Chapter 219 Opposition of Officials

"Yes, yes, yes, I will definitely complete the reform of the brothel as soon as possible." Li Suran said nervously.

Liu Xia said slightly, "Wen Yuan, in the future, the audit and other matters of the brothel will be handed over to your investigation headquarters. You must be firm in principle and stick to the law. Do you hear me?" Zhang Wenyuan was shocked all over. Liu Xia said this to tell him not to embezzle and take bribes, otherwise you would be the first to do it. Zhang Wenyuan lowered his head and did not dare to look at Liu Xia. At this time, his back was also soaked and said respectfully, "I know that I will not let the prince down."

"That's right, each city has a special street, and then let all the certified brothels in the city be stationed in it. No brothels are allowed in other places. In addition, casinos are strictly prohibited. I know that it is impossible to completely ban gambling, but I think of a compromise, which is to build a new city 300 miles east of Luoyang City. I call him not to sleep. In the future, if all casinos want to open, they must move to it, otherwise they are not allowed to open casinos. In addition, casinos are profitable. The government holds 80%, and the minimum is not allowed to be less than 70%. The casino must also be certified by the government, otherwise it will be strictly investigated illegally!"

Chen Liu thought to himself after hearing this: It's making money again! Yes, Liu Xia makes money, because Liu Xia deeply feels that the expenditure is large and the income is small. Although he has just seized 5 million taels of silver and 500,000 taels of gold in Shaanxi before, Liu Xia's treasury is very abundant. However, Liu Xia told the people that they would be tax-free for three years, that is to say, they don't have to pay three years of agricultural tax. Now China is a large agricultural country. Industry and commerce are basically destroyed by the war. All taxes are supported by agriculture. Now without agricultural tax, Liu Xia wants to support this huge army and officials. One year is fine, but three years is definitely not.

But where does the money come from? Although Liu Xia has established a glass factory and a steel factory, although the glass factory has begun to sell exquisite glass, it is also a drop in the bucket. At this time, the steel mill is still losing money. Liu Xia can only revitalize the economy and collect commercial taxes while rectifying these high-profit brothel casinos.

"The prince, this casino..." Zhang Wenyuan looked at Liu Xia, but when he saw Liu Xia's gloomy face, Zhang Wenyuan still didn't go on. Everyone knew that the profit of any casino was backed by a big family or a large number of officials. Now Liu Xia's move is broken. Their way of making money. Although they still make profits, they are much less.

"Bang!" Can't Liu Xia not know what Zhang Wenyuan is thinking? Isn't she worried that many officials will oppose or even create chaos? Liu Xia shouted angrily, "I raised you officials, not for the people, not for making money, but for you to benefit the people. How long has it been in Luoyang City now? Are officials corrupt to this extent? No, I have to check it! The most indispensable thing in China is people. The most indispensable of these tens of millions of people is those who want to be officials. Tell those people that if they stop, they should not pursue me. If they want to make trouble for me and work against me, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Liu Xia said that he could do it. Most of the reason for the demise of a dynasty was the corruption of officials. Liu Xia did not expect that he had just stood firm for less than two years, and the appointment of officials for less than a year. There were so many corruption problems. This must not be easily dismissed, otherwise in the future. Maybe it will become something. This cancer must be cut off as soon as possible.

After Liu Xia's order passed down, all the search personnel of each county government were waiting to arrest people, and the local garrison guarding the tower also received Liu Xia's order to cooperate with the government and intervene in the battle if necessary. If they were killed by resistance. Don't talk about it.

Suddenly, the brothel casinos and some large families of officials in most counties of Luoyang Prefecture, Guide Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and Ruzhou Prefecture were panicked.

In a large mansion in Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, a group of people are discussing, including many local officials.

"Mao Cheng, you are the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Xiangfu County. Can't you accommodate it? Besides, the gambling house also has your money." A fat middle-aged man is humane to a middle-aged man in his thirties.

The man named Mao Cheng always frowned tightly. He didn't expect things to turn out like this and said, "I didn't expect the prince to issue such an order. Alas, Brother Wang, what do you think?" After saying that, he looked at another middle-aged man. This middle-aged man, Wang Wenda, is the deputy director of the Civil Affairs Department of Kaifeng Prefecture. His official position is much higher than Mao Cheng.

Wang Wenda said, "The magistrate has begun to mobilize the personnel of the investigation department to seal up all the gambling and brothel in Kaifeng. I can't control the magistrate at all!"

"Hua Yanchi is the first to be an official and the first to be promoted. With the expansion of the territory of the Pingbei Army in the future, his career will definitely get higher and higher. Naturally, he is not what we can reach."

At this time, a fat old man in his fifties dressed in silk and satin said, "Let's send 10,000 silver dollars to Huayanchi and pull Huayanchi into the water. Then send 5,000 silver dollars to the people in the search office.

"I'm afraid this won't work. Huayanchi will definitely not want our things, and those who arrest the investigation are all officers before King Zheng. They are very loyal to King Zheng. It's not easy to pull it into the water. What's more, King Zheng is determined to rectify the gambling house this time. We are afraid that no one can stop it."

"If you let him rectify, what profit do we have there? They have to take 70% of the profit.

"Li Lao is right. 70% of the profit is too high. I think it's not just us discussing countermeasures at this time, but there are also people in other governments. We might as well join a large number of officials to ad the king of Zheng, force the king of Zheng to cancel the rectification of the gambling house, or reduce taxes, but it can't exceed 20% at most.

"Lao Ma said it well. I'm going to unite all the opposing officials. I believe there will be a lot of people. At that time, when so many people object, Zheng Wang will definitely give up.

"Okay, that's it. Everyone is ready to prepare."

After two days of calm days, the voice of opposition finally broke out on the third day. The snowflake-like letters were continuously transmitted to Zheng Wangfu, and even hundreds of officials went to Luoyang to kneel outside Zheng Wangfu to ask Liu Xia to withdraw the rectification regulations.

Interestingly, these hundreds of people are all low-level officials. As for those magistrate, director and so on, no one dares to object, because they have known Liu Xia's methods for a long time. How dare they oppose Liu Xia? Only these new officials who are far away from Luoyang dare to do so. They imitate the scholars and doctors in the Ming Dynasty and kneel outside the Zheng Palace.

In the Ming Dynasty, many ministers liked to oppose the emperor's orders, and then a large number of people knelt outside the gate and asked the emperor to take back their orders. If it succeeded, it would be just right. It would be better if the emperor was annoyed and beaten, because it can improve his reputation and show that the person dares to speak without fear of authority.

However, these people misestimated the form. They were not scholars and doctors of the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Xia was not the emperors of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, Liu Xia led a large number of personnel from the investigation office and walked out of Zheng Wangfu with a sneer and came to the square outside Zheng Wangfu. At this time, more than 100 people knelt on the ground neatly, and the surrounding guards guarded it closely. On the periphery, there is a crowd of people watching the hustle and bustle.

"Please take back your order!"

"Please take back your order!"

"The prince is here!"

At this time, more than 100 people looked up one after another and thought, "Liu Xia is finally willing to see you. Humph, I don't believe that you, Liu Xia, will not take back your life."

Liu Xia looked at more than a hundred people with disgust. Liu Xia found out all the details of these people at this time. Basically, everyone had the experience of embezzlement and bribery. Originally, Liu Xia felt that as long as they carried out their own orders, the previous accounts would be written off. After all, it was not easy to train an official.

However, today they are so coerced that Liu Xia is very angry. No matter how difficult it is to train an official, these people can't stay!

"Come on! Bring things right away!" Liu Xia shouted angrily.