"Oh."

King Qian couldn't help but look at him twice, "Young Master Tong is serious?" ”

Tong Song trembled, but the matter has come to this point, there is no room for maneuver, so he can only respond hard, "Although the grass people are a businessman, their ancestors have also produced several humerus ministers of the imperial court. ”

Li Chengshang, who has an old-fashioned personality, heard this, looked down at the string of tax evasion figures in the account book in his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched, this person opened his eyes and said nonsense, his family is honest management, then there will be no profiteers in this world!

When King Qian heard this, he didn't have much entanglement in his heart, he was the most informal, and achieving the goal was his goal.

He smiled heartily, "Haha, Young Master Tong's words make people feel happy, those who know the times are Junjie, sure enough, it is not unreasonable for the Tong family to inherit a hundred years, the heir is young and talented, courageous, smart and wise!" ”

got the assurance of the Tong family, today's efforts were not in vain, and it was not in vain that he connived at the princess to mess around.

Things have come to this point, and the two old men, Lou and Chen, are annoyed in their hearts and let the Tong family take the lead in showing their merits in front of Prince Qian.

Sure enough, being young is good, and even the reaction speed is beyond the reach of these old men.

When they saw that King Qian and the princess were looking at them, the two of them took a step forward calmly, "Lord Wang, our Lou and Chen families are also willing to make up the taxes." In the future, the decree of King Qian's Mansion in Lingnan will be obeyed by both of us and will not dare to disobey. ”

"Good!" King Qian bowed his head and smiled with satisfaction, "You are all the conscience merchants of our Dayu Dynasty, loyal and courageous, and dedicated to contributing to the prosperity of the Dayu Dynasty, this king is very pleased." ”

"The prince praised falsely, and the grass people were ashamed."

King Qian stood up and paced, circled around the three of them, and patted them on the shoulder, "Okay, the construction of Lingnan is indispensable for loyal and righteous subjects like you!" ”

The three of them had never been treated like this, and they bent down in fear.

King Qian turned around and shouted, "Boss! ”

Li Chengshang tacitly distributed the arrears bills in his hands to them, "Everyone, you can confirm the arrears again, and if it is accurate, you will draw a pledge." ”

After they finished drawing, King Qian opened his mouth and urged: "The three of you have been operating in Lingnan for a hundred years, and I believe that this bit of silver is only a drop in the bucket. In this case, the king will give you a limited time to hand it in as soon as possible. ”

As he spoke, he caught a glimpse of Xia Jing in a daze out of the corner of his eye, "Princess, when do you think they should turn in?" ”

Xia Jing settled down and swept around the crowd, "Of course, the sooner the better, just limit it to today." ”

King Qian turned his head and asked the three of them with a kind smile: "Three, the time set by the princess, is there a problem?" ”

It has been decided to make up the payment, and it will be the same at any time, and the three family members all shook their heads: "No problem." ”

The matter was taken care of, and the three of them were about to say goodbye and go back to raise money.

King Qian smiled and said: "What's the hurry, just let the little guy run for this little thing, it's rare for the three to come to the door, how can this king not be entertained, the wine and food have not been served yet, how can the three of them leave." ”

As soon as these words came out, the three of them chuckled in their hearts at the same time, this is not endless, right?

Losing a large amount of silver, Tong Lou and Chen were eager to fly out of the mansion, the sooner they left, the better, they had not dealt with King Qian, I don't know the depth of this person, I really don't want to have too much contact with him.

Xia Jingshen assisted, "What the prince said is reasonable, the three of them came to the palace for the first time as guests, how could they not be entertained." ”

With that, she asked the maid to arrange a banquet.

"After the party, there are more opportunities." Tong Song was unwilling, and finally struggled.

Xia Jing ignored their forced smiles and explained to them with a smile: "You may not know the temper of our prince, in the past, in the capital, he liked to meet friends with wine, and invited a group of royal relatives and nobles to come to the mansion to drink. In other words, he's so hospitable! ”

Tong Song pulled the corners of his mouth, the words had already been said about this, leaving was to sweep King Qian's face, so he could only stay hard.

Although the five sons and two adult grandsons of the palace knew that this was a play, they were still amazed in their hearts by Xia Jing's ability to make up blindly, when did she become so tolerant of King Qian?

The little servants of the three families were very efficient, and in the middle of the banquet, they brought over the silver they had paid.

Why didn't Tong Lou Chen Sanjia pay the silver ticket, Prince Qian said, he is a layman, he only likes silver ingots and gold ingots in his life, and the silver ticket has no sense of reality in his arms.

