Seeing that she was not blocking her, Hongmei was about to say goodbye to her and take Wu Yuli and her daughter away when she heard her speak again.
"Since the princess sister wants to entertain guests, it just so happens that the third lady and I go to sit in the princess's courtyard together."
Hongmei: "."
The princess wants to entertain guests, why would you, a concubine, join in the fun?
Fortunately, the Mou family is not a family of officials. Otherwise, they would not be able to pay attention to the prince and the princess, and let humble concubines come out to entertain guests. Who are you looking down on?
Wu Yuli didn't seem to expect that Aunt Sun would join in the fun. She had met this Aunt Sun several times before, and every time she disdained being associated with white people like them.
You actually took the initiative to join in this time?
When a few people arrived at Xia Jing's small courtyard, Xia Jing also looked at Aunt Sun in surprise. It was the sun rising in the west.
"Sister, I haven't come to visit you since I arrived in Lingnan. Are you used to living here?" Aunt Sun was very happy to see Xia Jing.
"Why are you here?"
Different from Aunt Sun's familiar attitude, Xia Jing seemed much colder.
A trace of sadness flashed across Aunt Sun's face, as if she didn't expect that Xia Jing would be so indifferent to her.
She stepped forward and bowed to Xia Jing politely, "Sister, do you have a problem with my sister?"
Xia Jing passed her directly and said to Wu Yuli and her daughter who came in behind her: "Come in and sit down."
Wu Yuli glanced at Aunt Sun, who was slightly bending her knees. After a moment's hesitation, she dragged Mou Guangzhen past her and followed Xia Jing into the house.
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Aunt Sun's face, but in just a moment she adjusted her facial expression, as if nothing had happened, stood up straight and followed everyone into the main room.
As soon as everyone sat down, Aunt Sun slowly shook the fan in her hand, holding it in a charming manner, "Sister, the whole house belongs to you to cool down. In this summer, it is really enjoyable to be here here."
Wu Yuli and her daughter naturally felt the coolness in the house. When they heard that Princess Qian's salt shop also sold ice, they were shocked and envious.
In the winter in Lingnan, it would be a miracle if it snowed, and such a miracle would never happen.
And Princess Qian is so talented, she can actually make ice. She is doing the only business in this hot Lingnan, and it is a business that makes a lot of money every day. It would be a lie to say that she is not envious.
They believed that Aunt Sun said this because she was envious and jealous of Princess Qian's ability to make a lot of money every day.
Xia Jing didn't want to guess the inner thoughts of the women below. She waited for the maid to serve tea, then looked at Aunt Sun and asked sternly: "I really neglected my duty. I didn't know that entering the palace was a punishment for you. Since today
If you speak out, my concubine will inform the prince and see how he can think of a way to relocate you."
"." Aunt Sun never dreamed that Xia Jing would act so unconventionally, and she didn't know how to respond.
If what she just said was misinterpreted by Xia Jing and the prince knew about it, I am afraid that the prince would really believe Xia Jing's lies and take her away from the palace to Zhuangzi.
Seeing that she was silent, Xia Jing turned her head to greet Wu Yuli.
Nowadays, the entire Lingnan topic revolves around cleaning up hidden houses, re-measurement of farmland, and registration in the register. Wu Yuli cannot avoid this topic.
She said: "This year our Mou family has followed the princess's footsteps and opened up a lot of wasteland. Paying taxes in the past three years has nothing to do with us. It's just that when we first arrived in Lingnan, we were not sure what crops to plant on the wasteland. What does the princess have?"
Good advice?”
Aunt Sun, who was sitting next to her, pricked up her ears after hearing this. She was also worried about this matter. She didn't know whether to plant crops according to her own needs or choose what to plant according to the needs of the market.
“Variety of grains!”
Wu Yuli didn't seem to expect that the arrangement was so simple, "Only grow food? No need to grow other crops?"
"Food is the most important. Other crops are just icing on the cake. You can grow a little in the corners of wasteland."
In today's chaotic world, food and force are the keys to survival, and other dispensable crops can be ignored for the time being.
"Don't you want to grow fruits?" Aunt Sun thinks that fruits are more expensive than grains and it is more cost-effective to grow fruits than grains.
"Fruits can be grown in small quantities. How can we eat the fruits that are all over the mountains and plains in Lingnan without the fruits?" Xia Jing glanced at her.
Aunt Sun sneered, "The princess is right, food is still important. If food was not important, the prince would not think about reform. The reason is not to collect more food."
Everyone knows that this reform of Prince Qian's Mansion is aimed at collecting more taxes and hoarding more food.
It's just that everyone understands, but they just don't want to cooperate.
