After rebirth, I became the white moonlight of the downcast son

Chapter 144 Establishing a Department to Enrich the People

Qingzhou Wang Family?!

Since they were one of the largest cotton and grain households in the Xuan Kingdom, and were related by marriage to the Su family, it was not a bad idea for the Wang family to be the imperial merchants.

But, what does this exchange of imperial merchants have to do with filling the national treasury?

Thinking like this, Chu Yuchen said the same thing.

He Beiting glanced at the seventh prince indifferently. Although he said nothing, his eyes said, "Your Highness, where is your brain?"

Zhou Sining, on the other hand, let out a hearty laugh.

"Your Highness, Beiting said earlier that the competition between the imperial merchants and the merchants for promotion may seem fair, but in fact it is all secretly controlled by the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government. So their efforts are not in vain, right?

Take a commission. If all this part of the commission goes into the national treasury, you can calculate how many royal merchants there are in Xuanguo.

My daughter once heard her cousin from the Su family occasionally mention that the amount of money the Su family sends to the Princess's Mansion in the old capital every year is at least this amount..."

Zhou Sining made a gesture as he spoke.

Chu Yuchen looked at the number represented by the gesture, and his eyes widened suddenly, "Fifty thousand taels?"

No, if it was fifty thousand taels, Zhou Sining wouldn't have such an expression. It was five hundred thousand taels!! This number immediately shocked him.

Zhou Sining smiled and said, "My cousin from the Su family said that on the surface, the princess's house holds 30% of the tribute brocade business, but in fact, the Su family sends almost 70% of it every year, and it is not the tribute brocade business but the entire brocade business."

Seventy percent of the forging business.

This is also because the Su family is the in-laws of Zhou's eldest family, and the eldest princess participates in the stock, directly avoiding the middle layer. After being exploited at all levels, other royal merchants may not even be able to make a profit, and some may even suffer losses.

Your Highness must be wondering, since the profit is so small and even a loss, why are there still so many people rushing to compete for the promotion? Because the Huangshang flag is easy to use. The Huangshang flag is equivalent to telling others that there is someone in our court.

It is said that ruffians and bandits along the way do not dare to come to your doorstep, and even ordinary local officials will do whatever it takes to make things easier for them.

His Highness also said just now that merchants do not fight against officials. There is no one behind the wealthy merchants in various places. Either there is someone to protect them from above, or they share the profits with the local government. When your Highness has free time, he will learn about the foundations of the royal merchants in Xuan Kingdom.

Then you can understand everything."

Although the Imperial Merchants were also merchants, they were not involved in many criss-crossing connections. Just like the Lu family in Xuancheng, for generations they had a room dedicated to business, and there were also people serving as officials in the court for generations. It was Xuancheng that had the loudest reputation

Even so, his family's status as an imperial merchant was achieved through the combined efforts of several families.

Chu Yuchen grinded his teeth.

If he had known that all those courtiers were so rich, he shouldn't have let them go so easily last time. It was really hateful. Even though they were all so rich, he only allowed them to spend a little bit to support Yi.

States, but one by one it seemed as if it was killing them.

Damn, hate, it’s so hateful!

Ignoring the seventh prince's increasingly ugly expression, Zhou Sining continued:

"Every official in the court says that the businessman is despicable and only cares about interest, but who gets the interest and who can really tell clearly.

Therefore, it seems that all the money from the national treasury is used for purchases, but in fact, most of it is put into their own pockets by officials at all levels in the form of commissions.

Beiting asked His Highness to replace the Royal Merchant, which is equivalent to cutting off the middle part directly. So, can Your Highness count the money in the middle part?

In this way, the minister gave His Highness a set of simple numerical comparisons. The price of rice on the market was one stone of polished rice and one tael of silver. However, the polished rice supplied by the imperial merchants to the court was actually settled at one stone of polished rice and one tael of silver. However, the court reported

What’s the price of the harvested rice?”

