Hearing the emperor's question, Zheng Zhilong immediately agreed: "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people have already brought the book, and the grass people dictated it, and Lord Lin found a book office for the grass people to write it...... Zheng Zhilong respectfully presented the book dictated by him, about the Yi people. **Fastest Update**

Wang Chengen took the book and handed it to the emperor.

Yang Reform opened the book, the handwriting inside was neat, and after a little reading, with many days of practice, most of the traditional Chinese characters were no longer difficult for Yang Reform, and there was no difficulty in turning the book.

Yang Gengai quickly browsed and found what he needed in many places.

The emperor sat there flipping through the book, but Zheng Zhilong was panicked, the emperor didn't let him get up, he kept kneeling, watching the emperor flip the book, Zheng Zhilong's heart was already up and down, when Zheng Zhilong "wrote" the book, he thought about it for a long time, and finally didn't dare to leave anything out, and recorded everything he knew about Yiren one by one, there were many things in it, all of which were very exciting, if it was usual, it would never be seen by the emperor.

"Yes, it's very well written, it's almost as good as I know......" Yang Gengai browsed the book, closed it, and looked at Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The grass people don't dare to hide it. ”

"Well, yes, what I want is true, what I want is true, follow me dry, what I don't like the most is deception, an official! Tell me, what's going on with the collection of taxes? Yang Gengai asked suddenly.

Although Zheng Zhilong is a man of the year on the southeast coast, but when he came to the Son of Heaven, the pressure of the sky overwhelmed Zheng Zhilong, all kinds of discussions before coming, all kinds of countermeasures before coming, in front of the emperor's eyes that can see through his past and future, Zheng Zhilong was afraid, all kinds of means prepared before, all kinds of countermeasures, did not dare to use it with the emperor, obviously, the emperor knows quite well about the affairs of the sea, quite understands the affairs of the Yiren, and has invited a lot of Yiren around him, and there are many ministers who are proficient in the Yiren, For example, Xu Guangqi, one of the right-hand men, is a person who knows the Yi people quite well, if he talks nonsense with the emperor, he is afraid that the emperor will have a "hammer to smash the egg" with him.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Yi people do collect taxes, ......" Zheng Zhilong has been a translator for the Yi people, and he is proficient in many languages, so he is naturally clear about what the Yi people have done, seeing the emperor looking at him calmly, Zheng Zhilong didn't think about it for long, and told the truth.

“…… In detail. Yang Reform said lightly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Yi people occupy Dayuan and Macao, and in addition to collecting taxes on passing merchant ships, they also collect fish taxes from local fishermen,...... According to the value of the goods, the merchant ships can range from a few hundred to two thousand gold per ship......," Zheng Zhilong began to tell the emperor what he knew.

“…… Wait......" Yang asked suddenly.

"......" Zheng Zhilong stopped speaking and looked at the emperor.

"Let's get up first...... Yang said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." After Zheng Zhilong thanked him, he got up from the ground.

“…… By the way, I just heard you say that the Yi people still collect taxes on fishing boats? What's going on? I can understand the tax on merchant ships, after all, a ship is a lot of silver, but this fishing boat is also taxed, what is this method? Yang Reform suddenly became interested in this fish tax and asked.

Zheng Zhilong looked up at the emperor, he didn't know why the emperor dared to be interested in this fish tax, if the emperor was interested in collecting taxes on merchant ships, it would be easy to understand, because this was real money, how much money could that fish tax have? How many fish?

"Back to Your Majesty, the fish tax means that the Yi people in the sea area under their control, all who fish, must pay the fish tax to the Yi people, every day or a few or a few big fish as a fish tax, or a few cents, more than a dozen cents, the Yi people will send someone to collect this tax from each fishing boat, after the tax is collected, they will give a voucher for the day, or a note, or something else, and, sometimes, sometimes wait for the fishing boat to return to the port at the dock, and then collect the fish tax...... Zheng Zhilong began to introduce in detail. &&&Latest Chapter Baidu Search:&&

"Hehe, interesting, the sea under their control? Do fishing boats have to pay taxes? Hehe, interesting, it seems that no matter how small the legs of this mosquito are, it is also meat, and this is not wrong. Yang Gengai nodded with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the emperor again, and found that the emperor had a calm smile on his face, as if he had not been touched, and calmed down again.

Yang asked some more questions about the Yi people. The scene gradually calmed down.

