After hearing Murong Shuang's words, the Empress asked in surprise, "Aren't you the one who usually handles the collection of taxes in previous years? Why did you suddenly recommend the Prime Minister today?" Murong Shuang looked at Feng Youyou and smiled meaningfully. Said: "Since the empress also said that the minister lacks some sense of propriety in doing things."

Murong Shuang deliberately paused and continued: "Since the empress thinks so, after self-reflection, the son also feels the same way, and feels that he is a bit extreme in dealing with things, and just now I heard the empress say that the prime minister is so talented , I feel that I should learn more from her, and look for some accumulated experience, and I ask your empress to agree."

After hearing Murong Shuang's words, the Empress felt that it was very reasonable, so she said to Feng Youyou: "Since Shuang'er has said so, then I have to bother the prime minister about the taxation this time, and it happens that the prime minister is also a minister. Let us set an example and let them see that what I did today is right."

Feng Youyou knows that collecting taxes is the most thankless thing, and it is also the most annoying thing for the common people. This Murong Shuang made it clear that she wanted to hand over this mess to her, and then watch her make a fool of herself, hum? Acting like a hypocrite who humbly asks for advice is obviously full of bad water, and trying to make her fail to complete the task will embarrass her in front of all officials.

She knew that Murong Shuang was naturally unwilling to let the Queen let her handle political affairs instead, so she purposely found this job to let herself do it, because if she couldn't do it well, she would be no longer an official. If you can't obey the public, if you can't do this by yourself, then all the officials will definitely not obey her in the future acting political council.

Feng Youyou was very restless, and suddenly Feng Youyou thought of the fact that Feng Yuan, under Meng Changjun's family, had burned the tax book that the slaves should have paid, and suddenly had an inspiration in his heart, thinking that this plan could win the hearts of the people, so Feng Youyou agreed.

When Murong Shuang saw Feng Youyou's sudden and straightforward agreement, she also had momentary doubts in her heart, but then it was replaced by jealousy and turned into resentment. If she can't complete the task, then she can incite all officials to force the queen to withdraw Feng Youyou's appointment.

Feng Youyou saw that the empress was so satisfied with Murong Shuang's proposal, she was really slanderous in her heart, she knew that Murong Shuang must have done something to frame her, but seeing the empress like this, Feng Youyou couldn't refuse, I had no choice but to agree and said: "Yes, I will fulfill my mission"!
The day of tax collection finally came, Feng Youyou took the tax book and went to the folks to collect taxes, Feng Youyou had already thought about what he was going to do later along the way, so this time he could be considered confident.

After Feng Youyou came to the people, sure enough the people heard that she was here to collect taxes and gave her unfriendly looks, Feng Youyou ordered people to bring the previous tax collection books.

Feng Youyou immediately checked carefully, the common people were also puzzled by Feng Youyou's actions, she didn't want the usual tax inspectors to forcefully demand to pay taxes as soon as they came up, she did look at the previous account books here stand up.

When the people saw such a tax collector, they all started talking. After Feng Youyou checked it, he found that the previous tax collection books were very harsh, and there were many unequal treaties for the people, so Feng Youyou immediately announced: "Today I am going to revise the system of tax collection."

The common people listened intently, only to hear Feng Youyou say: "From now on, all male farmers can be taxed annually, and the tax will be changed to 5.00% of the harvest!" Feng Youyou said loudly.

After hearing Feng Youyou's revised taxation system, the common people were overjoyed and they all knelt on the ground and cheered, shouting loudly: "Thank you Queen Shengen..."

Feng Youyou looked at the common people who were kneeling on the ground in front of him, and quickly asked them to stand up, "Followers, please get up!" The common people were very grateful for the new regulations that Feng Youyou had drawn up, and they all stood up one after another after they got up. Gathering around Feng Youyou, speaking gratefully, Feng Youyou looked at their simple faces and responded to them again and again.

Murong Shuang has been following Feng Youyou since she came to collect taxes. She originally thought that if Feng Youyou succeeded in collecting taxes, what method should she think of to make Feng Youyou fail in collecting taxes this time, but Feng Youyou didn't think about it. Not to mention changing the tax system privately, and lowering the tax so low, Murong Shuang was overjoyed. It seems that Liu Liyue is looking for death on her own, so don't blame her.

So Murong Shuang saw the scene of the people worshiping Feng Youyou again, and a burst of jealousy inevitably grew in her heart, and she resented Feng Youyou even more in her heart, so Murong Shuang immediately turned around and left. Murong Shuang walked towards the direction of the palace. If Feng Youyou did this, if the Queen heard about it, would she still use her?
Thinking of this, Murong Shuang quickened her pace, and wanted to return to the palace to tell the Queen about Feng Youyou's private tax reduction, and deliberately groped Feng Youyou in front of the Queen, to see if the Queen would still trust her so much, so Murong Shuang hurried on rushed to the palace, to the queen's palace.

