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

"Your Majesty, I think the princess did this just to prevent the bad guys from escaping, and those guards did not surround the Zhu Mansion, they were just guarding outside the Zhu Mansion..."

"Your Majesty, I also think that the princess did not surround the Zhu Mansion. The princess is upholding justice..."

As the parties talked, they started arguing.

The emperor listened to this and clapped his hands on the paperweight.

"Boom."

The noisy crowd immediately quieted down.

"My dear ministers, do you have anything else to do? If not, please adjourn the court."

After hearing the emperor's words, the ministers who had been making noise just now dared not speak anymore.

And Lord Pei stood up at this time.

"Your Majesty, now that the crops have been stored in the Ministry of Revenue's granary, I think the taxes on these crops should be determined in advance, and not wait until the crops are planted and harvested to determine the taxes..."

As soon as Lord Pei said this, all the officials present looked at him.

Someone cursed under his breath.

"He's crazy. Now these things aren't even grown, and he wants to collect taxes."

"This is too much."

"Stop talking now, maybe it's what the higher-ups are asking."

The others quickly pulled the man and winked at him.

When the emperor heard this, he looked at Minister Lu of the Ministry of Revenue.

Minister Lu felt a little bitter when the emperor stared at him.

The emperor looked at Qin Chen again. Because of the grain issue, Qin Chen was now allowed to attend the court to discuss matters.

"Prince Qin, you know these grains best. You and Minister Lu are in charge of them now. Tell me, how should we collect the taxes?"

After hearing the emperor's words, Qin Chen spoke.

"Your Majesty, I think that these things have not been planted yet, and the people's planting skills are not as good as those of the masters in the farm, so the harvest may be much less. It would be better to discuss the tax issue after planting and when the harvest is about to begin."

When the emperor heard Qin Chen's words, his face suddenly turned ugly.

When Prince Yin heard this, he walked out immediately.

"I don't agree with what the prince of Qin said. As the saying goes, there is no order without rules. Although the crops will be planted in April next year and will not mature until August or September next year, the taxation issue concerns the people of the world and is a major matter. It is also a good thing for the people of the world to determine the taxation in advance."

"Prince Yin is absolutely right."

"I also agree with what Prince Yin said."

Qin Chen sneered in his heart as he listened to what these people said.

When the emperor heard these people talking, his expression softened a little.

"Then, my dear ministers, what do you think? How much tax should be collected?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, I think this tax should be higher than that of rice. The tax collected from rice is only a little over 10%, but the yield of these three crops is nearly 2,000 kilograms per mu. If only 10% of the tax is collected, plus the loss of transportation, and it takes several months to store it in the granary, I'm afraid that the grain that ends up in the granary will not even be half of it..."

"Your Majesty, I agree with what Lord Jiang said."

"Master Jiang is absolutely right."

Everyone expressed their suggestions.

Some ministers also frowned.

"Your Majesty, the per-acre yield of these crops is high, but if the tax is higher than 10%, the people will probably have objections."

"Your Majesty, I think the tax rate should be no more than 20%. If it is higher than 20%, I am afraid the people will be dissatisfied."

"Your Majesty, I think we can collect 30% tax." A minister stood up and said, "Now the yield per mu is 2,000 catties, and if we collect 3 catties in tax, the people can get more than 1,000 catties per mu per year..."