Funing, where Ji Yuchen works.

All the people in the city looked sad, and many of them burst into tears.

Since Ji Yuchen took office, the tax system has been rectified, resulting in a huge increase in government revenue. In addition to being handed over to the court, bridges and roads have been built, schools have been built, and medical clinics have been built to provide free medical treatment for the elderly.

The government invested and led the people to reclaim wasteland and plant fruit trees, medicinal materials and food.

Open a mine, build a processing department by yourself, and teach the people the skills.

The government rents fishing boats, nets and other tools at low prices to the common people, allowing them to catch fish and shrimp.

Under Ji Yuchen's rule, the government is no longer a high-ranking lord, but someone who actually helps the common people live a better life.

He didn't send money directly to the people, but in the process, he didn't know how many people's lives became better

The whole of Funing, after a period of time, has already become thriving.

The people are all striving for a better life.

Most people are grateful for his kindness.

Now, he is dead.

It was raining in Funing, under the dark sky, in the drizzle, the people gathered in groups on the way out of the city.

Ji Yuchen's coffin came out.

Several yamen servants carried a thin coffin.

This is what Ji Yuchen prepared for himself.

His relics are only a thin coffin, a few ancient books, and some clothes.

His salary was also donated by him.

People gathered around both sides of the road, crying one after another.

Ever since they could remember, Ji Yuchen had been the best parent to them.

"Why? God just let Master Ji go!"

"That's right, let's see the better."

"Master Ji"

Regardless of adults or children, watching the coffin slowly leave the city, they all exude endless sadness.

In the imperial capital, Su Wen read the letter in his hand.

He breathed a sigh of relief, with a trace of sadness on his face. This kind of person is admirable. He said casually: "This old guy has found the wrong person. Where can I find him an heir?"

Su Changqing smiled and said, "It's all up to you. By the way, there is one more thing. On the way to Funing for the funeral, Ji Yuchen's family members encountered bandits. The whole family was killed, and none of them survived."

Su Wen clenched his fists, Ji Yuchen deliberately did not bring his family with him when he went to Funing this time.

He left his family in Jiangzhou.

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Su Wen stared at Su Changqing, and asked seriously: "Su Xiang, how do you plan to deal with this matter?"

Su Changqing didn't answer, got up and took out a stack of memorials and letters.

Putting it beside Su Wen, he said, "This is the memorial that Ji Yuchen sent during this period, and there are some correspondence."

"The taxes in Jiangning are more than three times higher than before, so the government has the money to do things that benefit the people."

"As for the common people, their lives are indeed better, especially those who are suffering at the bottom."

"He also discussed with those old friends about the next step."

Su Wen shook his head slightly: "Su Xiang, I'm asking, how do you think Ji Yuchen's death should be handled? I'm not interested in how much he has changed!"

Su Changqing felt the faint anger contained in Su Wen's words.

But he still unhurriedly took out another memorial and placed it in front of Su Wen.

"Your Majesty Zhu Pi, Ji Yuchen made great contributions to the country, died of illness in a foreign country, and the whole country is deeply saddened. I posthumously give you the title of loyal trustee."

Su Changqing said: "Since ancient times, civil servants have not been granted marquis status, but posthumous titles are not included in this category. Ji Yuchen can be regarded as a posthumous name."

"Hehehe!" Su Wen laughed, and he laughed very sadly.

He captured the key points in Zhu's criticism.

died of illness?

In other words, is it because Emperor Zhou doesn't want the matter to be pursued further?

"Why? Can you tell me why?" Su Wen asked.

Su Changqing said flatly: "Maybe it's because His Majesty doesn't want to tear himself apart with some aristocratic and powerful families at this time!"

"The matter of Funing seems a little bit, but it is actually a temptation by His Majesty. He is testing, what step Ji Yuchen does will make these people rebound!" Su Changqing said calmly: "Especially now, the northern border war Tighten up! Your Majesty needs the support of those nobles even more!"

"To put it bluntly, how many masters can come out of the common people? How many masters are there among the rich and powerful?"

