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Chapter 351 Do You Have a Solution?
Shen Liuzhen entered the palace gate, and followed the eunuch all the way to the side hall outside the imperial study where Wu Lei usually received his ministers.

Feng Boyang, the empress of Wei State, was sitting quietly sideways at a table outside the side hall.

There are several stacks of memorials on the table.She held one in her hand and was looking at it seriously.

Shen Liuzhen looked up at the closed door of the Imperial Study Room behind her, bowed and saluted, and said softly:

"My minister, Shen Liuzhen, pay my respects to the empress."

The queen raised her head when she heard this, put the memorial in her hand on the table steadily, stood up from the chair, and said softly:
"Let's settle down. Shen Shizhong, His Majesty said that if the situation is unresolved, I can consult with you, but you are free, and you don't even enter the palace gate."

Shen Liuzhen showed a smile on his face, and said: "The official position of the minister is to accompany His Majesty to relieve boredom. Now that His Majesty has left the minister and left by himself, the minister is free at home. The empress has worked hard."

Feng Boyang looked at Shen Liuzhen, and just smiled gently with the corners of his lips curved. With her smoky willow eyebrows and slender eyes, because of her smile, she seemed to be thinking more deeply, not knowing what she was thinking.

After a while, she said: "It's hard work. Important state affairs and military affairs are still delivered to His Majesty on the front line. Except for some logistical matters to help the army prepare food and grass, there are not many important ones here.

Originally, I didn't need to worry about these things, as the usual routines were available.But the difficulty lies in that spring sowing will soon be over, and there are not enough grain seeds.

Now is the time when there is a shortage of crops. If the grain is saved for sowing, there will be a shortage of grain and grass on the front line.But if we don't keep enough food seeds, the season will be delayed, and the fields will be abandoned, I'm afraid there will be even more food shortages in the future, and it will be even more difficult, and there will be no chance to stand up and breathe.

Today I sat next to the court hall and listened to them quarreling all morning, the Xianbei people and the Han courtiers were almost about to fight again. "

"Oh?...Why is this?" Shen Liuzhen asked suspiciously, but there was no surprise in his eyes.

Xianbei people and Han people fight and quarrel every day, and they can fight over trivial matters, and they have long been used to it.

Feng Boyang walked slowly and said:
"After all, there is a shortage of food. The sowing of food cannot be delayed, and the food and grass of the frontline soldiers cannot be short. Therefore, everyone puts the main point of debate on how to requisition.

The ministers of the Xianbei people advocated that an additional layer of land tax should be imposed on the Han people.The courtiers of the Han people disagreed, saying that the Han people had already been added twice by the court this year, and with the occasional exploitation by the governors of various places, they would probably starve to death and could not be added any more.

No matter what, the land of the Xianbei people should be expropriated again.The land tax of the Xianbei people is much lower than that of the Han people, and it is only at this time that the Xianbei people have surplus food in their hands.

As soon as this remark came out, the courtiers of the Xianbei people became unhappy, and what they said was well-founded.

It is said that the population of Xianbei is small, and most of them live in military towns. The soldiers and civilians in military towns farm land in leisure time and go to the battlefield in wartime. They bring their own weapons and food, so they should have paid less tax than the Han people.

What's more, the battles have continued this year, and the Xianbei people are the main force on the battlefield. Where is there any surplus food to levy?On the contrary, the Han clans are widely spread, guarding the fields and doing nothing, and it should be added a few more times. "

Empress Feng Boyang spoke eloquently, with a steady and peaceful tone, recalling while talking, as if telling a story, paused at this point, looked at Shen Liuzhen and said:

"Afterwards, people from both parties started to hate each other, attacking each other, pouring out all the bad words. It's still the same old way. I won't go into details. Shen Shizhong should have guessed it."

Shen Liuzhen smiled awkwardly when he heard that, and said, "Yes... I know."

The hatred and contradictions between Xianbei people and Han people have a long history.

Randomly dragging two quarrelsome people from the street outside, as long as the Hu and Han tribes quarreled, it was nothing more than one scolding the other trash, and the other scolding the barbarian.

One scolds the other for being domineering and domineering, and the other scolds the other for Feng Shui turns, you deserve it.

It is basically the same as the content of scolding between the Xianbei nobles in the court and a Han courtier when they quarreled.

Shen Liuzhen habitually kept his sleeves in his hands, with a slightly embarrassed smile on his face, his eyes downcast, and he muttered silently.

Empress Feng Boyang waited for him for a while, then took a few steps forward, and asked earnestly and expectantly:
"Shen Shizhong, in your opinion, is there a way to solve this problem? Who should be taxed to fill this hole."

Shen Liuzhen raised his eyes, his clear pupils flashed, and asked:

"What do you think, empress?"

Feng Boyang thought for a while and said: "No matter who is taxed, it is a matter of offending people. The key is to see whether the basic tax is not collected.

I am very embarrassed, because according to what they both said, if it is true, I am afraid... I will add it to anyone, and there will be nothing... I am worried that if it is not done well, the hole will not be repaired, and it will cause riots..."

Shen Liuzhen sighed and said: "The empress is very worried. We have also been to the military town before, and we have passed a lot of Han people's farms on the way. The weather is too cold this year, and there have been several wars ahead.

Whether it is Xianbei or Han people, most of them are stretched, and it is already good that they can not die of hunger or freezing. "

Hearing this, Feng Boyang lowered his head in disappointment, then walked to the table and sat down again.

Her desk was obviously added temporarily, and it was placed on the wall outside the imperial study, like a place for sundries.

No one stipulates that the queen should be like this, this is the place she chooses.

She also sat on a small stool beside her, appearing even more humble.

At this time, she said sadly: "Then what should I do?... It seems that if this is the case, I am afraid that I have to look at my eyes first, prepare the food and grass on the northern front line, and send it there first. The thing about planting, what is missing, can only be counted." gone."

Shen Liuzhen bowed and said: "The empress is right, so it should be so... The war is going on, and it is very important for His Majesty's first imperial conquest.

The matter of food and grass logistics should not be sloppy, it should be completed as soon as possible without delay.

As for the food seeds, they will be planted after the stinging, there is still some time..."

Feng Boyang smiled and said, "Master Shen is just joking...the twelfth day of February is the Jingzhe, how can there be time?"

"Huh?...Isn't it going to be another month?...Oh yes..."

He just remembered that when he went to Huanshan City, it was already the sixth day of February, and he has been back for several days now...

Shen Liuzhen was stunned for a moment, then laughed awkwardly, and said:

"Hahahaha...Look at my memory...But don't worry, empress, the weather is cold this year, and although the solar terms are here, it is estimated that if we really have to plant seeds, there will be time to delay it."

Feng Boyang looked at him in surprise, and asked, "Is Shen Shizhong able to do something?"

(End of this chapter)