I'm shocked! After breaking off the engagement, the emperor's uncle wants to have a fake m

Mu Qingyan was indeed hungry, so she didn't refuse.

"I have asked Doctor Yan to look after Jimin Hall for you. Your brothers and sisters are here too, so nothing will go wrong. Don't worry."

"That's true, but I own the pharmacy. I can't just sit there and do nothing, right?"

"You have hired a shopkeeper to manage things for you, and you have a doctor who sees patients in the clinic, so you can be a hands-off shopkeeper. Otherwise, you have to manage the school and the pharmacy, and you are not a supernatural being... If my brother and I were like you, and had to take care of everything ourselves, how many things would Da'an have to worry about?"

Mu Qingyan lowered her head to eat snacks, and frowned when she heard this, "My little matter can't be compared with national affairs."

Prince Ling leaned back and said, "What you did is also related to the livelihood of Da'an. The people are displaced and have no food or clothing. This is also a headache for my brother and me... This matter is very difficult..."

Mu Qingyan said casually, "Then, with so much land in Da'an, we should distribute it to the people according to the number of people in each household. If the people can be self-sufficient, how can there be starving people everywhere? Nowadays, almost all the fields are in the hands of wealthy families. The wealthy families hire the people to be tenants and work hard for them. But in the end, the harvest is sold back to the people at a high price. How can the little money the people earn as tenants be enough to buy the food whose price is maliciously raised by the rich merchants?"

The biggest problem in today's society is that all resources are in the hands of powerful people.

The rich people do not have to do any real work and instead enslave the poor people.

But the people could not even get enough food and clothing no matter how hard they tried.

Prince Ling was shocked.

It’s not that the people can’t be self-sufficient, but that this social system doesn’t allow them to be self-sufficient…

Because the vast majority of the people don’t even have a penny of land…

Or maybe they had it originally, but it was spotted by a powerful family and forcibly taken away. In order to make a living, they had to sign a contract to become tenants, but as Mu Qingyan said, even if they became tenants, they could only earn a small amount of money, which was not enough to make a living.

Moreover, the managers of the wealthy families might deceive their superiors and subordinates, take the money without paying, and deduct the wages of the tenants...

Most of the tenants were illiterate and helpless, and even if they were deducted or abused, they had nowhere to turn to...

"In this era, only wealthy families can attend private schools and learn to read and write. Poor families have trouble getting food, let alone the money to support their children to learn to read and write. But being illiterate for generations has greatly restricted their way of making a living. Therefore, generation after generation, they have become slaves who have signed death contracts with wealthy families... Being a slave means having food to eat, but if you meet a bad master, you can't say how you will lose your life..."

From ancient times to now, studying is the only way out for poor people. But in today's society, this only way out is difficult to find a smooth path, because they don't even have basic living security.

She runs a school, but can only teach a small number of people. There are so many people in Daan who can't afford food or clothes...

Thinking of this, Mu Qingyan suddenly thought of a solution that might be feasible.

"Your Majesty, if so, I can set up a charity foundation to accept donations from the wealthy merchants of Da'an, and then all these donations will be used to establish schools and charity halls. The court can make an exception and allow the talented children of these merchants to enter the government, so that they can leave the business class. Do you think it is feasible?"

This was an era in which class divisions were particularly severe.

There are four classes of people: scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Even if a merchant is extremely rich, his status in society is very low.

She believes that no one doesn't want to cross class boundaries.

If the sons of a family can become officials as an exception and leave the business class, there will be many people willing to pay some money. Moreover, it can also gain a good reputation.

Prince Ling thought for a while before speaking, "If you think this method is feasible, then I will go back and draft a memorial to my brother and ask him to make the decision."

Mu Qingyan nodded. She knew that she couldn’t be impatient.

Changing the established pattern of this society is not something that can be done overnight.

"So where are you taking me?"

"When the Qin residence was attacked before, didn't they find wolf-head tattoos on the assassins? Now we have found some clues, and I want you to take a look."

"Caught someone?"

"When my people were looking for clues about the wolf head tattoo, they happened to find that the annihilation of a martial arts sect was also related to this wolf head tattoo. All the evidence points to Prince Yong..."

Prince Yong not only maintained his own private army, he also had secret connections with various wealthy businessmen. Those who could be lured with benefits became his followers, and those who could not be brought under his wing were killed without a single person left.

Back then, the Rong family of Beiming Villa was tragically wiped out because they refused to accept the olive branch thrown by Prince Yong.

"A Shang and his team rescued a person during their investigation, but she seemed to have suffered a serious shock. Once she woke up, we couldn't get close to her. But she did have some connection with the Beiming Villa back then."

Mu Qingyan nodded silently. If this person was really related to Beiming Villa, then he might be Jiu Niang's relative, or perhaps a servant of their family.

The carriage left the city and went to a secluded villa.

This place is surrounded by mountains and water, quiet and elegant, and it is a good place to escape from the world.

Mu Qingyan soon met the person that King Ling mentioned.

It was a woman who looked young, but her black hair had already turned white. Her face was withered and dark yellow, and she leaned against a pillar in a daze, her eyes unfocused, and no one knew what she was thinking.

When she felt someone approaching, she immediately huddled up into a ball, fear in her eyes, and she screamed rapidly, "Don't come over here, don't come over here..."

"Ever since I rescued her, she has been in this state as soon as she woke up. I don't have a suitable place to put her, so I can only put her here for now."

"You guys go out first, I'll take a look..."

Prince Ling nodded and left the yard.

Mu Qingyan slowly walked over and tried to get closer to her, but her reaction was too great, so she didn't dare to get too close for fear of irritating her.

She could only squat down far away, take out the candied fruit that King Ling had given her just now, and carefully spread it out in her palm, "Do you want to eat this? It's very sweet..."

The woman smelled a sweet scent and was no longer so excited, but there was still resistance in her eyes.

Mu Qingyan placed the oil-paper bag on the railing and walked away.

The woman stared at her back until she could no longer see her. Then she slowly moved over, grabbed the oil-paper bag, held it in her arms, and laughed, "Candied fruit... My Jiu Niang likes candied fruit the most..."