Emperor Shengwu said so, and Bei Lingyao also said bluntly:
"Nowadays, the people are numerous but the land is scarce. If we tax people head-to-head, the burden would be too heavy. It would be better to designate a good area to encourage people to open up wasteland, abolish the head-to-head tax, and collect taxes based on the acreage. The more land you have, the more you will be taxed; the less land you have, the less you will be taxed."
Emperor Shengwu immediately laughed, "As expected, like father, like daughter. Censor Bei also mentioned this to me before."
Bei Lingyao was surprised.
Emperor Shengwu also mentioned abolishing the tax-exempt privileges of officials and landlords.
It also mentioned changing the "haoxian" surcharge into a statutory tax, as well as the issue of silver for maintaining integrity.
Bei Lingyao was stunned. Combined with what she said, isn't this the Fourth Master's "taxation shall be distributed among all officials and gentry on the land"?
"The emperor is wholeheartedly devoted to the people and loves them like his own children. This is a blessing for all the people."
"This is something I've always wanted to do, but in the first few years after I ascended the throne, I was short of money and food, and the treasury was empty. There were some things I wanted to do but couldn't. Things have been better these past few years. Once the child is born, I'll let go and do it."
Emperor Shengwu was most worried about his health. Over the past few months, the strange poison in his body had stabilized and there was no sign of the poison breaking out, but the rumor that he would not live past forty was not true.
Over the years, he has sought out famous doctors to remove the strange poison in his body in order to prolong his life.
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
As Bei Lingyao spoke, she reached out to feel Emperor Shengwu's pulse.
Emperor Shengwu had not expected that Bei Lingyao had such an amazing talent in medicine. He went to study medicine because he was poisoned, but over the years, he had only learned the basics.
Bei Lingyao frowned slightly. While taking the pulse, she used her spiritual sense to explore Emperor Sheng Wu's body.
The poison in Emperor Shengwu's body has penetrated into his bone marrow, blood, internal organs, and there is also a worm in his head.
This must be the legendary poisonous insect.
Bei Lingyao didn't know much about poisonous insects, but Emperor Shengwu's health was very poor. Logically, he should not be able to survive and might even die suddenly at any time.
But Emperor Shengwu was still alive after being poisoned for many years.
But this situation won't last long.
"Could you please show me the Emperor's pulse diagnosis records from many years ago?"
Bei Lingyao had a worried look on her face.
"I asked Xing Yi to bring it over."
Emperor Shengwu sighed in his heart. In the past, although he was unwilling to accept his fate, he was indifferent to life and death.
Now that I have more concerns, my desire to live is even stronger.
After Bei Lingyao took Emperor Shengwu's pulse records from all these years, she began to study them with the three female doctors in Yufu Palace and Nanny Sun.
She browsed through the various detoxification pills and prescriptions in the system mall. As long as she had enough points, it would be no problem to detoxify Emperor Shengwu's body.
But the parasite in the brain is more difficult to deal with.
Bei Lingyao asked the system about the poison again.
[You can find it yourself. The mall has everything. You can redeem it if you have enough points. ]
Bei Lingyao searched for information about the poison again, but was discouraged by the points listed.
Suddenly, Bei Lingyao's eyes swept across a book called "The World's Invincible Gu Sutra" and she was stunned!
[Only five points? Is this book authentic?]
【Fidelity】
[Why is it only five points? The cheapest one costs thirty points. The price difference is huge.]
Moreover, the title of this book is a bit childish and seems unreliable no matter how you look at it.
Bei Lingyao hesitated.
I have lived for three lifetimes and have a good family background, but I have only now learned to be thrifty.
[I remember this book being sold for a fortune by its owner. But later buyers never learned what it was all about, so it became useless and was sold at a low price.]
[Does the owner of the book know how to do this?]
[This book was created by the Poison Saint Gu Du Qiu Bai, what do you think?]
[Give me one, then.]
[Ding, the host successfully redeemed the "Invincible Gu Sutra". 5 points were deducted, and the account balance is 155 points.]
Bei Lingyao clicked it, and the book "The Invincible Gu" entered her mind.
Bei Lingyao emmm…….
She knew all the characters, but when they were put together, she couldn't understand them.
Why does a book on Gu also involve formations, advanced mathematics, and the Book of Changes?
[It is indeed a useless book.]
[Many people also say this, so there is only one person in this world who has achieved sainthood through poison, Gu Du Qiu Bai.]
[What level is the Poison Saint?]
Bei Lingyao had never heard of it.
The host's cultivation world is the Small Thousand Worlds, with the highest level being the Divine Transformation Stage. The next highest level is the Middle Thousand Worlds, with the highest level being the Tribulation Crossing Stage. The next higher level is the Great Thousand Worlds, also known as the Immortal Realm. Above the Immortal Realm is the Supreme World, which has twelve levels, with the Sage being the third from the bottom.
[Does the system belong to the Immortal Realm or the Supreme World?]
[Neither.]
Bei Lingyao looked at the system and felt that it was becoming more and more mysterious.
Knowing so much, and adding the things in the system mall, it can be concluded that the system is definitely not something that can be produced below the fairyland.
But the system denies that it is the fairyland or the supreme world.
Is there any existence higher than the Supreme World?
[Host, don't worry about the origins of the system. You haven't reached that level yet. Overthinking it won't do you any good.]
When Bei Lingyao heard this, she let go of the thought.
Curiosity killed the cat, so she should be less curious.
Bei Lingyao copied out the Gu Sutra and showed it to Nanny Sun, who looked confused.
"Does your Majesty want to study insects?"
"It says 'gu worm' on it."
"Raising poisonous insects is not what the Empress wrote. Moreover, poisonous insects are not that easy to raise. If you are not careful, they will easily backfire, and the person will become abnormal and ugly."
"Madam, do you know about poisonous insects?" Bei Lingyao was surprised. If Madam Sun knew about poisonous insects, why didn't she mention poisonous insects in Emperor Shengwu's pulse diagnosis?
The imperial physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau couldn't see it, so could Madam Sun not see it either?
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