Yuan Ziqing's previous inference was correct.

The emperor will not make a move on the Fuwang Mansion in a short period of time, and the will of the previous edict is just a preparation in advance. As for the discord that doesn't look like a ploy, it's best to be useful, and if it's useless, it's okay to think about it.

At least the emperor and Yuan Ziqing himself did not take it seriously. As I said, it's too low-level. As for the emperor's true purpose, although Yuan Ziqing guessed one or two, he didn't dare to make a conclusion indiscriminately.

But Yuan Ziqing did not calm down. The book revision work, which had been interrupted for a long time, was put back on the agenda, and the emperor showed him twelve points of support and trust, and he could give whatever he wanted, and Yuan Ziqing took the opportunity to invite many old ministers over. But as soon as the work was on track, the emperor asked him to take the burden off and give it to others, and then delegate more work to him.

It stands to reason that the clan cannot participate in court politics, but the emperor seems to have a lot of trust in Yuan Ziqing, although he did not give him a specific position, but no matter what happened, he would summon him to discuss it together, so that many courtiers looked sideways.

Yuan Ziqing also knew that he was a bit eye-catching, so he didn't speak without talking. However, the emperor also specifically named him, and seemed to trust him very much. And Yuan Ziqing's pride did not allow him to say a few words casually to be perfunctory, so every time there were eye-catching remarks, the ministers nodded, and the haze in the emperor's eyes was heavier.

At the beginning, Yuan Ziqing was still worried about the emperor's intentions, but later he was so annoyed that he simply had something to say. Anyway, even if the emperor wants to do it, he has to find a reason, since he wants to make an appearance of pampering himself, Yuan Ziqing is naturally not polite.

Anyway...... He and Meibian had discussed many things with Yuan Zifang Zhou Yingyue before, and they were worried that they didn't have a chance to do it, but now that the emperor sent the opportunity to the door, of course he was disrespectful.

After several years of opening the sea, the treasury was much richer, although it was not very sufficient. Because the grain and salary in the northwest are all the responsibility of the Maritime Chamber of Commerce, the pressure on the national treasury has been greatly relieved. Therefore, after the emperor deliberately created a scene of trusting himself very much, Yuan Ziqing did not hesitate to propose a proposal: reduce taxes.

Although Da Chu's taxes are not heavy, they are also a high proportion of ten taxes and three taxes, which Zhou Yingyue couldn't understand at first. This ratio only allows the people to barely provide for themselves, and if they are tenants who have no land, they have to pay four or five cents to the landlord's family, and the rest is not even enough to eat. When encountering a faint king, ten taxes and five taxes, the people's lives will not be able to go on. Or sometimes the emperor is virtuous, and it will be reduced to ten taxes and two, which is already a rare political and clear government, and the balance of the world.

However, Yuan Ziqing's mention yì is: ten taxes one.

This is not counting, on this basis, he also made a five-year, ten-year plan and twenty-year plan, intending to reduce the tax to the ratio of 20 taxes to 1 in 20 years.

As soon as this mention was spoken, it caused an uproar in the court, and the accusations and discussions could be piled up with the emperor's imperial cases almost every day.

In an agriculture-based country, the agricultural tax is almost a source of tax revenue, and it is simple to subtract this income, and the burden on the people is less, but how does the imperial court operate, and what should be used to fill the place where the silver is needed? Conservative and stubborn ministers could not understand.

Regarding this matter, the new emperor Yuan Ke, who had just ascended the throne, expressed mixed feelings.

He had been in Haizhou for a year, knew Zhou Yingyue, and knew what a huge amount of financial revenue it would be once the customs began to collect taxes. When he first learned this, he also thought about how to use the money, and made countless plans. Because he knew that he was going to be emperor in the future.

However, none of them used the money to fill the original taxes, so as to reduce taxes and forced labor, so that the people could live more comfortably.

What made the emperor feel the most delicate was that when he was still thinking about how to pit Yuan Ziqing, he suddenly started to do practical things. As the emperor, he hasn't made any moves, but let him take the lead.

Yuan Ke has just ascended the throne, he is only a teenager this year, and he is full of ambition and ambition, I don't know how eager he is to ascend to the throne and do a great job, so that the world admires it, and future generations remember it, and his name will be passed down through the ages. That's the emperor's grand plan.

However, at this moment, Yuan Ziqing was so messed with, and the emperor realized that he had just ascended the throne and had entered a fork in the road.

Instead of focusing on business, he almost fell into the balance of the court, fighting for power and profit, trying to completely control the courtiers, but everyone didn't know that this was actually putting the cart before the horse!

