Chapter 512 Just to Inform You!

Speaking of this, Governor Zhou felt that his attitude was clear enough and there was nothing more to say later.

Even if this matter spreads in official circles, he is not afraid of being talked about.

Doesn’t he respect the Lin family enough? Isn't my attitude towards Lin Tailai respectful enough?

No matter which official colleagues come to judge, they can't find fault with themselves. Even the chief minister can't say anything wrong with him.

But Lin Tailai actually forced himself to do practical things, forcing himself to be reckless in order to pursue his career, and to become a doer in promoting huge projects. This made the bad guy innocent!

If this reputation spreads, how can I still mess around? How to be a mediocre official whose fault is nothing but merit?

Official Lin must know very well what Governor Zhou is thinking. And he also knew that today's conversation was very important. A big project would definitely not bypass the officials in Fengjiang.

Thinking of this, Official Lin put away his smile and said calmly: "Being an official is just like being a human being. You need to be patient and learn to listen.

So Futai might as well be more patient and listen carefully to the gossip I brought, which will be very useful to you. "

When he heard Mr. Lin repeatedly mentioning "gossip" and then emphasizing "gossip" after changing his attitude, Governor Zhou understood that this "gossip" must be enough to kill him.

Then Lin Daguan stopped talking and said, "I heard that the weaving eunuch wants to tax the machine households again."

"How come this court hasn't heard about it?" Governor Zhou couldn't help but say.

Official Lin asked in surprise: "It's impossible that you haven't heard about it, right?

You fled Suzhou City in such a hurry. Didn't you hear the news and deliberately avoid trouble? "

Governor Zhou: ""

Lin Tailai continued: "You should also know that resisting taxes is a traditional art skill of us Suzhou people.

This time the weaving eunuch wants to tax looms again, which will definitely trigger a riot in the weaving industry.

And this time it’s not just the city, there are now a large number of looms in the industrial parks outside the city.

Therefore, once a civil unrest breaks out, it will be responded to internally and externally, spreading from the city to the outside, and the scale and space will be unprecedented.

Under this background, it is really unreasonable for you, the governor, to run away from the battlefield, right? Isn't it an exaggeration to charge him with dereliction of duty? "

Governor Zhou was shocked and confused. A matter that was nothing but nothing was said to be so serious.

Master Li next to him asked: "I dare to ask Bachelor Jiuyuan, does the weaving eunuch Sun Long really want to tax?"

Lin Tailai replied meaningfully: "Guess?"

Master Li couldn't help but be surprised that Lin Jiuyuan had such deep roots in Suzhou that he could even arrange for weaving eunuchs.

Lin Daguanren added: "It doesn't matter to me. My third brother is in charge of two thousand looms. It's good to follow others to make a fuss about tax exemption."

Governor Zhou continued to say forcefully: "This court doesn't care! At most, it's just an oversight and a failure of responsibility. At worst, you'll be punished by the court!"

I would rather be punished one by one for failing to respond to the civil uprising than do difficult practical work! This is the last dignity of a dawdling bureaucrat!

After receiving the punishment, he became a hero again three years later!

Official Lin did not argue with Governor Zhou about the pros and cons of interests, and continued to elaborate:

"Things are not that simple. The civil unrest of Ji households to resist taxes spreads from the east of the city to Mudu Town, and will eventually affect the Taihu boat households not far from Mudu Town.

Tens of thousands of boat households have been suffering from the heavy in-kind taxes levied by the government for many years. This time, they were inspired by the boat households to resist the tax, so they responded one after another!

The boat people's tax resistance has spread to various places around Taihu Lake, including Huzhou in Zhejiang Province, and the impact has been very bad. "

It was obviously a fictitious thing, but Lin Daguanren's tone was exactly the same as if it had already happened.

Although Governor Zhou is an honest person, honest people are more stubborn than others. "If such a situation really happens and I, the governor, fail to suppress the local area, I will be dismissed from office by the imperial court at the worst!"

It is impossible to do practical things. You would rather be dismissed than do practical things!

As long as the personal connections are still there, five years later he will be a good man who will be resurrected!

Official Lin still refused to argue with Governor Zhou about the pros and cons of interests, "Things are still not that simple. As you know, my Suzhou government is very rich in money and food.

Both machine households and boat households have risen up to resist the tax. It is also reasonable for ordinary farmers to be affected and have anti-tax sentiments, right?

It is only a month and a half before the autumn harvest. If by then there is a large-scale gap in the collection of money and grain, how can you, Futai, apologize to the court? "

Although Governor Zhou wanted to continue to be tough in his heart, he really couldn't be tough with his mouth.

Machine households can be tough in resisting taxes, and boat households can be tough in resisting taxes, but if farmers are involved, the nature will completely change.

