"What you said makes sense."

This time Xie Ji felt that these people were so understanding and actually told him how to do it.

It seems that these people are quite efficient at work.

Cai Yan was a little flattered that Xie Ji actually agreed with him.

They made too many concessions in order to satisfy Xie Ji.

"But if you really do what you do, those people may not be able to repay their debts in their lifetime."

Xie Ji was thinking more than that. If those officials were doing small things behind the scenes, such as renting out their own land to the people, and then paying 70/30 instead of 50/50 would be enough; or they could help the people buy some land with money.

, recorded under hundreds of names, the money owed by the people to those officials would be a disguised form of exploitation of the people, not to mention that it would also increase the power of those officials.

In this way, not only is the tax revenue reduced, most of it goes into the pockets of officials, so we have to think of a foolproof strategy.

But His Majesty cannot see that he is helping those people.

He was really in trouble. He wanted to be a loyal minister, but was forced by the emperor to become a treacherous minister.

Throughout the ages, I have never heard of an example like him.

How can an emperor like a treacherous minister?

This is the Holy One today.

He dislikes loyal ministers and loves treacherous ministers.

Forehead……

What a weird thing.

By the way, these taxes include not only land taxes, but also household taxes, oral taxes, and other miscellaneous taxes. There are too many, and he is a little annoyed just looking at them.

What's more, if he hadn't compiled the information from the county, he wouldn't have known that there were so many taxes in his memory.

It seems that these corrupt officials have cleverly created a name to bring chaos to the entire society.

With so many taxes, it seems that they should be abolished.

If these corrupt officials are allowed to continue their misdeeds, and if they fail to deliver their duties next year, it will be over.

Agricultural taxes cannot be abandoned for the time being, but other taxes cannot be completely abolished?

When Cai Yan heard what Xie Ji said, he thought that maybe the prime minister was not satisfied yet and they had already retreated enough.

"Prime Minister, don't the people feel even more guilty to the court if they can't repay their debts? What we want is to make them owe debts that they can't repay, so that they feel guilty. With their guilty hearts, in order to repay their debts, they will definitely become more and more

Work hard and you will have a bumper harvest."

Jiangnan had suffered a lot of harm from his original self before, but this time his thoughts revealed his malice towards the people.

It's hard for them, and it's hard for the people, not to mention they're already doing well enough.

Is there anything wrong with giving them land for free and them charging interest?

They didn't let those people die? What's more, they couldn't get the interest? But the treasury was rich.

"This is reasonable, but it is not enough. You are still too weak? Such exploitation cannot create more wealth."

Xie Ji shook his head. Since these people like to exploit the people so much, then he will teach them.

After all, he was a person who was warned by the emperor to be a traitor.

Jiangnan was stunned after hearing these words? Didn't the Prime Minister say that he wanted to enrich the people?

Others too? Is this prime minister normal again?

"The truth is that you are exploiting the people? It's nothing more than increasing taxes and exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes? That's just low-level exploitation. Not only will you not get good benefits from this kind of exploitation, but it will also make you look bad. It's not worth it."

Xie Ji shook his head and sighed. Meng Tao poured a cup of tea for Xie Ji. Xie Ji put the tea to his mouth and sucked it.

"Prime Minister? Do you mean to find another way to exploit the people?" Liu Ji finally spoke.

Everyone else around them pricked up their ears, wondering what Xie Ji was going to say next.

"Exploiting the people? Exploiting the people by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes? Is this a good way for you to make money?"

Xie Ji sneered and looked at the officials with disdain and unwillingness to pay attention.

Such a feeble-minded method? Only these officials would adopt it.

"No...isn't it?" Shen Yi asked.

Isn't this the best way? Even you, the Prime Minister, agreed with it before.

"That's bullshit. This is just the most despicable method. You can't imagine it."

Xie Ji chuckled again, his mouth full of sarcasm towards those officials.

These officials were not very comfortable being looked at. When had they ever been laughed at like this?

Their methods are inferior, so what are the high-end methods?

"Then Prime Minister, what is the high-end method of exploitation?"

"If you want to exploit people, how can you exploit people who are so poor? Even if you exploit them all to death, what benefits can you get? Even if you want to kill chickens, you must first fatten them up and then kill them. "

"Let the chicken starve and it will be full of bones, and you will eat happily?"

