"Hmm~ah~"
As soon as Li Qing entered the courtyard, the donkey started braying, his eyes wide and resentful: Damn you, you know you're coming back? I have become someone else’s donkey.
Li Qing stepped forward with a smile and tutted: "This fur is so shiny."
Yu Qian also touched it and said with a smile, "It's very humane."
As he said that, he took out the fodder on the side and fed it to the donkey. The old man in the stable next door cast an envious look.
The donkey bared its big teeth and ate the fine forage contentedly, looking extremely arrogant.
This beast is about to become a sperm... Li Qing touched his nose and gave it a slap, "Be more restrained in other people's homes."
Donkey: "..."
After a while, the donkey finished eating the hay and felt so comfortable that he lay down on the hay and looked away from Li Qing.
"Hey, you've become more capable, right?" Li Qing rolled up his sleeves, "Believe it or not, I'm going to eat donkey meat on fire tonight."
Yu Qian grabbed Li Qing and said funnyly: "Sir, let's go to the living room to talk."
"I'll settle the score with you when I get back." Li Qing said angrily and followed Yu Qian to the living room.
The servants brought tea, and Yu Qian poured a cup for Li Qing and asked, "Sir, is the emperor still used to the cold night on the grassland?"
Zhu Qizhen is not only a king, but also his student. Yu Qian has a particularly deep feeling for Zhu Qizhen.
It can be said that he grew up watching Zhu Qizhen.
Except for this personal expedition and the last division of maritime trade shares, at other times, Zhu Qizhen almost met his idea of a wise king.
Li Qing nodded: "It's not as hard as you think. The Tatars treat him with great respect and serve him good food and drink. Of course he is used to it."
After a pause, he said mysteriously: "I'm going to tell you something confidential, but please don't tell anyone."
"Since it's confidential, sir, it's better not to say anything." Yu Qian shook his head.
"..." There was no half-truth, but Li Qing still said: "When I came back, his child was about to be born."
"Ah?" Yu Qian's mouth opened wide, and he lost control of his expression for a moment. He was mumbling for a long time, but he didn't say a word.
It's only strange... Yu Qian, an ancient man, didn't know what complaining was.
Li Qing smiled and said: "A man has gained ten pounds. Do you think he is used to it?"
"By the way, this matter is detrimental to the royal family's face. Don't talk loudly. The emperor won't let me talk about it, so it's just you." Li Qing took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "It's good to be like this now, he is really Coming back is not a blessing for the Ming Dynasty."
"I won't spread the word." Yu Qian nodded, and then sighed: "Sir, it is true, but he was once the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and now the Supreme Emperor has been staying on the grassland... He is not a big deal. ah!"
"The emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuch is in a hurry." Li Qing teased, "I am happy to be in Shu, but you are still in a hurry."
Yu Qian smiled bitterly: "I'm not being pedantic, it's just... Well, the Supreme Emperor can't stay on the grassland all his life, can he?
Fallen leaves must return to their roots! "
"Hey~ you are talking about this." Li Qing suddenly realized, "He is only in his early twenties and is still alive. It will not be too late to take him back when he gets older or wants to come back;
There is no use for Tatar to keep him. As long as he wants to come back, Tatar has no reason to disagree. "
"Well... that's fine." Yu Qian sighed and no longer struggled with the matter.
The Supreme Emperor has a prosperous life, he doesn't want to come back, and not coming back will have a positive impact on the court situation, so Yu Qian will not force it.
"The maritime business share issue has been implemented. At this stage, private handicraft technology has begun to recover again." Yu Qian said, "This is a good thing, but there are also bad things."
"What's so bad?" Li Qing asked, "Taxes?"
"Well, it's just not business tax, but land tax." Yu Qian said.
Li Qing frowned and sneered: "Okay, I was just thinking about starting the Tian Fu, but they did it first. Let's talk about it."
Yu Qian pondered: "They claim that the taxes borne by the rich gentry and landlords are too heavy and even unbearable. If droughts and floods do not guarantee the harvest, they can hardly afford to hire tenants."
After a pause: "What's more, the alarmist claims that tenants will cause turmoil if they lose their jobs and threaten the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. It is really hateful."
"What are their demands?" Li Qing asked, "Also, what did the emperor say?"
