Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

It wasn't an accidental fire, but someone set it on fire.

It turned out that the imperial court suddenly issued a decree to impose an additional [-]% tax on Yanzhou, including land tax and commercial tax, and also coincidentally set up many taxation items.

At that time, Yanzhou was in a plain, but there were few rivers. Irrigation has always been a problem. Depending on the weather, it is not possible to have a bumper harvest every year. However, the business has just started, and the [-]% tax is added. The people can’t eat enough, and the businessmen can’t make a profit. earn.

"At that time, my brother-in-law had just taken over the silk and satin factory. He was young and vigorous, so he took the lead in refusing to pay the [-]% commercial tax. It was so noisy at that time that the shops on this street were closed. Following this, the entire city of Yanzhou was in chaos. At this moment, the silk and satin village caught fire. The fire started so fiercely that it burned into a sea of ​​flames. My sister and brother-in-law were both in the backyard of the silk and satin village. You also know .My brother-in-law was burnt to death along with a few fellows, and my sister escaped by chance, but she was also burnt and disfigured." Gao Yuanwai sighed and said.

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "So it was... the government that set the fire?"

"Later, the merchants and common people saw the fate of my brother-in-law's family, and they did not dare to fight hard with the government, so they paid the [-]% tax one after another. After that, the [-]% tax was paid every year. The people suffered terribly. The shops closed one by one, and Yanzhou became poor. place." Gao Yuanwai didn't answer Liu Yunxiang's question directly, but his words confirmed Liu Yunxiang's guess.

"Why did the imperial court suddenly levy more taxes on Yanzhou, and levied [-]% more at once? Taxation is a big deal, and the court must consider it in many ways, and it is impossible to implement it rashly. And why is it aimed at Yanzhou, other places did not levy more, It doesn't make sense." Liu Yunxiang expressed his doubts.

After coming to Yanzhou, she found out that the imperial court had levied [-]% more taxes on Yanzhou. She thought it was because Yanzhou was located in a plain and the business was prosperous, but now it seems that it is not the case.

Gao Yuan looked around and saw no one around, so he whispered: "The imperial court built a temporary palace in the northeast of Yanzhou, does the seventh lady know?"

"know."

She had been to that palace before, and it was very gorgeously built.

"Could it be... Could it be that the [-]% tax is for building this palace?"

Gao Yuanwai nodded, "Exactly."

"Why do you levy Yanzhou alone?"

"Firstly, the palace is located in Yanzhou, and secondly, the tax increase for the construction of the palace will inevitably cause public dissatisfaction. The more places involved, the harder it is to control public opinion, so only one additional place is levied, and moreover..." Speaking of this, Gao Yuanwai Sighing heavily, "At that time, in order to highlight political achievements and curry favor with the emperor, the government of Yanzhou took the initiative to cover all the expenses for the construction of the palace."

Hearing this, Liu Yunxiang stopped in his tracks, "Paid all the expenses?"

"Yes."

"Who is this Futai?"

"Li Huai."

"what?"

"The current Yanzhou Futai is also the Yanzhou Futai back then."

Liu Yunxiang was a little dazed for a while, "He built the emperor's palace and spent so much effort, didn't he get promoted?"

"Because Feng Lao, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials at that time, impeached his cruel government many times, which caused public dissatisfaction. Therefore, after three years in Yanzhou, Li Huai was not promoted but relegated to a further place."

"It's actually because of the construction of the Xinggong Palace, so wouldn't this Feng Shangshu be doing something wrong to the emperor?"

"Yes, that's why he was dismissed for corruption and died of illness within half a year. His family was retaliated and killed one after another."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he immediately connected, "In order to keep the only child of the Feng family, Yang He brought Feng Zheng with him."

"Yes, Yang He, Mr. Yang is a student of the old Shangshu. The last thing he did when he was in office was to advocate that Mr. Yang take over as the governor of Yanzhou. In order to live up to the teacher's expectations, Mr. Yang did his best to help the people and the people of Yanzhou. Merchants got rid of the [-]% tax, and finally sent themselves in." Gao Yuanwai shook his head and smiled wryly.

Liu Yunxiang was shocked, and even more admired, standing there and sighing for a long time.

"But Gao Yuanwai, so you know so much?"

Knowing so much, but not telling Hongxuan and Xue Changfeng, seeing them search for so long without a clue.

Gao Yuanwai chuckled, "If you say there is truth to this case, then there is truth, if you say there is no truth, then there is no truth, and if I tell them, I may harm them, after all..."

Gao Yuanwai pointed to the top, "In the final analysis, it is the one who made the mistake."

"Then why are you telling me now?"

"The Seventh Prince is here, so what are you afraid of?"

Liu Yunxiang snorted, "With him taking the blame, you naturally won't be afraid."

Gao Yuanwai looked solemn, "If His Royal Highness saves Master Yang's life, then he will be our Yanzhou's great benefactor."

This sounded familiar, someone had told her.

After parting from Gao Yuanwai, Liu Yunxiang turned his head and asked Zijin, "Where's Feng Zheng?"

When she was outside Luoxia Silk and Satin Village, she didn't see him.

Zijin shook his head: "If you don't pay attention, you will disappear."

Liu Yunxiang changed his mind and said: "He came to Yanzhou this time, and he must have his purpose."

Back in Wanchun Garden, it was already dark, but Yan Mu and the others hadn't come back yet.Liu Yunxiang was worried, and kept lingering at the gate of the courtyard.

After waiting for a while, the three of them finally came back, and they all came back covered in mud, even Yan Mu.

"Aren't you going to dig ditches again?"

Yan Mu's expression was already bad, but when he heard this, his face became even more serious, and he walked into the courtyard angrily.

Although Hongxuan was also in a mess, he was in a good mood. He walked up to Liu Yunxiang and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness and a group of people dug the canal in the daytime, but they did a lot of work. Not bad, not bad, being able to be of one mind with the people He is a wise prince."

"Then why is he angry?"

Hongxuan smiled, "I probably feel cheated."

"what?"

Hongxuan smiled, stopped explaining, and went inside with his hands behind his back.

Xue Changfeng walked last. Among the three, he had the most mud on his body and his face was covered with mud: "We're going to find the magistrate Gu today. He's a cripple who's still digging a canal. I don't know who released the water. Let him wash away immediately." We can’t do nothing about it, so Daoist Hongxuan and I hurriedly jumped down to save him. We finally picked him up, but seeing that the water washed away several openings in the newly dug channel, he was so anxious that he wanted to go Jump down, in that case, we have no choice but to go down and block the hole for him, isn’t that what happened.”

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince also jumped down?" Liu Yunxiang asked.

"Oh, at that time, both officials and ordinary people jumped down one after another, like cooking dumplings. The scene was too shocking. I guess Lao Qi was infected by the atmosphere and jumped down unconsciously."

At this time, Yan Mu stood on the steps, gritted his teeth and said, "I was pushed down by Gu Zian!" (End of this chapter)