On the desert, a man and a horse, a gun, and a wine gourd. The jug drank for a long time, but still did not drink it all, and the bearded man, who swallowed it in one gulp but did not swallow it, tasted the taste and spit it into the jug, and the original half-pot of wine became a full jug in this day.

He staggered, and the horse he sat down also staggered, but he did not deviate, and walked straight ahead of the huge 'iceberg'.

A large group of people were 'torturing' around the Candle Flame Holy Monarch, all of whom were the top figures in Northern Qi, but at this time, they were rolling up their sleeves like scoundrels in the market, shouting for all kinds of threats.

Covered with hair but not careless, he dismounted lightly, bypassed these people as if he didn't have zài, reached out to touch the iceberg, and said in a mouth: "Well, there is definitely a secret treasure, which should be worth a lot of money." ”

It wasn't until he spoke that everyone found out that there was such a person, and they were shocked!

How did he get here? When did it appear? He's touching the iceberg now, if ...... If you stab yourself in the back when you pass by, will you be able to react?

Almost at the same time, a cold sweat broke out on everyone's backs, as if it was colder than the glacier.

"Who?!"

The monk of the Hanshan Temple was the first to shout, and he didn't see how to move in his hand, a soft long knife was held in his hand, and there was a loud sound.

The hair on his body smiled lightly and said calmly: "Me? It's just a person who picks up things. ”

……

On the two carriages, the fourth prince Qi Fengyu had already drunk half a barrel of wine, but he didn't see any bulging stomachs. He was also very lazy when he drank, he didn't use his hands, he didn't tilt his head, he just inhaled gently, and a wine line obediently ran into his mouth to 'commit suicide', and the wine turned into a rainbow of flyovers, which was quite beautiful.

After drinking it in one sip, he burped and said rarely: "Good wine, good wine, interesting and interesting." ”

The eldest prince also drank it desperately, and he was afraid of poverty on weekdays, so he drank it according to the amount of a lifetime.

At this point, he asked, "Good wine...... It's really a good wine, the best in the world, there is nothing like it, but it's interesting...... What's so interesting about it? ”

Qi Fengyu said: "Once the first was not the first, once the second scoundrel, we are poor, they seem to be poorer than us, do you think this is interesting?" ”

The eldest prince was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and then took another sip and said: "After drinking this wine, we are the richest people in the world, and it is certainly interesting to watch them continue to be poor!" ”

……

The three princes stared straight into the eyes of the heavenly sin, Xiao Wu Xiaoling was full of fear, they looked at this little kid pretending to be an adult and talking to the three princes, but the palms of their hands dishonestly let go of their hands, touched their buttocks, pinched and kneaded, and because they were talking about important things, they couldn't speak out or resist, they wanted to dig a pit on the spot and throw him in and bury him, it was too annoying.

Tiansin pursed his lips and said, "You are beautiful, Benhou is not as good as you, so please don't look at it like this, okay?" Ben Hou has a thick skin, but that doesn't mean he won't be red. ”

The third prince took a deep breath, and then sneered: "Change the status quo of Northern Qi within half a year? Hahaha, this is the funniest joke this king has heard since he was born, but why can't this king laugh? ”

Heavenly Sin said: "Joke? No, the prince, you are telling a joke, and Ben Hou is talking about ...... Hehe, a baby tooth baby can break an army of 100,000, does the prince believe it? Hmph, Ben Hou is here! The eight-year-old child was made a marquis because of his merits, does the prince believe it? Benhou is here! Ning Xianglou was originally a brothel Qinglou, but now it uses food to earn the pockets of the world's sons, do you believe it, prince? Benhou ...... Right here! Now Ben Hou said that half a year can make Northern Qi strong, and then ask the prince, do you believe it? ”

Of course, the third prince didn't want to believe it, because he knew that this was absolutely impossible, and his father had spent thirty years, but this country was like a bonfire that would never be lit. Desperate, desperate people are prone to faint moves, so there was the last attack on Nanming, but this is definitely a gambling battle, they still lost, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and now the Northern Qi royal family is not as nourishing as the other five major sects, and it is a little lingering.

But who doesn't have a glimmer of hope in their hearts?

"Do you really have a way? Say it, if you can really do it, no matter what you want, this king will satisfy you. ”

Heavenly Sin smiled: "What did you say? ”

The third prince said: "What this king said is what the Northern Qi royal family said." ”

Heavenly Sin laughed and said: "That's easy to do, it's still the same sentence, I want to borrow a million army!" ”

The third prince nodded and said, "You can say it." ”

Heavenly Sin stretched out a finger and said softly: "You see, there has never been a general method for governing the country, and the same method is the same, and various corresponding methods need to be formulated according to the different national conditions. Ben Hou is not like other people, he gives a few strategies for governing the country, it seems that he can use it for a lifetime, and it seems that what he said is right, but in fact, it is, and after reading it, he nodded frequently, but in the end, he found that he still didn't know what to do. ”

The third prince nodded again, to be honest, he could receive the statecraft of those ministers almost every day, but ...... Some of them are simply bullshit, and they don't say it, just like a master teaching an apprentice, saying 'you have to practice diligently', which is true, but the apprentice still hasn't said how to practice, if you directly say 'swing the knife a thousand times a day', this is much more reliable.

