Princess of the auxiliary country

"so serious?"

Seeing that she no longer seemed to be joking, the smile on Emperor Zhaowu's face faded and he looked solemn.

"Then tell me in detail."

The eldest princess then told the story of how the local officials below had joined forces with wealthy gentry to conceal the arrival of disaster relief food and exploit the people.

As she told the story, Emperor Zhaowu's face became increasingly ugly, and even a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Princess Ningyang only saw the misery of the people being exploited, but she did not think deeply about the far-reaching impact and huge consequences of these lands being annexed by local officials and wealthy gentry.

There were two types of taxes most commonly used in the Yu Dynasty, one was the head tax, and the other was the grain tax.

As long as the first person is registered, he has to pay taxes every year, or turn in money, or do corvee to offset it.

The second food tax is the 35% tax mentioned earlier, but this is only for ordinary people.

For those whose families are famous, or whose families are scholar-bureaucrats, the food tax is completely exempted.

In short, that is to say, if the land of the common people continues to be annexed and acquired by those families with titles or scholar-bureaucrats, then the Yu Dynasty's tax revenue on food will continue to shrink.

Next, the court knows how many farmlands are registered in a place. After some people's land is annexed, tax revenue will naturally decrease. If local officials cannot collect the tax, the court will pursue it. So what will they do?
Naturally, it is increased privately, and the part that these landless people say they need to bear is added to other land-owning people.

If things continue like this, the people will have no land to plant, no food to feed, and chaos will inevitably break out when they are desperate.

At this point, the dynasty is not far from collapse.

This is a very serious matter with far-reaching consequences.

Throughout history, this is basically the case for the final collapse of the country in all dynasties.

And the Yu Dynasty has only been established for a long time, and some people have already started to do this. If there are no checks and balances, I am afraid that the Yu Dynasty will not be passed down for many generations, and it will face destruction.

Seeing that his expression became more and more solemn, he even began to pace back and forth in the study room.

Princess Ningyang was also shocked.

She has had a good relationship with this brother since she was a child, so she knows him well.

In this case, the matter must be very serious, even many times more serious than she imagined.

"Brother."

Emperor Zhaowu came to his senses this time and found that he was already covered in cold sweat.

Seeing the eldest princess's gaze, he gave a forced smile and said, "What Zhao De said is very important. If she hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought that someone had already started doing this."

"This is a wake-up call for me."

"This is indeed not good. Our Yu Dynasty has been established for 20 years and has managed to increase the population a little bit. We cannot let these people cause harm."

Seeing that she hadn't figured out the deep crisis here, Emperor Zhaowu didn't explain it and nodded and said, "Yes, I have to think of a way to deal with these people."

"Can Zhaode tell me how to prevent it?"

The eldest princess shook her head.

"Yes, she is still young, so it is already very impressive to see this, especially the disaster relief plan is also very good."

"I don't know how much better than the Crown Prince and King Qi and King Chu."

Hearing this, the eldest princess immediately became displeased. King Qi and King Chu let it go. There was no grudge, but what the hell was the prince?Is he even worthy of being compared with his own daughter?

"Brother Imperial, you are simply insulting her by comparing the prince to my Zhao De."

Unlike those people outside, she didn't dare to speak ill of the prince.

"What's your name?"

Emperor Zhaowu was instantly angry and his face turned dark.

The prince is a bit incompetent, but he is also his son. In front of his father, are you polite to bury the prince like this?
"To be honest, let's not talk about anything else. Let's just talk about this plan. How many years do you think it will take for the prince to come up with it?"

"If I don't say that he can't figure it out in his lifetime, then it's already a huge honor." Then I still have to thank you?

Emperor Zhaowu was so angry that his liver ached. This was too embarrassing.

Can't you take care of your own face?He is the emperor and his brother, so why don't he have to save face?
"Okay, okay, I don't like hearing what you say. Leave quickly. I don't want to see you."

The eldest princess curled her lips.

"Just go. If it weren't for the fact that you are so exhausted, no one would come to you in this cold weather."

As she said that, she turned around. Just when she was about to go out, Emperor Zhaowu suddenly remembered something and stopped her quickly.

"what happened again?"

"I just heard from people below that the maid named Hongxiu next to Zhaode brought a lot of juicy vegetables to the palace. Where did that stuff come from?"

After hearing what he said, Princess Ningyang immediately became interested and walked back in a hurry.

He said with a proud look on his face: "My daughter grew it, and now there are so many in the farm that I can't even eat them all."

Seeing her arrogant look, Emperor Zhaowu felt a little unhappy, but he was also surprised.

"Did Zhao De grow it?"

"Yes."

The eldest princess nodded.

"You still can't finish eating?"

The eldest princess nodded again.

"Don't brag. I know that there is a warm soup in the villa. It's not like my royal family doesn't have such a place. They would grow some in previous years. How much is that? You can't even finish it?"

Now the eldest princess was immediately unhappy. What does bragging mean?

"Don't look down on me. I'm telling you, there are so many dishes at our villa that we can't finish every meal every day."

"Why do you think you asked Hong Xiu to come over? That's because we couldn't finish the food and were afraid of getting old, so we gave it to you. Who are you looking down on?"

Seeing that she looked like a cat with fried hair, Emperor Zhaowu was a little confused.

But then I was also a little angry, why would I give it to him if I couldn't finish it and was afraid of wasting it?As an emperor, we can only eat a little bit?
Very disrespectful to people.

"Really?"

"Well, to tell you the truth, Zhaode has developed something that can grow vegetables in winter. She has planted quite a few acres on our farm, and they are all green."

"Have you ever seen the green vegetables all over the ground in winter?"

The eldest princess looked at Emperor Zhaowu with contempt.

Emperor Zhaowu was already immune to the look in her eyes. He couldn't do anything about this imperial sister. Who could he call her his biological sister?
But he somewhat believed it. Although his imperial sister loved to quarrel with him and hurt him, what she said was very sincere.

"What did you plant?"

"Chili, bok choy, coriander, ginger, onion, garlic, and courgette."

As for corn, she didn't say anything, mainly because she still didn't believe what her daughter said about corn being so powerful, and her daughter also said that it hasn't been completely planted yet, and she doesn't know what it will be in the future. Condition.

It's better not to leak it out yet. It's not too late to wait until everything is successful.

"so much?"

Although he was a little confused as to what that pepper was, he probably thought it was a folk vegetable.

After all, there are still many types of vegetables in the world, and it is normal for some of them he has never seen or heard of.

"Several points, can it not be more?"

"It's just that the only things we can eat now are cabbage and coriander. As for courgettes, we probably have to wait a while."