Yang Mu sat on a horse and walked slowly in the middle of the road, surrounded by layers of guards.

Some of the people watching from upstairs could see it clearly.

Suddenly, Yang Mu's people-friendly image was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Gradually, even the story of his private interview and the promotion of good and elimination of evil has also been re-mentioned.

I have to say that in the political center of Zhengcheng, the emperor's words and deeds are highly regarded and quickly transformed into political effects.

Although, this political group is the common people who have been ignored by the rulers of this world.

At this moment, Yang Mu felt like a champion of the imperial examination high school, riding a horse to accept the admiration of others.

Along the way, Yang Mu listened to Kong Shangxian's introduction while touring, including the population composition of Zheng State, the distribution of nobles in the city, and the main sphere of influence of which nobles, etc.

Because Kong Shangxian knows very well that in the strategy formulated, the common people of Zheng Guo are the same as Cangguo, and they are treated equally, but those nobles will have a good feeling in the future.

Moreover, in the short term, those nobles will definitely have to give blood, just relying on the more than one million taels of silver captured after the initial siege of the city, it is not enough to reward the army and support the construction of the army in the future, anyway, those nobles are not a good thing, and it can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people.

"Some of the generals in the rebel army this time, for their families, don't move for the time being, and then slowly smooth it out later...... Also, isn't there a banquet tonight, pay attention to those big families when they enter the palace, and if the gifts are not heavy, they will remember it and slaughter it severely...... For the rest, you discuss it with Wei Zhongquan and look at it yourself......"

"Wechen obeys!" Kong Shangxian nodded yes, of course he understood what that sentence meant, anyway, it was to give those nobles a dismount, a long memory, and easy things to do in the future.

Under the guidance of Kong Shangxian, Yang Mu inspected the aristocratic street in Zhengcheng, and saw the large-scale and decorated luxury mansions, Yang Mu shook his head slightly.

Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!

The houses in many parts of the city are low, there are ragged homeless people everywhere, and those nobles are dressed up so luxuriously in any courtyard, and the gap between the rich and the poor is simply very different, no different from the previous Cangguo.

After that, the group inspected the outer city.

It is said that it is an outer city, but in fact, there is no wall to block it, but it is just artificially divided by the comparison of buildings and people.

The inner city is full of noble and small rich families, high-end shops and entertainment venues.

The outer city is a slum, all of which are for the rich and noble, and they do dirty work.

Yang Mu was also a little tired, got off the horse, saw a little guy probing his brain, thought it was funny, walked over, and touched his head.

At this time, a woman ran over, it should be the mother of the little boy, and when she saw Yang Mu touching her son's head, she was a little stupid.

"This kid has a yellow face and thin muscles, and he can see the bones, is he not full every day?" Yang Mu raised his head and looked at the woman.

The woman was obviously stunned, and did not come back to her senses, and her mouth was sobbing, and she did not dare to speak.

"Your Majesty asks you something, answer quickly!" Shen An was very anxious on the side, and gave the woman a look.

Yang Mu glared at Shen An fiercely.

The latter immediately shut down, and only then did the temper of His Majesty the Emperor sound, either not asking questions easily, or not allowing others to interject.

The woman was very nervous, looking at Yang Mu with frightened eyes, at this time she had already forgotten the rumors about the Emperor of Cangguo, only knew that there was a big lord in front of her who was higher than the status of the nobles, and she was so close that she felt breathless.

After a few breaths, he gradually came back to his senses and said tremblingly: "Min...... Folk women, I don't know ......"

Are you so nervous......

Yang Mu changed his way and asked, "How much money can your family earn every month?" ”

"Six hundred dollars." The woman replied timidly,

Six hundred......

One tael of silver is a thousand big coins, and six hundred cents is less than one tael of silver, if this is calculated, the annual income of this woman's family is seven taels of silver, according to the calculation of a family of five, excluding miscellaneous taxes, the silver that really belongs to her is less than four taels of silver.

"How many people are in your family?"

"Eight."

Yang Mu frowned, according to the proportion of Zheng Guo's tax collection, it would be good to have three taels of silver left in a year.

This is the impact of the per capita tax on a family's economic situation, if it is placed in Cangguo, the family can have five taels of silver left a year, if their family is not farming for a living, then there is no field endowment, and there is no need to pay taxes, and all the seven taels of silver earned are their own.

"Six ......" Suddenly, the woman snorted again.

Six? How did you change your tune?

Just when Yang Mu was puzzled, a little eunuch next to him came over to report that he had already found out the situation in this woman's house, because he couldn't afford to pay taxes, so in the first two months, he drowned a newborn baby and sold a thirteen-year-old daughter.

So, if you really count it, there are actually six people in the woman's house.

"Alas......" Yang Mu sighed and said, "Shen An, you give her some silver, let her go back to buy some food, spend this winter in peace, and wait for next year...... Everything will be fine next year. ”

Hearing this, Shen An took out a money bag, took out an ingot of silver, and put the silver in her hand in the woman's daze.

Yang Mu didn't say anything more, and under the opening of the guards, he walked in person and visited the slums, feeling a lot.

In Zheng Guo, what happened to him like this? It is not an exaggeration to say that there are thousands.

The aristocracy has been exploited too badly, and it has accumulated disadvantages for a hundred years, which is even more inhumane than the Cangguo.

Although he knew that blind tax reduction and exemption was not a long-term solution, Yang Mu still couldn't help but want to help them, so he announced in public that Emperor Zheng obeyed his orders and would gradually implement the three major decrees in Zheng, and after today, the people of Zheng Guo will enjoy the same treatment as the people of Cangguo. ”

As soon as the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar.

The people of Zhengcheng were ecstatic, and the intensity of the atmosphere was no weaker than the cheers of Yang Mu when he entered the city.

If it is said that the Cangjun and the emperor of Cangguo settled in Zhengcheng, which only means that the people are looking forward to it, then now is the time for this expectation to come true.

Just as the original three major decrees were first announced in Cangguo, the city seemed to explode and become a sea of jubilation, as if it was louder than anyone's voice, and the cheers from all over the country overshadowed one wave after another.

Of course, there is another point that Yang Mu did not expect, that is, in the process of spreading the news, some rumors appeared.

For example, Zheng Guo will also be like Cangguo, subsidizing the poor people, and the people can also read and write and become officials.

In this regard, Yang Mu directly ordered to refute the rumors, joking, if this kind of rumor spreads, it will be a big trouble, Zheng Guo is several times the population of Cangguo, if he also pays a blood subsidy, he will not lose blood?

Even if we don't care about the cost, we have to consider inflation, and the people have so much more money all of a sudden, and a large part of it will definitely be used to solve the problem of food and clothing, and if the productivity is not improved, it will cause prices to soar, and in the end the people still do not get benefits.

There is also the ability to read and become officials, before the problems of the nobles are dealt with, Yang Mu doesn't want to start it so soon, and the training of officials must start from Cangguo itself, and gradually replace the main officials of the cities of Zheng State with Cangguo's own officials.

However, after refuting the rumors, Yang Mu also paid attention to the spread of public opinion.