Each family only checked the account books within five years, and each family paid 50,000 or 60,000 taels of silver in five years, which is a lot of silver for their families, but they can't support King Qian as long as silver ingots.

It was real money, and the three of them drank wine while their flesh hurt, and before they knew it, they drank two more glasses.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Seeing that everyone had almost eaten, King Qian took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth before he spoke: "Since everyone has eaten and drunk enough, and the account office of the yamen has also calculated the account books, let them in." ”

Tong Song, Master Lou and Master Chen were shocked, why did they come to the account book again?

Didn't you just pay the arrears?

Xia Jing admired their shocked expressions, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a sneer, these three families have been searching for the people's fat and ointment in Lingnan for so many years, how can they let them go after paying some arrears?

Tong, Lou, and Chen are Lingnan giants, and their influence in Lingnan is incomparable.

King Qian's Mansion seized this opportunity, and would not let them go without scraping a layer of flesh and blood.

Anu came out of the water pavilion and walked in with two accounts in a short time.

King Qian took the account book that was presented, flipped through it casually, and passed it to Xia Jing, who was sitting next to him, "The princess will help check it and see if there is any error in the numbers." ”

When Xia Jing took over the account book and looked through it, King Qian showed off to Tong Song, Master Lou and Master Chen: "Don't look at the princess as a woman, she can be said to be proficient in arithmetic, and her mental arithmetic is very powerful. ”

Tong Song, Master Lou and Master Chen don't care about the princess's accounts now, their eyes are glued to the account books in Xia Jing's hands at this time, and they are worried, shocked and angry, I don't know what kind of bad debts these account books are?

Xia Jing flipped through the account book and handed it to King Qian, "Lord Wang, there is no problem with the accounts." ”

"Haha, this king's princess is amazing!" King Qian laughed heartily, looking like he was honored.

Xia Jing's eyelids jumped when she was praised, and she simply couldn't see it when she looked away.

King Qian handed the ledger to Anu, "Go and show it to the three family members." ”

Master Lou took the account book, couldn't wait to look through it, and when he saw the contents inside, his pupils shrank, and then his hand trembled, and the account book fell to the ground.

King Qian smiled, squinted his eyes slightly and asked, "Master Lou, but there is a problem with the account book?" ”

"Nope"

Old Man Lou's head was buzzing, his forehead was cold, how powerful was King Qian, how could he find out here in such a short time?

"There is no best!"

King Qian's round face like Maitreya Buddha showed a smile again, "This account book is the land and wasteland that the three of you have purchased from the government in recent years. ”

"Among the wasteland, some of the wasteland you hired to reclaim and build a grange, some of the wasteland has been barren for many years, according to the laws of the Yu Dynasty, the purchased wasteland must be reclaimed within a year, the imperial court is exempt from tax for three years, and five and a half years are taxed.

If the wasteland is bought and cannot be cultivated, the wasteland shall be paid half of the tax of the normal field after one year, and the full tax shall be paid after five years. Unless the wasteland is returned to the government free of charge, the tax cannot be less. ”

The three people sitting at the bottom of the seat, the more they listened to the sweat on their foreheads, the more sweat came out, and then they looked at the account book, and their hands trembled.

Tong, Lou, and Chen, in order to divide the territory, the wasteland around Fucheng was basically included in their pockets.

As a result, the villagers around the city could not find land if they wanted to open up the wasteland, and their lives were poor, and there was nowhere to redress their grievances, and even more so that the family could not survive the slightest difficulty.

In the end, they were forced to have no choice but to sell their children or borrow usury to alleviate their family's difficulties.

Once a difficult family borrows the money from the Yinzi, it is impossible for the family to pay it off, and the final result is that the family is ruined, and the whole family becomes the house slave of these families, and they can't help themselves for a lifetime!

This is also the reason why there are fewer and fewer yeoman farmers in the Yu Dynasty.

The decrease in self-cultivated peasants naturally reduced the tax revenue of the government, and the concealment of the number of slaves and the number of acres of land by the family led to a sharp drop in the government's tax revenue, and the government was financially constrained, making it impossible to make ends meet.

King Qian saw that they were so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he couldn't bear to speak: "Master Lou, Master Chen, Master Tong, why do you say this?" Occupying the mouth and not, how can you let those villagers who urgently need to open up the wasteland to feed their families have a way to live? ”

Tong Song was finally anxious this time, the taxes paid by several shops in Fucheng were only a drop in the bucket, but the amount of taxes to be paid this time was huge.

