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Chapter 952 If you don't pay taxes, you will be considered collaborating with the enemy!

Jingzhao Mansion, the imperial palace in Chang'an City, above the Daqing Palace.

The tense routine is coming again.

Although good news circulated frequently, saying that the frontier army cooperated with the forbidden army, how many private soldiers of the Khitan tribe were wiped out every day, how many people were gathered, and how many Han people were naturalized... But the court did not know what to do.

The Khitans can't beat but can still run, so how can they win so easily?If more than [-] imperial troops were buried in the grasslands, and the Khitans went south again, Dashun would suffer.

The civil servants were worried, and the generals were worried about the war.There is even a saying that if you want to bridge the Liao Kingdom, you can give some old coins every year in exchange for peace...

Through the Supervision Department, Lu Chengqi knew the expressions of all the officials, but silently recorded the red and black records of the employers, but did not move.

At this moment, he has a more important thing to do.

After the monarchs and ministers were present, the court began.Lu Chengqi said logically: "Everyone has a book to play early, and I will leave the court without incident..."

Before the words were finished, Hubu Shangshu jumped out of Lin Zhenzhong, holding the court wat, and said in a crying voice: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play."

Seeing his appearance, Lu Chengqi hesitated: "Um...you must play!" In fact, he knew in his heart that Lin Zhenzhong was just acting in cooperation with him, but this acting... seems too exaggerated, right?

"Your Majesty, I implore you to withdraw your troops, we can no longer fight with the Khitan!" Lin Zhenzhong said with tears and snot in his nose, "Tomorrow is the time to pay the salary, but the treasury..."

Lu Chengqi was "surprised" and asked, "What happened to the treasury?"

"The treasury has just distributed the military salary and delivered the grain and grass. There are... only one thousand copper coins left..." Lin Zhenzhong said sadly.

This was terrible, and the Daqing Hall immediately boiled.The imperial court can't pay the salary, this... This is simply appalling!

Immediately, an official came out to question: "Lin Shangshu, I want to know, the national tax exceeds ten million yuan a year. I don't know how Lin Shangshu spends it?"

"Yeah, Lin Shangshu, how can you do this?" All the officials agreed, because the salary is too important, and the officials don't have a salary, so let their family go to drink the northwest wind?It can be said that Lin Zhenzhong's words have already offended the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Someone even suggested: "The national treasury has no money, but the Royal Bank has money!"

"Huangzhuang also has money..."

Lu Chengqi glanced at it, and it was Zhang Dun and Lu Huiqing who made these two suggestions.Not to mention Zhang Dun, he was born in a family, knowledgeable and good at writing, handsome in appearance, and arrogant and conceited.Lu Huiqing is quite selfish. Although he is not on the line, it still makes people quite uncomfortable.It's no wonder that he would say the absurd thing about asking Huangzhuang to pay for his salary. He can do anything for his own self-interest.

Lu Cheng enlightened the officials to be quiet, and then slowly said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have a salary. As I remember, Zhu Qing's net worth is also very rich. Well, Zhang Qing, didn't your family open a dyeing workshop and have a silk thread mill?" A factory? By the way, Lu Qing, I remember that rice shop and oil shop in your house are doing very well! And..."

Lu Chengqi clicked the names of dozens of ministers in succession. The faces of these ministers were all green and white, as if they were dyed, they were really pretty.

The rest of the officials all restrained a lot.Those who were not named by Lu Chengqi actually had quite a few properties in their families.Lu Chengqi's eyes swept over them, and after a short stop, they knew that the emperor had known about this for a long time.That's right, he took control of the Supervision Department, uncovered a lot of scum a few days ago, and made the Supervision Department flourish.Even if the officials have a slight disturbance, there is nothing that Lu Chengqi does not know.To put it bluntly, if you pick up ashes one day, everyone will know about it within a day.

With supervision, these officials will not dare to mess around.

At this time, Zhang Dun was in a hurry, and he went out to the court and complained: "Your Majesty, this minister is supporting the family!"

"Oh, I remember that Zhang Qing's monthly salary is as high as a hundred guan. Could it be that he can't support his family?" Lu Chengqi's words were very cruel. Severe punishment for corrupt officials has been written in the "Da Shun Law". Can be imprisoned, or even exiled.How do you let Zhang Dun answer this?
He was sweating profusely in anxiety, and quickly argued: "Your Majesty, the "Da Shun Law" did not specify that relatives of officials cannot operate it, right? Besides, supporting business is also His Majesty's established policy..."

