The official road of the farmer

When Ye Junshu went out, his direct subordinates, Lu Qunying, Wang Jiyong, and Miao Zhengwen were already waiting outside.

The three of them also need to participate in this meeting.

"grown ups."

When the three of them saw Ye Junshu, they bowed their hands in salute.

Ye Junshu responded warmly, and then led the three of them to the meeting place.

He had just sold out his vacation, and the stool hadn't warmed up yet, so he called for a discussion.

Ye Junshu hadn't had time to ask them to find out about working during this time, and he hadn't had time to read the information himself.

On the way, Miao Zhengwen followed Ye Junshu a step behind, and quickly told what happened during this period of time in a low voice, which made Ye Junshu feel a little bit more confident.

Yuanwailang Lu Qunying bowed his head and took a step behind, sneering at Miao Zhengwen's flattery in his heart.

Lu Qunying had objections to Ye Junshu from the very beginning, thinking that he had occupied his rightful position. If Ye Junshu hadn't been promoted suddenly, the position of Doctor Du Zhi should be his own.

If it wasn't for the Li family, how could Emperor Tai'an give the position to the young Ye Junshu?

Lu Qunying had always looked down on Ye Junshu in her heart, and she really did anything to get promoted.

It's really embarrassing for the poor family.

Lu Qunying was also from a poor family, and she was named on the gold list at a young age. She was very high-spirited, and she dedicated herself to serving His Majesty in the officialdom. foot.

How can we not make him feel bad?

He thinks that he is not bad in all aspects, but he does not have a strong foreign family, and he cannot compare to the strength of the Li family.

Feeling oppressed.

After getting along for a long time, I found that the other party is really capable, and this seat is more than enough. At first, Lu Qunying had already abandoned his prejudice against Ye Junshu, but during this time, someone could not help but blow the pillow wind in his ear again, which made Lu Qunying's dissatisfaction just disappear. rose again.

Even if you don't show it on the surface, you won't rush to please.

Ye Junshu inadvertently looked at Lu Qunying a few more times, hadn't he already convinced him before?Why haven't you seen me for a while, and you're getting emotional again?

But Ye Junshu didn't care too much, he didn't regard Lu Qunying as his confidant at all, and he had already gained a firm foothold in the household department, so he didn't have to care about what the people below thought.

But there must be a reason for the other party's behavior. Ye Junshu reckoned that someone must want to make him feel uneasy.

It's just that he doesn't have time to pursue it now, the current discussion is the most important thing.

When Ye Junshu went to the meeting hall, only his colleagues from Cangbu were there, and after greeting each other, they sat down in their seats, and the doctors from Jinbu and Hubu brought their subordinates over.

They all knew in their hearts the reason why Master Shangshu called them here. Before the official start, they were a little relaxed in greeting each other, but their hearts were very heavy.

Not long after, Shangshu Wu Jiyun came in with the left servant Wan Xingchang and the right servant Sheng Wenbai.

"My lord." Ye Junshu and the others stood up and waved their hands in greeting.

Wu Jiyun said, "You don't have to be polite, just sit down." Then he sat in the top seat, and the left and right servants sat on both sides.

Ye Junshu and other talents sat down one after another.

The hall was suddenly silent and the atmosphere was solemn.

Wu Jiyun took the lead and said: "I called everyone here, I think you know it well, now Daxia is suffering from floods, and the people are in dire straits. The imperial court is actively dealing with the floods and resettling the suffering people. As the parents and officials of the people of Daxia , should be concerned about the worries of the people, actively solve the worries for the people, give money if you have money, and contribute with strength.

If you have any ideas, please speak up. "

Qu Jianzhong, a doctor in the Ministry of Jin, said: "The imperial court is for the sake of the people. Your Majesty has a benevolent heart, and the emperor's kindness is great." Qu Jianzhong cupped his hands towards the sky, "This is the great fortune of the Great Summer. Our household department should do our best to solve the flood for your majesty."

Others also agreed one after another. They are all officials ordered by the imperial court. Now that the floods have caused disasters and the people are suffering, how can they say that they can't save it?Does this mean that you don't want the black hat on your head?

It's just how to help is what they have to worry about.

They are in charge of the treasury, and they are the ones who know the state of the treasury best. Once a catastrophe occurs, the money and food spent will be a huge amount.

If the imperial court decrees the appropriation, if the amount is too small, it is just a drop in the bucket, and if the amount is too large, the Ministry of Household Affairs cannot afford it.

The imperial court has not issued a decree yet, but this is an urgent matter. They need to explain the details, so that Emperor Tai'an will know how much money will be allocated when the time comes.

If they didn't give a specific account first, Emperor Tai'an didn't know the state of the treasury, and the amount ordered exceeded the acceptable range, and it would be their Ministry of Households who would be in trouble in the end.

After everyone expressed their support for the imperial court's actions, Kurabe Langzhong said worriedly, "Now the treasury can't make ends meet...it's really powerless!"

Since the year before last, Great Xia has already spent a lot of huge sums of money, the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, the civil uprising in Jinjiang, the signing of contracts with His Royal Highness, and military supplies from various places at the beginning of the year...

Every sum is not a small sum.

But the harvest was even less than before, and the gap was so huge that they could no longer hand over a sum of supplies...

It's not that it can't be handed over, but it's just that we can't clear all the food in the treasury, right?Why do they have to leave part of it.

