Gao Xian came out of the column and said to Jia Yun: "Due to the severe drought in the three provinces of northern Xinjiang, the harvest has dropped sharply, and the taxes have only been collected by sixty percent so far. ”

Emperor Chongming in the hall said lightly to Jia Yun: "What do you think, you might as well say it directly, the princes of the court can't think of a way, it doesn't matter if you say it's wrong, I forgive you." ”

Jia Yun was stunned when he heard this, Emperor Chongming asked him about the court, as if he had the intention of taking the school examination, and after thinking for a moment, Jia Yun said: "Back to Your Majesty, the sage cloud: "The people, the foundation of the country, the holy king should treat the people like a child, thin their taxes, and educate their hearts." "Since there is a great drought in northern Xinjiang and the people have no food to pay, why should they not be exempted from paying taxes, and they should open warehouses for disaster relief to reassure the people."

Emperor Chongming's face was as usual, and he said calmly: "Being able to say this shows that you are studying with your heart." ”

Before Jia Yun could relax, Emperor Chongming continued: "If the right is to open a warehouse for disaster relief, the tax deficit of the imperial court will be too great. ”

Jia Yun knew that it was not so easy, the court and the princes couldn't think of a way, how could it be so simple, in the final analysis, the court had no money.

Emperor Chongming didn't expect Jia Yun to come up with any countermeasures, but he just had the heart to take the school exam.

After a pause, Emperor Chongming waved his hand and said: "The treasury is empty, and this matter is not something you can solve, so I can read your book." ”

Hearing this, Jia Yun nodded, thought for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Emperor Chongming, and said carefully: "Your Majesty, the treasury is empty, and in the long run, it will be unfavorable to the imperial court. ”

Emperor Chongming frowned when he heard this, the treasury could not make ends meet, what could he do, if it was a blessing, the people would not be able to live.

Emperor Chongming knew that the tax silver of the imperial court was as much as 120 million taels of land taxes transported by the provinces every year, plus millions of taels of various tariffs of silver, and hundreds of thousands of miscellaneous taxes including pawnshop taxes, most of which were also transferred to the household treasury, adding up to more than 20 million taels.

The tax and silver seem to be a lot, but the big court has to spend silver everywhere, the salaries of more than 20,000 officials of the imperial court, the enjoyment of the emperor and the prince, the food silver of the soldiers, the years of thousands of princes and grandchildren, the funds of more than 3 million taels of river repairers, the food and silver of hundreds of thousands of servants, the expenses of the war, etc., and the annual expenditure of nearly 20 million taels mainly depends on these silvers.

If you do a careful calculation, the amount of silver you pay for taxes every year is sufficient, and at most there is only a small surplus, and if you encounter a year of famine, the treasury will not be able to sustain itself, so you can only rely on the provinces to raise funds.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongming was also helpless, everything that could be saved in the palace was saved, but it was also a drop in the bucket.

"Okay, I know about this matter, and it is not your turn to worry about the affairs of the imperial court." Emperor Chongming said impatiently.

Jia Yun gritted his teeth and said: "Your Majesty, as far as the students know, the imperial court mainly relies on the Ding tax, and the Daqian Law states that the people need to be counted every five years, and the upper households need to collect nine dollars of silver per person, and then decrease in turn, and the lower households will collect one money per person, which is very fair in theory, but officials at all levels may not be able to do careful verification, and some officials do not care about the lives of the people for the sake of the so-called political achievements.

In addition, the officials and gentry concealed the population, and the treacherous people used their guest status to circumvent it, with the result that the tax levied fell on the poor people.

Even the upper households use money and power to rate themselves as middle households, while the poor people are deliberately rated as upper households.

On the other hand, the result of the increase in the surplus amount of Ding Yin is that the people will bear more Ding Yin and suffer from "Dai Na" and "Bao Bao".

The old man said: "There is a sigh of uneven bitterness and happiness among the people, and there is a poor collection of ginseng in the government, and the government and the people are tired." ””

Emperor Chongming looked at Jia Yun who was talking in surprise, thought for a moment, and said, "What about your opinion?" ”

Jia Yun was silent for a while, and boldly said: "The student suggested abolishing the Ding tax and adding the silver levied by the Ding tax to the field endowment, after all, the poll tax is collected according to the per capita tax, and the poor people have no land and no silver, and they can't afford to pay it, so it is naturally difficult for the court to collect it, and those who have land have silver and can afford to pay the tax, so that the court will collect all the taxes and silver, and the treasury will be full." ”

Emperor Chongming was stunned when he heard this, his expression was solemn, Jia Yun's words were not unreasonable, the land tax was collected well in all parts of the imperial court, but the poll tax was not collected, precisely because the people had no surplus food at home and could not pay the poll tax.

Ding Yin not only affected the tax revenue of the imperial court, but also made the life of the common people very sad, because the population verification was not timely, some families died, but there was no write-off, and even the grandson was still paying the poll tax to the deceased grandfather, and many people could not pay it and had to flee to other countries, which was not a good thing for the stability of the imperial court in the long run.

What's more, this move also curbs the seizure of people's land by the powerful gentry, which is beneficial to the People's Congress.

After a moment of silence, Emperor Chongming reprimanded: "After reading a few books, I talked about it, I really don't know what to do, and I read it all into the dog's belly." ”

When Jia Yun heard this, he couldn't help but say stupidly: "What Your Majesty said is very true, it is the student Meng Lang." ”

Emperor Chongming raised his eyes and looked at Jia Yun, didn't say much, and said, "Look, you don't have to eat, let's eat with me." ”

Accompanying the emperor to dine, this is a great honor, how can there be no reason not to accept it, so Jia Yun bowed down and smiled: "Then a student will have a good fortune today, and the student will thank Your Majesty for his favor first." ”

Emperor Chongming was happy when he heard this, this kid is really welcome......

