Since Zhu Yunxi entered the territory of Shandong, smoke curled everywhere he went, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, not at all like they had been affected by the disaster.

This made him very strange, could it be that Shandong lied about the disaster?

Gao Ming saw Zhu Yunxi's puzzled face, and couldn't help but explain.

"Your Highness, this has just arrived at the boundary of Shandong, and it is far from the hinterland of Shandong, so the impact of the disaster is naturally much smaller......

"However, the life of the people is far from being peaceful as we see, they just haven't suffered disasters, which doesn't mean that they have a good life."

"I don't believe you'll find a few people to come and ask......

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he immediately ordered someone to "invite" a few people to come over, and the eldest boss of Jinyiwei could manage so much, and rushed into the village one by one on fast horses, and brutally arrested Li Zheng and a few young people and came over.

Zhu Yunxi seriously criticized a few Jinyi guards, and then personally untied a few villagers who were scared like quails.

Lao Lizheng Wang Chun knelt on the ground and trembled, even if he was untied, he would only kowtow, and he couldn't say a word in his mouth.

But this can't be blamed on him, the biggest official he has ever seen in his life is the county order, or has he seen it from afar when he was going to the county government on duty, when did he see such a big pomp as the imperial grandson's patrol?

At this glance, the tens of thousands of travel teams couldn't see the end at a glance......

"The noble man spares his life, the little one really didn't do anything, woo woo woo ......

"Don't be afraid, I'm just ...... We just wanted to ask you a few words."

At this moment, Zhu Yunxi finally understood why Lao Zhu was always "us", and it was indeed a bit nondescript to call the old farmers in the countryside lonely and widowed.

I don't know if Zhu Yunxi's "we" took effect, or if Zhu Yunxi's kind tone infected Li Zheng, Li Zheng finally dared to look up and take a peek.

Wang Chun saw that it was a beautiful young man wearing a crown on his head, and his hanging heart suddenly let go of a lot.

In his mind, the other party is still a child, what bad intentions can he have?

"Are you the emperor's grandson?"

"Yes!"

"Wow!"

"Let's see the emperor's grandson, hehehehe......

"Look at the grandson of the emperor, he looks handsome, with red lips and white teeth, and eats white flour buns every day when he sees him......

Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly when he heard this, and continued to nod affirmatively.

"Yes!"

"And what we eat is still steamed buns for us by Grandpa Huang!"

When the surrounding Jinyi guards heard this nonsense, they immediately leaned back and laughed. Even Gao Ming thought of the scene of Lao Zhu wearing a dragon robe, wearing an apron around his waist, and steaming steamed buns around the edge of the stove, his face couldn't help but smile, and secretly scolded the emperor's grandson for being naughty, and even dared to arrange the gossip of His Majesty the Emperor!

When Wang Chun saw that the imperial grandson spoke so kindly, he suddenly felt cordial, and he was a lot bolder.

"Yo!"

"The little master of the imperial grandson speaks kindly, like the temper of our countrymen!"

"If the little master wants to know anything, just ask, the little old man knows what to say, and he will never tell you nonsense!"

"Lonely ...... We heard that Shandong has suffered a bad disaster, and there has been no rain since the New Year, and there is a great drought in the whole territory, and there is no harvest?"

"Drought is a drought, but there have been a few rains, and there will be no harvest in the land."

"But I don't know about other places, it is said that there are miles of tree bark gnawing in the north, and dozens of people fleeing the famine passed by our village a few days ago......

"So your village is doing okay?"

"What can you do, just starve to death......

"The political envoy raises taxes every year, and it is natural to pay taxes for farming, but you have to pay taxes for giving birth to a baby, you have to pay taxes for marrying relatives, you have to pay taxes for building city walls, and you have to pay taxes for pouring dung on the ground......

"Now the village doesn't dare to have a baby, dare not water the ground, and can't pay that tax!"

Zhu Yunxi's brows furrowed when he heard this.

