Although a large amount of land around Rongcheng is owned by aristocratic families, there is still a lot of land because there are many mountains here.
In addition, Rongcheng is close to Sichuan and Shu, and the soldiers there are now controlled by Prince Li Chuan. Li Rong even directly asked Li Chuan to write an order to let the garrisons from various places start farming on the spot. In addition to planting ordinary grains in fertile fields
, we also need other fields to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes.
At this time, the population in Sichuan was not as large as it would be in the future, so there was a lot of land that could be used to grow these two things.
With Li Rong's ability to use planting subsidies to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes on a large scale, the potato and sweet potato seeds obtained in less than a year could already be fully implemented in Daxia.
Li Rong's quick action made those aristocratic families unable to react. By the time they reacted, people everywhere were no longer hungry.
At this time, the people had very low requirements for themselves. They did not consider health issues. The only thing they considered was being able to eat enough.
With the harvest of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the people no longer need to go hungry, so they naturally began to write poems for Li Rongli just like the people in Chengdu.
The majestic power of faith provided Li Rong with a steady stream of mana. Unfortunately, spells and spells required a lot of practice, which made her regretful that she could not use powerful spells, but she could already use some small spells.
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The people here are well fed and clothed, but because the land where sweet potatoes and potatoes are grown is abandoned land, the government's tax revenue has not increased at all.
Li Rong was very happy, but Li Ming was not happy, because he originally thought that if the people in the mansion could have enough to eat, then he could continue the Northern Expedition.
But now it seems that the people are living a good life, but his dream of the Northern Expedition is far away, which also gives those wealthy families an opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.
On this day, in the court,
Li Ming couldn't help it, so he asked the Minister of Household Affairs in the court, "Why are the people full of food, but the taxes are not only not increased, but also reduced!"
The Minister of Household Affairs had already received the request, and he took the opportunity to put forward the countermeasures discussed by the aristocratic family, and said seriously, "Your Majesty, the reason why tax revenue has not increased is entirely because the common people use the sweet potatoes grown in wasteland.
There is no tax on these two things. As long as we include those wastelands in the taxation, the national treasury is expected to receive an additional 3 million taels per year."
Li Ming's eyes lit up when he heard this figure. You must know that the court's tax is only 5 million taels a year. If all the land used for sweet potatoes is taxed, then he wants to launch a war to regain the northern land. That's it.
It can be implemented.
So, he immediately agreed to the suggestion.
However, Li Ming was not blinded by the immediate benefits. He asked the court ministers to come up with a plan to prevent the people from going hungry again!
After Shangguan Ya heard the news at his home, he immediately found Pei Wenxuan and asked Pei Wenxuan to think of a solution.
Although sweet potatoes and potatoes are delicious, they are not official grains after all. If you can afford rice and noodles, who would want to eat potatoes and sweet potatoes every day?
Now that the common people are finally able to get enough from potatoes and sweet potatoes, the court immediately wants to tax these two items, which is really cruel.
After all, Pei Wenxuan had been the prime minister in his dream. Although he did not enter the court, he understood what was going on at first glance. He immediately said seriously, "Third Senior Sister, please go back to the mountain. Let the senior brother report it to the master.
This is a method thought up by aristocratic families in order to continue to squeeze the people.
If the tax is really collected and the people are filled with resentment, they will only scold the Li family, but not the aristocratic families with bad ideas. The imperial court will only take the blame for the aristocratic families."
After Pei Wenxuan finished speaking, he thought that his Third Senior Sister seemed to be from a wealthy family, so he smiled sheepishly and said, "Third Senior Sister, I..."
Shangguan Ya waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "What you said is right. Although I come from a noble family, I don't agree with their ideas.
The people are living a good life, they can no longer exploit them, and now they are resorting to evil deeds. This must be stopped."
After studying with Wang Yue, she gained a far-sighted perspective and understood that people are like water, and water can carry a boat but also capsize it.
Pei Wenxuan was relieved when he saw Shangguan Ya's upright attitude. He quickly reminded Shangguan Ya that this matter should be done sooner rather than later.
After Shangguan Ya heard this, she was ready to go out. She wanted to tell the master the news as soon as possible.
Su Ronghua happened to want to come to Shangguan Ya, but he didn't expect Shangguan Ya to leave. He quickly asked, "Ya'er, what are you going to do?"
Pei Wenxuan has been to Su's house several times, but she has never seen Su Rongqing in this life.
However, the information he got from the servants of the Su family confirmed that Su Rongqing seemed very ambitious, which made Pei Wenxuan even more certain that Su Rongqing might have been reborn.