Li Chengshang stood on the stage on behalf of Prince Qian's Mansion and spoke at length about the necessity of clearing out hidden households, re-measurement of farmland, registration, and the development prospects of Lingnan.
After hearing this, the people below just responded silently, saying a thousand things and ten thousand things. The people in power would say extravagant things, but they had no interest in the local powerful people.
They only know that such a reform harms their interests.
King Qian turned a blind eye to the resistance of the people below, with a sensual smile on his face, "Having said so much, what do you think about this?"
Sitting in the front row are the top-ranked aristocratic families, and the other one is Niu Debao, the commander-in-chief of the Lingnan Tunbing Guards.
He stood up and asked: "Your Majesty, this re-measurement of the land should have nothing to do with our guard station, right? All the land we have there is military land, and there can be no hidden houses at all."
King Qian lowered his head and glanced at the manuscript prepared by Mr. Zhang for him, and coughed heavily, "Ahem! Regarding your question, this is exactly what I want to announce next. The reason why I asked you to come to this meeting is
Because the guard station is also being cleaned up, and the military households must be inspected, and the military fields must be re-measured and registered, so the food and grass for the guard station needs to be proportioned according to the number of military households."
The government of the Yu Dynasty was corrupt, and many local military fields had been misappropriated by those in power. If we don't take this opportunity to straighten things out, the army's food and fodder will be a big problem in the future.
After hearing what King Qian said, Niu Debao's heart pounded. Thinking of the countless military fields under his name, he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
Seeing that Niu Debao seemed to have no objection, King Qian looked at the others again.
Tong Song, the eldest young master of the Tong family, kept waving his fan with a gloomy handsome face. His heart bleeds when he thought of the cattle and mules he had given to Xia Jing in order to please Xia Jing and befriend Prince Qian some time ago!
He discovered that since Prince Qian's palace moved to Lingnan, the Tong family, no, it should be said that the entire Lingnan family has been in a state of bankruptcy.
The Tong family, in particular, has been losing money constantly, almost to the point where they have no money left.
Before King Qian came to Lingnan, their family was firmly on the throne of the first aristocratic family in Lingnan, but now, their family is about to become a second-rate family.
Last time, they were forced to pay back the business tax on their shops, and later they were forced to pay back the tax on wasteland.
They haven't paid the huge taxes on the wasteland yet, and demon moths have begun to appear here again.
By reorganizing farmers and acres in Lingnan according to Prince Qian's rules, the government will be able to harvest several times or even ten times more grain this autumn than in previous years without having to wait for next year.
"Master Tong?"
Being called upon by King Qian, Mr. Tong stood up reluctantly, "As subjects of Dayu, the common people have always abided by the law, and they dare not have any objections to the decrees carried out by the prince."
What he said was a bit angry. He didn't dare to have any opinions, but it wasn't that he didn't have any opinions.
King Qian looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile, "In this investigation, the Tong family will be the first family to be investigated. I want to see what the situation of other aristocratic families in Lingnan is like with the Tong family setting an example."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Tong's face was as dark as ink, and ink almost dripped out.
He gritted his teeth and said: "As long as the prince acts according to the law and produces evidence, we will definitely cooperate and set an example for everyone."
"Haha. As long as you are willing to cooperate, it will be easy." King Qian looked pleased.
Seeing that King Qian could still laugh at this moment, Tong Song suddenly had doubts in his heart.
He didn't know what other trump cards King Qian had, which made him laugh even now.
It's just that everyone adheres to the mentality of taking one step at a time and watching the show.
"The laws of Dayu bind you, and they also bind me. This time, the decree will naturally be carried out in accordance with the laws."
Upon hearing this, Tong Song's ominous premonition became even stronger.
He knew that all the land account books in the government office had been burned and could not be restored again.
But why don’t you feel at ease?
He was uneasy when he heard King Qian speak again, "According to the provisions of Dayu's law, many of you have merit and fame. According to the law, those who have merit and fame have a limited amount of land tax exemption. We here
Each re-registration will be divided according to the amount of taxes you pay. The number of acres of land for which taxes are paid is added to the number of acres of land that should be deducted for merit. The calculation is basically the number of acres of land for each prince's family. Do you have any opinions on this algorithm?"
"boom!"
When everyone heard this, the discussion in the hall exploded on the spot!
This is done!
Is there such an algorithm?
Which scumbag who killed a thousand swords came up with this bad idea?
During the Yu Dynasty, there were varying levels of tax exemptions for people with high status.
In the past, everyone paid a symbolic amount of tax no matter how much land they owned.
