But Xiao Yunhe's heart is also clearer. It's not too difficult to kick the old man down. In just over a month, he had more than one chance. But the crux of the matter lies in. Kick the old man down, can he sit still? The world of Great Qi, will he obey him, a general of the Han King?

Xiao Yunhe is not Zhu, he never thought of being the kind of grass king who got rich overnight. The current thing can only be patient and take it slowly......

In the afternoon, the hundred officials finished their official business and returned to their homes. Xiao Yunhe was waiting for this time. Arrived at Lusheng Mansion.

Lu Sheng has been in the DPRK for decades, and even people like Guo Ziyi were a little jealous of him at the beginning, and he was still well-known in the national capital. His mansion is also more palatial, and there is never a shortage of guests who come to visit. When Xiao Yunhe arrived, there were even a few people lining up outside. He took a closer look. Most of them are officials of the DPRK and China, with different ranks. These people met Xiao Yunhe. It's a bit like a mouse seeing a cat, and timidly said hello, and they all dispersed.

Xiao Yunhe secretly sneered in his heart: These guys, their behavior is obscene, it is definitely not a good thing to come to Lu Sheng.

Xiao Yunhe got off the horse and walked to the door of Lusheng Mansion, and the door keeper glanced at Xiao Yunhe, probably because he didn't know him very well, and saw that he was dressed luxuriously and magnificently, so he asked carefully: "Do you want to see my lord?"

"Sue sù Lu Sheng, a general of the Han King came to visit. Xiao Yunhe threw a sentence with a big grin, and looked at the doorman with some arrogance. The doorman was taken aback, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "King Han, the villain has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, please forgive the sin!" King Han quickly please come in, the villain will go in immediately and invite my family to come out." ”

Xiao Yunhe sneered, threw the reins of the horse to the doorman, and strode into Lu Sheng's mansion. The doorman hurriedly called a small servant to go in and report that he had gone to settle Xiao Yunhe's horses himself. A few steps after Xiao Yunhe walked into the mansion, Lu Sheng greeted him in a panic, and bowed from afar: "The adults are coming, the old minister has missed the welcome, forgive the sins, forgive the sins!"

"Excuse me, Lord Lu. Xiao Yunhe raised his toes and raised his hand and said, "This king is just here to jump around casually, nothing important." ”

Lu Shengzhi has been deeply afraid of him since he was slammed by Xiao Yunhe last time and caught by him with some unwarranted tricks. At this time, he could only accompany him carefully, and invited him into the main hall to sit down, but he was accompanied to sit in the second seat, extremely humble.

Xiao Yunhe slowly sipped a cup of tea, looked at Lu Sheng's nervous appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "Lord Lu doesn't have something on his mind?"

"Huh?" Lu Sheng was slightly surprised, "Back to the adult, the old minister has no thoughts. The adult came suddenly, and the old minister was just a little ...... Flattered. ”

Xiao Yunhe made a relaxed look and said leisurely: "Lord Lu, could it be that this king shouldn't come to your mansion and jump through the door?"

Lu Sheng hurriedly said: "The old minister has no such intention. Adults come to the cold house, and the ministers welcome them. ”

"Well...... Xiao Yunhe smiled to himself and said, "Actually, I came today to ask Master Lu for advice." ”

Lu Sheng woke up: "I don't dare to ask for advice, what's the matter, but please show me?"

"That's right. Xiao Yunhe said, "Lord Lu is in the cabinet department, and he is the prime minister in charge of the collection and payment of national taxes in Daqi, right?"

"Exactly. Lu Sheng said: "The old minister is entrusted by His Majesty to manage the country's taxation affairs. ”

Xiao Yunhe nodded and said, "I heard that before the Zhu rebellion, Lord Lu advocated for a few more taxes. Is that the case for things like the tea tax, the shelf tax, and the exclusion tax?"

Lu Sheng nodded in disbelief: "That's right." In order to expand the national tax revenue, the old minister levied more of these taxes. Since then, taxes have indeed risen, for which the emperor has also rewarded the old ministers. But I was thinking in my heart: How can this general, who is no longer fighting, care about these things again?

