The marriage has been decided, so it is natural to talk about the main things next.

Taichang originally wanted to come to Wu Yangchun to help turn the treasures, antiques and calligraphy and paintings he copied into cash, but he never thought that the Wu family would encounter big trouble.

Wu Yangchun was so anxious that he took his baby daughter to kiss her, which shows how big the trouble was. It seems that if he didn't help him solve this problem first, he wouldn't have the time to work on treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

Taichang simply asked, "Mr. Wu, we still don't know what trouble you have encountered after talking for so long. Why don't you tell me and see if I can help me?"

He is saying politely. Is there any problem in the world that even he, the emperor, cannot solve?

When Wu Yangchun heard this, he was confused in his heart.

The marriage has been decided, why is Mr. Zhu still called "Mr. Wu"? Shouldn't it be time to change his words?

He didn't know that Mr. Zhu was the emperor, and it would be strange if someone could call him "Brother-in-law".

However, he muttered in his heart.

Mr. Zhu seems to be at least in his twenties. A wealthy family like the Duke of Chengguo Mansion must have married a long time ago, and his daughter was probably just a concubine in her past.

This is the same person who is married to a concubine, so it is normal not to call him a father-in-law.

Anyway, as long as someone is willing to help.

Thinking of this, he quickly explained: "Mr. Zhu, I'm going to tell you that this matter has something to do with Wan'er. A few years ago, Xu Zhiji, the grandson of the Grand Secretary of Xu State, came to propose marriage, but the subordinate did not agree, and the result was annoyed by the other party, and the disaster came to his door."

This is strange. The Xu family has at least a grand senator, which is a rare wealthy family. Why don’t you agree to this marriage?

Who is Xu Guotai Chang of course knows that he is the Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace in the Wanli Dynasty. He has outstanding achievements and is a rare capable minister and official. In the end, he was promoted to the crown prince Taibao for his merits. He was a first-rank official of the court. Where can I find such a wealthy family?

Taichang couldn't help but say curiously: "The Grand Secretary of Xu Guo is a first-class official. There are only a few official families that can match him in the world. Xu Zhiji came to propose marriage, why don't you agree?"

Wu Yangchun glanced at Bi Maoliang, then sighed: "The Grand Secretary Xu Guo is the pride of our Huizhou area. The subordinates naturally admire him very much. However, Xu Zhiji failed to inherit the mantra of Grand Secretary Xu Guo. Not only was he anonymous imperial examination but he was also a famous wanderer in Huizhou. Not only did he have a lot of wives and concubines in his family, he also often called friends to go to Jinling to spend time, eat, drink, and bet, and everything was done. The huge family business of the Xu family was almost defeated by him. If I agree to this marriage, the Wu family's family's family will be defeated by him. I betrothed Wan'er to such a person as a concubine, wouldn't it hurt her?"

Bi Maoliang also nodded slightly and said, "This Xu Zhiji is indeed not a person. He has thrown away all the face of Grand Secretary Xu."

Well, okay, it turns out that's the kind of thing.

Taichang nodded slightly and then asked, "How did Xu Zhiji cause trouble for you?"

Wu Yangchun couldn't help but sigh, "Although Xu Zhiji is not good at character, he has a lot of friends. He doesn't know how he got to Zhang Pu, the Minister of Justice of Nanjing. He sued the Nanjing Ministry of Justice, saying that I embezzled Huangshan. Such a ridiculous thing, the Ministry of Justice actually took over. Once this lawsuit started, all kinds of bulls, ghosts, gods and snakes came. There was an evil slave Wu Rong who killed my second brother Yangze, swallowed my second brother's property, occupied my second brother's concubine, and joined my Wu rival Wu Kongjia, and urged him to sue me for occupying the twelfth floor. Alas, these two lawsuits really make me anxious!"

Who are these people?

Taichang asked, "Who is Wu Kongjia? How could he become your opponent?"

Wu Yangchun explained: "Wu Kongjia is the distant relative of Wu Tianxing, the owner of the 12th floor. This son is quite capable. He is ranked in the top three in the county, government and provincial examinations. He has become a disciple of Wei Guangwei, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing. In the future, he will definitely be no problem. After becoming a juren, he said that the 12th floor belongs to his family. He has had a fight with me several times, basically trying to extort money."

