Lin Jian waited in the Ming Hall for a while, and someone came out from inside to call him in, only to find that several key people had gathered in the inner hall - or did he come the latest, he didn't know what was going on, and he had been waiting outside stupidly.

Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu sat on the lobby, with a short mustache on his lips, his hand resting on the table, looking at the carved Zhumen; Cheng Yuqian and Yue Lengqiu sat down on him, and then Gu Wuchen, Wang Tian, Yu Xinyuan, Wang Xueshan, Dong Yuan, Zhang Yan, Lin Tingli and others.

Opposite Wang Tian, the Xuanfu envoy, sat a middle-aged man wearing a military general's embroidered robe; Lin Jian had never seen him, but he also guessed that he was the new governor and Deng Yu, the envoy of the southern Huinan system.

Zhang Xi was in a humble position, and there was no place for him to sit, so he stood behind King Ning; It was also Liu Zhi, an old acquaintance of Lin Lian and a regular attendant in King Ning's Mansion and the envoy of the guard camp, who was also standing behind King Ning.

Under the head of Zhang Yan, the salt and iron envoy, there is also a military general, who is Xie Chaozhong, the commander of the guard camp of King Ning's mansion.

Lin Jian walked into the inner hall, his eyes swept around everyone's faces, and he knew that the person who was summoned to the inner hall first to discuss matters was the real real power person in Jiangdong County.

Lin Tingli's status is the lowest, but he is also the identity of the imperial history of Zuo Dudu and the governor of Dongyang Mansion and the supervisor of military preparation, and he holds the military and political power of Dongyang Mansion, and his power is not comparable to that of ordinary prefects, so he is qualified to sit in the inner hall.

Except for Lin Tingli, everyone sitting has a higher status than him, that is, Lin Tingli is also his elder, Lin Tie scolded secretly in his stomach, and stepped forward to salute King Ning first: "Xiaguan Huaidong has made Lin Tie, meet His Royal Highness King Ning!" The next official is late, please forgive King Ning......"

"It's because we are anxious to discuss matters and haven't waited for you, why are you guilty?" King Ning had a kind attitude, said with a smile, and asked the maid to move in and give Lin Jian a seat.

Lin Jian gave a salute to everyone else present, and insisted on sitting down to Lin Tingli's head.

"Why did you come here?" Lin Tingli asked quietly.

"I overslept." Lin Jian replied. Others are rushing to fight for benefits, he just wants to have more autonomy in Huaidong, and he doesn't need to hurry. It's just that this reason is not easy to say to Lin Tingli, so he made a nonsense reason.

Lin Tingli smiled helplessly, knowing that Lin Binxin was not here.

"Where did the deliberations go, and how much did I miss?" It seemed that they had been talking in the inner hall for a long time, and Lin Jian sat far away from Gu Wuchen, so he could only ask Lin Tingli in a low voice about the details of their previous discussions.

The inner hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard on the ground, and the whispers of Lin Tie and Lin Tingli naturally fell into the ears of others.

Gu Wuchen squinted and was silent, with a smile on his face; Yue Lengqiu and the others were silent.

King Ning glanced at Zhang Xitong beside him and said, "Xitong, explain the few things we just discussed to Envoy Lin Zhizhi for one or two......

Lin Jian hugged his fist at Zhang Xitong and said, "I'm tired of Lord Changshi." ”

"There are three edicts coming from Beijing: first, the imperial court decided to cut the two Zhejiang County Divisions, set up the Northern Zhejiang System Envoy Division, and placed Pingjiang Mansion under the jurisdiction of the Northern Zhejiang Military Division, and Lord Dong took the title of the right attendant of the Jiangning Military Department and led the Northern Zhejiang System Envoy ......"

"I'm going to congratulate Master Dong......" Lin Jian sat behind the table and gestured to Dong Yuan, who was diagonally opposite, as if he had heard this for the first time.

"Lin Zhizhi is polite." Dong Yuan returned the gift.

Zhang Xitong continued: "...... Second, the Ningwangfu Wei Battalion will be expanded to recruit soldiers from Danyang, Pingjiang and other prefectures and counties, and expand the battalion by ten," Speaking of this, Zhang Xitong glanced at Lin Lian, saw that he didn't say anything, and continued, "Third, the Inner Mansion Division of the Ningwang Mansion, the Jiangning Household Department and the Hebo and Guan City controlled by the prefectures and counties are all under the jurisdiction of the Inner Prefecture Division......

River berths and customs markets are set up in rivers, lakes, post roads and other passes, and taxes are levied, and river berths also collect additional fish taxes from fishing boats; It is the main source of miscellaneous taxes for government revenue, and is usually under the jurisdiction of the county department and the household department.

