The three members of the Tao family looked at Yao Changsheng dumbfounded, swallowed their saliva, "That's okay." ”

"In order to collect taxes, you can set up a name and use any means." Yao Changsheng's eyes were cold, and his voice was slightly cold, "There is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing he can't do." ”

"Is this emperor also short of money?" Tao Shifu scratched his head and said humbly, "Isn't he sitting on a mountain of gold and silver?" ”

"The family has a big business, the expenses are big, and the mountains are empty, and after years and months, there is no shortage of money." Yao Changsheng said roughly and simply, "It's like when we go into the city, we ask for money when we lift our feet and move our hands, this emperor rewards one word, it's all money!" ”

There are many internal factors, and it is impossible to say clearly in three or two sentences, but it comes down to two words: lack of money!

"The emperor is really unlucky to do this." Tao Qini's eyes were sharp, and she said calmly.

"Why do you say that, and sympathize with him." Tao Liuyi looked at him funny and said.

"Then let me ask you, how much more can the emperor eat from him, even if his palace is covered with gold, he can't sleep in a six-foot bed. Is this tax all extravagant and wasteful by him? Tao Qini looked at them and said meaningfully, "But it was he who was scolded." ”

"That's what you say." Tao Liuyi looked at her hesitantly and said, "It's really yes! But who is spending so much on taxes? ”

"Now the big head is exterminating the rebel army!" Yao Changsheng raised his eyes and looked at him and said, "Yan Ting has long been desperate to exterminate the righteous army, and for the sake of military expenses, he can only kill chickens and take eggs, rob the people, and the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in various places take profits from it and secretly levy it." After a pause, he said, "For example, when the Long Live Festival is coming, the household department will issue a decree that each household in the imperial court will pay fifty yuan of filial piety, and this decree will be one hundred yuan when it reaches the state capital, and it will be one hundred and fifty yuan when it is transmitted to the county and town, and when the officials of the yamen come down to collect it, it will become two hundred yuan, and when it is finally handed over to the imperial court, it will not even be one-tenth of it." Most of it fell into the hands of officials at all levels. ”

Yao Changsheng raised his eyebrows and pondered, her topic seemed to be casual, but if she dug deeply, she didn't dare to imagine it, and it touched the fundamental interests of bureaucrats at all levels.

"The officials are so brutal, is there no clear official in this yamen?" Tao Liumian looked at him gloomy as water and said.

"Under the harsh government, there are no clean officials, because the imperial court has long cut off the salaries of officials." Yao Changsheng looked at him and said helplessly, "If you are not greedy for officials, you will starve to death." ”

"Huh?" The three members of the Tao family looked at Yao Changsheng dumbfounded, "The official master has no money." "I couldn't believe what they heard.

"Hmm!" Yao Changsheng nodded lightly, "The treasury is empty, where is the money to distribute it." ”

"So how do you solve this?" Tao Liuyi stretched out his hand and touched his neck, looked at him and asked.

"Borrow the emperor's head for use." Tao Qini said casually when she heard this.

"Niel!" Tao fifteen shouted loudly when he heard this.

"I'm not deaf, you don't have to be so loud, I can hear you." Tao Qini rubbed her ears and said.

"You can't hear it, some thoughts are in your heart, and you can't say it, there is no one on this mouth." Tao fifteen looked at her with a dark face and said, "Do you do whatever you want because of your good skills!" Compared with those animals, people are more terrible, and they kill people without seeing blood. ”

Tao Liuyi looked at the Shen envoy's eyes anxiously, and hurriedly persuaded his father.

Shen sighed helplessly, how can this be persuaded?

"Young Master Yao, tell me about the emperor! We don't know anything about him now. Tao Liuyi saw that Shen didn't accept this stubble, so he thought about it and said.

Yao Changsheng's dark eyes shook slightly when he heard this, "This Emperor Yan Shun, I haven't seen it since I was born." Clear eyes danced with flames and looked at them and said, "I haven't even seen it when I tried in the palace." ”

He also introduced the imperial examination system in detail, and the three Taoists who listened to it were dizzy.

In short, in the end, one sentence was drawn, that is, Yao Changsheng didn't know what the emperor was like.

"Then the emperor doesn't go to court, what is he doing all day?" Tao Liuyi blinked and looked at him curiously and asked.

"It's more unreasonable than what I told you, Emperor Yang of Sui and King Xu, and it's ten percent mixed. Since he succeeded to the throne, he has lived in the inner palace, ignoring the government and politics, among the debauchery and wine, the traitorous ministers are in charge, and the court is a miasma. Yao Changsheng said unceremoniously.

The three members of the Tao family looked at him dumbfounded, and Tao Fifteen looked at him and stammered, "You say this about the emperor, aren't you afraid of killing your head?" ”

Yao Changsheng looked at him in astonishment, and muttered slightly, "You plan to join the rebels, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Aren't we worried about you?" Tao Fifteen's black and white eyes were full of worry.

"The Heavenly High Emperor is far ......away," Yao Changsheng smiled when he heard this.

Tao Qini's ears moved slightly, and she braked suddenly, "They're coming." Interrupted Yao Changsheng's words.

Zheng Tong and Deng He helped an old man Zheng who was walking tremblingly to come in, and he was clean, but he was thin and out of shape, as if a gust of wind had blown away.

Uncle Zheng came in and watched them hurriedly make amends, "The child is not sensible, I am disturbing you, I really don't dare to trouble anymore." "Food is very rare now, and meat is even more unwanted, children are not sensible, and elders cannot be unreasonable.

"It's okay, I promised them, be a man of his word." Yao Changsheng looked at him with clear eyes and said gently.

"No, no." Uncle Zheng shook his head slightly and said, "Children, let's go." ”

"Uncle, this is what we hunted, don't misunderstand." Tao Fifteen looked at him and said paraphrasingly, "Look at the shape, you know it's a pheasant!" You can eat it with confidence. ”

"I ...... I didn't think so. Uncle Zheng hesitated for a moment and hurriedly said.

"Uncle, I heard your grandson say that you are in charge of money and food, and you are from the yamen, so is there any latest news about the imperial court?" Yao Changsheng looked at him expectantly and asked.

"You have to ask about the latest major event in the imperial court, that is, the Yao family, the squire of the military department, who was beheaded by the whole house." Uncle Zheng looked at him and said slowly.

"What did you say?" Although he had already known that he was unprepared to hear the news again, Yao Changsheng still couldn't face it calmly, stood up suddenly, stepped forward in three or two steps, grabbed his collar and said, "You tell me something clear, what is a full door cut." ”

Tao Qini looked at Tao Liuyi and hurriedly said, "Go and don't let him hurt anyone." ”

Zheng Tong and Deng He were stupefied by the sudden change, and they didn't have time to react for a while.

"Stinging ......" I don't know if Yao Changsheng's hand is too strong, or Uncle Zheng's clothes are too fragile, and they were torn all at once.

Tao Liuyi stepped forward and grabbed Yao Changsheng's arm and said, "Mr. Yao, calm down, calm down, let's listen to Uncle Zheng first, okay?" Pulled him over and blocked him between him and Uncle Zheng.