Feng Xi did read the first hundreds of thousands of words of the original book, and it also talked a little about the entanglement between Qi Xiao, who is the protagonist, and the original owner, who is the princess of Dazhao.

It's just that most of them are plots of the original owner's unreasonable abuse of Qi Xiao, or the brain-dead infatuation with Mu Qingze, and the other descriptions of the original owner can be said to be extremely vague.

Just like if it weren't for Tianxi mentioning it today, she wouldn't have remembered this fief at all, let alone know that this fief is called Mingzhou, which is a famous big state in the south, with five counties under its jurisdiction and rich taxes.

It can be said that Emperor Shengde did conniving at her daughter, after all, such a fief could only be seen by the princes of previous dynasties, and it was impossible to get it.

Of course, this is probably also the reason why a stupid princess like her only collects taxes, but will not interfere in the government affairs of the fiefdom.

Those officials in Minnesota are indeed responsible for her, but they are not entirely responsible for her.

In short, in the mind of the original owner, except for asking for money from the fief every year, there is no intention of managing or paying.

But no matter what the fool of the original owner thought, the current Feng Xi felt that the average tax of more than 5,000 taels per county a year was absolutely abnormal.

"What was the tax revenue in Minnesota in previous years? Is there a record in the Princess's Mansion? ”

Seeing that her princess suddenly asked about this, the smile on Tianxi's face couldn't help but fade, and she hurriedly sent someone back to the house to get the account book.

As the chief housekeeper of the Princess Protector's Mansion, he can memorize such an important matter as the annual fixed income in the mansion even if he doesn't have account books.

"Back to the princess, although Mingzhou was a treasure land a few years ago, because of the weakness of the Great Zhao, he was not in a hurry to offer you an offering. Therefore, this tax really comes to you after you build your house and leave the palace. ”

Tianxi knows the nature of her princess, so she starts from the beginning.

Mingzhou is a rare and wealthy place in Jokhang, and with Feng Xi's brain, it is probably the Jiangnan of Jokhang.

And because the first emperor was mediocre and liked to be extravagant and wasteful, although Mingzhou was given to her when the original owner was born, the original owner lived in the palace for the next twelve years, and Emperor Shengde never shortened her food and clothing.

Therefore, this part of the tax was basically used to fill the hole in the time of the first emperor, and it was not until the year before the original owner left the palace at the age of twelve that it was completely in the hands of the original owner.

Therefore, counting the sum in her hand now, it has been five years since Mingzhou paid taxes to the Princess Protector's Mansion.

"Five years ago, Mingzhou's tax revenue was about 178 taels of silver, and in the first year after you opened the mansion, it was 19,214 taels."

From the second year to the fourth year, it increased steadily, from the early 20,000s to 23,000 taels.

And what is currently being sent to Feng Xi is Mingzhou's tax revenue last year, and the reason why it was sent at the end of April is because the state must first levy it, then unify it, and then there will be a series of processes later.

In short, the tax this time is surprisingly high, more than 3,000 taels more than last year.

In the eyes of the princes and nobles, this is just a number, or a slightly larger expense for them, but Feng Xi knows that this is the blood and sweat of the people, and it is the real people's fat and people's ointment.

"The average annual tax revenue of each county in Dazhao is two to three thousand taels, and even if Mingzhou is richer, it can reach about three thousand or even four thousand taels, and the more than five thousand three hundred taels reported now are not too outrageous?"

Tianxi looked stunned, and then knelt on the ground with a plop.

It's not that he has embezzled and accepted bribes, but when he heard their princess say this, he also felt that the tax revenue of each county was really too much.

And listening to the tone of their princess, I'm afraid that the tax of nearly four thousand is unusual.

This means that he has probably made mistakes in his errands, so much so that he has caused some big trouble for the princess who has not yet seen the shadow, but may in fact have already existed.

"Princess, the slave is wrong, the slave is sloppy......"

Lazily glanced at Tianxi, who was blaming himself, and seeing that he was not only worried about his own safety, but also looked like he was ashamed of himself, Feng Xi was also speechless.

"Get up, it's not your fault, even if it's wrong."

She is not excusing Tianxi, but Tianxi is a eunuch who is a housekeeper, and he only needs to manage the income and expenditure of the princess's mansion and all affairs.

As for the fief, it was a matter that the original owner himself was too lazy to take care of and left it to the fiefdom officials.

Therefore, what Tianxi can do is to collect the silver sent below every year, and then record the account and present it to the original owner, but the original owner probably didn't read it seriously......

Tianxi is not his master Zhao Xi, who has a keen intuition and talent in politics.

To put it mildly, Emperor Shengde didn't expect the original owner to have any interest before, and he also had the idea of letting the original owner hold Qi Xiao's thighs and mess around.

Therefore, Tianxi is a slave who is sent to the original owner as an arm, and the main focus is also a loyal protector of the master.

As long as he can manage the original owner's food, clothing, housing and transportation, do a good job of not being corrupt or taking bribes, and be loyal to the original owner, he has already completed the task.

As for the tax issues......

If Qi Xiao had been able to take power in the princess's mansion two years ago, someone might have been sent to investigate this matter long ago.

However, in the first two years, this guy was either in the firewood room or in the shack, not to mention the main income of the princess's mansion, he didn't even want to touch a single ingot of silver.