He is the emperor, so he should naturally be above everyone, as long as the general direction is good, there is no need to worry about it. ended up fighting with the courtiers for a trivial matter, but instead fell into the inferior and caught himself in it.

Once this realization appeared in his heart, Yuan Ke would soon be able to think through many things clearly.

In fact, he didn't have this kind of thought, it was all the words left by the emperor before his death, which had too much impact on him. He originally had a very subtle feeling for Yuan Ziqing in his heart, and with the words of the first emperor, he regarded Yuan Ziqing as a great enemy, and he was on guard in his heart, so he naturally brought it out in his actions, and he tried his best to think about how to calculate him.

Instead, he forgot all his original plans. If it weren't for Yuan Ziqing's unexpected actions today, he would probably have been trapped in this senseless battle for the rest of his life.

-- Just like the first emperor.

Yuan Ke thought with mixed feelings. The life of the first emperor, carefully pondered, may have spent most of his energy on balancing the court, and did not do much great things. And if there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom. Don't think it's only useful when the emperor is mediocre! Although he said words that he did not dare to prejudge the holy will, in fact, every minister was probably pondering the emperor's preferences in his heart every day!

The emperor is also a mortal, not an immortal, even if he thinks deeply, he will reveal some of it, and let the ministers figure it out, and they will naturally do what he likes.

For example, if the emperor likes splendid articles, then when selecting materials, he will choose those articles that are well done. When the ministers found out, they naturally worked in this direction to compose poems. If the emperor likes calligraphy or calligraphy and painting, and the ministers have nothing to do, they naturally have to practice, lest the emperor rise up one day and let him accompany him, but he can't even participate in the emperor's hobbies.

In addition to beauty and luxury life, there are many kinds of preferences in this world, which seem inconspicuous, but in fact they are really thought through, so this emperor is no different from those emperors who like beautiful clothes or flattery, because the ministers will also vote for him, so as to achieve their goals.

If an emperor likes to play with his mind, of course the minister must accompany him. Even if his rank is high enough, he has to lower down to a level with the emperor, and make people happy, and things will still go according to his own ideas in the end.

So, is it much more noble to like different theories and play with power than to love beauty? Not necessarily. If the emperor is stupid, it may be easier for the minister to lead him by the nose.

This is all something that has happened in history, even if Yuan Ke is slightly worse than Yuan Ziqing, he is also well-informed and has excellent ability, otherwise he cannot be valued by the Fu Wangfu. So he actually understands all these truths, but he has never thought about them so clearly before.

The high places are not very cold, and the emperor is a lonely man, so he should always be vigilant.

The only thing that made Yuan Ke a little unhappy was that he was reminded by Yuan Ziqing this time before he could think of this. Lost behind him again, Yuan Ke was very unwilling in his heart.

This cousin has been smart since he was a child, and at that time, Yuan Ke admired Yuan Ziqing very much, and felt that his cousin was the most powerful and knew everything. It's just that when I grow up a little more, the mood becomes complicated. As soon as he began to understand, Yuan Ziqing was not in good health, no matter how smart he was, it was useless, and he would still be just a waste person in the future, and he would not have any opportunity to show his talents. Second, the emperor's preference for Yuan Ziqing is also the most unpleasant thing for them to be sons.

You Yuan Ziqing don't have your own father, why do you want to rob their father?

After a long time, these thoughts will slowly turn into obsessions, of course, there is still admiration for Yuan Ziqing, but more of them are unwilling and want to surpass him.

What is there to be happy about an emperor who plays power tricks and wins the ministers? That's the way it should be.

Where can he beat Yuan Ziqing, Yuan Ke has not yet figured it out. But first of all, at least his own courage can't be smaller than Yuan Ziqing, otherwise wouldn't he be smiling and generous? Besides, what Yuan Ke said, Uncle Wang's family is obviously much more broad-minded than his father.

As soon as he ascended the throne, King Fu automatically abdicated, and he did not take credit for his pride, and wanted to suppress him, the young emperor. And vaguely wanted Yuan Ziqing to retreat as well, and only pushed Yuan Zifang out. If he hadn't disagreed at the time, there would have been no such thing.

can afford to put it down, this open-mindedness also makes Yuan Ke have to admire.

And as a king, doesn't he even have the capacity to tolerate people? Do you have to kill the Fu Wangfu Mansion, like my father?

Yuan Ke's feelings for the first emperor were actually very indifferent. When he didn't ascend the throne, Uncle Wang was more kind to him, and now he knows that the emperor's dying words are just to pit himself, so naturally he won't believe it.