Rongfu, Rongqing Hall.

The house was full of laughter.

Mother Jia, Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng and a middle-aged woman got together to wipe the dominoes.

The middle-aged woman is the head of the Xue family, Xue Wang, and the people of Jiafu are called Aunt Xue.

On the table, a small silver mountain was piled up in front of Jia Mu, and everyone was full of smiles.

In good spirits, Jia Mu asked Wang Xifeng on the side: "I heard that you and Lian'er will have a quarrel before?" ”

Wang Xifeng, who was originally happy, suddenly frowned, but it disappeared in a flash, and said with a smile: "Ancestor, speaking of this, you always comment on it, look at my family, I have seen it all day long and what is the top brand of the jade fang, I just said a few more words, and he shook his face to show me." ”

What kind of character is Wang Xifeng, how can it be that he said a few words, and it is estimated that he didn't give face to the masters, but Jia Mu didn't care, and said with a smile: "The original way, this girl of yours has been trained in the past few years, but I didn't expect it to be short-sighted." ”

"Now my aunt's wife and wife are here, they are all relatives, and they are all from the past, you ask them, which master in a high-ranking family is not good at this, and it is worth it for you to be so entangled in your heart?"

Aunt Xue smiled affectionately: "What the old lady said is very true, over the years, don't say that the old lady, it's us, what strange things haven't you seen?" The family is big and the business is big, and there are many things, and it is not a matter for the master to go out and be happy. ”

Mother Jia agreed: "What Mrs. Aunt said is very true, Lian'er is just naughty and naughty, but in the past, he was still a ...... of the family."

Wang Xifeng was noncommittal, obviously jealous.

Mother Jia didn't care, in her opinion, the left and right are just a stubbornness, where are the few gentlemen in the house, so she said: "The gentlemen in the house are like gluttonous cats, which mouth is not fishy, Lian'er is good!" The little family is angry, and now let the aunt laugh at it. ”

Aunt Xue hurriedly said: "I don't lie in front of the old lady, how can my brother go?" I don't have a home all day..... Ouch, I can't even mention it! It's better than these brothers in your family! Especially Baoyu? I have seen so many young masters, but I have never seen any child better than Baoyu. It's all taught well by old ladies. ”

Speaking of Baoyu's goodness, Jia Mu loved to listen to it very much, and said modestly: "That's also a person who likes to look good and beautiful, I thought that he was also like that, who knew that after two years of cold eyes, there was no such thing, he simply liked to be beautiful and good-looking!" ”

Then he taught Wang Xifeng: "Feng girl, you sent away all the people around Lian'er, and guarded you alone, what's the matter, the son of a family like ours, it is not a bad thing to have more good colors around him, so as to save himself from being outside and being coaxed by the fox, as long as the son of a family like us is not at a loss, he knows the etiquette and is sensible, and the rest is just a small way." ”

"Ouch!"

Aunt Xue said excitedly: "I thought it was all bad, but I didn't expect it to be such a benefit!" It's really a long experience! ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Just as a few ladies were chatting hotly, suddenly, they heard a burst of exclamations from under the porch outside the door.

Jia Mu couldn't hear this kind of voice the most, and her heart jumped, and she didn't know what was going on, so she looked out.

Mrs. Wang and the others also smiled.

Then I saw that the little guy who was originally following Xue Pan was brought in, and cried: "It's terrible, the uncle of Mozhuyuan beat Uncle Xue .........."

When Aunt Xue heard that her baby son was beaten, she panicked, hurriedly stood up, and said hurriedly: "Why was my son beaten?" What's going on? ”

Seeing that Aunt Xue was distracted, Jia Mu frowned and said, "What's wrong, be careful." ”

The little guy trotted all the way back to the house, and at this time he was out of breath, so he slowed down his breath and hurriedly said: "Today, Uncle Xue was strolling around in Xicheng, and when he saw Uncle Xue in Mozhuyuan, he stepped forward to greet him, but who knew that Uncle Xue was unreasonable, and he beat Uncle Xue so badly that he couldn't get angry. ”

As soon as these words came out, Aunt Xue was suddenly like five thunderbolts, shocked, her brain was dizzy, she couldn't even speak, and she was shaking.

Wang Xifeng was busy supporting her on the side, and asked one after another: "It's so decent, why did you start moving?" ”

Mrs. Wang, who was silent, said: "Last time, even his old man wanted to do it, so he said that he was not a thing. ”

Jia Mu frowned, she originally thought that Jia Yun was a polite person, but she didn't think about it.

But at this time, I can't take care of these, the most important thing now is Xue Pan, so Jia Mu said: "What about Brother Pan? Can you go to the doctor? ……”

The little servant replied: "Uncle Xue was taken to the Shuntian Mansion, and the villain had no choice but to come back first to confess." ”

Jia Mu was stunned when she heard this, this damn evil obstacle was beaten and thrown into the mansion.....

However, this is not the time to care about this matter, so he hurriedly ordered: "Mandarin duck, go to find the eldest master, and ask him to bring someone to bring Brother Pan back to recuperate from his injuries, and there is no mistake." ”

When it comes to general affairs, Jia Yu is more reliable than Jia Zheng, even if she doesn't like her eldest son, Jia's mother still sends someone to call him.