"Prince! The big families are starting to make trouble!" Liu Changan walked in nervously and said.

Zhao Qian raised his lips and showed a sneer, "It's true! But why are they making trouble?"

"The people of several nearby prefectures and counties were motivated to ask for letters from all the people, and asked the prince to release all the clerks and demote the treacherous villains Zhou Xin, Feng Shenji, Song Baiyin and Sun Pengyuan to other places." Liu Changan said nervously.

"They really dare to think about it! They dare to put forward such conditions!" Zhao Qian's face turned slightly dark.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Qian asked: "Send people to find out how many people have these big players mobilized at present!"

"Yes!" Liu Changan shouted, bowed his hand, turned around and retreated.

"Wait!" Zhao Qin called out to Liu Changan who had turned around and ordered: "Go and call Mr. Gongsun here first!"

Liu Changan responded again. Not long after, Gongsun Xuanxu, who was wearing a bright yellow Taoist robe, came to Jingdetang.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Zhao Qian stood up and said sincerely.

Gongsun Xuanxu was not adapted to the weather in the south. Although Zhao Jin had ordered that soldiers who went south were not allowed to drink raw water and take a bath frequently. The clothes were scalded regularly with boiling water, and a large amount of medicine was prepared. Even so, it was not easy to overcome the situation. As for the imperial guards, in the past six months, the imperial guards had 46 soldiers who died of illness in the army. Fortunately, the situation has been controlled now.

Gongsun Xuanxu, a literati, was naturally no better than these imperial guards. Although Zhao Jin specially invited a doctor to take care of her, Gongsun Xuanxu's illness was still intermittent. Zhao Jin asked Gongsun Xuanxu to go back to Bianliang. Gongsun Xuanxu said seriously: "It is the mission of a strategist to give advice to the lord. If you cannot help the lord, this strategist would be better than to die! And if I died in Guangnan, I would not regret it! As early as seven years ago, I was in the death penalty. Now I have earned God's lifespan for seven years. What else can I not satisfy?"

"I am afraid! Your Majesty should sit down!" Gongsun Xuanxu hurriedly bowed.

After Zhao Feng sat back, Gongsun Xuanxu got up and asked, "The prince is looking for me, what's wrong?"

Zhao Qian handed the letter Liu Changan brought to Gongsun Xuanxu. He said, "This is a clerk from the local Imperial Academy. It contains some small actions of those big families. Compared with this, it contains the people who are willing to be very stubborn!"

Gongsun Xuanxu took the letter with a thoughtful look, looked carefully two or three times, then took his eyes off the letter and said a little hoarsely: "Prince, you can promote the affairs of corrupt officials in the "Guangnan Qi Mind Mansion Newspaper" you just founded."

Zhao Qian shook his head and said, "I have thought about it. And how could this great corruption be reported in the Guangnan Qi Mind Palace Newspaper? I think the reason why these people agree with these clerks is because although the clerks are embezzling, they are also helping the people!"

Gongsun Xuanxu was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "Whether the prince is talking about some hidden houses?"

Zhao Jin nodded and said, "That's right. Officials help the people hide their household registration. The people's land naturally does not have to pay taxes. As a cost, they just need to hand over half of the tax that should be paid to the court to these big households, and the clerks can do it. Of course, there are naturally those who are bullied, but those people are afraid that they have not thought too much about blood. Even those big households can encourage them to participate in this petition for the people together!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Qian couldn't help but get angry at the desk and said, "Damn it! Don't these foolish men and women know that this king did this for their own good? He actually helped these wealthy families who eat people and don't spit out bones!"

Gongsun Xuanxu smiled bitterly and said, "Prince, say you are so kind, I hope you don't get used to it!"

"Who do you think of me as a king? You and I are the master ministers, but they are really close friends. What can you say?" Zhao Qin looked at Gongsun Xuanxu with a little blame.

Gongsun Xuan smiled silently and said, "Prince, although I have been a bandit in the past, many of them are not extremely vicious people. The reason why they become a bandit is because the court is too harsh! There are not many taxes on the surface, but there are many miscellaneous taxes, especially a large number of them that have flowed from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms!"

After a pause, Gongsun Xuanxu said, "The prince has also made wine. He knows that wine needs to be used for big qu, and big qu can only be sold by the official store. Although the main store can be made by itself, it has to charge high qu money (wine qu tax). Therefore, the price of a wine shop has always been quite high, right?"

Zhao Chen didn't understand why, but nodded and said, "Yes, there's nothing about it! I have always believed that wine is a luxury. Although the imperial court's taxes are high, they all earn money from big players. It's worth making wine more expensive!"

Gongsun Xuanxu smiled disapprovingly and said, "Prince, do you know that the money for the qu is not only obtained by the winery?"

Zhao Qian asked in confusion: "What is the money that is not only available to the wine merchants? Isn't it only available to the wine merchants?"

