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Chapter 394 Should This Tax Be Collected?
"God, my old lady! You died so badly!"

"Mother-in-law! Woohoo! Mother-in-law, why did you do such a thing!"

"Grandmother! Grandmother! Wow!"

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The whole family sat in front of the gate of the Song Mansion in mourning and mourning.The mansion of the second assistant of the cabinet is half of the palace, and the whole street is the Song Mansion, and there is basically no one else on this road except the master of the Song Mansion.

The gates of the two mansions on the opposite side are on the other side. This side is the back door that is not often opened. Even if the servants go out of the mansion for something, they usually go through the side door or the corner door, and rarely use this back door.

However, at this time, the main gate of the Song Mansion was full of onlookers.

Song Qingyue sighed in her heart, probably some of these people were also arranged.

It doesn't matter, the opposite family has extras, and so does Song Qingyue!

She told Mo Zhu to quickly go to Scissors Alley, and called those old acquaintances to help "guide public opinion", re-cut her hair, took cotton cloth to remove lip fat and painted eyebrows, and then took it to get ready He put a ginger handkerchief in front of his eyes and smoked until his eyes were red and teary. He hugged the straw mat and got out of the carriage without saying anything. He bowed to several families first. bow.

Later, Mian Mian and Xiao Zao played quite well, and while wiping their eyes with a ginger veil, they shouted miserably: "Princess, please don't do this! You have just given birth for less than two months, and your body is still weak. Come on, this can’t work! Princess Wangfei! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

Song Qingyue ignored the shouts of the two little maids, rolled the grass mat, spread it on the ground, and then sat down cross-legged. sincerity.

The family who came to the gate of the Song Mansion to cry for their father and mother was a little confused when they saw Song Qingyue's posture, but they kept in mind that they wanted to get the huge sum of 1000 taels of silver and get back their ancestral land , you must do what they say.

Among them, the eldest son's wife stepped forward and grabbed Song Qingyue's shoulder and cried, "Your Majesty, you are pampered and pampered, so naturally you don't know how those county magistrates and those strong men oppress the people! Land tax can't be collected! It can't be collected! My family is because of To treat the old man, sixty mu of land will be given to Dian. Now that the mother-in-law is cured, she wants us to redeem the land again, but guess what? A tax of five taels of silver will be charged! So Since I left, my family has five acres of land left! How can we survive! How can we survive! My mother-in-law couldn’t think about it, and said that it was all her fault and her illness. Damn it. Madam, judge me, how can such a thing happen in this world! Wow, wow, wow, wow!"

Song Qingyue's thin body was shaken by the sturdy woman's shoulders with both hands, until her bones were about to fall apart, Xiao Zao and Mian Mian quickly stepped forward to protect the master: "I said, aunt, you can't talk nonsense about this! It is said in the "Law of the Great Zhou" that those who own less than [-] mu of land do not have to pay land tax when buying the first [-] mu of land! If your family has paid more tax, you should go to the county magistrate for comment, what to do? Running to knock on the door of the Song Mansion?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand! An knew that my family didn't have to pay taxes, but now I have to pay so much more taxes, the land is gone, it's gone!! Niang, Niang, let us decide! Persuasion Mr. Cifu, you are so good at first, why did you charge the land purchase tax!"

Starting with this lady, the rest of the family kowtowed to Song Qingyue, begging her to persuade Mrs. Song to take back the law on land tax.

Ah, Song Qingyue lowered her head and raised the corners of her lips, it turned out that she was waiting here even more heartbroken.

Why persuade Mr. Song to withdraw the law on land purchase tax, as if the surname Song is the same in this world.

Song Qingyue glanced at the crowd on the side of the road and saw a few familiar faces. It was the extras who were already in place. She immediately raised her head, stared at the crying family members, and said in a loud voice: "The matter of pawning the land!" Whether it is a business or not, the court will discuss it, but even if my father, the cabinet minister, does not do it, the land tax will still continue to be collected! There is nothing wrong with the land tax, but the magistrate who is in collusion with the magistrate. , the common people have suffered, as long as the imperial court and His Majesty know about it, they will definitely decide for the common people!"

"Prince Jin's concubine speaks well!" The boy who first saw the alley and went to Zhaoyue Primary School shouted.

"That's right!" his father yelled.

"It's the local dog officials and big households who are wrong, and has nothing to do with Mr. Song!" Aunt Wang, who was in charge of Zhaoyue Primary School's lunch food, shouted.

Her son suddenly faced the crowd and said loudly: "Everyone, don't listen to these people's nonsense! If a good official like Mr. Song loses his official position because of you, who have been paid by rich people, I will be the one who suffers." We common people!"