In the eleven counties of the two prefectures of Huaidong, there are nine river berths and customs cities in lakes, rivers, post roads and other key passes, most of which coincide with the inspection department.

The development of Chongzhou County is not as good as that of the counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and the trade routes are not smooth in the early years.

The expansion of the guard camp, the establishment of the internal government department to take over the Hebo and Guanshi, and the monopoly of the tax and fish tax income in Jiangdong County were undoubtedly to increase the power of the Ning Wangfu and the military and financial power directly controlled by the Ning Wangfu.

Lin Jian didn't expect that when Emperor Chongguan in Yanjing Palace took the risk of transferring Chen Zhihu to Henan as an envoy, he actually had the worst plan, Ning Wangfu directly controlled the military power and financial power, and Ning Wang was not much worse in status than the official prince.

If we want to clean up the mountains and rivers again, centralized autocracy is the way we must take, so that we can concentrate more resources.

It's just that Zhang Xitong mentioned that the Hebo Office and the Guan City were under the jurisdiction of the Inner Government Division, and everyone present turned their eyes to this side, with complicated emotions in their eyes, and Lin Lian instantly figured it out: Ning Wangfu may not have the ability to snatch the control of the Hebo Office, the relationship, and the right to collect taxes from the hands of the Jiangning Household Department and the prefectures and counties, and they first hit the idea of the Chongzhou Lijin Bureau.

Lin Jian smiled coldly in his heart: Is it easy to bully Huaidong when he is a soft egg?

Lin Bin's eyes fell on the sandalwood table in front of him, pretending to listen carefully to Zhang Xitong's words, and did not give him any response.

"When the envoy came over, we were talking about the issue of the river station and the city," King Ning took Zhang Xitong's words at this time and asked about Lin Lian in person, "What does the envoy of the forest system have to say about this?" ”

Lin Jian pretended to think about it, and after a while, he looked up at King Ning and said, "Xiaguan is young and shallow, how can he have any high opinions?" Your Highness and your Excellency are all right......"

Zhang Xi was puzzled at the same time, and secretly said in his heart: Is Lin Jian pretending to be confused, or is he really confused?

Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu was speechless for a while, he still remembered the cold appearance of Lin Jian who led the army to welcome him to Jiangning after Tang Haoxin's death, of course he knew that Lin Jian was not a dough to be kneaded.

Zhang Xitong stubbornly said: "Your lord's opinion is that Chongzhou can add a few river berths......

"Okay, I'll set up two river moorings when I go back," Lin Jian replied decisively, seeing that Zhang Xi and the others looked at him in surprise, he asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

"The edict said that the river park and Guan City of Jiangdong County are under the jurisdiction of the Inner Government Department of King Ning's Mansion; The new river berth is naturally set ......up by the Ministry of Internal Affairs," Zhang Xitong said.

"Is the head of the Inner Mansion Department Lord Liu?" Lin Jian asked.

"It's not just ......," Liu Zhi said stiffly.

"Then ask Lord Liu to send someone to Chongzhou to set up a new river berth," Lin Jian said, "Next, what else do you have to discuss?" ”

Zhang Xitong and Liu looked at each other, they all thought that Lin Jian would try their best to obstruct it, but they didn't expect Lin Jian to agree so neatly.

King Ning looked at Yue Lengqiu, Yue Lengqiu shook his head at him slightly, saying that the matter was not so simple, but Lin Lian was full of promises, and this matter was so preliminarily decided.

The next step is to negotiate an additional levy.

From Ning Wang Yuan Jianwu down, Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, Wang Tian, Wang Xueshan, Yu Xinyuan, Deng Yu, including Gu Wuchen and Lin Tingli, all agreed to levy a levy on the mu, and an additional one cent and eight cents per mu were levied. Jiangdong County, together with the newly incorporated northern Zhejiang, has 100 million acres of land. An additional one cent and eight cents per mu will be levied, and the subsidy and donation will be collected without missing a penny, and there will be 1.8 million taels.

Ning Wangfu set up an internal government department, and it was necessary to compete with the local government for the control of the river berth and the city, collect taxes, and the additional subsidies and donations had nothing to do with Ning Wangfu, and they would eventually be apportioned to the various armies.

Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, Gu Wuchen, and Deng Yu are all profitable people, so naturally they will not object.

Even if Dongyang Mansion can't take advantage, it won't suffer. Seriously speaking, if the stall is levied into the mu, the local government can still draw more fire and silver, but it is more cheap.

"If the subsidy of 16,700,000 taels of silver is levied according to the number of acres of land, can the peasant households afford it?" Lin Jian pressed the table and asked everyone.

