Chapter 340 Can the Prince Fight?
After both parties pressed their hand seals, Madam Li looked calm, even showing a hint of reluctance, which made Li Shanglian feel relieved.
No matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't let anyone hinder Zong'er's future.
Madam Li wiped her tears with her handkerchief, turned her face slightly, and finally dared to show a smile that she could hardly hide. She whispered to the servants, "Quick, quick, take the documents to the government office immediately."
"Don't let him come to his senses."
Seeing Li Shanglian's ruthless steps when he left the house, Madam Li couldn't help but think of a saying: "If God wants to destroy someone, he must first make him crazy."
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Bei Jingchu frowned as he looked at the information sent back from the Zhang family.
She had predicted that the Zhang family would be angry with Li Zong after Yu'er was reprimanded.
However, after Li Zong left the Li family, there was no news from him except for one letter every day.
After just one encounter, she could tell that the man was not a low-key person. If he was really recruited by the Zhang family, he would definitely show off and let all the neighbors know and compliment him.
Something is not right.
She asked someone to keep an eye on the Zhang family, and she went to see the emperor with the prepared memorials.
The news that Bei Jingchu wanted to reorganize the national treasury was heard by some well-informed people.
Some people didn't take it seriously, but some people became alert.
Chang Tingyi's heart immediately sank.
The silly younger brother was still laughing foolishly: "If they want to clean it up, then let them clean it up. It has nothing to do with us. Why are you so jumpy, brother? You're not calm at all. Hahahaha~"
Chang Tingyi: “…”
This brother is still drooling even after being cured.
He took a deep breath and forced himself to remain calm, saying, "If the prince wants to take back the land, he will not go against the poor and the common people. He can only attack the aristocratic families."
"Just like in the history books, when a vassal was weakened, the first person to be confronted would not be the strongest vassal."
At the same time, Bei Jingchu was in the study room, and said to the emperor: "So we should start with the less powerful aristocratic families."
"Although the five clans and other families are interdependent, if the knife is not cut on them, they will not feel any personal pain, so it is not that difficult to deal with them."
Bei Jingchu continued: "If Aye doesn't want to see blood, there are two other ways."
"First, after the salt and iron industry is nationalized, the purchase of salt will be based on household registration, and the amount of salt each household and each person can buy will be restricted, which will encourage the people who have fled to register as salt."
"But it is already difficult to control the private sale of salt and iron. If we impose such restrictions, I am afraid that many people will smuggle for profit, and the benefits of government-run operations will be greatly reduced."
"Second, the stallholders are assigned to the fields."
"That is, we will abolish the capitation tax and replace it with a land tax. This way, even if the common people are left with no land, the land will be concentrated in the hands of the wealthy families, and the benefits of tax collection will not be harmed."
"But if the tax revenue is not damaged, the land will be annexed too much, and it will sooner or later burn the court, and Dai Viet will be destroyed."
Bei Heng tried to hold back, but couldn't help it, and said tiredly: "Chu'er, don't always talk about the country's demise, it's unlucky."
Bei Jingchu was a good kid who listened to her father-in-law, so she immediately changed her words and said, "Then the dynasty has changed."
Beheng: ...Is there any difference?
The prince is too rebellious, can he be beaten?
The rebellious prince grinned a perverted smile, and everyone saw him as a villain.
The villain said: "We can't just sit back and watch the land annexation. We should make plans early. I think we can do both the land allocation and the recovery of the land illegally acquired by the nobles at the same time."
"Hehe, aren't we planning to relocate the capital recently? While the pillars of the wealthy families have all followed Aye, the rest are just useless bastards."
"I stayed in the capital and killed each child with my sword."
Bei Jingchu stretched out his hand and made a neck-grabbing gesture. The two looked at each other and reached a consensus.
In the afternoon, Bei Jingchu returned to the East Palace exhausted after work. He sternly waved away the servants and waited solemnly and quietly for the door to close.
Started a dark crawl.
Yan Chao in the dark: ...
Ah, it's okay, I'm used to it. The prince was very stable today, and she is no longer the bright and beautiful little princess.
She knew that being a prince would make one crazy.
After going crazy, Bei Jingchu rolled onto the bed and went for a nap.
After she mentioned investigating what the Zhang family had done, her people quickly took action.
A group of people broke into the cell. There should have been guards there, but apart from those who were imprisoned, there was no one in sight.
A man came to Li Zong, who had been imprisoned for many days and was already emaciated.
Li Zong subconsciously put his hands in front of his face and shuddered, "No, no, no, don't hit me."
It looks so pitiful.
The people who came rescued everyone who was imprisoned here, and Haoyue also reported the news to her prince: "Your Highness, Li Zong went to investigate, but because they were not important people, I did not keep a close eye on them, and they ran away, leaving no evidence."
"In the prison cell, there are many students of commoner origin being held separately. After I asked someone to interrogate them, I found that except for Li Zong, there was another person who was held in prison after making a deal with the Zhang family."
"Others don't even know who they're working for."