Chapter 1238: Brutal means

Chapter 1238: Brutal means

Chapter 1238 Brutal means

According to the thinking of the adults in the capital, the first place that will get into trouble with this tax issue is the two prefectures in Jianghuai and Zhongzhou.

However, it was Zhili who was the first to cause chaos.

Zhili is at the foot of the emperor and close to the capital. The emperor and the adults all feel that the people in Zhili are rich and can pay double taxes. At most, they can only sell a few acres of land, so nothing can go wrong.

But the emperor and the adults had no idea that the land in Zhili had long been taken over by relatives of the emperor, nobles and high-ranking officials. The common people did not have much land in their hands. In addition, the anti-war tax of one tael of silver per person made it even more difficult. Adding insult to injury.

And this is only the summer tax, and there are autumn taxes in October. The poor people in Zhili are desperate. Many people in their forties have sold themselves and no one wants them. In order to let their families pay less tax, they actually They committed suicide together.

In one village in Zhili alone, more than thirty people committed suicide, and almost all the elderly in the village died, just to save their share of taxes for their families.

The remaining girls who were able to sell their bodies were all sold. They paid less tax and could also get money for their families. Although their net worth was as low as one tael, and the younger girl only had five hundred coins. But as long as someone buys them, they can survive.

The emperor and the adults in the capital were horrified when they heard about this.New novel chapters are published on

In addition to being frightened, the emperor was also angry. He was so angry that he overturned the table and immediately issued an order to punish several adults in Zhili. He also called several elders into the palace overnight and cursed them, blaming them. Things went wrong, and something that went against the harmony of heaven happened to the emperor!

Mr. Shangguange and the others are having a big headache. When you said you wanted to charge double taxes, we already warned you that this would cause big trouble, but you didnt listen. Now youre blaming us for the death?

The other four ministers always immediately apologized to the emperor: "Your Majesty, please calm down. It is the veterans who have done something bad, please punish me!"

With a clang, Emperor Jingyuan smashed the cup, pointed at them and cursed: "It's such a cliche again. If something goes wrong, you will only apologize and let me calm down. You have nothing else useful to say?!"

Yes, I told you, but you didnt listen.

I obey the order. Mr. Shangguan Ge and the others hurriedly retreated. After leaving the Mingwei Hall, they all wiped cold sweat on their hands.

Emperor Jingyuan was really ruthless. Emperor Jingwu killed the wealthy families because he did not want the court to be controlled by the wealthy families, while Emperor Jingyuan killed the wealthy families purely to fill the treasury.

In addition to killing aristocratic families, Emperor Jingyuan also loved to kill the founding nobles. He almost destroyed the founding nobles with heavy troops. Those who were obedient must also put their daughters and granddaughters into the harem to show their loyalty.

The thoughts of several cabinet elders: The country has only been established for only three generations, and if we use such brutal methods, we are afraid that it will be over.

Qi Yi stood outside the Mingwei Hall and waited for several pavilion elders to leave before returning to the Mingwei Hall.

In the Mingwei Palace, the eunuchs and maids were gently cleaning up the smashed things. After a short time, they were cleaned up. After Qi Yi bowed to Emperor Jingyuan, he returned to his table and continued to give Jingyuan something. Emperor Yuan wrote the imperial edict.

When Emperor Jingyuan saw him, he frowned and asked with anger in his voice: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

In the past, when seeing something like this happen, wouldnt they always advise him to calm down and not act impulsively?

Are you mute now?

Or do you think he is hopeless? !

Hearing this, Qi Yi did not raise his head, but lowered his head, turned towards Emperor Jingyuan, and said respectfully: "I don't dare."

With a bang, the table that the eunuchs had just cleared was overturned again. Emperor Jingyuan was furious, pointed at Qi Yi and said: "Don't you dare? You don't consider yourself a good minister. During the palace examination, you even made bold statements, saying that you would be an assistant to the king. The minister of the brachial crotch? Now he has learned the tricks of those old foxes and started telling me these unfaithful words to deal with!"

Qi Yi: "Your Majesty, I have never said anything against your Majesty's will."

"Nothing against your will?" Emperor Jingyuan smiled: "Look at your perfunctory appearance. How can you still show your high-spirited appearance when you made bold promises to help me establish a century-old dynasty?!"