The weather gradually got hotter, and after Liu Ke finally returned to Beijing from Nanzhili, he didn't bother to take care of anyone who called him to go out to surf.

In the shade of the trees, the chaise longue is swinged, and the incense burner is burned to get rid of mosquitoes. The thirteenth master was swaying beautifully, and the little girl Liu Xuan was lying on his bulging belly and falling asleep......

"Daddy......

Liu Chong, who had been busy for several days, walked over with a pair of dark circles under his eyes and a stack of paper rolls, and yawned as soon as he called out to his father.

Liu Ke gently patted his daughter's back, coaxed the baby to sleep, and glanced at his sleepy-eyed son: "Sorted it out?"

"Back to his father, the son has calculated the changes in the field taxes over the years since the founding of the country, the approximate amount of tax exemption for officials and gentlemen, and the amount of tax exemption for the royal family and the nobles of the martial arts."

The loyal prince of Zhongshun, who has always been steady and gentle, rarely showed a look of uneasiness, if these things in his hands were made public, his fourth emperor would pick up the knife again.

Because with the continuous increase of the area of land reclamation, the land endowment of the dynasty not only did not increase, but gradually decreased.

By the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, the land tax of the national dynasty had decreased by nearly fifty percent, and if it were not for the filling of special taxes such as commercial tax and salt tax, it was estimated that the annual income of the household department would not be enough to support the orderly operation of the national dynasty.

Liu Chong only made a brief report on these, and the thirteenth master's brows furrowed.

No wonder Xu Jin wants to take the gentry under the knife, this is too damn terrifying. If this continues, the Great Xia Imperial Court will really be eaten poor by this group of gentry.

However, it seems a little itchy to only take the official gentleman to open the knife, and if I want to do it, I will do it.

"Chong'er, go and write an excerpt and send it to the General Administration, saying that this king sees that the tax payment of the dynasty is unsustainable, and he can't sleep at night and sighs, and now I will ask Your Majesty to re-manage the tax system of the dynasty and cancel the tax exemption policy of the grandmaster and the emperor's relatives, martial nobles, and official gentry. The officials and gentry should pay grain in one and collect silver per mu in parallel, and implement ...... Uh, well, what's that, the whip method that Jia Xiaosan said."

"Daddy! It's really ...... like that."

Wow wow wow wow......

Maybe Liu Chong's exclamation was louder, which scared the little county lord who was sleeping on Liu Ke's belly.

Liu Ke glared at his son, got up and hugged his daughter, and comforted him softly, and made a grimace, and finally coaxed the little girl who was crying.

Then he glanced at Liu Chong: "What are you doing with such a fuss? Scares your sister. Just do this, go and write, write it, stamp it and send it to the General Affairs Department. Your father and I have discussed with Xu Qingteng, as long as we get things done this time, as long as we don't rebel in the future, you kid can be like your father and me, you can beat whoever you want, and sleep with any woman you want...... cough cough cough cough ...... Madame, listen to me......

"The son greets his mother."

Princess Cui snatched her daughter from her husband's arms and stuffed it to her son: "Chong'er, go get busy, I have something to tell your father."

In the early morning of the first day of the sixth lunar month, Jia Cong was sitting in the middle of the carriage holding a sesame cake the size of a face plate and eating happily, when someone suddenly snatched the cake in his hand.

Click!

The cake was divided into two halves, and Liu Ke, who was panda-eyed, sat directly next to Jia Cong without any princely demeanor, his eyes were resentful, and he fiercely competed with the half of the sesame cake in his hand.

Tons and tons of ......

I saw that he snatched the teapot that Jia Cong had just picked up and poured it directly into his mouth.

"Thirteen Master ......"

Belch~

"Jia Xiaosan, lend me eighteen thousand taels of silver."

Yes?

"The Thirteenth Master is short of silver? Don't...... Heard...... What's that...... I've heard that the princess kicked you out of the house, but it can't be true."

This incident caused a stir in the capital, and it is said that Princess Cui was jealous and did not allow King Zhongshun to bring a certain Oiran back to the palace.

Of course Jia Cong wouldn't believe such royal gossip, Liu Ke seemed to be ridiculous, he ran to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion if he had nothing to do, and he also made a good man's affair.

But he is actually a strange man in the royal family, and he is loyal to Princess Cui, so he is often scolded by the emperor for being useless.

Liu Ke looked at the civil and military officials who were looking at him gloomily not far away, and smiled coldly.

He whispered in Jia Cong's ear, "If you don't do this, the princess of this king must not be annoyed to death by those women?"

Jia Cong instantly understood what this master did, stabbed the hornet's nest, and just stung himself, not wanting to implicate his family.

He arched his hand: "The thirteenth master is worthy of a real man, the kid admires it."

Liu Ke waved his hand indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you admire it or not, do a full set of plays, lend me eight thousand taels of silver, and I can only live outside during this time."

Jia Cong snorted, "The kid understands, so I'll arrange for someone to go home and get the silver."

Knock, knock, knock......

