"Hai Rui? Is the magistrate of Chun'an who tied up Hu Zongxian's son back then?" When Xu Fan heard this name, he thought of such a humanitarian saying.

The servant nodded heavily and said with a sad face again, "Manager Zhao has already revealed his identity as the eldest son, but Hai Rui just doesn't want to get into the oil and salt, so he insists on levied our fifteenth tax and one of our commercial taxes!"

this……

The servants around him heard that there was such a blind tax official, and there was a strange expression on their faces, but they turned their heads and looked at Xu Fan.

"A small juren, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, dared to collect my business taxes. I really don't want to live!" Xu Fan naturally would not take the little Hai Rui seriously, and immediately said angrily.

The servant nodded in cooperation and continued to fan the flames and said, "That's right, this Hai Rui is simply unfair. He doesn't know how much he has, and he doesn't even sell his face as a young master!"

"Go to Chongwenmen!" Xu Fan thought that Hai Rui was so disrespectful that he dared to impose fifteen taxes on his large batch of goods, so he got into the sedan angrily.

Several evil slaves immediately followed and headed from Xiaoyongfang to the Chongwen Sect in the east.

Three south gates were originally built in Beijing. Since the outer city was built, these three south gates became the south gate of the inner city. Chongwen Gate is the south gate to the east of the inner city, and from this, the Chongwen Gate runs through the north and south.

During the Yuan Dynasty, Tongzhou City and granaries had not been built yet, so when the grain from the south arrived in Tongzhou, the newly built Tonghui River transported the grain to the granaries east of Chongwenmen.

By the Ming Dynasty, although the mission of Tonghui River transport had ended and Tongzhou City became the end of the northern end of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, the mission of Tonghui River freight transport has been extended to this day.

After the goods transported from the south arrived in Tongzhou, they came to Tonghui River Wharf through Tonghui River. Tonghui River Wharf naturally became a distribution center for various commodities and a place where wholesalers gather.

The river water at Tonghui River Wharf is clear, green willows are facing the wind, and red flowers are inviting the moon. It is very beautiful. The merchant ships at the wharf are constantly coming and going, and the goods are piled up like mountains, which is the busiest place in the capital.

Chongwen Gate is adjacent to Tonghuihe Wharf. The goods on Tonghuihe Wharf want to enter Beijing City (inner city). This Chongwen Gate is the most convenient city gate.

In the sixth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Chongwenmen Taxation Customs was established here and became the general government office that controlled the collection of commercial taxes for goods entering and leaving the nine gates of Beijing City. It began to collect commercial taxes for goods entering the city at Chongwenmen.

Although Chongwen Gate is not as majestic and noble as the Zhengyang Gate in the middle, there are traffic and goods everywhere every day, presenting a scene of prosperous business in the capital.

But this morning, the city gate here seemed to be blocked by something. The caravan in front was stagnant, and the carriage transporting goods behind could not move.

"What happened? Whose car in front of me had broken the shaft?" The manager behind me looked at the Chongwen Sect for a long time and went forward to inquire.

An obese businessman in front had already found out about the situation and immediately revealed the news: "It was not that the goods were spreading, but that there was a roadblock. A new tax official came to Chongwenmen, but he had to collect commercial tax before he allowed us to enter.

The city is clamoring in front of you!”

"Is this tax official drunk too much? Can you not have a black hat on your head? How many people who can do business in the inner city have no background? Isn't this going to seek death?" The head of the inquirer heard that he heard

When the situation happened, he immediately sneered.

There are indeed many households in the capital, and many merchants can establish relationships with the tyrants of the current tyrants, and they are even slaves who are responsible for managing the industry by the tyrants of the current tyrants.

The tax officer of Chongwenmen is just a low-ranking official and is still able to collect goods from ordinary merchants or people, but in the face of these relatives, they have always been obediently allowed to do so.

This is like a city guarding soldier asking the local commander for the city to pay for the city, which is both absurd and ignorant of life and death.

This is also the reason. Even though the goods at Tonghuihe Wharf are piled up like mountains and Chongwen Gate is full of traffic and many valuable commodities enter the inner city from this gate, Chongwen Gate's annual commercial tax revenue is only a mere ten thousand taels of silver.

The sun is hanging high, and the truck in front of Chongwen Gate is under the scorching sun.

