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Chapter 144

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    After thinking about it all night, Fatty Lu, who has always been determined, finally changed his original intention after careful consideration of whether Zhu Guozhi asked him about the tax quota of the Eight Banners drug.  Because among other things, just Zhu Guozhi's virtue of selling his mother's belly pocket as long as he has money, makes Fatty Lu absolutely uneasy¡ª¡ªOld traitor Wu Sangui is not stupid.  The traitor invested in the Pingxi Palace or betrayed himself under the money offensive of the traitor, and brought this matter to Wu Sangui. Then Fatty Lu's vicious intentions of deliberately concealing this matter and forcing Wu Sangui against Wu Sangui were also fully exposed in front of the old traitor Wu?

    However, deciding not to hide this matter from the old traitor Wu does not mean that Fatty Lu gave up his plan to use the Baqi drug taxation to force the old traitor Wu to rebel, but that Fatty Lu came up with a more comprehensive strategy based on various situations.  Although the effect of the insidious and vicious trick is still unknown, Fatty Lu feels that it is more effective than the plan he prepared before.

    This plan comes from a story that Fatty Lu inadvertently recalled. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a monkey raiser who could only give each monkey seven chestnuts a day because of his lack of money. At first, he told the monkeys, three chestnuts in the morning.  Four chestnuts in the evening, the monkeys were very unhappy and strongly opposed it. Later, the monkey breeder said that the four chestnuts in the morning and three chestnuts in the evening, the monkeys turned their anger into joy and obeyed the monkey breeder.

    The number of chestnuts has not changed, but the distribution method has changed, and the monkeys are satisfied and happy. Whether it is because the monkeys are too stupid or something else, Fatty Lu does not intend to go into it. Fatty Lu just has such an idea - if Gan Wenkun and  Zhu Guozhi, the local officials responsible for negotiating the tax amount, first set a tax amount for Wu Sangui's Eight Banners drug that Wu Sangui was very satisfied with, and then Xiao Mazi suddenly overturned this decision, withdrew the tax ruling power, and set a new tax amount for Wu Sangui.  high tax.  So, in this situation, what would Wu Sangui and his wolves, tigers and leopards think?

    At that time, even if Xiao Mazi¡¯s tax quota for Baqi Fushou Gao is more reasonable, it would be acceptable if it was proposed at the beginning by Old Traitor Wu.  They are happy first and then angry, and when they are greatly disappointed, what action will they take?  Will it detonate the first Opium War two hundred years in advance?

    After making up his mind, Fatty Lu immediately put on his clothes and got up, went to the Qujing County Government overnight, and sent Wu Sangui to monitor him, but the current Qujing County Magistrate Chen Dou, who was basically on his side, got up from the bed, and talked with him at night by candlelight.  In the middle of the night, when the sky just dawned the next day, a snow-white carrier pigeon rose from the backyard of the Qujing County Government Office, spread its wings in the early morning light, and headed towards Kunming in the south.

    Of course, the speed of the carrier pigeon is much faster than that of the war horse. Only at noon that day, the news jointly reported by Fatty Lu and Chen Dou had already been delivered to Wu Sangui and Old Traitor Wu. After reading the report, Old Traitor Wu was overjoyed and slapped  On the silver case in front of him, he said happily: "Okay, it turns out that the imperial court was not sure how much tax should be levied on Baqi Fushou Gao, and handed over the power to determine the tax amount to Gan Wenkun and Zhu Guozhi. Now things will be easier to handle."

    "Father-in-law, is there such a good thing?" Hu Guozhu and Xia Guoping were also overjoyed, and hurriedly asked together: "Father-in-law, is the news about Yifeng reliable? Is it hearsay or accurate news?"

    "It's absolutely reliable. Zhu Baidi personally told Yifeng this news." Wu Sangui said happily, "Yifeng gave him five thousand taels of silver as soon as we met, and promised to give him so much every year. This idiot treats Yifeng as a  The confidant even asked Yifeng for his opinion, asking how much tax Yifeng thinks is more appropriate for Baqi Drugs."

    "Great, this is really pie in the sky." Hu Guozhu exclaimed delightedly¡ªalthough Hu Guozhu is not as weak as his father-in-law Wu Laohan, but it is a great thing that he can use a little money to send the Qing court to avoid the complete intensification of conflicts  , Hu Guozhu is still very willing to accept.

    At that moment, Hu Guozhu quickly suggested: "Father-in-law, the son-in-law suggested that we hurry up and make arrangements, prepare more money to send Zhu Baidi, and ask him to set the tax on Baqi Fushou Gao as low as possible. There is also Yifeng, who also wants to pay  The quota for taxation is said to be less, and we must act with us.¡±

    "Very well, I'll leave everything to you to arrange." The old traitor Wu still had great trust in his eldest son-in-law, Hu Guozhu, and he threw the most important matter related to the most important financial revenue of the Pingxi Palace to Hu Guozhu in a flash.  At the end, the old traitor Wu asked again: "Then do you think it would be better for Yifeng to answer Zhu Baidi, and suggest that Zhu Baidi set the tax on the Eight Banners drug?"

    "Needless to say, of course, one tael of Eight Banners drug cream is only charged one cent!" Xia Guoxiang was the first to exclaim.  Then Wu Yingqi yelled, "It's too highI know.

