"Your Majesty, Yang Xuan, comes to see you!"
"Ping Shen!" The voice came before anyone arrived, and Zhu Di spoke subconsciously.
Only when he raised his head did he see Yang Xuan walking in.
He glanced at Yang Xuan unhappily: "You still know how to come back?"
"If you have anything to do, tell me quickly. I'm still busy right now!" There was no one else in the imperial study room, so Yang Xuan just found a chair and sat down.
"What can happen to you?" Zhu Di asked.
"Junior sister is back." Yang Xuan replied.
"Little junior sister?"
"Wait a minute, you mean...Miaojin?" Zhu Di was stunned for a moment and then realized what he was saying.
"Well, who else could it be? I went out to find her this time, and I just brought her back."
"We were just about to have a reunion, and you called me here."
"You better have something important to tell me."
Yang Xuan looked at Zhu Di with a slightly unkind expression.
The latter shuddered subconsciously, and then said firmly: "Why, if I, the emperor, want to see you, I have to see if you have time?"
"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense and talk about something."
"I'm still in a hurry to go back!" Yang Xuan urged, not wanting to argue with Zhu Di now.
"My matters can wait."
"Has the Queen heard about Miao Jin's return?" Zhu Di waved his hand and asked.
Hearing this, Yang Xuan gave Zhu Di a look like he was looking at an idiot and let him feel it for himself.
The latter reacted immediately and couldn't help but smile to cover up his embarrassment.
Also, he only knew about it after Yang Xuan told him about it. Where did the Queen know about it in advance?
"Then tell the queen first that she also misses Miaojin very much." Zhu Di said.
"I understand." Yang Xuan nodded.
"By the way, take a look at this when you have time to see if there are any omissions." Zhu Di picked up a folder from the imperial case and handed it to Yang Xuan.
"What is this?" Yang Xuan opened it, took a look, and then looked at Zhu Di and asked.
"About agricultural taxes." Zhu Di said.
Yang Xuan understood clearly.
Agricultural taxes accounted for a very high proportion of the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue. Taking action on agricultural taxes was indeed a major event.
"Okay, I'll take a look at it tonight." Yang Xuan put away the folder.
"Well, remember not to spread the word. The number of people who know now is only a handful." Zhu Di reminded.
"knew."
Afterwards, Yang Xuan went to Kunning Palace and told Xu Miaoyun about junior sister Xu Miaoyun's return.
Xu Miaoyun was naturally very surprised. After talking to Zhu Di, she hurriedly left the palace with Yang Xuan.
Zhu Di still has things on his hands, so he can only wait until he is finished.
…
Return to Wei Guogong Mansion again.
I don’t know when An Qing arrived, but he was holding the little junior sister’s hand and chatting!
Everyone saw Xu Miaoyun next to Yang Xuan and quickly saluted and said hello.
"Everyone, get up. The whole family doesn't need to see anyone outside!" Xu Miaoyun gave her a little help and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Queen!"
Everyone stood up and stood aside respectfully.
Although Xu Miaoyun said they were all a family, they did not dare to behave unruly in front of the queen.
After all... not everyone is named Yang Xuan...
"Little sister, you have suffered a lot these years." Xu Miaoyun took Xu Miaojin's hand, her face full of concern.
"I miss you, Lady Lao. Everything has been fine for me these past years." Xu Miaojin said, with a slight sense of distance in her words.
When she was born, Xu Miaoyun had been married to Zhu Di for four years and had three children.
The two sisters didn't spend much time together. Except when Xu Da passed away in the 18th year of Hongwu, Xu Miaoyun stayed in the capital for more than half a year.
The relationship between the two sisters has improved a lot.
At other times, the number of meetings was only a handful, and most of them were communicated through letters.
In Xu Miaoyun's heart, it can be said that she treats this youngest sister as a daughter.
After all, the two of them are not of the same age group at all.
"I still like to hear you call me eldest sister." Xu Miaoyun said.
"Sister." Xu Miaojin called out after hearing this.
"Hey~" Xu Miaoyun smiled, very happy.
Yang Xuan watched for a while and then made room for the two of them.
An Qing saw Yang Xuan walking out of the room and followed him.
She just chatted with Xu Miaojin for a while, but didn't get much useful information.
Now I just want to ask Yang Xuan.
The two chatted in the yard for a while, and An Qing sighed after hearing this. At this time, Xu Qin came over and said that the banquet was ready.
So the two of them went to the banquet again.
…
It was getting dark, and Yang Xuan had to leave.
He spoke to his junior sister and then returned to the Hou Mansion with An Qing.
Xu Miaoyun stayed at the Duke of Wei's mansion tonight, and she wanted to have a good time reminiscing with her sister.
Back at the Hou Mansion, Yang Xuan asked An Qing and the others to wash up and tidy up first, while he went to the study.
He hasn't looked carefully at the coupon Zhu Di gave him.
After lighting the candle, Yang Xuan sat behind the desk, took out the book, opened it and started reading.
He looked at it very seriously and carefully.
The issue of agricultural tax is of great importance.
When the second candle was almost burned out, Yang Xuan put down the fold in his hand.
Frowning in thought.
Although there is a lot of content in the excerpt, in summary, there are only eight words.
If you spread the small pieces into the acres, the fire consumption will return to the public!
He didn't know whether the Ming Dynasty in the original history promulgated this policy, but in his opinion, this policy had great benefits for the Ming Dynasty.
While reducing the burden on farmers, it can also increase the court's fiscal revenue.
But if the burden on farmers is reduced, how can the government's fiscal revenue still increase?
Of course it's the bitter landlord.
At the same time, it can also curb land annexation to a large extent.
In fact, in Yang Xuan's view, the best way to solve land annexation is to nationalize land.
But this is not realistic. Doing this in the feudal era was courting death.
Wang Mang has already given examples using his own head.
The plan Zhu Di planned to implement was enough to offend the landowners and local officials and gentry all over the world.
Destroying someone's wealth is like killing one's parents.
This move is equivalent to directly cutting their flesh and bleeding them.
Cruel, indeed ruthless, and very courageous.
But it's not ruthless enough.
Yang Xuan feels that if there is another stepped tax system, a wave of tax increases can be achieved.
The personal income tax in later generations will be as high as 45%.
By collecting taxes based on the amount of land owned, land annexation can definitely be curbed to the greatest extent.
The more land they own, the more they will lose. How many people will annex land?
Of course, I’m just thinking about it now.
The conditions for implementation are not yet mature.
After all, if you just follow the content in the booklet, many people will object or even rebel.
If a tiered tax system were to be introduced, a conservative estimate would be that more than 50% of the landowners in the world would rebel.
Then the world would really be in chaos.
What's more, the external situation is not as good as imagined.
Since Arutai was released back to the grassland, life has become increasingly difficult.
Being driven around by Mahamu, he was like a lost dog.
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