house.

Warm sunlight filtered through the windows and spilled onto the floor.

Wu Mingkong was like a cat, curled up in Fang Xiu's arms, his fingers drawing circles.

Biting his lower lip, his voice seemed a little coquettish.

"How does Father Xiang plan to punish me?"

Fang Xiu hugged her, looking at her crimson face, his heart jumped, and he wanted to say something, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door outside.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yinyue's magnetic voice rang out.

"Fang Xiu, can I come in?"

Fang Xiu was slightly stunned, looked out the window, and said coldly: "What's the matter, I'll talk about it later." ”

The words fell, and Li Yingyue fell silent.

Still standing at the door, did not leave.

Wu Mingkong curled up in Fang Xiu's arms, looking out the window, through a thin layer of windows, he could see Li Yinyue's tall and graceful figure.

Li Yinyue was very tall, 1.73 meters, standing next to Fang Xiu, almost up to the tip of his nose.

The empress is a little shorter, only 1.68 meters.

Although she can be regarded as slender and tall among ordinary women, she is a little worse than Li Yingyue.

Because of this, looking at the figure outside the window at this moment, Wu Mingkong rose with a competitive spirit, looked at Fang Xiu, leaned over his ear, and lowered his voice: "I want to bully you." ”

Fang Xiu was stunned for a moment, and before he could react to what she meant, he heard Li Yingyue's voice coming from outside the door.

"In a few days, it will be Qingming."

"Hmm."

"I want to ...... Go back to the Zhou Kingdom to worship your father and mother. ”

"Hmm."

"You promised?"

"Shhh...... No. ”

Outside the door.

Li Yingyue stood in place, her expression was a little strange, she always felt that Fang Xiu's voice was a little wrong, but she couldn't say anything was wrong.

After being silent for a while, she said again: "I know that there may be a festival between us, I just want to return to China to worship every year, and I don't want the rest."

Whether you raise other women outside or don't return all night, I will be your wife in peace, not noisy, not fighting, not robbing......"

The voice fell.

There was no response from the house.

Li Yinyue had expected this result, but she was still a little sad in her heart.

At this point, it is useless to say more.

She sighed inwardly and made her last effort.

"I just want to go back and see my father and mother......"

Speaking of this, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and she said softly:

"For the sake of the relationship between you and me, please consider my request......"

After saying that, no longer stay, turn and leave.

house.

Wu Mingkong leaned in front of Fang Xiu, his pretty face was crimson, and his peach blossom eyes were rippling, and he blinked and said softly, "You say...... Do we count as cheating? ”

“......”

Look at the charming and touching little empress.

Fang Xiu felt that chicken blood was being injected, so he didn't say anything more, and pounced.

Window.

The warm breeze is warm, and the spring light is just right.

............

Meanwhile.

In Chang'an City, the once prosperous Nanfeng Street is deserted.

Except for a few children chasing and playing, no one else was seen again.

Zhou Chenzi, a cloth merchant in a fancy costume, walked on the street, looking at the depressed street, with a smug smile on his face.

"Fang Xiu's treacherous appearance, he really thinks of himself as something! If you say that the commercial tax will be changed, you will not even listen to the opinions of the public, and in the end you will not be able to carry it out, so you don't have to compromise and compromise! ”

"Besides, what about Lao Tzu sleeping in the open, wearing the stars and the moon, and earning more silver?"

"Dog-like things, they try their best to bully merchants all day long, and I never thought that if there were no merchants, who would transport grain and cloth to the city!"

"There is no businessman, let alone say that you are the prime minister, even if you are the emperor! Don't even think about having a good birthday! ”

Thinking of this, Zhou Chenzi spat on the ground, only to feel a vicious breath.

Right now.

Not far away, a man walked in front of him, walking in a hurry, his face full of anxiety.

Zhou Chenzi looked at him, waved his hand, and said hello.

"Shopkeeper Liu, where is this going?"

The middle-aged man known as Shopkeeper Liu, when he heard the voice, was slightly stunned, raised his eyes to look at Zhou Chenzi, stopped, and replied, "It turned out to be Shopkeeper Zhou...... It's nothing, just go to the yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. ”

The Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?

Hearing these five words, Zhou Chenzi was stunned, frowned slightly, and asked, "What's going on in Shopkeeper Liu's house, and you want to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" ”

Shopkeeper Liu replied: "Nothing happened." ”

Zhou Chenzi was completely stunned at this moment.

