System, help me be an empress

Chapter 19

Rong Yingran summoned Guozijian disciples over one after another: "The assessment is nearly halfway through, and it's time to pay taxes. We are all scholars, and we will definitely not commit despicable acts of tax evasion."

"It should be so. Teacher, just tell me how much you have to pay." Someone echoed.

"First, delivery tax. The tax amount is one-thirtieth of the selling price of the goods."

This request is not too much, most people are paying money one after another.

"Li Si, why didn't your team pay the money?" The disciple standing next to him asked curiously, "Didn't you make any purchases?"

Xu Youxi frankly said: "No, we only have two sleeves."

"..."

Teacher Rong clearly heard this, but he didn't refute it. It seemed to be true.

"Now the second tax is the permit tax for stacking items. Since you set up stalls on the streets of Kyoto, this is naturally indispensable. The tax in Shangjing is usually collected once every three months, and I will collect it according to your ten-day deadline."

"The Third Tax: The Tax on Everyday Goods."

"Fourth tax: Palace construction tax."

"The fifth item..."

……

"The seventh tax: the tax on soldiers and horses."

"What kind of tax is this! We have to ask for the soldiers and horses tax!" I don't know who asked first.

"The new emperor's personal conquest, 40 soldiers need to eat, drink, and armaments. You enjoy the stability brought by them, so you have to pay some price?"

Although the disciples were outraged, they had no choice but to continue to pay.

When it was the turn of Xu Youxi and the others, Xu Youxi took the initiative to step forward: "If it is a military tax, our team is willing to pay double."

"You don't plan to live on the principal of the three times until ten days later! Teacher Rong, is this reasonable?"

"If you do nothing, it's the same as handing in a blank paper." With Teacher Rong's words, the disciples who had been listening were relieved.

"Okay, the tax collection is here for the time being, and it will continue in another day."

"Is there another day?"

"All the silver I earn is not enough to pay taxes, and I have paid back the principal."

Teacher Rong returned home with a full load, but the other teachers of the Imperial College, including Qiao Siye, had been waiting for him in the room for a long time.

"Aren't we being too hard on the students like this? They have worked so hard for so many days." Some teachers couldn't help but soften their hearts.

"Can I charge them half a cent more? They are dignified disciples of the Imperial College, future pillars of the country, and they will not even pass this little experience."

Qiao Siye stroked his beard, thoughtfully: "They have only suffered for a few days, but ordinary people have been suffering like this for years. When will the next step be taken?"

"Will the Shangjing Yamen cooperate with us in arresting disciples?"

"Don't worry, this matter has been arranged." Rong Yingran looked confident, "I have invited foreign aid."

At this time, Yu Xuejing, who was wearing a red flying fish suit and an embroidered knife on his waist, strode into the room: "Qiao Siye, Lord Rong."

Seeing Jin Yiwei approaching, almost all the teachers stood up from their chairs reflexively, and their movements were flustered, for fear that it was their own reasons that attracted this big man.

Yu Xuejing seemed to have gotten used to it. Wherever he went, there was a scene of chickens and dogs jumping around, and he still greeted him very politely.

"Qiao Siye, this is Yu Xue Jingyu, the Commander of Jinyiwei."

As soon as these words came out, the teachers who had been leisurely almost knelt down on the spot.At first, I thought it was just a little person to accompany the show, but why did you call the head of Jinyiwei here!

Of all the people present, only Qiao Siye managed to maintain a bit of composure: "It's just a fight among the students, why bother you."

"Qiao Siye is being polite. Lord Rong has already told me what I need to do, but it may be inconvenient to do it while wearing the official uniform of Jin Yiwei. Can I borrow the official uniform of the government office?"

"Yes, yes, of course."

……

After finally sending the big Buddha away, Qiao Siye turned pale, called Rong Yingran aside, and shouted angrily, "You're hiding something from me!"

"Qiao Siye, don't worry, when did Rong do something that I'm not sure about."

"Do you, Rong Yingran, think you are the smartest in the world? If you still don't tell the truth today, get out of the Imperial College! I'm old, but I'm not confused. Jin Yiwei is so easy to ask, what are you doing?" What method did you use!"

