The meaning of Zhu Youjian's words was unclear, and several people did not dare to speak casually.

As His Majesty's confidantes, they don't say they have any assets, but they will definitely not acquire tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, such as looking for death on the face of it.So even if they handed over all the crops from the fields, they still lived in style.

But the question is, this move is equivalent to grabbing food from the landlord class, are they willing?

"Your Majesty, if this policy is implemented, I'm afraid the government and the public will have to quarrel for a while. After all, it has only been implemented for a few years before, so there must be a process?" Bi Ziyan said with some helplessness.

In charge of Daming's money bag, he is extremely eager to get all the money of the world's local tyrants, but everything has two sides.The steps are too big, it's really easy to pull the egg, isn't it!

"Bi Qing means, put it on hold first?" Zhu Youjian frowned, he didn't like it very much.

"This policy can indeed fill the national treasury to a great extent, and the backlash it may cause should not be underestimated. Please learn from your majesty."

"Your Majesty, please be enlightened."

This time, the caliber of several cabinet ministers was surprisingly consistent.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng felt very desperate.

It's over now, and sooner or later this matter will spread.Not to mention the impossibility of step-level taxation, even the graves of the ancestors cannot be kept.

"Okay, you guys go back first."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The few inside retreated, leaving Li Zicheng standing there alone, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Li Qing is disappointed?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I dare not."

"Don't worry, this matter will definitely be carried out, but not now. It is very involved at this time, and I will take it to heart."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

At this point, Li Zicheng didn't insist anymore.

Zhu Youjian let him out of the palace because he chatted about some tax affairs.

As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world. On the second day, Li Zicheng's suggestion of stepping up taxation spread throughout the capital.

Then, Jingli began to have a rumor.

"Have you heard? Your Majesty is going to attack people with a lot of land. The more land there is, the more taxes will be collected. If you have ten thousand acres of land in your family, the tax alone will kill you."

"Really, what about my two acres of land?"

"Only those with more than a hundred acres will be taxed. Your two acres of land are nothing!"

"That's good, that's good. My family finally had enough food to eat after all the food was sold to the mu. In the past two years, I have saved a little by going to the construction site. Fortunately, it has nothing to do with us, otherwise life would be difficult." It’s better. But in this way, those landlords will be in trouble.”

"You have noses and eyes, is it true or not?"

"Is this still false? I heard that a Wang Yuanwai in Tongzhou is already selling land. Eight taels of silver per mu!"

"That's not cheap either."

"Nonsense, I wouldn't even sell it in the past."

"Does that mean it's true?"

"I guess it can't be fake."

"You talk, I'll go home first." Liu San, who has two acres of land at home, quickly ran home and locked the door without saying a word.

"Master, what are you... in broad daylight... why are you so anxious? The child is still outside."

Liu Wang, who was sitting on the bed with the soles of her shoes on, stared blankly at Liu San locking the door, as if thinking of something, she stumbled a bit.

Liu San quickly came to the bed, without even looking at the shy Liu Wang, he lifted off the quilt, took out two small cloth bags from the two cracks of the bed board, and squatted on the ground silently for a few days. up.

"What the hell are you freaking out about, what are you counting here in broad daylight?" The self-proclaimed sentimental Liu Wang was not happy, and was about to pull Liu San when she came up, but was frightened back by Liu San's stare.

One money, two money...

Sixty-two eight dollars, still one or two dollars short.

Liu San scratched his head in distress and sighed.

"Master, what the hell

What a?Did something happen?Don't scare me, I've been married to you for so many years, and it's only been a little easier for the past two years. If something happens to you again, I won't kill me. "

Liu Wangshi was obviously frightened by Liu San's actions, and began to wipe away tears while talking.

"Don't cry. I'm fine."

"Then why are you counting the money!?"

"Buy land!"

"Buying land? Not to mention whether the money is enough, just enough, who is willing to sell it to you?"

"Our Wang Yuanwai in Tongzhou City is now selling land for eight taels of silver per mu."

"Boss, have you been cheated? This world is getting better and better, who would want to sell the land?"

"You don't understand this. I'm going to the city today to find a job. I heard from Wang Si and the others..." Liu San lowered his voice and looked out the window, as if he was afraid that someone would reveal this secret. The news was heard.

