After decades of accumulation, more and more people with honors in various places in the south of the Yangtze River have become rich, and the trend of donation has begun to flourish, and the number of people paying taxes has dropped sharply. The numerator remains unchanged, but the denominator has become smaller, resulting in an increase in the taxes paid by the people.

When these two reasons overlapped, the Jiangnan region began to resist taxes.

Of course this is a later story.

However, in order to lower the tax rate in the Jiangnan area, the Jiangnan nobles tried their best to lobby the officials in Nanjing. As a result, many civil servants jumped out from time to time and wrote to Zhu Di requesting to lower the Jiangnan tax. Of course, the reasons given by the civil servants were also

It is very legitimate, "Don't compete with the people for profit", "Emperors should save money on extravagance and pay less in taxes", "All the people in the world are the emperor's subjects and should not favor one over another", and other such reasons.

Everyone knows that when a scholar opens his mouth, he can say whatever he says makes sense. But Zhu Di would definitely not agree. Most of his orders were left unexpressed.

After listening to Li Jinglong's explanation, Li Yunrui was a little confused. He thought about it for a long time and said, "Dad, after listening to what you said, these people have no grudge against my father-in-law, and there is no reason to attack him...

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"Really?" Li Jinglong looked at Li Yunrui, sneered, and said, "Open up the situation, don't limit it to today, and extend the time!"

"Make the time longer?" After hearing this, Li Yunrui frowned and lowered his head to think. After a long time, he raised his head, looked at Li Jinglong and said, "Dad, don't be so pretentious and tell me what happened.

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"What's the reason for the tax decrease and then increase in Jiangnan?" Li Jinglong smiled and said.

When Li Yunrui heard this, he instantly understood what Li Jinglong meant and said, "Dad, you mean to say that after the emperor ascended the throne, he increased taxes in the Jiangnan area, and the Jiangnan nobles turned their anger on my father-in-law, and that's why this happened?"

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"That should be the case!" Li Jinglong nodded and said, "In the eyes of the Jiangnan nobles, the emperor can ascend the throne because of his great achievements!"

Li Yunrui was a little speechless after hearing this strange reason. He really didn't expect that after three or four years, the Jiangnan nobles would actually take revenge on Mei Yin and have the ability to confront the emperor.

"Another point is that during the period of peace, the Jiangnan nobles gave a lot of money to support Zhu Yunwen..." Li Jinglong thought for a while and then said.

"I originally wanted to make a lot of money by investing in Zhu Yunwen, but in the end I lost everything!" Li Yunrui said with a smile, "Just because my father-in-law did not send troops to stop the emperor in Huai'an, they thought that my father-in-law was the culprit.

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"That should be the case..." Li Jinglong nodded.

"If this is really the case, it would be really exciting. A group of nobles can plot anything and dare to plot anything. Will they plot against the emperor one day..." Li Yunrui sneered and said.

"Why don't they dare to plot? It's not like they haven't plotted against the emperor before!" Li Jinglong stood up holding the chair and began to wander in the study. He sighed and said, "What happened in the Six Dynasties was just a private plan...

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"What happened in the Six Dynasties was just a private plan" is a sentence in "Niannujiao·Dengduojinglou" written by Chen Liang of the Southern Song Dynasty. It means that the old affairs of the Six Dynasties were only planned for the narrow interests of a few private families.

Li Jinglong used this sentence to describe the Jiangnan gentry. In fact, he really did not wrong them. Many historical experiences have already proved that the gentry will sell anyone they can for their own benefit...

After all, Li Yunrui was someone who had read a lot of historical materials, so he naturally understood the meaning of this sentence. He nodded and said, "I guess the thinking of the Jiangnan gentry is that the world belongs to the emperor, and the people are the emperor's subjects. The sufferings of the people and the

What does the rise and fall of the world have to do with the Jiangnan nobles?"

"That's true. Our nobles value sharing with the country. Our family and country are one, but once the Ming Dynasty comes, our family's glory will continue and our status will not be reduced!" Li Jinglong nodded after listening to Li Yunrui's words.

Said, "The Jiangnan gentry are different. They have money and houses. What they worry about most all day long is that the court will confiscate their homes!"