Rong Yingran sighed: "Qiao Siye, it's not that I don't say anything, but that I can't speak."

"Is it related to the case in Jingzhou half a year ago?" Qiao Siye said the 'Three Strange Case'.

Rong Yingran nodded.

Qiao Siye's eyes widened: "Your cousin?"

"I don't have a cousin." With an innocent face, Rong Yingran drew the word "Xu" squarely on Qiao Siye's hand.

After a long time.

Qiao Siye waved at Rong Yingran, as if accepting the news, and sighed, "Go out."

As soon as Rong Yingran left, Qiao Siye was still fidgeting. After a long time, he made up his mind and immediately set off to visit his friend Meng Zhiqian, the minister of the Ministry of War.

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the other side.

Xu Youxi, Bao Youjin, He Muqing, and Pei Yao were each eating a steamed stuffed bun.

"Hurry up and pass this assessment, I'm about to throw up steamed stuffed buns." Bao Youjin's face was full of pain.

He Muqing also sighed: "Steamed buns are delicious, but we can't help but eat three meals a day, just like this."

"Look more, when we were marching and fighting, we didn't even have buns." Pei Yao looked more down-to-earth now.

"I asked you if you can cook, but you don't know how to cook. The prices in Shanghai are so expensive, it would be nice to have steamed buns." Xu Youxi took a bite of the steamed stuffed bun resentfully, thinking in his heart, this is stuffed with chicken drumsticks, Hot pot stuffing, ice cream stuffing.

"I want to eat Lantern Festival."

"I also want to eat Yuanxiao."

"Yuanxiao, Yuanxiao."

"Don't act like a baby with me. The money for a meal of Lantern Festival is enough to eat buns for a day, and the money for a meal of buns is enough for us to eat steamed buns for half a day." The buns were sold cheaply to a few people by the owner of the bun shop.

Xu Youxi was also hungry, so he could only hypnotize them over and over again, and bring them together to experience the life of an upright official, what is poverty and what is life.

Suddenly, an old voice trembled.

"You, do you eat these every day?"

"Qiao Siye!" He Muqing immediately hid the half-eaten bun behind his back.

Qiao Siye looked at Xu Youxi's direction sadly: "Just now you said what you want to eat, let's go, I will take you to eat Yuanxiao."

When Qiao Siye said this, none of the four of them was willing to move, but they muttered softly instead.

"I guess it's worldly temptation."

"It's said that cannibalism is short-sighted, but even Qiao Siye has been called out!"

"Si Ye, the few of us are allergic to Lantern Festival these days, really, we don't want to eat it at all."

Immediately afterwards, the four of them slipped away, leaving only Qiao Siye standing there with a wry smile.

The world is so big, but it is no bigger than the spirit of youth.

"Why do I feel that after Qiao Siye appeared, the steamed stuffed buns became much more delicious." Bao Youjin couldn't help but said with a smile.

"Hahaha, this may be the happiness of an upright official, living a poor life, but having inner satisfaction."

"Look, someone is putting lanterns in the river."

Flowers and trees in Dongfeng night,
It blows down and the stars are like rain.

Countless festive lanterns dotted with stars slanted down the current by the moonlight.

"Bao Youjin will be an upright official in the future, do things fairly, and be an upright person!" Bao Youjin vowed.

"He Muqing wants to be the first female official of the Daqian Dynasty to enter the imperial court! Carry on the sacred knowledge and bring peace to all generations."

"Pei Yao will travel all over thousands of rivers and mountains, and all over the world! I will travel every inch of Dagan, so that everyone in the world will remember that General Pei sacrificed his life for the country, and he will die with no regrets!"

He Muqing hugged Pei Yao's shoulders, and patted her on the back comfortingly.

Xu Youxi smiled lightly, and lifted the lantern in his hand, the handwriting on the lantern reflected under the moonlight——

The clothes of all nations worship the crown.

　I just got off work, so I didn't intend to post it, but if my lady wants to see it, she can modify it and post it.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)