"real?"

"I guess it's true. I'm going to take the money and go out of the city to find out. If it's true, I'll buy it for him! In this way, we will have three acres of land! After a few years, I will save some more money and get it With a land of more than ten acres, our son will not have to worry about marrying a wife in the future.”

"Okay, go and have a look. Hey? Don't you have enough money? Do you want me to go back to my mother's house to borrow some?"

"Your father has always been a dick. Would you like to borrow it?"

"If you don't borrow me, Sapo will hang himself!"

"Good woman!"

Liu San hugged Liu Wang's face and kissed her fiercely.

Liu Wang's natal family didn't want it, so they lived in the next village.It didn't take an hour to go back and forth.

With a proud smile on his face, Mrs. Liu handed a cloth bag to Liu San.

"Here, two taels!"

"Ah? Why are there more?"

"Be prepared~ Maybe someone will rob you?"

"That makes sense! Then I'll go!"

"Go ahead, be careful on the road."

"okay!"

Liu San walked towards Tongzhou City with a dream in mind.

An hour later, Liu San arrived outside the city. At noon, there were quite a few people entering the city.

Liu San followed the crowd into the city and sat down at a tea stall.

He had heard it said in books in the capital that places like tea stalls are the most suitable places to inquire about news because there are many people coming and going.

"Little brother, serve a bowl of tea."

"okay."

After a while, a large bowl of tea was brought up, and the servant stood aside quietly waiting for him to pay.

"Little brother, why are there so many people in this city today? But what happened?" Liu San put the two copper coins in the boy's hand and asked without a trace.

The boy took the money, was stunned for a moment, then looked Liu San up and down.

"You bought the land?"

Ok?

Liu San was stunned, did I write on my face?I can't write either.

"how do you know?"

"I can't count the number of people I've seen this morning like guest officer. Let's go back after drinking tea, the land has already been sold out."

"What's going on?" Before Liu San could speak, the person sitting next to him interrupted and asked.

"What's going on? You know how to beg for cheap, but others don't know? It's only more than 100 mu of land, how many people can divide it? It's all happened yesterday, and you just came here today." The boy sneered.

"So, the matter of Wang Yuan's delivery place is true. Your Majesty is really going to implement the staircase tax?" Another person at the stall asked.

[In view of the general environment,

"What kind of tax on the stairs? You can pay taxes on the stairs in your house? It's a tax on the stairs!" The boy shook his head disdainfully, and went to the side to get busy.

A few tea drinkers were left talking about it.

"Oh! I got the news yesterday, but I didn't take it seriously. Otherwise

I can also pick up a bargain! "

"Pull it down, it may not be your turn when it comes."

"At least it came earlier than you..."

"It's useless to come here long ago."

"How did you talk? Which village?"

"Okay, stop arguing. Everyone is in a bad mood, so don't say a few words." Seeing that the two were about to choke, an older person tried to persuade them. "I don't know if the masters in other places sell it or not."

Ok?

Liu San was shocked when he heard this sentence, and his lost mood immediately became better.

That's right, since Wang Yuan sells land, it means that the tax thing is true.

If the tax thing is true, then there must be many people selling land, and they still worry about not being able to grab it?

Thinking of this, Liu San stopped drinking tea, stood up and ran home.

For the next two days, he got out of bed every day before dawn.As soon as the city gates opened, they entered the capital, where there were many people, they gathered together, trying to find out some information about the land sale.

On the night Liu San went to Tongzhou, Zhu Youjian called Tian Ergeng into the palace and ordered him to use the hidden piles around the capital to sell the land three days later.

Sell ​​land?

Tian Ergeng was puzzled, but carried out his order mindlessly.

After that, Zhu Youjian called several cabinet ministers, told them his thoughts, and warned them.No matter who asks them for news, it is just one sentence.have no idea!

Dare to say one more thing, I will go home with all my bedding.

After leaving the palace, several people looked at each other and smiled wryly.

His Majesty started cheating again.

During these three days, Li Zicheng entered the palace more often, at least twice a day, and stayed for a long time each time, and rejected all the servants except Wang Chengen.

An unusual aura began to float out from the Forbidden City.

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