King Yue took the Ge cloth in Fan Li's hand, looked at the text on it, and said: "Once this decree is promulgated, it will offend a large number of rich people, but it will be supported by more poor people." In a country, there are always many poor people and few rich people, and if we can't find a way to take care of both the poor and the rich, we would rather offend the rich and take care of the poor.

"This is a little truth that I have realized in my three years in Wuguo.

"Now we are in a very difficult period in Vietnam, many people are hungry and poorly clothed, where do they still have the strength to open up wasteland and farm. Some of them have borrowed debts from the rich, and their families have been ruined, and they have no heart to farm. If this continues, we will not be able to change the face of the country in ten or eight years.

"We have no tax burden for three years, and the imperial court cannot take out a penny or grain to help the poor, and we are in a predicament.

"The general's proposal to abolish the debt was opposed by many people, and I couldn't figure it out at first. It makes sense when I think about it later. In doing so, we will offend some of the rich, but more poor will embrace us. Because he can live in peace.

"Also, the general proposed to distribute the surplus grain of the rich to the poor, which would also offend the rich, and later someone proposed to borrow it in the name of the imperial court, I think this is a good note, although the rich will be unhappy, but when the court has money, it will be returned, which is also said in the past.

"There is also the article on reforming the tax system, which was also proposed by the general. In the past, we taxed on a per capita basis, which actually protected the rich but not the poor, which also made the poor poorer and the rich richer. Now we have changed to a tax based on the acreage, which is reasonable.

"The general has a good brain, and put forward these points, which no country has ever done in any dynasty. I am confident that with these articles, the majority of the people of Vietnam will support it, and our country will soon have a new look.

"As for offending some rich people, we patiently explained the reason to them, and asked them to put the overall situation first and make a little sacrifice. If someone makes trouble because of this, it is one word: kill! ”

Speaking of this, a fierce light flashed in King Yue's eyes, and the ministers couldn't help but bow their heads one by one. Fan Li also felt the perseverance and determination of King Yue. secretly praised in his heart, the three-year ordeal did not make him depressed!

King Yue continued: "These terms also apply to all the Aiqing, and also to the widow, and the widow also guarantees to open up five acres of wasteland within a year.

"Aiqing has not received her salary for three years, and she has not received it yet, and she will have to wait until next year's tax revenue to pay her salary. In our country, in addition to handling their own affairs, officials also have to farm and eat, which is much harder than being a common man, and in the past three years, no official has left his post because of hard work. This made the widow deeply grateful, and Gou Jian once again deeply thanked everyone. ”

After that, he bowed deeply to the ministers. The ministers hurriedly knelt down and shouted, "The king—"

King Yue said: "Xiangguo, you divide the country into a number of regions, and each official is responsible for a region, where to eat and live, and implement the new policy. The culture is responsible for the implementation of the new policy throughout the country. We don't have an army, Lingguzi organized a team of 200 inspectors, each of whom was prepared with a fast horse treasure knife, patrolled the whole country, and when the rich made trouble, they would never be merciful, and there would be no forgiveness for killing! ”

After King Yue finished speaking, he inspected everyone and said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

All the ministers knelt down together and said in a loud voice: "The ministers are ordered to enforce the law and never disappoint the king's expectations!" ”

King Yue said, "Good! Wait for the secretary of state to draw a good area, each of them will go to the post, no need to accompany the widow back to the meeting, you and Xiangguo are in close contact, if there is a situation, immediately report it. ”

The ministers dispersed. That night, King Yue and Yayu attended the wedding of Jiang He and Meng Ji with Fan Li. It was a good story for a while.

The next day, the ministers went to their areas of responsibility to implement the new policy. Fan Li and Jiang He Meng Ji drove the carriage to escort the king and queen of Yue, bid farewell to the elders of the small mountain village, and went straight to Huiji.

Along the way, I traveled day and night, not only one day, but also returned to Huiji.

After entering the city gate, I saw that the people were welcoming on both sides of the street, and King Yue got out of the car, waved to everyone, and stopped from time to time to talk to the people. I walked for a long time before I returned to the palace.

Knowing that King Yue returned, someone had already cleaned the palace, and the bedrooms of King Yue and Queen Yue were also carefully cleaned, fumigated, disinfected, and deodorized. Although it is clean, it no longer has the luxurious furnishings of the past, only the beds, tables and chairs.

Before and after the king of Yue, check the palace rooms. Unconsciously sad in his heart, he shed tears and sighed: "The army was defeated and the country was lost, and the ruins are like this." ”

Queen Yayu persuaded: "The king should not be sad, it is difficult to return safely." ”

Fan Li said: "The king has a hard day, rest for a while, and eat something." ”

King Yue said: "The widow wants to go to the temple to worship the ancestors, is the young uncle willing to go with him?" ”

Fan Li said: "The king went to the temple to worship, and Fan Li naturally accompanied him. ”

Out of the palace and walking on the street, passers-by stood on the side of the road, bowed their eyebrows, and greeted the king.

In the past few years, the only normal operation in Yue is the management of the temple, and the management personnel here have not been withdrawn.

When the king arrived, the priest bowed down to greet him, and then lit candles and burned incense. King Yue stroked the crown of his head, straightened his collar, stretched his placket, looked solemn, and paid a big salute.

Kneeling in front of the shrine, he prayed with tears: "The lords and the ancestors, if you are not filial to your grandson Goujian for three years, you have not been able to worship, but you are in Wu, and you are not slack and disrespectful." Today, Gou Jian returns, worships sincerely, looks at the spirit of the ancestors and ancestors in the sky, blesses the Yue country with smooth wind and rain, abundant grains, and the people's hearts are obedient. The ancestors are also glorified. ”

After worshipping and getting up, Queen Fan Li continued to kneel. Then Jiang He and Meng Ji also worshipped.

The priest invited the king of Yue to clean the room with tea.

King Yue waved his hand: "Widows are not used to drinking tea, and a cup of white water is enough." ”

The priest offered a cup of hot water, and King Yue stood and drank a few sips before taking his leave. He returned to the palace, walked around in it, and came out again.

Fan Li didn't know what King Yue was going to do, and looked at Yayu, who also shook his head slightly, saying that he didn't understand.

King Yue was walking around outside the palace when he suddenly stopped in front of a stone house. This was originally a place where the horses were raised. At that time, there were rows of horses, and each one was fat and strong, and his coat was shiny.

What a momentum it was!

Now there are no horses left, only an empty house with some air-dried horse manure left uncleaned, and the walls are covered with cobweb dust.

King Yue stood down, sighed, nodded slightly, and said to himself, "This is it." He turned to Jiang He and said, "Can you please find some brooms and shovels?" ”

Fan Li bowed down and said, "King, what do you want these for?" Please tell me something! ”

King Yue said lightly: "Young uncle, you see that there is dust everywhere here, and there is some horse manure, if you don't clean it, how can you live in people." Even if a widow can live, he cannot let the queen live in such a place. ”

Fan Li's heart was Ling, the king of a country actually wanted to live in the stable, this person's heart was really too strong. He bowed down and said, "Isn't the palace all cleaned, king?" ”

King Yue said, "Young uncle, do you think the widow can still live in such a good house?" ”

Fan Li said: "The king should live in a house like that." ”

"No!" King Yue suddenly roared: "Gou Jian is too comfortable to live in such a house, and if Gou Jian lives in such a house, he will forget the shame he has suffered in the past three years in Wu!" Do you know? ”