"Then, is it written in the "Da Shun Law" that relatives of officials who run shops can not pay taxes?" Lu Chengqi looked at him rather playfully, with a smile on his face.

Looking at Lu Chengqi's smiling face, Zhang Dun's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had fallen into a pit: "Your Majesty, although the "Da Shun Law" has not been clearly stated, it is an ancestral system and cannot be lightly discarded..."

Lu Chengqi still stared at him with a smile on his face: "That's right, the soldiers are fighting bloody battles on the front line, and while you're saying that the conquest is meaningless, you are running a large area of ​​land and many shops, but you refuse to pay the imperial court a penny of tax. Now The treasury is out of money, and you can’t pay your salary, so you ask me for it, you are indeed scholars, this reasoning is very logical!"

Zhang Dun bit his head and said: "Your Majesty, the reward of eating the king and the matter of being loyal to the king have been the practice since ancient times. How can it be unreasonable? My minister..."

Lu Chengqi stood up abruptly: "I don't know you people with good morals? You are all strict with others and lenient with yourself. Whenever you see others break the rules, you will attack them. Once you make a mistake, you will be punished." But use the law of the ancestors, the theory of benevolence and righteousness to prevaricate!"

This sentence was extremely heartbreaking, Manchu Wenwu seemed to not know Lu Chengqi, and looked at him like a monster.

Lu Chengqi's sentence "stricter to others, more lenient than self-discipline" revealed the essence of these civil servants, and they were so astonished that they couldn't even speak.Everyone is well aware of this, but who would have thought that the emperor would actually puncture this layer of paper?Let's say he is stunned, he has been the emperor for so many years, it is impossible to be stunned.There is only one explanation, that is, the emperor is determined to ask them to pay taxes.

"I'm leaving my words here now. Now is an extraordinary period. The government and the gentry pay the food as a whole, and no one is an exception! Anyone who does not pay taxes will be regarded as collaborating with the enemy, sentenced to treason, and cut in half!!!" Lu Chengqi said, Like a sledgehammer, each word was hammered heavily on the hearts of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, making them breathless.

The civil servants with a political vision understood that Lu Chengqi had tied more than [-] officials from Dashun to his chariot, and used his salary to overwhelm them, officials and businessmen!

The Han people are so strange. If everyone pays taxes together, they have nothing to say, and everyone pays, and they are not at a disadvantage; but they are the only ones who pay.Don't worry about scarcity but worry about inequality, don't worry about poverty but worry about uneasiness, this is a wise saying.

What's more, Lu Chengqi's words are extremely vague, what is an extraordinary period?I am afraid that once a practice is formed, there will be an additional article in the "Law of Dashun": "Paying taxes according to the law is the responsibility of the people of Dashun. Anyone who resists taxes, evades taxes, evades taxes, cheats taxes, or avoids taxes, regardless of official status Big or small, they will be punished severely according to the law!"

At that time, it will be a certainty for the whole people to pay taxes.

Are these officials willing?
One hundred people are unwilling, but now that Lu Chengqi is so strong, is it their turn to say "no"?If they were exposed by Dashun Minbao, their reputation for hard work would immediately be tainted.For the sake of face, let's pay taxes.Anyway, everyone accepted it, and they were not the only ones.

Of course, Lu Chengqi didn't just slap him, and didn't give sweet dates.He hinted that as long as the national treasury is full, the imperial court can give priority to purchase if there are rice grains among the officials and businessmen.In this way, the voice of opposition will be much smaller.

This time, Shen Zhizheng Shizhang came out, saying that this government is very good.Zhang Yu was a Jinshi in the third year of Hongxiang.Li Chen Liuzhi County.Jingdong Transshipment Judge, Hubei Prison Envoy, Chengdu Road Transshipment Envoy, etc., have outstanding achievements.All the way through the promotion, he actually managed to participate in political affairs, which is not unpleasant.Of course, this person is also extremely talented, both civil and military, and is very highly valued by Lu Chengqi.

Ye Wuyixian, it's not that Lu Chengqi praised himself, but he really did it.

With such a talented person to assist, why worry about Dashun's unhappiness?

(End of this chapter)