After leaving the Sibao Store, Wang Jiaping and Xu Guo were silent. While lowering their eyebrows and thinking, they continued to walk forward.

The words of the shopkeeper had a very big impact on them. They had never seen anyone defending the power to pay taxes to the court, whether it was the landlord or the people,

After walking for a while, Wang Jiaping suddenly took a deep breath and said, "I know why Guo Dan is so low-key. Although he manages this place in an orderly manner, he has no prestige at all. The reason is precisely because he has the same power and pays the same taxes as ordinary people. In this way, his "contract system" is convincing."

Xu Guo nodded and said, "It is precisely this principle. If he holds great power, is superior and has all the privileges, then his rules will not be implemented."

Wang Jiaping sighed: "He has no way to do anything, but his level of governance is much higher than that of you and me!"

Xu Guo nodded, feeling ashamed of himself

"Jiang Taifu!"

Hearing a shout, Jiang Yinglin turned his head and saw a medium-sized scholar with a goatee standing by the street and smiling at him, and couldn't help but say happily: "Xue Wenqing."

Xue Wenqing smiled and walked up quickly, bowed and bowed: "I wonder when Tai Fu came to Wei Hui?"

Jiang Yinglin replied with a bow and said, "I just arrived today. How are Brother Xue coming soon?"

Xue Wenqing smiled bitterly and said, "It's not very good."

Jiang Yinglin was slightly stunned.

Xue Wenqing said: "The humble house is nearby. If Taifu doesn't think the humble house is simple, it's better to go to the humble house to talk about it."

"That's annoying!"

Jiang Yinglin bowed and bowed.

This person from Xue Wenqing and Wei Hui once worked in Shaanxi with Jiang Yinglin. The two of them were like alike, but because they refused to join other officials later, they were excluded. They angrily resigned and returned to their hometown to teach and educate. Of course, their Xue family is also a big landlord of Wei Hui Mansion, and he did not have to worry about food and clothing when he returned home.

When he arrived at Xue Wenqing's house, Xue Wenqing poured a cup of tea for Jiang Yinglin and said, "Why did Taifu suddenly visit Weihui Mansion?"

Jiang Yinglin smiled and shook his head and said, "It's just for Guo Dan. Now there is no official in Weihui Mansion. Of course, the court is not at ease to let Guo Dan come. Therefore, he will always send the supervisor and censor to supervise. I am also ordered to come this time."

Xue Wenqing nodded, his expression looking a little weird.

Jiang Yinglin asked, "Brother Xue said it just now, why didn't you? What happened?"

Xue Wenqing sighed, "I'm going to tell you, in fact, I just came back from Kaifeng. I originally planned to sell the house and the fields."

"oh?"

Jiang Yinglin said: "Why is this?"

Xue Wenqing smiled awkwardly: "It is also because of Guo Dan. At that time, I heard that the court actually sent a merchant to take over Weihui's mansion. I was so angry that I had not had enough food for several days. We read the book of sages. How could we give the merchant to profit-oriented? Therefore, I have been writing to the court and asking the court to withdraw the order. After the fruitlessness, I went to Kaifeng Mansion, but I never thought about it."

Jiang Yinglin said: "I never thought that Guo Dan would manage Wei Hui Mansion in an orderly manner."

Xue Wenqing said annoyedly: "This time I really judge a gentleman by the heart of a villain. Alas!"

As he said that, he slapped the table with a heavy palm.

He has always cherished his reputation very much. At first he thought the emperor was too outrageous. It would be fine if you sent a eunuch. After all, eunuchs still have official positions, so it is barely legitimate. You sent a businessman. He was even more foolish than Jie and Zhou. During this period, he scolded Wanli a lot, but he didn't expect that it would be the result. His face was so slapped, which really made him regret it.

Jiang Yinglin frowned and said, "I haven't understood the current situation of Weihui Mansion. I have just asked that many gentry and landlords with tax exemption are also paying taxes now. This really makes me puzzled."

Xue Wenqing waved his hand and said, "You can't say that. They are actually tax-free, just because a person only needs to pay one or two cents a year. For example, their wife and daughter naturally don't need to go out to do things, so they don't have to pay taxes. Therefore, many tax-free gentry have taken the initiative to ask for taxes because this can gain a good reputation, but if they hire people and make contracts, they have to pay a lot of taxes."

