Transmigrated into the book to become the villain prince, the son of the plane to destroy

"Xiao Jie, are you guilty?"

Xiao Ji looked at his son coldly, and asked in a low voice.

Xiao Ji usually called "Ju'er" or "King of Qi", but now he called Xiao Jie by his name, obviously he was really angry.

Xiao Jie didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the problem, but shook his head, and said calmly: "I will report to my father, I don't know what crime I have committed, and I hope my father will make it clear."

Seeing that his son still looked indifferent, Xiao Ji became even more annoyed inside, snorted coldly, and said, "Well, I don't know what the crime is, so I'll ask you, I appointed you to govern Jiaozhou, but you made such a big mistake. Even the number of taxes reported to the household department can be wrongly written, so negligent, isn't it a crime of dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty."

Lian Yi nodded secretly. Sure enough, His Majesty still has the heart to protect His Royal Highness King Qi. After all, there are rumors everywhere in Beijing, and everyone is saying that King Qi will use all means to fight for the crown prince. Carelessly covering up the matter with a stroke, it can be regarded as an explanation to the subjects of the world.

Thinking of this, Lian Yi quickly cast his eyes on Xiao Jie, my dear King Qi, the emperor has already given you a step down, so you should stop making excuses and obediently admit that you were negligent for a while, so that everyone can get off the stage.

But Xiao Jie still let him down, he shook his head directly and said: "Father, before I send someone to report to the household department, I have had someone check it out again and again. This year's tax payment to the state is the same amount, and it is exactly the same. Your servants have already escorted the tax grain and tax money into the household department for storage, if the emperor doesn't believe it, just send someone to check, if there is any discrepancy, the son will be willing to take any punishment."

Xiao Ji's eyes darkened, and he felt a rush of energy and blood rushing straight to his forehead, and he was crying again and again. This is really over. Once the taxes are put into the treasury, he will never be able to tell. Not coming back.

"In this way, I underestimate King Qi. I didn't expect King Qi to have such a world-class talent. In just half a year, he managed the poorest and weakest Jiaozhou in Daning to become my number one taxpayer in Daning. In a state, even if the sages are alive, they may not have such abilities." Xiao Ji laughed back angrily, his words tinged with sarcasm.

Xiao Jie deliberately pretended not to hear the yin and yang in his tone, but said modestly: "Father is too famous, this is not all the work of the son and minister alone, everything depends on the father's holy virtue, and the concerted efforts of all colleagues in Jiaozhou .”

Seeing that his son was still talking so brazenly, Xiao Ji didn't get angry. He just sneered and said, "In that case, let me ask you how many households and population there are in Jiaozhou."

Xiao Jie had already done his homework in advance, and said in a deep voice, "Reporting to my father, Jiaozhou has a total of 52 households and 210 million people."

Xiao Ji sneered: "With a population of 210 million and tax money of 720 million, how did you, King Qi, collect an average of three dollars from a commoner in Jiaozhou?"

Lian Yi and the others couldn't help but shook their heads secretly. King Qi was still too young to brag without making drafts in advance.

Xiao Jie still looked calm, and said calmly: "Father is joking, if the tax money is collected from the people of Jiaozhou, I am afraid that my ministers will not even be able to get the 70 guan last year. Moreover, Jiaozhou Hanyue live together, and the people have a strong manner. Hun, if the sons and ministers expropriated and extorted violently, Jiaozhou would have been in chaos long ago."

"But you still collected 720 million yuan in taxes in Jiaozhou, so tell me, where did you collect so much tax money?" Xiao Ji's face became more gloomy, feeling that his son could not justify himself now.

Xiao Jie smiled slightly, and said: "All this is due to the wise father, who allowed my ministers to develop industry and commerce in Jiaozhou and set up Panyu Shipping Department. The commercial tax collected by Jiaozhou this year is 650 million yuan."

"You said that there are as many as 650 million guan in the state's commercial tax. Do you have evidence?" Xiao Ji seemed to have expected that Xiao Jie would use commercial tax as an issue.

Xiao Jie seemed to have predicted Xiao Ji's prediction a long time ago, took out two account books from his bosom, held them up high, and said: "Father, this is the booklet of the trading market order and the market department for the second half of this year, please Take a look."

Xiao Ji was slightly taken aback, as if he did not expect his son to have made such thorough preparations, even bringing the trading orders and the books of the Shipping Department.

Lian Yi stepped forward and took two account books from Xiao Jie, and put them on the imperial table.

Xiao Ji looked down at the account books of the Shibo Department, his expression gradually became subtle, and he remembered every tax revenue clearly, but what surprised him was that each amount ranged from a few thousand to tens of thousands. If there is no fraud, the tax revenue is really amazing, and it is not surprising to receive 650 million business taxes.

"Small shipping companies have more than 400 million tax revenues in half a year?" Xiao Ji took a deep breath and could hardly believe his eyes.

