I was a princess in ancient times

When the news reached Chang'an, before the courtiers had time to react, Ji Xinxue took the lead and personally led the Jinwu Guards to arrest several officials who had close ties with criminal officials from all over the world and put them in the prison of Dali Temple.

The ostensible charges of these people are dereliction of duty and competing for profit with the people.

But no one in the courtiers knew that the real reason for their imprisonment was to secretly collude with criminal officials from all over the world to ignorant the people and obstruct the New Deal.

In just three days, Ji Xinxue convicted the officials in the prison of Dali Temple.

There were six people in total, five of whom had their family property confiscated, the whole family was exiled to the mining area to serve in the mining area for ten years, and the imperial examination was not allowed within three generations.One person's family property is confiscated, and imperial examinations are not allowed within two generations.

In the Changping Dynasty, this was an unprecedented heavy punishment.

When the "Jiang Banchao" collapsed suddenly, the Jiang family who collected all twelve unpardonable crimes was only exiled to the mining area, and they were not allowed to leave the mining area for three generations.

Ji Xinxue stood firm in the midst of so many unbelievable and heartbroken gazes, and stared at the courtiers without evasion.

He knew that the officials in the Dali Temple Prison were not guilty of this.

According to the old rules and the way Changping Emperor used to like, the officials in the prison of Dali Temple would be demoted by five ranks at most, and then they would be retired, sick, and released within two years...to go to the idle yamen for the elderly.

It is precisely because they can predict what kind of punishment they will receive when they do something wrong, these people will choose to bet on themselves after weighing the pros and cons to win something that they could not expect.

Ji Xinxue wants to use heavy punishments on these people to completely extinguish the 'gambling' style.

The courtiers reasoned with Ji Xinxue with laws and old rules, threatened him with what Ji Xinxue did in the fief in the past... They did everything they could to oppose Ji Xinxue's felony for the officials in the prison of Dali Temple.

Half a month later, Princess Ji Mingtong, Ji Cheng, and Princess Xuanwei who were in different places in Guannei Road and Shannan West Road ordered people to send back the memorial at the same time.

Under the orders of Emperor Changping, they quelled local disturbances, and found that local officials had a heart of disobedience, indulged wealthy businessmen and gentry to ignorant the people, spread rumors, and deliberately slandered the court and Emperor Changping.

The three people's memorials included the confessions of local officials, which 'just happened' to have the names of the criminal officials of Dali Temple.

The criminal ministers in the Dali Temple Prison have been accused of "suspecting disobedience".

When the courtiers in Chang'an put all their attention on the criminals in the prison of Dali Temple, Guannei Road and Shannan West Road suddenly had many more people visiting their relatives.

Most of these people came from Gyeonggi, and a small part came from Anye and Shangluo in the east of Shannan Province.

Wearing clean and tidy new clothes, and carrying inexpensive but decent enough gifts, they look for relatives who have not been in touch for years, or even generations.

In Guannei Road and Shannan West Road, there are many people who heard that local officials were imprisoned, saw Jiangnan merchants released, and still firmly believed that the New Deal was cruel to the people.

These people turned away relatives who came to the door, and even deliberately reported to the clan elders and squires, united with the young and strong in the village, and drove out outsiders with sticks.

However, I heard that the outsiders in the neighboring village were very generous. Not only did they not eat and drink for free at relatives' homes, but they also offered to help relatives a lot.

The people who drove out their relatives with their own hands but did not get any benefits will inevitably feel regretful.

Some people regret it and only dare to talk about it with their own family members.

Some people regretted it and immediately inquired about the whereabouts of their relatives, trying to 'take' them back.

The latter suddenly turned from a hero in the village to a traitor. Not only was he publicly reprimanded by the clan elders, but he also lost the opportunity to work in the squire's house.

The strong contrast caused unspeakable grievances in the hearts of the people, and they couldn't help but think carefully about what their relatives had said to them.

When the atmosphere in the city and the village became more and more oppressive, the yamen servants went through the streets again to report important matters.

"Princess Anwu has an order that anyone who spreads rumors will be imprisoned immediately and half of their property will be confiscated. '

Not long after, the people were surprised to find that the clan elders and squires who had wronged them were successively taken away by the yamen servants.

A few days ago, when the parents and officials in the city were imprisoned, the yamen servants also walked through the streets to tell the people

'The sinful officials deliberately slandered the court in order to seek self-interest and condone those who have a heart. '

Because of the words of the clan elders and squires, the people were still unwilling to fully believe the crimes of the parents and officials in the city.

