"Lord Wang! The big guys are making a fuss! Liu Changan walked in a little nervously and said.

The corners of Zhao Yu's mouth curled, revealing a sneer: "Sure enough!" But what are they doing? ”

"The people of several nearby prefectures and counties were agitated, saying that they wanted a book from all the people, and asked the prince to release all the officials, and demoted the four thieves around him, Zhou Xin, Feng Shenji, Song Baiyin, and Sun Pengyuan, to other places." Liu Changan said worriedly.

"How dare they think of it! Dare to put out such conditions! Zhao Yu's face darkened slightly.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yu asked, "Send someone to find out how many people these big families have mobilized at present!" ”

"Yes!" Liu Changan promised, arched his hand, turned around and retreated.

"Wait!" Zhao Yu stopped Liu Changan, who had already turned around, and ordered: "Go and call Mr. Gongsun over first!" ”

Liu Changan promised again, and it didn't take long for Gongsun Xuanxu, who was sick and wearing a bright yellow robe, to Jingde Hall.

"Thank you, Mr. Thanks!" Zhao Yu stood up and said sincerely.

Gongsun Xuanxu was very unaccustomed to the weather in the south, although Zhao Yu had ordered that the soldiers going south were not allowed to drink raw water and bathed frequently. Clothes were regularly scalded with boiling water, and plenty of medicines were prepared. Even so, it is not so simple to overcome, as far as the forbidden army is concerned, in the past six months, forty-six soldiers of the forbidden army have died of illness in the army, but fortunately the situation has now been controlled.

Gongsun Xuanxu's literati body is naturally not as good as these forbidden soldiers, although Zhao Yu specially invited a doctor to take care of him, but Gongsun Xuanxu's illness is still intermittent. Zhao Yu asked Gongsun Xuanxu to go back to Bianliang, but Gongsun Xuanxu said seriously: "It is the duty of a strategist to give advice to the lord, if you can't help the lord, this strategist might as well die!" And if Poor Dao dies in Quang Nam, Poor Dao will not regret it! As early as seven years ago, Poor Dao was put on death row, and now Poor Dao has earned seven years of God's life, what is there not to be satisfied with? ”

"Poor and terrified! The prince should sit down! Gongsun Xuanxu hurriedly moved.

After Zhao Yu sat back, Gongsun Xuanxu got up and asked, "The prince is looking for poverty, what is the matter?" ”

Zhao Yu handed the letter that Liu Changan brought over to Gongsun Xuanxu, and said: "This is sent by the local Guozi Academy from the Xu officials, and it is written some small actions of those big households. ”

Gongsun Xuanxu bowed his head thoughtfully, took the letter, and looked at it carefully two or three times, then took his eyes off the letter paper, and said with a slight hoarseness: "Lord Wang, the "Guangnan Qi Mansion Newspaper" you just founded can publicize the matter of corrupt officials and corrupt officials. ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "This king has already thought about it, and how can this big corruption not be reported in the Guangnan Qi Mindi Daily?" The king thinks that the reason why these people will agree with these officials is because although the officials are corrupt, they are also helping the people! ”

Gongsun Xuanxuan was stunned, pondered for a while, and said, "But what about the prince in terms of some hidden households? ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said: "That's right, the officials help the people hide their household registration, and the people's fields naturally don't have to pay taxes, as a price, they just need to hand over half of the taxes that should be paid to the court to these big families and officials." Of course, there are naturally those who are oppressed, but those people are afraid that they have not thought much about blood surnames for a long time, and even those big families can encourage them to participate in this people's petition with a little money! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu couldn't help but be annoyed with the hammer of the bookcase, and said, "Damn! Do these foolish men and foolish women not know that this king has done this for their own good? actually helped these big people who eat people and don't spit out bones! ”

Gongsun Xuanxu smiled bitterly and said, "Lord Wang, if you say something unkind, I hope you don't be surprised!" ”

"What does the gentleman think of this king? You and I are the main ministers, but we are confidants, what can we not say? Zhao Yu looked at Gongsun Xuanxu with a little reproach.

Gongsun Xuan smiled silently and said, "Lord Wang, although he has fallen into the grass and has come into contact with some little minions, many of them are not extremely vicious people. The reason why the grass fell into the grass is because the court is too harsh! There are not many taxes on the surface, but there are a lot of miscellaneous taxes, especially a large number of them from the time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms! ”

After a pause, Gongsun Xuanxu said: "The prince has also made wine, and he knows that the wine needs to use Daqu, and Daqu can only be sold officially. ”

Zhao Yu didn't know why, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, there's nothing about it!" This king has always believed that wine is a luxury, and although the court taxes are high, they all make money from large households, so it is appropriate to make wine more expensive! ”

Gongsun Xuanxu smiled disapprovingly and said, "Lord Wang, do you know that quqian is not only for wine merchants?" ”

Zhao Yu was puzzled: "What is Quqian is not only for wine merchants?" Isn't it supposed to be only for sake drinkers? ”

