Chang’an Peasant Girl

   Chapter 438 I'm most afraid of not responding

  The maid used to pretend to be afraid of yelling, but now, she was really going to hit her, and the maid started crying in fear.

   What's the use of crying?

King Changsheng was here to see her. Even if she was the concubine's personal maid, the people in the Punishment Garden would not dare to beat her lightly, hard, and fast. It's called groundless.

  An Jing and Xiao Changyi took a walk all the way to the Court of Punishment, but they didn't enter the Court of Punishment, so they bypassed the Court of Punishment and walked back to Fenghua Palace by another road.

   Concubine Yu learned that An Jing and Xiao Changyi did not enter the Punishment Court at all, and that her personal maid had been beaten to the death, so she became even more angry, and her teeth were sharpened even more.

   Even, the moment she heard the news, she shattered the teacup in her hand.

   "Good you, Changsheng King... Good you Changsheng Princess..." Yu Guifei gritted her teeth, her face was hideous.

   Seeing Concubine Yu like this, Princess Pingjun flinched and didn't dare to speak.

  …

   As soon as she returned to Fenghua Hall, she sat quietly at the table and ate the hawthorn cake that Xiao Changyi had prepared for her.

   Her husband loves her so much. She wants to eat something and gets it for her in different ways. She is really happy.

   However, the hawthorn cake was not as sour as imagined, so An Jing only ate a few pieces, then stopped eating, but started to eat the sour plums on the table, one by one.

  Xiao Changyi sat next to Jing Jing, drinking tea slowly while watching Jing Jing eat.

   The cold eyes narrowed slightly, and he took the initiative to explain: "The old man asked me to go to the imperial study because—"

   Before Xiao Changyi finished speaking, An Jing laughed and said, "Xianggong, there are some things you don't need to tell me."

  Xiao Changyi held her hand lightly, "But I want to tell you." After a pause, "You tell me everything, and I want to tell you too."

Jing Jing was stunned at first, and then she was so sweet that she was dying, and said with a smile: "Then you can talk about it." I am most afraid of not responding to emotional matters. Her husband can respond to her, and she can also respond to her husband. It's really good, okay can't be better.

"Yeah." Xiao Changyi nodded and said: "In the first half of this year, there were many disasters, and the treasury allocated silver and grain for disaster relief frequently. Currently, there is not much grain and silver left in the treasury. All officials advocate tax increases, especially commercial and agricultural taxes. The old man and Chengyu have no objection to increasing the commercial tax, even though both of them object to the increase in the agricultural tax, but the national treasury is short, so they can't make up their minds for a while, so they come to me to discuss."

An Jing frowned and said: "The royal father and Chengyu know that the common people are suffering. Xiyun has been increasing taxes on agriculture quite steadily, and there has been almost no change. The agricultural taxes levied are actually quite high. After paying the tax, I can barely make ends meet, and if the tax is increased, the people will definitely be hard-pressed.”

   "That's right." Xiao Changyi nodded in agreement.

   was silent for a while, and then asked, "Master, what is the result of your negotiation?"

  Xiao Changyi said: "I am against increasing the agricultural tax, so the old man and Chengyu temporarily dismissed the idea of ​​increasing the agricultural tax, but if the increased commercial tax cannot guarantee sufficient grain and silver in the treasury, the agricultural tax will definitely be increased in the future."

  Quiet had plums in his mouth, thought for a moment, and then said, "If the royal father can shamelessly reach out and ask those rich people to ask for it, in fact, there is no need to increase the commercial tax and agricultural tax at all."

   There are so many wealthy merchants and many nobles. If Emperor Xiyun asked each of them for a little bit, and put them together, the treasury would be guaranteed to be sufficient.

   (end of this chapter)