The next day, Qingji held a great court meeting in the Chongzheng Palace.

"If the widow wants to accumulate wealth for the people of the country, but does not lose the support of the people, how can the second and third sons teach the widow?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

The ministers all thought that Qingji's brain was funny, otherwise how could he say such nonsense?

"The King!"

Dazai Jiran stubbornly stepped forward and said, "I heard that the king of the sages should be considerate of the people and love the people like sons, as the father of the king, how can the king plunder the wealth of the people?"

"Over the years, my Dawu treasury has been taken from the people and used for the people, and the policy of benefiting the people implemented by the king has hidden the wealth from the people, so Li Shu has hidden his own interests."

"However, this is by no means a reason for the king to collect wealth from his countrymen!"

"King, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. If you follow the example of King Zhou Li to be greedy for wealth and profit, and then loot the people's fat and ointment for your own use, for your own selfish desires, I am afraid that it will lead to the ruin of the country and the destruction of the family, and the mountains and rivers will be broken!"

"Please take this as a warning, the King!"

Faced with Ji Ran's statement, Qingji just laughed it off.

Like Wen Chong, Kong Qiu, and Deng Xi, they couldn't help but feel nervous in their hearts.

They had already learned about this matter in advance, and knew that Qingji had other plans.

But, what exactly is Qingji thinking?

It's unpredictable.

For a while, they couldn't guess Qingji's thoughts at all.

As a diehard member of Qingji, Cheng Bo Yi in the imperial history immediately stood up, bowed to Qingji and said, "King, the minister thinks this is a matter of course!"

"Who is the king? He is the father of the Wu people, the lord of a country!"

"All Wu people, their wealth and life, all belong to the king. Whatever is in the land of Wu, within the four domains, every stitch and thread, every grass and tree, is at the disposal of the king!"

"The king is rich in the kingdom of Wu, and if he wants money, he will directly ask his subjects to hand it over!"

Hearing this, the ministers and doctors couldn't help but glared angrily at Bo Yan.

"Uncle, how dare you instigate the king to loot the people's fat and people's ointment?"

"You are the eldest father of my Great Wu, Duke Rong Yi and Duke Yu!"

"Shechen, Shechen!"

was scolded by the ministers with their heads and faces, and Bo Yan couldn't help but sneer at each other.

"Hmph, you disloyal ministers, what qualifications do you have to dictate to me here?"

"The king wants to collect wealth, and you, as a courtier, don't even think about sharing the king's worries and problems, and still accusing me here vigorously, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?"

"Eat the king's lu, bear the king's worries, such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, don't the second and third sons know?"

Bo Yan was very indignant.

Because, this Rong Yi Gong and Yu Gong eldest father are not a good thing.

Rong Yigong is good at looting property and brutally oppressing the people.

However, King Li preferred to use ministers such as Rong Yi Gong and Yu Gong's eldest father, who were "good patents but do not know the great difficulties", to seal the mountains and rivers internally, monopolize all the profits of mountains, forests and rivers, and prohibit civilians from harvesting, fishing and hunting, cutting off their livelihoods.

Mobilize the masses to conquer neighboring countries, and constantly increase the burden on the common people.

His perverse actions and tyrannical extortion caused strong dissatisfaction among the Zhou people, and the government and the opposition were full of murderous opportunities, everyone was in danger, and the people's grievances were boiling.

King Li of Zhou sent another courtier, Wei Wuyu, to spy on the people, and arrested and killed many civilians who were dissatisfied with the "patent".

Later, many civilians who had not complained were killed.

King Li's high-pressure policy made relatives, friends and acquaintances dare not greet each other when they meet them on the road, and can only glance at each other, making the capital lifeless......

Of course, to this day, after the reform of the law, the state of Wu has long monopolized the benefits of mountains, seas, lakes and lakes, fish and salt.

Woodcutters who go to the mountains to cut wood, hunters who go to the mountains to hunt, fishermen who go to lakes and rivers and seas to fish, etc., all have to pay taxes and pay taxes to Qingji.

These taxes were managed by the Shaofu and went into Qingji's private pockets as the private use of the royal family.

That's it, isn't Qingji still satisfied?

The monarch is so greedy, how can the country and society be stable for a long time?

For a while, the ministers were very indignant.

"Please put to death the lord who has deceived the people!"

"King, don't make money to your countrymen!"

"In the past two years, my Great Wu has indeed consumed a lot of money and food, but it has not reached the point of looting people's wealth to fill the vacancy!"

"The king must not have such thoughts!"

The ministers and doctors knelt on the ground in an uproar.

Seeing this, Qingji smiled angrily and said, "Second and third sons, the widow is just an analogy, and he doesn't really want to collect wealth from the countrymen."

"Under the condition of not losing the hearts of the people, but winning the hearts of the people, who of the second and third sons can make the widows accumulate wealth for the people of the country, and concentrate the wealth of my Great Wu as much as possible?"

"This ......"

Regarding Qingji's statement, the ministers were confused, as if the second monk was confused.

How can this be done?

"Deng Xi, Kong Qiu, Wen Chong, can you three have a way?"

Hearing this, the ministers basically reacted, this was a test for Qing Ji and the other three.

Kong Qiu took a deep breath, and came out with a tooth wat in his hand, "Great King, your minister...... There is nothing to be done."

Kongqiu knew that he might miss out on Dazai's position.

However, he really can't come up with a way to let Qingji collect money without losing the hearts of the countrymen.

In Kongqiu's view, this is simply an unsolvable matter.

"Deng Xi?"

Deng Xi stood up and said stubbornly: "My lord, the minister thinks that if you can levy taxes from the people for one or two years in advance, you will not lose the hearts of the people, and you can also make my Great Wu gather a lot of money and grain in a short time!"

"That's a good idea."

Qingji smiled, changed his words again, and said, "However, the tax will be levied in advance for one or two years, and next year, the year after that, my Dawu will not be able to collect taxes, how can I live?"

In fact, the treasury of Wu State is still very abundant.

There is no need to pay a tax advance of one or two years to Li Shu.

Wu Guozang is rich in the people, and the people's Li Shu, especially the merchants, are so rich that they will not be dissatisfied with the advance of taxes for one or two years.

It's just, why bother?

These taxes (money and grain) were originally Wu Guo's, and they remained unchanged, so how can it be said that they were increasing fiscal revenue for Qingji?

In view of this, Deng Xi also secretly withdrew.

When it was Qing Ji's eyes on him, he took a deep breath, slowly stood up, and said, "My lord, the minister thinks that he can lend money to merchants, peddlers, pawns, and some people who have no money to turn over for the time being."

"My Da Wu originally had a lending policy, but it didn't charge interest."

"If a certain amount of interest can be charged, it will not only solve the urgent needs of the people, but also increase the income of the national treasury."

Hearing this, Qingji looked at the literature with great appreciation.

Wait, this can't be taught by Fan Li, right?

Qingji glanced at Fan Li with a puzzled gaze.

Fan Li shook his head and glanced at Ji Ran, who was sitting not far away.

Ji Ran?

It seems that compared with Deng Xi and Kong Qiu, Ji Ran is more interested in the literary genre to take over his position as Dazai.