Master, why don't you leave them behind? ”

In the carriage, Mei Niang peeled a piece of watermelon, fed it into Liu Han's mouth, and asked in a careful low voice, Fang Ya thought that no one knew what was going on in her, but she could hide it from these two women, not to mention, the resentful appearance when she left, even a blind person could see it.

Liu Han's face was not good, Zhu Niang was cautious and tentative, they still can't grasp the character of this master, since returning to him, they haven't seen him angry, and it doesn't seem to be as bad as Gu Shuo, but the two of them are still cautious, lest they make Liu Han unhappy.

"The master has the master's thoughts, you guys, don't ask. Ye Xiu waved her fan lightly, her status was a little strange, strictly speaking, her status in the house was lower than Mei Niang Zhu Niang, but in fact, she was higher than Mei Niang Zhu Niang, at least she was more favored, since she arrived in the house, the master had pampered her for two consecutive nights, and won Mei Niang Zhu Niang's exclusive favor, especially when the master was not there, she specially ordered that the backyard listen to Ye Xiu.

The three carriages drove into Yangzhou City, straight into the Liu house, the women got out of the car, Shizuka Meixiang walked briskly, in front of Liu Han, did not step forward, but carefully stood on the side, waiting for orders.

Liu Han ordered Ye Xiu to take the girls back to rest, he turned around and pulled out the black cone, got on the horse and went to Qincha Xingyuan, this order undoubtedly further established Ye Xiu's authority in the backyard.

"Sister Xiu, why did you say that the master wanted to let the Fang family sisters go? Mei Niang asked in a whisper beside Ye Xiu.

"Stay, aren't you afraid, their sisters have taken your favor?" Ye Xiu asked with a smile.

Mei Niang smiled: "How can it, the master likes it, the slave likes it, the slave family is not a vinegar jar." ”

"Yes, that's good, let me remind you, don't violate the master's rules, otherwise, no one will be able to save you. Ye Xiu smiled and beckoned Meixiang Shizuka and them in, these Dongying women are very well-behaved, and they are full of gratitude to Neng Liuhan.

Looking back, Yamada was leading a few boys to drive the carriage to the other courtyard, Yamada was working hard, but so far, Liu Han has not taught him any exercises.

Mei Niang Zhuniang's expression was slightly awe-inspiring, although the Gu family was only a Shu family, but Gu Shuo had a lot of women in the back house, and it was common to be jealous and jealous, and she knew what she could and couldn't do.

Back in the back house, Ye Xiu didn't have any women to rest, but asked the maidservants to boil water and prepare to take a bath.

"The master doesn't like women to be sloppy and dirty," Ye Xiu looked stern: "The master treats us well, that's the master's generosity, and he doesn't want to worry about the small belly, but we need to know the severity ourselves." ”

"Yes, Sister Xiu. No one dared to choke with Ye Xiu, and the women responded with low eyebrows.

"The women in this backyard are all serving the master, when the master is there, serving the master, when the master is not there, they will recuperate and rest, and prepare to serve the master, remember, the master is the sky. ”

Ye Xiulian knocked and beaten, making several women tremble, she has a deeper understanding of the backyard, in the Xu family, although she is the escort of the third lady, but the third miss also lives in the backyard, and knows more about the intrigue of the women in the backyard.

In the imperial capital, she learned some more from Tianna, Liu Han asked her to be in charge of the backyard, she understood the meaning, among the people in it, she was the only one who had been in the imperial capital, and the purpose of her being in charge of the backyard was to let her teach these women well.

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Liu Han arrived at Xingyuan, and as soon as he got off the horse, Nan Sheng came over.

"My lord, you have been there for the past few days, and the palace has come to order. ”

Nan Sheng's tone was a little complaining, in his opinion, Liu Han disappeared for a few days without explanation, which was a dereliction of duty and a serious mistake.

"What order?" Liu Han ignored so much, and threw the reins to Wei Bao, who had rushed over, he had been with his own women for the past few days, and the guards around him were all from the Hanhai Trading Company, and the five of them stayed in Xingyuan.

"The order was in the adult's study, and the subordinates didn't read it. Nan Sheng replied.

The Tiger Ben Guard has a strict order, saying that it is an order for Liu Han, only Liu Han can see it.

Liu Han walked quickly to his office, Zhou Sheng was inside, and Liu Han entered the door and instructed him to take out the nearest official document.

In a few days, there were no two official documents, and the rest of his work in Yangzhou was to protect the Qin Mission, and as for the rest, it was Gu Wei and Ju Yu's business.

One is an inconsequential matter, Liu Han handed it over to Nan Sheng to deal with after reading it, and the other is an order from the palace, Liu Han couldn't help frowning after reading it.

The order in the palace was that Hu Benwei was transferred back to the imperial capital, and the forbidden army in Yuan Yingkou had been ordered to go south to Yangzhou to accept Liu Han's order.

Liu Han silently handed over the order to Nan Sheng, but Nan Sheng took it and understood it very well.