They have such trust in the parents and officials they have never had contact with, let alone the clan elders and squires who are like the backbone?

The villagers endured the fear of the yamen servants and rushed to the homes of the clan elders and squires, trying to stop the atrocities of the yamen servants.

Then I saw the yamen servants bring out neatly strung copper plates, silver ingots as big as fingers, and even golden beans and colored stones from the homes of clan elders and squires...

According to Princess Anwu's order, the Yamen servants neatly placed the family properties that should be confiscated by those who intend to spread rumors, and displayed them in a position a hundred steps away from the sinner's home for five days.

Seeing the surprised faces of the villagers, the yamen servant shouted, "What is this, does sugar merchant Meng Jiu know?"

When the villagers heard this, their faces showed gratitude, and they became more courageous than before. They said loudly, "I know, at the beginning of the year, Meng Dashan promised to pay a hundred taels of silver for our village to build roads."

The location of the village is extremely remote, even for people in their prime, it takes more than half a day to walk from the entrance of the village to the official road.It takes at least two days to go back and forth between the village and the county seat.Not only is it dangerous to be out overnight, but you also have to eat at least three meals.

When a flat path is built, as long as they get up early enough, they can go back and forth between the village and the county that day.People who have never been to the city because of the distance and cost can go to the county seat to see it.

There was emotion in the eyes of the yamen servant, "Sugar merchant Meng Jiu was also imprisoned for spreading rumors. The county government went to count his property according to Princess Anwu's order, and confiscated half of it. Guess how much money was counted?"

"Why did you arrest Mr. Meng Dashan?!" The tall villager glared at the yamen servant viciously, and said agitatedly, "Don't you think we are half good?"

His old mother has a persistent illness and has to go to the pharmacy in the county three times a month.

Only he and his younger brother are the only strong laborers in the family. He has to take care of his old mother in the village, and his younger brother works in the county town to support the family.

The younger brother went to work and couldn't leave easily.

Every time he went to the county to collect medicine, it took two days, and three times was six days, which not only delayed work, but also used food to ask people in the village to take care of his mother.Even with a brother's subsidy, he can't make ends meet, and can only consume the family's wealth.

Now that the family has no money left, the old lady may be forced to stop taking medicine at any time.

The road construction promised by Mr. Meng Dashan is no less than his mother's life-saving road!

The rest of the villagers also immediately thought of the sugar merchant Meng Jiu's promise to build roads for the village, and they all approached the yamen servants sitting around the squire's property, hoping that the yamen servants would give them an explanation.

A hundred taels of money for road construction is enough to make them temporarily forget their fear of the government servants.

"What do you want to do?" The yamen servant's face changed drastically, and his voice suddenly became sharp, "These money will be confiscated in five days, and sooner or later it will be your money!"

Fearing that the villagers would lose control of their emotions and cause irreparable consequences, the government officials immediately revealed all the information that they planned to slowly reveal to the villagers.

According to the order of Princess Anwu, half of the property of those who spread rumors will be confiscated.

If the person spreading the rumors lives in the village, the property will belong to the village, and all household heads in the village will vote to determine the use of the money.It can be used to repair water conservancy, build private schools, buy cattle and horses... It can also be distributed to everyone according to their heads.

After a long time, the voices of more than a dozen yamen servants were so hoarse that they could barely utter a sound, and the villagers believed that they had heard correctly.

"Three people in your village maliciously spread rumors, and the confiscated money was converted into silver and copper coins, a total of 360 taels of silver and 790 eight Wen." The yamen servant squeezed his throat and insisted on finishing the sentence, "Five days later, there will be a government official. People will preside over the voting and decide how the money will be spent.”

"Three, more than 300... silver?"

The villagers repeated the servant's words incoherently, and suddenly fell to the ground and cried bitterly.

The three generations of their ancestors combined have never seen so much silver!

The immature child looked around blankly, not understanding why the adults suddenly burst into tears.

She blinked her curious eyes at the yamen servant, and asked crisply, "Is Mr. Meng Dashan rich?"

The yamen servant nodded silently, and said softly under the eyes of the villagers' piercing ears, "The imperial court fined Meng ninety-nine thousand and sixty-two taels of silver, of which five cents belonged to the county seat, and the other five cents were shared equally by the villages belonging to the county seat."

After a brief silence, the villagers fell into panic again.

"Grandma? Granny, wake up!"

"hahahahahahahahaha!"

"Uncle Song has also passed out!"

