Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wife: Reborn, I Married to a Rich Man and Destroyed His Whole Fam

"Go and call Master Pei."

"Yes."

Not long after, Mr. Pei from the Cabinet walked in.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

"Flat body."

When Lord Pei stood up, his face was full of smiles.

"What orders does the emperor have for me?"

Hearing Lord Pei's words, the emperor took a sip of tea and spoke in a light tone.

"Lord Pei, how much tax should I collect on these crops?"

Lord Pei was slightly surprised when he heard the emperor's words.

These things are not newly delivered to the Ministry of Revenue's granary. They have to wait until the beginning of spring, in March or April, to be planted. It's still three or four months away. Why did the emperor think of collecting taxes?

"In reply to your Majesty, I think that the same tax as rice should be acceptable."

The emperor was very dissatisfied with Lord Pei's answer and his face looked a little gloomy.

Lord Pei didn't expect that the emperor was not satisfied with his answer, so he tried to speak again.

"Your Majesty, the yields of these three crops are very high. I think it is indeed appropriate to increase taxes a little more, so that the treasury of Daxia can be more abundant..."

Although Lord Pei had calculated the output of these things, he still felt that at this time, they had to be promoted throughout Daxia. After three to five years, tens of millions of people in Daxia would be able to grow these crops and have enough to eat. Then, when collecting taxes, there would be no need to worry about complaints from the people.

It’s fine to charge 10% or 20%.

But if it exceeds 20% or 30%, people all over the world will complain. After all, the current tax rate has never been so high.

What the emperor means now, could it be that he wants to collect 30% of the taxes?

After Lord Pei waited for a while, the emperor still did not speak. He understood in his heart that this was what the emperor meant.

He considered it for a moment and then spoke again.

"Your Majesty, these crops have just started to be planted. If we wait a year or two and then collect 20% of the tax, that is also acceptable."

A 10% tax is 200 kilograms, and a 20% tax is 400 kilograms, which is within the tolerance of the people. But if more is collected, it will probably cause protests from the people.

It would also be bad for the emperor's reputation.

When the emperor heard Lord Pei say this, he spoke in a cold tone.

"There is no order without rules. I sent people to get these things, and the people of the world should thank me. One acre can yield 2,000 kilograms of harvest. Even if they collect 30% tax, so what? They still have 1,400 kilograms, enough for their family to eat for a whole year. They won't starve to death anymore, and the extra ones can be sold for money. If they develop some more wasteland, they can sell one kilogram for five cents, and one thousand kilograms is five taels of silver. A family with a few acres of land can earn more than ten or twenty taels of silver a year..."

The emperor usually doesn't talk so much, but when he says this now, Lord Pei naturally understands what the emperor means.

"I gave them all this."

"Your Majesty is wise."

The emperor has made up his mind, what else can he say?

Is it

He still doesn't agree with this? Then the emperor's anger will be directed at him. He is now one of the emperor's most trusted people. He doesn't want to anger the emperor and then be disliked by the emperor.

Hearing Lord Pei say this, the emperor laughed.

"Do you understand what to do about this?"

The emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Lord Pei.

Lord Pei nodded immediately.

"I understand."

The emperor waved his hand and said coldly.

"Just back off."