"One, two, seven." Chu Yuchen said: "Almost doubled. In other words, there are people in the court who eat both sides, raking in the treasury at the top and suppressing the imperial merchants at the bottom."

He Beiting shook his head and said: "It is right to eat both ends, but it is not necessarily the work of one person. How many people passed through the process from the time the emperor merchant sent the rice into the warehouse to the time it was stamped and settled? The left minister of the household department, a person of the second prince. He borrowed his position.

As a result, more than 70% of the money secretly collected went into the treasury of the second prince. 10% was evenly distributed to the Lang officials below, and the remaining 10% was distributed to officials familiar with each department, and was actually put into his own pocket.

There may not be even 10% left."

Chu Yuchen was stunned. Is the Xuanguo court already so decayed?

They all say that if you are not deaf or blind, you will not be a god, so the old emperor said that he stayed away from court affairs when he was sick, and was out of sight. Is this the reason why He Beiting closed the door to thank guests and did not enter the court? And Xia Feng would rather be on the street where people poked his spine.

The little overlord is not willing to take over the Martial Arts Division...

Chu Yuchen instantly felt so tired. He had always known that most of the officials in the court were not very innocent, so he would force them to donate money to relieve Yicheng, but he never thought that it had become corrupt to this extent.

No wonder the treasury is empty all year round, no wonder Lord Qin looks at everyone as if they are guarding against thieves, no wonder my father finds it so difficult to do anything, no wonder the second emperor brother and his party failed to get a penny from the Zhou family and successfully repaired Liyang.

The main hall also brought back a lot of silver.

It turns out that all the money from the treasury went into individual pockets.

Chu Yuchen suddenly felt a strong desire to kill in his heart.

Kill corrupt officials and save the treasury!

Feeling Chu Yuchen's murderous intention, He Beiting continued:

"So, what His Highness is thinking about, the Emperor has already done. Just killing the corrupt to raise funds for the treasury may not have much effect. Just like Zuo Shilang, once the incident occurs, he must be the culprit of the Yi tribe who confiscated the property, but from him

How much money can be copied from the house?

Zuo Shilang is not the only one, almost all of them are in similar situations. Either they have someone on top of them, or there is a network of connections that are constantly connected. Everyone gets a little bit, and one family alone cannot make much money, unless they ignore it.

One pot at a time.

This is also the reason why the emperor knew that the court was decayed, but never took any action. It was not that he could not move, but that the emperor wanted to copy the money and keep people, so those who were greedy and extravagant were severely punished, so as to scare the monkeys. And those capable officials who can do things,

As well as officials who can stick to the bottom line and are greedy and moderate, they still have to be retained.

After all, if the water is clear, there will be no fish.

So before leaving, the emperor informed me of the matter and gave me a Purple Gold Dragon Order to make it easier for me on the way."

Only now did Zhou Sining fully understand why He Beiting had to be trapped in Dongcheng for him even though he was not infected with the epidemic. It was because he was using a trick.

Chu Yuchen also suddenly realized: "So, raising medicine for Yicheng is just a cover. Your trip is actually to secretly investigate the collusion between local officials and gentry and the ministers of the court? That's why you left the team and sneaked away as soon as you left the capital.

Therefore, on the surface you are infected with the epidemic and trapped in Dongcheng, but in fact you are wearing a fake skin to investigate corruption..."

He Beiting glanced at the Seventh Prince and said, "The reason why Your Highness is asked to exchange cotton grains for the Royal Merchant is because the cotton grains are directly supplied to the army, so there can be no trouble at any time. In fact, what I really want is to learn from Linguo's six peripheral shipping departments.

Specializing in the management of imperial merchants, border trade and maritime trade, so that all business matters can be handled at the Shipping Department, and all merchants can operate openly and honestly with tax deeds, and no longer need to be exploited at all levels."

If the people are prosperous, the country will be strong.

Chu Yuchen stood up quickly. If this happened, money would be added to the treasury at any time, and there would be a steady stream of income.

(End of chapter)