For the governor of Jiangnan, money and grain, especially grain, was the most important task, and it was also the lifeline of the imperial court.

If there is a big problem with the grain supply, it is equivalent to the border town governor making a mistake and losing the battle and losing ground.

Then it is not just a matter of punishment or dismissal from office, but at least an exile package.

Lin Daguanren added: "A large part of the reason why these things happened is due to Fu Taiqian's inaction!

Before the chain of civil commotions occurred, you suddenly left Suzhou to avoid trouble and refused to return! "

Governor Zhou finally broke his guard and shouted: "What good will this do to you?"

Lin Daguan replied: "I am a native of Suzhou, and I am a local with a small industry.

The folks have launched a wave of tax resistance, which of course has a lot of benefits for me!

On the contrary, you, the governor, have caused widespread anti-taxation storms and even affected the grain transport. What will happen in the future?

I don’t know if you can adapt to the climate of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi at your age.

And there may be punishment that your descendants will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations for three generations. What should I do? "

Governor Zhou fell silent. At this time, the left protector Zhang Wen suddenly reminded him:

"Sifu, in the capital, some people have said that you are the governor killer.

In the past three years, four governors have been abolished by you. "

The implication is that if you add this one, it will be as high as five, which is a bit too much.

Mr. Lin quickly refuted: "No, no, don't talk nonsense! Besides, can you blame me?"

Zhang Wen said again: "Although those governors deserved their crimes, don't you have any responsibility at all, Sifu?"

Mr. Lin said excitedly: "In the beginning, our dynasty was divided into three divisions, and later the governor was set up to take charge of military and civilian affairs, with more power than any local official!

If you want to blame someone, blame these people for the sudden expansion of power after they became frontier officials, which gave them the illusion of being "omnipotent"!

So no matter what type of governor they are, they always want to have their own ideas and are unwilling to listen to advice!

So it's not that I, Lin Tailai, always have a hard time with the governors, but mainly because these governors really need to be punished! "

Governor Zhou: ""

Are you polite to say this in front of a governor?

While saying "the governor needs to be punished", Mr. Lin even believed it himself.

In comparison, old man Zhao, who was also a governor, is the most useful. He is worthy of being the training object I chose a few years ago.

Right Protector Zhang Wu also spoke up and said loudly: "After returning to Suzhou this time, he may have behaved too kindly!

I think sometimes, it is appropriate to kill appropriately. What is it? Kill one to warn the hundred? "

"You have said enough! "Governor Zhou said in intolerable pain.

He just wanted to be an official who lived a life of ease and quiet, why should he endure these threats and sarcasm?

What's wrong with being an honest man? Do honest people deserve to be pointed at by arrows?

Master Li thought about it and was really at a loss, so he whispered to Governor Zhou: "Dong Weng, he who knows the times is a hero."

He could see that the resources that Lin Tailai could mobilize in Suzhou Prefecture were far beyond imagination.

If it weren't for the waste of time to change the governor and re-run, it is estimated that Lin Tailai would not bother to toss with Governor Zhou.

This is the gap in absolute strength. In the face of absolute strength, such clever tricks as running away are completely useless.

Governor Zhou now has two choices. Either he will take the official blame after failing in his work and be dismissed and go home; or he will be blamed for his personal blame after running away and be exiled.

Choose the lesser of two evils, which is the choice of all normal people.

Governor Zhou sighed and asked: "What do you want this court to do? ”

The Zhang brothers, who had just helped to hint at the situation, shut up. Their mission was accomplished.

Looking at the surrendered Governor Zhou, the two brothers thought to themselves that there was really no big difference between being a government official and being in a gang. The means of dealing with people were essentially the same.

At this moment, Mr. Lin finally got to the point and started with the most difficult task: "There is still a gap of at least 200,000 taels in the project funds. Thank you for your concern."

Governor Zhou was furious and said, "Don't force it! Where did our court get 200,000 taels? There is no place to raise 200,000 taels!"

Mr. Lin hurriedly said, "Don't be nervous! I will naturally show the governor a way out. You can borrow it!"

Governor Zhou sneered, "Who can lend 200,000 taels to our court? Besides, our court's face is not worth 200,000 taels."

Mr. Lin replied, "The court can always come up with 200,000 taels. The governor can borrow it from the court treasury! ”

Governor Zhou: “”

What kind of crazy idea is this? I have never heard of any place being able to borrow money from the national treasury.

If you can borrow money from the national treasury without any reason, then all places would have borrowed out all the money from the national treasury long ago!

And even if you can borrow money, what can you use to pay it back?