Xiao Yunhe shook his head, sighed and said, "But Lord Lu, you are high in the court, but you don't know that the current private tax revenue is losing quite a lot. Not to mention anything else, the national capital West Market, the largest market in Daqi, loses land taxes every day, and it is counted in tens of thousands. DID YOU KNOW?"

"How is this possible?" Lu Sheng said with some surprise, "Jing Zhaoyin's Cangcao has someone in the market every day to supervise law enforcement and regularly collect commercial taxes, how can someone evade taxes?" Xiao Yunhe sneered and said, "I'm not here today to report anyone for being corrupt and perverting the law." I will only mention one item, except for the Mo tax, which is specially designed for commercial tax. Both sides of the transaction, regardless of the size of the profits, have to pay a tax of 50 wen for every dollar, right?

"Exactly. Lu Sheng's heart was already beating a drum: What are you planning again? In addition to the strange tax, at the beginning, it was almost tailored for the two cities in the east and west of the national capital. In these two markets, more than one million yuan of money and goods are traded every day, or even more...... After a round of ex-mo tax is collected, it can almost feed the entire people in the palace. For this, the emperor once commended me greatly. You're not going to be red again and you're going to count me, are you?

These taxes are all Lu Sheng's masterpieces, which have made people all over the world complain. Xiao Yunhe didn't think about it for the time being, and just instigated him now: "Then does Lord Lu know that someone deliberately lowered the price of goods to sell them in order to avoid the tax on strangers?"

"How can there be such a thing?" Lu Sheng said with a smile, "unless those merchants don't want to make money, don't live." ”

"Absolutely. Xiao Yunhe gently sipped the tea and said with a deep smile: "Figuratively speaking, Miyagi." ”

Lu Sheng is a cunning guy who has been in the officialdom for many years. As soon as he heard Xiao Yunhe say the word "palace city", he immediately understood in his heart -- this guy King Han seems to want me to help him deal with Huo Xianming! His people were arrested by Huo Xianming yesterday and entered the Dali Temple, and now he must be haunted by it, right? Unexpectedly, he will also beg me one day, hehe!

Lu Sheng's ghost-like face showed a strange and sinister smile, and he said unhurriedly: "My lord...... This palace market is presided over by the emperor and his old man. Could it be that this tax collection still has to be received from the emperor in front of the palace to procure the goods, which are also used for various expenses in the emperor's palace, and have always been spent by the palace treasury. The treasury of the palace eunuch has always been directly allocated money from the state treasury. If this is to collect taxes, isn't it an extra move to put Daqi's money from the sleeve tube into the waist pocket?"

Xiao Yunhe scolded in his heart, but his face was still very leisurely, and he said slowly: "Lord Lu, you are very wrong. Except for the strange tax, it can be collected in both directions. Not only the buyer has to pay taxes, but also the sellers. Even if the people in the palace who go out to do goods can be exempted from this tax, but ...... How can the people in those businesses in the West Market be exempted from taxes? Isn't this a loss of taxes? Even if it is an extra move to put money from the sleeve into the pocket, I feel that it is necessary. Because you don't collect taxes from the palace market, when you collect taxes from the common people, they will definitely be dissatisfied. ”

Lu Sheng's laughter became more and more yin and yang, and he said in a loud voice: "Gong Shi, how many things do you buy at a time? Even if you collect taxes, the taxes you have to collect every day are less than a thousand yuan." However, in order to collect a thousand yuan for this, it is necessary to invest a lot of manpower and material resources out of thin air to reduce the efficiency of the palace market. These are more than worth the loss. Moreover, the palace market is slow, and the things to be used in the palace are not available, and it will be displeased!"

Xiao Yunhe raised the corners of his mouth. also smiled a little weirdly: "Lord Lu, why do you have to pretend to be confused?"

Lu Sheng was slightly stunned: "What do you say, my lord?"

"Think about it, Lord Lu. Xiao Yunhe raised his voice a little and said in a cohesive voice, "Now, let's say I'm a merchant in the West Market. Miyaichi buys goods worth 100 kan from me every day. It stands to reason that I should pay the five-percent tax?"