If this standard is implemented, it means that all powerful families will suffer heavy losses.
Especially those who like to take advantage and shrink again and again until there is nowhere to shrink, they will reluctantly make a symbolic exchange.
This kind of aristocratic family is afraid that their assets will shrink by 50% to 60% after just one incident.
Everyone understood what King Qian meant, and there was a lot of discussion in the hall. Some people were anxious and distressed that their property would be confiscated by the government.
Many older heads of state couldn't bear the blow of this decree and fainted.
I don’t know if they were really fainted or if they were pretending to be fainted to avoid being liquidated.
It's just that the process of things will not stop due to someone's will, and their efforts to pretend to be stunned are in vain.
Hearing the movement in the front office in the backyard, Xia Jing hurried to the front office and found that the doctor was shuttled around the old men.
Wu Yuli was surprised and asked: "Princess, what is going on?"
Looking around again, she noticed that the old man of the Mou family and the second son of the Mou family were standing there properly. Wu Yuli seemed to feel relieved, but also a little disappointed.
Xia Jing said in a good mood: "Maybe these people are not in good health and fainted from the heat!"
Seeing Xia Jing coming, King Qian, who was coming towards her, heard these words, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. His princess's ability to tell lies with open eyes improved.
The front office was in a mess, so King Qian left the remaining matters to two gentlemen and several sons to solve.
He invited Xia Jing, "Princess, would you like to go to the king's courtyard to have a cup of tea?"
Xia Jing looked back at Wu Yuli and her daughter, and smiled apologetically: "It may not be convenient, I still have my female family members here."
"It doesn't matter, let's go sit together while you're here." King Qian's dandy nature was that he didn't care about the defense between men and women.
In his opinion, this is not a big deal.
The people who came here in the last days of Xia Jing didn't even care about the defense of men and women. They just made a random excuse just now, but now that they saw that King Qian was sincerely inviting her, they agreed because they were afraid that he might have something to discuss with her.
The group arrived at the small courtyard where King Qian lived, and Anu immediately arranged for people to serve the masters.
Sitting down in order of priority, King Qian noticed Aunt Sun coming over and asked, "Why is Mrs. Sun with the princess today?"
If he remembered correctly, the wife and the concubine hated each other.
Before Xia Jing could speak, Aunt Sun responded first: "I don't know what crops to plant in the wasteland outside the city, so I took advantage of my free time today to go to my sister for advice."
As she said that, she smiled gratefully at Xia Jing: "With my sister's advice, I can now be aware of everything."
"Oh." King Qian looked at Xia Jing with interest, waiting for her to explain.
Xia Jing took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and rolled her eyes at him, "What opinions can I have? It's just that I want to grow more food."
King Qian smiled and nodded: "Food is the most important thing for the people, and the princess's opinion is in line with my wishes."
After listening to their conversation and watching their interaction, Aunt Sun rolled her eyes obscenely and cursed in her heart: Bitch, you are still seducing men here at your age, how shameless!
Xia Jing didn't know what Aunt Sun was thinking. Otherwise, if she just slapped her, how could just saying a few words be regarded as seductive?
This was the first time that Mou Guangzhen had such close contact with King Qian. At first, he nervously shook the handkerchief.
Slowly, her excitement calmed down, and when she saw King Qian looking at Princess Qian tenderly and affectionately, she felt so sad that her hands unconsciously started to stir the handkerchief again.
Queen Qian suddenly felt a scorching gaze on him, and at first he thought it was Aunt Sun.
However, he turned around to look for this line of sight, and happened to meet Mou Guangzhen's eyes.
Mou Guangzhen's eyes narrowed sharply, she composed herself and smiled at him, then lowered her head in embarrassment.
King Qian was stunned by this little girl. What was going on?
Based on his decades of experience in love affairs, he knew what this little girl meant.
He looked back at Xia Jing, thoughtfully!
Xia Jing's head was numb when King Qian stared at her, "What on earth do you want me to do here? If nothing happens, I will send the guests back first."
King Qian waved his hand, "We'll talk about it later. You go and see off the guests first."
Sitting back in her carriage, Mou Guangzhen opened the curtains and glanced at the government office behind her. After putting down the curtains, she said, "Mom, I didn't expect the princess to be so generous."
Wu Yuli was confused after hearing this, "What did the princess do to make you think she is generous?"
Mou Guangzhen didn't know what she was thinking of and smiled sweetly.
She looked at Wu Yuli and said, "Didn't you notice that when we came out of the prince's yard, Aunt Sun didn't come out with us? I think she must have stayed to serve the prince. She was indifferent to the concubines competing for his favor.
, what is it but generosity?”
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