"So serious?"

Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, the smile on Emperor Zhaowu's face also retracted, and his expression was solemn.

"Then you can tell me more about it."

The eldest princess then told the local officials below, together with the wealthy gentry, up and down their hands, concealing the arrival of disaster relief food and exploiting the people.

As she spoke, Emperor Zhaowu's face became more and more ugly, and even a layer of cold sweat seeped out of his back.

The eldest princess of Ningyang only saw the misery of those people being exploited, but she did not deeply think about the far-reaching impact and huge consequences of these lands being annexed by local officials and wealthy gentry.

There are two kinds of taxes most commonly used in the Yu Dynasty, one is the poll tax, and the other is the grain tax.

The first one, as long as he is registered, has to pay taxes every year, or pay money, or do conscription to deduct it.

The second grain tax is the 35 tax mentioned earlier, but this is only for ordinary people.

For those who have a family of merit or a scholar's family, the grain tax is completely exempt.

In short, that is to say, if the land of the common people is constantly annexed and obtained by those who are famous or scholarly families, then the Yu Dynasty's tax revenue in the grain area will continue to shrink.

After the land of some ordinary people is annexed, the tax revenue will naturally decrease, and the local officials will not be able to collect the tax, and the court will investigate it, so how will it be done?

Naturally, it is privately increased, and a part of what these landless people say needs to bear is added to the heads of other landless people.

In the long run, the people will have no land to plant, no grain to pay, and they will inevitably have chaos in desperation.

At this point, then this dynasty is not far from collapse.

This is a very serious event, and at the same time it has far-reaching implications.

Throughout history, the situation of the last collapse of the country in all dynasties is basically like this.

And how long has the Yu Dynasty been established, and some people have already begun to do this, if it is not checked and balanced, I am afraid that the Yu Dynasty will not be passed down for many generations, and it will face extinction.

Seeing that his face was becoming more and more solemn, he even began to pace back and forth in the imperial study.

The eldest princess of Ningyang was also shocked in her heart.

She has had a good relationship with this brother since she was a child, so she knows him very well.

In this case, it must be a very serious matter, many times more serious than she imagined.

"Brother Huang."

Emperor Zhaowu came back to his senses this time and found that he was already covered in a cold sweat.

Seeing the eldest princess's gaze, he pulled out a reluctant smile and said; "This is very important that Zhaode said about it, if she hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought that someone would have started doing this."

"It's a wake-up call for me."

"This is really not good, our Yu Dynasty has been established for twenty years, and it is not easy to increase the number of people a little, but we can't let these people be harmed."

Seeing that she hadn't figured out the deep crisis here, Emperor Zhaowu didn't explain, nodded and said; "yes, I'll have to figure out how to clean up these people."

"Does Zhaode say how to put an end to it?"

The eldest princess shook her head.

"Also, she's still young, and it's already very powerful to see this, especially the disaster relief plan is also very good."

"Compared to the crown prince, there are also the kings of Qi and the kings of Chu, I don't know how much."

Hearing this, the eldest princess was immediately unhappy, and the king of Qi and Chu didn't care, there was no grudge, but what kind of thing is the prince? Is he worthy of his own daughter?

"Brother Huang, you use the prince to compare with my Zhaode, it's simply an insult to her."

She is not like those people outside, who dare not speak ill of the prince.

"What's that your name?"

Emperor Zhaowu instantly became angry, and his face was also dark.

The prince is a little unsuccessful, but that is also his son, in front of him, as a father, burying the prince like this, are you polite?

"To tell you the truth, let's not talk about anything else, just talk about this plan, how many years do you think the prince can come up with?"

"Let's not say that he can't think of it in his life, then it's already very face-saving."

Do I have to thank you?

Emperor Zhaowu was so angry that his liver hurt, which was too boring.

Can't you take care of your own face? He is the emperor or the elder brother, doesn't he want to save face?

"Okay, okay, I don't like to listen to you, hurry up, I don't want to see you."

The eldest princess pouted.

"Let's go, if it weren't for the fact that you were anxious, who would have come to you on this cold day."

As he spoke, he turned around directly, and just as she was about to go out, Emperor Zhaowu suddenly remembered something and hurriedly stopped her.

"What's wrong again?"

"I heard from the people below just now that the servant girl named Red Sleeves next to Zhaode sent a lot of watery vegetables to the palace, where did that thing come from?"

Hearing him say this, the eldest princess of Ningyang immediately became interested and walked back on her feet.

said proudly; "The daughter of this palace planted it, and now there are many in the village, and I can't eat it all."

Seeing her sassy appearance, Emperor Zhaowu was a little unhappy, but he was very surprised.

"Planted by Zhaode?"

"yes."

The eldest princess nodded.

"Can't finish eating?"

The eldest princess nodded again.

"Don't brag, I know that there is warm soup in that villa, and my royal family is not without such a place, and some will be planted in previous years, so how much? Can't finish eating? ”

Now the eldest princess was immediately unhappy, what is bragging?

"You don't look down on people, let me tell you, there are a lot of dishes on our villa, and you can't finish eating them every day."

"Why do you think you let Redsleeves come over a bit? That's because we can't finish eating, and we're afraid of getting old, so we gave it to you, who do you look down on? ”

Seeing that she was like a fried cat, Emperor Zhaowu was a little puzzled.

But then I was a little angry, what does it mean to send him if I can't finish eating and I'm afraid of waste? Together with our emperor, he can only eat a little bit of missed food?

It's so disrespectful.

"Really?"

"That's, I'll tell you the truth, Zhaode has come up with a thing that can grow vegetables in winter, and in our village, she has planted several points, all of which are green."

"Have you ever seen a big winter, full of green vegetables?"

The eldest princess looked at Emperor Zhaowu with disdain.

Yes, with her eyes, Emperor Zhaowu is already immune, and he can't do anything about this imperial sister, who is called his own sister?

However, he believed it a little, although his royal sister loved to quarrel with him and hurt him, but what she said was very sincere.

"What are you planting?"

"Peppers, bok choy, coriander, ginger, shallots, garlic, and courgette."

As for the corn, she didn't say it, mainly because she still didn't believe that the corn that her daughter said would be so powerful, and her daughter also said that the things have not been completely planted yet, and she doesn't know what the situation will be later.

It's better not to leak it out yet, and it's not too late to wait until everything is successful.

"So much?"

Although he was a little puzzled, what that chili pepper was, but I think it should also be a folk vegetable.

After all, there are still many types of vegetables in this world, and some of them are normal that he has never seen or heard of.

"How many times, can it be more?"

"It's just that the ones that can be eaten now are cabbage and coriander, and as for courgette, it is estimated that it will have to wait for a while."