Lu Sheng looked at Xiao Yunhe. Nodding: "Exactly." ”

"That's good. Xiao Yunhe stood up, paced leisurely and said, "I will discuss with the people of the palace market now, and I am willing to sell this goods worth one hundred guan to them at a price of fifty yuan." Or even don't want money. This way the tax is also exempted, and I lose the most money. Isn't it a hundred?"

"Not bad. Lu Sheng was a little confused: what exactly did he want to say?

Xiao Yunhe smiled and said, "Then, the people of the palace market have gained my benefits, and they must often come to me to purchase goods, this is inevitable, right?" I'm losing a hundred a day, but ...... If I trade many other lands, they will be counted in the palace market. For example. In one day, I traded 1,000 yuan of goods, except for the two sides of the tax on the other, is it 100 yuan? If I trade a little more, will I be able to earn more back?"

Lu Sheng squeezed his mouse eyes and thought for a while, then waved his hand again and again: "Impossible, impossible." How could such a thing happen? Supervised every day. How can such a bold tax evasion work?"

"What's impossible?" Xiao Yunhe sneered, "The people of the palace market now handle the goods, and they don't need any vouchers at all, and they don't have any basis for issuing them." I said that my goods were procured by Miyagichi. The little Jingzhao Yin Cangcao tax officer, dare to check the accounts of the palace supervisor? Even if he dares to check. The eunuchs of the Inner Garden Prison, can they let them check? Now those people in the Inner Garden Prison dare to move even the people in this king's mansion, let alone the little Seventh Rank Jingzhao Yin Cangcao. Master Lu, think about it yourself. The reason why the palace market is becoming more and more intense, how can there be no catty in it? Those eunuchs, who have obtained a lot of land benefits, are they really only obtained from price reduction and bargaining? Lord Lu has been in the court for so many years, this kind of thing must be well known, and there is no need for me to remind him. At present, the palace market has become a way for the inner garden supervisor to make money. But this wealth is actually a large amount of taxes that are swallowed up. You, Lord Lu, painstakingly introduced taxes such as Mo and intershelf, but did not add much tax to Daqi, but he was taken captive by these people. It's ironic that you're a dignified prime minister, but you're making wedding dresses for these people!"

Lu Sheng's brows furrowed when he heard this, his eyes kept dripping, and he muttered to himself, "Could it be ...... Is that really the case?"

Xiao Yunhe stopped talking, sat down quietly and tasted tea, but couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart: Being able to make a shelf tax and a strange tax can only show that your Lu Sheng's heart is dark and greedy enough, I don't know how many benefits have fallen from it, and in the end, I don't know how many hidden secrets are underneath. There is no treacherous business, and the mind of a businessman is very treacherous. I don't know if there is such a cat between them and Miyagichi. However, this possibility is absolutely existent. But you Lu Sheng wanted to send someone to investigate, but you definitely couldn't find anything. Evading taxes will result in exile or even raiding. Those merchants would rather be exploited by the palace market than dare to accept this crime. So, their books are definitely very clean. It's just that all the tax leaks they paid have been squeezed out by the people of Miyashi. After checking and checking, this matter must still fall on the people of Miyagichi. The palace supervisor must be a confused account.

Lu Sheng pondered alone for a while, but suddenly woke up and said, "My lord, it stands to reason that this kind of thing should be handed over to the Imperial Historical Observatory to investigate?"

It seems that this guy is not only treacherous enough, but also slippery enough! Xiao Yunhe sneered in his heart for a while, and said leisurely: "Logically speaking, this is the case. But Master Lu, you and I are both understanding people, so I just want to remind you. This king, the dignified Prince of Qi and Shang Shuling, but the eunuch of his palace did not take me seriously, and locked my people into Dali Temple in a domineering manner. At present, they are brazenly embezzling the tax revenue. Lord Lu, don't you really smell the smell of this?"

Lu Sheng was stunned for a moment, and said a little nervously: "How can you say this?"