"My lord doesn't know, in the past few days, the imperial court newspaper said that the imperial court is determined to implement a new tax system in Yongzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, Yongzhou is presided over by King Qin, Jizhou is presided over by Lord Chen Xuanchen, and Yuzhou is Wu Zhen and Wu Thorn History, the court opposition, the emperor even had to cancel the plan to go to Hanshan for summer vacation. ”

"Why?" Liu Han asked in wonder, Nan Sheng shook his head: "It is estimated that a few old masters have been dissuaded, what a waste of public funds, labor and money! That's pretty much it, plus the implementation of the new tax system, the emperor is probably not in the mood." ”

Liu Han took a deep breath, feeling that Nan Sheng's judgment was very reasonable, and after being silent for a while, he nodded: "Since the palace has given an order, you pack up, and when the forbidden army arrives, you can go back." ”

"Why don't you go back with us?" Nan Sheng was a little surprised.

Liu Han smiled bitterly, he didn't want to stay in Yangzhou, and being in Hubenwei meant staying in the center of power, which was easier to track down that person.

"The meaning of the palace seems to be to let me stay in Yangzhou, you don't know, the forbidden army that is going to replace you is my subordinate, so if you want to leave, I have to stay. ”

Nan Sheng understood now, couldn't help sighing, and couldn't help asking: "My lord, what does this mean in the palace?

Liu Han shook his head: "I estimate that there are still orders in the palace, and Yangzhou estimates that there is still something to do." ”

Hu Benwei left Yangzhou, the situation in Yangzhou has not changed much, even the army will not have an accident, Yangzhou Captain Shen Xi is a weak scholar, he knows nothing about the military, Yangzhou's army is in the hands of Yu Valve, and now Yu Valve has been subdued by him.

Yangzhou can't be messed up!

After Nan Sheng left, Liu Han wandered around the house twice, looked up and saw Zhou Sheng, and sighed softly: "You also know, our brother's scene, this is the only way for the time being." ”

"My lord, it's a pity that I can't go back with you, alas, what are you doing in the palace to leave your lord here. Zhou Sheng also regretted that he didn't actually do anything by Liu Han's side, but in Wujun and Yangzhou, he earned a lot of income, and he did it neatly, and there was no trace of decline.

Liu Han's future is bright again, as the saying goes, one person attains the Tao, the chicken and dog ascend to heaven, as his guard, the tide naturally rises, and the future is also bright.

Thousands of miles of officials are only for money, and Tiger Benwei is inevitably clichéd. The salary of the Tiger Benwei is several times higher than that of the forbidden army, and every time he goes out on a mission, there is a reward of silver, so the salary of a Tiger Benwei is more than enough to feed the family.

"It's okay, maybe we can still work together in the future. Liu Han smiled and said, "Bring the imperial court's mansion newspaper, and I'll see if there's any new news." ”

Sure enough, as Nan Sheng expected, there was a lot of news in the Di newspaper that the king of Taiyuan had successfully completed his mission, and began to lead his troops back to the Great Jin Dynasty in the grassland; and most importantly, the imperial court announced the full implementation of the new tax system in the three prefectures of Hebei, Yongyu and Henan.

Then there was a rejection of the courtiers, and the Di newspaper did not say how many people were sparse, but it was also revealed that most of the courtiers were opposed, and the Di newspaper even copied a few excerpts of famous Confucian songs.

When Liu Han saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head, this newspaper is Shang Shutai in charge, obviously, this is Shang Shutai did it on purpose, and Pan Lian is now shirtless.

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Liu Han's guess was not wrong, the opposing recitals were almost piled up with incense, and the emperor's anger was getting higher and higher day by day.

Xue Mi came in with a stack of notes and put them on the emperor's bookcase, and the emperor irritably lifted the four words on the manic batch of the Zhu pen on the spread out, talking nonsense!

"Your Majesty!" Xue Yu panicked, this is not in line with the system, the emperor can't directly annotate on the song!

The emperor grabbed Song Shu and threw him to the ground: "Ridiculous! shameless!"

"Your Majesty, stop your anger!" Huang Gonggong hurriedly picked up the song and patted the ash on it.

The emperor stood up angrily, Xue Yu sighed, turned his head and glared at us Zhang Meng, it was his and Pengzhu's idea to implement a new tax system across the country.

The success of the new tax system in Yangzhou County made Zhang Meng Pengzhu very excited, and some time ago, under Zhang Meng's instructions, Pengzhu was sparse and suggested that the new tax system should be implemented throughout the country.

This piece of music caused a heated debate in Shangshutai.

Pan Lian thought that this move was too eager, and it should be slow, and wait for Yangzhou to implement it, Qiuyun was silent, and the king of Yanping County supported Pan Lian, thinking that he would wait and see, see the results of Yangzhou, and Xue Yu himself was very smart and sick.

However, Peng Zhu and Zhang Meng insisted, and the two sides argued fiercely, and Peng Zhu took out Yangzhou's data, Yangzhou only implemented a new tax system in one county, and the fiscal and tax revenue increased by three times throughout the year, according to this estimate, the implementation of the new tax system in the whole country, the imperial court's fiscal and tax revenue will increase by three to five times, which can completely solve the financial tension of the imperial court.