"What does it mean to pay taxes when you have a baby?"

"According to the rules of the imperial court, isn't there no need to pay taxes if you don't become a Ding?"

Wang Chun looked at him in surprise when he heard this

Zhu Yunxi snorted coldly.

"What?"

"Do I pay taxes only after I become a soldier?"

"Then why do we have to pay the poll tax when we are born, whether we are men, women, or children?"

Gao Ming took two steps forward when he heard this.

"Your Highness, although Your Majesty stipulates that the poll tax must be collected when you are an adult, the local government has always collected it according to the time when the yellow book is entered.

"It's like this in all the places south of the Yangtze River, let alone the North Land......

Zhu Yunxi listened to Gao Ming's words, and his heart was very shocked.

The reason why he has not abolished the poll tax for a long time is that he feels that the tax will be collected after it has been completed anyway, and it will have little impact on the people.

It is planned to develop for a few more years and accumulate financial resources for a few years before implementation.

Looking at it now, as long as the court opens an opening, these bastards at the bottom will dare to poke a hole in you!

"Someone, write down all the tax names that Li Zheng said!"

"When the question is finished, give each of them a pot of wine and a piece of cloth to suppress the shock!"

"No!"

When Lao Lizheng Wang Chun heard a few words and had a reward, he smiled so much that he couldn't see his eyebrows, and several other countrymen also happily added on the side when they saw this, for fear of upsetting the nobles, and not giving them a reward when the time came.

Zhu Yunxi settled several villagers, and then boarded the wide carriage with Gao Ming.

"Master Gao, if the poll tax is abolished, how feasible do you think it is, and what resistance will there be?"

Gao Ming frowned when he heard this, and thought for a moment.

"Your Highness, there are two obstacles to the abolition of the poll tax, one is at the court and the other is local."

"If you can make up the annual poll tax from somewhere else, then the resistance from the imperial court can be ignored."

"It's just that the local government will be more troublesome, because if there is one less tax, the local officials at all levels will have one less name to ask the people for money, and they will definitely obstruct it, or even disobey it......

"Make it up?"

In fact, Zhu Yunxi planned to do so from the beginning, wanting to wait for his industrial revolution to be completed, and then use the money earned by the workshop to supplement agricultural taxes, so as to achieve a smooth transition.

But he found that he had thought too much about things, and if everything was ready for him, the common people would not know how much they would suffer.

"It's easy to make up for it, it's just a local ......"

"Grandpa Huang has been killing for more than 20 years, and he hasn't stopped corrupt officials!"

Gao Ming was also melancholy when he heard this, and he didn't have anything to do about it.

He could even imagine how the magistrates would cope and what new names they would come up with to continue collecting money, but he didn't know how to curb them.

Finally, Gao Ming sighed helplessly.

"It seems that only His Majesty's harsh punishment can be adopted......

This is what Gao Ming disagreed with the most before, and even hated the most, his brother died under the strict punishment of the law.

But when he became an official, stood at the top of the empire, and saw the difficult operation of the empire, his mentality quietly changed.

It's not that the emperor wants to kill people, it's that some people don't kill enough to be angry, not enough to deter Xiaoxiao!

"If all miscellaneous taxes are abolished, and all taxes are unified into one, and incorporated into the land."

"Those who have more land pay more, those who have less land pay less, and those who have no land do not pay, what does Master Gao think?"

Gao Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he praised sincerely.

"This method is very simple, and it is of great benefit to the country and the people!"

What Zhu Yunxi said was actually what he had discussed with Lao Zhu, but he had always listened to Lao Zhu's admonition and never mentioned it to outsiders.

"It's just that the land is barren and poor, and the crops in the north and south are different, and the harvest is different, so how should this tax rate be determined?"

"For example, on a piece of land of the same size, those who grow mulberry and silkworms must have more income than the people who grow grain, so how can this be distinguished?"

