In the Yuan family in Tongzhou, in the study of the head of the family, a man who looked like a housekeeper spoke.
"Master, Qin Yun is sending someone to check our property. Do you think you should send someone to stop it?"
Yuan Tianming chuckled: "No need!"
The housekeeper paused: "Master, if Qin Yun attacks our property, I'm afraid the losses will be considerable."
Yuan Tianming said proudly: "My Yuan family's industrial layout has been established for hundreds of years. It is deeply rooted and controls all aspects of Tongzhou. What can he use to compete with my Yuan family?"
"By the way, how many people in Tongzhou have rented their fields to Qin Yun now?"
The housekeeper bowed flatteringly and said, "Everyone is waiting and watching. If my Yuan family doesn't speak up, how can these people dare to transfer the land without authorization? I have already made a statement. Not only will I not transfer the land, but I also ask everyone to resolutely resist the new equalization of land." tax system."
Yuan Tianming's eyes narrowed: "Well done, the more Qin Yun wants to open up a situation in Tongzhou, the Yuan family refuses to let him get what he wants!"
"The Five Hopes in the World, if I am intimidated by a little prince like him, do I still deserve to be called the Five Hopes?"
"By the way, how is the situation in Yuzhou?"
The housekeeper said: "Go home, Master, the young master rushed overnight to release a batch of new cloth, and took back the merchants. He also caught the traitor who leaked the dye formula of my Yuan family. The person's limbs have been cut off and sealed in a honey pot. He is being taken home."
Yuan Tianming snorted softly: "Well done, at the critical moment, we must use thunder to scare Xiao Xiao!"
"In addition, send someone to write a letter to the Seventh Highness, telling him that our Yuan family will do our best to help him seize the rightful son!"
The housekeeper paused and said, "Master, didn't you agree not to interfere in the matter of seizing the heir apparent? Moreover, Qin Yun has made great achievements in battle now. Judging from the impeachment at the court meeting, he is in the heart of the emperor and is a sure shot at becoming the crown prince in the future. .”
Yuan Tianming chuckled: "You are wrong! If Qin Yun really cared about the emperor's heart, he would never give him such an offending job!"
The butler didn't understand why: "Didn't the emperor give him the right to do things for his own convenience?"
Yuan Tianming smiled and said: "What are rights? It is the recognition of the people of the world, it is the system, it is the civil and military officials, it is the aspiration of the people!"
"Starting from next year, a new land equalization tax system will be implemented throughout Daxia. My noble family will pay at least 30% more grain tax than in previous years. Do you think the noble families in the world will agree?"
"If Emperor Xia insists on having his own way, then he will be greeted by chaos!!"
"Although Emperor Xia is not a hero, he is by no means stupid. Instead, he is very calculating. How could he put Da Xia into such a situation? Qin Yun is just a chess piece!"
The housekeeper said doubtfully: "The little one still doesn't understand!"
Yuan Tianming smiled and said: "Let's put it this way, Daxia's treasury is empty, and local governments cannot collect taxes. Forcibly collecting taxes will arouse public resentment. Without collection, it will be difficult to maintain the war preparations in the north and east."
"Our emperor is very smart. He first destroyed the Xiao family with thunderous means, and then issued the land equalization tax system. The aristocratic families dared to be angry but dare not speak out, and then let Qin Yun be the thorn in the side."
"When the time comes next year and war breaks out all over Great Xia, the Emperor will use Qin Yun to take action. This will not only calm the anger of the family, but also allow everyone to contribute money and food."
"It's like, sir, when I first said that I would charge 70% more rent, the tenants immediately became excited, but if I suddenly found a greaser and said that you did all this without permission, I had no idea, and then killed you You proposed to only add 30%."
"Do you think the tenant hates me, or does he thank me?"
The housekeeper was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and knelt on the ground: "Master, I'm scared!"
Yuan Tianming smiled and said: "Qin Yun's tomorrow will be like you now, but he doesn't know it!"
"So, if he wants to be investigated, let him do whatever he wants. Forget about renting land, let alone the land equalization tax system. As long as we wait patiently enough, Qin Yun will be guillotined! "
"The master of the house is wise!" The housekeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and cupped his hands. He thought that his affair with the master's concubine had been discovered.
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In the Tongzhou Palace, Qin Maocai became the real King of Tongzhou after receiving the official appointment from the court.
However, he still treated Qin Yun as a minister.
"Your Highness, this is the information you want about all the Yuan family's properties!"
