Chapter 521: Chu Ruoya's Idea

After the war between the Bright Moon Province and the Izumo Province came to an end, peace was temporarily restored between the two countries, the only difference was that the Izumo Province was in dire straits.

Not only do they have to face taxes, but they also have to face the consequences of their own territory being occupied, and the border between the two countries was originally the river, but now the barracks of the Bright Moon Country have crossed that river and are stationed on the land of the original Izumo Kingdom.

The soldiers of Izumo Province looked at the actions of the people of Mingyue Country, and they dared not speak in anger.

They have already suffered defeat, and now they don't have any combat ability, if they anger the Mingyue Kingdom at this time and let them suddenly attack, it can be said that it is against the will of their emperor.

The morale of Izumo Province is low, while the morale of Akizuki Country is high.

Especially after Chu Zhuangyan returned to the imperial court, some elite troops also went back with him, and only a small number of people remained on the border, but only this small number of people was enough to contain Izumo Country.

"Your Majesty, do you really think that Izumo Province will not act rashly?" In the palace of Mingyue Kingdom, the ministers asked Chu Zhuangyan.

Chu Zhuangyan was very confident: "Naturally, I don't dare to move, I am ready for everything." ”

After saying this, he remembered the letter he sent to Tuobalie, with Tuobalie's character, no matter how atmospheric he was in his heart, he would definitely do what he said, and he had no way to go except this road.

If Tuoba really did what he said, the consequences would be quite serious for Izumo Kuni.

Izumo Province suffered heavy casualties this time, and Tuoba Lie had to say that no matter what, as long as he could make Izumo Country bleed heavily, then Chu Zhuangyan's purpose had been achieved.

"Does anyone know what is going on with King Yan in Izumo Province?" It was only at this time that Chu Zhuangyan remembered his original excuse for attacking Izumo Kingdom.

"If you go back to the emperor, now that King Yan is recuperating in Izumo Kingdom, do you want to send someone to bring His Royal Highness King Yan back?" Some ministers were secretly guessing the meaning of Chu Zhuangyan's words.

"Take it back? No, you don't have to take it back, just let him recover from his injuries in Izumo Province. After Chu Zhuangyan listened to the minister's words, he immediately refused.

Now that Chu Ruoyao is in the territory of Izumo Country, Tuoba Lie will also throw a rat trap, once Chu Ruoya returns to Mingyue Country, then Tuoba Lie is very likely to break the jar and confront him head-on.

Although the current Mingyue Kingdom can also fight with the Izumo Kingdom, it will have to pay a considerable price, and Chu Zhuangyan will definitely not do such a loss-making transaction.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Although the ministers were puzzled, they could only accept what Chu Zhuangyan said.

Compared to the lively atmosphere of the Bright Moon Country, the Izumo Kingdom is now a mess inside.

As soon as the notice of levying taxes came out, the people's opinions were quite large, and some people even gathered in front of the government to ask for an explanation.

"This year's harvest is not good compared to previous years, so why do we need to levy an extra 20% tax?" Several civilians stopped the government's carriage and questioned them.

"This matter is decided by the emperor, and I have no right to interfere." The adults in the government replied helplessly.

They must carry out the holy decree of Tuoba Lie, but the anger of the people does not know how to calm it.

"My lord, what now?" The accompanying guards were also very nervous, and since the announcement came out, there would be protesters everywhere they went.

At first, people only talked in private, but as the number of protesters grew, people became more and more emboldened, and from time to time they would stop the government's carriage directly on the road.

"What else can I do? Let's go back! ”

The adults in the carriage were also very helpless, they had no way to have a head-on conflict with the people, and once there was a conflict with the people, the black gauze hat on their heads might not be protected at that time.

After some pushing, the carriage of the government finally passed through the crowd, and after entering the palace Yayang, the gate was immediately closed, and no matter how noisy people were outside, they would no longer open the door.

"My lord, is this tax still collected?"

"Collect, why not? Of course we have to accept it, can we disobey the emperor's will? ”

The matter of the government's additional taxes soon reached the ears of Chu Ruoyan and Li Luobing. During this time, they have been recuperating in the house, and every day is the most comfortable of all.

"Lord, I heard that the emperor of Izumo Province is going to start raising taxes."

"Raising taxes? Can you say why? Chu Ruoyan thought for a while and asked, this is mostly related to Chu Zhuangyan.

"The people don't know the specific situation, but according to their subordinates, it's because the Bright Moon Country has put forward some conditions to Izumo Province, and only by completing this condition can the safety of Izumo Province be guaranteed."

