The summer capital is still the Feng Mansion of the Ministry of Officials.

However, there were not many people from the Feng Mansion this time, and there were only five people with Feng Xiyao, but the weight of these five people together was heavier than that of dozens of other officials.

These five are the Shangshu of five of the six departments of the imperial court, except for the Shangshu of the military department, the rest came.

Among them, there are Qin Dao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the people of the Qin family of the Hou Qin family of Dingnan in the south, Shen Feitong, the secretary of the criminal department, and the people of the Shen family of the Hou of Nanwu in the south.

The last one is Guo Xun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, a member of the Guo family of the Northern Linghou in the north.

These five Shangshu are all children of the family, only Chen Wuming, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is not, so they did not bring Chen Wuming with them at this gathering.

Because the matter they discussed is related to the family, and this has nothing to do with Chen Wuming, Chen Wuming is not a member of the family, strictly speaking, Chen Wuming is a person who belongs to the military, because the military department is for the military, and Chen Wuming has also joined the army.

"Brother Qin, Brother Shen, Brother Guo, the three of you are here, Feng is really brilliant!"

Qin Dao laughed and said, "Okay, don't be polite, you invited a few of us here, just say anything about it, don't grind." ”

Feng Xiyao was not annoyed, the people in the south are like this, they are so rough in their words, they are not at all as delicate as they are in the west, so the south and the west have always been at odds.

But this time, I have a request for others, so I still have to give some face.

"Brother Qin, don't worry, Feng invited a few people to come here today, just to discuss a major matter related to the rise and fall of the world's families, and this matter now requires all our families to work together to get through. ”

At this time, Shen Feitong on the side interjected: "Don't say such an exaggeration, what are you talking about, we all know, just say what you want to do." ”

"Brother Shen is refreshing, now that His Majesty has not been out of the customs for a long time, Liu Bowen is also obstructing us everywhere, so now only if we work together to put pressure on the imperial court, can we let this new tax system unfold on our side. ”

"This, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, our Shen family doesn't want to come out so early, not to mention that this new tax system actually doesn't have much impact on us!"

Shen Feitong's words made Feng Xiyao's face stiffen, but in an instant, Feng Xiyao recovered and said with a smile: "Brother Shen is surprised by this, this matter concerns all the families in the world, and the Shen family can't escape, and this time my Feng family and the Fang family will take the lead, Brother Shen and Brother Qin, Brother Guo only need to be responsible for assisting." ”

Shen Feitong shook his head and said, "This matter is very important, and it needs to be carefully considered, and I also have to show the family side to see what my father has to say." ”

Feng Xiyao was secretly annoyed, and he still thought about it carefully, the Ming family, has there been no news from your Shen family until now? If not, what kind of southern family leader should your Shen family be!

Of course, Feng Xiyao didn't dare to say this, he also understood it at the moment, Shen Feitong just didn't want to contribute in vain, he wanted to get some benefits, anyway, their southern family definitely didn't have the urgency of the west.

It completely ate the family in the west.

Feng Xiyao's face suddenly looked a little unpleasant, anyone who was blackmailed at this time would not feel good in his heart, but he had no way to resist, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

Looking at Qin Dao and Guo Xun's appearance, it was obvious that they also had the same idea as Shen Feitong, and wanted them to make a move.

Although they will take action if they drag it out, but at that time, they in the West are estimated to have already caused public resentment, and in comparison, these benefits can still be paid.

What's more, these benefits are not from his Feng family, but from all the families in the west, so if they are evenly shared, in fact, there are not many of them.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiyao's face suddenly turned gloomy and affectionate, and said with a smile: "It is natural for Brother Shen to consider carefully, but this matter cannot be delayed, we are willing to pay some price, and we will trouble Brother Shen and a few people to help." ”

After Shen Feitong heard this, his face was suddenly full of smiles, "This Brother Feng is outside, our family is one, where can there be so many politeness." ”

After speaking, he began to discuss with Feng Xiyao what specific benefits he wanted.

While they were discussing, the news of Donghai Prefecture's trial of the new tax system also spread to other states, and along with the new system, it was what the Hou Ye of Donghai Prefecture did.

There are all kinds of news, but to sum up, it is nothing more than that the marquis of the family on their side did not contribute and was unwilling to try out the new tax system, so when His Majesty proposed this system today, they ignored it, and only the marquis of Donghai Prefecture was dedicated to the people and was willing to implement the new system.

Suddenly, the people of the rest of the states exploded, talking everywhere, talking about how inactive and treacherous their local families were, and disregarding the interests of the people of the entire state for the sake of that little private interest.

Although these families are also trying their best to refute the rumors, but it is useless, along with the news, there are many parties in Donghai Prefecture who have come forward to say that they have praised the new tax system, and even the imperial examination system has also been said.

Anyway, the final pot was thrown on the inaction of the family, which caused the prestige of these families among the people to plummet.

Moreover, after many poor disciples learned about the imperial examination system in Donghai Prefecture, they also rushed to Donghai Prefecture one after another, and smeared those families while hurrying.

The power of scholars is not comparable to that of ordinary people, their pen can write black into white, and dead into alive, so those families have suffered another blow.

