turn the clouds

Xie Ningzi actually always felt that Gu Feixue was in the way.

But of course she would not say or show this thought.

The two took Gu Feixue's train and went outside the palace.

On the way, Chu Tianshu asked: "Is the late emperor's funeral coming soon?"

"Yes, there are less than ten days left."

"His Royal Highness King Song is still not qualified to attend?"

"Yeah." Xie Ningzi sighed: "His Royal Highness Song Wang is also to blame."

"Where's Miss Gu?"

"Her?" Xie Ningzi replied: "She is the eldest daughter of His Majesty, so of course she can attend."

"Not this." Chu Tianshu asked: "I just want to ask, is she willing to collect money to help His Highness King Song get the qualification?"

"Maybe not."

"Such a big contradiction?" Chu Tianshu was surprised.

Surprised, but also very happy.

"The emperor doesn't get along well with His Highness Song Wang." Xie Ningzi smiled: "Are you thinking of something bad?"

"Their contradictions are so great... Is there a lot of room for..."

"Don't think about it for the time being." Xie Ningzi shook her head: "I heard from Master Qin that after the Song Dynasty was defeated in this battle, the domestic situation stabilized, and within a year or so, there will be no more foreign wars."

"Then what is Dayun's major policy...direction?"

"Master Qin's intention is to rectify the domestic situation."

"There are so many big wins, such as clarifying the land, rectifying usury, and cleaning up some dirty forces in the country."

After the great victory, the prestige and military strength of the court are indeed sufficient to do this.

can.

"Usury?" Chu Tianshu asked, "What usury?"

"You don't know?" Xie Ningzi was a little surprised.

Judging from Chu Tianshu's performance, he should be very familiar with many basic common sense things about Dayun in the past so many years.

But now his performance...

"Do you know about Cen Yang's disaster last year?"

"know."

Cenyang County was hit by a disaster last year, and the councilor Xie Qingyun died of exhaustion in order to relieve the disaster.

He still remembered this matter.

"Last year, in order to help the victims, my father also built some basic factories on the basis of opening warehouses and releasing grain, and applied for a large number of orders from the imperial court."

"Ah."

Up to here, there is still no problem.

"But the situation in Cen Yang is quite special, so the financial gap is relatively large."

"In the imperial court, because we have to prepare for war, we can't take it out for a while."

"In the end, my father borrowed the money from the local gentry in Cen Yang in the name of the court and himself."

"The money borrowed is usury."

"The time to borrow is eight, and the time to repay is twelve."

"The time limit is one year."

"After the limit, the interest rate is six cents per month."

"So outrageous?" Chu Tianshu was very surprised: "Borrow usury from the imperial court, and pay back [-]%?"

Borrowing eight to repay twelve does not mean simply borrowing only eight.

Instead, they borrowed one yuan and only gave eight cents, but they had to pay back one yuan.

What's even more outrageous is the monthly interest of six cents after the overdue period.

This means that the monthly interest is six percent.

The interest rate on this loan...

"This is still the situation when facing the court." Xie Ningzi smiled: "Facing ordinary people, the attack will be darker."

"This kind of usury is also common?"

"Of course it is common." Xie Ningzi nodded: "According to Master Qin, most of the farmers in China have loans on their backs."

"Landlords are better off than on this loan."

"With this loan, they can annex people and swallow up land without any scruples."

"The court's annual tax revenue seems not to be mainly relied on by these rich and powerful guys, but on ordinary people."

"The number of factories has increased in recent years, so there is an additional factory tax."

"However, it has never been able to clarify the tax items on agriculture and land."

"Master Qin has always said that there is not enough strength and savings, and he also said that slaves should be imported from foreign countries to work."

"Where's the emperor?" Chu Tianshu asked, "Does the emperor disagree?"

Xie Ningzi shook her head: "How can he disagree?"

"Master Qin implemented the plan he made with the late emperor."

"so……"

So there hasn't been too much conflict between the actual prime minister and the emperor for the time being.

Chu Tianshu frowned.

"Did Qin Fuzheng tell you these things?" Chu Tianshu asked.

Xie Ningzi nodded: "Master Qin is my father's tutor, and he gave me my name when I was born."

"Master Qin's original arrangement for me was to ask me to learn something to take the big exam and become an official."

"Then why don't you do it?"

"I don't like it." Xie Ningzi shook her head: "I know Master Qin treats me well, and I also know that this arrangement may be the best."

"But I don't want to."

"Big exam, become an official, climb up according to Master Qin's arrangement, then marry the person he appointed, and contribute to his plan with her husband."

"Perhaps he is really thinking about Dayun."

"It's also really thinking of me."

"But I don't like it." Xie Ningzi shook her head, feeling a little depressed: "I don't like it very much."

"I want to choose by myself like His Highness Heyang."

Chu Tianshu sighed: "But if you choose yourself, you need capital."

"What?" Xie Ningzi was puzzled.

"Do you like me?" Chu Tianshu asked.

Xie Ningzi's face turned slightly red, she never thought Chu Tianshu, who was always rigid, would ask such a straightforward question.

After murmuring for a while, she looked into Chu Tianshu's eyes and nodded solemnly: "I like it."

"why?"

"Because I like it." Xie Ningzi wondered: "Does liking need a reason?"

Probably not.

Chu Tianshu tidied up his disturbed thoughts: "Actually, you want to choose yourself... Now Qin Fuzheng, did you agree?"

"He is willing to see you, so he agreed." Xie Ningzi was a little happy when she said this: "In their family, His Highness Heyang's words are the most effective."

"His Highness Heyang has a good impression of you, and Master Qin probably has no objections."

"Also, it's a bit surprising." Chu Tianshu said with a sense of loss, "Actually, under normal circumstances, he wouldn't agree."

"To really 'choose your own' is to ask for a privilege."

"Because you enjoy the resources he provided, you are actually responsible for fulfilling certain obligations."

"In normal social activities, the group that is the main creator of value will generally be the group that dominates value."

"That is to say, the group of decision makers can only be born in the group of the best quality labor force."

"So in almost all countries, the real power, in terms of gender alone, is men."

"On this basis, women with weaker labor ability will submit to men most of the time."

"I say this, can you understand me?"