But Zhao Wenjie cried to Yan Maoqing, and it was so touching that everyone who heard it cried.
Yan Maoqing and Zhao Wenhua have a good relationship.
Now that Zhao Wenhua's brother is being bullied, Yan Maoqing should stand up for Zhao Wenjie.
But this matter is a little unusual.
After all, the matter involved the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang.
Although Yan Maoqing had Yan Song's support, he was a newcomer after all, and it was not appropriate for him to show off too much before he had a clear understanding of many things.
After comforting Zhao Wenjie, Yan Maoqing signaled him to go home and wait for news.
Zhao Wenjie thought Yan Maoqing agreed to help him, and was overjoyed and immediately did as he was told.
After Zhao Wenjie left, Yan Maoqing sighed and said, "The water in Hangzhou is too deep."
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However, after Xu Yan returned to Gushan Academy, he discussed the issue of resisting the Japanese pirates with Zong Chen.
Zong Chen is worthy of being the descendant of a famous general. The theories he puts forward are all on point and are by no means empty talk.
Even Xu Yan, who had mastered a lot of knowledge from later generations, had many unexpected points.
Xu Yan felt that there was an opportunity to introduce Zong Chen to Governor Zhu to help in the anti-Japanese war.
Xu Zhongxing, on the other hand, was only interested in poetry and prose, and would discuss this with Xu Yan whenever he got the chance.
"In that time, how did you come up with this poem, 'If only life could remain as it was when we first met'?"
Xu Zhongxing stroked his beard lightly and spoke leisurely.
Xu Yan has created countless excellent works, but this one is the best.
Xu Yan was a little embarrassed. How could he explain this?
"I feel so emotional, I can just say it."
Unexpectedly, Xu Zhongxing nodded and praised: "Excellent, wonderful! Come on, let's continue the poetry competition."
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Xu Yan was speechless.
Fortunately, Mr. Qian arrived in time and rescued Xu Yan from danger.
"My dear disciple, follow me for a walk."
Xu Yanru was so happy that he was pardoned. He bowed to Xu Zhongxing awkwardly and said, "Excuse me, Brother Ziyu."
After finally escaping, before Xu Yan could even catch his breath, Mr. Qian said, "My dear disciple, Miss Chuchu recently invited me to a poetry exchange on the painted boat. Would you like to join us?"
How could Xu Yan not know what his mentor meant? The old man wanted to drag him into the pirate ship!
This kind of thing will happen again if it happens once, Xu Yan should have thought of it earlier.
It’s better not to dwell on this kind of thing, otherwise it will be difficult to explain it later.
"That's not necessary, is it? I also accompanied you for a walk last time. If you want to go this time, go ahead. I won't accompany you."
Qian Dehong raised his eyebrows and said unhappily, "Why, do you dislike your master? Hey, you've grown wings."
Xu Yan was speechless. It was really terrible that Mr. Qian was disrespectful to his elders.
"Look at what you said. When did I ever dislike you? It's just that I'm engaged. If I often hang out in places of entertainment, it will inevitably cause gossip. It's not appropriate."
Seeing Xu Yan bring up the engagement, Mr. Qian didn't know what to say. He curled his lips and said, "Forget it. If you don't want to go, then don't go. I'll go by myself."
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and walked away.
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A new official starts with three things.
After resting for a day, Yan Maoqing assigned people to start checking the accounts.
He was not interested in coastal defense affairs at all, the only thing he cared about was money.
No matter whether it is salt business or other aspects, as long as there is income, it is good.
After all, there are too many people above him who need to be honored, including Lord Yan and Lord Xiao, besides His Majesty the Emperor. If he cannot collect the money, his position as Governor of Zhejiang will be over.
Zhejiang was a very prosperous province. The autumn taxes had just been collected, and the treasury was filled with money and grain.
It was naturally impossible for Yan Maoqing to check each one, so he ordered a list to be drawn up in each place. He took a quick look to get an overall grasp of the situation.
In his opinion, in addition to the part of the money and grain in the treasury that was paid to the national treasury, there would still be a portion left for surplus.
These parts were barely enough to pay tribute to Lord Yan and Lord Xiao, but Yan Maoqing himself had no income.
How can this be?
People travel thousands of miles to become officials just for money, not to make money.
Yan Maoqing's pursuit of enlightenment was limited to this, and he had no idea of establishing a life for the people.
If the money collected is not enough, we have to find another way.
Yan Maoqing felt that there were two areas of work that could be done.
The first is to make a fuss about fire consumption, and the second is to increase taxes.
The first one is a bit too direct.
After all, the fire consumption has always been the same standard before, and a sudden increase would easily cause gossip.
Yan Maoqing felt that raising taxes was more practical.
There were many types of taxes in the Ming Dynasty.
But generally speaking, they are commercial taxes and agricultural taxes.
There is nothing much to say about agricultural taxes. Whether you pay money or grain, it is all according to custom.
At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the entire country was measured and a fish-scale map was drawn. Later, during the Hongzhi period, the land was measured again.
Now, decades have passed, and Emperor Jiajing has been saying that he would remeasure the land since he ascended the throne, but it has been delayed for various reasons.
Agricultural taxes in the Spring and Autumn Period were collected according to the fish scale atlas drawn up during the Hongzhi period, so there was really no loophole to exploit.
Unless Yan Maoqing is crazy, he will definitely not think of raising agricultural taxes.
As for commercial taxes, it is quite different.
There were many types of commercial taxes in the Ming Dynasty, but overall the taxes were very low, only one tenth.
In this situation, government officials at all levels would find ways to extort money, and the actual commercial tax was close to 10% to 5%, which was a heavy tax.
Zhejiang is naturally no exception.
Yan Maoqing naturally did not intend to add a new type of tax by making up a pretext, but instead planned to increase taxes by taking advantage of old customs and practices.
But he was not sure about Governor Zhu's role in it. After all, it was difficult for him to get more than Governor Zhu.
So he hinted to the county clerk, but the response he received surprised him greatly.
It turns out that Governor Zhu did not get any share from it!
Are there such people in the world?
Yan Maoqing didn't believe it at first.
People travel thousands of miles to become officials just for food and clothing.
Can his surname Zhu be an exception?
Yan Maoqing believed that these household clerks were dishonest and did not tell him the truth.
Afterwards, Yan Maoqing used various connections to inquire about the news, and the answers he received were surprisingly the same.
Governor Zhu actually didn't take any money!
Oh my God!
Now Yan Maoqing was in trouble.
Logically speaking, he couldn't take more silver than Governor Zhu, otherwise he would be violating official rules.
But Governor Zhu refused to take a penny, so what should Yan Maoqing do?
It’s really scratching my head!
Yan Maoqing naturally didn't want to offend Governor Zhu as he had just arrived, but he really couldn't do it by just working without getting paid!
Fortunately, Yan Maoqing had hired aides, and this embarrassing task could be left to them.
After Yan Maoqing's assistant scratched his head and pulled his hair to think about it for a while, he finally gave Dong Weng a solution that would satisfy both parties.
That means taking two copies for yourself and giving one to Governor Zhu.
This would not only prevent him from taking more than Governor Zhu, but also remind Governor Zhu not to break the rules of officialdom.
Everyone takes it but you don't. Aren't you putting everyone on the fire?
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