"Hmph-" Xiao Yunhe snorted coldly in his nose, "Eunuchs, those fake men who have no roots are always unbalanced in their hearts. relied on a little bit of the emperor's favor. Hate can't go above the sky, where will you still put us people in your eyes. Now, he's provoking us and testing our abilities!"

Lu Sheng can also be said to be an old spirit who has been in the officialdom for decades, and he is extremely sensitive to this kind of thing, and at this time, a spirit of excitement came to his senses and said in a low voice: "What do you mean by your lordship...... Huo someone. Want to bring down the old minister?"

"I didn't say that to sow discord. Xiao Yunhe smiled and pretended to be relaxed, "However, there have always been no eternal friends in officialdom. There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, and Lord Lu doesn't need me to preach this, right? Right now, the Inner Garden Supervisor dares to openly provoke and encroach on Lord Lu's interests. This matter is in the eyes of this king. I was a little angry in my heart, so I couldn't help but come over and remind Lord Lu. Of course, they are against this king. There is also a little bit of disrespect. But a eunuch, no matter how arrogant he is, can't override the prince. After all, there is no intimacy, and the blood of the Li family is flowing on the body of this king, and they can't move me much. But Lord Lu ...... You're a little different. In fact, the reason why Lord Lu introduced the tea tax, the alien tax and the intershelf tax was to increase taxes for Daqi. However, the collection of these taxes has caused a lot of complaints among the people. The whole world hates you, Lord Lu. You don't fool yourself into pretending not to know, do you?"

Lu Sheng's heart had already been quickly calculated, and at this time, he listened carefully to Xiao Yunhe's every word, and nodded approvingly: "There is indeed a little rumor, talking about taxes such as interstitial shelves and moths." Causing complaints below, not small. However, Lao Chen's original intention was indeed to increase taxes for Daqi. Unexpectedly. In the middle of the execution, there was such a leak. The tax was collected, but the money was taken by the prison of the palace...... This, indeed, is infuriating. ”

Xiao Yunhe looked at Lu Sheng with a treacherous look in his eyes, and said in a low voice: "After a year and a half, when the Mo tax makes people angry, there is no reason why the emperor can't hear these voices. On the other hand, the treasury did not add a few copper plates. Pressed up, how do you deal with Lord Lu?"

"Huh?" Lu Sheng was really a little stunned at this time, and said in a nervous whisper: "My lord means that the people in the palace have collected the tax of removing strangers, but the black cauldron has asked me to take the top?

Xiao Yunhe smiled: "Is it impossible? If I were Huo Xianming, I would think of some means to save 1.8 million yuan in the name of Lord Lu in which cabinet and frame it for Lord Lu." Lord Lu...... If you don't want to die, it's hard to die!"

Lu Sheng was stunned, the mouse's eyes were as big as peanuts, and he smashed his fist on the low table: "It's really insidious and hateful!"

"Don't get excited, Lord Lu. Xiao Yunhe waved his hand lightly, "They all dare to provoke this king now, and it should be expected to make such a trick on your head." It's just that you, Lord Lu, are smart, but at this time, you are confused, and you haven't noticed it yet. ”

Lu Sheng is such a shrewd person, at this time, he has clearly heard the meaning of Xiao Yunhe's words, and he bowed his hand and said: "If your lord has any mistakes, please command, and the old minister will definitely follow him to the death." "He knew clearly in his heart: King Han's intention to come here is to unite with me and overthrow the palace eunuch headed by Huo Xianming!

"Excuse me, excuse me. Xiao Yunhe smiled, "Things are not out of control yet." The key source is in Miyagi. As long as the palace is strangled to death, the palace eunuch will have no way to interfere. I believe this matter should not be difficult for Lord Lu, right?"

The expression in Lu Sheng's eyes changed rapidly, and after thinking for a while, he nodded affirmatively: "It's not difficult! The old minister entangled the people of Yushitai and Dali Temple, and immediately thoroughly checked the transaction books of the shops in the West City, and then closely monitored the palace market. As long as he finds a cat in it, he Huo Xianming will die!"