"An official's mouth! I ask you, what do you think after seeing the side walls of Shanhaiguan and Jiayuguan? ”,

Zheng Zhilong and the emperor talked a lot, but they were a little familiar, and they also said boldly: "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people can only describe the side wall here with 'majestic, strange, great, and Jun'......

"Hehe, the side walls are certainly beautifully repaired, but the official can know how much silver I have to spend every year for these side walls and the border army? The city wall, which is good, can defend itself against the enemy, but it also locks itself in and can't get out! Yang said with emotion.

"......" Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to say? The money spent on the border army every year? Could it be that the emperor is hinting to himself that the emperor wants to use tariffs to feed the border army?

Zheng Zhilong entered the palace this time, except for chatting with the emperor, there was no progress, and the emperor still asked him to follow Lin Zhu around every day, and he didn't say how to recruit him, nor did he say what kind of official he would give him, nor did he say when he would go back.

After chatting with Zheng Zhilong, Yang Gai smiled, if there is any gain, Wang Chengen has already done a good job, returned to the emperor's side, and saw that the emperor was free, so he said: "Your Majesty, the letter has been written, please take a look at it." Wang Chengen handed over some letters, the paper of these letters is the paper used to make money, and the paper is quite different, which is completely different from the paper commonly used to write letters in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Gengai looked at it, felt that it was no problem, nodded and said: "That's right, that's what it means, send it out as soon as possible......"

"The slave and maid obeyed, and this will be sent ......out," Wang Chengen agreed.

"Wait......" Yang Gengai remembered something.

"I just talked to Zheng Zhilong about the issue of collecting taxes from the Yi people, and I heard Zheng Zhilong say that the Yi people also collect fish taxes, and all the sea areas under their control will collect fish taxes, so you ask Qin Yaozu, the governor of the fishery administration, to find a way to send some fishing boats made of my silver, go to the Yi people to catch some fish, and then get some tax payment vouchers back, I have a useful ......" Yang Gengai remembered something and ordered.

"The slave obeys...... Wang Chengen agreed.

After the order was over, Yang Reform analyzed this matter, the foreigners in Dayuan and Macao even ......collected the fish tax, think about where these places are, especially Macao, Yang Reform thought of this, he wanted to kick some people into the air, there is no problem in paying taxes to foreigners, but he must hide the affairs of the sea from the emperor, and not let the emperor know about the affairs of the sea, let alone collect taxes...... Thinking of this, Yang Reform itched his teeth...... this is actually a good thing, he spent a lot of money to build fishing boats for the victims and fishermen, and then went out to sea to fish, and then paid taxes to the Yi people, what kind of selfless feelings is this; What kind of dedication is this; What kind of great concept is this; This ......, who is more selfless, more glorious, and more great than the communist fighters, has obtained the certificate of foreigners paying taxes, and when the time comes, he will swing to those ministers, and he will see what those ministers will say, and he will see what the ministers will say, and he will see how long they can hide it, and he will see what he can do at sea, and he will still be able to cover it up, and he will use the newspaper to hype it up again, and he will see if this nation will open its eyes to the world.

…… Beijing, a certain teahouse. &&&Latest Chapter Baidu Search:&&

A certain minister, who had a sad face in front of the emperor before, then a wry smile, and then a certain minister who couldn't cry or laugh, walked slowly up to the teahouse.

"Your Excellency, you're here......"

"My lord, is that done?"

A few people in the private room immediately greeted each other warmly.

"Uh......, it's a ......" The minister changed into civilian clothes, not much different from ordinary businessmen, and when he heard everyone talking, he replied with a smile mixed with a wry smile.

After a salute, give up your seat, and then sit down.

Everyone also knows how to look at their faces, and when they see that this adult who has always been full of smiles is actually a wry smile, they know that there is an inside story.

"My lord, what's the trouble?" An old man to the minister's right asked.

"Uh......, trouble? No, everything is going too well......" The minister still had a wry smile on his face, which made everyone who was used to seeing his smiling face very uncomfortable.

"So, what's the problem?" A younger one on the right asked.

"Uh......, there's no embarrassment, it's just...... Alas...... "This minister is very depressed, the emperor not only accepted the recruitment, but also made a ruthless move, what kind of invoice he made, now, it depends on how he receives the recruitment."

"My lord, just tell me what the hell is going on, is this a good thing or a bad thing?" The left-handed old man immediately asked. ,

"Alas, a good thing, a great good thing...... the minister sighed, put away his wry smile, and said with a straight face.

