This is really a case of using random punches to kill a master.
Cao Dongdong's unconventional approach made it difficult for the ministers to sort out the pros and cons of the matter.
Theoretically speaking, it is of course more cost-effective for the court to hire people. The court is the powerful party, so labor costs will naturally be as low as possible. But the problem is that when this number is reported upwards, it will become more or less.
If the court gives us one cent less, we will give us ten cents less.
Thinking about the things going on here, maybe...hiring a businessman would be more economical.
After all, this was Wang Anshi's new policy. Wang Anshi himself didn't say anything, so Sima Guang and others didn't want to say much either.
Han Jiang asked again: "What are your plans for other duties?"
"Other duties?" Cao Dongdong thought for a moment, then said, "Our plan is to let the Royal Police perform their duties. Yes, everyone should perform their duties."
"Each one has his own duties?"
"Um."
...
...
Cao Dongdong nodded and said, "For example, collecting tax revenues should be handled by the tax commissioner. We will help the tax commissioner train tax police officers who are specifically responsible for collecting tax revenues.
For example, for the Royal Court, I will train court police officers specifically for the Royal Court. Then our police station will still be responsible for the existing duties. "
Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang and others nodded frequently as they listened.
This will prevent the police from having too much power.
Wang Anshi also nodded in agreement, because this was what he expected, the specialization of duties, not relying on the number of people, which would always yield half the result with twice the effort.
Han Jiang asked again: "That is to say, the collection of the exemption tax is handed over to the tax department."
Cao Dongdong scratched his head and asked, "Who else should I give it to?"
Everyone frowned and remained silent.
Then who is the boss, the Commissioner of Taxation?
The tenant farmers lawsuit gave Zhao Xu an excuse to merge the three ministries within the three offices with the Municipal Taxation Bureau to form the Taxation Bureau. It was nominally under the Ministry of Revenue, but the chief was directly appointed by Zhao Xu. At that time, Zhao Xu just sent a confidant there to make things look more formal.
But after that storm passed, the Tax Commissioner became so low-key that people forgot about it. It was just a tool department. After Lu Gongzhe took office, the Tax Commissioner would provide whatever accounts the three departments required. It was that simple.
Han Jiang couldn't help but look at Wang Anshi.
Wang Anshi was also a little confused. There was no tax commissioner in his plan, so the statistics and collection of the exemption tax would remain under the original system, but the duties would be handed over to the police station.
But after what Cao Dongdong said, it seemed to make sense. Isn't this the job of the Tax Commissioner?
The most important part of the exemption tax is to provide a budget and then calculate how much tax each household and other people have to pay.
There's nothing wrong!
Because after the Commissioner of Taxation swallowed up the three ministries, he became responsible for keeping statistics.
Seeing that Wang Anshi did not express his opinion, Han Jiang said, "It is not impossible to do so, but this is limited to Kaifeng Prefecture. Currently, there are no tax commissioners in prefectures and counties."
Cao Dongdong said with a silly look on his face: "But I only manage Kaifeng Prefecture."
Still nothing wrong.
Han Jiang couldn't help but look at Wang Anshi again.
Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said, "Deputy Superintendent Cao's words make sense. We are currently trying it out in Kaifeng Prefecture. We can try this."
He had originally wanted to let the royal police replace the officials in order to avoid corrupt administration, but he did not expect that Cao Dongdong was more ruthless than him and avoided it so cleanly, which was equivalent to the Commissioner of Taxation taking back part of the county's tax power.
Zhao Xu saw Wang Anshi's statement and quickly followed his words, saying, "Mr. Wang is right. This is also a trial. We can try out the new method. It is also more reasonable to let the tax commissioner do the statistics and budget."
Han Jiang asked again: "How long will it take for your police station to complete these deployments?"
Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "It will be very quick. You Sinong Temple don't need to worry about us."
Wen Yanbo felt that this was not very reliable and said, "Although this is not a difficult task, it is also quite complicated. You can really finish it quickly."
Cao Dongdong was flattered and said, "Thank you for your concern, Grandpa Wen, but this won't be a problem for me, Cao Dongdong."
Grandpa Wen?
It was the first time that Wen Yanbo heard this title in the Chuigong Hall, and he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
This is such a funny guy.
Han Jiang was also speechless by Cao Dongdong and could only look at the emperor.
Do you believe it?
Anyway, I don’t believe it.
This is sheer nonsense.
Zhao Xu said with confidence: "I believe that Deputy Superintendent Cao will not let me down."
Han Jiang had nothing to say.
If there's any problem, go find him.
After the meeting, Zhao Xu left the Chuigong Hall and asked the attendants around him, "How is the arrangement going?"
The attendant said, "If I were to report back to the emperor, I have found a coach named Yang Tian in the Japanese army. He has a close relationship with Ma Tianhao, the head of the Ma family. He can enter the charity foundation through Ma Tianhao's relationship."
Zhao Xu nodded.
Zhang Fei had of course discussed such matters with Zhao Xu. After all, this involved armed forces, so Zhang Fei also suggested that Zhao Xu secretly send someone to serve as the head of the security group. You can rest assured, and so can I.
Having said that, talents like this can only be found among the Imperial Guards.
Over there, Cao Dongdong came out of the Chuigong Palace and, relying on his youth, ran all the way out of the imperial city and jumped onto the carriage slickly. However, this guy was in good health, with his face not red and he was not out of breath.
There were two people sitting in the car, Zhang Fei and Ma Xiaoyi.
"Brother, how is it?"
Ma Xiaoyi asked nervously.
Cao Dongdong was silent for a while, then suddenly grinned and said, "Xiao Ma, you really didn't see it at that time. My brother made Mr. Wang and the others stunned. They didn't know what to do. But it was impressive, haha..."