In this controversy, the emperor unsurprisingly supported Pengzhu, but Pan Lian refused to attach himself to the decree of the new tax system, which caused the emperor to be furious.

In anger, the emperor decided to reorganize Shangshutai and remove Pan Lian's Shangshu order, but this move was stopped by the Empress Dowager, who reconciled and finally decided to implement a new tax system in Yongzhou, Yuzhou and Jizhou.

The imperial decree was issued, and the courtiers objected to it again.

Zhang Meng got up and took the song from Huang Gonggong's hand, only glanced at it, put it on the bookcase, and then calmly persuaded: "Why should the emperor be angry with these short-sighted people, these are all expected things. ”

The opposition of the minister and Shilin was expected, and Zhang Meng even prepared a plan for Taixue and Guozi Jian Shizi to knock on the palace to petition.

"At present, King Qin and Chen Xuan have agreed to implement a new tax system in the two states, and now it is up to Wu Jin, Shang Shutai should urge him to discuss the plan of King Qin and Chen Xuan at the same time. ”

Zhang Meng's brows frowned slightly, Chen Xuan's plan was very simple, that is, to take Yangzhou's plan in its entirety, but King Qin was different, King Qin's plan also inspected Yangzhou's plan, and he retreated a lot from this plan.

First, in terms of salt tax, Yongzhou has no salt mines or salt fields, his salt is from other places, mainly Hedong and Bohai, and a small part is Shuzhou, so the king of Qin did not mention the salt tax at all, but suggested that the commercial tax should be lowered, Yangzhou is ten taxes and one, the king of Qin believes that Yongzhou is poor, and the commercial tax is too high to suppress commerce, and it is recommended to reduce the commercial tax to twelve taxes and one.

Second, the king of Qin suggested that the market should be opened in Beidi County and Shangjun to build a field to facilitate trade, and the imperial court would collect taxes in the field.

Third, the new tax system will divide the tax evenly into the land, but there are many scholars in Yongzhou, when Taizu Longxing Yongzhou, many Yongzhou scholars follow Taizu, so Yongzhou has many noble families, according to the new tax system, these noble families also have to pay taxes, but the Great Jin ancestral system, these noble families do not have to pay taxes, so King Qin suggested that they should be treated differently and implement the new tax system step by step.

In this regard, the king of Qin suggested that the tax could be evenly distributed to the land, and the nobles' families would not be taxed for the time being, while the ordinary scholars would collect taxes on the newly purchased land in the last five years, and two years later, the land purchased by the nobles' families in the last seven years would be taxed, and then in another three years, the land available for the nobles and the nobles' families would be taxed, and so on for another three years, and in another three years, the land of the nobles and the nobles' families would be fully taxed.

Fourth, in Yongzhou, the Shi clan also operated a workshop tea shop, and for these tea shops, King Qin thought that taxes and fees could be reduced.

The most critical of the Qin Wang's Narrative is the third article, if it is implemented in this way, the time span will be as high as ten years, which is unacceptable for the imperial court.

"King Qin has a good name, Yongliang Liangzhou is close to the border fortress, plus Tubo has just invaded, the war outside the fortress has just ended, Yongbei has suffered disasters again and again, I heard that Yongzhou gate valve has been contributing money and efforts, and the family has long been empty. The more Xue Mi spoke, the more weak his heart became, because the emperor's face became more and more ugly.

"Lord Xue," Zhang Meng looked at him and shook his head slightly: " These are just excuses, the land of Yongbei is barren, and the war is endless, so, Yongbei's gate lords are very few, Yongzhou's wealth is concentrated in Yongnan, Guanzhong is rich, compared with Jiangnan Jizhou, it is not bad at all, Taizu relies on this to calm the world, but the land annexation of Yongnan is serious, ninety percent of the land is in the hands of the nobles and the gate lords, the court does not have much tax, Taizu, years after year, Yongzhou's taxes can not only meet themselves, but also support Liangzhou, but now, every year the imperial court has to transport grain and silver to meet their own needs, where did the silver go？”

Xue Mi didn't say much, his home is in Hedong, and now the court and Shilin are talking about the new tax system more and more, and even the Qinglou tea shop is talking about it, from the people to the court, most of them are against it, and there are few people in favor.

"At both ends of the first rat, I am afraid of my own good name. The emperor snorted coldly and said harshly: "Reject it, warn him that the new tax system must be implemented to the letter." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Xue Mi took the recital, turned around and left, the new tax system caused a huge turmoil in the government and the opposition, Xue Mi intuitively felt that this matter was not so simple, the ministers of the DPRK and China would never give up like this, and the impeachment of Shangshu had just begun.

However, what should he do? If he supports it, he will definitely offend a large number of ministers and clans of the court and the central government, and if he opposes it, he will dislike the emperor and will not be conducive to his future control of Shangshutai.

This made him in a dilemma, he didn't know how to choose, and it also made him miss Liu Han very much, if only Liu Han was here.

(End of chapter)