"Dad, if you say that, I quite sympathize with them..." Li Yunrui smiled bitterly and said, "In the eyes of the imperial court, the Jiangnan gentry are just leeks, right?"

"You can't say that!" Li Jinglong walked around the room with his hands behind his back and said, "Throughout the past dynasties, the northern border of the Central Plains has been bordered. Whenever foreign enemies invaded, the people in the north were the first to be affected, while the people in the south were the first to be affected.

Life is mostly about singing and dancing..."

"It seems to make sense. Northerners pay with their lives and southerners with money!" Li Yunrui felt that Li Jinglong's explanation was a bit far-fetched. In the final analysis, the country's strength was not enough.

"Okay, let's not talk about these bad things!" Li Jinglong stopped, looked at Li Yunrui, and asked, "What are you going to do about this?"

"Since someone has tipped off the information, it means that they have different internal opinions, or there are people who are opportunistic..." Li Yunrui thought for a while and said, "No matter what, first catch the person who is following me, and then follow the clues to find out who is harming me.

As for the man behind the scenes, my father-in-law, I have always been a person who repays kindness and settles grudges. I can’t let someone hit me on the left cheek, but I can also bring my right cheek up and let someone hit me again, right?”

After hearing this, Li Jinglong nodded and said, "This matter must be handled with caution. Through marriage, the Jiangnan nobles have formed a huge network of relationships, which has great influence both in the scholarly community and in the court..."

"Don't worry, daddy!" Li Yunrui smiled and said, "I am the most reasonable person. I never like to fight or kill. It's so uncivilized. We are a noble family and we pay the most attention to dignity..."

Hearing what Li Yunrui said, Li Jinglong frowned and said, "In short, don't cause trouble!"

"Don't worry, Dad!" Li Yunrui stood up and said, "I will never hurt anyone's life, but if the other party does something wrong, they will have to pay a price."

When Li Jinglong heard what his son said, he nodded with relief.

Although the Li family has survived the crisis of reducing their title, it does not mean that they have landed safely. Li Zhigang's impeachment of Li Zengzhi is a reminder.

Although the Li family now has a master like Li Yunrui to control the house, they should keep a low profile and not go too far. If Zhu Di is allowed to keep a little black book, it will be enough for the Li family to drink a pot of wine.

Of course Li Yunrui knew what Li Jinglong was worried about, and he was also afraid of being noticed by Zhu Di, so Li Yunrui did not intend to use those dark methods. Li Yunrui's idea was very simple. Since the Jiangnan nobles like to talk about interests, let them spit out all the interests...

Coming out of Li Jinglong's study, Li Yunrui called Li Sanghai, and lived with Li Sanghai for a while. Li Sanghai nodded and left Cao Guogong's mansion, while Li Yunrui ran back to his small courtyard to find his wife.

It was only a hundred and fifty miles from Nanjing to Zhenjiang. Li Sanghai changed horses three times at the inn and arrived there in two hours.

Traveling a thousand miles a day and rushing eight hundred miles are all written in novels. Except for BMWs with good endurance, ordinary horses will basically be useless if they gallop for 20 to 30 kilometers. They will definitely lose fat. There is no way to control it.

The month cannot be recovered.

Why were ancient inns set up every thirty miles? The reason is that if the horse load exceeds this distance, problems will occur.

When the Mongolian army led by Genghis Khan crossed the Eurasian continent, with one man and three horses, the fastest march could only be 100 kilometers a day.

Don't think this speed is slow. Even modern mechanized armies cannot march any faster than the Mongolian army. In Germany's "Blitzkrieg", the maximum distance it advanced per day was eighty kilometers.

After Li Sanghai arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion, he called Liu Cheng, the steward responsible for searching for Mei Yin, and talked in secret for a long time.

After hearing this, Liu Cheng was a little puzzled, but he still followed Li Sanghai's words.

There is a small village outside Zhenjiang Prefecture called Shanxia Village. The village is not big, with only a dozen households.

That night, some strangers came to the village and said they would rent these people's houses for one month and a rent of one hundred guan.
Chapter completed!