Chapter 339 Mission Countdown
The ministers knew that the queen mother was rich, but they had no idea that she was so rich and owned so much land.
"Oh! But these are all the Queen Mother's private property!" Ying Zheng said deliberately, but his eyes fell on the officials present.
Zhao Yuanxi spoke righteously, "Qin is governed by law. Since Qin law stipulates that land belongs to the state, even though I am the queen mother, I should set an example. Moreover, although I have handed over the ownership of these lands, the management rights still belong to me. The output of the land still belongs to me, so I won't starve."
"As for taxes, even farmers who work in the fields and earn only a few dozen dan of grain each year are required to pay taxes according to the law. I hold a high position and have no worries about food and clothing. Am I any less than them?"
The ministers were ashamed when they heard this. They all understood the meaning of the empress dowager's words. They secretly glanced at the emperor above and were shocked to see that the emperor was staring at them.
Li Si was the first to speak up and said, "I am willing to return all the land under my name to you."
With the first one, there will be the second, the third...
At this point, everyone knew that the emperor was determined to take action against them, and even if their hearts were bleeding, there was no way to stop him.
Although they still have the operating rights, how long can they operate the business?
Zhao Yuanxi secretly winked at Ying Zheng, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and then looked seriously at the officials below with a gentle and kind look.
All the powerful ministers in the court handed over the land in their hands, not to mention the local officials. However, small-scale riots still occurred in some places, but they were quickly suppressed by the Qin soldiers!
The land reform caused those who owned large amounts of land to wail, but the common people remained unmoved. After the land illegally acquired by the rich and powerful was investigated, it was all returned to them.
They did not understand what ownership and management rights were. They only knew that the land was still theirs and they could continue to farm on it. The grain was also theirs. It was just that the land was not allowed to be bought and sold. In this way, the rich and powerful could not seize their land. In addition, His Majesty the Emperor reduced taxes for this purpose, so they could have more grain in their pockets.
Along with the land reform, the Qin State's tax system also changed. The original land tax and population tax would now be paid according to the land owned. Except for the annual corvée labor, the population tax would no longer be calculated. In other words, the more land one owned, the more taxes one had to pay, and it had little to do with people.
However, Zhao Yuanxi did not get involved in these messy things. The accounts she was doing made her head dizzy. Fortunately, now she had Lu Zhi to help her, so she could finally take a break from her busy life.
Zhao Yuanxi got the new space given by the system and developed many wonderful uses for it. Because he could adjust the flow rate of time in the space, this greatly shortened the time Zhao Yuanxi spent on cultivating high-quality seeds.
She directly carried out a major update of Qin's crop varieties.
Those who she sent out to look for plant seeds came back one after another. She was able to quickly use this space to learn about the characteristics of plant varieties and experiment with various new varieties, greatly enriching the edible crops of the Qin State.
The system never expected that its space would be used in this way by the host. [Isn't this too much?!]
"How is that excessive? I've always followed your rules!" Zhao Yuanxi said with an innocent expression.
You're giving them a cheat.
I'd love to!
The system was furious, [Doesn't that mean I have nothing to do with it?]
If you're willing to give me some rare seeds, I'll take them with me.
The system cursed: [Don't even think about it! Look at you, you're just sitting here all day, aren't you doing your mission?]
Zhao Yuanxi spread his hands and said, "I can't just follow Ying Zheng around all day! People should keep their distance!"
[What do you mean by keeping your distance? I think you're just lazy.]
[Look, isn't this favorability already 99%? ]
System: [Do you think the last 1% is that easy? ]
Zhao Yuanxi said: [This favorability isn't PXX, no matter how hard you try, it won't reach 100%!]
Facts have proved that this favorability is really the same as PXX. No matter how hard Zhao Yuanxi tries, the progress bar always stays at 99%.
The system was so anxious that it rolled on the ground, but Zhao Yuanxi stared at the new species that had matured in the space and smiled from ear to ear.
[Are you really not going to give it another try?] The system looked at the countdown, which had only three days left, and the ball seemed to have lost its color.
Zhao Yuanxi touched the little fat ball and said, "You've already seen it, haven't you? I've done everything I should have done. There's nothing I can do."
[But it's just a little bit away!] The system was unwilling to give in, [How about I give you some poison to scare Ying Zheng, or you feed Ying Zheng some poison and let you save him. That way, you can be a hero saving a beautiful woman and max out your favorability!]
It has read "One Hundred Ways to Conquer the Male Protagonist", which includes a method of poisoning people. It works every time and those people fall for it!
Zhao Yuanxi knocked on the ball. [Don't look at those weird things, and don't use random words.]
[But if the mission fails, aren't you afraid of dying here? ]
[I used to be afraid, but now I don't seem to be so scared anymore.] Zhao Yuanxi smiled with his eyebrows curved.
【You don’t want to leave, do you?】
It’s interesting here, isn’t it? I find I really like it here now!
[But, that would leave you with about three years...]
Zhao Yuanxi was silent for a moment. [Isn't it still possible to accumulate vows?]
The system's voice was weak. [This is very difficult, even harder than the strategy quest. You must at least reach the same level of influence as Ying Zheng to achieve this goal.]
[Things are always done by people, so there's no need to be discouraged. Don't we still have three days left? How do you know if there will be a surprise in these three days?]
Having said that, when Zhao Yuanxi's consciousness came out of the space, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy. Anyone who knew that he might only have three years left would not feel at ease!
The window was opened a crack, and cold wind rushed in from outside. Zhao Yuanxi couldn't help shivering. He gathered his clothes, got up and closed the window.
You just came in, got startled, and screamed, "Was the window left open yesterday? Damn it, I forgot to check the window!"
"Why are you so scared? I felt stuffy in the room last night, so I opened the window myself. It's none of your business!" Zhao Yuanxi rubbed his hands and quickly closed the window.
"If you feel stuffy, you can ask me to remove one or two charcoal fires, but this window is facing you. If you get sick, I'm afraid I can't atone for my sin even if I die." You disagreed.
Zhao Yuanxi smiled at her pleadingly, "Okay, I won't do this next time!"
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