After Sun Yan met with the woman, he kept his thoughts, and after the military aircraft department dealt with the matter again, Sun Yan quietly came to Jia Ke's Heart Cultivation Palace.

Then I told Jia Ke about it one by one.

Jia Ke is quite satisfied with this, it seems that Sun Yan has completely surrendered to himself, and Jia Ke also has some love and hate for Sun Yan.

Sun Yan is indeed capable, after he served as the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, he handled the affairs of the court in an orderly manner, and all kinds of things in the world were smoothed out by him.

But Jia Ke suspected him half-heartedly, even if he expressed loyalty to Jia Ke completely, Jia Ke was also very uneasy about him, if he wiped out this little boy, Jia Ke would be able to use this person at that time.

As for why he didn't get rid of him and change him to someone he trusted, in fact, Jia Ke didn't think so, but for so many years, after all, he had some feelings, and Jia Ke felt that he was in power and had control of everything, so he put up with it for the time being.

Everything went smoothly next, and on the day of the exam, Sun Yan and Li Wenbin personally came to Jia Ke to receive the exam papers, and then entered the Dragon Gate.

After three days, the exam was over, and the crowd went out of the dragon gate and went back to rest without mentioning it.

Sun Yan, they still can't go out of the dragon gate, they have to review these test papers inside.

Of course, there are so many papers that they can't be looked at by the two examiners, and they have many examiners under them, and these people have to pick out all the best of these papers and send them to the two examiners.

Sun Yan stayed in his room for a day and a night, and then he received the roll from below.

Sun Yan didn't look at the style of these people when he took the scroll, but just selected them one by one to see if there was a code, but after turning it over, he couldn't see the code in it.

Sun Yan frowned a little now, it seems that this little boy Wencai is really not good, these hundreds of scrolls, there is no him.

In order to be able to complete Jia Ke's task, Sun Yan could only order his officials to move all the candidates' papers, and he looked at them one by one.

As a result, I flipped through the scrolls, and I couldn't see the code.

Sun Yan is a little hesitant now, what the hell is going on? Could it be that the little boy saw the flaws and did not participate in this imperial examination.

After Sun Yan hurriedly set the ranking of the candidates with Li Wenbin, he left the dragon gate and went straight to the palace.

When Jia Ke learned what happened from Li Sun Yan, he was also a little shocked.

Jia Ke didn't think that this little boy didn't participate in the imperial examination, but Jia Ke thought that this little boy was too suspicious, and he didn't trust anyone anymore.

Jia Ke walked back and forth in the hall for a few steps, "Don't make a noise after you go back, continue to wait for the other party to contact you, I think that this little boy will definitely participate in the imperial examination, if that little boy wants to soar and become famous quickly, he will definitely be inseparable from you, the foreman, and they will naturally reveal the news to you at that time." ”

After listening to Jia Ke's instructions, Sun Yan could only reluctantly go back and wait for news. As a result, on the day of the release, no one contacted him.

Sun Yan was completely discouraged this time, he could only put his mind back on the government and politics, and he could only put aside those sons for the time being.

And Jia Ke did it like this alone in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and it was not a way to wait, so he called: "Li Deshan." ”

Li Deshan had been waiting for Jia Ke beside him, and when he heard Jia Ke tell him to immediately step forward and come behind Jia Ke, he asked softly, "Long live the minion?" ”

"You also heard Sun Yan's words just now, we can't just wait, you send someone to monitor all the tribute students under the age of thirty this time, if the little boy participates in the imperial examination, he will definitely be among these people."

Li Deshan hurriedly agreed, and at the same time he was still full of confidence in this matter, although there were many people participating in the imperial examination, only 200 of them were selected as jinshi, and most of them were not young, and there were probably only a dozen or twenty under the age of 30.

After Jia Ke dealt with this matter, someone came below to spread the word that Wang Xifeng had entered the palace to visit the emperor.

Jia Ke was a little helpless after hearing this, and after he couldn't control himself that time, this Wang Xifeng came to see him every once in a while.

"Let the princess wait in the side hall."

After Jia Ke finished packing, the eunuch hurriedly read the rest of the folds, and then said to Li Deshan next to him: "You keep an eye on the folds again, if there is something important, come and report it to me quickly, if it is not important, wait for me to deal with it tomorrow." ”

After Jia Ke said this, he hurriedly took the palace maid and the eunuch to the side hall.

As soon as he entered the side hall, a fragrant wind came to his face, and then Wang Xifeng threw himself into Jia Ke's arms.

Jia Ke stretched out his hand and hugged Wang Xifeng in his arms, and then carried her into the inner room, and after a while, there was a storm inside. 2018

After the clouds cleared, Wang Xifeng lay in Jia Ke's arms, touched his chest and said, "Jia Lian knows about our affairs." ”

Jia Ke was stunned for a moment, and then said indifferently: "What can he do if he knows?" It's a big deal, I'll let him inherit the throne smoothly in the future. ”

Wang Xifeng nodded after hearing this, and then asked: "I haven't come to this month's menstrual affairs, I suspect it is." What will happen to this child in the future? ”

When Jia Ke heard this, he immediately became happy, hugged Wang Xifeng and kissed him, and then said, "What is this?" In the future, let him inherit the throne of Jing. ”

Wang Xifeng was a little worried, "Second Sister You is also pregnant, in case she has a kid, Jia Lian will be willing in the future." ”

"You don't have to worry about this, he can't help him if he wants to or not."