A businessman, nothing happened, ran to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

When Shopkeeper Liu saw his expression, he immediately understood that he had misunderstood, and explained:

"The yamen of the tax institute has not yet been built, and it is temporarily set up in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so I will go to register the shop so as not to get into trouble in the future."

When Zhou Chenzi heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "What does Shopkeeper Liu mean, didn't everyone say it before, the business tax will not change for a day, and we will all close the door to thank the guests until the Prime Minister changes his mind." ”

Shopkeeper Liu sneered and said, "That's what I said before, but now the situation is different." ”

When Zhou Chenzi heard this, he immediately realized that something might have happened, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"It's all posted on the notice board, and Shopkeeper Zhou can see it at a glance."

Shopkeeper Liu said: "I still have to go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to register, and if I can't line up late, I won't accompany me and say goodbye." ”

After speaking, he stopped and walked in the direction of Miyagi with hurried steps.

When Zhou Chenzi saw this scene, he had a bad premonition in his heart, and he no longer hesitated and walked to the notice board.

A moment later.

Zhou Chenzi came to the place where the notice was posted.

People were crowded here, and they all poked their heads out to see what was written on the notice.

Zhou Chenzi took advantage of his youth, squeezed in, opened his eyes wide, and read the content on the notice.

"If the existing shop does not complete the registration within ten days, it will be disqualified forever!"

"Shopkeepers and third-generation relatives are not allowed to do business!"

Read the notice clearly.

Zhou Chenzi chuckled in his heart, and the whole person seemed to have lost all his strength, and almost collapsed to the ground.

It took a while to come back to his senses from his trance.

"There are so many businessmen in the whole world, if they are united, even the imperial court can't ignore them!"

"As long as you stay the course, this notice is a piece of waste paper! Fang Xiu's treacherous appearance will definitely make concessions! ”

"Even if you fail, there is nothing to lose, after all, the law does not hold the public accountable!"

That's it.

Zhou Chenzi regained his spirits, thought for a moment, and muttered to himself:

"The court posted a notice, which is to shake people's hearts, and a considerable number of people will inevitably be impatient and go to register."

"If you want to stabilize people's hearts and reunite everyone, I definitely can't do it alone!"

"This matter must be called upon by a man of high moral character!"

When it comes to people with high moral integrity, Zhou Chenzi's first reaction is his uncle, Zhou Dao, a member of the Ministry of Rites.

The reason why he was able to open such a shop in the capital and earn so much silver every year.

A considerable part of the reason is to rely on this uncle.

Naturally, every year he also had to give a part of the silver to honor this uncle.

In other words, his uncle was also the proprietor of Zhou's cloth village, and his uncle's interests would also be harmed after the implementation of the new business tax.

"As long as my uncle is willing to go out, there is still a possibility of redemption in this matter!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Chenzi no longer hesitated and hurried to Zhou's mansion.

Half an hour later.

Zhou Chenzi came to the Zhou Mansion, and just saw his uncle, before he could say a word, he heard hurried footsteps outside, followed by the anxious voice of the subordinates.

"Master, it's not good, a group of arresters came outside, saying that they were going to take you to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial......

As soon as the words fell.

A catcher with a knife walked in, his cold gaze swept around, and finally fixed on Zhou Dao's body.

"You are Lord Zhou Daozhou, a member of the Ministry of Rites?"

Zhou Dao's slightly old face showed a hint of panic, and he quickly hid it, and replied: "Exactly." ”

"My lord, please go to the Metropolitan Inspectorate!"

Zhou Dao tried his best to appear calm and asked, "Who is your adult?" ”

Catch quickly and lukewarmly: "Lord Hai Ruihai! ”

As soon as Hai Rui's two words came out.

Zhou Dao felt that the strength of his whole body was drained in an instant, and his legs were weak, and he collapsed directly to the ground.

The whole Daqian, who doesn't know the name of "Hai Rui", has only been in the imperial history of the left capital for half a year, and has held a few eucalyptus.

The people he ordered to be arrested hardly ended well.

Many people in the court called him "the living king of Hades" behind their backs.

It is conceivable what will happen to him in his hands!

Seeing this scene, he looked accustomed to it, waved his hand, and said coldly: "Take it away!" ”

"Yes!"

Several catchers immediately stepped forward and left the house with Zhou Dao.

Leaving Zhou Chenzi standing in place, swallowing his saliva involuntarily, his face full of fear.

That's when it happened.

