Yuejing, the royal palace.

The decree of the Golden Scale City to reduce taxes has been decided, but the details still need to be discussed, so the king of Yue took the three scholars and the head of the household department to hold a small meeting together.

"Ten taxes and one, is it still a bit much?" King Yue meant something.

Since it is to win people's hearts, he doesn't care about a little more reduction, and even a direct exemption is not impossible to consider, after all, it is just a city.

When the three scholars heard this, they all bowed slightly, and Li Yang gave up his hand, "The old minister thinks that the fifteenth tax is more appropriate." ”

Scholar Liu Kang arched his hand, "Minister, second." ”

Li Gongmou, Liu Gongju, this is equivalent to directly blocking King Yue's mind of tax exemption.

King Yue hesitated a little, thought about it for a while, and finally nodded, the reduction and exemption of taxes is not a casual reduction, and the Golden Scale City has not suffered any natural disasters, and it is indeed a bit too much to directly exempt from taxes.

Scholar Xie Yan pursed his lips, didn't say a word, and didn't mean to open his mouth at all, in this matter, he felt that he could do anything.

"Fifteen taxes one?" Ma Shangshu was calculating something in his hand, and immediately attracted the attention of King Yue and several scholars.

In fact, they are all a little worried, this Ma Shangshu will not make that donkey problem at this time, the "miser" eight achievements mentioned in the quotations of the county master are him.

"The harvest of a season of rice is counted as ten percent, and the regenerated rice is about half of its harvest, which is counted as fifty percent, which is a total of ...... fifteen percent" Ma Shangshu had words in his mouth, his voice was not loud, but the words were clear, and everyone held their breath and condensed, but they could hear it clearly.

“…… Then ten taxes for one crop of rice is about equal to fifteen taxes and one for the total output! ”

Ma Shangshu's eyes lit up, his right hand maintained the posture of pinching, and his left hand went up, making a similar salute, "Okay, fifteen taxes and one will be fifteen taxes, and the old minister also seconded it." ”

King Yue: "......"

Scholar Li Yang: "......"

Prof. Jian Liu: "......"

The fifteen taxes they think refer to one crop of rice, which is different from Ma Shangshu.

Xie Yan reacted the most, his eyes burst out, and he said, "Ma Shangshu, your heart??" It's too dark, and there's such a calculation? ”

Ma Shangshu coughed dryly, hid his right hand in his sleeve, and still whispered in his mouth, "The yield of two crops of rice is higher, and I still have less to count." ”

There is nothing to say about this wave of thanks, I opened my mouth several times, and finally I could only breathe a sigh, so it's okay.

In fact, he was just shocked by the shamelessness of Ma Shangshu's algorithm, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with the fifteenth tax.

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After King Yue was shocked, he faintly felt that Ma Shangshu's words had some truth.

Strictly speaking, there is not much difference between the 10 taxes for a season of rice and the 15 taxes for all production, but you can't stand the 15 taxes and 1 to say it.

The common people are not as calculating as Ma Shangshu, they probably only know that one-fifteenth is much less than one-tenth, uh, well, they may not even understand this......

It's just another way of saying it, King Yue pondered, and the treasury was not abundant, otherwise it would be like this?

The three scholars are all old fritters, and when they saw that King Yue didn't speak, they had a few in their hearts, and Ma Shangshu smiled even more, "That's the case, the old minister will do it." ”

It didn't drag the mud and water, as if it had been expected.

It's so thick-skinned! …… Xie Yan secretly slandered, and then the old face also turned red, "Your Majesty, the old minister has also retired." ”

Originally, everyone didn't feel anything, they had been officials for many years, and their skin was already as thick as a city wall, but Xie Yan's performance still made them a little embarrassed.

King Yue's face was also a little unbearable, and he hurriedly waved his hand, "Go, go down." ”

One thing to say, their move will inevitably have some fame and reputation, but it has indeed reduced the burden on the people of Golden Scale City, and the result is good after all.

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Golden Scale City.

Lu Zhi pinched the paperwork he had just arrived, and was also dumbfounded, "It turns out that you can still operate like this?" ”

I have to admit that the court is playing a very slippery game of words and numbers.

Of course, Lu Zhi sighed a little, and then asked people to issue the imperial decree.

As soon as the common people heard that the tax was reduced or reduced, they were naturally jubilant, especially one point, the county master and the city lord are people who will do what they say, and they can trust it.

Be reasonable, don't think that if the notice is posted, it is clearly stated that if you want to reduce taxes, you will really reduce taxes.

Clearly reducing taxes, but in fact, secretly cleverly setting up a name to take more and ask for more, in the end, even more than before the tax cut, this kind of loss of the common people eat too much, and they really can't be happy too early.

However, the people of Golden Scale City are not worried about this, the Lu family has been in charge of Golden Scale City for almost a year, and they have never broken their promise, not once.

Over the past year, the reputation of the Lu family has been completely established, in a word, trustworthy!

What is the prestige of the imperial court? What is credibility? That's it!

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Time flies, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, the same days are fleeting, it is late autumn at this time, and the autumn harvest has been completed.

On this day, with the shouts of the Golden Scale Ferry, You Hai's fleet returned with a full load again.

The Jinjing Grand Canal has not yet been repaired, but Lu Zhi has an order, You Hai must come back, fortunately, there are still a few water department langzhong in charge there, and there will be no mistakes.

"Look, the ship, the big ship is coming!" "What a big boat, that's salted fish!" "√, it's a delicious little dried fish."

The swarthy You Hai stood at the bow of the boat and waved his hand at the riverbank, hey, it was very comfortable for so many people to welcome him.

You Hai is now a centurion of the navy, and there are naturally sailor soldiers around him, and now this group of soldiers is also beckoning, and there is honor.

Since becoming a naturalized citizen and having an official body, You Hai is different from these sailors, they no longer go to sea to fish simply for silver, but also have an extra sense of responsibility.

Maybe it's the ass that decides the head, and the pursuit is different.

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The new house of Lu Mansion.

You Hai arrived, Lu Zhi specially held a celebration banquet, of course, not only for You Hai alone, now that the autumn harvest is over, even if this year's political affairs are over, it should be celebrated.

"Brother-in-law, I saw the people smiling on the ferry, but there was a bumper harvest?" You Hai asked knowingly.

Lu Zhi straightened up and drank a sip of wine, "Hey, a bumper harvest, a bumper harvest!" ”

Because of the promotion of regenerative rice and two-crop rice, the grain output of Jinlan City has doubled, and it is enough to withstand the past two years in one year.

Hey, the reason why Lu Zhi recalled You Hai was also for this reason, he was needed to use a big ship to transport tax money and grain.

You Hai asked again, "Brother-in-law, have you heard of the Golden Scale City?" ”

Lu Zhi bowed slightly, that was done by the great Confucianism in the city, and it was said that the more next year, the politics will be harmonious, and all kinds of waste will be prosperous!