"Wait. Xiao Yunhe raised his hand, "It's not good to do this matter openly and with great fanfare." If you think about it, there must have been a secret agreement between the palace market and the shop, and the account books must have been prepared in advance for Cangcao's inspection. If you go to check it openly, there will definitely be no results, and it will startle the snake. ”

When Lu Sheng heard this, this was reasonable, so he said, "What does the Lord mean?"

"Just give him a trick to paint a gourd. Xiao Yunhe said, "Lord Lu might as well send some henchmen to pretend to be people from the palace market to procure goods." Then privately negotiate with the merchants to offset the tax with the payment for the goods. When the time comes, won't it be clear and clear that the evidence is conclusive?"

When Lu Sheng heard this, he immediately smiled happily, clapped his hands and praised: "Clever plan, clever plan!" In this way, not only can you get evidence of the embezzlement of national taxes by the people of the palace market, but also find out the profiteers in the west market, and you can kill many birds with one stone!"

"Hmm...... How nice is that. Xiao Yunhe pretended to nod triumphantly, "When that time comes, Lord Lu will play it, and you still need to worry about him Huo Xianming having good fruits to eat? This great event will inevitably succeed. ”

Lu Sheng suddenly became full of joy, and leaned over to give Xiao Yunhe a long bow: "Thank you King Han for your support." This great grace is unforgettable to death. ”

"That's it. Xiao Yunhe stood up and swaggered towards the outside of the house, "This king still has some personal matters to do, so I won't send it to Lord Laolu." If you want to play a participant on one day, just say hello to me in advance. ”

"Definitely, definitely. Lu Sheng leaned over, followed behind Xiao Yunhe, and still sent him out of the mansion. After Xiao Yunhe left, Lu Sheng still thought for a moment alone, and felt more and more that King Han's words were very reasonable. Moreover, King Han had just had a grudge with Huo Xianming, and now he was already in the same boat as himself. This time, I was fortunate to be able to stand aside with a ghost-like person like King Han and not have to be fooled by him, Lu Sheng was still a little inexplicably happy and excited in his heart. It seems that what he said is really right, above officialdom, there are no eternal enemies and friends, only eternal interests!

It didn't take long for Lu Sheng to send his henchmen to Xishi and start his secret operation.

Xiao Yunhe finished fooling Lu Sheng, feeling relaxed and funny in his heart, and secretly thought to himself: Okay, Lu Sheng is so nervous, he must be unclean, and he doesn't know how much national tax he is greedy. He moved, and Huo Xianming was sure to meet the move. It won't take long for these two people to fight, and the court will be lively. It's just that I pity the profiteers in the West Market, and this time I will be the victim of the two of them fighting for power and profit. However, if it is an honest person who pays taxes obediently, he will not be harmed. If someone falls, it is a misconception and self-inflicted.

Xiao Yunhe thought about these things, and he couldn't help but laugh. came out of Lu Sheng's house, and just arrived in the West Market. Since returning to the national capital, Xiao Yunhe has not really visited the first market of Daqi. It's rare that I'm still in a comfortable mood today, so I leisurely went to the market.

Although Daqi is no longer as prosperous as it was back then, and has just suffered from war, the West Market is still relatively lively. On this street, which is several miles long and dozens of steps wide, merchants from the north and south gather. If it weren't for the fact that Longyou and Hexi were occupied by Tubo, there would have been more Hu merchants from the Silk Road in the Western Regions than the local merchants of Daqi. They would bring rare goods from the realms in exchange for silk, tea, ceramics and other specialties from the Central Plains. At present, the West Market is only half of the scale of its heyday at most, but the daily transaction volume is not less than more than one million.

The restaurant opened by Hu Ji is a major feature of the West Market. Many people from other countries are accustomed to opening restaurants here, attracting all kinds of people in the West Market to enjoy their own special wine and food. Moreover, these people generally have a good-looking orchid at the door to attract diners, or sing or dance, or sell coquettishness, which has a bit of characteristics and flavor. Xiao Yunhe walked all the way over, and several times he was almost pulled in by the orchid from the wine shop. However, he has never been in the habit of drinking in the market wine shop, so he refused.