"You cannot pay commercial taxes, and you cannot enter this door!"

In front of Chongwen Gate, a little old man in a blue official uniform stood straight at the city gate, facing the black convoy transporting goods and a group of managers with deep backgrounds, saying aloud as if he was blocking the road.

"This tax officer is so arrogant!"

"He is not an ordinary tax official, he is the Qingtian of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Hai Qingtian? Uh...is it the Hai Qingtian Hai Rui who beat Master Hu back then?"

...

The onlookers looked at the tax officer wearing the sixth-rank official uniform who actually stopped the goods of all the relatives, and seemed to stand in the middle of the road as if they were guarding the pass, and they couldn't help but whisper.

To this day, they have long known clearly what kind of virtues are in the Ming Dynasty officialdom. Now the officialdom is protecting each other, beating the superiors and bullying the inferiors, and more considering their own interests and gains and losses.

Now seeing such an independent and lonely official who directly ignores the bad habits of the officialdom and enforces the law impartially. After inquiring again, it turned out that it was the famous Hai Qingtian, and then I felt a sudden realization.

But this move, in the eyes of many people or scholars, is actually a mantis chariot. Not to mention that he is a small head of the Ministry of Revenue, even a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue cannot stop the tax evasion of these related households.

The few people in front did not dare to act rashly or sent the message back to their master, but someone behind them quit.

But a manager led four slaves to the scorching sun and asked aggressively: "Do you know whose goods I am escorting? Are you blind?"

"I don't care whose slave you are. Since I am collecting commercial taxes in Chongwenmen, no one wants to evade taxes!" Hai Rui responded selflessly in the face of such a threat of scattered scattering.

This is true in Chun'an County and Xingguo County. He will not bow to the power. In the past, he fulfilled his responsibilities as a magistrate. Now that he is a tax official in Chongwenmen, he naturally fulfills his responsibilities as a tax official.

No matter what kind of power is in front of him, he cannot change his code of conduct, nor does he have the attitude of fighting privileges.

The manager was so strong that he had already come directly to Hai Rui. His eyes seemed to stare at Hai Rui, as if he was about to eat Hai Rui raw.

Hai Rui was fair and faced with this arrogant and domineering manager, but he followed him without fear, and was already much stronger than the other party in terms of momentum.

After all, the manager was just a slave who was pretending to be a tiger. Without the indomitable spirit, he was forced to show his killer move and said: "My master is Zhang Shouzhi, the minister of Dali Temple in the current dynasty!"

Huh?

When the onlookers heard that the manager had such a big background, they couldn't help but swallow and spit secretly. It was no wonder that they were so arrogant.

Not to mention that Zhang was originally a famous family in Shuntian Prefecture, Zhang Shouzhi was a third-rank official in the Dali Temple of the dynasty and was already a powerful official in the court. In the past, Yan Shifan was beheaded.

Hai Rui didn't blink for a moment, but responded coldly: "Then let Zhang Siqing come over and argue with me. Why don't he have to pay commercial tax on his goods?"

this……

When the onlookers heard Hai Rui's toughness, although they secretly applauded Hai Qingtian, they were also worried about Hai Qingtian's black hat.

A minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who was a juren, dared to challenge such a dali temple, would probably be sent to the local area in a few days.

"It's really a punishment for not drinking toast!" The manager didn't take Hai Rui, the small head of the Ministry of Revenue, seriously. At this time, he was even more angry, but he pointed at Hai Rui's nose in anger and said, "But

Can a small head of the Ministry of Revenue be able to rebel? Beat me to death and teach him a long lesson, and know that the road to my Zhang family is not something he can stop!"

Hai Rui looked at the evil slaves and immediately glared at him, "You dare!"

"Protect your husband!" A group of yamen and soldiers behind him watched the four slaves pounce on Hai Rui, but a yamen with a bearded face hurriedly shouted.

It was a while since then, a slave had already rushed to Hai Rui's face, and a fist hit Hai Rui's nose hard, and a squirm of blood suddenly splattered.

this……

Although the onlookers were so arrogant, they were very angry, but they were still deeply helpless. This was a common practice for slaves from the imperial court, and why the tax customs was ineffective.

reason.