Mr. Lin explained: “All this money will be used in Songjiang Prefecture, so it should be paid back by Songjiang Prefecture.

Although 200,000 taels of silver sounds like a lot, Songjiang Prefecture also has 5 million acres of farmland!

You can evenly distribute 200,000 taels of silver to the 5 million acres of farmland in Songjiang Prefecture, collect more money and grain next year, and return it to the court with interest! ”

Governor Zhou: “”

Isn’t this a disguised increase in land tax? The people will definitely criticize you, right?

Mr. Lin encouraged: “For the long-term benefit of a hundred years, it is inevitable to sacrifice short-term interests!

There may be many people who don’t understand, it’s all thanks to officials like Futai who don’t care about personal gains and losses and honor and disgrace to come forward to manage it! "

Governor Zhou:"

Fuck you! You don't care about personal gains and losses!

You, Lin Tailai, are really not a human being! You can even come up with such a dirty idea!

But he also had a vague feeling that doing this would set a precedent that he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Then Governor Zhou raised a very realistic question: "The court has never had a precedent, and it may not agree. There must be many opponents."

Mr. Lin grinned and said, "Then you can tell those rubbish in the court who dare to oppose it. If you don't agree, go to the Royal Treasury to borrow money!

With the five million acres of land tax from Songjiang Prefecture to repay the loan, plus interest, His Majesty the Emperor must be very happy!

But the consequences of bringing out the emperor are unpredictable. I wonder who in the court dares to oppose the national treasury borrowing silver again!"

Governor Zhou was stunned. If the emperor was given the opportunity to collect land taxes directly in Jiangnan, must the officials in the imperial court go crazy?

Then in the eyes of others, wouldn’t he become a person who sold his soul to the devil?

You, Lin Tailai, still want to force others to do such dirty work, you are really not a human being! Worse than the devil!

In your mind, Lin Tailai, do you really use the governor as a consumable?

In desperation, Governor Zhou said: "I think this matter"

"Shut up!" Lin Tailai interrupted Governor Zhou, "You only need to say yes or no!"

Governor Zhou was stunned for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Promise."

The warm smile returned to Lin Daguan's face again, "Other things in the preparation stage are relatively trivial.

No matter what application Xu Zhifu submits, you should not delay it. The main thing is to order the surrounding prefectures and counties in advance to prepare for the recruitment of manpower. "

Governor Zhou nodded frequently like a zombie. He no longer expected to have any "sovereignty".

He just wanted to let Lin Devil finish his words and leave quickly.

Finally I heard Lin Daguan say: "We have finished talking about the construction issues."

Governor Zhou immediately stood up and left like a student after class.

Now that we’ve finished talking, what are you still doing here? See Lin Tailai's proud face?

"Wait a minute!" Lin Daguan shouted: "There are still post-operation issues to discuss below!"

Governor Zhou didn't understand at all and said in confusion: "What is the later operation?"

Lin Tailai said in detail: "It is currently estimated that the construction will cost 300,000 yuan, of which Futai will borrow 200,000 yuan from the imperial court.

The remaining one hundred thousand is not a small amount, and there is a Xinwu Club that is willing to contribute money to help the government solve its problems.

But we can’t let Xinwu Club give out these 100,000 yuan for free, right? Therefore, the government should provide certain compensation to Xinwu Club, and Futaiyou still needs to finalize the decision. "

Governor Zhou said impatiently: "What other benefits do you want, just say it in one breath!

Is it possible that you also want to collect land tax from the five million acres of land in Songjiang Prefecture? "

Lin Tailai argued: "I am not asking for benefits personally, but Xinwu Club needs to have benefits after paying 100,000 taels of silver."

"It's all the same!" Governor Zhou said.

So Lin Daguan stopped being pretentious and said directly: "First, the land within two miles of the mouth of the Songjiang River in Xinwu will be owned by the Xinwu Club. Leasing or acquisition will be discussed separately.

Second, Xinwu Society is allowed to build three new river ports on the Wusong River.

Third, only cargo ships designated by the Xinwu Society are allowed to pass on the Wusong River.

Fourth, the government negotiated with Xinwu Society on the collection of customs duties. "

Governor Zhou thought that he had made enough psychological preparations and had the clearest understanding of Lin Tailai's greed. No matter what Lin Tailai said, it would be impossible to shock him again.

But he still didn't expect that he still underestimated Lin Tailai's demands! No, you underestimated Lin Tailai's lower limit!

What kind of brain can come up with such a crazy idea? Are you, Lin Tailai, afraid of dying?

Also, why does it sound like the underworld is divided into territories and areas?

"You..." Governor Zhou said hesitantly.

"Shut up!" Lin Daguan said without any doubt: "I didn't discuss it with you, I just informed you."

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