It turned out that he was arrogant after taking the exam.

Humph, even if the county, government and provincial exams are among the top three, so what if you are on the top three, even if you are on the list, I will deal with you in one sentence!

Now it seems that there is only a minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice and the left minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, just a few idle officials. It’s no big deal. If I get angry, it’s a trivial matter for me to kill them.

Taichang said lightly: "Is that all?"

It doesn't take this into consideration. It seems that Cheng Guogong Mansion is indeed amazing.

Wu Yangchun thought about it and said embarrassedly: "There is also the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue of Nanjing. I have already given him more than 100,000 taels of filial piety to him according to the rules every year. Now he took the opportunity to blackmail him again."

Salt induction!

Taichang's interest suddenly rose.

The things he came to Jiangnan to investigate this time include the salt department tax, and salt quota is the key to collecting salt quota. Salt merchants have to pay the salt quota to obtain the corresponding amount of salt quota. In other words, how much salt quota actually means how much salt quota can be collected.

Originally, the salt department tax collected by Lianghuai Salt Administration and Sichuan Salt Administration was more than one million taels, but now it is less than 500,000 taels. What's going on?

Taichang couldn't help asking: "How much salt tax did you pay and how much salt indices have you allocated?"

Wu Yangchun said without hesitation: "I pay 100,000 taels every year to exchange for 50,000 entries."

Two liang exchange for one liang, no problem!

Originally, the salt turbulence issued by Lianghuai Salt Administration was more than 400,000 yuan, while the salt turbulence issued by Sichuan Salt Administration was more than 200,000 yuan, which totaled about 700,000 yuan. The total tax of the salt department should be about 1.4 million taels, but now there are only more than 400,000 taels left, and there are still one million taels left?

Taichang thought for a while and then asked, "You only paid 100,000 taels for salt tax. Why do you have to respect Fan Jishi for more than 100,000 taels?"

this!

A bad thing, this shouldn't be mentioned.

Wu Yangchun looked at Bi Maoliang with fear and dared not say anything.

Taichang suddenly reacted and turned around and saw that Bi Maoliang actually smiled awkwardly at him.

This guy is hidden!

He finally understood that Bi Maoliang should have roughly known the tricks in the salt department tax, and also knew that Wu Yangchun was doing this business, so he brought him here specially.

This is helping him with no trace!

Well, it's a useful talent.

Taichang turned his head and said to Wu Yangchun: "If you have anything, just say it, don't be afraid, Lord Bi is his own person."

Bi Maoliang couldn't help but feel warm when he said this. It seemed that the emperor had already understood his good intentions.

He quickly echoed: "Mr. Wu, don't worry, I won't care about this."

He really won't care about this because the emperor wants to take care of it himself.

When Wu Yangchun heard this, he was stunned. He was originally afraid that Bi Maoliang, a famous honest official, would not be able to do the salt business if he knew the trick. Unexpectedly, Bi Maoliang would say this.

If Bi Maoliang doesn't care about this, he doesn't have to worry.

He looked outside and then whispered: "Actually, the salt scent now is different from the original salt scent. It turned out that one scent was 300 kilograms, and now the first scent is 600 kilograms. The extra scent is equal to what they asked me to sell on my behalf, so I must honor them more than 100,000 taels every year."

So that's the case!

After doing this, the tax on the salt department was reduced by half, leaving only more than 700,000 taels.

Hey, it’s not right. The current tax on salt departments is obviously only more than 400,000 taels.

Taichang asked again: "You mean, the salt intake is half less than before? No, I heard in the capital that the current tax on salt departments is less than 30%."

Uh, this one.

Wu Yangchun looked at Bi Maoliang carefully again. Seeing that he had no reaction, he made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said, "The income from this salt ray is only distributed to officials of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue. The people from the Salt Core Division in the salt field will also recruit some salt merchants to help them sell private salt. Anyway, everyone is greedy, and no one will report anyone. They only said to the above that the weather is bad and the salt field will reduce production."

OK, it took no time to get it. I finally figured out the taxes of the salt department.
Chapter completed!