"Do those who have more income pay more, those who have less income pay less, or do they pay the same tax?"

"If the person with more income pays more, how should it be converted into a year of disaster or a year when the price of silk has dropped sharply?"

This new question raised by Gao Ming gave Zhu Yunxi a slap in the face.

He only knew the words "spread out into the acre", but he never thought that there would be so much trouble in implementing it.

Fortunately, he is not alone now, and he can gather the wisest group of people in the Ming Dynasty to agree on countermeasures.

"This is for Master Lao Gao and several other masters to ponder for Gu, Gu only proposes a direction, and how to implement it depends on how you plan."

"Your Highness is really a good shopkeeper......

After Gao Ming said this, he smiled at Zhu Yunxi, leaned on the wall of the car and began to ponder.

This thing is simple to say, only four words, but if you want to form a system, there are so many details involved in it that it can be compiled into a book.

Zhu Yunxi also knew the complexity here, and he didn't expect Gao Ming to think about the details in three or two days, but just pointed him in a direction and asked him to extend and expand in this direction.

After Zhu Yunxi gave Gao Ming a problem, Gao Ming stopped eating and drinking in his carriage and began to hide in his carriage for retreat.

Zhu Yunxi is also happy to be at ease, either observing the customs and customs along the way every day, or asking about the livelihood of the people along the way.

When the convoy of the group entered Jinan Mansion, Zhu Yunxi finally saw the scene after the disaster.

Hunger, cannibalism!

Along the way, there were countless people selling children and daughters, and many people in ragged clothes kowtowed to the convoy.

Zhu Yunxi really couldn't stand it anymore, so he could only force Erhu to distribute some food to alleviate the urgent need.

This move caused great dissatisfaction among the two tigers, who had fought with the army and knew the importance of military rations.

Once there is not enough food in the army, it will cause turmoil in the hearts of the army and the sergeants will mutiny.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, even if you watch the people starve to death, the military rations cannot be moved.

But the imperial grandson was now shocked by the tragic situation of the victims, and he could only squeeze out a few carts from the grain carts accompanying the army, and set up a few large iron pots to give porridge to the people in the places where the victims gathered.

Zhu Yunxi only gave porridge to the people for one day, and then saw Zhao Ziliang, the political envoy of Shandong Chengxuan, Qu Neng, the envoy of the punishment and probation, and Chen Zhi, the commander of the three people, ran dozens of miles out of Shandong to greet them.

In order to show their respect for themselves, they also went to Qufu to pull a bunch of old and young relics from the old Kong family to serve as a façade.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the group of bureaucrats in front of him who were not busy with disaster relief, but were busy greeting him, and a feeling of nausea rose from the bottom of his heart.

There are such bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, which is really the sorrow of the people of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yunxi directly refused the welcome ceremony, and only ordered someone to call Zhao Ziliang, Qu Neng, and Chen Zhi.

These three people can be described as the three giants of Shandong, one is in charge of civil affairs, one is in charge of justice, and the other is in charge of the military.

As long as these three people are controlled, the whole Shandong will be under control!

The three of them respectfully bowed to Zhu Yunxi in the tent, and before Zhu Yunxi could speak, Zhao Ziliang continued to report his work.

"His Royal Highness the Emperor of Qiyu, the humble position has strictly ordered the squires of Jinan Mansion to give porridge to the people with all their might!"

"And wrote to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to open a warehouse and release grain to alleviate the disaster......

When Zhu Yunxi heard Zhao Ziliang's words, his gloomy mood was better.

"Sit down!"

"His Royal Highness Emperor Xie!"

After a while, when the three of them sat on the small stool, the hearts of the three of them relaxed a little.

Chen Zhi and Qu Neng looked at Zhao Ziliang with admiration, if it weren't for Lao Zhao's strong arrangement before leaving, how could the three of them get a small stool to sit on?