As for Yuan Ziqing, he has his own way to deal with it.

So in the matter of tax reform, Yuan Ke unprecedentedly supported his Yuan Ziqinglai.

And after supporting Yuan Ziqing instead, looking at the other ministers staring at Yuan Ziqing, with an expression of "What did you do to bewitch the emperor", Yuan Ke suddenly felt happy.

That's right, what's the benefit of just pit Yuan Ziqing? For myself, it's all about losses. is to push him out to do these things that will cause a lot of opposition, let him stand on the cusp of the storm, and stand on the opposite side of everyone, so that he has political achievements, and he also tossed Yuan Ziqing, wouldn't it be better?

After discovering this, Yuan Ke was simply a little addicted.

Whenever he saw the ministers questioning Yuan Ziqing, he opened his mouth to refute the other party, when you come and go in the court, but you can sit on the throne and watch the play, Yuan Ke is in a good mood.

At first, Yuan Ziqing didn't notice this, and thought that Yuan Ke just didn't want to make himself feel better. But soon he realized that the emperor seemed to be targeting himself, but in fact he was supporting his own claim, otherwise it would be enough to veto it directly, so why bother to let the entire court play with him?

Although there is inevitably a suspicion of continuing to roast him on the fire and pushing him to the forefront, after all, he wants to do practical things.

This kind of practice of pitting him by the way is like a child, if it is not pleasing to the eye, just toss it, but it does not hurt the muscles and bones.

Yuan Ziqing observed for a long time, and after affirming that the emperor's mind had changed, he went home and mentioned it to everyone. The family gathered together to discuss, and King Fu was very pleased and said, "I used to think that although this child doesn't like to talk, he is generous-minded, forbearant and resourceful!" ”

As the Son of Heaven, the Respect of Ten Thousand Vehicles, and the co-master of the world, the strength and pattern cannot be small, otherwise it will just be a joke. And as long as you can take a slightly longer-term view, you will naturally be able to know the severity, and you will not be a little haunted by those troubles in the court.

Of course, it is still necessary to balance the court, but instead of using power, everyone will be placed in their right place, so that the court will naturally be calm, and everyone will be satisfied with the emperor's arrangement. Everyone has to do practical things, and naturally no one will show off their power tricks and stir up the wind and rain.

King Fu had been optimistic about the three princes in the past, but now he was very pleased to see that he had suddenly opened his mind and was no longer limited to a corner of the world.

Eyebrows couldn't help but glance at Zhou Yingyue twice. She suddenly remembered that before she gave birth to Xiaojiu, Zhou Yingyue came back from Haizhou and talked to him about her impression of the three princes, and said: The three princes are tolerant. Because of the successive events before, and the new emperor's appearance was really not tolerable, she forgot about it. At this time, I suddenly remembered it, and couldn't help but sigh that Zhou Yingyue had a good eye.

If a person has an open-minded heart, then even if he goes wrong for a while, he can quickly turn it back by himself.

The emperor is the honor of a country, he is not confused, and it is a good thing for anyone.

When he turned his head and talked to Yuan Ziqing about this matter, the expression on his face became strange again, and he said for a long time, "My brother and sister are really sharp-eyed." ”

He frowned, "Why do I think you are saying this insincerely?" ”

"It's not." Yuan Ziqing touched his nose, he really didn't know what to say about this, "I just think Zifang is blessed." Turning his head to see his eyebrows, he hurriedly added, "Of course, my blessings are better." ”

"Fluttering" smiled on the side of his eyebrows, "I'm not so careful." Yingyue is already very outstanding, much better than me in many aspects, and there is nothing to deny. ”

"My lady is not bad." Yuan Ziqing said seriously, "The benefits you have, she doesn't have either." ”

Mei Pan asked curiously, "What's in it for me?" ”

Yuan Ziqing only shook his head and said nothing.

Later, I was annoyed by my eyebrows, and finally opened my mouth, "You are much easier to coax than your younger siblings." ”

This sentence rolled around her eyebrows and ears two or three times, and she gradually understood, is this - what does it mean to say that she is stupid?

Eyebrows couldn't help but be angry, Liu Mei stared at Yuan Ziqing, "You say it again?" ”

"The lady spares her life, and she knows her husband's mistake." Yuanzi said with a smile in his eyebrows, but the ridicule in his tone was so thick that even a fool could hear it.

Meibian angrily chased him a few times, and was fished into his arms by Yuan Ziqing, and then stopped.

Then she realized that Yuan Ziqing had actually been ...... for a long time It's never been so easy. It seems that since he had an accident with Xiao Jiu, he has been thinking about those things, and naturally he can't be happy.