The original catcher quickly went and returned, looked him up and down, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Zhou Chenzi's heart was cold, and he said in a trembling voice: "Zhou, Zhou Chenzi ......"

Catch quickly nodded, looked at the subordinates behind him, waved his hand and said, "Take it away!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhou Chenzi was carried out of the Zhou Mansion, during which he wanted to defend himself several times, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything, so he could only watch himself get farther and farther away from the Zhou Mansion.

In just three days.

Seven businessmen were arrested and sent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the crimes they committed were also posted on the notice board.

bribing officials, evading taxes, bullying men and women......

Each of the charges is conclusive and there is no problem.

When the people saw it, they all clapped their hands and applauded loudly.

Some businessmen saw it, but they were terrified and did not dare to have any more crooked thoughts.

Because they know in their hearts that the court is killing chickens and making an example of monkeys!

These seven people are the chickens that were killed!

And they are the monkeys who are being watched!

There are a few people who can make their business big in Chang'an City completely abide by the laws of the Great Qian, and if they really look closely, everyone can find out some crimes.

The reason why the imperial court did not investigate was because the vacancy caused by their arrest could not be filled in a short time.

If you do your duty in the future, follow the rules, continue to do your own business, and don't want to confront the court, then you will be fine.

If you are like these seven people, try your best to fight against the imperial court, the consequences can be imagined!

"The new commercial tax has not yet been implemented, and it is still unknown what it will be."

"If you can still earn money, stay in Chang'an, as long as you don't provoke the court, there should be no problem, it's just to earn less."

"If you really can't make money, it's a big deal to leave your hometown and change places to continue doing business, and the big deal is to start from scratch and be busy."

"I hope that the commercial tax demarcated by the Metropolitan Procuratorate can still leave us a way to live."

With that in mind.

The merchants completely gave up the idea of blocking the new business tax, and counted the profits of their own shops one after another, and went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to register.

The other side.

In front of the Metropolitan Inspectorate.

There is an endless stream of businessmen who come to register, and there is a long queue with no end in sight.

When the officer saw this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really a long insight.

Hai Rui walked out of the main hall, glanced at the crowd in line, and remembered the yellow registration book he had just seen, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Before that, he had never thought about it.

It is also doing business in Chang'an.

The difference between the silver earned by different merchants is so big!

There are some businesses that can make money lying down, but the business taxes paid are the same as those of businessmen who sleep in the open to make a living.

In the long run, the rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer, and the income of the imperial court will not rise, which will inevitably cause turmoil.

If it weren't for Fang Xiang seeing through the problems that had arisen and advocating the implementation of a new commercial tax, I don't know when this problem would have been resolved.

"Fang Xiang doesn't seem to care much about Jiangshan Sheji on weekdays, but in fact, he can always make the most correct choice on key issues."

"Perhaps, in the near future, under the leadership of Fang Xiang, Daqian will sweep through all countries and dominate the world, just like the Qin State!"

Hai Rui thought so, and suddenly his heart surged, and his deep eyes looked in the direction of Xiangguofu.

I am more and more fortunate to be able to get the call of Fang Xiang and witness the rise of a strong country!

…………

Now.

Xiangguo Mansion.

in the house.

Silk clothes are scattered, messy.

Wu Ming was huddled in Fang Xiu's shoulder socket, his pretty face was crimson, and his slender jade fingers drew circles on his chest, and the whole person looked very comfortable.

"What are you going to do with Li Yingyue?"

This question was a bit sudden, Fang Xiu didn't answer it immediately, but fell into thought.

Wu Mingkong snorted: "Then Li Yingyue is your nominal lady no matter what, after marrying into the Xiangguo Mansion, she has been imprisoned by you, she can't survive, she can't die, and now she has lost the memory of the past few years, even if she is wrong, she has been punished......"

The words are not finished yet.

Fang Xiu pinched her tender little hand and asked softly, "What does Your Majesty want to say?" ”

Wu Mingkong raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said coldly: "I know that you are not a hard-hearted person, and the current Li Yingyue is really pitiful, it is better for you two to fake it, let her be your lady in the future......"

"This star really wants to retire"

Fang Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked knowingly, "Your Majesty really thinks so?" ”

Wu Mingkong's eyes showed a look of annoyance, and he didn't answer.

Fang Xiu smiled: "Then the minister will obey His Majesty's will." ”

[Mood +2000]

Wu Mingkong stretched out his hand and grabbed his arm, and said angrily: "You think beautifully!" ”