Meng Yue'e's child drank Faduan's talisman water, the condition was really good, and listening to Mrs. Xuan's Yan constantly told the legendary deeds of Faduan in her ears, so that Meng Yue'e had more awe of Taoism, and her belief was also much more pious, on this day she braved the rain to come to Shangqing Palace, ready to donate a sum of sesame oil money to Shangqing Palace, and at the same time thanked Faduan in person.

Fa Duan held the dust in his hand, and Meng Yue'e walked to a corridor, there were rain lines hanging outside the corridor, clear and crystalline, Fa Duan led Meng Yue'e to a lay room, and served fragrant tea.

The two sat down across the table, and Fa Duan said lightly: "The wind and rain are dashing, Meng Jushi really doesn't have to make a special trip to thank you, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds is my Taoist essence, and the poor Tao is just doing what you should do." ”

The humble and indifferent appearance of the Faduan female crown made Meng Yue'e feel very cordial, and she said sincerely: "This time, thanks to the Faduan Daoist, my son can turn the crisis into safety, and I will not hide the Faduan Daoist, I have studied medical skills since I was a child, and I didn't believe that the rune can cure diseases before, but now I know that I am sitting in a well and watching the sky, and I hope that the Faduan Daoist will be more in the future!" ”

Fa Duan announced another immeasurable longevity blessing and said: "Taoist doctrine, including heaven and earth creation, law in yin and yang, it is not easy to get a glimpse of it, Meng Jushi has not entered the Tao, does not understand the essence of Taoism, it is not surprising that he did not believe in it before!" ”

The rain outside the window was continuous, and the two talked in detail in the quiet room, Faduan's words were unfathomable, the more Meng Yue'e listened, the more she felt that she was shallow and ignorant, and Faduan also cast a spell on Meng Yue'e during the period in order to confirm that what she said was true.

She placed a teacup on the table, whispered a few words, and then stretched out her right hand under the table, and a magical scene appeared, as her palm moved under the table, the teacup on the table seemed to be pushed by an invisible force, and moved slowly, and it was very stable, and the tea in the cup did not even have a slight turbulence.

Meng Yue'e was dumbfounded, and she was completely convinced of Fa Duan this time.

"Dao Chief's mana is boundless, I can be regarded as a long-term insight today!"

"Amitayus longevity, Meng Jushi has a relationship with my Taoist, and the poor Taoist only uses a little trick, so that Meng Jushi can take a look! The world has a lot of puzzles about my Taoist spells, and some people even think that this is a crooked and evil way, in fact, my Taoist advocates Taoism and nature, and cultivates the heart and accumulates virtue, which is not harmful to people's hearts! On the contrary, these Taoist techniques can actually eliminate disasters and solve problems for ordinary people, and overcome misfortunes, such as those who have discord between husband and wife, drinking our talisman water, can make the husband change his mind, and the relationship is as good as ever, all of which are not enough! ”

Meng Yue'e was already convinced of Faduan, and her heart moved when she heard this! I can't help but think of my sister, when my sister first entered the palace, she had a good relationship with the official family, and the husband and wife were in love, but now two years later, the official family has rarely come to her sister's bedroom, and the concubine Liu Jieyu relied on the favor of the official family, and became more and more disrespectful to her sister, the queen!

This palace is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, my sister was born in a small family, plus she is introverted, and she doesn't know how to use her power as a queen to suppress others, the only thing she can count on is the feelings of the official family, but now, the only reliance is gone, and I don't know how many people are watching the queen's seat, Meng Yue'e is worried about this, for fear that her sister will have an accident! And my sister is the support of the entire Meng family, without her, the scenery of the Meng family will also pass away.

"Can the Daoist's talisman really make a man change his mind?"

As soon as he heard Meng Yue'e's words, Fa Duan felt a burst of secret joy in his heart, finally, the fish was about to take the bait!

On the other side of the Shangqing Palace, two young people of the same age have been talking for a long time, and the topic has also turned to the tax and servitude of the imperial court.

Yang Yi took a sip of tea and said: "With the passage of time, the contrast between the urban and rural areas of the Great Song Dynasty has become greater and greater, the city has become more and more prosperous, and the development of commerce and handicrafts has been incomparable to that of previous dynasties; However, the rural households are becoming more and more desolate, and many people have no permanent property and no clothing.

The problem of land annexation in our Great Song Dynasty was more serious than that of all previous dynasties, coupled with heavy taxation, so that a large number of rural people had to flee, and many people fled into the city, becoming urban hawkers, or employed in urban trading houses and workshops, which was also a major factor in the extremely prosperous market of our Great Song Dynasty; But the number of people that can be accepted in the city is always limited, and beyond this amount, the rest of the people can only be left in exile, and finally become a chaotic people. It can be said that the above phenomena are caused by the policies and enslavements of the imperial court. ”…,

Zhao Xu didn't immediately express his position when he heard this, and thought for a while before saying: "The tax law of my Great Song Dynasty is inherited from the two tax laws of the former Tang Dynasty, and the problem of the former Tang Dynasty is that the military and political policies of the outside are heavy and the internal is light, which has caused local divisions and has little to do with the two tax laws!" ”

Yang Yi smiled and said: "Regardless of whether the two tax laws are good or bad, the problem is that in addition to the positive tax, in addition to the positive tax, the Great Song Dynasty has attached many miscellaneous taxes for more than 100 years, such as Dingkou tax, cowhide tax, salt tax, qu tax, international tax, agricultural tool tax, Yicang tax, etc., as well as and buying, and buying, and buying, transferring, conversion, and other miscellaneous taxes have also become miscellaneous taxes in disguise, and these miscellaneous taxes are collected chaotically and vary from place to place, but in general, now all these miscellaneous taxes often add up to two or three times the positive tax;

The more complicated the taxes, the more ways and means of exploitation by local officials and tax collectors, and because of the complexity and chaos, it is easier for local officials to conceal and withhold, which is one of the reasons why the people bear more and more heavy taxes, while the imperial court collects less and less tax silver. ”

It's not that I don't know, I can't help but make Zhao Xu frown, there are more than a dozen miscellaneous taxes calculated by Yang Yi alone, although Zhao Xu grew up in the deep palace, but in the past nine years, he has not only been extremely familiar with various government affairs, but also made him accustomed to independent thinking, what others say, he usually digests it in his heart first.

