Reborn Nongmen's little lucky wife

Chapter 1686 Another Reward
Emperor Jing Yuan looked at Ming Cong, and frowned: "What do you mean by this, do you want to ask for credit for Mrs. Gu?"

As long as Emperor Jing Yuan has a calm temper, he is still very smart, otherwise he would not be favored by Emperor Jing Wu and sit on the throne.

Ming Cong did not deny it, nodded and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I do have this intention. Gu's pharmaceuticals have made meritorious service and should be rewarded."

Emperor Jing Yuan remained silent, and looked at the old lady Yuan Guo who was sitting in a corner of Mingwei Hall.

His mother-in-law was old, and she had been under heavy makeup for more than two hours, her face was already pale at this moment, and her body was a little swaying.

Emperor Jing Yuan said: "Although the insect-attracting medicine was made by Gu, she has already donated the insect-attracting medicine to me in the name of the soldiers who resisted the army for the sake of her man, so the insect-attracting medicine was not offered by her, but by the anti-Japanese army." General Rong offered... only one thing, and she can't take advantage of two things, what do you think, old lady."

Heh, since you have won the hearts of the soldiers with insect attractants, you shouldn't expect extravagant rewards from the royal family.

The old man Yuan Guogong was almost fainted from exhaustion. Hearing this, he was shocked and got up hastily: "The wife is here."

But I got up too quickly, and the clothes were too heavy, and I almost fell down.

The four maids beside her hurriedly supported her, and the old lady of Yuan Guogong stabilized her body.

"Your Majesty, when Qin Gu gave the prescription to Gao Lei, she said that she had already obtained benefits with this prescription. I just hope that His Majesty will not think that she is playing tricks and punishing her. She did this just because she didn't want to Be a widow. As for rewards, she dare not ask for them again, but the soldiers who resisted the army really worked hard, and they should be rewarded."

Mrs. Yuan Guogong finished this important sentence in one breath, and she was out of breath after speaking, so it took a while to slow down.

Emperor Jing Yuan sneered: "Oh, she has self-knowledge. That being the case, I would like to exonerate her from the guilt because she really made a good medicine for pest control."

This result was considered the best, and it was something Gu Jinli could guess.

Although Emperor Jing Yuan didn't rule the country very well, he was an emperor after all. As long as he was an emperor, he couldn't be an idiot. We could see her purpose of offering medicine in the name of anti-army soldiers.

"As for the rewards." Emperor Jing Yuan looked at Dai Shangshu who had been huddled in the hall for a long time: "I will pass on my order to give the anti-armor soldiers who go to the northwest a heavy armor, [-] pigs and sheep, and each reward two taels of military pay."

Dai Shangshu's feet were numb when he heard the words, and hurriedly said: "I obey the order!"

Just after answering, he ran into trouble again, glanced at Emperor Jing Yuan, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty... where does this reward go, Ku Yin?"

Don't look for the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War has no money, and it is almost impossible to pay the military salary.

The Ministry of Accounts is in charge of money, so go to the Ministry of Accounts.

However, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting against the army. Not to mention the silver taels for making armor and adding meat, just talking about the extra two taels of silver reward is not a small amount.

Speaking of silver, Emperor Jing Yuan's face darkened.

Wars cost the most money, the treasury's silver is almost bottomed out, and his private treasury is running out of gold. To reward all the soldiers who resisted the army, it would cost nearly 200 million taels at least.

200 million taels, how many noble families and dignitaries would it take to copy enough?
Continue to raise taxes?

What's more, the taxes collected in the past two years are already heavy enough, and if the taxes are added, the south is afraid to rebel!

Emperor Jing Yuan stared at Ming Cong with a gloomy gaze: "At the beginning of the year, you showed me an article, and I think the writing of the article is a good strategy at this time."

Ming Cong was startled, thought for a while, and remembered the article about collecting taxes from shops in various places to fill the national treasury.

It's just that when Emperor Jing Yuan took it out to discuss with the elders and ministers, most of the people disagreed, so there was still a lot of quarrel.

Today's major shops are mostly owned by royal families, aristocratic families, and high-ranking officials. Increasing taxes on shops in various places is cutting the flesh and blood of these families.

And some time ago, because of the relationship between the founding princess's husband's family, the Shen family, and the Sun family, aristocratic families and high-ranking officials have already donated gold and silver to the court, and they have bled, so almost all ministers are against it.

Ming Cong said: "I have no objection, but the other adults don't agree. To get them to nod, I'm afraid we will have to use some extreme measures."

Emperor Jing Yuan sneered: "Now that soldiers and bandits are invading, the northwest is in urgent need of money to support soldiers and fight. If they don't agree, they will send their whole family to fight in the northwest!"

Dai Shangshu's face turned pale when he heard that, if this happened, his Dai family's property would suffer a lot.

After hearing this, Mrs. Yuan Guogong and his wife sighed.The honorable family has been avoiding being extorted by the emperor, but this time I'm afraid they won't be able to avoid it.

The old lady of the Duke of Yuan didn't feel sorry for the silver. The Duke of Yuan had already given up enough and didn't care about giving up some more gold and silver. What she couldn't accept was...how did Da Chu become like this?

I remember that when she was young, except for the heavy punishment, Da Chu was still very clear in the court.

Since when did Da Chu fail?

Perhaps the great Chu has never really stood up... The powerful families are too stubborn, and the mud-legged people are not good... If Emperor Jingwu didn't care about it at the beginning, he would kill all the powerful families, or prevent the powerful families from entering the court as officials , only use the poor family's children, the situation in Dachu should be much better now.

However, Emperor Jingwu tried.

But the problem is that the children of wealthy families do have the ability to govern the country, and the consequence of handing over too much power to mud-legged people is that they can achieve too little. The court festered even more.

I'm old, I'm old, I don't want these anymore.

The old lady of the Duke of Yuan put it down. Anyway, the Duke of Yuan's mansion is no longer in charge of the army, so he hangs up idle jobs and has no ability to fight for anything. The only person who makes her feel wronged is the queen.

Empress Empress, her daughter, was also a famous figure in Jinghua back then, but since entering the palace, she has lived a good life for a few years, and after that she has suffered and been wronged, and she can't complain.

"Come on, go and call all the elders and ministers here!" Emperor Jing Yuan was determined to get money, and he didn't want to delay any longer, so he immediately sent people to call all the ministers to talk about the matter.

"Yes." The Inner Supervisor immediately sent someone to do it.

Emperor Jing Yuan looked at the palace people and told them: "Send the old lady to the side hall."

Mrs. Yuan Guogong can't leave yet, he still has some questions to ask her.

"Yes." The palace people responded softly, and helped Yuan Guogong and his wife to the side hall.

The old lady Yuan Guogong was already very tired, but she could only hold on.

Emperor Jing Yuan began to discuss with Ming Cong how to deal with the elders, and when the elders arrived, the two of them discussed their arguments.

Emperor Jing Yuan didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "The soldiers invaded, and the battle in the northwest was difficult. Fortunately, our soldiers were brave. It was a good news. I was very relieved and decided to reward the generals who resisted the soldiers. However, there is not much silver in the national inventory. And The War of Resistance against the Army will continue, and it will cost a lot of money. Therefore, I have decided to collect taxes from shops in various places. I have called all the ministers and workers to ask you, how much is the appropriate tax for the shops? Is it [-]%, [-]%, or [-]%?"

This is so true that several elders and ministers almost scolded their mothers.

How much is appropriate to charge?
No charge is the most suitable!
(End of this chapter)