"Sure enough, it's his style." Chu Ruoyao smiled.

"Was this matter ordered by the emperor?" Li Luobing asked beside him.

"Who else is not him? Only he could do such a thing, and he could also take this opportunity to make Tuobalie's reputation plummet, which was a two-pronged thing for him. ”

"What the prince said is right, now there are rumors in the market that Tuoba Lie is not a Ming monarch at all, but a faint monarch. The people in the government were at a loss because of this incident, and they did not do anything to the people who made trouble. ”

"This is only a temporary thing, at the beginning we must stabilize everyone's mood, and once someone starts to pay taxes later, then the government will be ruthless if the people make trouble again."

Chu Ruoyan was right, only three days later, there were a few people who did not pay the overcharged 20% of the tax.

After the tax was paid, the government used this as an excuse to start collecting it on a large scale, and they began to ignore the complaints of the common people.

"My family only has these harvests this year, you give them back to me!" In a house, an old man was pulling with the people of the government.

"I don't care how much you have harvested, this year I said that if you pay more than 20% of the tax, you will collect more, and we are also acting on orders, if you don't want to be locked up, you better let it go as soon as possible."

The people of the government did not show weakness, and snatched the grain from the old man's hand and loaded it into the carriage outside.

Seeing this, the old man hugged the comer's leg and did not let him leave.

"Don't let go, do you? Okay, call me. ”

When the soldiers went up, they punched and kicked the old man, knocked him unconscious, and carried him into a carriage along with the collected food, and then put him in a prison cell in the government.

This incident also caused an uproar among the people, and they all went to the government to demonstrate one by one, only to be frightened back by the spears that the soldiers were carrying.

The old man was locked up for three days before he was released, and he died not long after returning home. Things like this happened one after another during this time, and everyone was quite indignant at first, but when they found out that they didn't have any ability, they were very helpless.

"If it goes on like this, soon the family will be poor and won't be able to open the pot."

"Then what can be done, the government said to accept it, if we don't hand it over, we won't even lose our lives."

Guo Dong and the others have also been talking to Chu Ruoya about the situation outside for the past few days, and when they heard that the government had finally made a move on the people, Li Luobing also had to admire Chu Ruoyao's foresight.

"It's exactly like what you said." Li Luobing's tone was full of admiration.

"It's what happens next that will surprise them."

Li Luobing listened to Chu Ruoyao's words, and then looked at his expression, and knew that he had other ideas.

"And what do you want to do this time?"

They have been idle enough in the house these days, and it is time to make some moves, otherwise it will not be pleasant for them to let Tuoba Lie hold a high position like that.

"Didn't the people have been looking for why the emperor suddenly promulgated this news? Then we'll give them a source of venting. ”

"Are you talking about Tuoba Luoxia?" A person's name flashed in Li Luobing's mind in an instant.

Chu Ruoyan nodded vigorously: "That's right, it's her, she doesn't have anything to do now, she's just locked up by Tuoba Lie and not allowed to go out, how can this work?"

After finishing speaking, he opened his mouth and called Guo Dong, Li Yi and others over.

"In the past few days, you have sent people to pretend to be ordinary people, talk to people everywhere, and take the opportunity to reveal the news about Tuoba Luoxia. It is said that the emperor's collection of taxes this time was started because of Tuoba Luoxia. ”

Guo Dong and the others took the order, and Li Luobing was a little curious about the effect of this matter.

"How useful do you think it will be?"

"It's hard to say how useful it is, but it's enough to get Tuoba Luoxia down from the position of princess, we have done our best to her, but she still harms us, and we must make her pay some price."

Li Luobing nodded, whether it was his own amnesia or Chu Ruoyi's injury, until the two of them were stranded in Izumo Kingdom, all of this had a lot to do with Tuoba Luoxia.

After Guo Dong and the others left, they disguised themselves as ordinary people and entered some taverns, and after they sat down, they had been observing the actions of the people around them, and found that many people were talking about Tuoba Lie's increase in taxes.

"This time, the emperor didn't know why he was so impulsive, and he actually had to levy 20% of the tax all of a sudden, and my family was running out of rice." One of the people raised their heads and drank a large glass of wine, and then said in a loud voice.

"Quietly, don't you know what time it is? Beware of you being caught by the government. ”

"Why are you arresting me? I'm just telling the truth, don't you think? ”

"Although I think so too, but there have been people who have been imprisoned for arguing about government politics before, and they died inside without returning home."

After hearing his companion's words, the common man also woke up a lot.

"I just heard you talking about taxes, didn't I?" Guo Dong took this opportunity to get in front of these two people.