Empress of Erzhoumu: This plot is wrong!

Chapter 158 Of course it's for you to eat

The sudden familiar voice from behind made the empress tremble.

pat.

The elixir that had just been rubbed fell to the ground.

Jiang Qingying immediately knelt down and picked up the pill.

Huhu——

He still didn't forget to put it in his mouth, and blew the dust on the elixir.

After doing all this, he put the pill in his palm and handed it to Li Yunsheng.

"This elixir is called Fuyuan elixir."

Hey!
Looking at the disfigured empress with a dark face, Li Yunsheng called her a good guy.

I didn't notice from behind just now, the empress's face is disfigured, and the hair on her forehead is messy like a chicken coop.

"I know a Taoist priest who refines alchemy, if Your Majesty needs any pills, I can ask him to refine it for you.

Your Majesty is the ruler of a country and should put state affairs first. "

Jiang Qingying nodded.

"I don't feel at ease when someone else refines the elixir that I gave to Zaifu."

"This person--"

Wait!
Li Yunsheng was about to explain that Duan Yun had no guts to harm him, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Your Majesty just said, who is this pill for?"

"Of course it's for you."

Li Yunsheng opened his mouth wide, can I refuse?

Seeing that the empress handed over the elixir, she immediately shut her mouth tightly.

"Your Majesty, I'm in good health and don't need to take pills."

Jiang Qingying explained seriously.

"Isn't the power in your body easy to detect? This elixir can cover up your aura."

Li Yunsheng leaned back slightly, just now he saw with his own eyes the appearance of the elixir when it came out of the oven, and the process of the empress rubbing the elixir with her hands.

Are you sure this black pill is not poison?

Seeing that his mouth was tightly shut, Jiang Qingying looked displeased.

"Why, are you afraid that I will harm you?"

"I dare not, it's just..."

Not to mention whether it is poisonous or not, this elixir is bigger than a hawthorn, how can it be swallowed.

Jiang Qingying's tone was unquestionable.

"I have been busy refining alchemy all afternoon."

Li Yunsheng was extremely resistant in his heart, but seeing the appearance of the Empress, he still took the pill.

If he had a choice, he would definitely not take this pill.

However, he had no choice.

The empress had already talked about this point, if she tried to evade it, she would lose face.

Big deal, take the detoxification pill immediately after eating.

Li Yunsheng held his breath and threw the elixir into his mouth.

His brows were tightly wrinkled, wanting to vomit but not daring to vomit.

How bitter!

Wow!
He couldn't help but groan even more.

Under Jiang Qingying's warning gaze, Li Yunsheng could only bite the bullet and chewed randomly twice.

With a grunt, the elixir entered his stomach.

He had never eaten such an unpalatable elixir, it was bitter and astringent, and his throat was scratched.

Jiang Qingying asked with some expectation.

"How about it, does it work?"

"It's effective, very effective."

Li Yunsheng hammered his chest, and his speech was a little hoarse.

"If your Majesty has nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

"Wait a minute, I still have something to discuss with Ai Qing."

Shangguan Xuanran quietly withdrew from the hall, leaving the Empress and Li Yunsheng alone.

Li Yunsheng glanced around from the corner of his eye, then turned around and soaked the towel placed next to the washbasin in the water.

"What's the matter, Your Majesty?"

After a while, he observed his body and found nothing abnormal, so he quietly put away the detoxification pill in his hand.

In fact, Jiang Qingying was also observing his body, wanting to confirm whether the elixir she made was really effective.

"The tax in Weidi has dropped sharply, what does Li Aiqing think about this?"

Holding a wet towel, Li Yunsheng walked up to Jiang Qingying step by step.

Raising his hand, he gently wiped off the dust on the empress's face bit by bit.

However, that little black face turned redder and redder.

"Taxes fell sharply because the land was concentrated in the hands of officials and gentry."

Through the leno incident, he blocked Weiguo's access to food, and took Weiguo with ease.

After that, they raised the price aggressively and sold grain to Weiguo.

Doing so has two advantages.

On the one hand, it avoided large-scale civil riots in Weiguo, and on the other hand, he made a lot of money.

But from this, there is also a disadvantage-the problem of land annexation has become more and more serious.

The land was concentrated in the hands of officials and gentry, and the common people had almost no land, which naturally led to a sharp drop in taxes.

Jiang Qingying snatched the towel from Li Yunsheng's hand, only to realize that the towel was black.

She turned around to suppress the strange emotions in her heart, and washed the towel herself.

"Collecting Weiguo, there is no major war breaking out in Weidi, why is it like this?"

Li Yunsheng explained.

"Food prices have skyrocketed, and the people have run out of money, so they can only sell land at a low price.

Those who have the ability to acquire these lands are basically the local gentry and bureaucrats. "

Although the people of Weiguo earned a lot of money from selling gauze, they couldn't stand the price of food being driven up even higher.

Apart from money, the only thing that the common people can afford is land.

So when they have spent all the money in their hands, they can no longer satisfy their food and clothing.

You can only sell land at a low price in exchange for temporary rations.

This also led to the gentry taking the opportunity to annex land and become bigger and stronger.

Jiang Qingying thought for a while, and soon discovered the problem.

"However, there is a limit to the number of tax-free land under the names of officials and gentry."

"Your Majesty, if everything really followed the system, there would be no corrupt officials."

In the taxation system of Dachu, students who have achieved honor in the imperial examination are exempted from corvee and tax, especially for officials.

In order to prevent the problem of land mergers, not all land can be exempted from taxation.

But the ideal is very full, and the reality is all about the world.

In the face of interests, the legal system is often difficult to implement.

Taxes are collected by officials, and there are many ways for them to exempt all the land under their names from taxation.

Otherwise, where would the money come from if the magistrate had [-] snowflakes in three years?

In fact, the problem of land annexation has always existed, even in Dachu.

However, there has been no major disaster in Dachu in recent years, and the problem of land annexation has not yet reached the point of dying.

Therefore, the consequences of these problems have not yet appeared.

An economic war has accelerated the process of land annexation in Weiguo, and the issue of taxation has also emerged.

Although Jiang Qingying became the emperor, she didn't know much about the actual problems of taxation.

After all, in the past, the affairs of the treasury were handled by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Jiang Qingying was a little bit transparent, and her brows frowned even tighter.

"Therefore, there is also a matter of land annexation in Da Chu."

Li Yunsheng didn't answer, but nodded silently.

The self-cultivator who owns the land actually has a more difficult life than the tenants of the gentry.

Owner farmers not only have to bear taxes, but also have to bear corvee and apportionment.

The government's mansion, post horses, sprinklers, etc., all expenses must be apportioned on an acre basis.

Moreover, apportionment can be settled with money, but corvee will kill people.

Moreover, some local governments will send additional corvees.

In order to protect their own interests, officials and gentry would come forward to protect their tenants from the influence of corvee.

Therefore, some self-cultivating farmers voluntarily sold their land and became tenants at the squire's house.

Rather than being exploited by the government, it is better to be a laborer.

Even if the land yields [-]% or [-]% and I only get [-]% of it, it is easier than self-cultivation.

Jiang Qingying pondered for a long time, then tentatively spoke.

"It is decreed that the land under the names of officials and gentry will no longer be exempted from taxes."

(End of this chapter)