For example, the more complicated and chaotic the taxes Yang Yi said, the easier it is for officials to conceal and withhold taxes, which is simply a matter of common sense, no doubt;

The three redundant problems of redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses in the Great Song Dynasty have been extremely serious, almost making the imperial court breathless.

After Zhao Xu thought for a while, Yang Yicai continued: "With the more and more drastic land annexation in the Great Song Dynasty, the high concentration of land rights, and the fact that the gentry are taking over, the large households are deceitful, the forced labor is becoming heavier, and the peasants are fleeing, the amount of land in Lijia households and fields has become more and more untrue, and the tax revenue is also decreasing;

In order to cope with the amount of taxes set by the imperial court, the local officials had to transfer the taxes that were collected, spoofed, and fled to the remaining fields and peasant households, which formed a vicious circle, the taxes continued to increase, and the number of fleeing people increased, and in turn, the more fleeing people, the heavier the taxes passed on to the remaining people, and they had to flee sooner or later;

If this situation continues, in the end, all the fields will be concentrated in the situation of bureaucrats, gentry, officials, and landlords, or they will be turned into temple fields or hidden fields, which will eventually lead to the gradual reduction of the tax revenue of the imperial court, and finally dry up. ”

Yang Yi said that Zhao Xu also knew in general, but knowing is one thing, whether it can be solved is another, Zhao Xu was full of thoughts, looked at Yang Yi and said: "This is the reason why you proposed a unified service, returned the service to the land, and collected the land?" ”

Yang Yi smiled freely and said: "The method I proposed can only solve part of the problem, because as time goes by, in the end, the land will continue to concentrate in the hands of those households, and the taxes of the imperial court will continue to decrease, which is an inevitable trend. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Yi took a sip of tea before continuing: "It's over, hehe, I'm just a prisoner now, about these major policies, Your Majesty's own decision, the court has its own capable ministers to assist, today in Xia Xinkou opened the river, and I hope that Brother Tai will not take it seriously!" ”

Who knew that Zhao Xu suddenly said: "I heard that Brother Yang Xian's prisoner is quite comfortable, and he seems to be a little happy, right?" ”

"Hahaha! Brother Tai laughed, he was framed by someone, and he really couldn't bear that wretched anger at that time, and his impulse was the devil! ”

Zhao Xu also chuckled, a gust of wind came, rolling in a few drops of rain and drifting to his body, the careful Jiao Shou immediately stepped forward, blocking the upwind with his body, occasionally koi jumped out of the water in the pool, a white splash, the grass on the shore was green, reflecting the hazy temple in the distance, like an ink painting with appropriate shades, all of which made people feel quiet and comfortable.

"It's no wonder that Zhang Xiang will call Brother Yang Xian as a little friend, what Brother Yang Xiandi said today is really thought-provoking, and he has benefited a lot from listening to the teaching!"

In fact, it is not just one person who knows these problems, some people do not say it because they know that they will offend too many people by speaking out, some because they themselves are vested interests, and some because they feel that speaking out will not change anything! …,

Therefore, if you want to change the various shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty, you must first change the concept of these people, no matter how good the decree is, someone needs to implement it.

It's a pity that the first emperor and Wang Jinggong spent a lifetime of hard work, and the three-way method and the tribute method were all to fundamentally change the concept of scholars, but unfortunately they were abolished at the beginning of the results! As the saying goes, ten years of trees, a hundred years of people, the imperial court to cultivate talents, must have consistency, otherwise, just like now, everything is almost back to the way it was before the reform of the first emperor, and the results of this imperial examination are the best proof. ”

Yang Yi's words once again aroused the hatred in Zhao Xu's heart, he has an incomparable admiration for his father, and he wants to inherit and develop his father's life's achievements!

However, in the past nine years, he could only watch his father's life's hard work be ruined little by little, and in the end, such as Su Zhe and others also imposed the crime of destroying all this on his head, thinking of this, Zhao Xu's eyes couldn't help but show a little cold, as if the spring was cold outside the pavilion.

Yang Yi said that he needed to have a brave heart and perseverance, Zhao Xu had already understood what he meant, the situation house and the temple did not need to pay taxes, when most of the fields were concentrated in their hands, who else would the court look for to collect taxes?

Although Yang Yi did not point it out directly just now, it was undoubtedly for Zhao Xu to attack these privileged strata, and after unifying the taxes, the taxes would be attributed to the acres of the fields, just for the sake of the fields and not the people, so that no matter who the fields were transferred to, the taxes of the imperial court would not be reduced, and at the same time, after the interests were diluted, the enthusiasm of these families for land annexation would naturally decrease.

Today, Yang Yi spoke lightly, but he threw out an earth-shattering fate, once this is implemented, it will offend all the officials and gentry in the world! Zhao Xu couldn't help but glance at Yang Yi deeply, as if suddenly, Zhao Xu felt that Yang Yi was a sword out of the sheath, and the sword aura was soaring!

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