After the Yingchun wedding, the most important thing in the royal family was the marriage of the beloved Jia Baoyu.
Jia Ke didn't worry about Jia Baoyu as much as he did Jia Yingchun, so he just left the matter to Jia Mu and ignored it.
As Jia's mother was old, she couldn't worry about everything, so the job finally fell on the Queen Mother.
Although the Queen Mother was called the Queen Mother in the palace, she did not have her own independent palace and could only live in Kangning Palace with Jia Zheng.
After taking over the errand, the Queen Mother naturally wanted to organize a decent wedding for her son.
Therefore, the Queen Mother summoned officials from the Ministry of Rites to discuss matters almost every day during this period.
Unknowingly, more than a month passed and Jia Baoyu's wedding day arrived.
On this day, the excitement surpassed Yuanchun's wedding, but on this day Jia Ke only showed his face when Jia Baoyu visited Jia's mother and then disappeared.
The civil and military ministers are not fools. When they saw Jia Ke's attitude, they naturally understood that the emperor did not want to see his younger brother.
Therefore, although many people came to congratulate Jia Baoyu on this day, they all left after sitting for a while.
After Jia Baoyu got married, the royal family had accomplished a major event. Among the next few children, only Jia Tanchun arrived, but it was not Jia Ke's turn to worry about it. Naturally, Princess Zhao took care of it for her.
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In the past, Concubine Zhao would not have the right to control Jia Tancun's marriage, but now her identity is different from the past, she is the concubine of the Supreme Emperor.
It can also be said that she is the most favored concubine of the Supreme Emperor. Naturally, countless people come to fawn over her, and according to etiquette, she is also qualified to participate in her daughter's marriage, so Concubine Zhao is very active in this matter.
Not to mention that they are worried here, besides Jia Ke is above the court, the commercial tax reform implemented this year has been very successful, so Jia Ke wants to continue his efforts and solve another thing that he has in mind.
Another thing that Jia Ke worries about is that he wants to divide the family into one family. In fact, Jia Ke is not very good at government affairs.
But after all, Jia Ke has traveled from modern times. He has been exposed to many modern TV dramas and books, and he also knows many things that benefit the country and the people.
For example, this is a method that can not only prolong the dynasty, but also relieve the pressure of ordinary people.
Dividing people into acres, also known as dividing people into land or combining land and land, is a major tax reform that abolishes the head tax (ding tax) that has been implemented in China for more than 2,000 years and merges it into land tax.
The important purpose of Jia Ke's implementation of dividing the family into one family was to greatly extend the time of the dynasty he founded, and to avoid the tragedy that happened every two to three hundred years like the original dynasty.
As the emperor of the new dynasty, Jia Ke hoped to show "benevolent government" by reducing taxes. On the one hand, the population of the previous dynasty increased significantly and it was difficult to control the household registration, which made it difficult to calculate the increase in taxation based on population. Therefore, this method was adopted to reduce the cost of collection.
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The implementation of the apportionment system meant that the proletarians had no tax burden, while the burden on landlords increased, which had a certain effect on the continued increase in the population of the dynasty, slowing down land annexation, and promoting the development of industry and commerce.
In Jia Ke's opinion, this is a good thing that benefits the country and the people, but in the eyes of landlords all over the world, this is a bad thing that greatly increases their expenses.
If an ordinary emperor wants to implement this policy, he must use iron-blooded methods like the Qing Dynasty emperor who confiscated his property to suppress those who resist in the world.
But it was much easier to get to Jia Ke, because Jia Ke was the founding emperor after all, and his military power was very secure, and the landowners did not have much power to compete with him.
Another one is that if the new dynasty wants to continue the system of the previous dynasty, there is naturally nothing to say, but it is logical to want to change the system of the previous dynasty.
Therefore, Jia Ke began to inform the civil and military officials during several major dynasties, so that they would be prepared.
As soon as Jia Ke revealed the news here, it naturally caused uproar in the city. It didn't take long for even the south to know everything.
These civil and military ministers did not have much opinion on this matter. Although they were all landlords, their main income came from Bing Jing and Tan Jing, as well as the filial piety of local officials and wealthy businessmen.
But the landowners in those places are a little confused. According to Jia Ke's method, those mud-legged people will not have to pay taxes in the future. All the tax burden will fall on them, the landowners. How can this be done?
So these people mobilized their relatives and friends and began to deliver news to the court officials, hoping that these people would say a few good words in front of Jia Ke, and it would be best for Jia Ke to withdraw his life.
But the civil and military ministers in the court naturally knew Jia Ke's temper. As long as he had made up his mind, no one could resist. Therefore, although all the property was collected, no one dared to speak nonsense in front of Jia Ke.
Therefore, in the days before the autumn harvest, Jia Ke officially issued an edict to the world. From now on, the poll tax that has existed for thousands of years will be abolished. Starting from this year's autumn tax, it will be implemented according to the method of dividing the land into acres.
