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Chapter 35 Tax Issues
Wei Chenrui was very happy about the students' trust.

I am happy to be happy, I should check it, I still have to check it.

Seeing that most people didn't check the amount of money, Wei Chenrui picked up the loudspeaker next to him and shouted: "Everyone open your purse to see if the amount of money is correct, in case you mess it up!"

Wei Chenrui reminded so solemnly that the students had no choice but to open their purses and count them in front of Wei Chenrui.

After a while, they all said that there was nothing wrong, and Wei Chenrui continued to accept the sign and return the purse at ease.

Naturally, there are professionals to do the grading of the examination papers, so Wei Chenrui doesn't have to worry about it.

After distributing the purses of the students, Wei Chenrui arranged for someone to put away the electric fans, handed them over to the person sent by Emperor Zhaohe, and then returned to the East Palace.

Of course, the matter of the imperial examination has temporarily come to an end, but it does not mean that Wei Chenrui can be idle.

The queen dowager, empress and their biological mother in the palace are still waiting for their own exquisite electric fans.

Not only that, the ministers who know about electric fans are also waiting for Wei Chenrui to officially sell them.

With their identities, they naturally disdain to use the old ones, and can only wait for Wei Chenrui to make new ones.

Wei Chenrui returned to the East Palace, took a short rest, and then continued to make electric fans.

Wei Chenrui did not use the parts made by the Ministry of Industry for the electric fans for the queen mother, the empress, and his own biological mother. Wei Chenrui made them all by himself, meticulously and carefully, and specially added a heat insulation layer to avoid wiring problems.

Not only that, but also put a lot of effort into the shape of the electric fan, which is no longer the popular one, but has a different shape and color.

The Empress Dowager believed in Buddhism, so Wei Chenrui made the shell of the electric fan into a Buddha son, and engraved scriptures on it.

The queen likes peony flowers, so Wei Chenrui made the electric fan casing into the shape of peony flowers, colored them, and added incense made from peony petals.

Concubine Yang Guifei, the biological mother, liked to dance with swords, so Wei Chenrui made the casing of the electric fan into the shape of a sword in a stone.

The electric fans made for several women were more exquisite. Wei Chenrui made another one specially for Emperor Zhaohe because he was afraid that Emperor Zhaohe would be jealous if he saw it.

Emperor Zhaohe loved money a little, so Wei Chenrui made a shell in the shape of a copper coin, with the words "Guotai Minan" engraved on it.

Several beautifully made electric fans were welcomed by several elders once they were sent out, and the rewards were sent over as if they were free of money.

Of course, except Emperor Showa.

Emperor Zhaohe only gave some silver thread that Wei Chenrui used as a symbolic reward. It was not worth much, but he had a heart.

The eldest prince, Wei Yingxian, who did not receive the electric fan, was very upset, so he went directly to the East Palace to ask Wei Chenrui for an explanation.

"Sister Huang, Brother Huang, I didn't recruit you, didn't I provoke you, why don't I have an electric fan?"

Only then did Wei Chenrui remember, and he forgot about his imperial brother: "Oh, I'm really sorry, who told you not to drop by or something, because you were too busy for a while, so I didn't remember."

"Don't worry, now that I think about it, you are indispensable."

"What shape do you like, I will make it for you myself."

"It's more or less the same! I want it." With Wei Chenrui's promise, the first prince was happy, and talked with Wei Chenrui about the shape he wanted with great interest.

Now that the eldest prince has one, it doesn't make sense to leave the fourth brother behind, so I asked Huixin about the fourth brother's preferences, and Wei Chenrui made one for him according to his preferences.

The fourth prince made all of them, and Wei Chenrui simply made one for the fourth prince's biological mother, Concubine Jing.

Naturally, the third prince and Concubine Pei, who gave Emperor Zhaohe a green hat, did not exist.

The shell is beautifully made, and the inside is finely crafted, so it takes a long time. After finishing the electric fans in the palace, Emperor Showa sent someone to look for them before they were sold for a few days.

It turned out that the papers for the imperial examination had already been graded, and only Wei Chenrui's additional [proposition] was left.

For this [proposition], the reviewers did not dare to make their own claims, and had to submit it to Wei Chenrui and Emperor Zhaohe for personal review.

I don't know if it's because of Wei Chenrui's mention, but there are quite a few people who answered this [proposition question], far beyond Wei Chenrui's expectation.

Some people say that there are lynchings in the village and women are forced to observe the festival. I hope the court can send someone to control it;
Some said that studying is too expensive, and put forward some suggestions to reduce the cost of studying;

What's more is that the tax is too much and too heavy, the food production is not abundant, after paying all kinds of taxes, there is only enough food and clothing left, and in case of natural disasters and man-made disasters, they have to sell their children and daughters.

There are various suggestions, some suggest reducing taxes, some suggest finding high-yield crops, and some suggest improving the disaster relief system.

Among them, someone even mentioned Wei Chenrui, suggesting that she use her research spirit to study some farm tools to reduce the labor force of farmers and improve their farming ability.

Wei Chenrui was still interested in the research and development of agricultural tools, so he put this paper aside, and prepared to record this matter in his notepad later.

After reading all the answers, Wei Chenrui was a little puzzled: "Father, what are the taxes in our Zhao Kingdom? How much are they? Did the students say so much?"

Although he didn't pay much attention to taxation at ordinary times, Emperor Showa also felt that this taxation was a bit abnormal.

Emperor Showa was not a tyrant, nor did he advocate expanding the territory. There were not many wars, and there were not many taxes.

"No, I don't remember that there are so many taxes?"

A thought came to the two of them at the same time, and they said in unison: "Pei Qianhuo?"

Pei Qian Huo Nai is the Minister of the Household Department, and the people's taxes are all in charge of the Household Department.

When there is a tax problem, the first suspect is naturally him.

"If this is true, there must be something wrong with him!"

Emperor Zhaohe still agreed with Wei Chenrui's words: "That guy is old and cunning, it's not easy to find substantive evidence!"

Wei Chenrui sighed: "So what if it's not easy, I have to look for it."

"I remember that the tax was set at [-]%, but what the students said, the people actually pay [-]%, and some even [-]%. One can imagine how much money they have been greedy for!"

Emperor Showa said with some resentment.

Speaking of money, Wei Chenrui suddenly remembered that he could start with money to check: "By the way, we can check Pei Qianhuo's source of income, you know, he spent a full 10 taels of silver before and after, looking for money." The killer bought my life!"

"With his salary, 10 taels will have to be saved for more than 20 years without eating or drinking!"

"What? Killer! How dare he find a killer to kill you! It's so audacious, it's unreasonable!" Emperor Zhaohe became furious.

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, the killers are all gone, and there are still some good private soldiers for nothing. We are not losing money, and we are making money."

Fearing that his father would be angry, Wei Chenrui quickly comforted him.

(End of this chapter)