Thinking back to what had just happened, he couldn't help but burst into laughter, his shoulders shrugged.
Ma Xiaoyi said to Zhang Fei excitedly: "Third brother, you are really amazing."
"Wait a minute!"
Cao Dongdong's expression changed, "Xiao Ma, shouldn't you praise your brother?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "Didn't Third Brother teach you all this?"
Cao Dongdong was unconvinced and said, "Well... we need to have some skills to do that. I'll let you do it next time and see if you dare to say it."
Ma Xiaoyi scratched his head and said, "Then I don't dare to go."
Zhang Fei smiled and nodded: "Yanei is right. Although this is what I taught, if I teach it myself, the effect may not be as good as Yanei's."
This is true. He really didn't have this effect. After all, everyone had a stereotype about Cao Dongdong, so they wouldn't haggle with him. They just wanted to ask for an answer, but if they asked too many questions, he wouldn't be able to answer them.
But if it were Zhang Fei, this meeting could really last for several days, and every detail would have to be clarified.
"Your ear pen can still speak."
Cao Dongdong chuckled and said, "The next step is up to you. You took my money, so you have to do this job well."
Zhang Fei said unhappily: "But if you use it this way, the commission will definitely increase."
Cao Dongdong said casually: "As long as you do this for me, the commission is negotiable."
Zhang Fei chuckled and said, "We'll discuss the commission in detail later. Now let's go to the genuine bookstore and pay the advertising fee."
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Establish regulations offices in the two prefectures.
"Master, Cao Dongdong is totally reckless. Who has the right to decide who should calculate and inspect taxes? We just assign the duties to the police station. They only need to follow orders, not make decisions."
When Lu Huiqing heard the news, he was very dissatisfied. Who was carrying out the reform?
Wang Anshi glanced at him and asked, "Do you think Cao Dongdong can come up with this idea?"
Lu Huiqing was startled, "Zhang San?"
Wang Anshi nodded: "It must be that guy who is behind this. This is actually within my expectations."
Lu Huiqing said: "But the tax commissioner is not in our plan."
Speaking of the Taxation Bureau, Lu Huiqing was even more furious. The predecessor of the Taxation Bureau was the Municipal Taxation Bureau, which was managed by him. They had originally planned to make use of this department, but as a result of a lawsuit, the emperor himself took away the department, and Lu Huiqing's work there was in vain.
Wang Anshi said, "It can be seen that Zhang San has considered it more in detail than we have. According to our plan, this official is only responsible for the specific implementation, but the real managers are still the clerks in the various government offices. These people are not under our control. So it is obviously more beneficial to hand it over to the tax commissioner. As long as they can implement our new policy, it will be fine."
Lu Huiqing frowned and said, "But even if it is handed over to the tax commissioner, the tax commissioner must conduct statistics through the county government. This is unavoidable."
Wang Anshi frowned and said, "If that's the case, I believe Zhang San would not go to such lengths. Besides, if they want to set up a tax police force, do you think they will still rely on those clerks?"
Lu Huiqing expressed his doubts: "But how is this possible? The people's household registration is all in the county, and all matters, big or small, are handled by county officials. These are unavoidable."
Officials are officials, clerks are clerks, and officials are required to obey the orders of clerks. This time it is just a replacement of officials, and it has nothing to do with those clerks.
The clerks are the ones who really manage things in the provincial government!
How to get around them.
Whether they are willing to cooperate with the Commissioner of Taxation depends on the person, but the Commissioner of Taxation only has two or three kittens, so who would listen to them?
You have to know that this kind of thing concerns the extra income of those officials. If you want them to cooperate, you have to let them get benefits.
This is an unwritten rule!
But Wang Anshi also had his own ideas. He hoped to pay salaries to those officials.
......
After this matter was spread, it immediately attracted criticism from officials.
It would be fine if you asked me to pay the money, but you also don't allow us to use the yamen servants. Do you have to be so ruthless?
You have to know that the private use of yamen runners accounts for a large part of the officials' expenses. For some officials, this is more uncomfortable than paying the exemption tax.
The key is that this is also disgusting.
This is equivalent to preferring to give money to merchants rather than give us a bargain.
What’s even more infuriating is that these words came from Cao Dongdong.
Your Cao family is the most important foreign relatives in the Northern Song Dynasty, so what do you think is not enough?
How dare you say that?
Of course, they were cursing Cao Dongdong, but in their hearts they were thinking of Wang Anshi.
This is the culprit.
Trial Court.
"They are simply going crazy. The powers and officials have undergone such a big change, but our Court of Justice has been excluded. This is simply unbelievable and also violates the court system."
Assistant Censor Pei Wen said angrily.
With such a big personnel change, it turns out that the Court of Justice had no sense of involvement at all. It's really ridiculous!
Liu Shi, the doctor of the Ministry of Finance, said: "Your Judicial Office is relatively good, after all, it only involves some officials, not officials. The worst is our three departments. If we have to spend money to hire merchants to transport in the future, we don't know what to do with shipping eucalyptus."
After this complaint, everyone looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the main seat.
This person was none other than Meng Gansheng, the Chief Judge of the Court of Judicial Affairs.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Meng Gansheng put down his teacup and said with a smile, "Why are you so anxious? It's such a big deal, and it's so trivial. How could they bypass our judicial office? By the way, I heard that the tax commissioner is only a few people, and at most he can only manage the city taxes in this city.
They can't even control Kaifeng County, let alone the entire Kaifeng Prefecture. Moreover, they are messing around like this, and let's see how capable Wang Jiefu is and whether he can handle everything by himself."
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