I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 601 The Bad Guys Are in Action
At this time.

Wang De walked in from outside the hall.

"emperor."

"Prince."

"Officials from the Secretariat and the Ministry of Personnel, as well as the six ministers and ministers above the level of vice minister are all here."

"Would you like to summon me?" Wang De asked respectfully.

"Xuan."

Li Zheng said immediately.

Not a moment.

A dozen ministers walked into the hall.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty, and Your Highness the Crown Prince."

All the ministers entered the hall and immediately saluted respectfully.

"No need."

Li Zheng waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the ministers thanked him in unison and then stood in the center of the hall.

"Has the imperial edict been announced?" Li Zheng asked the Minister of Rites Zhu Jun.

"Your Majesty, the imperial edict has been issued."

"Now that the announcement has been made first in Chang'an, other prefectures and regions will also announce it soon." Zhu Jun replied immediately.

"How's the response?" Li Zheng asked with a smile.

“The response has been huge.”

"Especially the cancellation of military household registration and the relocation of the capital of the Tang Dynasty, these have had a huge impact."

"Of course, the Shi Khanate was just established, and the Tang Dynasty wanted to open up trade routes to the Shi Khanate's territory, and there were many merchants who would follow."

"The Ministry of Revenue must be very busy nowadays."

"Of course, the same is true for the Chief Secretaries of various places."

"After the new capital is completed, the imperial court will gradually relocate. Many wealthy families and common people also want to move to the new capital. Countless people are buying houses and shops." Zhu Jun said with a smile.

"Return to the Emperor."

"The Ministry of Revenue is indeed very busy nowadays."

"Since yesterday, there have been long queues every day, either for those buying houses or renting shops."

"Now I have mobilized all the documents of the Ministry of Revenue to speed up the processing and review."

"But it is far from enough. I guess the Ministry of Revenue will continue to be busy." Qin Jiansheng was also a little helpless.

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Zheng smiled and encouraged.

"I have liberalized trade and even lifted the maritime ban. Merchants in the Tang Dynasty can trade with overseas countries. What about overseas taxes?" Li Zheng looked at Qin Jiansheng and asked.

"emperor."

"It is better for Lord Gu to report now. Lord Gu is responsible for all matters concerning overseas taxes."

Qin Jiansheng turned around and pointed at his deputy, Gu Shi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who had also returned from Northern Xinjiang. It was Li Zheng who personally issued the transfer order, transferring him from the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Revenue.

After he joined the complementary team, his abilities remained outstanding and did not disappoint Li Zheng.

"Return to the Emperor."

"The taxes returned from overseas far exceeded our imagination."

"Over the past two years."

"Countless merchants from our Tang Dynasty went out to sea to do business, and brought back countless rare treasures and money from overseas."

"My Ministry of Revenue collected a total of 50 million taels of silver in taxes."

“And it’s only been two years.”

"In the future, the more merchants there are, the higher the taxes will be. This figure is almost half of the commercial taxes collected by the Tang Dynasty."

"The emperor encourages maritime trade, which is a true national policy for strengthening the country." Gu Shi reported excitedly.

Hear this number.

“There are such huge taxes.”

"We didn't engage in overseas trade before, and it really caused great losses to the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian sighed.

"In the past, the threats surrounding our Great Tang were too great. If we opened overseas trade, we would inevitably be attacked by pirates and barbarians, and the losses would definitely not be small. But now our Great Tang is different." "The country is rich and the people are strong. The army is powerful, and we have a navy that is ahead of the entire world, as well as warships."

"With this, we can conduct maritime trade with honor."

Li Zheng said with a smile.

"You're right."

“It really wasn’t the right time before.”

"The Tang Dynasty is now in your hands. It is so powerful." Li Chengqian said with great emotion.

If Li Chengqian had not looked through the records of the six ministries, various taxes, and treasury reserves in the past few days, he would not have believed that the Tang Dynasty had become so powerful today.

"emperor."

"Should the taxes collected at the customs go into the national treasury?"

"The emperor has been making statistics in the past two years, so these silver coins have not been included." Gu Shi said respectfully.

"nature."

"In the future, this item must also be fully counted and recorded." Li Zheng nodded.

"I obey your order." Gu Shi accepted the order respectfully.

"Over the years, the six departments have done a good job."

"But human hearts are unpredictable and interests can move people's hearts."

"Although the six departments have done a good job, there are also some bad apples."

"Wang Hao, tell my dear ministers how many corrupt officials have been arrested by the Bad People in recent years, how many of them are in each department, and how much power they have." Li Zheng said in a deep voice.

Wang Hao immediately stood up and looked at the important officials in front of him.

"these years."

"The Bad Guys have arrested a total of 120 criminal officials in the six departments."

"Among them, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Provincial Administration Department account for almost 70% of the number of people."

"According to my investigation."

"These positions are where the most money-for-power transactions take place, and where more money is handled."

"That's exactly what it is."

"Those corrupt officials couldn't help themselves and stretched out their hands."

"but."

"Bad people are everywhere in the world, and they are supervised."

"Even if they hide too deeply, the bad guys can still find them out."

"They are indeed greedy, but it is also because of their greed that the bad guys were able to perform meritorious services for the emperor and their wealth was naturally incorporated into the national treasury." Wang Hao said loudly with a bit of sarcasm.

These words also carry a sense of intimidation.

The Bad People take direct orders from the imperial power.

What they did was to offend people, so they were not afraid of these court officials the most.

Being appointed by the imperial power, one naturally serves the imperial power.

“Did you hear that number?”

"These figures are only for Chang'an City, which is right under my nose."

"They dare to embezzle. You can imagine how many corrupt officials are rampant in those remote areas."

"If there were no Bad People to monitor for me, I really wouldn't be able to catch these bad apples." Li Zheng smiled and was very satisfied with the Bad People's abilities.

"Wang Hao, you have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty in eradicating corrupt officials."

"I gave you a longevity pill back then. Today, I will give you another one as a reward." Li Zheng said as he waved his hand, and a porcelain bottle flew towards Wang Hao.

"I, your servant, am willing to swear allegiance to the Tang Dynasty until death."

"I, the bad people, will kill all the corrupt officials in the world to repay the emperor's grace." Wang Hao bowed with great excitement.

"I have granted the Bad People the power of supervision and the right to execute first and report later. I want to make Scorpio officials feel like there is a sword hanging over their heads, so that they know what they can and cannot do."

"of course."

"The supervision of bad people is entrusted by me, and is also included in my examination of the six ministries and all the powers of the Tang Dynasty."

"I hope you can examine yourselves."

"If you find corrupt officials or evil officials who take people's lives lightly, you can deal with them yourself. If you are discovered by bad people, you will also be held severely responsible."

(End of this chapter)