Facing Liu Rong's extremely excited attitude, Feng Xi's faces couldn't help but sink.

Because the more excited Liu Rong is to see the face of the sky, the more she can explain the chaos of the situation in Mingzhou.

And they could clearly see that Liu Rong was not only excited, she was trembling, and even the expression on her face was a little twitching, so that the originally delicate cheeks looked weird and hideous.

In this regard, Feng Xi and the three of them were not in a hurry to speak, but were quietly waiting for the other party to ease their emotions, so that they could better communicate with her.

While Liu Rong eased her emotions, Zhao Xi also brought in the fourth person who came to the meeting tonight from outside.

"Weichen Li Minsheng has seen the emperor, the princess, and the concubine ......"

Li Cifu Li Minsheng was carried into the palace overnight by the Dark Dragon Guard, because he was secretly summoned by the emperor, he did not wear the court clothes that he saw the emperor on weekdays, but wore plain clothes all his life.

Don't look at him who is busy with government affairs every day, in fact, when the life of their princess Tian Yi Guiren was spread, he noticed the unusualness of Jingzhong.

And the news that his grandchildren brought back tonight also sent chills down his spine as an old man.

Fortunately, the princess is fine, otherwise the future of Jokhang would be ......

"Aiqing Pingshen, I secretly summoned you here tonight to discuss important matters, you sit down, and wait for the people in the hall to tell you about Mingzhou first."

"Yes."

Li Cifu quickly sat down on the other side of Emperor Shengde, and looked at Liu Rong who had sorted out her emotions with Feng Xi and the three of them.

"Miss Liu Rong, don't be restrained, you can come together in this Heart Nourishing Palace. Don't worry about the princess, the emperor and Li Cifu will make decisions for you. ”

Don't worry about the princess......

Liu Rong looked at Qi Xiao who was talking in surprise, wasn't this wife who defended herself like that when she was in the Eldest Princess's Mansion? Why did he ...... in front of the emperor?

Seeing Liu Rong looking at herself with flickering eyes again, Feng Xi immediately answered:

"If you have anything, you can tell me, aren't you a dog thief? Just now, the ears of this palace are about to make you cry out of the cocoon. ”

Liu Rong: "? ”

Emperor Sheng De glared at his unlucky daughter, and said to Liu Rong in a rare and gentle voice:

"According to what the horse said, if the matter of Mingzhou really has the hand of this unlucky thing, I will make the decision for you, and I will not favor this guy."

But having said that, before hearing what happened in Mingzhou, Emperor Shengde, the Ming monarch, was still a little weak-hearted.

Others may not believe it, but he is now praying in his heart to his deceased wife, hoping that she will bless their unfortunate daughter from doing any great evil.

And after getting the assurance of Emperor Shengde, Feng Xi, and Qi Xiao one after another, the worried Liu Rong finally put her mind at ease and said:

"The folk girl has lived in Qingshan Village, Qingquan County, Mingzhou since she was a child, and her father Liu Shan and mother Liu Zhang make a living by farming and hunting......"

As the saying goes, one side of the water and soil raises one side, Liu Rong's father and parents died early, and his younger brother was young, although he has never read, he is a person with an active brain.

Although he also farmed in the early years, he relied on his own diligent exploration and his lifeless posture after entering the mountain, he learned to hunt and became a famous hunter in the village.

Although the hunters are dangerous, if they can hunt foxes, deer, fat sheep and so on in the mountains, it will be a great investment.

Even if you can't hunt big prey, catching a few pheasants and hares is enough to feed your family.

Her father relied on this skill to raise his younger brother, and at the same time married the only daughter of the wealthy Zhang family in the village.

Although the Zhang family has some family background, it is a good family with a good reputation in the village, and even the only daughter Zhang who has no mother is also literate and polite.

After the mother's mother entered the door, the uncle said that he didn't want to drag down his brother anymore, so he took some coils and went away to other counties, and later heard that he was going to be a son-in-law for someone else's family. As a result, only parents, maternal grandparents and a lot of family assets are left in the family. ”

Xu is facing the emperor for the first time, and Liu Rong talks about herself in every detail, and she doesn't dare to hide it at all.

And Feng Xi and the others didn't rush her, because some things had to be listened to in detail to ensure that what the other party said was true, so as not to be confused and judged.

With the efforts of the three members of the Liu family, the Liu family soon became a wealthy family in the village, and the eldest son Liu Yin, the second daughter Liu Rong and the youngest daughter Liu Yunu were also born successively.

Among them, the eldest son Liu Yin is the best at reading, so he was sent to a private school when he urinated, and later worshipped a very good gentleman by chance.

From primary school students to children, and then from children to showmen, the current Liu Yin is just a weak crown, and he is already an excellent existence in such a family.

"As our three siblings grew up, our parents didn't want to stay in the village anymore, so they moved their family to the county seat and opened a martial arts gym in the county seat to make a living."

And this so-called martial arts hall is that some village Han people gather together for training, and live by taking care of the homes of high-ranking families, walking darts, and helping the government to arrest thieves.

Since this father Liu himself was born in Orion, not to mention that he was born tall and tall, he was also willing to bring up the villagers, so the big guys followed him.

Over time, this small martial arts hall has also become a worthy party in the county.

In addition, the Liu family and his wife are kind and charitable on weekdays, and the martial artists in the martial arts hall also like to fight unevenly, so they have gradually gained some prestige in Qingquan County.

Almost after this, Liu Rong, who is the second in the family, and Liu Yunu, who is the third in the family, have also grown up, and Liu Rong has already set a good family business.

However, the changes in the Liu family began at this time.

"Mingzhou is the fief of the princess, and there are five counties under it: Qingquan, Linshui, Tonghe, near the mountain, and Maolin. There is also a prefect above the five county orders, and there is also a prefecture city above the five counties......"

In Liu Rong's description, before her and Lu, Mingzhou's life was still good.

It can't be said that it's better, it can only be said that the people can still live.

Since five years ago, the prefect began to increase the taxes of the five counties of Mingzhou on the grounds that he wanted to make offerings to Princess Zhaoming, the lord of the fiefdom.

"...... of land tax, tax, contribution fee, and card merchant tax"

In Liu Rong's enumeration of Mingzhou's taxes, the faces of Emperor Shengde, Qi Xiao, and Li Cifu have become more and more ugly.

And when Liu Rong said that even small people have to pay taxes when they sell some vegetables, pigweed, and firewood on the street, Feng Xi, who doesn't know about harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, said:

"Why don't they rob it? Hongu thinks it's no different from directly grabbing money, okay. ”

As a result, Liu Rong said:

"If you go back to the princess, yes, if the small people don't pay taxes according to the will of the scribes and officials, the scribes and others will be flogged fifty, and half of the goods will be confiscated......"

Feng Xi: "? ”

Yes, it's really a robbery, right?

And the three of Emperor Shengde obviously know more about taxation than Feng Xi, and Dazhao does have commercial taxes, not only to fill the treasury, but also to stabilize the country's capital and prevent too many people from abandoning agriculture and business.

But greens, pigweed, firewood and charcoal are not tax-collecting goods designated by the Jokhang at all.