As if influenced and encouraged by Li Ling and his words and deeds, Lin Chen became more and more courageous at this time, and his voice became louder. He looked straight ahead and said loudly: "Master Butang, not only does Huguang have any questions about taxes, but also has tricks in taxes in Jiangnan..."

As soon as these words came out, a light shout sounded again in the scene that was still a little quiet, and Dai Xiao suddenly turned his head and shouted like an old cat with his tail stepped on: "Bold Lin Chen, how dare you talk so nonsense and bite the official! You are just a clerk under Jin Huan. If there is a problem with Huguang's taxes, you can see any clues? Is this Jiangnan taxes related to you? He dares to speak nonsense. Do you really think that my Ministry of Revenue can let you talk nonsense?"

When he said this, his eyes quickly swept over the face of another subordinate. This person was Bian Yong, the head of the Qing official of the Ministry of Revenue. He immediately understood and stepped forward: "Mr., the subordinate is wronged. I have always been careful in handling tax matters and dare not be negligent at all. How dare I do anything corrupt and abused..."

"Bian Yong has always been honest and low-key, and he has never heard of anything wrong he has done before..."

"Did Lin Chen really falsify the official without regard for the truth and falsehood in his hurry, and wants to completely make things out of control?"

The officials who had originally believed in Li Ling and the others' lawsuit began to doubt this time. Although they didn't say anything, they were already muttering.

"Lin Chen, what do you say? If there is no conclusive evidence, this is a false accusation. Once you take the blame, you should know what the consequences are!" Ye Kuanda was annoyed. If he had taken the initiative before, Jiangnan's statement would have the possibility of expelling Dai Xiao and the others.

"The villain dares not say anything. It is indeed a few days ago that someone occasionally mentioned the mystery hidden in Jiangnan taxes..." Lin Chen looked confused, "They said that the Jiangnan taxes this year have been settled, but they are 30% higher than in previous years. This is completely unreasonable. I am afraid that someone has tampered with it!"

"Haha, I heard that? Just because I heard someone say a few gossips, you took it out as evidence to criticize my official? The master of the ministry clearly understands that when can such rumors become evidence to prove the imperial officials?" Dai Xiao consciously grasped the flaw and immediately complained.

At the same time, Bian Yong also shouted unjustly: "The ministry and the officials also followed the court's laws and regulations, as well as the tax rates determined by the land population and commerce in Jiangnan over the past few years. There is absolutely no disadvantage..."

"The tax rate of Shanyin and Lin'an Prefectures this year is suddenly 40% higher than last year. This is obviously unreasonable life-threatening!" Lin Chen was completely willing to sacrifice his life at this time and shouted loudly again, "I also know that this is the two officials who refused to give up 5,000 taels of silver in order to beat the two places..."

As soon as the words came, everyone's eyes fell on Dai Xiao and Bian Yong again, because a month ago, officials from several prefectures in Jiangnan came to the Ministry of Revenue to discuss tax matters. As for the result, only a few officials from the Qing Lishu Department knew it themselves.

Feeling the pressure, Bian Yong glanced at Jin Huan, who was a little lost on the side. His colleague's current situation was extremely tragic. Even if Dai Xiao could finally get rid of the crime, he would be implicated after the investigation of Huguang. I am afraid that his official position would be difficult to protect.

Compared with Huguang, taxes in Jiangnan will only be more important, and now there are more than 30% of the senior officials in the court who are from Jiangnan. Once these people know about this, they will definitely take action. At that time, Doctor Dai may be able to escape unscathed, and he, like the head of the Ministry of Revenue, will not be able to protect himself.

Although he was Dai Xiao's confidant, he did not have his own official position, and he was even more intimate than that... Thinking of this, Bian Yong shouted: "Ministry, the officials knew that they were wrong..."

"Hmm?" Almost everyone shivered. Did you take the initiative to admit your mistake? Ye Kuan was even more energetic: "What do you say?"

"I dare not hide the taxes of the Ministry. Although the officials in Jiangnan were doing their best to do their best, because of the orders of the doctor Dai, the taxes of the Shanyin and Lin'an were not decided by the officials..." Bian Yong's meaning was very clear. I handed over this power, so even if something really happened, it had nothing to do with me.

Ye Kuan was a little angry: "How could this be?"

"It's just... because the Guanguan Administrator Dai Wanchun wanted to be familiar with many affairs of our Ministry of Revenue, so Dr. Dai handed over the tax affairs of the two governments to him." When he said this, Bian Yong unconsciously lowered his head and did not dare to face Dai Xiao who was looking fiercely.

Ye Kuan's voice followed: "Dai Xiao, is this happening?"