The uncle surnamed Li who opened the bathhouse in the alley next door also came to join in the fun, and now his children are still studying for free in Zhaoyue Primary School!He then yelled: "That's right, tell me, how much did you charge the big family? A few hundred taels or a few thousand taels? You can even sell your old mother's life for money, what kind of good people are you! Don't Be deceived by such an unfilial family!"

The residents of Scissors Hutong are really awesome, they got the point!Song Qingyue was satisfied when she heard this, and thought that Mo Zhu might have told them on the road, little Mo Zhu is so smart!
At this time, the crowd of onlookers nodded and pointed at the family crying in the Song Mansion.

The family obviously did not expect such a situation. The eldest daughter-in-law pointed at the nose of Uncle Li, who opened the bathhouse, and cursed: "Don't you want to spout blood, what evidence do you have? What evidence do you have? If you don't have evidence, my mother will be killed today." I have to go to Master Shuntian Mansion to sue you!"

When her man saw how stubborn his wife was, he immediately straightened his back and opened his mouth to curse: "That's right! What are you, talking nonsense and spouting shit here! Let me tell you, if you can't produce evidence, I will come to us tomorrow." Brothers from the village are here to kill you!"

Bathhouse Li Ke is a businessman in the capital!This kind of bluff is nothing to him at all, his eyes swept over these people, and suddenly pointed to the shoes of the eldest daughter-in-law and said: "Look, there are pearls on the toe of this bitch! The money is for the old mother’s medical treatment, but I have the money to buy pearls to embroider on the shoes! And they said they didn’t use money to do things!”

The eldest daughter-in-law, who was still aggressive just now, instantly looked like a mouse caught by the tail, desperately shrunk her feet into her skirt, and stared at Caotang Li in horror.

Bathhouse Li laughed loudly: "The accent is from Hebei, right? Farmers in the countryside of Hebei, how could they have the guts to come to Beijing to make trouble in front of Mr. Cifu's door! Obviously someone will support you!"

But suddenly an extra actor from the opposite party retorted: "But the Song family really did nothing wrong, why should the princess rush to send out plain clothes to apologize?"

"This..." Bathhouse Li was at a loss for words for a while, and the neighbors in Scissors Alley looked at me and I looked at you, and didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing the weakness here, the other party immediately became arrogant again: "Are you guilty? Are you guilty? This land purchase tax should not be collected!"

At this time, a scholar in a broad robe and Confucian shirt emerged from the crowd, and looked at Li Caotang and the neighbors in Scissors Alley with disdain on his face: "I didn't accept it in the past, and I haven't confiscated it for thousands of years. Why are you now Do you want to take it? Song Cifu is obviously looking for people's fat and people's anointing! How about an official? Hehe, it's just a rat who wants to win fame and flatter His Majesty!"

The neighbors in the Scissors Alley saw that the other party was dressed as a scholar, and his momentum suddenly weakened a little. Dongping, who was kneeling on the straw mat with Song Qingyue, finally couldn't hold back the irritability in his heart, and retorted: "There was no I have done a lot of things. If everything is done according to the ancient system, do we still have to use living people to sacrifice? Does this young man think it is right to sacrifice living people? Then why did we do it in the past, but not now? Did you do it?"

"you……"

The scholar couldn't think of a rebuttal for a moment, so he flicked his sleeves and said, "Little girl with sharp teeth, what do you know? It's not your turn to talk about national affairs."

As soon as Dongping heard this kind of argument, she would explode: "Why can't I speak? I am a woman, so I can't speak? I am also a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Why can't I say a word?"

The other party still looked condescending and too lazy to argue: "It's really hard to raise a woman and a villain! You are so savage! Too savage! The maids around your empress are all so savage, I think your empress is just pretending to be like this!"

Song Qingyue frowned, this damn scholar!After this matter was over, she insisted on finding out who this guy was, and then peeled off his skin to tell him what "oppression" is!
At this moment, someone wearing a bright red python robe walked over with big strides, and from a long distance, he spoke majestically, "Princess Bodhisattva, I heard that someone was bumped to death in front of her mother's house, and she came here to pray for blessings and help save her. In your mouth, it turns into a guilty conscience and doing something wrong! It's ridiculous!"

Everyone heard the reputation and looked, it turned out that Li Zhao brought the Taoist priests from Sanqing Temple and the guy who danced to the gods!

Song Qingyue was determined, with Li Zhao around, any situation would be fine.

Everyone knelt down, and the scholar also knelt down, and Li Zhao greeted several Taoist priests to do the same.

When passing by the scholar, he stopped deliberately. He was tall, looked down at the scholar prostrated at his feet, and laughed dryly: "Mr. It's quite auspicious, but I can't even count it. Any girl beside my princess is better than you. Don't comment on this important national issue. If you can't talk about a little girl, you will wantonly bully and belittle her... ...What are you again!"

