Han Dao world

Chapter 897
Xing Yong suddenly changed his face, and said in protest: "Your Majesty, although I am incompetent, I will not rule the country and bring peace to the world, but I will not be a slave to a tiger."

Liu Xie was very calm, and said lightly: "Really?"

Xing Yong was almost mad with anger, he stood up, King Kong glared. "Please advise, Your Majesty. If there is any injustice, the minister is willing to be punished."

Liu Xie narrowed his eyes slightly, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, with a hint of sarcasm.

Xing Yong became more and more angry, his eyes stared like copper bells.

He is known as "Xing Ziang, who is virtuous and dignified". He has always been morally self-proclaimed, but now he is ridiculed by the emperor as a sycophant of the rich who smacks his lips, how can he bear it.

Tian Chou sat on the side without saying a word, but secretly pleased in his heart.

He knew a little about the means of the emperor, and knew that the emperor had fallen in love with Xing Yong, and wanted to take him for his own use.For him, this is of course a good thing.

Liu Xie and Xing Yong met each other's eyes, and sparks flew for a moment. When Xing Yong's anger was full, he said unhurriedly: "Mr. , but it is not ill-gotten wealth, but accumulated through the hard work of the past dynasties."

"Exactly." Xing Yong glared at Liu Xie.

"Then is there anyone whose land was obtained by stealing?"

"..." Xing Yong was at a loss for words, and his momentum suddenly weakened by half. After a while, he reluctantly said: "There must be."

"Then when you objected to Du Tian, ​​did you consider how to deal with these people?"

"This……"

Liu Xie waved his hand, and said again: "Probably not. Let me ask again, even if their land is justified, do they pay taxes according to the actual amount of land?"

When Xing Yong heard this, he quickly said: "Your Majesty, according to the imperial court system, taxes follow households, not fields..."

"Is this a court system, or a folk practice?"

Xing Yong didn't dare to make a decision for a while, and turned to look at Tian Chou.

Tian Chou coughed. "Taxes do not flow with the land. There is no clear rule in the imperial court. It is a folk practice. It is intended to save trouble, but it is used by the tyrants to avoid taxes. The people have sold the land, but they have to bear the tax. What's more, they must drink poison to quench their thirst. It won't be long before he becomes a refugee."

Liu Xie nodded and looked at Xing Yong. "Then let's think it's the imperial system. Mr. Xing thinks, is this a benevolent government or an evil one?"

Xing Yong's face became more and more ugly. "Naturally... bad governance."

"Since Mr. Xing also thinks it is a bad government, do you have any suggestions for solving it?"

Xing Yong bit his lips and said nothing.

"During the land is a way of survival for the people. If you are dissatisfied, you want to stop it. You don't say a word about the real evil government. I am really curious, what kind of moral standard is Xing Jun? You are pleading for the people. Which people is it for, the wealthy people, or the common people?"

Xing Yong's face was red and white, white and red.

He has always regarded himself as a gentleman and feels that he is not an official. If he were an official, he must be a good official who loves the people.Now he finds out that the people he loves are not common people at all, but rich and powerful people.

The emperor said that he opposed the people's living and working in peace and contentment, and cheered for the rich. How could he be wronged?
Seeing that Xing Yong's words were poor, Liu Xie heaved a sigh of relief and waved his hand.

"If Mr. Xing has no other advice, let's come here today. I still have something to do, so I won't sit and discuss with Mr. Xing. As for Dutian in Hejian, although there is no edict, I support it. Maybe innocent people will be accidentally injured in Dutian. , but instead of saving the land, millions of people were injured. At the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, eight prefectures rose together, and Jizhou was the worst. I don’t want this kind of thing to happen, so this Du Tian..."

Liu Xie paused, his eyelids raised slightly. "It is imperative."

Shocked by the murderous look in his eyes, Xing Yong shivered involuntarily, his heart beating like a drum, and he didn't dare to say another word.

After leaving the big tent, Xing Yong's pounding heart calmed down a little.

He looked at Tian Chou beside him and sighed. "I have brought shame on myself, and I have also brought Zitai into trouble. I am really ashamed."

"It doesn't matter." Tian Chou said lightly: "It was the same when I first met the Son of Heaven."

Xing Yong shook his head. "I tied up my hair and studied, cultivated my morals, and thought that I was worthy of the world, but now I know that those are all false. I am a useless scholar, a self-righteous fool."

"You can think like this, which means you can still save medicine." Tian Chou signaled Xing Yong to walk forward together. "There is nothing wrong with the sage's principles, but we have not applied what we have learned, and we cannot combine knowledge and action. Some principles can only be distinguished when they are used. What comes out is what is made. Instead of sitting and talking all day long and talking big, it's better to get up and do it, and accumulate a few steps to reach a thousand miles."

Xing Yong nodded and thought for a long time. "Then... what should I do to be considered a walker?"

Tian Chou turned his head to look at Xing Yong and smiled slightly. "I have two strategies."

"tell me the story."

"The best policy is to go back to Hejian and find out which lands were purchased normally and which ones were stolen. Which ones were normally paid taxes and which ones were not. For those who did not pay, let them pay back immediately."

"Xun Gongda is saving the fields, is it necessary?" Mentioning Xun You, Xing Yong couldn't hold back his anger.

The emperor did not issue an edict asking him to save the fields, but Xun You forced him to save the fields. Not only did he save the fields, but he also did it very roughly. This is simply using the head of the Hejian people to prove himself.

"If you are willing to go, I can ask the emperor for an edict to temporarily spend the fields in Hejian. If you can go to one county, you can go to the field in one county. If you can go to one county, you can go to the field in one county. Can you Going one state..."

Xing Yong hastily interrupted Tian Chou. "Tell me about your next move."

In other words, it is absolutely impossible to let those tyrants pay back taxes.

Most of those people's land has been in their hands for many years, and the taxes owed will not be repaid even if they empty their families.Except for a very small number of people, who has food reserves that can last for more than ten years?

Besides, taxes cannot be transferred to others, so what is the point of annexing land?

"What's the best way, you go to any county in the Central Plains. It's okay to save the fields, or not to save the fields, as long as you can let the people live and work in peace and contentment." Tian Chou smiled slightly. "The Son of Heaven is not a tyrant, and saving land is not an end, but a means to realize the kingly way. If you can realize the kingly way without saving the land, he will wish for it."

Xing Yong's eyes flashed. "really?"

"This kind of thing can't be a joke."

"But..." Thinking of the aggressive appearance of the emperor just now, Xing Yong really couldn't believe that the emperor would accept Tian Chou's suggestion and let him be a county, and he could not spend time in the field.

"The emperor appreciates you, but he only thinks that you are obstinate, so he is willing to slap you in the face and warn you. If you are really a hypocrite, it will be difficult for you to see him. How can he waste his tongue and talk so much with you?"

Xing Yong was speechless for a moment.

He was hit hard by the emperor just now, and he hasn't recovered yet, making it hard for him to believe what Tian Chou said for a while.

"Don't worry, think about it carefully. Let's go, I'll borrow some bound editions of the mansion newspaper for you, and you can read more when you have time. I don't understand the reason. It's a five-hundred-year-old change. It's normal to be confused. Yes, only by observing the contention of a hundred schools of thought can we get rid of the chaff and keep the essence, get rid of the false and keep the truth, and seek the kingly way.”

(End of this chapter)