Zhao Ziliang was also faintly proud in his heart, and as soon as the imperial grandson and his party entered the Shandong territory, he secretly sent people to inquire about the imperial grandson's style of acting.

After learning that the imperial grandson was giving porridge in Jinan Mansion, he immediately set up hundreds of porridge sheds in Jinan Mansion.

Now that I see it, this move really worked, and it just happened to be the right fart of the imperial grandson.

Zhu Yunxi learned from them in detail about the disaster in Shandong and how serious the current disaster is.

After learning that there were estimated to be three million people affected by the disaster, Zhu Yunxi finally had a bottom in his heart.

"Three million, I can still help if I work hard......

"By the way, what did you do?"

"Hui Huang's grandson, Weichen and others have ordered all levels of prefectures and counties to let them do their best to help the people, call on local wealthy squires to donate money and materials, and allow the people to leave the country freely and go to other places to eat......

The so-called going to other places to eat, to put it bluntly, is an elegant way of escaping the famine and going to other places to ask for food.

Zhu Yunxi nodded when he heard this, and secretly said that Zhao Ziliang can also be regarded as a capable minister, and these disposal measures are also in place.

But why are there so many people on the road?

Could it be that Zhao Ziliang is just fooling me?

But now that he is surrounded by everyone, it is not easy to find someone to inquire about the details, and he can only listen to it.

"Lone knows!"

"You've worked hard, go down and have some food, and go into the city with Gu tomorrow!"

"No!"

The next day, Zhu Yunxi came to the outside of Jinan and saw dozens of porridge sheds set up at the gate of the city, and tens of thousands of victims lined up in an orderly manner to receive and eat porridge, and his mood was a little better again.

It doesn't matter if they are showing themselves or what their purpose is, as long as they let the people come to eat enough.

After Zhu Yunxi entered Jinan Mansion and lived in the Yamen of the political envoy, he secretly scattered some of the Jinyi guards and asked them to investigate the reputation and reputation of officials at all levels in Jinan Mansion for him, and inquire about the disaster situation in various places.

As for himself, he was surrounded by officials from Jinan Prefecture every day to inspect porridge shacks in various places and issue various orders for disaster relief.

It's just that there is one thing that is unpleasant, and that is that what he sees is too harmonious.

The people are harmonious, the officers and soldiers who give porridge are harmonious, and the officials are also kind to the victims.

Every time he goes to a place, the voice of His Royal Highness Chitose is even more uniform, and it looks like he has specially rehearsed and waited for him.

But he can't find fault with these things, he can't think that other people's slogans are shouted too neatly and too well, right?

"Lord Zhao is really well-governed, and the voice of the common people calling Chitose is more neat than the people in the capital!"

Zhu Yunxi said such a sentence without yin or yang, causing Zhao Ziliang to laugh awkwardly.

The imperial grandson is really shrewd!

Zhao Ziliang had already received a letter from his colleagues in the capital, and learned that the imperial grandson in front of him was not easy to fool, so he prepared carefully for a long time, which created this well-organized disaster relief scene.

However, he was still seen by the imperial grandson, and this flaw turned out to be too well prepared......

"The imperial grandson has praised it!"

"It may be that Shandong is the hometown of etiquette, and the people have been exposed to it more since childhood, right?"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he only gave Zhao Ziliang a "hehe".

The heart will let you laugh for another day, wait for Lone's Jinyi Guard's secret agent to come back, and see how Lone rectifies you!

Late that night, Xu Liuzi entered the yamen of the political envoy with more than a dozen brocade guards.

"Your Royal Highness, I have found out clearly, Jinan Mansion has been giving porridge since the day before yesterday, and it is the porridge that the political envoy Zhao Ziliang bought from the yamen and the grain bought from the grain merchants to give to the people......

"In addition, there are problems with the people outside the city, many of them are soldiers in the Jinan Mansion Guardhouse, as well as officials in the yamen, as well as their families and relatives......

"They're acting for Your Highness!"

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