The Jingyang bell rang, and the palace gate slowly opened.

Everyone lined up to enter the palace and waited for them to meet in the Fengtian Palace.

There were still a lot of trivial things at the court meeting, and when the sun was up, I finally got down to business.

First, the emperor announced the potato in court, and ordered the seventh grade or more in Beijing to go to Jiajia Zhuangzi in the west of the city on the fifth day of the sixth month to witness the harvest ceremony of the immortal grain potatoes.

This matter is no secret in the capital, and the people are already looking forward to the new grain of forty stones per mu.

In addition to lamenting the good life of Ning Rong's Jia family, everyone was more curious about how the emperor would reward Jia Cong, who offered immortal food.

Of course, for the civil and military officials, the shock will be over, and it is not about their own vital interests, many people just shout a few long live, and wait for the emperor to give new food to taste.

But the second major event of today's court discussion is different, someone wants to cut their flesh!

"Something to do, nothing to retreat!"

"The minister Liu Ke has played, and the minister's brother played Your Majesty a few days ago, please change the tax system of the country......

"Huang Dai has a performance in the matter of the Ministry of Households!"

As soon as Liu Ke stepped out of the train, a young officer in a green robe stood up, as if he was in the ring, interrupting Liu Ke's words.

Well? Dare to provoke this king~

Boom!

Who is this king? The thirteenth son of Emperor Zhaowu, the younger brother of Jinshang, inquired all over the capital, who dared to provoke this king?

With a kick, Huang Dai flew out sideways, smashed directly on the pillar in the hall and fainted.

The folds in his hand were also scattered on the ground, and landed in front of another young officer in the green robe who was just about to move.

Liu Ke only had one look, and the man shrunk his neck, looked at his nose, nose, mouth, and heart.

Scold......

The green tendons on the emperor's forehead thumped, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly opened his mouth, suppressing the boiling thing that had just risen in the hall.

"Liu Ke, the king of loyalty, has no form in the palace, and he will be fined for one year!"

"Huang Dai lost his honor in the matter of the household, and was demoted to Anping County, Taiping Prefecture, and set off for the south on the same day, there must be no mistake."

Hiss!

This pulls the shelf pull.

One is a dispensable fine, and the other is directly relegated from the Seven Grades to the county of Yanjiao in Guangxi.

Without giving the ministers a chance to react, the Han general had already dragged the unconscious Huang Dai out of the hall.

The Emperor scanned the hall and motioned, "Thirteen, you go on."

Liu Ke bared his white teeth, took out the fold that had been prepared a long time ago from his sleeve, and read it out loud.

"Brother obeys! A few days ago, my brother accidentally discovered the changes in my Chaotian Fu since the founding of the country and the tax-free data of the royal family of the clan, the noble relatives of the martial arts, and the official gentry and the sons recorded by the household department. I don't know if I don't see it, but it's really scary to look at."

"According to the records of the Ministry of Households, at the beginning of the founding of the country, there were 8,877,600 hectares of land that should be taxed. Grandpa Tai also had a decree that all the people who open up the wasteland can be exempted from the land tax for five years, so as to encourage the people to open up the wasteland and farm."

"According to common sense, in the past 100 years, there should be more and more fields that can be taxed, and more and more fields should be sent to households. However, the amount of land contained in the Ministry of Households and the annual harvest of land are decreasing. In the third year of Yuan You, the amount recorded by the household department has been reduced to 4,228,000 hectares."

Rumble!

The ministers in these data halls really haven't paid attention to them, only Wen Tongxuan, Lin Ruhai and other officials in the household department have solemn expressions.

Ding Ding Ding ~

The sound of the bell chime rang several times in a row, and it was considered to stop the noise in the Fengtian Temple.

I only heard Liu Ke continue: "Not only that, but the amount of land submitted to the household department in various places has shrunk by nearly 50%, and the number of tax-exempt people has increased dramatically."

"Your Majesty, all the ministers, do you know who is exempt from taxes?"

"According to the ancestral system, except for the land obtained by the royal family of the clan, nobles, and elders and important ministers who are exempt from tax exemption and military service, only those who have meritorious service above the meritorious level can be exempted from military service, exempt from household service and exempt from grain service. But how did this king hear that as long as there is a talent in the family, his family can be exempted from paying the field tax? And there are people who donate land to avoid the taxes of the imperial court."

"There are also the fields and shops of the royal family of the clan, the nobles of the martial arts and the ministers of the courtiers, all of whom are not required to pay the imperial grain and national tax."

"There are even people who, in the name of a certain clan relative, avoid taxes as much as tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. Don't look at it, this king is talking about your house!"

Well?

Good guys, is this helping me?

Jia Cong's face was surprised and his mouth opened wide.

"Thirteenth Master, does my family still have to pay land taxes and commercial taxes?"

Liu Ke flipped through the folds in his hand, and after looking at the labels inside, he shook his head: "In addition to giving land, the land you buy by your family must pay land taxes, and those shops and businesses must also pay commercial taxes."

Yes?

