"Mr. Bige, you have no idea at all about the establishment of a new national tax office in the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Han Xu frowned, looked at Bi Ziyan who was busy at the desk, and said eagerly: "Guan Shaoning... is the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he didn't even go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe the government.

Even if the matter of the National Tax Office is a done deal and cannot be changed, talented people who are proficient in taxation should be selected to serve as the doctor of the National Tax Office.

According to His Majesty's wishes, the National Tax Department is temporarily in charge of the collection of banknotes. Once the order is stabilized, the amount of commercial taxes to be levied will be gradually clarified.

But after all, it involves water transportation, so we cannot afford not to pay attention to it.

If Guan Shaoning is unable to take on this important task and any trouble occurs in the water transport, the consequences will be disastrous, and the officials in the DPRK will be very suspicious of this."

Seeing Han Xu getting more and more excited as he spoke, Bi Ziyan stopped. The fatigue on his brows made people feel distressed. As the financial minister of the Ming Dynasty, the burden Bi Ziyan shouldered was too heavy, too heavy.

Especially in the past six months or so, Emperor Chongzhen has been busy with things, many of which involve the authority of the Ministry of Revenue, which makes Bi Ziyan very busy.

Since the reform of Chongwen Gate Customs, Bi Ziyan rarely slept at all.

"Han Yuanfu, why are you so excited?"

Bi Ziyan picked up the tea cup, took a sip of strong tea, frowned and said, "Although the National Tax Office is newly established, it is still in the preparation stage.

Moreover, according to Bi's observation, although Guan Shaoning had not been to the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe government affairs before and was serving as a lecturer for nobles in the Hanlin Academy, he was a very good person.

In the past few days, many of the problems encountered have come from..."

Listening to what Bi Ziyan said, Han Xu didn't care in his heart. Guan Shaoning was good or bad. At his level, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, didn't need to pay much attention to it.

It's just that the National Tax Department, which is in charge of Shaoning, cannot tolerate Han Xu not paying attention to it.

Based on his understanding of the emperor, once the National Taxation Department can really clarify the banknotes set up for water transportation, other things will definitely be troubled.

You must know that Guan Shaoning, a lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, was promoted by the emperor.

If the emperor sees the collection of banknotes and asks the court to collect a lot of tax money, will he increase the number of banknotes? Will he think of other places?

Moreover, it is clear that the collection of banknotes will involve commercial taxes. If this is the case, it will probably cause a lot of trouble.

In fact, Han Xu didn't want to care about these things. He just wanted to be the chief minister of his cabinet. However, he was in the world and had to consider the world.

Although the Donglin Party is a crony party, with people from all over the country, relying on political concepts, relying on complex relationships such as teachers, students, and in-laws, they gather together loosely. However, after experiencing the suppression of the eunuch party by the Tianqi Dynasty, the core base has

It has long shrunk to the provinces south of the Yangtze River.

The interests represented by the Donglin Party are the core interests led by officials, gentry, merchants, etc. under the rule of the Jiangnan provinces. If anything is not beneficial to them, they must find ways to deal with it.

"Han Yuanfu?"

Seeing Han Xu's silence, Bi Ziyan frowned and said: "The Ming Dynasty's treasury is currently empty, and the situation facing the court is so complicated.

Since the establishment of the National Taxation Office can help the national treasury to increase revenue and clarify bank issues, Bi feels that the person in charge, Shaoning, should be asked to do more."

Han Xu: "..."

Although Bi Ziyan still quite recognized the ideas preached by the Donglin Party in some concepts, there were also some good people who attributed Bi Ziyan to the Donglin Party.

But actually...

Even if you say yes, it is.

Say no, no.

However, there is nothing wrong with Bi Ziyan, the financial minister of the Ming Dynasty, who had a good relationship with some Donglin Party members in private.

The Ming Dynasty has such a complicated and special situation. The fault is not the era, but the influence of the atmosphere of party struggle, which makes officials who enter the official career like to be divided into factions so as to stick together for warmth. After all, no one can guarantee that in this situation In the officialdom, everything goes smoothly.

…

There were constant commotions in the outer court, but it did not affect the inner court.

The Qianqing Palace at that time.

"Li Qing, you handled the previous matter involving Shanxi very well."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, looked at Li Banghua in front of him, and said: "If it weren't for you in Shanxi, I don't know what troubles would have happened.

As for the raging rogue forces, once they know about the chaos in Shanxi, they will definitely invade Shanxi on a large scale, and then the entire Shanshan and Shaanxi land will definitely be in chaos."

"Your Majesty is so ridiculous. These are not the merits of my ministers."

Li Banghua bowed in salute and said: "Without His Majesty's determination, I am afraid that the rectification of Shanxi's officialdom would not have achieved the current results, and Shanxi would not have put an end to the chaos as soon as possible.

It's just that Your Majesty... In Shanxi, there are more local officials being traced. Even on the Ministry of Personnel side, many officials have been added to fill the vacancies, but Shanxi..."

Listening to what Li Banghua said, Emperor Chongzhen knew that Li Banghua was worried about something. After all, the current situation in Shaanxi was such a bad one.

Once a large number of rogue rebels invade Shanxi, the counter-rebellion momentum against the rogue bandits may become even more passive.

Is this also the reason why Li Banghua returned to Beijing first, while Liu Hongxun stayed in Shanxi temporarily to deal with the finishing matters?

There is a lot of commotion in Shanxi this time, and many levels are involved. Even the issue of the Jin vassal under the rule and the vassal substitution has not been effectively resolved.

Although Zhang Zhiji also served as the minister of the feudal court, there were many things that could not be solved immediately by setting up a new government office.

Especially in the current complex and special situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi, if we really try to do everything at once, we will be in big trouble.

Emperor Chongzhen, who thought of this, looked at Li Banghua and said: "In order to ensure the stability of Northern Zhili, I specially appointed the governor of Zhili and dismissed the governors of Xuanfu, Baoding, Shuntian and other positions.

This will inevitably affect some aspects of Shanxi.

Therefore, I plan to change the governor of Shanxi and ask Liu Hongxun, the Minister of Military Aircraft Department, to also lead the governor of Shanxi. He will be responsible for stabilizing the situation in Shanxi, wiping out the bandits in various prefectures and counties, and managing the entire Shanxi."

"Your Majesty...I think this proposal is feasible!"

Li Banghua hurriedly bowed and said: "With regard to the current complex situation in the prefectures and counties under Shanxi's rule, the imperial court really needs to send important officials to take charge.

The important ministers of the Ransun faction must be familiar with the situation in Shanxi, otherwise they may not be able to grasp the situation well, and may cause new turmoil in the entire Shanxi territory."

When he was ordered to go to Jin to investigate the case, Li Banghua saw a lot and thought a lot about what he experienced during the process, which indirectly made him change.
Chapter completed!