Before lunch, Qin Song gave the keys to their respective courtyards to everyone, Yangcheng is one of the twelve major cities in Yuzhou, and it is necessary to stay here for a few days to see the situation before making plans.

"The main house?" Looking down at the key marked with the word "Zheng" in the palm of his hand, Zhou Tianyi asked suspiciously, how could he, a guest, occupy the master's courtyard?

"Repay the favor, as it should be." Qin Song didn't care, he just thought that Zhou Tianyi had given her one of the best located main courtyards in the Zhaowang Mansion before, and after the key was distributed, the waiters came in with the dishes, a few simple dishes, in the eyes of a few people who had been running for more than ten days, they were delicious in the world.

Zhou Tianyi no longer dwelled on the problem of the courtyard, and turned to Guang Han and Yuesheng who were standing on both sides: "You can also sit, it's been hard all the way." Seeing that the two were embarrassed, he added, "You are busy after eating, don't waste time outside for a little rule." ”

"Yes." Guang Han and Yuesheng sat on the side closer to Shen Buwen on the left and right, holding only the dishes in front of them with a little restraint.

Zhou Tianyi didn't say much more, and while everyone was there, he talked about his views on what he saw and heard in the morning, "Although Yangcheng is prosperous, it is like a flower in the moon mirror in the water, and it looks a little unreal." "It is impossible for the people in any normal city to turn a blind eye to a street abuse to this extent, it takes a process from habit to numbness, so how much time did the wealthy Liu clan take to suppress Yangcheng?

Qin Song comprehended the meaning of the words of the people around him, and nodded in agreement, "Tianyi, this is exactly what I wanted to explain just now. Thanks to the role-playing all the way, it is obviously not appropriate to still call "Your Highness" respectfully as in Jingzhou, and her address to him has also changed to a closer shout after several corrections, and she is discussing the matter of Yangcheng at the moment, and the others are naturally ignored by her.

"The things sold in those shops are no less than three times more expensive than the prices in Jingzhou, Yangcheng was not a front-line battlefield a year ago, even if there is a shortage of materials, it shouldn't be like this, maybe it's ......" Qin Song paused, and what followed was her baseless speculation, and she didn't know whether to talk about it or not.

"Say." Zhou Tianyi is not particularly sensitive to the price difference between small merchants and hawkers, but the price is very direct to the local government and the livelihood of the people.

"Heavy taxes." Shen Buwen opened his mouth before Qin Song, two words, to the point, but attracted four surprised eyes, the dinner table was suddenly quiet, Shen Buwen twitched the corners of his mouth, accidentally choked on a mouthful of food, and was busy hammering his chest.

"Impossible, the Quartet has implemented a policy of light taxation on Yuyan since the first emperor, and the tax and silver that Yuyan pays to the treasury every year is the least." Zhou Tianyi did not consider heavy taxation from the beginning, after the new emperor ascended the throne, his third brother would send him a copy of the financial and tax statistics of various places every year, he felt at first that he only needed to fight the battle well, there was no need to understand these things, and then he looked through and found a lot of problems, and when he returned to Beijing, he happened to have a chat topic with his brother.

"Your Majesty doesn't raise taxes, but it doesn't mean that the local government won't raise taxes, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, who knows." Qin Song said firmly, she knew much more about the doorway here than Zhou Tianyi, "It is not uncommon for local governments to increase taxes privately, if you don't want to pay this extra tax, then you have to give some of the profits to the local governor or local forces." ”

This is a common rule between officials and businessmen, but it is just ...... It is a bit bold to increase taxes to the point where prices in one place have multiplied.

Qin Song said the truth, Zhou Tianyi listened to it and understood, and helplessly pointed at her word by word and said: "Collusion between officials and businessmen!" ”

"Oh, we're oppressed people!" Qin Song's face changed, and his rare delicate voice rippled in Zhou Tianyi's heart, and before he could react, the other three people on the other side of the round table couldn't help but bow their heads and snicker.

"Well, I'll look into this matter." Zhou Tianyi coughed lightly to resolve the embarrassment, and accepted Qin Song's explanation of the abnormal price, but forced the vendors to raise the price so far, this additional tax is probably higher than the commodity itself, and the people of Yangcheng are accustomed to this, if it is really a local tax increase, it must not be a short term, think about it, he muttered again, "I hope it is not so." ”

……

Zhou Tianyi was right, he was indeed busy after dinner, and Guang Han and Yuesheng went out separately to find out the news. The corner of Yangcheng they saw in the tube could not represent Yangcheng, let alone the situation of the entire Yuyan, in fact, they still knew nothing about this place.

The so-called intelligence is the most credible that I have gathered.

Shen Buwen said hello to everyone, and buried his head in his own courtyard to make prescriptions and medicinal materials, Qin Song accompanied Zhou Tianyi for a while, and after thinking about it for a while, she continued the topic at the dinner table, although she couldn't see whether Shen Buwen harbored evil intentions, but she still took precautions against him.

"Before taking over the Qin family's industry in Jingzhou, I had contact with the local government with my brother, and the Qin family's industry was large, and the local tax and the government were generally three or seven cents, and those seven cents were also put into the goods, and only the price of the local tax was increased by three cents."

