Fourth Lord's Black Moonlight Queen

Chapter 693 The crown covers the capital, and the people are alone and haggard

Those gentry classes don't have her perseverance, they can take root among the common people, and take promoting the New Deal as a lifelong career.

"Let me give you a chestnut. Ding Yin's general meaning is that no matter whether you are poor or rich, or how many people you have in your family, you should pay a certain amount of money and collect taxes according to the size of your head."

Li Jingui distributed the sugar-fried chestnuts in his hand to several children who couldn't sit still.These children are the hope of the future of the Qing Dynasty, and the new policy must start from the baby.

"This kind of poll tax has undoubtedly increased class inequality. For example, can the cost of raising ten children for the landlord be the same as that of us poor people?"

"The poll tax paid by the landlord for ten children is just a drop in the bucket, which is harmless. But for us poor people, after paying the ten shares, we really can't survive."

"The reform implemented by the emperor directly abolished the poll tax, and all taxes will be collected according to the amount of land in the future. This will reduce the burden for us poor people, but it will damage the interests of the landlords."

"For our poor people, the emperor directly declared war on all bureaucrats, asking them to pay taxes commensurate with their wealth, so as to ease the pressure on the treasury and the burden on the people."

"Think about it, once this order came out, almost all the officials objected, even Qingliu, who is usually dignified and lives a frugal life, also came out to oppose it. It is understandable for those corrupt officials to object, but why did Qingliu object?"

"The reason for Qingliu's opposition is not because of money, but because of the idea that one who has knowledge should be superior to others. Qingliu believe that scholars should be different from ordinary people, and should be superior to ordinary people. , wouldn’t a scholar be the same as an uneducated fool?”

"In the views of the landlords and officials, those who are knowledgeable should enjoy privileges, rule over uneducated fools, and it is only natural for fools to pay taxes, and scholars should behave differently from us assholes."

"Do princes and generals have any kindness? The emperor is playing games with those landlords for the sake of ordinary people like us, but we are tearing things down. It really chills the emperor."

Not far from the river bank, Chen Wenzheng was taking out the fat edges and corners from the pot.

Seeing the eloquent and eloquent woman talking excitedly, dancing and spitting, his eyes showed admiration.

If she were a man, with her unyielding tenacity and erudite eloquence, sooner or later she would be able to become a marquis.

Since leaving the capital, she has been tirelessly walking among the low-level people every day, tirelessly advocating the emperor's new policy.

He even doubted that Li Jingui would develop this into a lifelong career and devote himself to it until his death.

After the fishermen left, Li Jingui cleared his slightly hoarse voice.

Picking up the thick tea at hand, she took a sip to moisten her throat, and she stretched a little tiredly.

"time to eat."

Chen Wenzheng on the bank of the river waved at her, she put down the tea bowl, and then supported the boat and slowly approached the shore.

The two are called brothers and sisters, and they travel the world hand in hand.

Although life is poor, it is also fun.

At this time, Li Jingui unfolded the map of the Qing Dynasty in his hand, and drew a red circle on a place that was so small that it was abbreviated as a black dot.

"Brother Wenzheng, in a few days, let's go north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then take the mountain road to see the grassland outside Yanmen Pass."

(End of this chapter)