When passing by a silk village, Xiao Yunhe inadvertently saw a familiar figure - Tang Zidi. The little girl is happily selecting fabrics in the silk village. Behind him were two warriors of the Eastern Maiden Country.

Xiao Yunhe had nothing to do right now, so he stepped into the village and called: "Tang's Naba, what a coincidence." ”

"Hey, it's Lord Han!" Tang Zidi unexpectedly bumped into Xiao Yunhe here, but he was a little excited, and walked up to him and saluted. said, "Adults are also interested in coming to this West Market to have fun?"

When the boss of the silk village heard that it was the King of Han, he was about to kneel in a panic, Xiao Yunhe called for, and said to Tang Zidi: "I'll come out to do something." Passing through here. Why, do you want to get clothes?"

"Yes. Tang Zidi was still holding a piece of cloth in his hand and said, "Seeing that winter is coming, our people's clothes are all burned in the fire." ”

"Oh, if you don't say I'm going to ignore it. Xiao Yunhe said. "You don't have to buy cloth. There are still hundreds of fine silk horses rewarded by the emperor in my house that have not been used. Later, when you go back to the house, I will ask the people in the house to take you into the treasury to pick it up. ”

"Hehe, isn't that okay?" Tang Zidi was obviously a little excited. But I'm still a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, you're welcome. Xiao Yunhe smiled and said, "Hundreds of silk horses are placed there, and they will be damaged and wasted if they are not used." Anyway, everyone in the house is going to buy winter clothes. Now, shopkeeper, take some of your tailors to the king's house, and make clothes for all of them. The salary will not be less than yours. ”

The shopkeeper of the silk village is a loyal old man in his fifties. As soon as he heard the news, he immediately smiled: "Thank you, sir." The grass people will go and call the guys, and prepare to go to the prince's mansion. ”

"Hmm. Xiao Yunhe raised his hand at Tang Zidi, "Then let's go?"

"Hehe, then thank you!" Tang Zidi has a straightforward personality, and he is not welcome at this time. happily went out of the silk village with Xiao Yunhe. After walking a few steps, she smiled thiefly: "It's just." I brazenly asked for clothes from adults, I don't know if Bin will scold me, hehe! The size of the clothes she wants has been measured, and the colors and styles have been set, so let me bring the tailor-made clothes. She told me that we had already caused a lot of trouble by living in the Han King's Mansion, and we must no longer accept gifts from the Han King at will. Now, she might be talking about me again. After that, he raised the piece of paper in his hand and wanted to show it to Xiao Yunhe.

On it, there is a picture of the pattern of the clothes and the dimensions of each place. It seems that this little queen is really versatile, and she can handle the delicate female red work, and she can make clothes by herself.

Xiao Yunhe looked at it casually, and was about to hand the note back to Tang Zidi, but suddenly felt stunned: this handwriting ......

How so?!

"What's the matter, my lord?" Tang Zidi looked at Xiao Yunhe and asked in a strange voice.

"Oh, nothing. Xiao Yunhe smiled and said, "This dress is the characteristic clothes of your Dongnu Kingdom, right? Otherwise, give me the note, and when the owner of the silk shop comes, I will tell him how to cut the clothes on the spot. Lest...... When the time comes, I will go to Bin's body, which offends her noble body. ”

"Hehe, my lord is really careful!" Tang Zidi laughed squeakily, and then whispered a little treacherously, "Are you still a little worried that the owner of the silk village will take the opportunity to rub oil?"

"What nonsense!" Xiao Yunhe couldn't help but laugh. This little girl's family is too imaginative, and she has a lot of ghost eyes.

"Hehe-hee!" Tang Zidi laughed thief enough, "I can see that adults and guests are ...... That, that. Are you afraid that you will be jealous at that time, right? We are in the same position, but there are few in the world, which man would not like it, hehe!" Xiao Yunhe shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "Whatever you want." He took the note into his arms.

The group returned to the mansion, and it was dinner time, and Tang Zidi and the others returned to the West Chamber. Because the customs and habits are always a little different, Xiao Yunhe arranges for the people of their Dongnu country to dine together. lest everyone be restrained when they come together.