"That's right, father." Xiao Jie explained with a smile, "Merchants in Jiaozhou buy silk, tea, porcelain, cloth and ironware in Jiaozhou, and transport them to Southeast Asian countries in exchange for wood, spices, ivory, rhino horn and agarwood. Nanyang specialty products are transported back to Jiaozhou for sale, and customs duties must be paid for each import and export, so the tariffs collected by the Shibo Department will naturally be more."

Xiao Ji nodded slightly. In this way, it made sense. He looked down at the account book in his hand again, and his heart suddenly became warm.

At the beginning when Xiao Jiezuo asked to set up the Shibo Division and Shibo Envoy, he thought he was messing around and let him go, but he never imagined that in just half a year, he could create such a huge tax revenue for Daning, and there are so many good ports in Daning , if each port has a Shibo Department, how much tax can it bring to Daning in that year?

But Xiao Ji seemed to think of something again, his expression darkened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice: "Even if the income from commercial taxes is true, since ancient times, industry and commerce have hurt farmers, and you are so prosperous in industry and commerce in Jiaozhou, why is the grain output not falling but rising? "

Xiao Jie seemed to have thought that his father would ask this question a long time ago, and he still answered unhurriedly: "Reporting to my father, it is true that sometimes industry and commerce hurt farmers, but everything should not be generalized. If we can increase grain production, we can ensure that Jiaozhou will not be affected. Lack of food may not necessarily prevent agriculture, industry and commerce from developing simultaneously.”

Xiao Ji was expressionless: "Tell me how to increase food production?"

Xiao Jie smiled slightly and talked eloquently: "If you want to increase grain production, there are three ways. One is the improved rice variety. Erchen found a better rice variety in the old land of Lin Yiguo. It is early planted, early mature, drought-tolerant, fine-grained, and has a high yield. , Erchen vigorously promotes it in Jiaozhou, and it really has a bumper harvest this year."

"The second is to increase the fertility of the fields. Erchen ordered people to research some soil-based fertilizers, which can improve the fertility of the fields and increase food production."

"The third is to encourage the use of animal power instead of manpower. Erchen sent people to buy 10,000+ cattle from the Dihu people, and sold or leased them to the people in the counties and counties of Jiaozhou for farming. efficiency."

Xiao Ji and Lian Yi were secretly amazed at Xiao Jie's eloquent words. They really couldn't understand why a pampered prince who was so well-versed in farming was so proficient in farming.

But they have already believed that the increase in grain production in Jiaozhou is indeed true, and a person who cheats will not speak so clearly.

Xiao Ji thought for a while, and decided to throw a bomb: "Father, my son heard from a businessman who went to sea that there are three miraculous crops overseas, called corn, sweet potato and potato, and the yields are extremely high. Five shi, while sweet potatoes and potatoes can yield twenty to thirty shi per mu."

Xiao Ji, Lian Yi, and Zhang Chu were shocked when they heard the words.

Although the three of them don't go to the fields to farm, but farming is related to the prosperity and decline of Daning. They also know that the yield of wheat or rice in a middle field of one mu is only half a stone. If these three crops mentioned by Xiao Jie really exist, it means that the whole of Daning At least ten times or even dozens of times of food can be increased.

"King Qi, are the three miraculous crops you mentioned true?" Xiao Ji was the first to react and couldn't help asking.

Xiao Jie nodded: "Reporting to my father, I have sent people to search for it at sea, I believe there will be news soon, if I really find it, I can use some fields in Jiaozhou to try planting first, if the yield is really that high , and the ministers will dedicate it to the father and promote it throughout Daning."

"Good! Good! Good!" Xiao Ji excitedly said three good times in a row, and then Xiao Jie still knelt on the ground talking to himself, and said with a smile, "It's cold on the ground, King Qi, don't keep kneeling all the time, let's flatten your body first." .”

Xiao Jie: "...My son, I thank my father."

Xiao Jie got up to thank En, and then continued: "Father, if these three new crops really have such an output, I will naturally not have to worry about food shortages in Daning, and it is not appropriate for industry and commerce to hurt farmers. If you are not rich, Daxing Industry and Commerce will not only enrich craftsmen and businessmen, but will also benefit ordinary people in Shengdou, as well as our national treasury in Daning."

Xiao Ji nodded again and again. What his son said made sense. Isn’t the current Jiaozhou a role model? Not only the business tax collected is astonishing, but even the grain production has increased, which proves that the emphasis on agriculture does not need to restrain business and industry.

"Zhang Chu, you send Qilin Guards to conduct strict investigations in Luoyang City, and anyone who slanders King Qi and cheats will be severely punished!"

Xiao Ji seemed to have thought of something, suddenly his face darkened, and he spoke to Zhang Chu.

It's really outrageous that my own son has made such a great contribution to Daning, but he still has to be criticized and suffer innocent injustice.