Chapter 108

"Well, I won't leave in the future, and stay with the princess."

Looking at Beibei's innocent little face, Luzhu felt warm in his heart.I didn't expect that she was also needed by someone, and she was reluctant to part with it for a day.Thinking about it, it has been more than ten years since I have experienced such a feeling. For so many years, I have either performed missions or stayed in the Anbu for non-stop training. If the Princess was not arrested this time, I am afraid that she would still be in the Anbu for endless training.

Thinking of this, Luzhu smiled relaxedly, as if she had made up her mind, "From now on, the slaves and maidservants will stay with the princess, and they will not go anywhere." Except for revenge.

"Yeah, is Sister Luzhu real? That's great." Beibei cheered, she just likes Sister Luzhu inexplicably and hates her.

Yao Mei watched Beibei interacting with Lvzhu, she just smiled and said nothing.Beibei is happy now, because she doesn't know that they will leave the palace in two days.As for Luzhu, there must be a reason for helping Beibei in the first place, and I am afraid that he would not leave with them.

Lu Zhu looked at Yao Mei in deep thought, and cleverly took Bei Bei aside to play with her.Although the wife does not have the air of a young lady from the imperial family, but the occasional majesty in her expression makes Lu Zhu not dare to underestimate her.

Prince's Mansion

Since the emperor ordered the prince to be in charge of taxation, the prince's house arrest has come to an end.At this time, the prince was discussing taxation with a group of staff.

"Everyone, my father ordered my palace and King Feng to handle the taxation issue together a few days ago. I hope that you can advance and retreat with me." Prince Baili sat on the seats and glanced at the human beings who were sitting on both sides.

The people below stood up one after another, "It is my duty to relieve His Highness the crown prince's worries, and we shall advance and retreat with the crown prince."

Among these staff, there are many gray-haired old men, and naturally there is no shortage of young talents like Li Qingyun.Of course, most of them are people who have achieved fame but have not entered the court as officials.There are very few people like Li Qingyun who have been deprived of fame but are still working for the prince.

"With everyone's words, I can rest assured that the errands will be done in the future, and the benefits will naturally be indispensable to everyone." The prince waved his hand, motioning everyone to sit down and talk.

Don't look at how high-minded these people are all on weekdays, but when they talk about benefits, they all smile.

It's just about taxation. Since the emperor's list of taxation was issued to various places, some people are happy and some are worried.The happy ones are of course those officials who can profit from it, and the worried ones are naturally the common people.It was a good year, and there was a sudden heavy snowfall. Many people died of freezing and starvation in many places. At this time, the imperial court did not provide disaster relief, but raised taxes instead, not to force the people to death.

Therefore, refugee riots broke out in many places, and some refugees even broke into the county government office to open the granary to grab food.Although it was a bumper harvest year, the government's taxation was increased, resulting in the people's food surplus not being as good as in a famine year.Moreover, the heavy snow came late and urgently this year, which caught the common people by surprise.

If the riots are not suppressed, this will hinder tax collection efforts to a large extent.But such riots are not uncommon.Suppression by force, most of these are civilians, and there are a large number of people. One mistake may cause large-scale resistance. At that time, refugees from various places will unite, and a war will inevitably occur.

At that time, I am afraid that it is not as simple as the prince's position being lost, but that the dynasty of this hundred miles has changed.

Therefore, when someone proposed to the prince to suppress the refugees by force and to collect taxes by force, it was rejected.

"Your Highness, I have a plan. I don't know if it will work." Li Qingyun stood up at the end and said to Bai Liduan above.

Those who are sitting here are not human beings. When they hear someone talking, they all turn their eyes to the speaker.Seeing that it was Li Qingyun, some people showed contempt, while others regarded it as watching a play.Everyone thinks that he is just a person who has been expelled from Juren, so what good plan can he have?

A man in a blue shirt sneered, "Hmph, you'll be blind."

"Mr. Li, tell me quickly, let me listen." The prince didn't care about the undercurrents below, and gave Li Qingyun a little help, signaling Li Qingyun to speak up.

"Your Highness, since there are refugees robbing county government granaries in many places, it is better to start from the robbed county government and open warehouses for disaster relief. First, it can temporarily appease the refugees. Second, arrest the heads of these refugees to make an example of them. This not only appeases the refugees, but shows that the imperial court is not ignoring them, but is actively preparing for disaster relief, and it also gives a warning to other troublemakers, so that those bandits who used the snowstorm as an excuse to loot will be caught secretly."

After Li Qingyun finished speaking, the whole study room was silent.Just now, the faces of the people with the attitude of watching the drama and disdain were extremely exciting. No one expected Li Qingyun to propose such a method.They never thought about the urgent need to open the granary from the robbed county government. After all, all the robbeds were robbed, so there was no leftover grain.

No, the man in the green shirt said again, "Brother Li said it lightly, the county government has been robbed, how can we open a warehouse for food?"

"Brother Mo said that it is precisely because the county government office was robbed by refugees that we opened warehouses to release grain for disaster relief. As for where the grain comes from, it depends on the local gentry and landlord." Li Qingyun seemed to be answering the man in blue, but In the end, it was obvious that the target of the conversation had become Baili Duan.

Bai Liduan connected Li Qingyun's words back and forth, and immediately tasted it. He was happy in his heart, but he didn't show his face, watching the reactions of everyone below.

This time, not only the prince was satisfied, but all the staff below nodded, expressing that the plan was feasible.Only Mo Bai, that is, the man in the blue shirt from before, looked at everyone's reactions with an ugly expression.

Although Mo Bai was dissatisfied, he didn't get angry in front of so many people. After all, they were both staff members of the Prince's mansion, and the prince was still in power, so how dare he get angry in front of him.Now they are standing on the same line with the prince. If there is internal strife, I believe the prince will never spare him.

Bai Liduan was also secretly paying attention to the atmosphere between Mo Bai and Li Qingyun. When Li Qingyun smiled at Mo Bai, the prince nodded secretly.Although the trip to Suoyang City was not satisfactory at the beginning, it seems to be not bad now.

As for Mo Bai, he has a certain amount of talent, but he is too arrogant. In the future, such people should be used less.

Mo Bai had no idea that the crown prince had sealed his future, and he thought that he would be shamed by Yixue today if he had a chance in the future.He endured the anger in his heart, and said, "Brother Li is very scheming, today Mo is willing to bow down." After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it down.

"Brother Mo is serious, today's words are just a fluke for Li." After finishing speaking, he picked up the wine glass and drank it down.

Yunzhou, Beizhuang

From the day when the imperial list was released, Father Yao has been worried all day long.One is worried about Beibei and Yao Mei, and the other is worried about the people of the world.The snow came late this year, making everyone think it would never snow, and it snowed for more than ten or twenty days in a row. Bone snow village.

"Hey!" Youyou breathed out, if Xiaomei hadn't earned this family fortune, his Yao family would have been more sad than those disaster victims.

(End of this chapter)

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