Heavenly Sin stretched out his ring finger and scratched his eyebrows, and then said: "Now in Northern Qi, it is a pile of dead fire, on the surface, it seems that there is no firewood at all, in fact, it is just a pile of rotten wood, and it is just a lack of fire that can ignite them. First of all, you have to have a sum of money, a lot of money! ”

The third prince rolled his eyes, almost annoyed, and said in a deep voice: "This king doesn't know how to have money? But...... Where does the money come from?! ”

Heavenly Sin said: "Do you still need to ask?" The country's money and grain naturally depend on taxes. ”

The third prince was really angry, and laughed angrily: "Taxes? Hum! Since three hundred years ago, the ancestors set the outline of never giving more, which of the descendants would dare to disobey? Even if the deception and destruction of the ancestors really disobeyed, it was just killing chickens and taking eggs, but it made the royal family lose the hearts of the people and let the five major sects take advantage of it! ”

Tiansin said: "Hehe, yes, yes, it's much better for the third prince to talk like this, that's right, since it's spread out, you have to talk about it thoroughly, don't hide it, that's right, if the tax is increased, there will naturally be a lot of drawbacks, but ...... Hehe, it's not that if you don't increase taxes, this tax won't be high, it's nothing more than ...... It's just a matter of paying attention to some ways and means. ”

The third prince said: "What else can be done?" Could it be that the yield of the field will be high out of thin air? Or will the people take the initiative to hand over all the money? Hum! Whimsical, the king who still has expectations for you is also stupid! ”

Heavenly Sin laughed and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, about this...... Ben Hou has two ways to solve it, the first is to play yin, and the second is to play ruthless! I don't know which one the three princes want to play? ”

The third prince was stunned for a moment, and said in confusion: "This one method is impossible, do you still have two?" Let's talk about it, how is the yin, how is the ruthless? ”

Tiansin smiled: "It seems that you both want to hear it, okay, Ben Hou will do a loss of money." Listen, the method of this yin is extremely simple, Your Highness only needs to do two things, this year's tax ...... will grow exponentially! ”

"Really?!"

"The first thing is that His Highness wants to issue a decree that this year's output will be higher than that of other counties, including that the subordinate governors will be exceptionally promoted, and the people in the counties can also receive money and food subsidies, and even give them titles such as 'Tian'en County'."

"This ......" The third prince didn't understand.

Tiansin continued: "The second thing is to secretly let several counties lie about the harvest, if they receive one pound of grain, then they say that they have received three catties, or even ten catties!" It is high yield, it is God bless Northern Qi! Hehe, when these two things are done, His Highness can collect taxes several times higher according to the usual tax standards. ”

"Uh......" The third prince was stunned, even if he was as cruel as him and didn't treat human life as a penny at all, he felt that this method was really ...... It's so damn immoral!

What did the magistrate think? Don't you want to make a good political performance, get promoted to become a wealthy official, and be promoted to a Beijing official to settle in the imperial court? The people are even more interested in small profits, if they are said to be rewarded, they will inevitably lie about the output, only a little at first, but then there will definitely be more and more, and finally to the point that they can't stop if they want to!

The tax of Northern Qi is one out of ten, which is a bit high to be honest, but it is not too high, but if it is a tenfold harvest that is lied, then ...... Isn't the real harvest all siphoned off as taxes? That...... What did the people eat and drink? I'm afraid that if I sell my sons and daughters, I will even have to pay the next year's seeds as taxes, maybe ...... No, no, it's going to starve!

The third prince still remembered the famine thirteen years ago, when he was still young, but he had also heard some rumors of famine. In the past, the nobles of the Northern Qi Dynasty liked to raise 'thin horses', that is, young and beautiful women, but the people at that time wanted to raise 'two-legged sheep', and they were also people!

How many children watched their mothers stripped naked, with hemp ropes wrapped around their necks, led to the butchers and stood in a row, and then one by one pressed their heads to the board and clicked a knife, and then little by little they were divided into small pieces like slaughtered sheep, and let them stew in a large cauldron. And it was the children's fathers who sent them out.

After eating all the women, you have to eat the child, and the huge doll doesn't need to be cut at all, just throw it into the pot. It was a famine that turned all of them into hellhounds.

And isn't the method of heavenly sin deliberately creating this kind of tragic thing?

The third prince stood up suddenly, directly drew the sword at his waist, and asked coldly: "You have this poisonous plan to trap my Northern Qi in a catastrophe, what are your intentions?!" ”