The servant represents the face of the master, and throughout the year, he needs to be given work clothes, monthly silver, and of course, food.

Yuan Bin stretched out his fingers to calculate, his brows furrowed together, and his whole face was twisted.

If there is no way to make money, he will have to go out to work to support these servants!

"Hey...... Building housekeeper, don't forget, go and get my Yulu back during the New Year, although the mosquito legs are small, but they are also a piece of meat! ”

Yuan Bin sighed, a little worried, he felt that he might really become a 'landlord' who starved to death.

As the lowest-class baron, also known as the countryman, the court will give 50 silver and 50 buckets of rice every year.

The housekeeper didn't understand Yuan Bin's sorrow, so he said that the salt ticket worth 200,000 taels was taken out and sold. At least 300,000 taels of silver can be exchanged back.

Because the salt ticket means that you can sell salt, it means that you have a background, and you can't get a salt ticket without a background.

You must know that the salt and iron are all in the hands of the imperial court, come on, the imperial court will issue these salt tickets to merchants, and merchants are qualified to sell salt to all parts of the country.

The imperial court stipulated that a pound of salt was 20 copper coins, but in fact, in reality, merchants raised the price of salt to three buckets of rice and a pound of salt, and they fluctuated between 300 and 500 wen all year round.

The salt tax accounted for most of the imperial court's tax revenue, mainly because salt was a necessity in life, and the people's lives could not live without salt.

The salt merchant is the richest type of merchant, because selling salt is really a profit, and he can sell as high as he wants.

Especially in some remote places where salt is not produced, the price of salt is really high.

The imperial court also did it deliberately, and the common people bought high salt from the salt merchants, and even if the price was high, they would point the finger at the salt merchants, not the imperial court.

When the grievances were too deep, in order to appease the anger in the hearts of the common people, the imperial court killed the chickens and monkeys, and killed the rich and oil-flowing salt merchants who raised the price, which not only fattened their own pockets, but also calmed the anger of the common people.

Although this trick is old, it is better to use, and the common people are still willing to believe in the emperor who 'beheaded profiteers in order to appease his anger'.

Although the salt ticket is hot, it is a profitable business, and many businessmen flock to it, always feeling that they have crossed the single-plank bridge very steadily and will not fall into the abyss.

Yuan Bin didn't have this kind of consciousness yet, and he didn't know how much magic weapon he held in his hand.

The family he was born in has a lot of magic weapons in his hands, and just by taking out this name, there are people who are willing to provide him with food and drink for a lifetime!

Thinking of raising a large family, and there is no way to get money, Yuan Bin is really bald.

And Yuan Bin, who was worried, was moaning innocently in the eyes of the housekeeper and Red Sleeves, but if he wanted to treat the lord as a fool, it would be a big fool.

Aren't subordinates just solving problems for the Lord?

Look at Yuan Bin's nothingness, not only did he kill the 'rebellious servant' and get back what belonged to him, but he even got along very well with the local head snake.

The local prefectural orders are all praised, close contacts, and gifts are exchanged, and it seems that they have gained a firm foothold in the local area.

Can someone who really doesn't know anything do this?

People who don't understand anything have been killed a long time ago.

And look at the local area where the lord has integrated, the closed people are a force in his hands, and look at the village chief Wang, who is already going to share power with the housekeeper.

The housekeeper and the red sleeves are both smart people who have been taught, and smart people often like to think about things very complicated.

'The master is pretending again, just once, isn't this just a test of our ability? ’

Yuan Bin is really aggrieved, but he can't say it.

Compared with the peaceful fiefdom of Yuan Bin, the situation in the capital is not optimistic.

Chapter 15

The flood in the south and the drought in the north are another year of disaster, which seems to indicate that the government of the Great Xuan Dynasty has been shaky.

The land area of the Great Xuan Dynasty is large, and there are always places where the wind and rain are smooth, and it is a bumper harvest year, of course, it is necessary to hand over grain.

It is also not a way for the victims to rush to the capital.

After all, even if the harvest is not in place, it is necessary to pay grain. The people also pay the poll tax, and even many local officials, in order to get 'three years of Qingzhi County, ten taels of white silver', will increase taxes skillfully.

Even if the people can't eat, sell their children and daughters, they still have to pay the taxes they should pay, and if they don't pay their lives, they won't be protected.

If the land on which they depend for their survival is sold, then the common people might as well die.

In the year of harvest, the people barely survive, as long as it is a disaster year, the people have no room to parry.

The grain in the field was not harvested, and they were directly reduced to the victims, so they were forced to leave their hometowns and find a way to survive.

There are also some places where the grain in the field is not harvested, and it is not easy to get a little grain, but before I can eat it, it is forcibly taken away by the government.

After all, for the officials of the imperial court, the annual tax harvest or not represents their own political achievements.

Only good political performance can be promoted, and promotion is for more interests, so in order to whitewash the peace and for their own political achievements, many officials can do anything.

As for the lives and deaths of the common people, who cares?!

The Royal Palace, the Golden Luang Palace.

"The victims of the disaster gathered in the capital, less than a hundred miles away, and they could rush to the capital within a day! Why don't civil and military officials speak? Let's talk about what to do! ”

Emperor Wen Li shouted angrily and threw the teacup in his hand directly to the ground.

"The emperor forgives the sins, and the ministers deserve death."

The civil and military officials have no other words, just this sentence, this sentence is said over and over again.