Xie Ji chuckled directly and said, those people, even if all their net worth were collected, would not have much wealth.

What's the point of just relying on these wastes, staring at the people growing those grains all day long?

"Then what good idea does the Prime Minister have?"

Shen Yi was confused and said that this is how their wealth came from.

No, that's not right, Xie Ji's wealth comes from several sources.

He is the prime minister, so he naturally has a way to make money. This Xie Ji has his own industry.

It was obvious that he favored agriculture and suppressed business, but secretly his family was selling the necessary items for life behind the scenes.

For example, when it comes to grain, they like to hoard large amounts of grain during the harvest, and then sell it at high prices during winter and spring.

He also controlled the salt and iron industry, and although the income was unknown, it was definitely a considerable sum.

But for this matter that Xie Jiqian wanted to beat up, he still openly emphasized agriculture and suppressed business, and did not allow others to sell grain, salt, etc.

If anyone dares to confront Xie Ji openly, then I'm sorry, not only will your family property be confiscated, but you will also be imprisoned.

Therefore, many businessmen were angry with Xie Ji but dared not speak out.

When Shen Yi thought about this, he cursed in his heart. You, Xie Ji, have other income. Not only are you as rich as the country, but you also have so many officials who respect you, so you are naturally not short of money.

But those officials, apart from their salaries, naturally make money by exploiting the people.

As easy as you put it, you can do it, but others can't.

But why the emperor allowed Xie Ji to do what he did? It was because when the treasury needed money, Xie Ji directly donated ten million taels of gold, which was so generous.

The emperor was naturally happy.

Shen Yi felt that Xie Ji got the money from selling the grain, and he cooperated with himself in doing business but did not let others do business.

Those bribes pale in comparison to the ten million taels of gold.

"Idiot, you wouldn't feed those chickens before killing them."

"Those people, how much money they have at home, what's the benefit of exploiting them? When the time comes, those people can't survive and rebel, and they have to send soldiers to suppress it. It doesn't cost money to join forces!"

"You plundered all those people, not to mention the plundering, and civil unrest broke out. You still want the truth to fill the hole."

"The troops of the Prime Minister don't need money. Even if they are not the soldiers of the Prime Minister, then His Majesty's soldiers don't need the money. I still have to wipe your butts. Do you know where the military rations come from? The troops of the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister Not only do we have to fill in the many holes left by you because of your corruption and bribery, but we also have to pay the Ministry of War a large amount of money every year."

"It's not you who suffer, it's the truth. The sum of all your embezzlement and bribery money is not enough to make up for the losses suffered by the truth. No matter how good-tempered I am, I will be pissed off by you."

Xie Ji scolded Shen Yi directly. He was rich, but he couldn't squander it so much!

If the original person had not used strong tactics to block all the selling rights of the necessities of daily life in the entire country, without going through the hands of those officials, it would have been insufficient to support the expenditure of the national treasury.

This is also a deal between the original body and His Majesty. The original body monopolizes most of the market in the entire country, but the premise is to pay a large fee to the treasury.

Fortunately, there were no officials inside. If any official dared to intervene regardless of life and death, the original owner would definitely send him to a prison to spend his remaining years in peace.

This is the original source of money, how could officials get involved in it?

Shen Yi was dumbfounded by the scolding, so he just said that the national treasury had been embezzled by so many officials, so logically speaking, there should be a lack of funds.

However, officials' salaries were paid as usual, and there was no emergency from the Ministry of Revenue.

The treasury was supposed to be under the control of the Minister of Household Affairs, but since He Yan said that the treasury was insufficient and Xie Ji donated 10 million taels of gold, he took over the treasury.

The emperor actually agreed for the first time, saying that the money was donated by Xie Ji, and it was natural for him to manage it.

Since then, there has been no news that the treasury is short of money.

The emperor actually knew about the money in the treasury. Xie Ji managed the money in the treasury and his own money separately. Apart from the emperor, Li Shanghe also knew the ins and outs of the money. Apart from Xie Ji, most of the people who managed the treasury secretly He is the emperor's secret guard.

It turns out that all this was paid for by the Prime Minister himself.

Then the money they embezzled and accepted bribes, wouldn't it mean that the Prime Minister should fill the hole himself?
To be continued...