Murong Shuang hurried in to see the Empress, the Empress heard that it was Murong Shuang who had come, she wondered in her heart that she followed Feng Youyou to collect taxes, why did she come here, so the Empress greeted Murong Shuang, and quickly saluted as soon as she entered the door. To: "See Queen Mother, my son is here to report a very important matter to Queen Mother."

The queen frowned when she heard this, and then said: "What makes you so anxious, tell me quickly!" After receiving the queen's instructions, Murong Shuang quickly pretended to be serious and said: "Mother Just now, Cai Erchen followed the prime minister and wanted to learn from her how to collect taxes, but he didn't expect that the prime minister would change the tax collection system privately, not to mention, and reduce the tax to only 5.00% of the harvest for each household. !"

After hearing Murong Shuang's words, the Empress sat up in surprise and quickly sat up and asked: "But you saw it with your own eyes, did the Prime Minister really do this?" I was very happy in my heart, so I immediately replied: "It is absolutely true, what I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears!"

The queen was still in shock, as if she was lost in thought and didn't continue to speak. Murong Shuang glanced at the queen, the corner of her mouth slightly raised, and then added embellishment to the queen: "Mother, the son of the emperor, sees that the prime minister didn't want to do this. Filling up the treasury of our Snow Country, I really don't think about you, the Empress!"

Murong Shuang pretended to be bitter and hated, and came to apply with a face full of worries for the country. She saw that the queen's trust in Feng Youyou seemed to have been shaken, and she wanted to add to the flames by herself, so Murong Shuang thought again When she was about to slander Feng Youyou, someone outside suddenly reported that Feng Youyou was coming, Murong Shuang had no choice but to put the words on her lips, and raised her head to look at it before the empress was stunned.

The queen heard that Feng Youyou had come, so she hurried to let people in. The queen wanted to ask Feng Youyou if what Murong Shuang said was true, so when Feng Youyou went in, she saw Murong Shuang was there and looked at him provocatively. She, the empress also looked at her with displeasure, Feng Youyou thought that Murong Shuang must have said something to the empress again, Feng Youyou felt angrily.

Feng Youyou had just finished saluting to the queen, only to hear the queen questioning: "Prime Minister, I just heard that Shuang'er has changed the tax system privately and lowered the tax rate extremely low. Is this true, or do you have other countermeasures?" .”

Naturally, Murong Shuang would not let go of this opportunity to attack Feng Youyou, so she added fuel to the flames by saying: "Of course the mother is true, but I have seen it with my own eyes, Prime Minister, what do you mean by doing this?" , so disregarding the country and the country, what purpose do you have!"

Before the Queen could stop Feng Youyou's explanation, she saw Murong Shuang interjecting from the side, so she gave her a hard look to show her vigilance, so Murong Shuang could barely restrain the domineering corners of her mouth, Feng Youyou only felt that Murong Shuang was just like this The appearance of the villain's success really made her sick to see, she Feng Youyou didn't want to see her like this again, so of course she couldn't do what she wanted, and wanted to hit her.

Feng Youyou smiled at Murong Shuang's scolding, but watched the queen come forward and took out the bill in her arms, and handed the tax in the bill to the queen, before she said: "Your Majesty, what the princess said is true, but Your Majesty, please take a look, this is the tax that I went to collect today, Your Majesty is not too late to say something else after reading it." So the Empress didn't say anything, picked up the tax bill and looked at it.

The queen was shocked when she saw it. Murong Shuang saw that the queen's expression was wrong, so she hurried forward to check the tax bill that Feng Youyou had just paid. After seeing it, Murong Shuang's face turned pale instantly, and she clenched her hands At this moment, she thought to herself, "How could this be? It's impossible? I clearly saw her changing the tax uniform and then came to report to the Queen. Why is it recorded on the tax bill? The total is more than what was collected during the tax increase in previous years!"

After reading it, the empress was overjoyed but also surprised by Feng Youyou: "Prime Minister, why is this? This tax is several times higher than in previous years? And didn't the Prime Minister say that the tax was lowered? How did the Prime Minister do it?" ah?"

Murong Shuang also had an unbelievable expression on her face, she would not be convinced in her heart, so she looked at Feng Youyou yin and yang and said strangely: "Is there something wrong with the prime minister's account book?" Naturally, Feng Youyou didn't want to pay attention to Murong Shuang, but seeing The queen also had doubts about herself and had to explain: "If the princess doesn't believe it, I can go to the treasury to check the taxes myself."

Feng Youyou saw Murongshuang turn her head away angrily and stopped looking at herself, she was still happy for a while, so she looked at the queen and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, this is all caused by changing the farming regulations and letting men work , This year's harvest is several times higher than in previous years, and naturally the tax is several times higher than in previous years, and this is due to your Majesty's good governance."

The queen was very pleased with this, and said to Feng Youyou: "This is still a trick of the prime minister..." Feng Youyou waved his hand to the queen and humbly backed down, Feng Youyou stayed with the queen for a while, and then wanted to leave because She couldn't stand staying with Murong Shuang.

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