Eunuch Hong thought he didn't know either. He heard Emperor Yuan's question, and was so scared that he shrank his shoulders: "Master Zuo will definitely give His Majesty a satisfactory answer. This Master Zuo took the position of the Dali Temple Minister at a young age, not just because of his family background."

Emperor Yuan agrees with this point.

Emperor Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and Eunuch Hong looked at the memorial he threw aside. He saw a few words vaguely. His heart trembled slightly. What happened to this Dongyue!

Qin Feng was unaware of the undercurrents in Sui City, but Qin Feng realized what Emperor Yuan thoughts, so when he was rushing, he kept thinking about how to deal with it after returning to Sui City. Although the man was in the palace, Sui City was the capital, and he was still the fifth prince's brother.

If you talk about the chance to enter the palace, there are also opportunities.

Thinking of Zuo Pingdao who left the city on the same day, Qin Feng hoped that he would not find any clues and found Xiao Lingyao in front of them. Xiao thought that Xiao Lingyao had happened to be the nominal "dead" princess and no longer had title protection.

In this case, if Zuo Pingdao wants to do something, it is hard to say.

Qin Feng was impatient when he thought about it and cursed a few words in his heart, "The Yuan Emperor monster is reincarnated, isn't it better to be a fool?" Fortunately, he is now an unknown person from beginning to end, and he can only act in this drama to the end."

Seeing Qin Feng habitually fell into deep thought again, Long Qi, who had finally stopped to rest at the rest stop, had already led his horse to ask his friend to feed some grass, turned back and said, "Our family, go down further, the number of rest stops will be greatly reduced."

They all checked in the rest stations, which were both for Qin Feng, both for public and private use, and for checking and checking accounts, inspecting management status.

There are many places that can pick out problems, but fortunately they are all harmless. There are three or four companies with problems with their accounts, and the situation is not very serious. Qin Feng stayed at these rest stations for a while, one is to shock and the other is to correct them.

The shopkeepers of these four rest stations were pulled into the observation area by Qin Feng. If there is any recurrence, there will be no next time

The rest stop they were at this time was the second day they stayed, not because there was a problem with the accounts. As Long Qi said, going southwest, the rest stops on the road became more and more sparse, and the distance between them became farther and farther.

Therefore, it takes more time to adjust here. After all, the comfortable life of traveling is about to end. Qin Feng is now sitting in the hall of the rest station, with several famous local snacks in front of him, which were specially prepared by the shopkeeper of this rest station.

Qin Feng was useless, holding chopsticks in his hand and was always thinking about it. There were guests coming in and out around him, and some were about to leave and continue moving forward. But unlike them, most of them were from the southwest, and they were doing the opposite.

"You have heard that recently, the states, counties and counties have started to check the population again. In the past, it was not once every six years. The last inspection has only been three years. Why do we need to check again? This time we have to mobilize a large number of troops."

"No, every inspection makes people jump. We have to go north in advance to register before we can leave. The changes in the first few days are going to change. It is better to do a good job in people's livelihood so that the people can eat and drink enough."

Qin Feng was excited when he heard this. Looking around, there were a few black and thin men sitting at the table next door, with packages on the chairs, looking at the country man who went to a distant countryside to make a living.

In ancient times, population inspections were only used to consume a lot of manpower every time. Because of the single means, they completely rely on manual inspections, and the results submitted in the end are often quite different from the facts.

In the past, the inspection was once every six years, but it has not yet reached the six-year period, but it has suddenly started early?

Qin Feng couldn't help but lower his eyes and pondered. Seeing this, Long Qi said, "What are the boss thinking?"

"I haven't heard of population verification all the way around. Until I came here, it seems that this matter has just begun." Qin Feng saw that there were many people here, so he didn't want to talk more: "Dinner first, and talk later."

Those men were talking and talking, and their voices became louder and louder. The first one was about population verification, and the later one was about poor harvest and tax revenue. The next one was about mentioning that the tax revenue increased year by year, which was quite dissatisfied.

In the past, Qin Feng contacted most of the merchants. He knew the best about the tax revenue of merchants. He also became higher and higher every year?

Most merchants pay taxes directly by silver, while farmers are different. What they have to pay is grain, which is in units of each acre. Regardless of the harvest in that year, they have to pay four liters of grain, and also silk, cloth and other items.

Judging from the words of these peasants just now, they have been helpless about the situation where they do not care about the harvest and only pay taxes based on a fixed share. This dynasty lacks technology and farming depends on the heaven to make a living. If God is not good, how good the harvest is?

When the harvest is not good, there is still a fixed tax payment limit, which brings a lot of pressure to farmers.

For example, it is the spring plowing season, but every household has put out labor to make a living. If you think about it carefully, this situation is abnormal. Qin Feng has also seen that the gap between the rich and the poor in Dongyue is far more serious than expected.

After the meal was spent, Qin Feng and Long Qi returned to the room, and then they talked about his guess to Long Qi: "He An said before that there was several times more information from the Shuiyi than before, but it can be seen that the situation there was complicated, and now there is another piece of evidence."

"Why did the boss say this?"

"The men just said that a new round of population verification has begun. It is obvious that the time has not arrived, why do you think it is necessary to suddenly verify it?"

Long Qi is now clear-headed and can understand it at first thought: "Is it because the population verification in previous years is wrong?"

"This is one, and the second is probably..." Qin Feng's eyes became more and more confident: "I may start a war. Now check in advance to facilitate the subsequent increase in troops at any time. I'm afraid there will be a gap in the army."

Long Qi was shocked by Qin Feng's conclusion: "Why is this happening? But not everyone can fight a naval battle."

Although Dongyue has a vast territory, the climate varies greatly from north to south and the terrain is also different. People in inland areas are not good at water.

If you take a boat rashly, you may be seasick. How can you fight a naval battle?

Qin Feng patted Long Qi: "It seems that you need to continue taking medicine. This is only half of your smart mind. That's why you need population verification to determine how many people can join the army in different regions at the right age, prepare in advance, and screen for one or two."

Long Qi suddenly came over and couldn't help but say, "It seems that Nanying Kingdom is not honest, and His Majesty is not ready to tolerate it. This battle is inevitable?"

Qin Feng shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. We know too little information right now. Maybe we will know more information when we return to Sui City. Unfortunately, Your Majesty should have guessed that His Royal Highness the Princess was not dead, otherwise I will write a letter to return to Sui City now."
Chapter completed!