Rao is a hundred years of inheritance from the three families, and it hurts to take out so much silver at one time.

He couldn't sit still any longer, walked out of his seat, and knelt on the ground, "Lord Wang, these things are in charge of the stewards below, and the little ones really don't know that they dare to act as yin and yang, deceive the upper and lower levels, and cause trouble."

"Humph!"

Mr. Zhang, who had been sitting next to him, couldn't help it, and sneered: "What a trick to deceive the upper and lower, thinking that the introduction of a dispensable steward can erase the matter?" If it is really in charge, then it is also the lax control of you masters, and it is you who connived! ”

Mr. Yan also opened his mouth to reprimand: "The sage said, self-cultivation and Qi family rule the country and level the world." You are also one of the three major families in Lingnan, a dignified man, and you are a family, you can't even do this, how to manage family affairs well, how to make the family prosperous? ”

Master Lou and Master Chen couldn't sit still at this time, so they left their seats and knelt down.

"The grass people are guilty!"

Tong Song glanced at the two old foxes next to him, gritted his teeth with hatred, and shouted guilty as soon as they rushed up, so should he continue to quibble or shut up?

Co-authored the good guy and they did it all, let him be the wicked?

Tong Song's eyes showed a hint of grievance, his old man couldn't hide, let him come out to deal with it, and the Lou Chen family stabbed them in the back, "Lord Wang."

What remains to be said.

King Qian waved his hand, "Okay, this king knows that it is not easy for you to be in charge of a big family, but if you are not strict in control, you will not be able to escape this crime." Since you are not strict with your subordinates, you, as their masters, should always be responsible for their actions. ”

Tong Song was extremely uneasy in the face of King Qian's pleasant face, and he had not been in contact for a long time today, but let him clearly know that this rumored straw bag prince was a smiling tiger!

A smiling tiger that eats people and doesn't spit out bones!

King Qian didn't care what they thought in their hearts, he pointed to the account book on the wine table, "These taxes and silver are limited to you to make up within five days, and those wastelands on the outskirts of the city, if you still want to continue to open up the wasteland, hire someone to open up the wasteland." If you don't want to open up the wasteland, then please return it to the government. ”

After leaving the mansion, Tong Song sat in the carriage, his hand holding the account book was trembling, his heart was dripping blood, and he was probably angry!

More than 200,000 taels of silver!

In the border city of Lingnan, their Tong family wants to earn back more than 200,000 taels of silver, and they don't know how difficult it is!

How can the border of Lingnan be compared with those big families in the Central Plains?

The government office.

Looking at the three people who left in a daze, Li Chengmu turned around and asked King Qian: "Father, the three families of Tong Lou and Chen have been doing evil and oppressing the people in Lingnan for many years, so we let them go?" ”

King Qian's eyes widened, and he said angrily: "If you don't let them go, what else do you want?" Raiding the family and exterminating the family? ”

Every day, in front of outsiders, he not only has to hold the posture of the prince, but also strives to play a wise character, is it easy for him?

If he hadn't been forced by the princess, he really wanted to leave the stall and quit!

I'm so tired!

Isn't it good to be a gentleman?

Lee Seung-mu: "."

If you need to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, deter other families in Lingnan, it is not impossible to raid the family and exterminate the clan!

Xia Jing couldn't help but laugh when she saw her son's dry glare: "Little Wu, have you ever heard of the saying that rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry?" ”

Li Chengmu's eyes rolled and he understood, "Does the mother concubine want to boil frogs in warm water and deal with them slowly?" ”

Xia Jing did not deny it, nor should it be, and said with a smile: "Although the three major families of Tong, Lou, and Chen are not as influential as the families of the Central Plains, but in Lingnan, a small land, their power should not be underestimated. ”

The current situation is unstable, and the current situation is not suitable for King Qian's Mansion and the three major families to turn their faces, if the three major families are interested, she doesn't mind continuing to coexist peacefully with them.

Mr. Zhang stroked his beard and interjected with a smile: "Hehe, what the princess said is very true, Fifth Master, we are not suitable to be enemies with either party at present, low-key development is the king." Now that we have this large sum of money, we can start to expand our army and so on, and many plans can be started. ”

Li Chengli, who was sitting next to him and had been silent, stared at Xia Jing's thoughts a little distant, he felt that Xia Jing was more suitable for taking care of housework than him.

Through this afternoon's incident, he found that she was the money basket with the money.

If the last sum of silver can be paid, then she will generate nearly one million taels of income for the palace this afternoon. Refining silver is not as fast as hers.

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