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The same thing happened in every village and city in Guannei Road and Shannan West Road.

When the news reached Chang'an, a total of several 10 taels of silver had been distributed to the common people layer by layer.

In May, the region where the new policy was trialled began to tax for the first time in seven years in Changping.

The tax collection took [-] days, during which many places were unwilling to abide by the New Deal.

The wealthy businessmen refused to pay local taxes on the grounds that they were just passing through the local area and were not locals.

The squire claimed that he did not own the land alone, and that all the land was put in his name for the convenience of farming.

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There are also a small number of well-informed people who have heard that wealthy businessmen and squires in certain places were not only imprisoned themselves but also forced to confiscate half of their property because they resisted the laws of the imperial court.

Although the heartache is severe, but also honestly pay taxes according to the new policy.

Ji Xinxue had already prepared for this.

Anyone who wants to play tricks will inevitably go to prison to experience life in the end, and watch half of the family property being divided by the people they look down on.

With more and more 'chickens', the 'monkeys' whose brains were covered with gold and silver, finally figured out the simplest truth.

Half of the family property is at least enough for them to pay taxes for more than ten years.

In June, Changping's first taxation in seven years came to an end.

The criminal officials who had been imprisoned in Dali Temple for nearly two months were finally punished according to the crimes that Ji Xinxue initially laid down for them.All were dismissed from office and exiled separately.

The criminals in the Guannei Road and Shannan West Road prisons were also sentenced to heavy sentences, and most of them could not escape the fate of being exiled.

On the contrary, Ji Xinxue was more tolerant towards the country gentry and wealthy merchants, only punishing them with five years of corvee, and allowing them to redeem their labor with silver.

Take out 5000 taels of silver, and you can go home immediately.

In July, Ji Xinxue played at the Great Court Meeting.

Emperor Changping asked him to allow him to set up bell workshops and new enamel kilns in Gyeonggi, Guannai Road and Shannan West Road respectively.

As the methods of making clocks and firing enamel have become more and more concise, the cost of both has been decreasing.

The cheapest clock only needs ten taels of silver, and ordinary enamel can even reach the same price as rough jade.

Ji Xinxue's original intention of researching enamel and clock making was to make money to subsidize Emperor Changping.

Now Emperor Changping no longer has the plight of lack of money, and Ji Xinxue is not short of money, so he just gave these two lines to the merchant.

It can not only restore the vitality of businessmen damaged by the New Deal, but also further increase taxes.

Merchants sell Luo clocks and enamel with small profits but quick turnover, which can bring a lot of money to the national treasury.

Ji Xinxue can also let craftsmen continue to study craftsmanship and make high-quality products.Treat products that are obviously better than most Luo Zhong and enamel in the world as luxury goods, and sell them at high prices to those who pursue uniqueness.

No matter how you calculate it, Ji Xinxue is sure to make a profit without losing money.

In August, the birthday of Emperor Changping.

Ji Minyan, Ji Jingrou and Ji Mingtong had already returned to Chang'an in July.

But because of the war in the north, Ji Jingyu couldn't celebrate Emperor Changping's birthday in person.

At the beginning of the month, Ji Xinxue went to the imperial mausoleum to offer sacrifices to her ancestors, but was ambushed by assassins on the way back to Chang'an.

The assassins were divided into two groups. Although the first group was strong and numerous in number, their skills were obviously inferior to the Jinwu Guards, and they were completely defeated in a short time.

Before the Jinwu Guard who escorted Ji Xinxue could recover, the second group of assassins suddenly appeared.

When these people fought against the already exhausted Jinwu Guard, they were able to stabilize half of the Jinwu Guard.

Under such circumstances, the assassin used the method of exchanging injuries to get close to Ji Xinxue at any cost, which indeed brought a lot of threats to Ji Xinxue.

Fortunately, beside Ji Xinxue, there is Yan Meng, who has a very deceptive appearance.

Although she was born with supernatural powers and could easily beat up Waiwu's strong man, Yan Meng looked like a tall, 'weak' girl, with the graceful charm of a Jiangnan woman in her gestures and gestures.

In addition, Yan Meng was standing next to Ji Xinxue, making her even more petite and fragile.

With the intention of dying, the assassin broke through the Jinwu Guard's defense line and came to Ji Xinxue with wounds all over his body, without noticing Yan Meng's existence at all.

So... Chao Ji Xinxue was smashed by a copper hammer that fell from the sky when he swung his sword.

