"It's not so. Even if I'm stupid, I know that this tax will not be collected. That's a big problem. So what I want is to integrate taxes and include land taxes into taxes. This tax and labor service is not lost, but it is changed to a government office to recruit labor for a paid time." Zhu Youxiao smiled and then explained to the two.

So that's it...

The two nodded at the same time, then shook their heads again, but they still didn't understand. What does this land tax mean to be changed to tax?

"You don't need to understand this so clearly. You just need to cooperate and cooperate with the tax department that will arrive soon to do the tax work." Zhu Youxiao shook his head, not intending to explain it to the two of them so clearly.

"Your Majesty, what you mean is......... In the future, the tax will be collected by the people from the tax department, so the officials in that place will not be able to interfere?" Duke Wei seemed to have understood what the tax department does.

"Yes, that's what it means. In the future, all taxes will be taken over by the Taxation Department. Officials who are not tax authorities will no longer have the right to collect taxes." Zhu Youxiao nodded, and there was no problem with this understanding.

Local officials should not master taxation. Once they master taxation, they are likely to have money. If they have money, they will have capital to fight against the central government.

So they have to cut off their financial path. The money must be in the hands of the central government. This is absolutely not compromised!

"But Your Majesty, if this happens, the local officials will not agree!" Duke Wei shouted.

The Duke of Wei didn't need to think about what would happen if he cut off his wealth. This was a big deal. If he didn't do it well, something would have to happen to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Local officials attach great importance to tax issues. Without taxation, how can they manage the local area? Without money, there will be no one in the yamen.

"How can I not agree? I will not give them money. I will hand over the collected tax to the treasury, and then the treasury will allocate funds to the local government. As long as the local government has no problem with the fiscal budget, the treasury will allocate funds to the yamen. What are the things to worry about?"

"I'm not the kind of person who wants horses to run and don't give them grass." Zhu Youxiao said and made a joke.

The Duke of Wei was still shocked, but Wang Tiqian had already begun to express his opinion.

"Your Majesty! I will do my best to integrate this tax, and the Ministry of Taxation will continue to promote it. If anyone cannot do it well, it will be disrespectful to the order. The miscellaneous family will definitely want him to look good!"

Wang Tiqian is not so clear about the integration of taxes and the unified taxation tax collection under the central government.

But it doesn't matter. He just did what His Majesty said. Anyway, this tax has nothing to do with him. If you do it well, your Majesty will definitely be happy.

"Well! Lao Wang said this well. I like it very much. Come and have a tea." As he said that, Zhu Youxiao poured him another cup of tea.

"Thank you your Majesty for your grace, thank you for your grace." Wang Tiqian looked full of joy.

Don’t he know the danger, nor do he know that the entire Nanzhili and Zhejiang officials will be in a mess?

He knows all these, but what can he do if he knows them.

It was not these officials who decided his fate. No matter how these officials were, his future was still the words of His Majesty.

So Wang Tiqian didn't care about how local officials treated this matter at all. As long as His Majesty decides, he will do it.

But the Duke of Wei was different. He thought it was something else, even if the matter was serious, he could do it.

But the consequence of this incident was that all officials in Nanzhili and Zhejiang were offended at one time.

If you let him stay here like this in the future and offend all the officials in one breath, can their Xu family still have good results?

So he wanted to refuse.

But will Zhu Youxiao ask him to refuse? He has already boarded my pirate ship, and he dares to refuse me, do I think I am so easy to talk to, right?

Uh? Why is this so weird?

"Duke of Wei." Zhu Youxiao's face turned cold.

"I am here!" The Duke of Wei also felt what His Majesty said, and quickly stood up and waited halfway.

"This is a decision made by the court. Taxes must be collected and redistributed by the central government. No matter how reluctant the local government is, it is useless. The will of the court cannot be transferred."

"As the saying goes, it's hard to find a three-legged toad, but there are so many people who want to be an official."

"I don't know what you, Duke of Wei, think, but I've given this matter to you. Go and tell the officials carefully. Whoever wants or who can't figure it out will be recorded!"

"If you can't figure it out, you must cooperate with the people from the Taxation Department. If anyone dares to disobey his orders, he will not abide by my will."

"Then! Don't blame me for being polite!"

"Okay, the words are over! Duke Wei, please kneel down, I'm tired." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said with a full murderous aura. The murderous aura was like bone-permeating ice in this hot day, and the hairs that stimulated Duke Wei were about to stand up.

Duke Wei suddenly understood what Zhu Youxiao meant. If you don’t want to, then I will deal with you.

It’s a very simple thing, and there is no need to be so troublesome. So, will you take on this job or not?

If you take it, you will be enemies with the entire Nanzhili and Zhejiang officials. If you don’t take it, you will be enemies with the emperor. These are these two choices, and there is no third one for you to choose.

If it were replaced by the previous emperor, even the Duke of Wei, the Wanli Emperor, would definitely not agree, and would directly collude with officials from Nanzhili and Zhejiang to oppose the emperor.

Because Emperor Wanli could not afford this price.

And now this Majesty is different. There are still tens of thousands of troops in Shandong to suppress the rebels, and there are 20,000 troops in Hangzhou Prefecture, and there are seven or eight thousand troops in Yingtian Prefecture.

With this decisive personality of killing, the Duke of Wei dared not gamble. If he offended the officials, he would offend the officials. If he offended them, he might not have had any problems, because these officials could not decide the fate of their Xu family.

But if you offend the emperor, something will definitely happen. There is absolutely no doubt about this. Have you ever seen that the emperor has issued an ultimatum to him?

This is a hero. When he meets the hero, Duke of Wei, understands that he must not fight against him. All he has to do is to cater to him. What does the hero say and do what he does, so that he can keep the safety of their Xu family.

"Little monkey, bring the imperial edict!" Zhu Youxiao hooked up.

The little monkey walked over with a roll of imperial edict.

"Xu Aiqing's imperial edict is here. Do you accept it or not?" Zhu Youxiao reached out and took the scroll of the imperial edict and placed it on the table. Then he did not listen to the Duke of Wei's answer at all, but stood up and took Wang Tiqian and the little monkey away.

Duke Wei looked at the part on the table, clanging his finger bones with both hands, then took a deep breath and picked it up.
Chapter completed!