Wang Xifeng nodded, and once again lay in Jia Ke's arms without saying anything.

The next few days were peaceful, and the little prince had no contact with Sun Yan, and Jia Ke was now more patient than anyone else, because as time went by, the little prince's hope of restoration became smaller and smaller.

And then Jia Ke focused all his attention on the reform of the commercial tax and the salt tax.

To say that the commercial tax of this dynasty inherited the system of the previous dynasty, it was about 15 taxes and 1, but due to the very strong collusion between officials and businessmen in the local area, this regulation has already existed in name only, and some counties even only pay 10 taels of silver a year in commercial tax.

Therefore, the annual commercial tax of the entire Central Plains is a few million, which is simply incredible in Jia Ke's opinion.

Because of the three major merchant gangs alone, the annual tribute to Jia Ke is 9 million taels, which is even more than twice the amount of the commercial tax handed over to the imperial court, which shows where the profits of these merchants have gone.

In order to make the commercial tax of the imperial court normal, and also for the purpose of apportioning the land into the mu in the future, this commercial tax is bound to carry out a big move.

After Jia Ke made up his mind, he immediately summoned several of his henchmen to the Heart Cultivation Hall to discuss this matter.

They are Sun Yan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department of the Criminal Ministry, Fan Kang, the Minister of Military Aircraft of the Ministry of Rites, Jia Yucun, the Governor of the Nine Gates, and Peng Bi, the Shangshu of the Military Department.

After these people arrived, if they could tell them their thoughts, after listening to them, they each thought about Jia Ke's intentions in silence.

Jia Ke saw that they didn't speak, so he said: "The current commercial tax is already a mess, I heard that some prefects and prefects are proud of collecting less commercial tax, what is the use of the imperial court in this way?" ”

After listening to Jia Ke's words, although he agreed with his opinion, he was a little embarrassed, the three major merchant gangs gave him a lot of filial piety every year, if he directly collected business taxes, how could he be worthy of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.

So Sun Yan came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the way of governing the country has always been to emphasize agriculture and light commerce, if the commercial tax is increased, I am afraid that the merchants will complain, which is not conducive to the circulation of goods." ”

After hearing this, Jia Ke looked at it like the others: "What do you mean?" I also disagree with Sun Shoufu's opinion. ”

The others looked at each other and couldn't speak, because they also received money, and if they didn't agree with Sun Yan at this time, those merchants would have something to say.

Only Jia Yucun, who was standing in the middle, rolled his eyes a few times, and immediately came out of class and said to Jia Ke: "Long live Qiyu, the minister disagrees with Lord Sun's opinion. ”

Jia Ke listened and nodded, this Jia Yucun really deserves to be controlled by himself, others are still thinking about interests, and his first consideration is loyalty to himself.

"If you have something to say, you will play it."

"Long live, the importance of agriculture and light injury is to pay attention to agricultural production, not to say that heavy taxes should be collected from farmers, and light commerce is to let the imperial court not focus on business, those money and wealth are not brought in life, death is not brought, hunger can not eat, thirst can not drink."

Jia Ke nodded after listening, and then said to the people below: "What Jia Yucun said is exactly what I want, and now the burden of the peasants is very heavy, that is, they have to pay the spring and autumn taxes of the imperial court, and they also have to pay rent to the landlords. If the wind and rain are smooth, you can barely survive, but once there is a disaster, I am afraid that you will have to sell your sons and daughters. ”

After hearing this, all the people below knelt down together: "Your Majesty's mercy is a blessing to the people of the world." ”

Jia Ke looked at them and did not let them stand up, but walked down the imperial stairs to the middle of them.

"You people are clothed and fed, I don't know the hard work of the peasants, I was in Xiacaozhuang and Wangjiatun back then, but I have seen with my own eyes how the peasants dig in the soil to eat, these two Zhuangzi are still from Jiafu back then, you don't have to pay national taxes, otherwise it will be even harder."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he sighed, then looked at them in disappointment, and finally gritted his teeth and walked back onto the royal street, and said to them: "This time, I am arbitrary, from now on, the world's commercial tax will be one out of ten, and at the same time, the provinces will build a pass between the provinces to check whether the passing merchants collect and pay taxes. ”

As soon as Jia Ke finished saying this, although the people below were dissatisfied, they could only agree to it.

Jia Ke thought about it, and this time he was afraid that he would not be satisfied with the merchants who had received so many injuries and slept underneath, so he then ordered: "From this year onwards, the Jin merchants and Hui merchants no longer need to pay filial piety silver, as long as they pay enough taxes, I will protect them." ”