When she came here, Qi Xiao was in power, but this guy was just a spinning top, and she hadn't stopped for more than half a year......

The tax was only delivered today, so I guess I haven't seen it.

"Princess, how are we going to do this? Why don't the minions immediately send someone to Mingzhou and carefully check the accounts of Mingzhou? ”

Tianxi who got up was in a hurry, he was even more anxious than Feng Xi, a princess.

Their princess has finally turned over now, but she can't be burdened by such a stain.

Even if he didn't know much about political affairs, he understood that it was a great sin to oppress the people and scrape the people's fat.

Even if their princess is a relative of the emperor and has a privileged existence, it will never be good to spread this matter.

Now that they have noticed the problem, they have to send someone to solve the problem before it breaks out!

As a result, he was so anxious that he jumped up and down, and he couldn't wait to tell his master now, and then let the master talk to the emperor over there, but Feng Xi said lightly:

"Afraid of what? This palace will gamble with you a bag of gold bills, which will only be more difficult than you think now, at least it can't be just a matter of taxes. ”

Tianxi: "? ”

Do you know it's a big problem?

Then you ask me what I am afraid of?

At this moment, instead of being comforted, Zi Tianxi went crazy.

Then Feng Xi beckoned him to come to him, and he went, and was knocked unconscious by his own princess's knife.

Even after Feng Xi knocked him out, she said to the little eunuchs and palace maids who were called in by her outside:

"Father-in-law Tianxi has a sudden emergency, please ask Imperial Doctor Bai to take a look at it for him. If this palace doesn't lie down for ten days and half a month, I'm afraid it won't get better. ”

The palace people: "? ”

Have it?

Didn't you just come alive?

But the princess said yes, so naturally there is.

And Bai Yi, who came with the order, just glanced at Tianxi, and then affirmed Feng Xi's words with his eyes open, and even prescribed some drugs to Tianxi to make him groggy, so that people would immediately pour it on him after he woke up.

It was only after the others left that she asked why Feng Xi was like this.

In this regard, Feng Xi shrugged her shoulders, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were helpless:

"Tianxi was too anxious, Bengong told him not to worry, but he was still in a hurry. What if this appearance is shown to others, and they don't perform for the main palace? So Hongu had to manually tell him not to worry. ”

Bai Yi: "? ”

It's okay to do it manually......

But thinking about it, this person also gave the emperor a manual "healing" of grief, and it doesn't seem to be a big deal to give Tianxi.

Soon after Tianxi's sudden emergency, Feng Xi's discovery was secretly sent to Emperor Shengde and Qi Xiao in the next dynasty.

The two of them were obviously more rigorous than Feng Xi, and immediately checked the tax records of Mingzhou from the time of the first emperor to the present in the imperial study, and found that the more than 5,300 taels in this county were outrageous, and they were unprecedented!

After all, Mingzhou is not the richest Zhongzhou in Dazhao, it is indeed the tall one among the short ones, but what about the really tall ones?

That is to say, the tall man who farms the land is relatively good, and it cannot be compared with other state capitals where there is salt and iron, or where wealthy merchants gather.

Emperor Shengde is not a faint monarch, and it is impossible for his daughter to be too good and dazzling, and it is easy to be opposed by the courtiers.

Therefore, this tax in Minnesota is really wrong.

If Feng Xi only sensed that something was wrong and was suspected of collecting the people's fat and people's ointment, then Emperor Shengde and Qi Xiao, who knew Dazhao very well, were already sure in their hearts.

"Erchen thinks that the annual tax revenue of each county in Mingzhou is about 3,000, as long as it is exceeded, it will be suspected of scraping, and 5,300 taels must be squeezed."

Qi Xiao's face was solemn, don't think that this is more than 5,300 taels per county, and more than 26,000 taels in a state is the limit.

As the saying goes, when the water is clear, there are no fish, and when people are inspected, there are honest people among officials, but more often than not, they eat and take, and even embezzle and accept bribes.

After all, playing up and down, going out to the cards, wives and concubines, and grandchildren......

Which of these doesn't cost anything?

It is absolutely not enough to rely on that little bit of being an official.

And officialdom has the rules of officialdom, and the emperor has the emperor's treatment.

In fact, as long as these people are not too excessive, do not really affect the basic life of the people, and can hand over the taxes stipulated by the imperial court every year, the emperor will turn a blind eye.

Therefore, it is impossible for the people of Mingzhou to only pay these taxes in the hands of Feng Xi, and the more than 26,000 taxes are likely to be handed over after a round of exploitation by Mingzhou officials.

And this level of squeezing is almost enough to drag down a Ming state.

"Okay, there are a lot of Mingzhou officials, such a deceptive ability is specially used to deal with Zhaoming, a little fool!"

Emperor Ridley's Fury:

"Check! Immediately send the Dark Dragon Guard to Mingzhou, I will investigate this matter strictly! ”

However, Qi Xiao, who heard the words, shook his head and said:

"Father, the Dark Dragon Guards are all in Shengjing and various very important positions, so it is easy not to be secret. Since this matter involves the princess's mansion, let the retainers send someone there. ”

Those people want to target his little phoenix, and it depends on whether he agrees, right?