But some things still need to be confirmed, so Pei Wenxuan said tentatively, "Third Senior Sister, tell me, who came up with the evil idea that the aristocratic family came up with this time?"
After Shangguan Ya heard this, he left in no hurry. He frowned and said, "I don't know. Anyway, my father must not be willing to do it. After all, if the people are unrest, it will affect the prince, and it will affect the Shangguan family."
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Pei Wenxuan smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, most of the major families in the capital are following the Shangguan family. The person who came up with the idea this time was able to convince the Shangguan family, but I don't know how much it cost."
Su Ronghua felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, but he knew who came up with the idea, his precious brother.
He was actually very opposed to such immoral things, but Su Ronghua didn't know why his brother was so insistent, which made him feel very depressed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But he is from the Su family after all, so it is not convenient for him to say, so he just quickly changed the topic and asked, "When I came here today, I saw that Ya'er wanted to go out.
Where is this going?”
Shangguan Ya didn't hide anything. She said calmly, "Of course I want to go back to the mountains. Such a big thing happened in the court. I have to inform my master and my wife."
After she finished speaking, she left in a hurry. Su Ronghua didn't have time to say what she originally wanted to say.
Pei Wenxuan waited until Shangguan Ya left and then asked abruptly, "Master Su, why do I feel that your second brother's temperament suddenly changed drastically? Could it be that he was possessed by a ghost?"
Su Ronghua was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then said angrily, "You are the one who got the upper body!"
After he finished speaking, he left. In fact, he felt a little worried. His second brother's personality seemed to be different from before. He needed to go back and confirm.
Pei Wenxuan knew from Su Ronghua's reaction that he might have guessed correctly, and he felt that he still had to tell his master about this.
After he became a disciple, of course he knew that his current master, the wife in his dream, practiced the way of faith.
The so-called way of faith is actually similar to the gods in the temple. It requires people to sincerely believe in it. If you can know some major events in the future and take precautions in advance, it is also a way to quickly increase your faith.
Now suddenly there is Su Rongqing. If this guy is reborn, I am afraid he will be prepared for many things in advance, which will have an impact on Li Rong.
After hesitating for a moment, Pei Wenxuan hurriedly mounted his horse and left home after Su Ronghua left, chasing Shangguan Ya.
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On Jiulu Mountain, not long after Shangguan Ya arrived, Pei Wenxuan also rushed over before she could tell her senior brother about the family's plan.
Shangguan Ya was a little confused in her heart. She didn't know why her junior brother rushed over suddenly, but without much thought, she told Qin Lin about the court's plan to impose taxes on potatoes and sweet potatoes.
Qin Lin frowned when he heard about it. Potatoes and sweet potatoes didn't occupy any land, and they could keep the people fed without taxation. Now that the imperial court suddenly did this, I'm afraid it would cause dissatisfaction in the imperial court.
Are all the ministers in the court just fools?
Don’t you know the truth?
The people used to not have enough to eat, and they never even experienced the feeling of being full, so they just lived like this. But now they are finally full, and suddenly they are not full. This feeling of loss will drive the people crazy.
With so many people in Daxia going crazy at the same time, there will be big trouble.
Qin Lin simply couldn't imagine it. He could only follow Wang Yue's instructions. When there was an emergency, he could knock on his door and he would come back no matter how far away he was.
Neither Shangguan Ya nor Pei Wenxuan knew about this matter, but now that the matter was urgent, they remembered that they had been apprentices for a long time, so they did not hide it from them.
Shangguan Ya and Pei Wenxuan were a little confused. Why did the senior brother suddenly knock on the door of the master's house?
You know, the master and his wife are obviously not in Kyoto, but there was news a few days ago that they seemed to be near Suzhou.
What they didn't expect was that not long after the door knocked, Wang Yue opened the door and walked out of the room. The two of them quickly followed their senior brother and saluted Wang Yue.
Wang Yue knew that Qin Lin was steady and would not notify him unless there was an emergency. He asked solemnly, "What happened?"
Qin Lin quickly told the news that Shangguan Ya knew, and then said solemnly, "I'm worried that the world will be in chaos, and I ask the master and mistress to find a way."
He actually wanted to let Li Rong, as the master's wife, enter the palace to persuade the emperor, but now that Li Rong was the master's wife, he could not directly suggest it, so he could only let Wang Yue make his own decision.
Wang Yue felt that it was time for him, the Imperial Master, to appear in the court. As if he was not in the capital, the two parties were too busy doing things.
Qin Lin saw that Wang Yue already knew about this, so he left quickly. Shangguan Ya took the message and left quickly, leaving only Pei Wenxuan at the scene.