"Taking a step back, even if there are masters among the people, they are not ordinary people and will soon be absorbed into the elite class."

Su Changqing looked at Su Wen and said, "Ji Yuchen is fighting against the most powerful class in the entire Zhou Dynasty! Up to the court, down to the local government, I don't know how many people want him to die! This power, even Your Majesty, cannot ignore it."

"Do you think His Majesty will protect the powerful or the common people? You have to know that even you and I are rich and powerful! Those who are willing to share profits will always be in the minority."

Su Changqing said coldly: "So, from the very beginning, your policy is doomed to fail, because in the end, Ji Yuchen loses His Majesty's support, and there is only one end for him!"

"Your Majesty is just using Ji Yuchen as a test, and that's about it. Your Majesty will promote the current tax system throughout the country, but will not further deepen the reform of the tax system."

Listening to Su Changqing's words, he recalled Emperor Zhou.

Su Wen suddenly understood why Emperor Zhou didn't seem to care too much about that strategy.

From the very beginning, he had no intention of actually taking action against the nobles of the aristocratic family.

It's just that the interests are redistributed.

And Ji Yuchen is the ruler, if the ruler can't bear it, it's almost done.

"Then why did you kill Ji Yuchen's family?" Su Wen squeezed out a question between his teeth.

Su Changqing shook his head and said: "Killing his whole family may not be His Majesty's will, maybe it's just some powerful family to vent their anger. There is no way to investigate this kind of thing."

"It's not bad. At least according to the current situation, the life of the people will be much easier." Su Changqing said.

Su Wen felt cold all over.

He suddenly discovered that the emperor who protected him so much in the deep palace was so ruthless.

He thought of Yan Ze's words.

Calmly disgusting.

Yes, from the moment he directly gave up the cities of northern Xinjiang to this matter, Su Wen felt it very clearly.

Emperor Zhou was so indifferent.

In his eyes, everyone is a tool.

Both have value.

It is nothing more than high or low value.

Su Wen looked at Su Changqing, and said in a deep voice, "What about Ji Yuchen? Is his death the end of it?"

Su Changqing didn't speak.

But Su Wen knew, so what if he didn't count?

Royal Pen Zhu Criticism!

Who will check? Who will care?

Su Wen came out from the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Walking down the street blankly.

He suddenly thought of Su Changqing's joke.

"Leaving Zhou Kingdom? Going to Dachu?"

"Is Lao Su joking, or is he giving me another choice?"

While walking, Su Wen suddenly saw some people gathering together.

He leaned over and saw a scholar standing on a high platform, talking loudly: "Ji Yuchen's actions are all about taking advantage of the people and making a name for himself. He took money from the rich to help the poor. For the rich, what is the difference between robbers and robbers? Are the rich not the common people?"

This is the literary debate platform in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Many scholars usually gather here, and they can speak freely if they have any opinions.

"Fuck your mother!" Su Wen rushed forward with one stride.

He shouted angrily: "What are you, you dare to speak nonsense here?"

Normally, Su Wen might laugh it off when he heard this, but at this time, Su Wen couldn't bear it no matter what.

The man looked at Su Wen and said, "Bailu Academy, Zhao Jingzhi!"

"Who are you?"

Su Wen sneered and said, "Who do you care about me? You just listen to me when I talk to you!"

Zhao Jingzhi flicked his sleeves and said disdainfully: "It turns out that he is a person who dare not even report his name! I am ashamed to argue with you!"

Su Wen slapped him and said, "Did I ask you to argue? I told you to listen!"

"How do you hit someone?"

"That's right! What's your reason for beating people when you come up?"

"Get off!"

The scholars who were watching the fun were also unhappy, Su Wen shouted: "Shut up!"

After he yelled, he looked at the scholar and asked, "Let me ask you, what are you doing in court?"

"Naturally it is to rule the country and secure the country!"

"Is that idealized to let all the people live a good life?"

Zhao Jingzhi replied: "That's right! But so what? Could it be possible to exploit the rich and help the poor?"