Seeing that Zhou Tianyi listened carefully, Qin Song continued, "But this is just the Qin family, with the Qin family's industry, even three points are enough for a place to eat and drink for a year, but for other traders, maybe five or five, maybe seven or three, sometimes ten out of ten is possible." ”

"Who gave them the guts to do such a thing!" was so full of his own pockets, Zhou Tianyi was angry when he heard it.

Qin Song smiled, stopped and raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him seriously, and said, "It is said that this is a method that the officials of Huaiyang came up with, and its original intention was only to subsidize the local finances. The war in Zhuhua continued, and the state used more finance and taxes to support the front line and cut local revenues and expenditures, and the local tax capital was also helpless. ”

The local government needs money, but the state can't give it, so the local government can only find a way to be self-sufficient, and the tax plus one percent will not have much impact on the lives of the people in the rich land.

War is the catastrophe of the country, and the people of the country also bear an unshirkable responsibility, and no one can criticize this temporary wartime policy.

Zhou Tianyi was speechless for a while, he was on the front line all the year round, and the military salary and material resources were continuous, which was the logistical support to support all victories, he knew that the long-term war was tiring the people, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

"The Three Kingdoms have ceased war and negotiated peace, Yuyan has been deeply devastated by the war, the state has reduced taxes, and the local governments have raised taxes. Zhou Tianyi's anger had been suppressed, and after regaining his composure, he spoke indifferently, the situation of Yuyan and Huaiyang is different, how can it be generalized, the local tax in Yangcheng has long lost its original meaning, and has become an excuse for officials to fill their pockets.

Besides, isn't the bloody fighting of the soldiers on the front line precisely for the long-term peace and stability of the country and the people to live and work in peace and contentment?

"Qin Song retired." As she spoke, she had already arrived at the door of Qin Song's courtyard, and she stopped the topic as soon as she clicked, and she turned around and walked towards the bedroom without saluting.

It is still unknown whether the Qin family's industry in Yuyan has been affected, but her brother is suspected of designing the purpose of letting King Zhao take her with her, and she probably has some eyebrows, which is really hoping that Zhou Tianyi will come forward to completely solve Yuyan's problem......

And she is a "fascinating" commentary, and this character is only proficient in business and has a good relationship with Zhou Tianyi...... Special she can do it.

Got into the bedroom, removed the hair accessories and took off the makeup, Qin Song fell to the bed, she didn't rush day and night for a long time, and she didn't stop when she entered Yangcheng, she was really too tired to hold on.

Zhou Tianyi walked around the Qin Mansion in Yangcheng alone a few times, thinking about the "heavy tax" while exploring and studying the mansion. Judging from the neighborhood that Qin Song took them into, although this house is not in a place where the powerful live, it occupies a very clean and low-key position, which is considered a "strategic place", but it is not something that can be bought casually.

What surprised Zhou Tianyi even more was that the layout of this house was quite different from the layout of the Sifang Mansion today, if the guess was correct, the design between the pillars of the courtyard was from Zhuhua when this land was still one, and the furniture in each house and courtyard was probably also the old things of the Zhuhua period, and it was the result of careful maintenance that it was preserved so well, these are all priceless treasures.

It is rumored that the Qin family has accumulated thousands of gold and wealth from generation to generation, but to what extent the Qin family is rich, no one seems to be able to say exactly?

Unconsciously, he had walked from the backyard to the front yard, and in the corner of the wall where the front and back yards meet, there seemed to be something interesting hidden. Zhou Tianyi stepped forward to push aside the low bushes, and what was hidden behind him was only a blackened stone tablet.

The passage of time has left a pale trace on the stele, the word "Qin" in the ancient style of Zhuhua lies quietly on the stele, but it shows its edge, there is no reason for building the stele and there is no time to erect the stele, this stele is like a relic precipitated in the ancient time, but it was bumped into by him by chance.

It's just an abandoned stele, Zhou Tianyi is not interested in studying it for too long, but the words on the stele are as strong as three points into the wood gave him a deep impression, but he can't think of who it is, he remembered it in his heart, and wanted to find a famous handwriting to find this person another day.

After a circle, when Zhou Tianyi also wanted to go back to the bedroom to rest for a while, Guang Han stepped on it and came back.

"Master, I have found the contact information of His Royal Highness King An."

Zhou Tianyi was stunned for a moment, his face was happy, and he immediately walked briskly towards the study in the small courtyard. When they were outside Raocheng, they received a message from their elder brother Zhou Tianmu, saying that they were going to the four frontline cities of Yuyan with Shen Yinu to see the situation of the plague, so that he, the third brother and the mother concubine should not worry too much about him.

Raocheng is too close to Beijing and Zhou, and during the extraordinary period, Zhou Tianyi did not reply to his brother in time about his movements, and now that he has arrived in Yuyan, even if Zhou Tianlei knows his whereabouts, it is impossible to forcibly recall him. This is the border, the emperor's order is not so binding on him, even if the fish dies and the net is broken, in the end, it is only Zhou Tianlei himself who suffers.

Although his second emperor brother is a little more suspicious, he is still generally a wise monarch, and he will never gamble on the victory or defeat between brothers with the national fortune of the Quartet.

Zhou Tianyi wrote in front of the table, briefly said the recent itinerary and plans, and asked Guanghan to immediately send a letter to Zhou Tianmu, and report a letter and a peace.

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