Zhu Yihai was in a good mood, and he also issued an edict to exempt more than a dozen governments under the General's Mansion from all taxes for a year.

This move greatly boosted the confidence of the people who supported him, especially the merchants, the richer the merchants became more excited.

The annual commercial tax is at least seven or eight million taels, and Zhu Yihai is indeed making a big deal.

This caused the noise in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce to rise gradually, and the undercurrent gradually floated in the open.

However, compared with the excitement of the merchant class, civilians could not much interest. The agricultural tax in the territory under the jurisdiction of the General's Mansion had been reduced. While greatly improving the social status of merchants, Wu Zheng transferred the agricultural tax to the merchants. In Wu Zheng's words, those who are capable should work harder!

But because of this, Zhu Yihai's large-scale tax exemption did not achieve his expected goal. At least, the biggest benefit was still a few people. In the whole world, the merchant class was the minority.

But on the other hand, it should be said that no matter what purpose Zhu Yihai is for, he can think of tax reduction to attract people's hearts, and this move is correct.

But some people, that's different.

For example, Zhou Ruzhang, after making great contributions to "quelling" Hangzhou City and surrounding people, made a fool of himself - settle the accounts after autumn!

That's right, the millions of taels of silver that were stolen from Shanxi merchants would have to pay back 65% of them.

The money has bottomed out. Zhou Ruzhang sprinkled silver everywhere like water in just one month.

By hiring, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in various governments to compete with the protesters of various governments who were incited by the Women's Government, and burn money!

Originally, Zhou Ruzhang thought that he would hire people at the price of hiring workers in Hangzhou. However, the price of workers in Hangzhou is not low now, and he earns fifty cents a day (at this time the exchange rate of copper coins is one tael of silver and two hundred to two hundred and 230 cents). In other words, it is basically done for four days, and one tael of silver is only one tael of silver.

Zhou Ruzhang was still able to bear the price. Unfortunately, I heard that he wanted to oppose the protesters and even fight, so the price was not attractive.

In desperation, Zhou Ruzhang had to use the trick of a brave man with a heavy reward. He gritted his teeth and twelve a day.

More than 100,000 people, one or two taels a day, and a month later, more than half of the money they had been extorted.

However, this is just a fee incurred by hiring people. Zhou Ruzhang has to pay for daily food and drinks, for example, if the employed person proposes that if he goes ten miles away, he has to hire a car and cannot walk.

Of course, this is an excuse. Even if Zhou Ruzhang is willing to hire a car, he will not be able to find so many cars for a while.

So, discount!

In this way, the conflict between the two sides over a month emptied Zhou Ruzhang's pocket.

Zhou Ruzhang seemed to be proud of his youth, but in fact he was anxious and had no words to express.

As an official, you are going to make money. The bigger the official, the bigger the money you make. Otherwise, the bigger the official, the more you lose money you will lose. Who would have to find trouble to become an official?

Zhou Ruzhang knew that he could not squeeze out oil and water in Zhu Yihai. Zhu Yihai was banned from Chen Qianshan Island for more than two years, so where did he get the money?

Zhou Ruzhang made such a "strong" contribution, and Zhu Yihai was nothing more than a reward for the title of Grand Secretary. Can Grand Secretary satisfy his hunger and thirst?

Today's court is just an empty stance, and in fact it can only be regarded as the head of the court, because the real court is in Yingtian Prefecture, no matter which side, it will not be denied.

How could Zhou Ruzhang get the money? Including Zhu Yihai, the ministers' salaries were not settled, and they were all fulfilling their obligations.

The financial power of the General's Mansion is in the hands of the Finance Department, that is, Mo Zhinian. The Finance Department is independent of the General's Mansion. Even if the former governor Xiong Rulin wants to get a salary, he has to discuss it with Mo Zhinian.

This made Zhou Ruzhang extremely angry, and at the same time it also proved how wise Wu Zheng’s original decision was!

In this world, officials are corrupt.

For example, which family does not have tens of thousands of dollars in deposited in the family?

This is just the beginning. Just like when Qian Sule was in the dynasty, it was difficult to destroy the family. He gathered people to raise flags to fight against the Qing Dynasty. He sold his family and earned more than 60,000 taels of silver. With the help of local gentry and silk, he accumulated more than 200,000 taels of wealth when he raised his army. Can it be said that there was no silver among the people of the Ming Dynasty?

When Wu Zheng started to set this rule, he thought about the future.

If an official does not care about wealth, he will fundamentally avoid corruption. This principle is absolutely true, but it cannot become a law.

Because the reason why an official is an official is to gather politics and law and power together. How can one easily delegate power as a vested interest?

But the General's Mansion is different. This is almost Wu Zheng's private property. Wu Zheng has absolute decision-making power, which has led to the dilemma of today's financial and political separation, which also caused Zhu Yihai to find that there was no money available after he ascended the throne.

Of course, if Zhu Yihai dares to touch the Mo family, it would be a different matter.

The problem is that Zhu Yihai dared not move, and the ministers in the court did not have the intention, and even Zhou Ruzhang, a new Grand Secretary, dared not mention it.

Why? Are you afraid of silver chewing your hands?

wrong!

In fact, the reason is very simple, just four words - the lips are gone and the teeth are cold.

The Lord of the Ministry of Justice starts with this, and must end with this. If Zhou Ruzhang incites Zhu Yihai, arrests Mo Zhinian and confiscates the Mo family, let alone whether he can get the power and money of the Chamber of Commerce. Just saying this is equivalent to cutting off oneself.

What is the Mo family? The prominent family of several generations of great merchants is deeply rooted in Jiangnan. Zhou Ruzhang himself is such a family. Confiscating the Mo family is equivalent to setting a very bad precedent. Just imagine, if the court has no money to spend, he will search for a wealthy family and search it, and the Zhou family may become the next one.

Therefore, Zhou Ruzhang was anxious, but he never moved his thoughts to the point of not being obsessed with.

Zhou Ruzhang thought of a solution, which is to accumulate a lot of things!

If you do less, it’s just ordinary people.

Of course, those who are hired by themselves cannot move, which is called breaking their arms. At this time, they still need to help and shout slogans and balance the people who oppose the protest. The most important thing is that they have to rely on them to do the small things.

Then, the goal is clear. Apart from Jiangnan merchants, literati, and those who are employed by themselves, the rest are the objects of "accumulation".

Where to grab money!

I am really robbing money. Anyone who opposed the son ascending the throne today before participating was robbed.

In their words, this is called "Natou Donation".

It means that if you commit a serious crime, the emperor is kind, he will not do anything to himself, and he will not kill his head, but you have to spend money to eliminate disasters!

For a time, the entire Hangzhou City and surrounding areas began to storm.

These innocent people have disbanded and returned to their own homes, and are unable to resist these prepared gangs, so they can only watch their property in their homes be robbed.

But there are also bloody people who resist, but they are weak and bloody and start to appear.

The dead were dead, and the suffering people finally began to gather spontaneously again.

This evil fire began to spread to the prefectures and counties farther away, and the more it burned, the more it became!
Chapter completed!