Chapter 221: Accidentally found
Funing, where Ji Yuchen worked.
The people of the city were sad, and many of them burst into tears.
Since Ji Yuchen took office, the tax system has been rectified, which has led to a substantial increase in the government's income. In addition to turning over to the court, building bridges and paving roads, building more schools, building medical centers, and providing free medical treatment for the elderly.
The government invested in and led the people to reclaim wasteland and plant fruit trees and medicinal materials.
Open a mine pit, build a processing department by yourself, and teach the people crafts...
The government rents fishing boats and nets and other tools to the people at low prices, letting them fish and catch shrimp...
Under his rule by Ji Yuchen, the government is no longer a superior master, but a person who truly helps the people live a better life.
He did not directly send money to the people, but in the process, he did not know how many people's lives became better.
The whole Funing, after a period of time, has already become prosperous.
The people are all rushing for better days.
Most people are grateful for him.
Now he is dead.
In Funing, it was raining, under the gloomy sky, and in the drizzle, the people gathered in groups on the way out of the city.
Ji Yuchen's coffin came out.
Several government officials carried a thin coffin.
This is Ji Yuchen's preparation for himself.
His relics are only a thin coffin, a few ancient books, and some clothes.
Salaries have also been donated by him.
The people gathered on both sides of the road and wept.
Since they remembered, Ji Yuchen was the best parent who treated them.
"Why? God just let Master Ji go!"
"Yeah...Let's see the better..."
"Master Ji..."
Regardless of adults and children, watching the coffin slowly leave the city, it exudes endless sadness...
In the imperial capital, Su Wen read the letter in his hand.
He breathed a sigh of relief, with a trace of sadness on his face. This kind of person is admirable. He casually said: "This old guy has found the wrong person. Where can I find him an heir?"
Su Changqing smiled and said: "It's all up to you. By the way, one more thing, Ji Yuchen's family members encountered mountain bandits on their way to Funing, and the whole family was killed without a lifetime."
Su Wen clenched his fist a little bit, and Ji Yuchen went to Funing this time without any family members.
Leave the family in Jiangzhou.
result...
Su Wen stared at Su Changqing and asked seriously: "Su Xiang, what are you going to do with this matter?"
Su Changqing did not answer, got up and took out a stack of memorials and letters.
Putting him next to Su Wen, he said, "This is the memorial sent by Ji Yuchen during this period, and there are some correspondence."
"Jiangning's taxes are more than three times higher than before, so the government has the money to do things that are beneficial to the people."
"The common people, life is indeed better, especially those at the bottom, haha."
"He also talked to those old friends and made improvements and speculations about the next step."
Su Wen shook his head slightly: "Su Xiang, I'm asking, how do you think Ji Yuchen's death should be handled? I am not interested in how much change he has made!"
Su Changqing felt the anger implicit in Su Wen's words.
But he still took out another memorial and placed it in front of Su Wen.
"Your Majesty Zhu Bian, Ji Yuchen contributed to the country, died of illness and died of illness, and the whole country is very sad, and he is loyal and trustworthy."
Su Changqing said: "Since ancient times, the civil servants have not been appointed, but they are not included in this list. Ji Yuchen can also be regarded as a name behind him."
"Ha ha ha!" Su Wen laughed, he smiled sadly.
He captured the key points in Zhu's criticism.
Died of illness?
In other words, is it that Emperor Zhou didn't want the matter to be investigated further?
"Why? Can you tell me why?" Su Wen asked.
Su Changqing said flatly: "Perhaps because your Majesty is unwilling to tear his face with some wealthy and powerful families at this time!"
"The matter of Funing seems to be a little bit, but it is actually a temptation of your majesty. He is testing, what step Ji Yuchen will take to make these people rebound!" Su Changqing said calmly: "Especially now, the war in northern Xinjiang It’s tight! Your Majesty needs the support of those rich and powerful!"
"To put it bluntly, among the people, how many masters can there be? How many masters are there among the rich and powerful?"
"Take a step back and say that even if there are masters among the people, then they are not ordinary people and will soon be absorbed into the powerful class."
Su Changqing looked at Su Wen and said, "Ji Yuchen is fighting against the strongest class in the entire Great Zhou! From the court to the places, I don't know how many people want him to die! This force is your Majesty, and you can't ignore it."
