It wasn't an accidental fire, it was someone who set it on fire.

It turned out that the imperial court suddenly issued an edict to levy an additional 30% tax on Yanzhou, including land tax and commercial tax, and also set up a lot of tax items.

At that time, Yanzhou, although it was in the plain, but the rivers were scarce, irrigation has always been a problem, watching the sky to eat, not every year can be harvested, and commerce has just risen, the three percent tax is added down, the people are not full, and the merchants have no profit to make.

"At that time, my brother-in-law had just taken over the silk village, and it was when he was young and vigorous, so he took the lead in refusing to pay the thirty percent of the business tax. At that time, there was a lot of trouble, the shops on this street were closed, and later the people also made trouble, and the whole Yanzhou City was in chaos. At this juncture, the silk village caught fire, the fire was too fierce, and it burned into a sea of fire all of a sudden, my sister and brother-in-law were in the backyard of the silk village, and you also know the result. My brother-in-law was burned to death with several guys in a row, and my sister got lucky to escape, but she was also burned and disfigured. Gao Yuanwai sighed and said.

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "So it was the ...... who put this fire at that time Is it a government? ”

Later, the merchants and the people saw the fate of my brother-in-law's family, and they didn't dare to fight with the government anymore, so they paid the 30% tax one after another. After that, it was thirty percent year after year, the people were miserable, the shops were closed one by one, and Yanzhou became a poor place. Gao Yuanwai did not answer Liu Yunxiang's question directly, but his words had confirmed Liu Yunxiang's guess.

"Why did the imperial court suddenly levy more taxes on Yanzhou, and it was more than three percent at once, taxation is a major matter, and the imperial court must consider it in many ways, and it is impossible to implement it rashly. And why is there no more levy in other places for Yanzhou, there is no reason for this. Liu Yunxiang expressed his doubts.

After coming to Yanzhou, she learned that the imperial court had levied an extra 30% tax on Yanzhou, and she thought that Yanzhou was located in the plain and prosperous commerce, but now it seems that it is not.

Gao Yuan looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he whispered: "The imperial court has built a palace in the northeast of Yanzhou, does the seventh lady know?" ”

"Yes."

She has also been to that palace, and it is very gorgeously built.

"Don't you...... Could it be that this 30% tax is for the construction of this palace? ”

Gao Yuanwai nodded, "Exactly." ”

"Why do you want to conquer Yanzhou alone?"

"First, the palace is in Yanzhou, and secondly, the tax is raised for the construction of the palace, and the people must be boiling with resentment, and the more places involved, the more difficult it is to control public opinion, so only one place is levied, and then ......" Speaking of this, the senior staff sighed heavily, "At that time, in order to highlight the political achievements and curry favor with the emperor, Yanzhou Futai took the initiative to cover all the costs of building the palace. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yunxiang paused suddenly, "Covering all the expenses?" ”

"Yes."

"Who is this mansion?"

"Li Huai."

"What?"

"The current Yanzhou Mansion is also the Yanzhou Mansion of the year."

Liu Yunxiang was a little stunned for a while, "He gave the emperor the construction of the palace, and he abolished it so much, didn't he get promoted?" ”

"Because Feng Lao, the secretary of the ministry at that time, impeached his cool politics many times, which caused public resentment to boil, so this Li Huai was not promoted after three years in Yanzhou, but was demoted to a farther place."

"It's because of the Jianxing Palace, so isn't this Feng Shangshu doing this a bad emperor's business?"

"Yes, so he was later dismissed for embezzlement, but he died of illness within half a year, and his family was retaliated against and killed one after another."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he immediately connected, "And Yang He took Feng Zheng with him in order to keep the Feng family's only seedling." ”

"Yes, Lord Yang He Yang is a student of Lao Shangshu, and the last thing he did when he was in office was to advocate for Lord Yang to take over as Yanzhou Mansion. In order to live up to the teacher's expectations, Lord Yang did his best to help the people and merchants of Yanzhou break free from the 30% tax, and finally sent himself in. Gao Yuanwai shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Liu Yunxiang was shocked and even more admired, standing in place and sighing for a long time.

"But outside of the senior staff, it turns out that you know so much?"

knew so much, but didn't tell Hongxuan and Xue Changfeng, seeing that they had been checking for so long and had no clue.

Gao Yuanwai smiled, "If you want to say that there is a truth in this case, then there is the truth, if you say no, there is none, and if I tell them, I don't know that it may harm them, after all, ......"

Gao Yuanwai pointed to it, "In the end, it is the one who is wrong." ”

"Then why are you telling me now?"

"The Seventh Highness has come down, so what are you afraid of?"

Liu Yunxiang snorted, "With him taking the blame, you are naturally not afraid." ”

The senior officer's expression was solemn, "If His Royal Highness Seventh saves Lord Yang's life, then he will be the great benefactor of our Yanzhou." ”

This sounds familiar, someone has told her.

After separating from the senior staff, Liu Yunxiang turned his head sideways and asked Zijin: "Where is Feng Zheng?" ”

When she was outside the Luoxia Silk Village, she didn't see him.

Zijin shook his head: "If you don't pay attention, you won't see anyone." ”

Liu Yunxiang thought about it and said: "He must have his purpose in coming to Yanzhou this time. ”

Back in Wanchun Garden, it was already dark at this time, and Yan Dusk and they had not yet returned. Liu Yunxiang was not at ease and kept lingering at the gate of the courtyard.

After waiting for a while, the three of them finally returned, only to come back one by one covered in mud, even Yan Dusk.

"You're not going to dig the canal again, are you?"

Yan Dui's face was already bad, but when he heard this, his face became even heavier, and he entered the courtyard in a huff.

Although Hongxuan was also full of embarrassment, he was in a good mood, walked up to Liu Yunxiang, and whispered: "During the day, His Royal Highness and a group of people dug ditches, but they made great efforts. Yes, yes, being able to work with the people is a wise prince. ”

"And what is he angry about?"

Hongxuan smiled, "I guess I feel like I've been cheated." ”

"Huh?"

Hongxuan smiled, no longer explained, and went inside with his hands behind his back.

Xue Changfeng walked last, among the three people, he had the most mud on his body, and his face was also full of paste: "Let's go to Gu County Commander today, he is still digging a ditch with a cripple, I don't know who released the water and washed him away at once." We can't see death without saving, so Hongxuan Daoist and I hurriedly jumped down to save people. We finally fished him up, but when we saw that the water had washed several holes in the channel that had just been dug, he was so anxious that he had to jump down, and in that case, we had to go down and plug the hole for him, and this was not the case. ”

"The Seventh Highness also jumped down?" Liu Yunxiang for.

"Oh, at that time, both the officials and the people jumped down, like cooking dumplings, the scene was too shocking, it is estimated that Lao Qi was infected by this atmosphere, and jumped down unconsciously."

At this time, Yan Du stood on the steps and gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu was pushed down by Gu Zi'an!" ”