"This year's autumn tax will be collected soon..." Zhao Enxue, the household doctor, hesitated, "We can provide supplies, and first solve the urgent need."

"But this year's autumn tax is not optimistic! The fields around the Huaihe River have all been lost, and the rain has affected all over the place, and the harvest is not very good."

"Yes, commercial taxation has also been partially affected. Floods are flooding, and water transportation is the most impacted. Some ports are basically out of service. I am afraid that they will not be able to recover well this year." Yuanwailang Lu Qunying said.

"Maybe Huaihe materials can be distributed in batches? Then we will see the harvest of the autumn tax?"

"The form over the Huaihe River is urgent, and I'm afraid we can't delay it."

"Why don't we increase taxes by a few percentage points in the unaffected areas first, and get through this difficulty first?"

"How can this be possible! How can you increase taxes at will, that is tyranny! If it causes dissatisfaction among the people, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?"

"..."

Ye Junshu sat on the side, quietly listening to the colleagues present talking about their problems and ideas.

He took a three-month leave, and he didn't know much about the situation, but now he listened to them a lot, so he got a taste of it.

The general problem is similar to the last Jinjiang civil uprising, but the situation is more serious.

At least at that time, the national treasury was not so short. In the eyes of colleagues, they wanted to use the treasury as little as possible, and even if they wanted to use it, they should use as little as possible.

Still the same sentence, do you have no confidence if you have no money or food?

In the superficially prosperous Great Xia, the actual situation is much more serious, with many long-standing disadvantages.

Ye Junshu felt that if it weren't for the fact that the current emperor still has some abilities, the court has many capable people, and the army is strong, the Great Xia would be turbulent sooner or later.

But there is also such a long-term problem, Daxia is really crumbling.

Ye Junshu felt that if this problem was not resolved, the status of Great Xia might be shaken.

Nowadays, it is more and more difficult to supply military supplies. If the supply cannot be provided in the future, the court will have to play tricks and let the frontier soldiers support themselves. In this way, won't the soldiers be chilled?

At that time, the soldiers and the court will be separated, and they will passively resist in the face of foreign invasion...

Internally, if things like the Huaihe flood and the civil uprising in Jinjiang reappear, and there is no way to solve them at that time, and the country is in turmoil, it means that the Great Xia is really coming to an end.

And Emperor Tai'an passed away many years later, if the eldest prince came to the throne, with his suspicious nature, there would be no evidence...

It will accelerate the decline.

Everything is foreshadowed.

Ye Junshu is now watching the Great Xia's path to decline. If there are no reforms, the Great Xia will be in danger.

The more Ye Junshu thought about it, the heavier his heart became.

He has lived here for so many years, and he has a lot of affection for Da Xia. Moreover, there are his relatives, friends, and lovers here. Ye Junshu does not want to see Da Xia decline.

If he could, he wished he could do something.

Wu Jiyun kept getting more and more excited as the people below talked.

In contrast, Ye Junshu, who had never spoken, had a serious face, which caught his attention.

After the other people calmed down, Wu Jiyun asked: "Ye Langzhong, you young man has a brain, do you have any ideas?"

Wu Jiyun had a good impression of Ye Junshu. Although the new commercial tax law was hindered and failed to be implemented last time, he also saw Ye Junshu's ability from it.

As soon as Wu Jiyun said this, everyone's eyes fell on Ye Junshu.

Ye Junshu leaned forward slightly, and then humbly said to everyone: "I have been away from Beijing for three months, and I don't know much about many things, but I just listened to what you said, and I have one or two thoughts in my mind. Wang Haihan."

"But it doesn't matter." Wu Jiyun said.

Others have no opinion.

"I think the audience's thoughts just now have some truth. For example, what Yin Langzhong said is to increase taxes in areas that have never been affected. However, the people support the work of the imperial court so much, we can't let the people feel cold..."

Speaking of this, Ye Junshu paused slightly.

Seeing that he really had ideas, Wu Jiyun couldn't help being more interested, and motioned Ye Junshu to continue.

"I think that if the tax is increased by [-]%, the next tax will allow those tax-increased areas to be exempt from tax compensation; or the government will come forward to buy food from the people at a reasonable price, and the tax will be normal."

In fact, these two methods are not very good. If the tax is increased, the one-season tax-free compensation can offset the dissatisfaction of the common people to a certain extent, but for the imperial court, it is undoubtedly to demolish the east wall to compensate the west wall, and it cannot completely solve the problem.

The second method requires strict control, otherwise it is easy for people to take advantage of loopholes, and it is easy to cause disorder in the market, drive up food prices, and be easy to be corrupted.

Either way, if you don't pay attention, it will easily cause losses to the people.

Ye Junshu made a remedy based on the methods proposed by others.

Can't say good, can't say bad.

Others chimed in, "That's one way to go."

"It's just that most of the unaffected areas are relatively high-lying, and the grain production is not as good as that of the Jiangnan area. A temporary increase in taxes will also make life more difficult for the local people. If they are guided by someone with a heart, it is easy to cause chaos!"

It's a pity that the two places in the south of the Yangtze River were also partially affected. Although it was not the hardest-hit area, the autumn harvest in the south of the Yangtze River, which has always been a land of fish and rice, is different from the past, and the normal collection is already somewhat reluctant.

Otherwise it's a good approach.

High-yield lands are more expropriated, and the impact on the people is not so great.