"Yes...yes." Dai Xiao really didn't expect that his confidant would give him a knife at this critical moment, but now he can only take one step at a time. However, he has carefully read all the relevant documents and files of the two governments, and he has done nothing inappropriately. Even if the tax increases compared to last year, it is reasonable.

Although Dai Xiao himself has enough confidence, he obviously overestimated his nephew's psychological quality. In fact, since the beginning of this storm, many people pointed their finger at their uncles, Dai Wanchun felt panic and uneasy. When the topic turned to Jiangnan taxation, especially the contents of Lin'an Mansions in Shanyin, his heart even reached his throat.

Bian Yong's final betrayal finally caused the young politician who had not experienced the storm of the court to collapse instantly. Just as Ye Kuan's eyes swept from Dai Xiao's face to him, he couldn't help but scream: "It has nothing to do with me. The determination of these two taxes was done by Li Ling, and even if there is a problem, it is also a mistake he made!"

"What?"

This time, Ye Kuan, the two ministers and Dai Xiao changed color at the same time, and the other officials also showed a look of surprise - are you reselling goods? He actually transferred such a big deal from the head to the Guanguanguan, and then to another Guanguanguanguanguan who was doing odd jobs in the warehouse?

If it is put in later generations, there is another special noun, called layer-by-layer outsourcing...

Among these people, Dai Xiao was the one who was most shocked. He stared at his nephew: "You... you actually handed over such an important errand to others for help?"

Dai Wanchun lowered his head and did not dare to reply. But at this time Dai Xiao had already understood the whole story, and his heart was cold. The matter was really troublesome, because from Li Ling stood up and proved that this young man was not simple, and his actions were extremely sharp. Now, the tax affairs of these two governments were handed over to him, isn’t it just a matter of giving someone a handle?

There are indeed problems with the taxes in Shanyin and Lin'an this year, and the root cause is indeed as mentioned before. It is because officials from both places refuse to treat him with the benefits of doctors, so he must kill the chicken to warn the monkey. Otherwise, will there be other officials in the future dare not give him face?

But Dai Xiao also knew very well that this matter was large. Jiangnan was not as good as Huguang. It was a real place for this dynasty to have a heavy financial position. Moreover, tax increases were not like tax cuts. Once something went wrong, it was very likely to cause trouble. So he didn't dare to let Bian Yong, who was already timid and afraid of things, come to do this, but chose his more reliable nephew Dai Wanchun. After all, they were close to their uncles and nephews, and broke their bones and were the least likely to betray him.

But Dai Xiao couldn't even calculate that his nephew would suddenly do this and hand over the errand to Li Ling. Whether he was for self-protection - if something happened, he could still blame Li Ling, now he did this - or was out of laziness, anyway, he was completely cheated by his nephew.

At this time, many eyes fell back to Li Ling, and he looked a little confused. Ye Kuan suppressed his anger and asked, "Li Ling, is there any such thing?" There were too many unreasonable things revealed today, which made Ye Shangshu feel a little numb.

Li Ling was silent for a moment before nodding: "Return to the ministry hall, a few days ago, Dai Wanchun did ask me to help him handle some documents, including tax settlement in Shanyin and Lin'an."

"Why are you willing to help him? Aren't you doing the job in the Jiageku?"

"Because of friendship in the same year..." Li Ling's words were interrupted by Dai Wanchun's words: "Because you also made an extremely serious mistake, I found it! The ministry, Li Ling left the yamen almost every morning and disappeared. He dereliction of duty should be severely punished!"

Having reached this point, Li Ling completely stood opposite to his uncle and nephew. Dai Wanchun could not help him keep the secret anymore, and immediately said loudly: "If the master of the ministry does not believe it, the subordinate officials will also have the confession written by him in his own hand, which is enough to prove it!"

Everyone from Ye Kuan listened to him talking about this hunch. There were enough troubles today, and Li Ling's incident was not a serious mistake. But as the Minister of the House, Ye Kuan couldn't help but ask: "Li Ling, is what he told me true?"

"I went back to the ministry hall. I did have a few days before the government office. I did not do this because I was lazy, and unlike Dai Wanchun said, I went out to have fun. It was all written by him who forced me to write on the confession. The officials went out just to find out the questions about taxes in Huguang, so I went to the two cities and found local merchants to ask about the disaster in Huguang in recent years..." Li Ling answered immediately and gave a reasonable explanation.

Seeing this, Dai Wanchun was about to refute, but saw Li Ling curling his lips and smiling at him. Then he said, "There are also masters of the ministry and officials who have something strange to say, that is, the taxes in Shanyin and Lin'an. I did help him deal with related matters that day, but in the accounts, the tax rates I set were only half the more than the tax rates in the two places last year, so how could it be as much as 40%?"
Chapter completed!