Hai Rui covered his nose and took two steps back, but his eyes were not afraid at all. Instead, he pointed to the evil slaves and said seriously: "Dare to attack the imperial officials! Come and take down all these evil people to me!"

A group of yamen behind had already stepped forward, but surrounded these five people.

"My master is the minister of Dali Temple in the current dynasty. I think who dares to touch me and give it a try!" The manager looked at the yamen officer and threatened loudly with a clear identity.

A bearded yamen put the knife on his neck and warned coldly: "I advise you to be arrested by your hands, don't say you are just a slave, even Lord Zhang is still

Don't you afford this heavy responsibility for offending the imperial court's official?"

"You are not from the tax customs?" The manager looked at the yamen officer and immediately asked in a strange way.

The bearded yaman nodded gently and responded proudly: "Yes, we belong to the Ministry of Revenue!"

Today, the yamen here not only had people from the original tax customs office, but also a group of yamen who followed from the Ministry of Revenue. The yamen with a bearded face was the small leader of the Ministry of Revenue.

"You..." Manager is a smart person. He has already developed an association, but he is thoughtful and authentic.

The bearded yachae didn't intend to talk to him too much, but with a wave of his hand, several yachaees immediately stepped forward and captured all five troubled slaves.

"Take them down and lock them up, and let me take care of them again!" Hai Rui wiped off the nosebleed from the bridge of his nose and gave a selfless order.

The bearded yamen responded respectfully and immediately took the person down.

"Even Lord Zhang's slave dares to arrest him!"

The onlookers and ordinary businessmen looked at Hai Ruitian so powerful, and their eyes couldn't help but glared slightly, and their hearts were also applauding.

Facing the wait-and-see merchants and managers, Hai Rui said loudly again: "I am here to reiterate it! You cannot pay commercial taxes and enter this door!"

The same goes for the moment, but it is more substantial, making the people present dare not laugh at it anymore. At least the head of the Yunnan Department of the Ministry of Revenue is completely different from the tax officials who used to be charming the superiors and bully the subordinates. He actually collects commercial taxes here.

but not afraid of any power.

"I'm afraid this is not simple!"

"Yes, there may be someone behind Hai Rui!"

"Even Mr. Zhang's face is not sold, I'm afraid it's that one!"

...

There are already a group of people watching here. When they see the situation develop so much, out of their understanding of the court, they also see something.

Hai Rui was naturally not afraid, but he actually dared to attack Zhang Shouzhi's slave, and there must be someone behind him. The answer is also about to come out. Lin Qingran was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue of the current dynasty. Not only did he have the second assistant Wu Shan of the current dynasty, but he also

There are a group of disciples who have been dependent on them.

Now, if they really break up with Lin Xuran for a little tax and silver, it will be no more rewarding. The most important thing is that they are not rational in this matter.

Many well-informed people understand that the reason why Lin Junran did this was actually to be forced by the current emperor.

After all, the emperor suddenly asked for 100,000 taels of silver. In order to raise enough money, Lin Qingran chose to impose strict commercial taxes in Chongwenmen, which was actually a helpless move.

It was at this moment that a voice suddenly rang out: "My Li family is impartial and law-abiding, so naturally they have to pay taxes to enter the city. Please ask Lord Hai to check these goods!"

"Who is this person?"

"I'm so nervous that I don't recognize you!"

"This is amazing, the second son of Mr. Li in the dynasty!"

...

The onlookers began to discuss as someone expressed their opinions. When they learned that this person had such a background, they couldn't help but secretly praised him.

However, regardless of Mr. Li's identity, Hai Rui saw that the other party did not cooperate with the tax collection, so he waved his hand and immediately collected commercial tax according to the new tax collection standards set by the Ministry of Revenue.

The Chongwenmen's commercial tax has great potential. After all, the most powerful and richest people live in the capital, and their consumption capacity is already extremely terrifying.

As long as normal taxation is implemented, it will never be a mere 10,000 taels a year. Not to mention that it will increase by 100 times, it will still be able to collect 200,000 silver or 300,000 silver.

The most important thing is that Hai Rui is undoubtedly the best tax official in the entire Ming Dynasty. When his mother bought two kilograms of pork that day, she could spread throughout Zhejiang. She was promoted to Beijing and could only endure the pain of separating her family. She already had an official who was deeply rooted in her bones.
Chapter completed!