Trade with the Western Regions brought a large amount of income to the state, and the treasury was quickly filled, and this change was almost in just a few months, seeing that in these few months the treasury flowed into the treasury more real money and silver than in previous years, the queen mother and the little emperor felt very amazing.

But this change was actually foreseeable for Song Yunshu, Chu Yuchen knew that she had some means, but seeing that she could have such a huge impact on the entire country by just revising a few policies, the admiration in her heart couldn't help but increase a little.

Fortunately, this woman belongs to him, Chu Yuchen sometimes looks at Song Yunshu who is dominating in the court, and there is a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart, she is so good that even people who are so proud of him will feel ashamed of themselves at a moment.

The change in the treasury attracted the attention of the Queen Mother and the little emperor, in order to commend Song Yunshu, they ordered Song Yunshu to come to the palace, Song Yunshu sat in a sedan chair specially to pick up, and Chu Yuchen came to see her off before leaving, after experiencing so many things together, the relationship between the two did not decrease but increased, but in front of outsiders, Song Yunshu was still not used to being looked at by Chu Yuchen with such undisguised affection.

"Alright, let's go back." Song Yunshu smiled and pushed Chu Yuchen, Chu Yuchen grabbed her wrist, and a faint smile appeared on her handsome face.

"Come back soon, the baby and I will miss you."

"yes, got it."

After getting Song Yunshu's assurance, Chu Yuchen let go of his hand with satisfaction and watched her leave.

Song Yunshu was sent all the way to the palace by a sedan chair, and the queen mother and the little emperor received her.

"It's really worthy of Lord Song, but just changing the way of trade has made our country's strength rise so much."

The Queen Mother's eyes were full of approval, Song Yunshu modestly excused herself a few times, until the Queen Mother smiled and asked her what reward she wanted, she thought seriously for a while, bowed sincerely, and said: "Doing things for the country is Yun Shu's duty as an official in the court, and he shouldn't be greedy for any reward, but there is one thing I hope the Queen Mother can agree to anyway." ”

"Say, the mourning family will try to satisfy you."

After all, the little emperor is still young, and the queen mother, as the most honorable person in the whole country, naturally has the confidence to say this, so Song Yunshu boldly made a request.

"Now the treasury looks full, but for the people at the bottom, the people who can have the opportunity to make a fortune are those landlords and nobles who have some capital to invest, but there is no change for the common people, so I hope that Niangniang and Your Majesty can order the reduction of high taxes."

"Is it a tax cut?" The Queen Mother was a little hesitant, but she thought about it, the reason why the tax increase was so high before was because the treasury was empty, and now that the treasury is full, there is really no reason to maintain a high tax increase.

But although it is as noble as the Queen Mother, there will always be a trace of greed in people's hearts, and when they don't have it, they want to have it, and after they have it, they hope to have more, so the Queen Mother didn't agree immediately.

Seeing the Queen Mother's concerns, Song Yunshu took the opportunity to say: "If Niangniang is worried that the treasury will not be enough in the future, Yunshu can promise you that more reform measures will be implemented in the future, and the treasury will only increase unabated. ”

In terms of economy, the Queen Mother does not understand Song Yunshu, but in terms of human sophistication, the Queen Mother, who stands out in the harem, is undoubtedly the best, she thought carefully about Song Yunshu's words, and felt that it was not unreasonable, so she agreed.

"It's just that there are a lot of tax cuts involved, and tomorrow there will inevitably be disputes in the court, and the prince will have to worry a lot about it then."

"It's nature." Song Yunshu smiled.

After the request was granted, Song Yunshu was in a very happy mood on the way back, and if a country's economy wants to develop, it must first have a large number of free laborers, and this group of laborers will become the main force of the working class when the productive forces progress in the future, although there are still many difficulties to overcome in order to suddenly change the existing monarchy system to the modern civilized system of the 21 st century, but at least for the time being, it has taken a step forward.

After returning home, Song Yunshu told Chu Yuchen about the tax cut, and the two got along day and night, Chu Yuchen naturally knew that Song Yunshu had always had a plan in his heart, and he couldn't help but be happy when he saw her happy.

"Since you intend to do good deeds for the people, tomorrow I will go to court with you." Chu Yuchen said.

The next morning, after listening to the trivial reports of hundreds of officials, Song Yunshu took the opportunity to propose a tax cut, and sure enough, before the queen mother and the little emperor could react, the ministers took the lead in standing up and explaining the infeasibility of tax cuts.

"The people have long been accustomed to high taxes, and it is not impossible to pay them for so long, and now reducing taxes is simply a matter of adding to it."

"That's right, the treasury has been losing money all year round, so don't be complacent and relax your vigilance because of your recent small achievements."

"Tax cuts are a must!"

The voices of protest came and went, Song Yunshu looked at the old officials who were blushing and thick-necked in the name of fighting for the good of the country, laughed secretly in his heart, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "The matter of tax collection has gone from the low-level officials to the hundreds of officials in the capital, and I don't know how many people have passed through it, why the tax treasury that has been collected for so long is still empty, I think you should know this better than me." ”

The corruption of hundreds of officials is not a secret thing among the bureaucracy, but being pointed out so bluntly by Song Yunshu still poked at the pain points of many people, and they were annoyed and angry: "What do you mean?!" ”

Song Yunshu was not afraid of arguing with them, nor was she afraid of being blamed, but Chu Yuchen stood up before she could react: "Talking about the tax cut is just a reminder for you, do you think she would have said it if we hadn't agreed?" ”

Chu Yuchen's status in the court is extremely high, not to mention that he still controls the military power, so the hundred officials have not done it deeply, the little emperor jumped down from the dragon chair and said: "I announced that the tax will be reduced by three points from tomorrow, what other opinions do the Aiqing have?" ”

One is the prince and the other is the emperor, and the ministers also saw that the attitude of the two was resolute, and they could only hold back their opinions in their hearts, so they had to shout the emperor's sage.

And that's how it passed.

The tax reduction soon began to be officially implemented, and the people were able to reduce the burden and praised the current emperor Shengming, the queen mother has a lot of eyeliner among the people, and she was very happy after hearing their report, and she couldn't help but pay more attention to Song Yunshu in her heart.

However, I don't know who leaked the tax cut was Song Yunshu's idea, so people also praised Song Yunshu a little more when they praised the emperor.