Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

When the prince returned to the palace, Emperor Xuan was already waiting for him in his own palace.

As soon as the prince entered the hall, Emperor Xuan couldn't wait to ask, "What is the One Whip Method?"

The prince replied, "I have found out. This tax reform is enough to enrich the treasury of Daqian without exploiting the people, but it will really offend the officials and gentry."

Emperor Xuan: "Offended the officials? How did you offend them?"

The prince uttered a few words slowly: "Officials and gentry pay taxes together, and the tax is distributed according to the land."

Just a few words almost made Emperor Xuan laugh.

I didn't know what the tax was meant to be, but I knew what it meant just from the literal meaning that officials and gentry had to pay the same tax.

All the officials and gentry in the world were asked to pay taxes together. No wonder Xu Jinyu said he was worried about his life.

As an emperor, Emperor Xuan was particularly clear about who owned all the land in the world.

The aristocratic families owned the most land. Sometimes a family owned 90% of the land in an entire city, and the people in that city were all their tenants. Over time, the people began to recognize the aristocratic families rather than the imperial court.

Xu Jinyu sold the secret recipe for making paper and printing technology, and finally broke the cultural blockade of the aristocratic families. Emperor Xuan was just looking for a reason to deal with the aristocratic families, and now the ready-made reason had come.

"Where do you plan to start, Father?"

Emperor Xuan looked up at the sky and said, "Let's go from Jiangnan!"

Jiangnan.

The prince slowly recalled the situation in Jiangnan. Jiangnan has always been a fertile land with the largest number of aristocratic families and wealthy businessmen. It is also the place with the most prosperous literary style.

Jiangnan will be the hardest bone to chew. As long as we chew Jiangnan, other places will not be difficult.

The original territories of Dai Viet and Dai Wu were actually the simplest.

Not to mention the common people, even the wealthy businessmen and officials will cooperate obediently for the sake of their own heads when dynasties change.

"Father, what if someone is unwilling to cooperate?"

Emperor Xuan showed a bloodthirsty smile: "Then kill them. Kill as many heads as possible, and kill everyone who refuses to cooperate."

The current Daqian is not afraid of any turmoil among the aristocratic families, and they cannot cause any turmoil.

"Thanks to Xu Jinyu."

Emperor Xuan sighed, the appearance of Xu Jinyu gave him the confidence to take action against the aristocratic families.

After receiving Emperor Xuan's reply, the crown prince bowed and said, "Your Majesty! I request your permission to go ahead."

"Good! My son is very courageous!"

Emperor Xuan helped the prince up, his eyes full of satisfaction.

During the morning court session the next day, Xu Jinyu walked into the court room with dark circles under his eyes.

[Oh my god, I am only a few years old and I can’t stay up late. ]

From the tone of voice and the swaying body, it was obvious that he had stayed up late last night.

Then look at Ge Qianfang, who also has black eyes.

Everyone immediately understood that Lord Xu must have stayed up late last night and was extremely excited, otherwise Ge Qianfang would not have been like this.

One of the adults asked jokingly, "Master Ge, what was Master Xu so excited about last night?"

Ge Qianfang replied like a wandering soul: "I am simply amazing!"

“I am the kindest person in the world.”

"If I do this, will the people build a temple for me to worship and offer sacrifices to me?"

Officer questioning: That’s it…

What was Lord Xu going to do? He praised himself all night.

Besides, Lord Xu is so shameless!

This is how you praise yourself.

Of course, it was more than that. Ge Qianfang looked at this curious official and uttered two words.

"smallpox!"

"Smallpox."

The words reached the curious official's mouth, and he began to stutter and his cheeks quickly turned red.

What is smallpox?

It is a disease that affects all living beings, whether they are ordinary people or wealthy people.

And once you get sick, no matter who you are, whether you are a royal family or a beggar on the street, you will die.

It is also contagious, and its 50% mortality rate terrifies everyone in the world.

A pair of hands suddenly grabbed Ge Qianfang's arm, making Ge Qianfang feel pain.

"Master Ge, what did Master Xu say about smallpox? Did she say that she has a cure for smallpox!"

Xu Jinyu has brought so many miracles to that person that he was willing to believe even something as impossible as curing smallpox.

Ge Qianfang pulled his hand out of the official's hand and said carefully, "You also know that Lord Xu often speaks halfway. She didn't directly say last night that he had a way to cure smallpox. She just kept praising herself for being beautiful and kind."

"Yes! Lord Xu must have found a way to cure smallpox, otherwise Lord Xu would not praise his own people for being beautiful and kind." The official turned his back to Ge Qianfang, tears streaming from his already somewhat dazed eyes.

"Master Ge, do you know? When smallpox broke out in our village, the county magistrate was afraid of infection, so he sent soldiers to surround our entire village. I watched my mother convulse with a high fever, and then she lost temperature little by little while convulsing."

"My sister grew stiff in my arms, and then my sister, brother, father, uncle, and uncle... one by one. The feeling of having your loved ones die in front of you and being powerless and having to watch is crazy. I will never forget it until I die."

“So…so…so…”

The official's lips trembled and he was unable to utter the following words.

"Bye~~~"

The ceremonial officer's drawn-out voice interrupted everyone's thoughts. Everyone kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, then stood up.

The prince strode out of the team.

"Your Majesty! I have something to report to you."

Emperor Xuan: "What's the matter, Prince?"

The prince held the memorial in his hand and said in a clear voice: "The tax system used by our Great Qian has been in use for more than 500 years and is not suitable for the current situation. I, your son, would like to ask your father to reform the tax system."

Emperor Xuan: "Oh~~Does the prince have any ideas?"

"I have three ideas. First, the people of our dynasty now have a little surplus, and taxes can be converted from in-kind to silver. This move can save a lot of labor and energy consumption."

"Second, my Great Qian unified the world, the land expanded three times, and the taxation is too complicated. We can merge the land tax and corvée together."

"Third, the poll tax is combined with the land tax. The amount of tax is determined according to the amount of land. Those with more land pay more, those with less land pay less, and those with no land pay nothing."

"Third, all officials and gentry must pay taxes, no matter what you do."

As soon as the prince finished speaking, an old official rushed out of the court.

"Your Majesty! No! Gentlemen do not have to pay taxes when they are not on duty. This is an old rule since ancient times. Please, Your Majesty, abide by the ancestral rules!"