Ju Wenzhen, who went out to collect the rent for a few days, came back, and when she saw Xiao Yunhe, her expression was a little uneasy.

"What's the matter, Ju Wenzhen?" Xiao Yunhe couldn't help but ask when he saw that he was different from usual.

"That's right, sir. Ju Wenzhen said with some hesitation, "These days." The villain took Ding Zhuang from the mansion and went out to collect the rent of the food town, but ......"

"What's going on. Xiao Yunhe was a little displeased, "If you have something to say, just say it directly, and finish it at one time." ”

"Yes, yes. Ju Wenzhen swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with some trepidation, "Your Excellency's food." All of them are within the suburbs of the national capital of 100 miles, with a total of more than 2,800 households and more than 70 acres of Yongye fields. But this time, when I went to collect the rent, I didn't get much of it, and at most I only collected 30%. ”

Xiao Yunhe frowned: "How can this be?" The tribute and farmland harvest of Shiyi. It is the guarantee of eating for these people in the Han Palace. If the rent can't be collected, these more than 100 people will have to drink the northwest wind next year.

Ju Wenzhen said embarrassedly: "My lord...... From last year to this year, the Guannai has not been peaceful, and Zhu has made trouble again, and the farmland is very wasted. And year after year. Most of the people fled the famine. Less than half of the residents of the restaurant under the name of the adult remained. And...... These people ......"

Xiao Yunhe knocked on his head hatefully: "Say it quickly!"

"Yes......" Ju Wenzhen glanced at Xiao Yunhe nervously and said. "At the beginning of last year, the lord personally ordered that the residents of the food town should pay 30 percent more tribute this year than in previous years, and pay 3 buckets more grain per mu of Yongye field. This year, there was another war in Kannai, and the people could not farm with peace of mind. Coupled with the new intermediary tax, the exclusion tax and the tea tax issued by the imperial court, it ...... None of them are paid for rent. Many people were afraid that the adults would blame and punish them, so they fled with their mouths in tow. And. In the Yongye field under the name of the adult, more than 60% of the fields are abandoned and uncultivated this year. The villain took the people to collect the rent, and the people were like seeing the plague god...... Either hiding, or a large number of people united to resist rent, and almost got into trouble with our locals. ”

Ju Wenzhen is full of thoughts. King Han will definitely scold the opposite, the opposite, and then be furious. Unexpectedly. Xiao Yunhe frowned, but quieted down and sat down on the chair.

Xiao Yunhe's heart was already depressed. This place in the Guannai is considered to be the relatively wealthy place of Daqi. One of his own princes is a subordinate of the land, and most of them are relatively wealthy residents. Unexpectedly, these people have also fallen into such a situation, so you can also imagine what kind of life the people in other parts of Daqi are living. This time, Ju Wenzhen went to collect rent, and he was still able to receive 30%. If this continues, there is no guarantee whether there will be a success next year.

The common people are actually the parents of the royal family. These people themselves have nothing to eat and can't live, so where can the imperial power be guaranteed? It's a pity that there are still people like Lu Sheng in the court, who have cleverly introduced taxes that hurt the heavens and reason, such as the shelf tax and the Mo tax, so that the people's lives can be frosted. When that day comes, the people will be unbearable and will inevitably rebel blatantly. Isn't the tyranny of the late Sui Emperor the best lesson from the past?

From this little thing, Xiao Yunhe also thought of some other things. From the hands of Xuanzong, the Great Qi began to implement the conscription system, which evolved to the later Jiedu envoy town. The government soldiers are soldiers in their spare time, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of professional soldiers recruited with money. It was only later that Daqi prospered, and land annexation became more powerful. Many people have lost their land, become displaced or forced to work in other professions. The various military governments have been unable to provide government soldiers at the appointed time, just because the people under the military government have no land, and even their lives have become a problem, how can they still bring their own food, grass and ordnance to join the army?

Therefore, in the final analysis, the most fundamental reason for the destruction of the government military system, the forced rise of the conscription system, and then the emergence of the Zhan Jiedu envoy and the secession of the towns was that the land annexation was too drastic -- the Juntian system had become a virtual reality.