Jiang Yinglin smiled and said, "Brother Xue, you know that I am straight-hearted and will not beat around the bush. In the past, they tried their best to borrow tax-free privileges, merge land, and conceal taxes. Now Guo Dan is just sharing the land tax on everyone's heads. Why don't they find a way not to pay this tax? Are they afraid of Guo Dan?"

Xue Wenqing waved his hand and said, "The tenant farming system has been abolished now, and many wealthy businessmen come here to do business. They all want to hire people. If anyone does not pay taxes, then naturally no one will come to their house to work. Now Weihui Mansion does not have to worry about not having any work.

In addition, the loss of not paying tax is greater than that of paying tax. The silk, cotton, vegetables and poultry in the workshops are bought from them. If they do not pay tax, no one will cooperate with them.

What makes Guo Dan really powerful is that he did not let the landlords take more money to share the burden of the people, but let the people make money while allowing the landlords to make more money. Therefore, his "contract system" will be supported by everyone. In this regard, I think most of the ministers in the court are not as good as him."

"So that's it." Jiang Yinglin understood completely and looked at Xue Wenqing again and said, "I heard Brother Xue's tone, I seem to be convinced by Guo Dan."

"I can't deny this either."

Xue Wenqing said: "Although the Weihui Mansion is full of the smell of money today, everyone wants to make more money, but coexist with justice and equality. To the words of Guo Dan, as long as you don't break the law, no matter how much money you earn, it is what you deserve. It's nothing wrong. Compared to the Weihui Mansion in the past, I prefer the Weihui Mansion now, so I'm back here, which is a pity."

Speaking of this, a bitter smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I'm not afraid of you being laughed at by Tai Fu. A few days ago, I wanted to go to the litigation court to do my part and do my part to maintain the fairness and justice of the Weihui Mansion, but they rejected it."

Jiang Yinglin said curiously: "Why? With Brother Xue's character and talent, if you can't go to the litigation court, then I can see that the entire Weihui Mansion can go there to do things!"

"Don't dare, don't dare." Xue Wenqing shook his head and said, "According to the 'contract', the litigator must be appointed by Guo Dan, and anyone who has opposed him today cannot enter the litigation court."

Jiang Yinglin said: "He is taking revenge on his own, why does Brother Xue still highly respect him?"

Xue Wenqing said: "Because of his reasons, I was convinced."

“What’s the reason?”

"That's what I said, at the beginning, I judged a gentleman with the heart of a villain, ignored the people and denied him as a businessman. How could I be competent for this litigator with such character?"

Jiang Yinglin was speechless for a moment.

This reason is indeed unquestionable. If a businessman and a scholar appear in the same case, and you have done what you have done before, you must be biased towards a scholar. How can such a person be a litigant?

Fang Fengshi walked on the street for a while, and suddenly said to Wu Guansheng beside him: "Take me to the military camp to see."

Wu Guansheng said embarrassedly: "Report to Lord Shangshu, there is no one in the military camp, and the soldiers are on duty outside."

"All of them are on duty outside?" Fang Fengshi said in surprise.

Unless he was in war, he had never seen any military camp without anyone.

Wu Guansheng nodded straight and said, "It's all because Guo Dan is too snobbish. He doesn't allow others to be idle. As long as he gets money, he has to do things. If there is no other task, he has to build the river."

Fang Fengshi frowned and looked at him.

Wu Guansheng hurriedly changed his words: "Because there are many merchants coming and going, and the border of Weihui Mansion is not at peace, the soldiers have all gone out to work, and those who stay are all stationed at the city gate and dock."

Fang Fengshi now knows that in the Weihui Mansion, who doesn’t want to come, asks: “You are so and treat those people who want to come to Weihui Mansion?”

Wu Guansheng said: "There is no specific statement yet, so we can only try our best to drive them away and not allow them to enter."

Fang Fengshi nodded and said, "This is still a problem!"

Before we knew it, it was evening.

Hot spring pavilion.

"It's so comfortable! No wonder so many people come here."

Zhang Cheng lay lazily on the collapse. Two girls on both sides pinched his old arms and legs. Looking at the sunset outside the window, moaned comfortably, and then lay beside him and said, "Guo Dan, you don't have to spend money on the money we spend here, so as not to break your rules. Xiaojie will give it to us."