Ji Xinxue wiped off the blood on her face expressionlessly, and told herself silently that Yu Heng and Ji Jingyu would see such scenes every day in the northern battlefield.

A seemingly choked sob interrupted his thoughts, and Ji Xinxue looked quietly at Yan Meng, who was wiping tears with a clean handkerchief, without even a trace of blood on her body.

"Why are you crying?" he asked hoarsely.

If he remembered correctly, Huo Yu had long dreamed of blood.

The two rode alone to Shili Mountain, where there are said to be [-] bandits, and stayed there for half a month.

Since then, there have been no bandits in the hundreds of miles around Shili Mountain as the center.

Although there will certainly not be [-] bandits in Shili Mountain, but with the reputation of bandits burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes, what Yan Meng saw and heard in the mountain for half a month will definitely not be fresher than what he sees now.

Yan Meng's crying paused for a while, but the tears on his face flowed faster, and he opened his mouth in a sweet and soft Jiangnan tone, "I've never seen so many dead people at the same time, I'm a little scared."

Ji Xinxue suddenly felt a little cold, he silently grasped the cloak on his body, and comforted him in a low voice, "Don't be afraid, they... be careful!"

Yan Meng suddenly lifted the copper hammer at her feet, and swung it towards the assassin who suddenly rushed over, as if she had eyes on her back.The copper hammer, which is bigger than the stone lion's head, looks like a paper toy in Yan Meng's hands, as light as a ribbon.

This assassin's situation is better than the last one's. Although he didn't expect the attack from Yan Meng, he was just thrown out by the copper hammer, and he could get up and rush back.

Ji Xinxue took a few steps back silently, so as not to hurt Yan Meng.

If this place is not very close to the city, reinforcements may arrive at any time, and he cannot easily give up the princess guard of honor.Ji Xinxue took off her heavy sacrificial attire a long time ago, and sneaked into the Jinwu Guard to make up for it.

With more and more tears and more and more aggressive attacks, Yan Meng eliminated five people one after another, and the reinforcements were long overdue.

Ji Xinxue turned to look at Luo Zhong in the car.

The reinforcements arrived half an hour later than he expected.

Emperor Changping was furious because of Ji Xinxue's assassination, and followed the clues left by the first batch of assassins to investigate. Within half a month, he imprisoned eight courtiers and ransacked the homes of fifteen wealthy merchants.

If Ji Xinxue didn't want this incident to delay Emperor Changping's birthday, more people would be involved in the end.

On the surface, Emperor Changping no longer pursued the matter, but actually asked Mo Yao to investigate it himself, and refused to let anyone involved.

In November, Lingzhou began to snow.

According to the old rules, Ji Jingyu left Chang'an to inspect the fiefdom in the sixth year of Changping, and should return to Chang'an at the end of the seventh year of Changping.

However, the war in northern Xinjiang has never been distinguished. As the eldest son of the emperor, Ji Jingyu's significance in northern Xinjiang is second only to the personal conquest of Emperor Changping.

Unless Turkic's vitality is seriously injured or he voluntarily retreats, he will never leave northern Xinjiang easily.

At the end of the month, Ji Jingyu and Yu Heng turned up and asked to stay in northern Xinjiang.

When she received Yu Heng's letter, Ji Xinxue was worrying about taxation in November, and planned to try out the new policy in more places next year.

He knew that Yu Heng would not return to Chang'an in the seventh year of Changping as early as half a month ago when the Northern Xinjiang ceased fighting due to heavy snow.Had he been Yu Heng, he would have stayed in northern Xinjiang to wait for victory.

However, seeing the apology in the letter, Ji Xinxue still feels unspeakable melancholy in her heart.

Changping seven years.

He only knew Yu Heng from the 360 ​​five envelopes.

Changping eight years.

Ji Xinxue received more and more attacks in the court, but Princess Anwu's reputation among the people was getting louder and louder.

Following nicknames such as Princess Bingtang, Princess Enamel, and Princess Luozhong, he has added strange nicknames such as "Princess Xinzheng" and "Princess Dashan".

The scope of implementing the New Deal has spread to the entire Guannei Road, Shannan East Road, Shannan West Road and Hebei Road, Hedong Road, Henan Road, and Huainan Road.

If there are no major problems with the two tax collections this year, the New Deal will be fully implemented in the territory of the Yu Dynasty next year.

At the same time, northern Xinjiang, which was stalemate in the seventh year of Changping, also turned around.