When everyone saw this rare positive color, they knew that he was going to get down to business, so they hurriedly sat upright.

"My lord, please speak clearly!" The old man on the left still asked.

"Your Majesty has promised to pay for the shipbuilding for the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is quite high, up to 20%, all newly built ships, how many there are, Your Majesty will give as many, and one will not be ......" the minister said Zhengse.

"Oh yo......!"

"Mouth!"

"No, it won't!"

The room was full of incredible voices, and if the money was paid according to this ratio, the emperor would be incredibly generous, which was simply incomprehensible.

The minister began to put on a smiling face, and said with a hint of a smile: "This thing is absolutely true, how can it be false that Your Majesty said it in front of so many ministers?" If you don't believe me, wait a few days, and you'll be able to see the news in the newspaper. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately "buzzed" to discuss this matter, and how much money would they have to save for 20% of the silver?

"My lord, it's not that I don't believe it, this is, this matter is inevitably too ......" The old man doesn't believe that there is such a good thing in the world, for no reason, the emperor will give Ercheng the silver for shipbuilding, will the emperor really turn stones into gold?

"It's the mouth! My lord, how will you get this money? It's not just an empty phrase, is it? The younger one on the right asked the core.

"Hehe......" The smile on the official's face gradually thickened, he didn't believe it at first, but now it was his turn to convince others.

"Your Majesty is gifted and intelligent, thinking about things, how can you ponder, Your Majesty said, the merchant has built a ship at the shipyard, and the shipyard will issue an invoice, and then, with the invoice, you will go to the tax inspector set up by His Majesty in Jiangnan to receive the silver, a lot of money, as many ships as you want, of course, after you take the silver, you have to transfer the victims for Your Majesty, and it is a long-term ......" The official explained with a smile.

The crowd exclaimed again! The emperor is too generous.

Everyone didn't think about how many cats there were at first, and they were still happy that this matter had been completed, and a person on the other side of the table suddenly said: "My lord, there seems to be something strange here, how does Your Majesty know about the matter between the shipyard and the merchant?" If you deliberately deceive Your Majesty's money, I'm afraid it's not impossible! My lord, in my opinion, Your Majesty is not so naïve......" One of them asked.

The minister regained his smile and said: "Hehe, this official knows that you have such a question, Your Majesty's mind is not something you can guess, Your Majesty has issued an order, let you issue an invoice in the shipyard, and get the silver with the invoice, the invoice must be registered with the tax superintendent, and only those who have paid taxes are noted, and the rest are not counted. Hehe, Your Majesty is not stupid, this is to let you go to the tax supervisor to pay taxes, hehe, Your Majesty's means, Your Majesty's strategy, it really makes a deep mouth! The minister said with admiration.

"Mouth!"

"What?"

"Won't it?"

Everyone exclaimed again, go to the tax superintendent to pay taxes and register? They have thought about receiving money from the tax superintendent, but they have never thought of going to the tax superintendent to pay taxes and register.

"My lord, you are not wrong, you are the tax superintendent?" The slightly younger man on the right couldn't help but ask, what is that tax inspector? is the object of everyone's ridicule, that is, the object of everyone's good show, and now he has to beg the tax supervisor to tax himself, what is the matter?

"That's right, it's the tax superintendent! Hehe, in the future, if you want to do a shipyard business, you are afraid that you will not pay taxes, that will not work, if you don't pay taxes, who will go to your house? Others can rely on less than 20% of the white, who doesn't want this cheap? Therefore, Your Majesty sees far and seeks to speak deeply! Once paying taxes has become a habit and a rule, Your Majesty, the tax supervisor, will be regarded as standing up......," the minister said with an admiring expression.

Everyone looked incredulous, the emperor's thoughts and means were generous enough, and they were old and spicy enough, and they were generous, so that you could not find any loopholes, so you could only follow the framework set by the emperor, even if the emperor suffered a little loss now, but in the long run, the emperor was sure to make money.

The old man on the left hand suddenly said: "Your Majesty has the means and is good at strategy, this is a good thing!" ”

Everyone looked at the old man.

