Xie Ningzi actually always felt that Gu Feixue was a little in the way.

But of course, she won't say or show this thought.

The two took Gu Feixue's train and went outside the palace.

On the way, Chu Tianshu asked, "The funeral of the first emperor is recently, right?" ”

"yes, less than ten days to go."

"His Royal Highness King Song still hasn't been qualified to attend?"

"Hmm." Xie Ningzi sighed: "His Royal Highness King Song is also pitiful. ”

"Where's Miss Gu?"

"She?" Xie Ningzi replied: "She is the eldest daughter of His Majesty, of course she can attend." ”

"Not this." Chu Tianshu asked, "I want to ask, does she have any intention of collecting money to help His Royal Highness King Song get qualifications?" ”

"I don't think so."

"So much of a contradiction?" Chu Tianshu was surprised.

Surprised, but also very happy.

"The emperor also doesn't deal with His Royal Highness King Song." Xie Ningzi smiled: "Are you thinking about something bad?" ”

"They are so contradictory...... Isn't there a lot of room for ......?"

"Don't think about it just yet." Xie Ningzi shook her head: "I heard Master Qin say that after this battle of the Song Kingdom, the domestic situation stabilized, and within a year and a half, there would be no more foreign wars. ”

"The great policy of the big cloud...... What is the direction? ”

"Master Qin's meaning is to rectify the situation in the country."

"So many great victories are in clarifying the land, rectifying usury, and sweeping away some of the less clean forces in the country."

After the great victory, the prestige and strength of the imperial court were indeed enough to do this.

Can.

"Loan shark?" Chu Tianshu asked, "What usury?" ”

"You don't know?" Xie Ningzi was a little surprised.

Judging from Chu Tianshu's performance, he should be very familiar with many basic common-sense things in Dayun in the past so many years.

But now his performance is ......

"Do you know Cen Yang's disaster last year?"

"Yes."

Cen Yang County suffered a disaster last year, and Xie Qingyun, the secretary, died of exhaustion in office in order to provide disaster relief.

He still remembers this.

"Last year, in order to help the victims, my father built some basic factories on the basis of opening warehouses and releasing grain, and applied for a large number of orders from the imperial court."

"Hmm."

So far, there is still no problem.

"But the situation in Cen Yang's place, because it is relatively special, so the financial gap is relatively large."

"In the imperial court, because I have to prepare for war, I can't take it out for a while."

"In the end, my father borrowed this money from the local gentry in Cen Yang in the name of the imperial court and himself."

"The money borrowed is usury."

"The time to borrow is eight, and the repayment is twelve."

"The term is one year."

"After the limit, the interest rate is six cents per month."

"So outrageous?" Chu Tianshu was very surprised: "Borrowing usury from the imperial court, and still pressing two percent?" ”

Borrowing eight to repay twelve does not mean simply borrowing eight.

Instead, he borrowed one dollar and only gave eight cents, but he had to pay back one piece and two yuan.

What's even more outrageous is that the interest of six cents per month after the overdue period is followed.

This means that the monthly interest rate is six percent.

The interest rate on this loan ......

"This is still the situation when facing the imperial court." Xie Ningzi smiled: "In the face of ordinary people, it will be darker." ”

"This kind of usury is also widespread?"

"Of course it's universal." Xie Ningzi nodded: "According to Master Qin, most of the farmers in China are carrying loans. ”

"The landlord's life is better than on this loan."

"With this loan, they can annex the population and swallow the land without any scruples."

"The imperial court taxes every year do not seem to rely on these rich and powerful guys, but ordinary people."

"In recent years, there have been more factories, so there is an additional factory tax."

"But we have not been able to clarify the tax items on agriculture and land."

"Master Qin has always said that his strength is not enough, his savings are not enough, and he has said that he will import slaves from foreign countries to work."

"What about the Emperor?" Chu Tianshu asked, "Does the emperor have a different opinion?" ”

Xie Ningzi shook her head: "What can he disagree with?" ”

"What Master Qin is carrying out is the plan he made with the first emperor."

"...... so"

In this way, there is no too fierce conflict between the actual prime minister and the emperor for the time being.

Chu Tianshu frowned.

"Qin Fuzheng told you these things?" Chu Tianshu asked.

Xie Ningzi nodded: "Master Qin is my father's master, and as soon as I was born, he gave me my name." ”

"Master Qin's original arrangement for me was to ask me to learn something to take the big exam and become an official."

"Then why don't you do it?"

"I don't like it." Xie Ningzi shook her head: "I know that Master Qin is good to me, and I also know that this arrangement may be the best." ”

"But I don't want to."

"Take the big exam, be an official, climb up according to Master Qin's arrangement, and then marry the person he designated, and work with her husband to contribute to his plan."

"He may really be thinking about Da Yun."

"It's really going to think about me."

"But I don't like it." Xie Ningzi shook her head, feeling a little depressed: "I don't like it very much." ”

"I want to choose for myself like His Highness Heyang."

Chu Tianshu sighed: "But if you choose yourself, you need capital." ”

"What?" Xie Ningzi was puzzled.

"You like me?" Chu Tianshu asked.

Xie Ningzi's face was slightly red, she didn't expect Chu Tianshu, who had always been rigid, to ask such a straightforward question.

After smbabbling for a while, she looked at Chu Tianshu's eyes and nodded solemnly: "I like it." ”

"Why?"

"Because I like it." Xie Ningzi wondered: "Do you need a reason to like it?" ”

Approximately not.

Chu Tianshu sorted out his distracted thoughts: "Actually, you want to choose ...... for yourself Now that Qin Fuzheng has agreed, has he agreed? ”

"He is willing to see you, so naturally he agreed." Xie Ningzi said this, a little happy: "In their family, His Highness Heyang's words are the most effective." ”

"His Royal Highness Heyang has a good impression of you, and Master Qin probably has no objections."

"Also, it's a bit of a surprise." Chu Tianshu was stunned: "Actually, under normal circumstances, he would not agree." ”

"To really 'choose for yourself' is to ask for a privilege."

"Because you have the resources that he provides, you actually have a certain obligation to do your duty."

"In normal social activities, the group of the main creators of value will generally be the group of value rulers."

"In other words, it is the group of the best quality labor force that can give birth to the group of decision-makers."

"So in almost all countries, it's men who are really in power, just by gender."

"On this basis, women who are less able to work are subservient to men most of the time."

"Do you understand me when I say that?"