This eldest son of the Liang family is the eldest grandson of the Liang family. He was a child prodigy when he was a child. He was admitted as a scholar when he was 16 years old.

At the beginning of this year, when he opened Enke, he wanted to win the first place in one fell swoop, but he didn't expect that the limelight was all taken away by his younger brother Liang Junhuai.

Song Qingyue was surprised when she heard that this guy's surname was Liang. Could it be his cousin?What is he doing against himself, is there something wrong with his mind?

As for humans, one should not be jealous, once jealous, one can do anything foolish.

This Mr. Liang was lying on the ground, scolded by His Royal Highness in public, with ten fingers digging on the ground, he almost found two rooms and one living room.

Li Zhao didn't bother to talk to this idiot who was obviously mediocre but thought highly of himself, walked up to Song Qingyue a few steps, pulled her up, and blamed her in a low voice: "It's cold on the ground, you are still weak, how can you not love yourself so much? "

Song Qingyue lowered her head, leaned softly into Li Zhao's arms and acted like a baby: "Husband..."

Li Zhao turned to the people who were causing trouble in front of the Song Mansion, "What you said is indeed worth discussing. Tomorrow's court meeting, the king will personally present it to His Majesty. Please, Your Majesty, consider whether it is necessary to refine the laws. But the purchase of land tax, It must be collected. This is also to prevent powerful families from annexing the land of small people. It is obviously a good thing for you, so stop messing around! Leave quickly, otherwise the king will definitely ask Jinyiwei to check you, whether you are taking money for work , killed my own mother!"

After saying this, the family was so frightened that their calves were cramping, they packed up their things, wrapped the old mother's body in a straw mat, and rolled away.

At the gate of the Song Mansion, the servants came out to wipe the blood, and the Taoist priests continued to chant scriptures and dance to the gods to save the dead.

Song Qingyue stood aside, watching the Taoist priests dance to the Great God before following Li Zhao home.

In the evening Song Jianming came to Qiandi and had a secret meeting with Li Zhao.

The next day, Song Jianming, who was recuperating at home, finally went to court.

Li Zhao raised the issue of the scope of application of the land purchase tax clause at the court meeting, and Song Jianming immediately offered suggestions for supplementary clauses.

The emperor glanced at it, nodded, and said: "Indeed, I didn't think thoroughly enough before. After supplementing this way, there must be less chaos in the past. Let's do it this way."

"Your Majesty, the minister has his own book!" Suddenly he stood up holding a fluorene board, "I have objections to the implementation of the land purchase tax!"

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, smiled slightly, and said, "Zuzao."

"Since the land purchase tax was collected, there have been more than 20 civil disturbances in the Zhili area alone, and 280 people were killed or injured, including a court official! If you count the whole country, this number must be no less than a thousand! Your Majesty, since ancient times So far, no land purchase tax has been collected, this tax is a matter of disrupting the country, it must not be done! Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The emperor laughed, and then looked at the other ministers: "What do you guys think? Don't be silent, we only have a big court meeting in half a month, so naturally we have to speak up if we have something to say!"

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" The Minister of the Ministry of War held the fluoren board and came out.

"My minister seconded the proposal!" Another servant named Xie from the Ministry of Officials also stood up and spoke.

The two important ministers agreed, and then, the timid ones also stood up one after another.

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

Such voices one after another said that they appeared above the hall.

After all, those who stand in the middle of the court are all big landlords, and they all accept donations from small people, but now that the damned land purchase tax comes out, it can almost be said to block half of the road of donations.

The land that was originally free, now needs to pay an extra five taels of silver per mu, who wants it!

For a moment, Song Jianming, who was kneeling in the front row, seemed to be alone, and even the old iron Wu Ge didn't stand up to say a word.

On the contrary, the upright Mr. Lu stood up straight and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I believe that the purchase of land tax is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people. I believe that the misconduct of local officials must not be called a disorderly matter for the country! It is the people who mess up the country, not the laws and regulations, and I think that the officials should be sent to inspect the censors to severely punish those officials who violated the law!"

"Master Lu's words are absurd!" The Minister of the Ministry of War stroked his gray beard and said in a loud voice, "A big family is the foundation of a country, so why should a scholar spend ten years in poverty?" At this point, he suddenly paused, some things, such as Accepting donations is not something that can be put on the table, but the reason is the same. Everyone knows it, and the emperor knows it too. He cleared his throat and continued, "With this tax, I am afraid that scholars will not Studying, the local big households are unwilling to support the imperial court. How is it not a matter of chaos? If the behavior of local officials cannot be restrained, this reform is better than not reforming, so as not to increase the burden on the people again. "

The emperor smiled and turned his eyes to Song Jianming: "Song Aiqing, do you have something to say?"

(End of this chapter)