For this reason, many people in Jiangning Prefecture are speaking strangely.
Because Xu Jieyuan is helping the Court collect commercial taxes, and even as a major shareholder behind the workshops, Xu Qing is essentially paying the Court out of his own pocket.
Not to mention that the nobles don't understand, even many members of the Recovery Society are baffled.
Xu Qing knows that if rules aren't established now, it will be even harder to set them in the future.
This is also why the Emperor is especially satisfied with Xu Qing.
No matter how much trouble Xu Qing causes, the money that is supposed to go to the National Treasury and the Inner Treasury, as long as it comes from Xu Qing, not a cent will be missing, in fact, there might even be more.
One could say that in the Emperor's personal heart, Xu Qing is purer than the Pure Stream.
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"Xu Gongming has shown up?" Duke Wei let out a sigh of relief after hearing the report from the chief steward Yan Fu.