Su Wen said coldly: "Let me ask you again, are those wealthy people the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

"Of course it is."

Su Wen said in a deep voice: "Then I will tell you! Every citizen must bear the corresponding responsibility, whether you are willing or not, you must bear it!"

"For example, the common people protect their homes and defend the country! If you think like you, everyone is afraid of death, why should you let them go to the battlefield? Why don't you go to the front line in northern Xinjiang? For example, if the common people serve corvee, why don't you go to serve corvée?"

Zhao Jingzhi argued: "I am a scholar! I am a scholar, and I have fame! There is a law system in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and scholars do not need to serve corvee!"

Su Wen spat in one gulp: "Bah! Now I think of the law system? Ji Yuchen's tax system, approved by His Majesty, is the imperial court's regulation. What's the problem with obeying it after it is issued? When you ask for money, you exploit the rich and let you obey." I’m the only scholar in the corvee? How many scholars are there? According to what you said, the rich and the poor are the same, so you naturally want to be the same as the common people, so you should go to the battlefield!”

Su Wen sternly said: "It is their responsibility to make them pay more taxes according to the regulations of the imperial court! All the people of my Great Zhou Dynasty must abide by it. If you say that all classes have equal responsibilities, then you let the imperial court officials go to the front line with big swords on their shoulders. After surviving, come back to govern the country, right? Everyone has to be equal, right? First serve all the corvee and make up for it!"

"You are messing around! My lords, how can you do this?"

Su Wen said strangely: "Oh! Oh! It can't be like this now? Is it possible that you are born to be that high-ranking adult, but you don't care about the life and death of the poor and poor people?"

"The rich have the responsibility of the rich, the poor have the responsibility of the poor, the scholars have the responsibility of the scholar, and the officials have the responsibility of the official! This is what should be shared, and Ji Yuchen is in charge of building roads. Will the rich leave? Opening a school, can the children of the rich go to it? Building a medical center, treating the elderly for free, has it ever divided the poor and the rich?"

Su Wen said in a deep voice: "The poor are already poor, but they pay taxes as much. The rich have more money and live a rich life, so they should bear more responsibilities. Did you read the sage book into the dog's stomach? You become an official Isn't it to take on more responsibilities for the country, is it to make money? People like you are not worthy of being an official for the rest of your life!"

In fact, Su Wen also knows that most people become officials because they want to get ahead and gain benefits, which is understandable, but if they don't even have a sense of responsibility and compassion, then it would be better to be an inappropriate official.

Originally, the subordinates thought that Su Wen was messing around.

But as soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately applauded loudly.

In fact, one of the functions of the tax system is to adjust the gap between the rich and the poor so that more people can live better.

Because this is the conclusion produced after a highly developed society.

But in this era, in most people's minds, the tax system is still mainly made to maintain the operation of the court.

This is a conceptual gap created by different times.

To put it bluntly, before Su Wen crossed over, the tax systems of almost all countries were the same. People with more income paid more taxes and relatively assumed more social responsibilities.

Many tax evaders, to put it bluntly, are extremely selfish and irresponsible.

I only want to enjoy the benefits, but I don't want to pay anything.

Zhao Jingzhi was dumbfounded by what Su Wen said.

How could he speak of Su Wen?

What's more, his remarks were short-sighted.

After refuting, Su Wen didn't want to stay any longer, stepped off the stage quickly, and squeezed out of the crowd.

walked out.

Su Wen really can't bear to be slandered after everyone is dead.

But he had just walked not far, and stopped Su Wen by himself.

It's a maid, she said softly: "Sir, my lady would like to ask you to explain."

Um?

Su Wen was taken aback, please explain?

Unfortunately, Su Wen was not in the mood, and said in a deep voice, "Sorry, I'm not interested!"

After finishing speaking, she was about to leave. The servant girl hurried up and said anxiously: "Sir, you must go. My lady has spoken. If I can't take you, I will be punished. You were on the stage just now. Then Like justice and words, you can't see a little girl like me being punished?"

Su Wen laughed.