"Do you think your Majesty will defend the power or the people? You must know that it is you and me, both of whom are powerful! Those who are willing to divide the profits will always be a minority."
Su Changqing said coldly: "So, from the very beginning, your policy was doomed to fail, because in the end, Ji Yuchen lost the support of his majesty, and there was only one end for him!"
"Your Majesty is just using Ji Yuchen as a test, and that's about it. Your Majesty will promote the current tax system across the country, but he will not further deepen the reform of the tax system."
Listening to Su Changqing's words, I recalled the Zhou Emperor.
Su Wen suddenly understood why Emperor Zhou didn't seem to be overly concerned with that strategy.
From the very beginning, he didn't intend to really do anything to the nobles of the family.
It's just that, redistribute benefits.
And Ji Yuchen, it was the ruler, and the ruler couldn't bear to be folded, so it was almost done.
"Then why do you want to kill Ji Yuchen's family?" Su Wen squeezed the question through his teeth.
Su Changqing shook his head and said: "Killing his whole family may not be the will of your majesty, but perhaps it is a certain powerful family who vented their anger. This kind of thing is not investigated at all."
"It's not bad, at least according to the current situation, people's life will be much better." Su Changqing said.
Su Wen felt cold all over.
He suddenly discovered that the emperor who was in the deep palace and protected him so much was so merciless.
He thought of Yan Ze's words.
It's disgusting to be calm.
Yes, from the time he directly abandoned the Northern Xinjiang cities to this matter, Su Wen felt very clearly.
Emperor Zhou was so indifferent.
In his eyes, everyone is a tool.
All have value.
It is nothing more than high or low value.
Su Wen looked at Su Changqing, and said solemnly, "What about Ji Yuchen? That's the end of his death?"
Su Changqing did not speak.
But Su Wen knows, what if it doesn't count?
Yubi Zhuban!
Who will check? Who will care?
Su Wen came out of the prime minister's house.
Walking down the street blankly.
He suddenly thought of Su Changqing's joke.
"Leave Zhou State? Go to Da Chu?"
"Lao Su is joking, or is he giving me another choice?"
As he walked, Su Wen suddenly saw that some people were gathering together.
He leaned forward and saw a scholar standing on a high platform, talking loudly: "This act of Ji Yuchen is completely to take the benefit of the people and establish a reputation for himself. He took the wealth of the rich to help the poor, and so on. For the rich, how is behavior different from robbery? Is the rich not the common people?"
This is the literary debate platform in Kyoto during the Great Zhou Dynasty. Many scribes gather here at ordinary times, and they can express their opinions freely.
"Fuck your mother!" Su Wen dashed up.
Angrily shouted: "What are you, you dare to speak up here?"
In normal times, Su Wen might laugh at this when he heard this, but at this time, Su Wen could not bear it anyway.
The man looked at Su Wen, and said, "Bailu Academy, Zhao Jingzhi!"
"Who are you?"
Su Wen sneered: "Who do you care about me? Just listen to me when I talk to you!"
Zhao Jingyi threw his sleeves off and said with disdain: "It turns out that he is a person who dare not even report his name! I am ashamed to argue with you!"
Su Wen slapped him and said, "Is Lao Tzu let you debate? Lao Tzu let you listen!"
"How do you hit someone?"
"That's right! What is the reason why you hit someone when you come up?"
"Get off!"
The scholars who watched the excitement underneath were also not happy, Su Wen shouted: "Shut up, everyone!"
After shouting loudly, he looked at the scholar and asked, "I'll ask you, what do you do in the court?"
"Naturally it is to administer the country and maintain peace!"
"Is that idealized, to let all the people live a good life?"
Zhao Jingzhi replied: "Yes! But so what? Could it be possible to exploit the rich and relieve the poor?"
Su Wen said coldly: "I'll ask you again, are those rich people the citizens of the Great Zhou Dynasty?"
"Naturally yes."
Su Wen said solemnly: "Then I will tell you! Every citizen must bear the corresponding responsibility, whether you like it or not, you must bear it!"
"For example, the people defend their homes and defend the country! If you think like you, everyone is afraid of death, why should you let them go to the battlefield? Why don't you go to the front line of northern Xinjiang? For example, the people serve in military service, why don't you go to military service?"
Zhao Jingzhi argued: "I am a scholar! I am a scholar, and I have fame! There is a system of laws in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the scholars do not need to perform military service!"