"Jiangdong is mostly fertile land for fish and rice, but since Emperor Gaozong, Jiangdong Tianfu has not increased by a cent, this time for state affairs, temporarily levy a penny and eight cents, if you count japonica rice, it is only three bowls, why can't you bear it?" King Ning leaned over and patiently explained to Lin Bin, "There is no way to levy this time. If there is no levy, there will be no funds to raise the army, and if there is no capital to raise the army, how can the rogue in Huaisi be eliminated, and how can the rebels in Zhejiang and Fujian be wiped out? Everyone everywhere shouted that there was a shortage of silver, and in your future, Lord Gu also said that there was still a gap of two or three hundred thousand taels of silver in Huaidong's army! ”

Lin Jian sighed in his heart: Since the time of Gaozong, it is true that the Jiangdong Tianfu has not increased by a cent, but it is a matter between the imperial court and the Jiangdong region, and the farmers at the bottom have not benefited.

Although the positive tax has not increased, the local harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes have emerged in an endless stream, and Lin Jian has been exempted from as many as 27 items in Chongzhou at one time; In fact, most farmers, especially tenant farmers who rent grain fields to make a living, are on the verge of bankruptcy.

The pampered King Ning may not understand the truth here, but it is impossible for others here not to understand.

"The two prefectures and eleven counties of Huaidong, if I am allowed to govern, I only take half of the money to support the army of Huaidong, and half of it can be paid to the county department, and then raise an elite ......," Lin Jian said.

King Ning frowned slightly, his face was displeased, and he said: "How to manage the government, the county secretary has his own handling, and this king is also a layman, but the things you did in Huaidong, the papers are piled up on the desk in my room." Your things are more dangerous than levies, you have to know the restraint! Do you have any other ideas, you can communicate with Wang Xuanfu and Wang Fuyin! ”

Gu Wuchen handed over his eyes and asked him to apologize to King Ning; Lin Lian was full of disdain for King Ning in his heart, and still held back his guilt: "The lower officials are fierce, but they are also dedicated to the sake of the court, and they don't want the people to leave again!" "If you don't have the determination and means to touch the interests of the local forces and the middle and upper classes, you will never want to create any new situation in Jiangdong, and you will increase the amount of land and acres, but you will just poke these broken boats bigger!

"Lin Zhizhi is also dedicated to the people, and it is also fateful to occasionally make violent waves......" King Ning was not much older than Lin Lian, but he was an old-fashioned tone that restrained his collision.

Next, the apportionment of the donations, the so-called distribution of spoils, is basically carried out in accordance with the principle of "local levies, local uses, and allowances to make up for deficiencies".

Lin Lian's heart was even colder when he heard this, the so-called "abundance to make up for the shortage" was only taken out from Danyang, Huai'an, Hailing, Weiyang, Luzhou and other prefectures and counties to make up for the shortage of food and salary for the Jiangning garrison.

Once the capital is moved, the Jiangning garrison will be the new capital forbidden army, and the priority will naturally be the first place. This time, more than one-third of the donations will go to the Jiangning garrison. The Jiangning garrison will be expanded to 40,000 horse infantry at a time, and the water battalion will also be expanded to 12,000 people.

The establishment of the embassy in northern Zhejiang is almost self-raising and self-use. The four prefectures of Ping, Jia, Hangzhou and Hu are the essence of the southeastern counties, and the total number of land registers exceeds 30 million mu, and 540,000 taels of silver can be obtained at one additional levy. However, the envoy in northern Zhejiang is the main direction to resist the rebels in Zhejiang and Fujian, and the plan is to compile 60,000 elite combat forces.

Yue Lengqiu did not be greedy for the Changhuai army this time, and the establishment of the Changhuai army will be maintained at about 30,000 people. The military division of southern Huinan has to resist the pressure from the luxury family in western Zhejiang, and the number of soldiers and horses in the department must be increased to 30,000, and the two prefectures in southern Huizhou will levy additional levies, which can almost only meet their own needs.

Half of the levy in Dongyang Prefecture was paid into the county department, and half was used for its own use. The same is true in Huaidong, which levies an additional 260,000 taels of silver, half of which is paid into the county department, and half is allocated to the Huaidong military department to make up for the shortfall in military funds.

The biggest problem is precisely Xuzhou.

This time, the additional levy amount of 160,000 taels of silver in seven counties in Xuzhou was allocated to the Xuzhou Military Division. Xuzhou, which has been fighting for less than a year, needs external help too late, where can such blood be drawn? But for Chen Hansan, as long as there is a legitimate name for the levy, how can he be soft?

Lin Jian didn't know where Zhang Yubo should go if he was caught in it, and it was impossible for him to allocate 160,000 taels of silver from the Huaidong Military Division to Chen Hansan!