At present, in the Great Qi, the people not only lost their land, but also were invaded by the war...... If it goes on like this, can Da Qi'an not fall?

Xiao Yunhe's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and his heart became more and more anxious. To save this situation, it is not a day or two of effort. At present, this great Qi can be described as a heavy accumulation. If you don't use thunderous means, you can remove these drawbacks from the court to the people. Great Qi will only go to the end.

But at the moment, he is still just a prince with a different surname......

Seeing that Xiao Yunhe's face was getting more and more ugly, Ju Wenzhen said timidly: "My lord, do you want to be a villain, send someone to arrest a few of the people under the food town, and punish them fiercely to set an example." Maybe you can get a few more rents?"

Xiao Yunhe glared at Ju Wenzhen angrily: "Nonsense, nonsense! I see that your brain is filled with a pile of dung." You have arrested people, who will farm the land next year, who will weave mulberry, what is the difference between this and killing chickens and taking eggs?"

Ju Wenzhen was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down: "The villain is ignorant, the villain should be damned!"

"Get up. Xiao Yunhe snorted sullenly, "That's it, pick a time, and this king will go down for a walk in person." Tell me, which county in the Gyeonggi region has the most residents?"

"Huayuan County. Ju Wenzhen wiped a cold sweat and said, "The more than seventy hectares of Yongye fields of the adults are there. Moreover, there are more than 800 households in the food town. ”

"Huayuan, this name is quite familiar!" Xiao Yunhe thought for a while, and then remembered: When he broke up with Wu Qiyun and Sophie Er in Fengtian, Wu Qiyun had said that they would live in Huayuan County?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yunhe remembered the thing that Sophie asked him to do, and patted his forehead again and again and said: "Fortunately, fortunately, otherwise I would have forgotten and let people down." That's it, Ju Wenzhen. Wait a minute, you take my name post, go to Li Sheng and Hunfu, and let them help me do something. You come with me. ”

After that, Xiao Yunhe took Ju Wenzhen to the study, gave Ju Wenzhen the letter that Wu Qiyun handed him before, and said: "Li Sheng and Hun are the prime ministers who deal with military affairs in the cabinet department. You ask them to help me check in the books of the Hongwen Pavilion and the History Museum, where are the remains of the two Great Qi martyrs on this letter, and whether it is possible to find them. ”

"Oh, my lord is talking about the matter of the martial girl and Miss Su, right?" Ju Wenzhen took the letter and said with a wry smile, "It's like looking for a needle in a haystack, how can you find it?"

"Less nonsense, go ahead. Xiao Yunhe raised his hand and said, "Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven." Is it a matter of loyalty to a man? I haven't checked it, so I can't find it if I know it. ”

"Yes, the little man went. Ju Wenzhen bowed, turned around and walked out of the study.

Xiao Yunhe cut his hands behind his back and couldn't help but sigh: there is nothing to do when he is free, but when he is busy, everything is piled up in one place again...... And some strange things around me, what should I think of to find out clearly?

The next few days were very calm. Lu Sheng sent people to jump around the West Market, and he was secretly busy. The people in the inner garden prison don't seem to have noticed anything unusual, and they are bullying and dominating the market as always.

The people in the Han Wang's Mansion have been having a lot of fun these days. The king of Han ordered to buy two sets of winter clothes for each of the people in the palace, and invited a tailor to come to the palace to order. The happiest is Song Liangchen, who is so big that it is rare to buy clothes in the market, and even the armor will be made by the superintendent. Watching the tailors step on the table and chairs to measure his inches, everyone couldn't help laughing. The samurai of the Eastern Female Country, who are barefoot and bare-legged all the year round, now also have Hanfu winter clothes and shoes to protect them from the cold, and they are all so happy that they can't stop smiling. The little queen and Tang Zidi are the key care objects. Their costumes are more difficult to make, so the boss of the silk village personally sewed the special clothes of the Eastern Women's Country for them, and also made several sets of Daqi women's cotton robes.