wait for another year

As expected, Cui Jinghu was not a good friend, and within ten days after he entered Zhongshu Province, he gave King Su two blows.

One is that when the new emperor ascended the throne, he immediately ordered officials from various states and counties to go to Beijing to report on their duties, and then there was a big change of blood.He also imitated the old system of King Jingxi and sent some recorders to the vassals. They were called assistants in the euphemistic name, but they were actually monitoring.

The second is to change the tax system. In the past, the vassals collected taxes from the people and then handed over the custom to the court. Now, all the people pay the tax, and then the court distributes the fixed amount to the vassal.

And the first task those clerks received was to act as a tax envoy.

This means that if the harvest in Suzhou was good in the past, and it could still accumulate food, no matter how good the harvest is now, I am afraid it will have to be handed over to the imperial court.

As soon as this decree came out, the whole of Suzhou was mourning. You must know how much money you get into the government treasury, which is directly related to the livelihood of the officials. Severe punishment without lending, on the one hand, is extremely generous to the subordinates. If the tax collection is high, more salaries will be paid to the officials.Therefore, everyone in Suzhou has the same aspirations, and they all want to enrich the people and secure the people, open up wasteland by opening up business.

The candles in Suwang's mansion were kept on all night, officials including Sima Siliang and Cao were sitting in the Qinggai hall with tea, waiting for Xuanyuan Hui to speak.

"Report to the lord," the bureaucrat, who had been writing furiously, finally finished his calculations, "I'm afraid the taxes in Suzhou will be reduced by [-]% next year."

Xuanyuan Hui touched the teacup, calmly asked, "Does Zhu Qing have a good plan?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Before they came, they all guessed that this matter had already been discussed by the princes and concubines, and they had their own calculations in their hearts. Now that Xuanyuan Hui asked this question, he probably wanted to test them.

Xuanyuan Hui waited impatiently, so he casually pointed at Si Liang and said, "This matter has the most to do with you, why don't you get out a charter first."

That Si Liang was more than two rounds older than Xuanyuan Hui, but his scalp was numb from the sight of him, and he sat upright and said, "Your official thought that the imperial court came here for me in Suzhou, and I'm afraid they have already targeted me in Suzhou. If you know it well, I’m afraid it’s impossible to conceal or lie.”

As soon as he said this, the others agreed.

"The lower officials think," another person interjected, "at this point, we can only resign ourselves to fate and let the imperial court decide."

Xuanyuan frowned, "I don't agree with this statement. Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's subject on the shore of the land. This king is the King Su who was conferred by the previous emperor. All the people in Suzhou are the people of the court. The imperial court is a matter of its own duty, what do you mean by 'allowing the imperial court to slaughter'? This time, you will only be exempted from your salary for two days, and such disobedient words are not allowed to be mentioned in the future!"

The two-day salary, this punishment can be said to be extremely thin, the man couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, after all, Xuanyuan Hui's words reached Xuanyuan Hui's heart.

"Everyone listened well, just follow what the court said." Xuanyuan Hui said in a deep voice, "No matter how hard it is, you have to endure it!"

Everyone was silent, but he didn't seem to have seen it, he just glanced at Shen Mi, "Master Shen, please stay here for a while."

After the rest of the people retreated, Xuanyuan Hui immediately relaxed, leaned back, leaned cross-legged on the bed and smiled: "You said these people, why are they so restless, only thinking about the little money in their purses?"

Shen Miben was also a little apprehensive, seeing that he was so calm, he felt relieved, "I should have known that the prince is confident, and we are worrying for nothing."

Xuanyuan Hui shook his head, "It's not that I have a plan in mind, Nineteen Lang is resourceful and resourceful. He was in the same class as Cui Changning, so he naturally understands this person's temperament, so he guessed it well. Although Cui Changning's strategy is insidious, But how did he know that if we relied on Suzhou alone to feed hundreds of thousands of people and 10,000+ garrison troops, we would have starved to death long ago.”

Shen Mi also knew about Ya Luke, but he never expected Ya Luke to be so rich these years. If there was no Ya Luke, Cui Jinghu's move would be considered a coup, but now it can only be regarded as irrelevant up.

"Besides," Xuanyuan Hui frowned, "these recorders sent here have to be watched closely, if it really doesn't work, then..."

He stopped abruptly, Shen Mi nodded knowingly, and Xuanyuan Hui said again, "Besides, some people will come to vote these days, it's fine if they are ordinary scholars, but those who come from noble backgrounds, complex backgrounds, or outstanding talents Yes, I’d like to trouble Mr. Shen to check it out personally, after all, it’s really difficult to get things done by relying on such ignorant things as Suzhou.”

Seeing that Shen Mi wrote it down carefully, Xuanyuan Hui said again, "I'm afraid some of them will vote with the post from Bairi Society. Pay attention to the school examination, if someone's secret work is mixed in, there will be endless troubles."

"By the way," Xuanyuan Hui took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Does Shen Qing have a daughter who will reach Ji this year?"

Shen Mi's heart skipped a beat, and his first reaction was, is King Su finally ready to reproduce and spread his branches and leaves?

"Returning to Your Highness, the little girl Pu Liu's posture is stupid and reckless, unsuitable for a good match..."

Xuanyuan Hui was stunned for a moment, and said with a half-smile: "Oh? So Mr. Shen is unwilling to accept the matchmaker that I am protecting? Sigh, it seems that I will not be able to enter the room tonight."

Shen Mi was taken aback, "The mediator?"

"Well, he is the younger brother of the concubine. Although he is not from the original branch, he is also the son of the first wife." Xuanyuan Hui looked at Shen Mi's expression suddenly brightened, and said solemnly, "This man is sixteen years old and is traveling around. When we arrived at Jiannan Road, we happened to meet Wang Hao's men, so we decided to come to Suzhou, and now we are afraid that we have already passed Liangzhou."

Shen Mi said eagerly: "It's just the order of the parents and the words of the matchmaker. This person's marriage can be decided by himself? What's more, what kind of family is the Zhao family in Yingchuan, how can they value such a humble family as my Shen family?"

Xuanyuan Hui said with a smile: "His parents have passed away, and he has always been close to the former Yingchuan County Duke, who is also my old man. His marriage is still up to Nineteen Lang. How about after he comes, you first After seeing him, if you are satisfied, then let Ling Ai hide to see each other, and if both parties agree, it won't be too late to change the post."

Shen Mi's heart is clear - this is probably because Su Wang and his wife started to communicate up and down, so that the direct line of Suzhou and the old and the old in Beijing are connected, and they are married to the princess. It seems that they will promote themselves in the future.

Thinking of this, even though he was indifferent to fame and fortune, Shen Mi couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, stood up and cupped his hands and said, "I'll go back and discuss with Madam immediately."

"Not urgent."

After Shen Mi went out, Xuanyuan Hui took out an unopened secret letter to Zhao Xu from his sleeve, and it was signed by Cui Jinghu.