At this time, Feng Xiyao was still arguing with Shen Feitong, Shen Feitong and the price they wanted was too high, Feng Xiyao was unwilling to give it, and wanted to lower the price, so the two sides got involved.

At this time, Feng Xiyao also received the news from the family, and after reading it, his face changed greatly, and no matter what conditions Shen Feitong put forward, they all agreed, and if they didn't agree, there would be a civil change in their hometown.

"Brother Shen, don't say anything, we all agree to the conditions you proposed, I only hope that Brother Shen can abide by Chengruo and put pressure on the court together at the next court meeting. ”

Shen Feitong was stunned for a moment, the conditions he proposed were completely opened by the lion, and he was still waiting for Feng Xiyao to lower the price, but he didn't expect him to agree to it all in one go.

Then something suddenly came to mind, and Shen Feitong asked with a solemn face, "Could it be that the news has already spread?"

Feng Xiyao didn't speak, just nodded.

Shen Feitong's face changed slightly, he didn't expect the news to spread so quickly, how long has it been? Before he could argue with Feng Xiyao and them, the news broke out, this is not a good thing!

Thinking of this, Shen Feitong also hurriedly said goodbye to Feng Xiyao and left in a hurry, Qin Dao and Guo Xun were the same, they also heard Feng Xiyao's words, and wanted to hurry back to ask how the family was doing.

Sure enough, Shen Feitong, who had just arrived home, received a message from his father, saying that he should hurry up and join forces with the west to determine the new tax system first.

Only Qin Dao looked confused, because he didn't receive any news when he went back, and his father didn't give him any instructions, so he didn't know what to do for a while.

Two days later, while Feng Xiyao and others were anxiously waiting, the court meeting finally began.

After the hundred officials had almost arrived, Feng Xiyao had just wanted to unite the rest of the people to put pressure on Liu Bowen when a voice sounded: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”

Feng Xiyao and the others were stunned for a moment! Then they frowned, Your Majesty is out of the customs? I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, alas!

After a while, Xia Renlong walked in.

In fact, Xia Ren said that it was a retreat, and it was not a lie, he did go to the retreat to break through the cultivation, from the fourfold breakthrough to the fivefold cultivation (the previous gift package rewarded the fivefold cultivation), but the time didn't take that long, and it was done in one night.

But since the news has not yet broken out in the rest of the states, it is not good for Xia Ren to go out of the customs, and it is possible that he will be joined by hundreds of officials to enter Cambodia, and when the time comes, he will be in a dilemma, so he will simply stay in retreat.

It wasn't until yesterday that the news of the new tax system had broken out in other states that Xia Ren decided to go to court today, and he couldn't hang the family like this all the time, otherwise it would be easy for them to fight back to the death.

What Xia Ren wanted was to boil the frog in warm water, weaken it little by little every time, and when they came back to their senses, they found that they had nothing left, and at that time, what would they do to fight with Xia Ren.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have been in retreat during this time, can anything big happen?"

As soon as he sat down, Xia Ren asked with a smile on his face.

Feng Xiyao below suddenly hurriedly stood up and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has something to do." ”

"Oh, what's going on with Feng Qing's family?"

Feng Xiyao said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the new tax system that is now being piloted in Donghai Prefecture is very popular with the people, and the people have sung praises to Your Majesty's Shengming, so Wei Chen suggested that this new tax system be spread throughout Great Xia, so that all the people of Great Xia can feel Your Majesty's benevolence." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Jiaxu on the side also spoke: "Back to Your Majesty, now the people in many places are looking forward to it, hoping that Your Majesty's tax system can reach them as soon as possible, and please ask Your Majesty to be considerate of those people and distribute the tax system to the entire Great Xia as soon as possible." ”

The rest of the officials also echoed one after another, including Shen Feitong and them, only Qin Dao did not squeak, because he only received news from his father yesterday and asked him not to get involved in these things, although he didn't understand, but Qin Dao still listened to his father's words and kept watching coldly.

And Feng Xiyao didn't care about him, they were in a hurry now, and they started to enter Cambodia as soon as they went to the court, and they didn't pay much attention to Qin Dao.

Xia Ren sat on the dragon chair, watching the hundreds of officials below continue to speak and admonish, and did not interrupt, he was going to do this today, anyway, the effect has been achieved, and there is no point in dragging it down, and it is easy to force those family dogs to jump off the wall in a hurry.

But since they don't stop, then Xia Ren won't stop it, anyway, it doesn't hurt to delay it a little longer.

After a while, there were finally no more officials entering Cambodia, Xia Ren smiled lightly: "It is rare for so many Qing families to think about the people of Daxia, since this is the case, then this tax system will be implemented in the entire Daxia from now on, and any taxes in the future will be according to this." ”

Suddenly, Feng Xiyao and the others breathed a sigh of relief, they were afraid that Xia Ren would make things difficult for them in this matter, at that time, they were in a dilemma, but fortunately they didn't.

Thinking of this, Feng Xiyao suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

The hundred officials also chimed in: "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Xia Ren smiled and ignored them.

Then he asked some other things, and when he found that there was nothing wrong, he retreated.