Gongsun Xuanxu suddenly coughed, and Zhao Qian stood up. Gongsun Xuanxu reached out and made a gesture of nothing. Zhao Qian knew that Gongsun Xuanxu was very tough, so he looked at Gongsun Xuanxu helplessly and sat back. After a while, Gongsun Xuanxu recovered and straightened his back that was bent because of the cough, and said, "Don't worry, prince, I think these are just minor illnesses, and I'm used to it!"

When Gongsun Xuanxu saw that Zhao Qian wanted to speak, he immediately knew Zhao Qian's intention. Without waiting for Zhao Qian to speak, he had already taken the lead and said: "As for the matter of Bianliang, the prince doesn't need to say much!"

Zhao Qian nodded helplessly and said, "I understand, but sir also needs to take good care of your health!"

Gongsun Xuanxu nodded and said, "Of course, although God has earned seven years of life, who doesn't want to make more money? By the way, where did we just talk about it?"

Zhao Qian thought for a while and replied: "It seems that the money is not just about the things that the winery has!"

Gongsun Xuanxu nodded and said, "Yes! Yes! That's it. This song of money will also be available to ordinary people!"

Zhao Qian touched his chin, which had not been stored for a long time, and said, "What do you understand?"

Gongsun Xuanxu sighed and said with a bit of sorrow: "That was left by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. At that time, wars were in full swing. The vassal states all tried their best to pay the money, so they asked the farmers to pay the money. On the summer and autumn fields, they collected koji (same as 'ko') money on each mu. Of course, the court would not say that, but said that the people had private brews, and they were forbidden and not stopped, and they asked the people to pay the money and came to pay taxes for these private brews!"

Zhao Qian was silent.

Gongsun Xuanxu continued: "Not only is this awesome tax, cowhide is an important material for making armour. Beef tendons and horns can be used to make bows and bowstrings. During the Five Dynasties, the wars were endless. No matter which vassal state, it was strictly forbidden for the people to buy and sell cowhides and other goods privately. After the ox died, all the skin and bones had to be handed over to the government, and the government paid a very small amount of money. During the Mingzong of the Later Tang Dynasty, only a little salt was given to farmers as cowhides. Later, cowhides were not paid. Finally, the system was stipulated that cowhides and cowhides were paid, and cowhides were paid to those without cowhides. In the Later Zhou Dynasty, cowhides and cowhides had to be paid according to the land acres."

After a pause, Gongsun Xuanxu continued: "Originally, there was not much war in our Song Dynasty, and it should have been abolished, but now there is still. The most ironic thing is the tax on agricultural tools. Agricultural tools are necessary for the people to farm, just like people need to breathe and eat, so they all need to pay taxes. It is just because the agricultural tools made by the government in the Later Tang Dynasty were high and the quality was poor, and the people mostly made their own agricultural tools, and the tax orders issued. The imperial court was abolished at this time and is now abolished. However, I heard that the war was going to start in Xixia, and I was afraid that the tax on agricultural tools would not last long for many days! "

Gongsun Xuanxu became more and more angry and said hatefully: "There are also the 'hebu' and 'hebu' in the early days of the country. At first, the imperial court meant that according to the amount of silk and grain, the government assigned the purchase quantity and paid some money, but later the officials did not give the money and took it for nothing. Later, the silk or grain and rice collected were converted into cash and ordered the households to pay it. "Hebu' and 'hebu' and 'hebu' became common burdens for the people."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Xuanxu concluded: "The government is so harsh, how can we not let the people treat the government like a wolf? Although the large households are not good, they are somewhat concerned about local feelings. Speaking of which, they pay more attention to the mercy than the government. They know how to be rushed and leave some room for ease!"

Zhao Qian rubbed the muscles on his face and asked in a low voice: "So that's what I did wrong?"

Gongsun Xuanxu shook his head firmly and said, "Prince, the original intention of the court is good! But why did it deteriorate later? It was all because of the clerks below. In fact, a considerable number of these miscellaneous taxes went to the clerks! The prince founded the Imperial Academy and issued the integrity-raising silver, so that the people could live and work in peace and contentment?"

Zhao Feng said bitterly: "After hearing what the sir said, I feel very happy. It turns out that what I did is not useless! It is just that the petitions made by the rich people are too difficult to deal with. These are the people! There is no way to do it, and the hard ones will destroy the hearts of the people on Guangnan West Road! These wealthy families are threatening the people to command me!"

Gongsun Xuanxu looked disdainfully and said, "Do you know what the people's hearts are?"

Zhao Qian said without hesitation: "What the people think and what the people want are all for the people!"

Gongsun Xuanxu shook his head firmly and said, "The prince is wrong! People are not wise, they are all foolish men and women. They are like a big river, and they can only move forward ignorantly. They are also the most likely people in the world to forget hatred. Even if the prince kills people, they will forget it if they cannot be ten years!"

Zhao Qin looked at Gongsun Xuanxu in a daze in a dao robe. Is this guy a Taoist priest, or a demon with a horn on his head, a bat wing on his back, and an arrow on his butt? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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