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Chapter 2256 Ghost!
Although a large amount of land around Chengdu has been owned by aristocratic families, there is still a lot of land because there are many mountains here.

In addition, Rongcheng is close to Sichuan, and the soldiers there are now under the command of Crown Prince Li Chuan. Li Rong even asked Li Chuan to write an order, asking the garrisons in various places to start farming on the spot. In addition to planting ordinary grains in fertile fields, potatoes and sweet potatoes are also required to be planted in other fields.

At this time, the population in Sichuan was not as large as it would be in the future, so there was a lot of land available for growing these two things.

With the help of Li Rong's ability to use the money from planting subsidies, potatoes and sweet potatoes were planted on a large scale. The potato and sweet potato seeds obtained in less than a year could already be fully implemented in the Great Xia Kingdom.

Li Rong's quick action made it difficult for the wealthy families to react. By the time they reacted, people from all over the country no longer went hungry.

At that time, the people had very low demands on themselves. They did not consider health issues. The only thing they cared about was being able to eat enough.

With the bumper harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes, people no longer had to go hungry, so they naturally started to make up new words for Li Rong, just like the people in Chengdu.

The overwhelming power of faith provided Li Rong with an endless supply of magic power. It was a pity that spells and talismans required a lot of practice, so she was unable to use powerful spells, but she could already use some small spells.

The people here are well fed and clothed, but because the lands used to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes are abandoned, the government's tax revenue has not increased at all.

Li Rong was very happy, but Li Ming was not, because he originally thought that if the people in the building could all have enough to eat, then he could continue his Northern Expedition.

But now it seems that the people are living well, but his dream of a northern expedition is nowhere in sight, which gives those aristocratic families an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

On this day, in the court,

Li Ming couldn't help but ask the Minister of Revenue in the court, "Why are the people full, but the taxes have not increased, but have decreased?"

The Minister of Revenue had already received the request, and he took the opportunity to bring up the countermeasures that the noble families had discussed, and said very seriously, "Your Majesty, the reason why taxes have not increased is entirely because the people use the wasteland to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes, and these two things are not taxed. As long as we include those wastelands in the tax, the national treasury is expected to get an extra 300 million taels every year."

Li Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this figure. You know, the imperial court's tax is only 500 million taels a year. If all the land used for sweet potatoes and potatoes is taxed, then his plan to launch a war to recover the northern land can be implemented.

So he immediately agreed to the suggestion.

However, Li Ming was not blinded by the immediate benefits. He asked the court ministers to come up with a plan to prevent the people from going hungry again!
After Shangguan Ya heard the news at home, she immediately found Pei Wenxuan and asked her to think of a solution.

Although sweet potatoes and potatoes are delicious, they are not formal grains after all. If you can afford rice and noodles, who would want to eat potatoes and sweet potatoes every day?
Now that the common people have finally managed to get enough to eat by eating potatoes and sweet potatoes, the imperial court immediately wants to levy taxes on these two things. This is really cruel.

After all, Pei Wenxuan had been a prime minister in his dream. Although he had not entered the court, he understood what was going on at a glance. He immediately said seriously, "Third Senior Sister, go back to the mountain. Let the eldest senior brother report to the master that this is a method that the aristocratic families came up with in order to continue to exploit the people.

If taxes are really collected, the people will be angry and will only blame the Li royal family, not the aristocratic families who came up with bad ideas. The court is just taking the blame for the aristocratic families."

After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, thinking that his third sister seemed to be from a noble family, he smiled embarrassedly and said, "Third sister, I..."

Shangguan Ya waved her hand and said nonchalantly, "You are right. Although I come from a noble family, I don't agree with their ideas.

The people are living a good life, they can no longer exploit them, and now they are resorting to underhanded tactics, this must be stopped."

After studying with Wang Yue, she gained a longer-term vision and understood the truth that people are like water, which can carry a boat but can also capsize it.

Pei Wenxuan was relieved when he saw Shangguan Ya's upright attitude. He quickly reminded Shangguan Ya that this matter should be dealt with as soon as possible.

After hearing this, Shangguan Ya prepared to go out. She wanted to tell her master the news as soon as possible.

Su Ronghua just wanted to come over to find Shangguan Ya, but he didn't expect Shangguan Ya to leave. He quickly asked, "Ya'er, where are you going?"

Pei Wenxuan had been to the Su family several times, but had never met Su Rongqing in this life.

However, the information he got from the servants of the Su family confirmed that Su Rongqing seemed to be very ambitious, which made Pei Wenxuan more and more certain that Su Rongqing might be reborn.