"You don't want to think about it, we take refuge in Your Majesty, stand on Your Majesty's side, if Your Majesty doesn't have some means, no strategy, how can you fight those old foxes? Aren't we unlucky? Now from this point of view, Your Majesty has enough means to deal with those old foxes, so, this is a good thing, no, not only a good thing, it is simply a double happiness, Your Majesty is a credibility person, and the promised twenty percent of the silver must be available, and we have done that again, what is it that is not double happiness? The old man's analysis, the people present nodded one after another, they are the representatives of some Jiangnan maritime merchants, now the maritime trade, has become more and more difficult to do, can no longer be done. It's either a pirate or a barren, in addition to asking for money, but also for life, I wanted to rely on the official army, but the official army is so virtuous that they can't even go out of the open sea, how can they fight with pirates? How do you fight with the Yiren? Last year, he was killed by pirates ashore and breached the city, so he lost face and didn't have to think about it; Yiren doesn't have to think about it, there is no "reason" to talk about at all, except for death for money, or death for money, there are a lot of rules, and there is no way to communicate at all; Pirates, I was counting on a Zheng Zhilong before, expecting to help him up and become an official soldier to fight against pirates and raze people, but this one entered Beijing, this one entered the palace, this was immediately unreliable, and the news that came out was that the emperor knew more about the sea than they imagined, so after thinking about it, he decided to test it to see if he could fall to the emperor, and the road he could walk was getting less and less, and it was getting narrower and narrower. ,

"Hmph...... what are those old foxes doing besides putting silver in their pockets? I don't care about our life or death at all, what can't you let Your Majesty know too much, why can't you let Your Majesty collect taxes, and you have to restrict ......, hmph, I look at them, I know that I'm happy, but what about us? Don't count on being frightened, no one can count on ......, Your Majesty's warships have been built, and this Zheng Zhilong has also been taken away by Your Majesty, and we still follow their path, isn't this a dead end? They want to die, no matter whether we live or die, we don't need to die with them. The younger one on the right said indignantly.

These words were unanimously agreed by all of you here.

"Then we can be regarded as half an imperial party, so let's do it according to Your Majesty's wishes......"

Everyone nodded in unison.

…… Zhenjiang Fort.

The bright moonlight shone on the whole land.

The east bank of the Yalu River.

Ma Teng has been a little dignified in his heart since he fought during the day. Although the battle of the Tartars won during the day, but the losses of their own family were also very large, two or three hundred people were killed and wounded, which was considered to be a broken muscle, if it were not for the help of two of their own warships that suddenly rushed down from the upstream at that time, I am afraid that there will be a bloody battle, and how many people will die in the end is still unknown, the joy and happiness of winning the battle are not much on Ma Teng, and by the cover of the night, a person frowns and thinks hard.

The soldiers were quite satisfied with winning this battle, after all, they had won in front of so many Tartars, and they showed their faces greatly, and with the bright moonlight, there were bursts of laughter from time to time.

Ma Teng frowned, two or three hundred casualties were killed and wounded in this battle, this kind of battle, he was frightened, not every time there is such good luck, listening to the frolic of the soldiers in the distance, Ma Teng's mood is better, although the loss is quite large, but, undoubtedly, his morale is higher, and his combat power is stronger; Thinking that I had harvested two or three hundred Tartar heads, the sadness and distress just now were gone.

Several figures came from afar.

"Uncle, uncle, I'm Shikou!" In the not-so-bright darkness, the sound of stones was heard.

Ma Teng took advantage of the moonlight to see that it was his nephew, so he cleaned up his frowning brows and said with a smile: "Stone, what's the situation?" ”

"Uncle, the Tartars are now crossing the river at night, watching the torches, there are a lot of people, and the brothers from the upstream also came to report, saying that there are also Tartars crossing the river upstream, this time, the Tartars are afraid that they have made up their minds to cross the river." Stone will report the news he has gotten.

"Well, the Tartar must have a big plan, otherwise he wouldn't be in such a hurry to cross the river, and he can't stop talking here! Staff Officer Shen? Ma Teng said.

"The lower official is here." Staff Officer Shen replied on the side.

"Are all the wounded brothers on board?" Ma Teng asked.

"I'm all on the boat, and I'm ready to go back to Phi Island to recuperate." Shen said.

"Well, what about the remains of the brothers?" Ma Teng asked again.

"Don't worry, my lordship, it's all taken care of......," Staff Officer Shen replied again.

"That's good......" Ma Teng said with some sadness.

"Brothers! …… It's time for us to go......" Ma Teng shouted loudly before ordering.

(To be continued)