Guo Dan smiled bitterly and said, "The inner minister misunderstood. I mean, Weihui Mansion has no obligation to entertain officials, but I am personally, so this is not a problem." He thought to himself, you are the only eunuch, in the hot spring pavilion, even if you want to spend money, you don't have the ability, how much money can you spend.

"It's free, it's free." Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said, "If you want to spend money on our family, maybe Wang Jiaping and the others will have their opinions again and cause trouble."

Just now, Guan Xiaojie was always entertaining him and told him how big the rouge workshop was, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Just then, Chen Xusheng suddenly walked over quickly, "Report to the inner minister, our children's team is back. Grand Secretary Wang invites the inner minister and Guo Dan to discuss matters."

Ji County and Hua County are adjacent to each other. They rushed back from Qimen Town and rode a horse for half a day.

Zhang Cheng was so comfortable that he didn't want to get up and said, "Our family is just here to check it out, not to be in charge of the business. Guo Dan, go by yourself, our family wants to sleep for a while."

"Yes, then I'll go there first."

When Tong Li came back, Wang Jiaping asked them to go over and discuss the matter, of course the discussion was about the armed battle in Qimen Town.

When Guo Dan arrived at the military camp, Tong Li told Guo Dan that the small court in Qimen Town directly determined that the people involved in the fight were all self-defense, so they were all acquitted and also pushed the blame to the officers and soldiers. This is your task, how can the people do this?

The gentry is a local gentry. If it is a fighting in the neighboring villages within the territory, the local gentry cannot participate in the trial and must avoid suspicion. However, Xiahe Village belongs to Daming Prefecture, so local people can also be tried, and only their own people will be tried, so of course it is acquitted.

"Although it's not my control, I think it's reasonable."

Guo Dan nodded straight.

Wang Jiaping shook his head slightly, but it was hard to say anything. This was indeed in Xiahe Village. Why did you go to someone else's house for nothing? He said: "Guo Dan, although this matter is not a big deal, it cannot be ignored. You are now taking over by Weihui Mansion. The situation is very special. I wonder how you plan to deal with your relationship with your neighboring state?"

Guo Dan said: "Dear sirs, I am just a businessman."

"We know you are a businessman, so you don't have to keep talking." Xu Guo interrupted Guo Dan's words rudely. Now when he heard this, his face hurt.

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "I mean, I only care about Weihui Mansion. The people of other prefectures have nothing to do with me. If they enter here and have no household registration, it is difficult to manage, and I will definitely not allow them to enter."

Fang Fengshi said, "But you may not be able to stop him!"

Guo Dan said: "That's not necessarily the case. They came here just to find work. If I let them not find work, they wouldn't come."

Wang Jiaping said: "Is this a little too much?"

Guo Tan asked, "What should I do if the lord says?"

Wang Jiaping frowned. The man walked to the high place and the water flowed to the low place. The Weihui Mansion is now too far from other prefectures, especially for the people, they must be running here. This will lead to problems. Weihui Mansion is not easy to manage, and taxes in other prefectures will also be reduced. The key is that those county officials are also embarrassed.

"How about this." Guo Dan suddenly spoke.

Wang Jiaping hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Guo Dan said: "I will discuss with those businessmen and contract some taxes in the surrounding county towns. In this way, it will not only reduce the burden on the people, but also make it easier for the government there to receive taxes."

Xu Guo said in surprise: "How can I do this?"

Taxation is the primary issue of the country, so how can it be done by the way in your mouth?

Guo Dan said: "According to the current tax laws of the court, the people have to pay taxes with silver, so many people deliberately hoard silver to exploit the people. This undoubtedly adds to the burden on the people and also makes the local government very troubled, because the government has to pay silver to the court.

Our Weihui Mansion can reach an agreement in the surrounding Lin County. We can purchase silk, cotton and other raw materials from local people at a reasonable price, and then we will directly pay the silver to the local government. This is the tax they pay. As long as the people's burden is reduced, they will naturally not run to Weihui Mansion."

Wang Jiaping and Xu Guo's eyes lit up when he heard this. This method was really wonderful. All three of them benefited from it...

Jiang Yinglin suddenly said: "It's not impossible to do this, but will other prefectures and counties think that your Weihui Mansion has violated their jurisdiction?"
Chapter completed!