    "Of course." Xiao Zhuang said calmly: "Ba Banner Fushou Cream is so profitable, Wu Sangui has already made a lot of money, and he still receives more than three million taels of military pay from the court every year, shouldn't he  Do you want to hand over some to the imperial court? Is it true that the entire Qing court and the Forbidden City palaces are going to live together in tight belts, and let Wu Sangui eat and drink alone?"

    After all, the old hag of Xiaozhuang called Aunt Su Ma to help her up, and said indiscriminately: "Grandson, that's it, you can make an order according to your own decision. If something goes wrong, you will be sad."  The family will take care of the aftermath for you. If there is progress in this matter, report it to the Ai family immediately."

    Although Xiao Mazi is getting older and more powerful, he still respects and obeys the old witch of Xiaozhuang very much. Seeing that the old witch of Xiaozhuang is confident and seems to have a good chance of winning, she no longer insists, and immediately bows and answers: "  Please rest assured, grandma, my grandson will immediately decree to take back the right to determine the tax of Baqi Fushou Gao, and send another imperial envoy to adjudicate the tax."

    "I don't need to send an imperial envoy." Xiaozhuang suddenly changed his mind again, and said decisively: "Baqi Fushou Gao is Wu Sangui's biggest cash cow, no matter who is sent to adjudicate the tax amount of Baqi Fushou Gao, Wu Sangui will definitely buy it at any cost, try to  Lowering the tax amount will harm the country and benefit private interests. So there is no need to send imperial envoys, and the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou should just report the production and profits of the Eight Banners Fushou Cream truthfully, and the court will decide how much tax should be collected.¡±

    Xiao Mazi was stunned for a while, then bowed and agreed, and Xiao Zhuang pointed to Mingzhu and Suo'etu who were kneeling on the ground and ordered: "You all remember, you are not allowed to leak a single word of what the Ai family said to the emperor today, especially  It's Oboi's side, don't let him hear any rumors, the Ai family has their own ideas."

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    It was in Qujing City almost at the same time. After listening to Chen Dou's report on the tax increase and collection of the Eight Banners drug ointment in Qujing County, Fatty Lu couldn't help laughing, and asked: "It's so smooth, the people who grow the Eight Banners drug ointment  Inside, isn¡¯t there a tax-resistant person?¡±

    "It's very simple, because the tax is too light." Chen Dou rarely smiled, and replied: "The official purchase price of Baqi Fushou Gao is four yuan and one tael, and the private purchase price is more than six yuan.  Well, ordinary people would be so stupid to lose the planting rights of Baqi drug cream in order to fight against this tax?"

    "Oh, the common people are happy, but I believe that our pockmarked emperor must turn his nose up when he sees this tax amount." Fatty Lu laughed slyly, and said, "I bet our pockmarked emperor will definitely  I would even have the heart to tear Zhu Guozhi apart, regretting why I gave the right to set taxes to Zhu Guozhi, an old white pig"

    "Huh?" Fatty Lu suddenly couldn't stop laughing, and exclaimed, "No, why didn't I think of this before?"

    "Master Futai didn't think of that before?" Chen Dou asked suspiciously.

    "What I didn't expect was, why did the court entrust such an important matter to the local governor?" Fatty Lu said nervously: "Although there are some special taxes and tax increases, there is a precedent for the local governor to decide the tax amount according to the actual situation.  , but such a large tax source for the Eight Banners Fushou Gao is related to the imperial court¡¯s strategy of weakening and restricting the prince, so why is it delegated to the local government, so that Gan Wenkun and Zhu Guozhi can make decisions based on the actual situation?¡±

    "Didn't Zhu Guozhi say that because the Eight Banners drug is a new thing, the imperial court didn't know much about it, so it delegated the power of taxation to the local government." Chen Dou explained.

    "That's the most suspicious point!" Fatty Lu slapped the table, "Now the Eight Banners Fushou Cream Shops are everywhere in the capital, and the profits are so lucrative that they can be clearly grasped in the capital, and there is no need for the local government to rule  And the most suspicious point is that Zhu Guozhi, an old fat pig, was a well-known corrupt official in the world as early as the Shunzhi period. He even dared to sell his mother's belly pocket for money. How could the court pay such an important matter with so much money?  Leave the matter to him? Make it convenient for him to guard and steal from himself?"

    "Yes, this is very strange." Chen Dou also came back to his senses, and pondered: "Could it be that our pockmarked emperor suddenly became confused and made a foolish move?"

    "Impossible!" Fatty Lu said decisively: "Even if Xiao Mazi is still young and hasn't woken up for a while, it is impossible for the two foxes, the Empress Dowager and Oboi, to get out of such a blind game! I am sure that this  There must be a bigger conspiracy behind this incident!"

    "Then what kind of conspiracy will there be?" Chen Dou hurriedly asked again.

    Of course, Fatty Lu will not be able to answer what conspiracy is behind it, but after pondering for a long time, Fatty Lu suddenly revealed a look of surprise, and said: "Could it be that there are people in the court who have the same idea as us? They have the same purpose  ?!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website URL: www.  hlnovel.com)?My biggest motivation.  )(Remember this website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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