Chapter 249: Commercial Tax Book Arrives
He knew that in the past few months, Minister Yan had only been complaining about being poor, and it seemed that he could no longer say anything else!

Emperor Xuanwu waved his hand and said casually:
"Then cancel it. You don't have much time to go on the autumn hunt."

"?"

Why are you talking about her alone?

Yun Shu's eyes widened in alertness:
"Father, what do you mean by this? You are not really going to hand over all the memorials from now on to me, are you?"

"You want to be beautiful!"

Emperor Xuanwu twitched his lips and snorted coldly:

"Even if I really intend to abdicate now and let a virtuous person take over, do you think you are worthy of the word 'virtuous' now?"

Oh, that's too much to bear.

Yun Shu felt relieved at the speed of light.

The next second, Emperor Xuanwu continued in a deep voice:
"Soon, the tax ledgers from all over the country will be sent to the capital. As the president of the Chamber of Commerce, you need to check all the ledgers before the twelfth lunar month, which is November.

Only after confirmation will the local chambers of commerce pay the commercial taxes to the national treasury.

Tell me, are you busy?"

"…Father, I have a question…"

Yun Shu also heard something was wrong at this time:

"Shouldn't the Ministry of Revenue assist in the year-end reconciliation of the commercial tax books?
Even if the Ministry of Revenue has its own account books to check, they don't have time to take care of me.

Then you should at least arrange some manpower for your son, right?

The account books of the Ministry of Revenue were not checked by Minister Yan alone!"

"That's right in theory."

It was rare to see this kid looking dumbfounded, Emperor Xuanwu curled his lips unkindly:

“But you also know that the Chamber of Commerce was only established this year, so its effectiveness is yet to be known.

There are still many ministers in the court who want to oppose the new business tax law and are waiting to see the results this year.

Once the results are not satisfactory, the opposition ministers will immediately jump out and bring up the old issues again.

Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible to truly improve the Chamber of Commerce into the same level as the Ministry of Revenue.

Especially since you had previously demonstrated your ability to draw conclusions with just one glance in front of everyone in order to take the position of president of the Chamber of Commerce...

Anyway, this year's audit can only be done by you.
As for the future...

You should be able to imagine that if the new business tax law can really bring a lot of benefits to the national treasury,

Next year, you won’t even have to tell me, the Ministry of Revenue will be crying and rushing to check your accounts.”

Yun Shu: “…”

If I had known I wouldn't have pretended like that.

Now, I've gone too far without realizing it.

Yun Shu's expression fell, and he pouted in grievance:
"Father..."

"It's no use calling me father."

Emperor Xuanwu had never been able to resist the eager look of this brat, so he turned his eyes away without making any expression, not meeting her gaze:
"This is also an opportunity for you to prove yourself."

"I didn't say I didn't want this opportunity!"

Noticing that Emperor Xuanwu seemed to be avoiding his gaze, Yun Shu simply walked around his own small table and chair and moved to the dragon table:
"But father, please look at me, I am only fourteen years old!

Do you know what this age means? It means that I am still growing!
At this stage, if I am under too much pressure, cannot get enough rest, and work too hard every day, it is hard to say what hidden dangers this will cause to my body, but if I fail to grow taller because of this, then I will be doomed!

The temperament and image were ruined in an instant!
You don't want the history books to record that you over-exploited your son, causing him to grow into a bean sprout, right?"

Emperor Xuanwu: “?” He turned his gaze silently and looked up and down at Yunshu’s small figure.

Well, it really looks like a small bean sprout that has not yet grown.

If she really stays at this stage, she won't be able to grow any longer...

Emperor Xuanwu imagined how she would look like after wearing the dragon robe, and sighed in annoyance.

As for those superficial people in later generations who only care about appearance, if they knew that the empress was just a bean sprout, how poisonous their mouths would be!

Such a great reputation cannot be dragged down by the bean sprout body.

Emperor Xuanwu gritted his teeth:
"Then what do you want?"

"Since those account books are destined to be hidden, I must check them personally.
Then... before those account books arrive, I can only let you take a good rest, conserve your energy, and gather enough energy to deal with the upcoming account books."

Yun Shu smiled and steadily carried the pile of memorials that had not been touched on her small table back to Emperor Xuanwu's dragon desk:
"So, Father, you may have to deal with these memorials yourself first."

"..."

This can give her an excuse to return it?
Looking at the towering memorial mountain in front of him, Emperor Xuanwu rolled his eyes at her in annoyance:
"Was the pile I gave you before this high?"

I clearly just returned him one and a half stacks!

She stuffed half a stack in there so blatantly. Did she think that her father was blind?
"How can I compare with you?"

Yun Shu quickly leaned over and patted his shoulder:

"If I could be as capable as you, father, who handles three piles of memorials every day without blinking an eye, I wouldn't have to worry about not growing taller due to all these busy affairs!"

"Why don't you go and take care of your 'busy business'?"

Emperor Xuanwu deliberately gritted his teeth and emphasized the last few words, trying to play a trick on her.

But Yun Shu pretended not to hear and quickly took back the hand that was hammering his shoulder:

"okay!"

Emperor Xuanwu: “…”

Once again, he really couldn't understand why this kid could unify the world and lay the foundation for a prosperous and flourishing world.

But he couldn't do it.

……

He was unaware of the complex feelings of his father, the emperor, who was both proud and speechless.

Yun Shu returned to his daily routine of just learning to deal with a pile of half-folded notes as he wished. About twenty days later,
Finally, ten large boxes of account books were delivered to her Fengyang Palace.

Good news, I don't have to go to the classes at the Imperial Study for the time being.

Bad news, it seems like there is more to do at home than in the Imperial Study.

Silently watching the eunuchs brought by Li Dehai move the last box into her study, Yun Shu breathed a sigh of relief:

"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Li. Is this all?"

"Yes."

Li Dehai nodded with a smile on his face:

"These are all the account books of the Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce."

Yun Shu: “……?”

There are so many, are they just from Xuzhou?

Aren't those thirty-four states...

When she was making money before, she was so happy to think about the thirty-four states, but now she is so desperate.