The sudden familiar voice behind her made the empress's hands tremble.

Smack.

The pill that had just been rubbed fell to the ground.

Jiang Qingying immediately squatted down and picked up the pill.

Whew-

I didn't forget to put it to my mouth and blew the dust on the pill.

After doing all this, he put the pill in his palm and handed it to Li Yunsheng.

"This Dan's name is Fu Yuan Dan."

Ooh!

Looking at the empress with a dark face, Li Yunsheng called out to the good guy.

I didn't pay attention to it just now, the empress's face was not in shape, and the hair on her forehead was messy like a chicken nest.

"The minister knows a Taoist priest who is alchemizing, if His Majesty needs any pills, the minister can let him refine them on his behalf.

Your Majesty is the king of a country, and he should give priority to state affairs. ”

Jiang Qingying nodded.

"The elixir for me to eat, others don't feel at ease when they come to refine me."

"This person—"

Wait a minute!

Li Yunsheng just wanted to explain that Duanyun didn't have the courage to harm him, but suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty just said, who is this elixir for?"

"For you, of course."

Li Yunsheng opened his mouth wide, can I refuse?

Seeing that the empress handed over the elixir, she immediately closed her mouth tightly.

"Your Majesty, the minister's health is very good, and he doesn't need to take pills."

Jiang Qingying explained with a serious face.

"Isn't the power in your body easy to detect, this pill can cover your qi."

Li Yunsheng leaned back slightly, just now he saw with his own eyes the appearance of the pill when it was baked, and the process of the empress rubbing the pill with his hands.

This black elixir, are you sure it's not poison?

Seeing that he was tightly closed, Jiang Qingying looked displeased.

"What, you're afraid I'll hurt you?"

"I don't dare, I'm just ......"

Let's not talk about whether it is poisonous or not, this pill is bigger than a hawthorn, how can I swallow it.

Jiang Qingying's tone was unquestionable.

"I've been busy all afternoon."

Li Yunsheng was very resistant in his heart, but when he saw the appearance of the empress, he still took the pill.

If there was a choice, he would definitely not take this pill.

However, he had no choice.

The empress has said everything about this, and if she shirks it, she will not give face.

Big deal, take the detoxification pill immediately after eating.

Li Yunsheng held his breath and threw the pill into his mouth.

His brow furrowed tightly, and he wanted to vomit but didn't dare to vomit.

It's bitter!

Phew!

He couldn't help but snort.

Under Jiang Qingying's warning gaze, Li Yunsheng could only bite the bullet and chew it twice.

With a grunt, the pill entered the abdomen.

He had never eaten such an unpalatable pill, it was bitter and astringent, and he also pulled his throat.

Jiang Qingying asked with some expectation.

"How's it going, does it work?"

"It works, it works."

Li Yunsheng hammered his chest, and his speech was a little hoarse.

"If Your Majesty has nothing else important, the minister will retire first."

"Wait a minute, I still have something to discuss with Aiqing."

Shangguan quietly withdrew from the main hall, and the independent empress and Li Yunsheng were two.

Li Yunsheng glanced around, then turned around and soaked the towel next to the basin in the water.

"What's the matter with Your Majesty?"

This kung fu, he observed his body, there was nothing abnormal, and the detoxification pill in his hand was quietly put away.

In fact, Jiang Qingying was also observing his body, wanting to confirm whether the elixir he had refined was really effective.

"Weidi's taxes have been sharply reduced, what does Li Aiqing think about this?"

Li Yunsheng took the wet towel and walked in front of Jiang Qingying step by step.

Raising his hand, he gently wiped the dust off the empress's face little by little.

However, that little black face became redder and redder the more it was rubbed.

"The sharp reduction in taxes is due to the concentration of land in the hands of the gentry."

Through the matter of Lero, he choked the passage for Weiguo to obtain food, and easily took Weiguo.

After that, he raised the price and sold grain to the country.

There are two benefits to doing so.

On the one hand, he avoided a large-scale civilian riot in the country, and on the other hand, he made a lot of money.

However, this has also led to a drawback - the problem of land annexation has become more and more serious.

The land was concentrated in the hands of the gentry, and the people had almost no land, which naturally led to a sharp reduction in taxes.

Jiang Qingying snatched the towel from Li Yunsheng's hand, only to find that the towels were all black.

She turned around to suppress the strange emotions in her heart and washed the towel herself.

"Collect the country, there is no major war in the country, why is this happening?"

Li Yunsheng explained.

"The price of grain has skyrocketed, and the people have run out of money, so they can only sell their land at a low price.

And those who can afford to buy these lands are basically local gentry bureaucrats. ”

Although the people of the country made a lot of money by selling saros, they could not stand the price of food being driven higher.

The people have nothing but money but land.

So when they have spent all the money in their hands, they can no longer meet the needs of food and clothing.

Land can only be sold at a low price in exchange for temporary rations.

This also led to the fact that the gentry took the opportunity to annex the land and become bigger and stronger.

Jiang Qingying thought about it for a while and quickly discovered the problem.

"However, there is a certain limit to the amount of land exempt from taxation in the name of the gentry."

"Your Majesty, if everything really follows the system, corrupt officials will not exist."

Under the taxation system of the Great Chu, students who achieved fame in the imperial examination were exempt from forced labor and taxes, especially for officials.

In order to prevent the problem of land annexation, not all land is exempt from taxation.

But the ideal is very full, and the reality is all human feelings.

In the face of interests, legal systems are often difficult to enforce.

Taxes are collected by officials, and there are ways for them to exempt all the land in their names from paying taxes.

Otherwise, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion 100,000 snowflakes of silver, where does this money come from.

In fact, the problem of land annexation has always existed, even in Dachu.

It's just that there have been no major disasters in Dachu in recent years, and the problem of land annexation has not yet reached the point of being terminally ill.

Therefore, the consequences of these problems have not yet been revealed.

An economic war accelerated the process of land annexation in the country, and the problem of taxation also emerged.

Although Jiang Qingying became an emperor, he didn't know much about the actual issue of taxation.

After all, in the past, the affairs of the treasury were handled by the Ministry of Households.

Jiang Qingying was a little transparent, and her brows furrowed even tighter.

"Therefore, there is also a matter of land annexation in Dachu."

Li Yunsheng did not answer, but nodded silently.

The yeoman farmers who owned the land actually had a much more difficult time than the tenants of the wealthy gentry.

The yeoman peasants had to bear not only taxes, but also forced labor and assessments.

The government's mansions, stagecoaches, sprinkling, etc., all kinds of expenses must be apportioned according to the mu.

Moreover, the apportionment can be settled with money, and forced labor will cost people's lives.

In addition, some local governments will also send additional conscription.

In order to protect their own interests, the gentry would intervene to protect their tenants from forced labor.

Therefore, some yeoman farmers took the initiative to sell their land and become tenants in the squire's house.

Instead of being exploited by the government, it is better to be a worker.

Even if the land harvest is 37 cents, and you only get 30%, it is easier than self-farming.

Jiang Qingying pondered for a long time, and then said tentatively.

"It is decreed that the fields in the names of the gentry will no longer be exempt from taxation."

(End of chapter)