Emperor Wen Li and Empress Dowager Chen found that these officials usually sow discord one by one, and the struggle between factions can all come up with suggestions.

Now it's time to get down to business, and no one can rush forward.

Even Taiwei Yuan looked at his nose and nose, nose and mouth, closed his mouth and waited for the excitement without saying a word.

Emperor Wen Li is getting more and more angry, he was so angry at a young age that he couldn't be angry and vomit blood.

In the end, Prime Minister Gao stood up, the little emperor was his son-in-law, and he still couldn't give up until he had to.

Of course, Prime Minister Gao was not so selfless, using the food of the imperial court to relieve disasters and achieve his reputation.

"The minister thinks that it will only take half a year to follow the ancient law, provide disaster relief and save the people, and distribute relief food, and everything will be solved by dismissing the victims to return to their hometowns in the spring of next year!"

"There is no way to do this, if there are other officials who have a better way to provide disaster relief, or a way to solve the disaster victims, this official will definitely abdicate and make way for the virtuous."

Prime Minister Gao stood up at this time like a giant who turned the tide, with humility in his words.

In the ears of other officials: Whoever wants to find death should stand up!

Emperor Wen Li was moved, and he couldn't wait to recognize the thief as his father on the spot: "I rely on Prime Minister Gao!" ”

Prime Minister Gao immediately said modestly: "This is what a minister should do, and it is the duty of a minister to share the worries of His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Emperor Wenli and Prime Minister Gao Cheng are both acting, performing a big drama of kings, saints and sages.

The civil and military officials saw it in their eyes, but they were moved on the surface, and they had already scolded in their hearts.

How many times has this one been played? I can't count'

'Here again and again, the careful-eyed emperor and his old man come again,'

'I'm really drunk, the little emperor has been completely manipulated, who dares to come out? Not all the loyal ministers who came out were killed. ’

The civil and military officials who have been able to stay until now are all smart people, and the smart loyal ministers have long been killed, and the rest of the people are all masters of self-preservation.

Most of the Qing officials in the imperial court looked down on Prime Minister Gao's approach, and they were too low-grade and ashamed to be with him.

And Yuan Taiwei is the representative of the Qing official faction, he is a clean and refreshing official, and he is not attached to anyone. The main thing is that there is capital that is not dependent on others.

Yuan Taiwei is unhappy, and the consequences are serious!

The result of Emperor Wenli and Empress Dowager Chen's forcible retention was to give Yuan Taiwei a sense of crisis.

Don't follow the rules and don't take the Yuan family in their eyes, sometimes reckless people can really do something unexpected.

Seeing that the problem was solved, Emperor Wenli directly withdrew from the dynasty, and when he left, he called away Prime Minister Gao.

The civil and military officials retired, and the officials around Yuan Taiwei were from families, and everyone was from a family, so they naturally came together.

Everyone thinks the same way, it doesn't matter if the Daxuan Dynasty dies or not, as long as the family does not die, sooner or later there will be a day to come back.

Yuan Fu received a carrier pigeon.

wrote a few short sentences, and the eldest young master Yuan Zelan breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.

The recent changes have been too great, and the Yuan family originally wanted to close the world in advance to preserve their strength.

However, now the whole family can't leave the capital at all, because the forbidden army in the capital controlled by Emperor Wenli and the Empress Dowager Chen firmly controls the gate, and the magnates in the capital are not allowed to enter and leave the capital.

This can be seen that there is military power in hand, who has military power in hand, who has big fists, and who speaks hard.

At least Emperor Wenli and Empress Dowager Chen have a better control of the capital, and they have the ability to directly turn over the table.

The next ruthless, if anyone dares not to support themselves, they will be slaughtered directly, and they can be angry, and they can kill chickens and monkeys.

Yuan Taiwei didn't want to be the chicken who was killed and respected the monkey, so he could only hide it.

The eldest young master Yuan Zelan and the second young master Yuan Zezhu were glad that they were smarter and sent away the less important 'bloodline', but at least they kept one bloodline.

"It's still my father's foresight, at least the Yuan family has blood, so I have to admire."

Yuan Zelan, as the eldest young master of the Yuan family, and the patriarch of the family in the future, really has to think a lot.

"Of course my father is smart, we should have gone back to our hometown, let's see, the time is not right, let's make plans in advance. But there are fools in our family! ”

The second young master Yuan Zezhu shook his fan, with mockery in his eyes, the fourth concubine Yuan Chen was really stupid.

"The second brother is talking about the fourth brother, but I don't know if he regrets it now! Obviously, he and his third brother are one south and one north, and they are all a way out. ”

"Of course I regret it, I've been making his aunt mess around for the past few days, and I have to go out, it's extremely stupid!"

The eldest young master and the second young master were talking about things, even if it was life-threatening, they didn't see any panicked looks on the two, as if the big thing was not enough to make the two of them change their faces.

Even if the servants of the Yuan Mansion were panicked, they also calmed down under the influence of the masters who were living in order and without the slightest flustered emotion.

'Neither the master is afraid, but what are we afraid of?' ’

As for the fourth young master, Yuan Chen kept jumping up and down, and the servants said that they had seen a lot of this kind of thing, and it was not strange.

Afraid that the carrier pigeon flew to the wrong place, or that there was a mistake, the building steward released two carrier pigeons, but Yuan Fu only received one carrier pigeon.

It's a little thing, no one cares about it!

It's just that on the dirt road to the capital, a group of disaster victims drooled when they saw the fat pigeons flying.