He didn't stop on his feet, and said: "Your lady punishes you, just go back and raise it."

Su Wen didn't believe her.

At this moment, a man rushed over.

Arriving in front of Su Wen, he bowed and said, "My young lady is upstairs on the other side, please don't refuse, sir!"

Su Wen felt helpless, isn't this a dog skin plaster?

However, he didn't want to expose his cultivation, so he thought about it.

Then they went to the restaurant next to them.

"The top floor is reserved by my lady, and the husband can go up by himself."

The two obviously had no intention of following.

Su Wen went upstairs by himself.

On the top floor, there are fences all around, which is extremely open.

As the breeze blew, a woman in Tsing Yi stood on the edge of the fence, looking down at the downstairs.

When she heard Su Wen coming up, she turned her head and said with a smile: "Mr., I just heard Mr.'s wonderful talk. It's very exciting. Please come up and talk about it."

This woman has fair skin, long black hair hanging down, beautiful eyebrows, a pair of clear and bright eyes, exquisite facial features, she can be called the ultimate beauty.

Su Wen raised his eyebrows, he knows this guy!

It was the fifth princess, Zhao Xuanxuan, known as the most talented woman in Kyoto.

However, he cannot reveal his identity.

He could only pretend not to know her, cupped his hands and said, "Miss, I don't know what you called me here for?"

Zhao Xuanxuan stretched out her hand slightly, and said, "Sir, please sit down, let's talk slowly."

Su Wen rolled his eyes, sat down directly, and said, "Let's be honest, not everyone is as comfortable as Miss, and I'm still trapped by my livelihood."

Zhao Xuanxuan shook her head slightly, and stretched out her hand. There was an extra ingot of gold in her hand. She shook her palm slightly, and the gold flew straight onto Su Wen's table.

Zhao Xuanxuan smiled and said, "Sir, don't be impatient, the little girl has no malicious intentions."

Su Wen picked up the gold ingot, looked at Zhao Xuanxuan deliberately pretending to be suspicious, rubbed the clothes again, put it in his mouth, took a bite, and said with a smile: "Then thank you, miss."

Zhao Xuanxuan asked curiously, "Sir, do you know me?"

Su Wen denied without hesitation: "I don't know!"

She laughed: "Then why did you put on a gesture to make me feel disgusted?"

Uh. I didn't expect this guy to be too stupid.

But Su Wen naturally wouldn't admit it.

"My name is Li Qingxuan. I am very happy to meet you today!" Zhao Xuanxuan said.

Su Wen sneered in his heart, he's still lying to me, if it wasn't because of your father, why would I be in such a bad mood?

"Then what?"

Su Wen's straightforwardness made Zhao Xuanxuan a little confused. All along, everyone who saw her was basically polite. How could anyone be so rude?

This is true, even Su Wen, in the process of meeting her a few times, was not too rude.

"I just admire your views and talents, and I would like to ask you to discuss the tax system of senior Ji Yuchen." Zhao Xuanxuan said with a frown.

Su Wen curled his lips and said, "What's there to talk about? Everyone is dead, that's all."

Zhao Xuanxuan shook her head and said, "That's not the case. Mister doesn't know something. This old gentleman's tax system is not just about these."

"Um?"

Su Wen was taken aback.

Logically speaking, if the memorial was sent to Emperor Zhou, no one should know about it, right?

His eyes narrowed slightly.

How did Zhao Xuanxuan know?

I just heard Zhao Xuanxuan say: "By chance, I have heard people say that this tax system is just the tip of the iceberg. Once it is fully implemented, it will shake the country's foundation. It looks good, but it is actually a disaster! "

Su Wen's thoughts changed sharply.

Who said this? Emperor Zhou?

Su Wen became patient, shook his head and said: "I don't know the whole picture, but from the current point of view, I think this is a strategy that benefits the country and the people!"

Zhao Xuanxuan smiled proudly: "So please listen to me slowly, sir."

Then, the little girl stopped talking, as if you came to ask me!

Su Wen said helplessly: "In that case, I would like to ask Miss Li to enlighten me!"