But some things still need to be confirmed, so Pei Wenxuan tentatively asked, "Third Senior Sister, tell me, who came up with this vicious idea from the aristocratic family this time?"

After Shangguan Ya heard this, he was not in a hurry to leave. He frowned and said, "I don't know either. Anyway, my father would definitely not want to. After all, if the people are disturbed, it will affect the prince, and this will affect the layout of the Shangguan family."

Pei Wenxuan smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes, most of the major families in the capital follow the Shangguan family's lead. The person who came up with this idea this time must have paid a huge price to convince the Shangguan family." Su Ronghua was a little embarrassed after hearing this. He knew who came up with this idea, and it was his beloved younger brother.

He was actually very opposed to such an immoral thing, but Su Ronghua didn't know why his brother was so insistent, which made him very depressed.

But he was a member of the Su family after all, so it was not convenient for him to say anything. He just quickly changed the subject and asked, "When I came here today, I saw Yaer wanted to go out. Where is she going?"

Shangguan Ya did not hide it. She said calmly, "Of course I have to go back to the mountains. Such a big thing happened in the court. I must inform Master and his wife."

After she finished speaking, she left in a hurry. Su Ronghua didn't have time to say whatever he wanted to say.

Pei Wenxuan waited until Shangguan Ya left, then asked abruptly, "Master Su, why do I feel that your second brother's temperament has suddenly changed? Could he be possessed by a ghost?"

Su Ronghua was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said unhappily, "You are the one who is possessed by a ghost!"

After he said that, he left. He was actually a little uneasy. It seemed that his second brother's personality was different from before, and he needed to go back to confirm.

Pei Wenxuan realized from Su Ronghua's reaction that he might have guessed right, and he felt that he should tell his master about this matter.

After he became his disciple, he of course knew that his current master's wife, the wife in his dreams, was practicing the way of faith.

The so-called way of faith is actually similar to the gods in the temple. They all require people to believe in them sincerely. If you can know some major events in the future and take precautions in advance, it is also a way to quickly increase your faith.

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Now there is suddenly Su Rongqing. If this guy is reborn, he will probably prepare for many things in advance, which will have some impact on Li Rong.

After hesitating for a moment, Pei Wenxuan hurriedly mounted his horse and left home to catch up with Shangguan Ya after Su Ronghua left.

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On Mount Jiulu, Shangguan Ya had just arrived not long ago, and before she could tell her senior brother about the family's plan, Pei Wenxuan also rushed over.

Shangguan Ya was a little confused, wondering why her junior brother suddenly came here, but she didn't think much about it and told Qin Lin that the court was going to levy taxes on potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Qin Lin frowned after hearing this. Potatoes and sweet potatoes do not take up land, and they can ensure that the people have enough to eat without taxation. Now that the court is suddenly doing this, it may cause dissatisfaction in the court.

Are all those ministers in the court a bunch of fools?

Don’t you know this truth?

The people had originally not had enough to eat, and had never even experienced the feeling of being full, and they just lived like this. But now that they have finally had enough to eat, they are suddenly hungry again. This feeling of loss will drive the people crazy.

If so many people in Daxia go crazy at the same time, there will be big chaos.

Qin Lin simply couldn't imagine it and could only follow Wang Yue's instructions. When there was an emergency, he could knock on his door and he would rush back no matter how far away they were.

Shangguan Ya and Pei Wenxuan didn't know about this matter, but the matter was urgent now, and considering that the two had been disciples for a long time, they didn't hide it from them.

Shangguan Ya and Pei Wenxuan were a little confused. Why did the eldest senior brother suddenly knock on the master's door?
You know, the master and his wife are clearly not in Kyoto. There was news a few days ago that they seemed to be near Suzhou.

What the two didn't expect was that not long after they knocked on the door, Wang Yue actually pushed the door open and walked out. The two hurriedly followed the eldest brother to salute Wang Yue.

Wang Yue knew that Qin Lin was steady and would not notify him unless it was urgent. He asked solemnly, "What happened?"

Qin Lin quickly told Shangguan Ya the news she knew, and then said solemnly, "I'm worried that the world will be in chaos if this happens. Please ask Master and Master's Wife to find a solution."

He actually wanted to ask Li Rong, the master's wife, to go to the palace to persuade the emperor, but now Li Rong is already the master's wife, he couldn't make direct suggestions and could only let Wang Yue decide for himself.

Wang Yue felt that it was time for him, the imperial master, to appear in the court. It seemed that when he was not in the capital, the two parties were acting too hastily.

Seeing that Wang Yue already knew about this, Qin Lin hurriedly said goodbye. Shangguan Ya also left quickly after delivering the message, leaving only Pei Wenxuan at the scene.