Qin Yundao: "First tell me what you know about the Yuan family."
Qin Maocai put down the book, bowed and stood up, and spoke in a slow and unhurried manner: "The Yuan family became prosperous during the Great Chen Dynasty. It has a history of four hundred years."
"The first head of the Yuan family started his business by dyeing cloth. Today, 30% of the cloth in the world is handled by the Yuan family, especially brocade dyeing, which is rare in the world. A piece of cloth can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver."
"Thanks to the booming cloth business, the Yuan family accumulated a huge amount of wealth. They took advantage of the chaos in the previous dynasty and annexed most of the land in Tongzhou. After that, Taizu was born, and the head of the Yuan family also subsidized Taizu a lot of money at that time. "
"Afterwards, when the world was divided, the Yuan family could have been granted the title of king with a different surname, but the Yuan family at that time took the initiative to request that all titles be waived."
"Since then, I have been keeping a low profile, developing in secret, and gradually becoming one of Daxia's default Five Hopes! Originally, the Xiao family had risen in recent years and was expected to challenge the Yuan family's status, but since the Xiao family was destroyed, the Yuan family's reputation as the Five Hopes has indeed been established. It’s more real.”
Qin Yun frowned slightly, Wuwang was the real five major aristocratic families in Daxia. The ordinary aristocratic families might be famous for a while, but they could not be famous for a lifetime.
The five prominent families of Daxia are unmatched by other small and medium-sized families in terms of longevity, influence and strength.
To put it bluntly, if Daxia loses Wuwang, its national strength will be halved in an instant. Even though successive Xia emperors clearly knew that these five aristocratic families were like blood-sucking insects lying on Da Xia's trunk, they were still unable to completely suppress and eradicate them.
It's not that I don't want to move, but the interests involved are too deep and wide. A prominent family can easily have tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of family members. How many talents will come out of the family, and how many will hold important positions in the court.
Not to mention, ordinary people who rely on Wuwang to survive.
At this moment, Qin Yun suddenly felt like he had been cheated.
Did Emperor Xia really confer him the title of King of Zhennan just casually?
And the third prince, Qin Zhan, ran as fast as a rabbit, as if he was avoiding something.
Qin Yun suddenly realized that Emperor Xia knew how powerful Wu Wang was, and now the land equalization tax system was directed at Wu Wang! He has become a knife for Emperor Xia, no, he should be an abandoned son. If he cannot complete the collection quota this autumn, Emperor Xia may take this opportunity to make trouble.
Damn it, what a dog. Qin Yun regretted that he should have impulsively pressed forward hundreds of thousands of troops and said: "Please abdicate the throne!"
But it's too late to say anything now. He has been trapped and can only find a way to get out of the trap. It's definitely not possible to leave directly. That would be blatant resistance. With the hundreds of thousands of troops in hand, he still has a slight chance of winning.
Now, if he resists the decree, the army in Tongzhou will surround him to death!
Qin Yun silently deducted a point from Emperor Xia, a cheap dad, and snorted coldly: "Go on!"
Qin Mao just paused and felt a chill coming over him.
"Your Highness, in addition to the dyeing workshop, the Yuan family also has salt sales, iron casting, tea, porcelain, agricultural tools and other industries, covering almost all livelihoods."
"There is even shipping, sea transportation. The ship that His Highness's three thousand elites are riding this time is owned by the Yuan family. It is probably unrealistic to collapse the Yuan family in a short time!"
Qin Yun frowned: "Then there are no enemies in the Yuan family?"
"Yes, there is the Yu family in Yuzhou, but the strength of the Yu family has always been dominated by the Yuan family. The two sides were fighting bloody battles in the dyeing shop. A few days ago, a shopkeeper of the Yuan family leaked the dye formula to the Yu family. Yuan Shaoqing personally Rush to Yuzhou, cut off the shopkeeper’s limbs in front of the head of the Yu family, make a honeypot and take it back to Tongzhou.”
"Everyone in Tongzhou knows about this!"
Qin Yun smiled and said: "That's good, write a letter to the king and invite the head of the Yu family to come to your succession ceremony."
Qin Maocai paused: "Your Highness, didn't I just do this?"
Qin Yundao: "Who said that the succession ceremony can only be held once? This time, I will help you organize it, so hurry up!"
"this……"
"Is there a problem?" Qin Yun glanced coldly.
"No, no problem, I'll go make arrangements now!"
