As soon as these words were spoken, the entire government hall suddenly fell silent.
The officials, clerks, runners and servants were all shocked.
"Sir, did I hear you correctly?" someone asked in a trembling voice.
"That's right. Both silver and copper can be used to pay taxes. One thousand coins can be exchanged for one tael of silver, which is one silver coin."
Wow——
There was a burst of warm cheers in the lobby of the government office.
They were not rich people and did not have much silver saved at home. Every time they paid taxes, they had to exchange copper coins for silver.
So this is definitely good news from their perspective.
"Today is October 15th, the 21st year of Chongzhen. It will take a month for the news to spread throughout Shaanxi. I have decided to start collecting taxes on November 15th, and all taxes must be collected before December 30th!"
"If you collect all the money on time, this governor will reward you regardless of your official rank."
"If we can't collect them all..." Lu Daqi sneered: "No one will have a good year!"
"Don't worry, sir. I will do my best."
"Just wait and see, Governor!"
The officials made assurances to Lu Daqi.
While Lu Daqi was busy collecting taxes, Cao Huachun was also not idle.
In a manor outside Xi'an city, Cao Huachun gathered together all the Jinyiwei generals of Xi'an Prefecture.
He pointed at a few strangers around him and introduced them: "Everyone, these people were sent by His Majesty from Northern Zhili to assist. From now on, we are all family, so don't be so formal."
"Don't worry, Lord Cao. We all know the rules."
"That's good," Cao Huachun nodded, pointing to the dozens of boxes in the room and said, "Open all the boxes!"
The Jinyiwei did not dare to delay and used knives or crowbars to pry open the box.
After opening the box, the Jinyiwei were shocked.
"hiss!"
“Wow!”
“Good fellow!”
"Am I dreaming? I have never seen so much silver in my life!"
I saw that the box was filled with shiny silver.
These silvers were not the silver ingots commonly used by the government, but loose silver of various sizes.
Cao Huachun smiled and said, "Come here, share the money!"
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