Yu Qian picked up the tea cup and took a sip before continuing: "They proposed two plans. One was to use the previous tax as the standard, with a ratio of 30 to 70, but the emperor did not agree;
They also proposed to restore the Hongwu ancestral system and re-collect the poll tax, and then..."
"The emperor is moved?" Li Qing asked.
"Yes." Yu Qian nodded: "According to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are now 10 million and 15 million people in the Ming Dynasty. If the Hongwu ancestral system is restored and the capitation tax is collected, the annual tax revenue will be really staggering."
After a pause, he said: "However, I, Wang Zhi, and Hu Xi persuaded me to stop."
Li Qing smiled and said sarcastically: "How many years have it passed, and the Hongwu ancestral system is still there?
You are so old-fashioned, but you still lick your face and say, I really don’t know what it means, the land tax is less than one in ten, and if you still want to take more of it after it is like this, there is really no one. In my opinion, the land tax has to be increased. "
Yu Qian was a little speechless, but he was used to it. Li Qing had rebelled once or twice, and he was too lazy to correct him.
Anyway, I don’t listen to what I say, and I don’t change after I hear it.
"The idea of allocating people into acres was implemented in the Yongle Dynasty. In just a few decades, the population has skyrocketed by tens of millions, which is enough to prove the importance of this national policy." Li Qing said, "Of course, new crops also have great contributions, but once Restoring the Hongwu ancestral system of collecting the capitation tax will inevitably intensify the problem of land annexation."
Li Qing sighed: “The introduction of crops such as Yongle beans and Xuande potatoes has basically solved the problem of insufficient food;
But the prerequisite for enough food to eat is land. Otherwise, even if the yield per acre is hundreds of stones and the people don't have any land, they will still go hungry. "
"Yes!" Yu Qian was convinced and nodded: "Sir, you understand more thoroughly. I think the emperor will stop thinking after he understands this."
Li Qing smiled, knowing that Zhu Qiyu was also overwhelmed by debt, so he took action.
"Is this a big deal?"
"Compared to before, it's not that big." Yu Qian shook his head and said happily: "There are many opponents in the court, and the official atmosphere has changed."
Li Qing smiled: Zhu Qizhen's personal expedition is not entirely bad.
When he went on an expedition, he brought with him all the civil servants who were worried, had problems, and often opposed him. As a result, the whole army was wiped out.
After that battle, the civil service group represented by the gentry was severely weakened, and it was difficult for the people who replaced it to live in harmony with the remaining elders.
Old people look down on newcomers and want to use their seniority to overwhelm them.
But the newbie refuses to obey. Everyone is of the same rank, so why should I be treated as a grandson?
The collision and involution between the two groups will benefit the government to a great extent, just like employees getting involved with each other will benefit the boss.
Li Qing, an official of the Ming Dynasty, had already figured out that he was not good, but he was not bad to the core.
Under normal circumstances, as long as personal or family interests are not involved, everyone is still willing to think about the country and not cause trouble for the emperor.
It's just that more often, the interests of the monarch and his ministers conflict, which is why there is always trouble.
Yu Qian said: "This is a rare opportunity. Wang Zhi and Hu Hui and I agree that this is an opportunity to improve the atmosphere of officialdom."
"Then you have to work hard." Li Qing said with a smile.
He has no expectations for this kind of thing, and the water in the officialdom has never been clear, but the idea is always good, whether it will succeed or not is another matter, at least it can't hit people.
"Besides this, is there anything else going on?"
"No more." Yu Qian leaned on his chair and said tiredly, "Everyone is quite tired... we don't have much energy left."
Li Qing burst into laughter and sighed: "Yeah, I'm so damn tired."
After struggling for so long, the victory achieved was not great, the civil servants were tired, and their greed was somewhat restrained.
Everything has changed since Yang Shiqi left.
The glory of Orthodoxy in the past few years is gone forever. It used to be easy to bully orphans and widowers, but now it is different.
The new emperor is already an adult and cannot be fooled. With Li Qing and Yu Qian suppressing him, the generals have begun to become more assertive. There is also disharmony among the civil servants, making it difficult to form effective 'lethality' against the emperor. ωＷω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ
In addition, the battle to defend the capital last year was so thrilling that I almost gave up. After great ups and downs, they gradually moved closer to the Buddhist system.
We will still fight for what we can, but we won’t be so aggressive anymore.
As Yu Qian said: Everyone is very tired...
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ps: This chapter is a bit short, but... it’s also very cute (*??▽??*)