Now that the emperor has changed, I'm afraid he can breathe a sigh of relief, right?

The heart of the eyebrows suddenly became very soft. Because he knew that Yuan Ziqing was smart, and he would not lose to anyone in the world when it came to scheming and scheming, but he himself didn't like these things. If he is not unavoidable, how can he take on such a responsibility?

"Thank you for your hard work, Qinglang." He couldn't help but whisper.

Yuan Ziqing squeezed her hand and said with a smile, "Actually, it's okay." ”

He only thought that he was comforting himself, but he didn't know that Yuan Ziqing really felt okay. He is just tired, after all, even if you play everyone between applause, there is nothing to be happy about, but it will make people more tired. It's just that this kind of tiredness can't be expressed at all. It has accumulated so far, and it has really exhausted him.

Yuan Ziqing had actually prepared a backup plan, and when the emperor couldn't bear it anymore, he started it immediately. Don't be overly nervous until then. That's why he had a whim, with the help of the emperor's deliberate attention to participating in court affairs, but he didn't expect to receive such a miraculous effect.

Fortunately, it is finally over.

Not everyone was as keen as Yuan Ziqing and could detect the change in the emperor's mind. Most people in the court still felt that the emperor's unjustified bias towards Yuan Ziqing was like a killing, so they impeached him even more unscrupulously.

However, there are also a small number of people who find that the emperor's mind has shifted to practical matters. -- There is no shortage of wise people in this world. Moreover, those who can stand out from thousands of students and enter the court will not be ordinary people.

So the tax reform began to slowly advance, although the court is still arguing, but anyone with a discerning eye can find that these people can't affect anything at all, that is, they are clamoring loudly. Those who really do things don't pay attention to them.

This matter was really implemented, and Yuan Ziqing was idle again.

- There is no way to be idle, no matter how much the emperor wants to toss him, he must abide by the laws of his ancestors. So Yuan Ziqing still doesn't have any position, and he can't be responsible for any specific things, that is, he just comes up with an idea and makes a plan. This did not violate the psychological bottom line of the ministers, so although it was a little out of line, except for a few imperial histories, no one expressed any objections.

So Yuan Ziqing pondered finding something to do. The emperor faintly wanted to let him open the way, so that he could only be a pure minister and minimize the threat. Yuan Ziqing didn't care about this, but planned to take the opportunity to do more.

So recently, the number of times he and Meiban visited Zhou Yingyue has increased suddenly.

Regardless of whether the emperor changed his mind halfway or not, the title given to Yuan Zifang could not be withdrawn, and the little couple naturally had to move out, so it was not as convenient as before to come and go.

Fortunately, the clans are all living in the east of the city, and the marquis' mansion given by the emperor is naturally here, and the time spent on coming and going is still not much.

Zhou Yingyue has too many things in her mind, but there are so many things to do, and where to start is a headache. After all, you can't come up with an idea and turn it into reality without considering reality at all.

At this point, the other three people can give their opinions, and everyone can be regarded as complementary. In the end, after discussion, the result was that "people-oriented", and things still had to sit up from this fundamental.

The ancients said: Cang Liao knows etiquette and etiquette. There is a similar point of view in the West: the economic base determines the superstructure.

Therefore, as long as the people are fed and have no worries about survival, then they will naturally use their brains to develop other spiritual things, and then continue to promote the progress and development of society. It's a spontaneous thing that doesn't even require others to do anything, they'll figure it out on their own. If it takes too long, then you can guide the process a little. All in all, it's very easy.

So the first thing is to let the people have enough to eat, tax reform is already one aspect, in addition, improve agricultural tools, build water conservancy, these are also necessary. However, the amount of money spent will not be small, and it must be gradual. In addition, Zhou Yingyue proposed to cultivate crops with higher yields. If you produce more, you can sell it if you can't eat it, and if you have more food, you can feed more people. And it will encourage some people who do not want to regain land to turn to commerce and industry.

As a result, the whole society was revitalized.

These things are simple to say, but if they really have to be done, I am afraid that they may not be able to be done in more than ten years and decades, and there is a long way to go.

So although there were many other ideas, no one continued to discuss them. It's good to be able to do this in my lifetime.

Fortunately, after the opening of the sea, after two years of the imperial court recovering ownership, a large amount of silver will be credited to the account, and the contact with overseas will bring new trends of thought and new goods, greatly promote the market and social prosperity, and improve the knowledge of the common people, etc.

With these foundations in place, there is naturally no need to worry that their plan will not be sustainable. Because the profits of sea trade will only increase, not less.