!

"Yes!" Lu Jia asked, holding his beard, "There is only the only way! But this matter must be very detailed. Never mess with the imperial guards of Kaifeng Prefecture... Son, I want you to do it. You go to the city taxation department and select some reliable and capable clerks in the case of placing the case. Then find out where the most difficult residents in the northern military camp in the state are making a living, and then deal with it carefully. Do you know?"

"I understand! I will do it as I do!" Lu Benzhi certainly knew that this job was not easy to handle, but at this point, he could only bite the bullet and go to bed.

At worst, I can mess up my errands and my whole family will go to Haizhou to live... No, I have to make more money while the old man has not fallen, and then I will send someone to Haizhou to buy the house.

...

West of Kaifeng Prefecture City, Qionglin Garden.

The renovation project of Qionglinyuan has begun now, but it is not about starting construction, but a design plan has been developed.

The sketch of the plan was painted by Wu Haogu and Huang Wulang, and then handed over to Li Jie, who was a filial son at home, to modify and formulate the construction plan. At the same time, the best carpenter in Kaifeng Prefecture City invited the model of the Qionglin Palace based on the drawings.

Now the model has been placed in the Qionglin Pavilion in Qionglin Garden and is presented to the Saint Lord Zhao Ji who is here.

"Why do you need to build such a tall city wall outside the Qionglin Palace?"

Zhao Ji felt very strange when he looked at the Qionglin Palace models spread on several large tables. Outside the Qionglin Palace, for some reason, a circle of tall city walls were built.

"Your Majesty," Pan Xiao'an replied with a smile, "This circle of walls was proposed by Wu Dalang... He said in the letter that the craftsmen who built Jiehe Shang City occasionally burned a kind of low-priced and extremely high-yield red bricks. If used to build the Qionglin Palace wall, it would be very beautiful."

"Red brick?" Zhao Ji thought for a while, "It won't be beyond the system, right? Now many people are jealous of Dalang's property and status, so he has to be careful."

"Dalang's letter said that the red bricks used in Jiehe will be coated with white ash on the outside." Pan Xiao'an said, "But the exterior walls of Qionglin Palace do not need to be plastered, so they will look very beautiful."

It doesn't matter if it looks good, but what is important is that it is strong enough! The brick wall is much stronger than the rammed earth wall, and the Qionglin Palace and the "urban area" outside are not very large, so it can be completely built into a solid small town.

If the general trend of ethnic minorities going south cannot be changed, Zhao Ji can also hide in the Qionglin Palace City and wait for help.

"That's it," Zhao Ji nodded, "If you don't spend too much money, it's okay to build a wall.

By the way, Dalang and Gao Qiu gave me a memorial through the Imperial Medicine Academy, suggesting that the children of the noble and powerful families who own a large area of ​​land in Cangzhou should be absorbed into the hall to make the horses straight for the convenience of purchasing land. Pan Qing, you are from the noble family, what do you think?"

Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu passed the imperial medicine courtyard to secretly write, also known as "secret text", which is a form of memorial that court officials disliked.

However, Wu Haogu and Gao Qiu were originally lucky enough to be close to each other, so it was normal to secretly write.

"If it weren't for this, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to buy enough land." Pan Xiao'an said thinking.

“Why can’t I buy it?”

"I know that most of the land in Cangzhou is in the hands of nobles and powerful people, and a considerable part of it is hidden fields. There is no sufficient benefit. These people are unwilling to take out the already shameful land."

"Hidden field?" Zhao Ji paused, "Is there no way to find out?"

"This..." Pan Xiao'an didn't dare to answer such a question, "This minister doesn't know."

"I don't know, but I still dare not say it?" Zhao Ji looked at Pan Xiao'an and frowned slightly. For the same question, if you ask Wu Haogu, you will definitely have a satisfactory answer. Pan Xiao'an in front of you seems to be a little bit bad!

"I really don't know," Pan Xiao'an said sincerely, "The matter of inspecting fields and households has always been a concern for the whole body. If done well, it is beneficial to the country and the people, but if it cannot be done well, I am afraid..."

"How could it not be done?" Zhao Ji frowned deeply.

"This..." Pan Xiao'an replied, "Some people also say that Wang Jinggong's new policy has many mistakes, all because there are no effective officials and public officials to implement it. In particular, public officials are mostly hereditary and monopolized by local tyrants, so..."

Seeing Pan Xiao'an stuttering, Zhao Ji turned his head to look at Li Jie again, "Li Qing, you have been a local official, let me talk to you."

Li Jie thought, "Your Majesty, in fact, local officials have the responsibility to clear the fields and inspect the households. People are doing things every day to investigate the hidden fields and hidden houses. It's just that there is no big fanfare... If the officials are capable enough, they can find the hidden fields and hidden houses. If they are not effective, they will probably be useless if they issue an edict to investigate them strictly."

To put it simply, the problem of the Song Dynasty is that the officials selected from the imperial examination system are not capable enough and their ethics are not very good. There are not many things they can do well, so I should just make do with it!

"I understand!" Zhao Ji smiled bitterly, "Let's not talk about this, let's continue talking about my Qionglin Palace."

...

Cangzhou, Qingchi County, Zhongyizhai.

Wu Haogu, who was drinking tea with old man Murong and high-definition in Murong's office, suddenly received a report from his subordinate: Cangzhou Prefecture Office is planning to check households in clearing fields!

"Okay!" Wu Haogu waved his hand and asked Lin Wancheng who reported to him to retreat, and then smiled and said to Gao Qiu, "Brother Gao, the evil man is about to move! We have to start ahead of them and take over all the hidden land."

"I have to be ahead of them!" Gao Qiu nodded after hearing this, "I have to hurry up... Dalang, why don't we divide the troops tomorrow. I'll go to Qingzhou, you go to Qingchi County."

"Okay!" Wu Haogu smiled, "That's what it was.

Mr. Murong, Brother Gao and I lost our companion for a while. When we bought enough land, we will come back to ask you about military tactics and battle formations."

The rich and the Jiangmenzi who owned a lot of land in Cangzhou usually owned industries in Qingchi, the head county of Cangzhou or the nearby Qingzhou city, and were stationed in charge. When the Jiehe Chamber of Commerce controlled by Wuhaogu had purchased land on the banks of Jiehe, they had contact with some of them, so they were quite familiar with their situation.
Chapter completed!