Zhao Xuanxuan began to speak eloquently.

Su Wen listened quietly.

As Su Wen thought, this Zhao Xuanxuan actually told all the tax system one by one, and I have to admire this woman's good memory.

Ji Yuchen's notes were almost complete.

After she finished speaking, she frowned and said, "Do you think this is a strategy to shake the foundation of the country?"

Su Wen looked at Zhao Xuanxuan, and asked with a smile: "Why do you say that this plan shakes the foundation of the country?"

Zhao Xuanxuan did not hide anything, and said truthfully: "This strategy seems to be subtle, but it is actually mobilizing the interests of all the nobles, officials, and wealthy families of the Great Zhou. These people are the real foundation of the Great Zhou. Once it rebounds, the power will Even today's sage may not be able to suppress it. At that time, there will be officials in the court who are passive and sabotage, and wealthy families outside will make trouble in places far away, and the powerful and generals will be dissatisfied. If this happens, won't the country be destroyed soon?"

Su Wenchang sighed, and then slowly said: "You are right! This strategy is to affect the interests of these people."

"However, if you say it's a strategy to destroy the country, it's actually alarmist talk. First of all, you have to know that there are many methods. Not to mention anything else, this time Mr. Ji used Funing as a pilot to promote it. The tax system is already stable. And it had some effect."

"If you start here and gradually implement it nationwide over a period of several years, do you think there will be a strong rebound force?"

Looking at Zhao Xuanxuan's confused eyes, Su Wen asked himself and replied, "Definitely not."

"Even if there are some rebounds, as long as His Majesty is determined enough, all rebounds will be suppressed!"

"After a few years of stability, re-select the pilot, deepen the implementation of the tax system reform again, and implement it a little bit. Do you think the powerful people of the Zhou Dynasty will commit chaos at the same time? Obviously impossible! Because no matter how the policy is implemented, These people are still the privileged class of our Great Zhou. Unless it is a last resort, they will not risk their entire family's head and everything they have to rebel against His Majesty."

"However, ordinary people's lives will be much better. As long as they are patient and spend decades or hundreds of years to slowly implement these tax systems, the people will be rich and have a solid foundation in my new year, and they will surely become the most powerful country in the world. "

Zhao Xuanxuan frowned, obviously caught in a tangle.

"Is it really?"

Su Wen looked at Zhao Xuanxuan, and said: "Zireng is like this, but I'm still very curious, how did the lady know about such a secret matter? Please tell the lady frankly."

Zhao Xuanxuan laughed: "I don't even know your name, how can I tell you frankly?"

"Su Daqiang!" Su Wen said casually.

Zhao Xuanxuan said with a smile: "Then I don't know where the master is now?"

"Su Wen Mansion, Viscount Wuwei, servant!"

Su Wen just wanted to know, where did this guy know the contents of the memorial.

Zhao Xuanxuan was taken aback, and murmured: "Mr. is so talented, but is he just a servant?"

Su Wen was observing Zhao Xuanxuan's expression. He deliberately revealed that he was Su Wen's servant.

The reason is very simple. If Zhao Xuanxuan was looking at the original memorial, which had Su Wen's name on it, Zhao Xuanxuan's expression would definitely change.

But obviously, Zhao Xuanxuan's expression did not change.

"Not the original?" Su Wen made a judgment.

He said with a smile on his face, "What's wrong with the servants? My lord is suave, handsome and mighty, and is well-known in the capital. Wherever I go, people don't pay attention to me. Just now on the stage, I just didn't like it." Report to the house, if I say out of the house, that kid will be scared to pee!"

"Furthermore, my family is generous, the treatment in the house is good, the life is leisurely, and you can read books, even if you give it to the county magistrate!"

Su Wen boasted a bit, and continued to ask: "Madam, please tell me, where did you get the full text of the tax system?"

Zhao Xuanxuan showed her face and said with a smile: "This matter is really confidential, and I hope you will forgive me for not telling me!"

The third chapter on the 24th, 6000, ends at 16000 today.

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