Jia Cong patted his head and bowed to the emperor: "Please also ask Your Majesty to forgive me, the minister doesn't know this, after going back, he will smash the pot and sell iron, and he will also pay the taxes owed over the years to the household department as soon as possible."

The ministers in the palace were set up by Jia Cong all of a sudden, but they couldn't say that Jia Cong was doing something wrong, they couldn't compete with a child, right......

The corners of the Emperor's mouth twitched twice, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't say it's you, even I don't know these things. I also thought that the dynasty really had laws and regulations, and exempted me from paying taxes as such. Household ......"

Wen Tongxuan came out of the class and responded: "The minister is here!"

"Is what Old Thirteen said true or false?"

"Back to Your Majesty, what the King of Loyalty said is true. In fact, the king of Zhongshun did not make one point clear, according to the old minister's calculations, at most a hundred years, the dynasty may not even be able to take out the royal family of the royal family."

Unlike the rest of the people, Wen Tongxuan wanted to hug Liu Ke and kiss him.

He took the opportunity to tell the increase and decrease in the number of imperial relatives, taxes and expenditures that he had calculated earlier, and the emperor stood up in shock.

"What Aiqing means is that my Liu clan relatives have become leeches lying on the Great Xia court to suck blood?"

"Well, it's not a nice word, but Your Majesty's understanding is extremely correct."

As soon as Wen Tongxuan said this, the royal family members who stood at the forefront of the nobles exploded.

Some people even looked at Wen Tongxuan and Liu Ke with unkind eyes, knowing that the dog thing of Lao Thirteen was going to take the knife from his uncle and brother, and he didn't want this knife to be so ruthless.

The emperor fell silent, and several bigwigs in the cabinet have not yet come forward to express their position. The ministers quarreled in an uproar, and there were many people who opposed Liu Ke's advice, but there were also many people who supported tax reform.

In the end, it is a smart person who can stand on the temple of Fengtian and knows the difference between a full meal and a full meal.

If it is really according to Wen Tongxuan and Liu Ke's calculations, if Daxia can't collect taxes, wouldn't it make the country unstable and the society will not exist?

When the time comes, the unlucky ones are not those who are already in the circle of the powerful?

The Fengtian Hall was noisy, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair with cold eyes, gently tapping the armrest of the dragon chair with his fingers.

He was very satisfied with Liu Ke and Jia Cong's performance today, the big and the small cooperated with each other, and perfectly put the unspoken rules hidden in the dark on the surface, and suddenly exposed the biggest problem in the tax system of the foreign dynasty.

"Ding Ding Ding Ding~"

The palace royal history rang the bell chime again, and the civil and military officials who were about to fight in the main hall finally quieted down.

The emperor glanced at the ministers, saw the expressions of everyone in his eyes, and sneered in his heart

Repeatedly.

As Xu Qingteng said, when it comes to his own interests, the words of the saints of the past will simply be thrown away in the corners.

"This matter is very important, Zhu Qing will go back and think about it first, and each of you will write an excerpt and submit it. The cabinet and the sixth ministry will be busy these days, recalculate the data played by the old thirteen, and then deduce it to see if it is really as Wen Aiqing and the old thirteen said......

"The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the harvest ceremony in five days must be done. This matter is a matter of whether the people of the world can fill their stomachs, and we must not be careless."

"The cabinet, the household department, and the Zongzheng Temple stayed, and retreated!"

Jia Cong did not stop after leaving the palace, and quickly returned to Rongguo Mansion after boarding the carriage.

The king of Zhongshun is interesting enough, and when the palace picked out the Rongguo Mansion as a baby, it suddenly made the Jia family a "victim" under the old thirteen knives.

"The silver ticket was delivered?"

Jia Shiyi nodded: "The silver ticket was handed over to the commander of the Thirteenth Master's personal soldiers, but it ......."

Well?

"Chong Shizi said that the thirteenth master was hung by the saint on the tree of the Dragon Head Palace, and the silver will not be needed for a while."

"This is what the two of them did for outsiders to see, and the saint is like this, whoever goes to trouble the thirteenth master will have to try Yu Linlang's sword advantage."

Jia Cong knows the temperament of the old dragon king too well, don't look at him and hang the old thirteen on the tree if he is fine, in fact, the old man spoils this son very much.

The news from the palace soon reached the ears of the old lady, and she immediately sent someone to find Jia Cong.

Without waiting for Jia Cong to persuade the old lady to give up the temporary loss and send the tax owed to the household department, she asked the mandarin duck to bring a wooden box, and when it was opened, there was a thick stack of silver tickets.

"This is 50,000 taels of silver tickets, you quickly have someone send it to the household. Our family must stand on His Majesty's side in this matter, and don't follow those foolish people who only care about their immediate interests......

Sure enough, the old lady was shrewd and admirable. The words show Mrs. Guo's long-term vision.

As the old lady said, silver is a good thing, but compared to Ning Rongjia's family in the future, it is just a matter of giving up some silver, and the future wealth must not be lost.

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