Before the six-year truce in Changping, the Guannei army severely damaged the Turks, and the Hebei army successfully pushed back Mohe, and the Yu Dynasty had the upper hand in both places.

In the seven years of Changping, the three parties unanimously chose to recuperate first.

The Guannei army and the Hebei army were busy with spring plowing, and the Turks and Mohe were busy finding fat grasslands to herd sheep.

During this period, Yu Chao took the initiative to attack several times, but the results were not satisfactory.So he changed his strategy, increased his defense, and prepared to wait for work with ease.

However, the Turks and Mohes, who have always been famous for their fierceness, suddenly became timid.

The army of the Yu Dynasty focused on defense, and the Turks and Mohe moved their general camp forward, and from time to time they ran horses outside the Great Wall to demonstrate.

The troops of the Yu Dynasty took the initiative to patrol outside the Great Wall, but the Turks and Mohe withdrew their troops for [-] miles and hid in the barracks all day without showing up.

Until the truce due to the heavy snow, there was no large-scale battle between the Yu Dynasty and the Turks and Mohe for the whole year.

In the eighth year of Changping, the Turks and Mohe were still the same as last year. They refused to start a war happily but went to the Great Wall from time to time to provoke the troops of the Yu Dynasty.

Not only was the battle-tested veteran sleepless day and night, but even Yu Heng, who had only been in northern Xinjiang for two years, felt something was wrong.

The two sides have always faced each other across the Great Wall, and the consumption of the Turks and Mohe far exceeded that of the Yu Dynasty.

If you compare the basics, let alone the Yu Dynasty fighting Turks and Mohes at the same time, if there are two Turks and two Mohes, the Yu Dynasty can also consume them.

Yu Heng proposed to send people to the depths of Turkic or Mohe to explore the abnormal behavior of Turkic and Mohe, which was unanimously agreed by General Guan Neidao.

Half a month later, the Guannei Army did not find any abnormalities, but the Hebei Army sent crucial news.

A Buhanbing personally selected the mixed blood from the Hebei army to form a small team, and went north without a sound.

They bypassed the Mohe army who was playing cat and mouse with the Hebei army, relying on the fact that their appearance was almost the same as that of the Mohe army and they could speak the Mohe language. They did not go to inaccessible places like the spies of the Guannei army because they were afraid of being discovered by the Turkic army. Walk.

A Buhanbing led the Hebei army disguised as the Mohe army, and ran on the official road, heading straight to the Mohe royal court in his memory.

His original intention was just to use the military secret language he had learned from his adoptive father to deceive the Mohe army in the middle and outer regions and inquire about news.

It never occurred to him that he could arrive at the area where the Mohe Royal Court was located unimpeded.

It was not stopped until the Wang Qi at 400 meters was visible.

If it weren't for the fact that there were only a dozen people around him, Abu Hanbing would have rushed into the royal court almost impulsively.

He cleverly won the trust of his interrogators with secrets that he could only know after several years in the army.

Then, taking the supplies provided by the Mohe Army, he returned to the place where the Mohe Army and the Hebei Army confronted each other, and told General Yu Chao the crucial news.

After Mohe found a place suitable for herding sheep in spring, most of the Mohe army quietly rushed to the Turkic territory, intending to join forces with the Turks to attack Lingzhou. '

After reading the letter, Yu Heng poured out the shiny green powder from the porcelain bottle and sprinkled it on the sand table he made, which meant that Mohe's position was empty.

Then pour out orange powder and sprinkle it on the place where there was only blue powder, which means that the Mohe army is in the Turkic territory.

When the generals sitting around the sand table saw this, the heaviness in their eyes turned into distress.

This is a pigment prepared by grinding precious stones into powder and adding gold powder. The king of the county even scattered it on the sand table casually. How could he be so reckless?

The leading general knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice, "Turjue and Mohe must have come for King Ling and King Xianglin County. I invite you two to go to Qingzhou. You can defeat Turkic and Mohe without a single soldier. trick."

Ji Jingyu didn't expect that a simple and straightforward general like Beijiang would be able to talk about avoiding war in such a fresh and refined way that he immediately forgot what he wanted to say.

Yu Heng let out a chuckle, and pointed to the location next to Lingzhou with his finger, "Brother, stay in Lingzhou to stabilize the army, and I will go to Yanzhou."

Everyone looked in the direction of Yu Heng's finger.

A finger-sized void suddenly appeared where the red powder was originally, just above Yanzhou, which is adjacent to Lingzhou.

This is near Lingzhou, the only place where there is a gap in the North Great Wall.