What was implemented together with the work of the peasants into the farm was that the officials and the gentry worked as errands to pay the grain. This was also learned by Jia Ke and the emperor who confiscated the property.
In fact, with the deepening of land annexation, a large number of fields are in the hands of landlords and gentry, and these people are precisely the targets of exemptions, thus greatly reducing the scope of tax collection.
The integration of officials and gentry into paying grains was a powerful blow to the illegal activities of tax evasion and tax evasion in the name of preferential exemptions, which expanded the scope of the court's taxation and increased the fiscal revenue of the state treasury.
More importantly, through the policy of officials and gentry working together as errands to pay grain, the power of the imperial court began to spread to villages and towns, which caused the unspoken rule that had lasted for thousands of years for officials not to go to the countryside to begin to collapse, allowing Jia Ke to further control the entire world.
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This is also the political legacy that Jia Ke left to future generations. As long as his successors do not change these policies, the world will be further stabilized and the time for the dynasty's demise will be further lengthened.
In the days before the autumn harvest, Xue Baochai gave birth to a son safely in the palace. During this time, Jia Ke favored Xue Baochai more than Qin Keqing.
So as soon as the child was born, Jia Ke named him Jia Hui and made him the king of Qi.
Due to the birth of King Qi, Jia Ke's harem began to become turbulent.
Although Qiaolian originally gave birth to King Wu, Qin Keqing did not take this child seriously because of Qiaolian's birth.
But now Xue Baochai is different. He is a serious relative of the Jia family, and his status is no different from Qin Keqing. Now he has given birth to King Qi. This child poses a huge threat to Qin Keqing's son, King Jia Zhi of Chu.
Therefore, Qin Keqing began to shift his attention to Xue Baochai.
At this time, Qin Keqing's nanny, Zhu Lin, also started to act in Qin Keqing's ears.
"Your Majesty, now that Concubine Xue has given birth to a King of Qi, our Emperor has not yet made up his mind to establish a crown prince. I think the Emperor wants to choose a worthy son among several sons, so I think it is better for our Highness the King of Chu to come out of the cabinet immediately.
Let’s study.”
Qin Keqing nodded silently after hearing this. He originally saw that his son Jia Zhi was young, so he couldn't bear for him to go to school at such a young age. Now it seems that he must be one step ahead of others. Only Jia Zhi wins Jia Ke's favor. They
Only then can mother and son be at peace in the harem.
"Even if I agree, I still have to tell His Majesty, and then let His Majesty choose a few talented gentlemen."
Zhu Lin rolled his eyes. It seemed that now was the time to push his master out. However, his master was only a minor official from the seventh rank, and he didn't know how long it would take for him to rise to prominence.
"My dear, I do know a person who is quite talented and proficient in common things. If he comes to teach our little master, he will not only be talented and knowledgeable, but he will also not become one of those nerds who only know how to read."
Qin Keqing's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Who is he?"
Zhu Lin quickly said with a smile: "It's our new Jinshi Wang Yi this time."
After hearing this, Qin Keqing was silent for a long time, then looked at Zhu Lin and asked, "Does the wet nurse know this person?"
Zhu Lin was a little panicked when he heard Qin Keqing's question. He didn't expect that Qin Keqing, who had always obeyed his words, would actually have doubts about this matter.
But Zhu Lin still said with an unchanging expression: "This Wang Yi is a distant relative of mine. Now he is a small official in the Ministry of Rites. He is very frustrated, so he begged to be my disciple. I think he is a relative after all.
And he still has some talents, so I agreed to recommend him."
Qin Keqing pondered for a moment after listening. Now Qin Keqing also felt that his nanny was a little suspicious. How could a steward of the harem interfere with the prince's teacher? This was already an obvious deviation.
"I still have to talk to the emperor about this matter, let's see what the emperor wants."
Zhu Lin also knew that he was a bit talkative today, so after listening to Qin Keqing's words, he stood aside and said nothing.
But it was said that this day was the 15th of each month. Jia Ke came back from handling business at Yangxin Hall and went directly to Qin Keqing's Kunning Palace according to the rules.
When Jia Ke arrived at Kunning Palace, Qin Keqing had already brought the palace maids and eunuchs to greet him outside the palace.
Jia Ke got out of the car and helped Qin Keqing up in person. Then the couple went to the main hall of Kunning Palace and took their seats.
After Jia Ke sat down, Qin Keqing immediately served him tea personally.
Jia Ke took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "My beloved concubine, I haven't seen you for a few days and I see that you are a little tired."
It turned out that Qin Keqing was a thoughtful person. During this period, he began to doubt his nanny. He thought about everything about her nanny in the past few years. The more he thought about it, the more suspicious he became.
Although Qin Keqing was determined to report her nanny to Jia Ke, she also thought that she relied on her nanny for support when she was young, otherwise she might not be able to survive today.
Therefore, during the period when I went to Qin Keqing, it can be said that I was in a dilemma, and I didn't think about food and tea, so I was somewhat reduced.