Chapter 412 Hu Bu’s face has been completely humiliated...
Now that the matter has been agreed upon, the atmosphere in the room has become much lighter.
In fact, with the domineering nature of the emperor Li Shimin, he could bypass Ji Song and execute it directly.
But as Ji Song said, expropriation is fine, but can you guarantee that you can pay it back next year?
If you can't pay it back, where is the dignity of the court?
Therefore, Ji Song needs to come forward to discuss with the people and try to give it a year or two. When other places are a little more relaxed, this hole will be filled.
But the difficulty lies here, it is useless for others to go, although it may not be too drastic to force the people to order.
But the Mincang system is completely finished. It will be amazing if it can be handed in on time next year!
Therefore, Ji Song, who served as the Shaoqing of Sinong Temple, led the people to open up wasteland and cultivate the land, and it was he who discussed with the people to establish the Mincang.
Only if he comes forward, the people will not think that the imperial court wants their own food, but will borrow it from them! But this also comes with huge risks. If the court cannot pay back the debt on time, Ji Song, as the middleman, will have no way out except committing suicide to thank the world.
This is the reason why the emperor and the three prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty came to visit in person! "I'm very curious, how much food is there in this civilian warehouse? How can you be so cautious?"
Others also looked at Ji Song, they were also curious about this.
You must know that Sinongcang originally stored no less than 200 million stones of grain, and how many civilian warehouses were built together with it? Ji Song rolled his eyes and asked if it was a bit late at this time?
You don't even know how much food is in the civilian warehouse, so you dare to take action?
Ji Song could no longer complain. To vent his anger on these people would be the greatest irresponsibility for himself! "It was first established in the third year of Zhenguan. By the end of the autumn harvest, there were 32 shi of wheat, [-] shi of chestnuts, and more than [-] shi of other miscellaneous grains in the warehouses!"
After hearing Ji Song's words, everyone frowned, not enough! Such a small amount of food may seem like a lot, but it is actually not much.
No, this guy is talking about the food stored in the third year of Zhenguan. Now it has been the fifth year of Zhenguan. What about the fourth year?
Seeing their looks, Ji Song calmed down and said: "In the fourth year of Zhenguan, the basic layout of Sinong Temple in Guanzhong was completed. Therefore, after removing the old grain in the fourth year of Zhenguan, there were 56 shi of wheat and 25 shi of chestnuts. , 23 shi for other miscellaneous grains.”
"So now there are all kinds of grains in stock, more than 100 million dan!"
'Clang! '
Fang Xuanling sat down on the chair and pointed at Ji Song, not knowing what to say!
Wei Zheng also pulled off a bunch of mustache and stood there in a daze!
Li Shimin seemed to be wandering in the world, and Du Ruhui had already lost his composure! "One...million stones! Oh my god!"
"That's not right! Half a percent of taxes can't be that much!"
Others also reacted, and they calculated secretly. Although it was not accurate, it was definitely not that many.
"All the old grain in the people's warehouse was taken away by Sinong Temple, so there was only the new grain of the year in the people's warehouse. In addition, the price of Sinong Temple was fair, and a lot of excess grain from the common people was sold to Sinong Temple to subsidize the family income. !" Ji Song said! "Sinong Temple still collects grain? Where do you get the money?" Fang Xuanling jumped up immediately!
You know, the money and grain handed over to the Ministry of Revenue from Sinong Temple this year has been settled. Where did they get the money to buy grain?
"What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd? Hurry up and get it from me!"
Ji Song looked innocent. Whoever I provoke depends on what I do! But when I saw Lao Fang's red eyes, I knew it was impossible not to say anything.
"Have you forgotten the scope of our Sinong Temple?" Ji Song glanced at him and said.
"Scope? I approved it at the beginning. Who knows the scope of management better than me? It's the unclaimed wasteland, forest and food issues!" Lao Fang didn't find any loopholes. In order to prevent this kid from taking advantage of the legal loopholes, they discussed it for a long time before settling on it.
"Go!"
Ji Song slapped his thigh and said, "Does it mean that we can manage anything related to food?"
Lao Fang did not rush to answer this time, but repeatedly checked whether there were any loopholes in Ji Song's words.
He thought for a long time and couldn't find any obvious loopholes! So he nodded cautiously, confirming that what Ji Song said was okay! "Alas! You don't know that I am also worried. The pigs, cattle and sheep all over the mountains and plains are so edible. There are so many alfalfa in the green reserves that are not enough to eat, and I have to have someone cut the grass."
Ji Song sighed and looked like he didn't deserve a beating, but the other people were a little confused. Where is this? Talking about taxes, what do you mean by livestock? "Snapped!"
Du Ruhui slammed the table, stood up, pointed at Ji Song and said angrily: "So, these livestock are not included in the taxes paid this year?"
"How dare you evade taxes?"
Fang Xuanling was stunned and her face turned red.
Wei Zheng looked at Ji Song with a very unkind look. Your family is already extremely rich and yet you dare not pay taxes. This is simply unreasonable! Li Shimin didn't say anything. To him, this was not a big deal. He just wanted to know how this kid evaded taxes from his right-hand man.
Ji Song faced the angry glares of everyone but did not panic at all. Instead, he was drinking tea leisurely! When he saw that several people could no longer bear it, he said slowly: "You have wronged me."
"I think I, Ji Song, am also a respectable person. Is my family short of money? Or is it embezzlement? As for not paying taxes!"
"What's going on? Also, how many of these animals does Sinong Temple have?"
Fang Xuanling has already started to go berserk and evade taxes under his nose. This is too much trouble and he doesn't want to live anymore.
Do you really think that you, the prime minister, are just for show?
Ji Song said with an aggrieved look: "It's not that I won't hand it over, it's that you won't accept it! Some people wanted to save more food, so they took a few sheep and wanted to use them to offset taxes."
After saying this, Ji Song looked at Lao Fang Lao Du with a playful expression.
This made the two people who were already a little angry feel a little scared and had a bad premonition!
Ji Song, no matter what they think, if they want me to take the blame, they have to pay a price. I really thought that I, Ji Song, would be easy to bully!
"Your Majesty, guess what?" he asked the emperor.
Li Shimin was a little surprised, but still cooperated: "Tell me, what's going on!"
"promise!"
“It doesn’t matter if you want to use a few sheep as tax deductions for grain.
As long as you sell the sheep, what do you want? But guess what they said? They said that the imperial court had no precedent for collecting livestock, so livestock could not be collected as taxes. "
"Your Majesty! It's not that I don't want to surrender, it's that I don't want it at all!"
"Ah...who said that, I want to kill him!"
As soon as Ji Song finished speaking, Lao Fang became angry. What bastard did this? What was originally a slight change has now become a huge loophole. Just this one item, I don’t know how much less tax is collected every year!
If that person were in front of him at this time, Ji Song believed that Lao Fang could tear that person alive!
Shameful, Tobe’s face has been completely disgraced! (End of this chapter)