Gongsun Xuanxu coughed suddenly, and Zhao Yu was in a hurry and stood up. Gongsun Xuanxu stretched out his hand and made a gesture that nothing happened, Zhao Yu knew that Gongsun Xuanxu's surname was very hard, so he glanced at Gongsun Xuanxu helplessly and sat back. After half a ring, Gongsun Xuanxu relieved his breath, straightened his waist that was bent down because of coughing, and said, "Don't worry, Lord Wang, these are just minor diseases, and you are used to it!" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu saw that Zhao Yu wanted to speak, and immediately knew Zhao Yu's intentions, and without waiting for Zhao Yu to speak, he had already taken the lead and said: "As for the matter of Hui Bianliang, the prince doesn't need to say much!" ”

Zhao Yu nodded helplessly and said, "This king knows, but Mr. also has to take care of his health!" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu nodded and said: "This is natural, although it is said that God has earned seven years of life, but who doesn't want to earn more?" By the way, where did we talk about just now? ”

Zhao Yu thought for a while and replied, "It seems that Quqian is not only a matter for wine owners!" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu nodded and said, "Yes!" Right! That's it, this money will be there in ordinary people's homes! ”

Zhao Yu touched the short beard that had not been stored for long on his chin, and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu sighed, and said with a little sadness in his eyes: "It was left over from the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, when there were many wars, and the feudal towns all tried their best to make money, so they asked the farmers to pay the money. On the summer autumn field seedlings, per mu of koji (with 'song') Qian Wu Wen Zumo. Of course, the court will not say this, but say, but that there are many private brews among the people, and they are forbidden to stop there, and they want the people to pay the money and come to pay taxes for these private brews! ”

Zhao Yu was silent.

Gongsun Xuanxu continued: "Not only is it a cow gas tax, cowhide is an important material for making armor, and cow tendons and horns can be used to make bows and bowstrings. During the Five Dynasties period, the war was endless, and no matter which feudal town, it was strictly forbidden for the people to buy and sell cowhide and other goods without permission. When the oxen died, all the skins and bones were handed over to the government, and the government paid very little money. Later, the Tang Dynasty only gave the peasants a little salt as cowhides, and later, they did not give money when they received cowhides. Finally, the system stipulates that cowhide and tendon must be paid, and cowhide tax must be charged to those who do not have cowhide. In the following week, it was already stipulated that the cowhide tax should be apportioned according to the acres of land. ”

After a pause, Gongsun Xuanxu continued: "Originally, there was not much war in my Great Song Dynasty, and it should be abolished, but there are still there now." The most ironic thing is the tax on farm tools, which are necessary for the people to cultivate, just like people need to breathe and eat, so they need to pay taxes. It is simply because of the high price and poor quality of agricultural tools made by the government in the later Tang Dynasty, and the common people mostly made their own agricultural tools, and the tax order was issued. The imperial court was abolished at this time, and it is now being abolished, but I heard that it was going to start a war against Western Xia, and I was afraid that this farm tool tax would not be long before it was levied again! ”

The more Gongsun Xuanxu spoke, the more angry he became, and said hatefully: "There are also the 'and buy' and 'and 'peace' decrees at the beginning of the founding of the country. At first, the imperial court meant that according to the amount of silk and grain, the government sent a certain amount of requisition and paid some money and silver, but later the officials did not give money and took it for nothing. Later, the silk silk or grain and rice taken for free were converted into cash and ordered to be paid by the households, and the "and buying" and "and cooping" became a regular burden for the people. ”

Speaking of this, Gongsun Xuanxu concluded: "The government is so harsh, how can the people not make the people treat the government like a wolf and tiger? Although the big households are not much better, they still pay more attention to some local feelings, and they pay more attention to the feelings than the government, and they know the urgency, and they leave a little leeway! ”

Zhao Yu rubbed the muscles on his face and asked in a low voice, "So what this king did was wrong?" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu shook his head firmly and said, "Lord Wang, the original intention of the imperial court is good!" But why did it deteriorate later? Because of the officials below, in fact, a considerable part of these miscellaneous taxes went to the officials! The prince founded the Guozi Academy, and also promulgated the maintenance of incorruptible silver, isn't it just to let the people live and work in peace and contentment? ”

Zhao Yu said bitterly: "After listening to what Mr. said, this king has suffered it in his heart, it turns out that what this king has done is not useless!" It's just that the petitions of the people made by the big households are too difficult to deal with, these are the people! There is no way to be soft, but the hard one will ruin the hearts of the people of this king on Guangnan West Road! These big families are trying to blackmail the people to order this king! ”

Gongsun Xuanxu said disdainfully: "Does the prince know what the people's heart is? ”

Zhao Yu said without thinking: "What the people think, what the people want, are all the hearts of the people!" ”

Gongsun Xuanxu shook his head categorically and said, "What the prince said is wrong! The people's wisdom has not been opened, they are all fools and foolish women, they are like a big river, they will only move forward ignorantly. They are also the easiest people in the world to forget hatred, even if the prince kills people, they will forget it in ten years! ”

Zhao Yu looked at Gongsun Xuanxu in a Taoist robe dumbfounded, is this guy a Taoist priest, or a demon with horns on his head, bat wings on his back, and an arrow tail on his buttocks? (To be continued.) )