Su Wen spit out: "I'm! Thinking of the law now? Ji Yuchen's tax system, approved by His Majesty, is the court regulation. What's the problem with compliance after issuing? When you ask for money, you will exploit the rich and let you convince you. I am a scholar in the corvee? There are many scholars? According to what you said, the rich and the poor are the same. Naturally, if you are the same as the common people, then you should go to the battlefield!"
Su Wen sternly said: "The imperial rules make them pay more taxes. It is their responsibility! All the people of Da Zhou must abide by it. If you say that all classes have equal responsibilities, then you will let the imperial officials carry their swords and go to the front. Come back to govern the country after you survive, right? Everyone has to be equal, right? First serve all the corvee and make up!"
"You are a mess! How can you, sirs of the court?"
Su Wen said strangely: "Oh! Oh! Can't this be the case now? Is it possible that you should be born to be the superior adult, but don't care about the life and death of the poor people of the Li people?"
"The rich have the responsibility of the rich, the poor have the responsibility of the poor, the scholar has the responsibility of the scholar, and the official has the responsibility of the official! This is what should be divided, and Ji Yuchen is on top of his post to build roads, so can the rich go? To open a school, can the children of the rich not be above? The construction of a medical hall to treat the elderly people for free, has it been divided between the poor and the rich?"
Su Wen said in a deep voice: "The poor are already poor, but they pay taxes as much. The rich have a lot of money and live a rich life, so they should bear more responsibility. Have you read the sage books in the belly of a dog? You are an official Not to take on more responsibilities for the family and country, but to make money? A person like you is not worthy of being an official for the rest of your life!"
In fact, Su Wen also knows that most people become officials, to a large extent, for the purpose of getting ahead and reaping benefits. This is actually understandable, but if there is no sense of responsibility or compassion, then this official is not as appropriate.
Originally, the people underneath thought that Su Wen was a mess.
But when he finished saying this, everyone suddenly applauded.
In fact, a function of the tax system to a large extent is to adjust the gap between the rich and the poor so that more people can live better.
Because this is the conclusion produced after the highly developed society.
But in this era, in most people's minds, the tax system is still mainly made to maintain the operation of the imperial court.
This is the concept gap created by different times.
To put it bluntly, before Su Wen crossed, almost all countries had the same tax system. People with more income would pay more taxes and relatively shoulder more social responsibilities.
Many tax evaders, to put it bluntly, are extremely selfish and unaccountable.
I just want to enjoy the benefits, but I don't want to pay anything.
That Zhao Jingzhi was said by Su Wen was stunned.
Where can he say Su Wen?
What's more, his remarks were short-sighted.
After the refutation, Su Wen didn't want to stay anymore, stepped down quickly and crowded out the crowd.
Went out.
People are dead, and they are still being slandered. Su Wen really can't stand it.
But he just walked not far, and Su Wen was stopped by himself.
It is a maid, she said softly: "This gentleman, my lady would like you to tell me."
Um?
Su Wen was taken aback, please tell me?
Unfortunately, Su Wen was not in the mood, and said solemnly: "Sorry, I'm not interested!"
After speaking, she wanted to leave. The girl hurried up and said anxiously: "This gentleman, you must go. My lady has spoken. If I can't take you, I will be punished. You were on the stage just now. With all righteous words, you can't see me as a little girl being punished, right?"
Su Wen laughed.
But she kept on her feet, saying: "Your lady punishes you, so she can go back and raise her."
Su Wencai didn't believe her.
At this moment, a man came quickly.
When he arrived in front of Su Wen, he bowed and said, "My lady is upstairs by the side, please don't refuse me!"
Su Wen is helpless, isn't this TM a dog skin plaster?
But he didn't want to expose his cultivation, so he pondered it.
So they went to the restaurant aside with the two.
"The top floor is covered by my lady, and the husband can go up by himself."
The two obviously didn't mean to follow.
Su Wen went upstairs by himself.
At the top floor, surrounded by fences, it is extremely open.
The breeze was blowing, and a woman in Tsing Yi was standing on the edge of the fence, looking down downstairs.
When Su Wen came up, she turned her head and said with a smile: "This gentleman, I just listened to the wonderful remarks made by him. It was very exciting, please come up and give a comment."
This woman has fair skin, long black hair hanging down, her eyebrows crooked, her eyes are clear and bright, her facial features are exquisite, she can be called the best beauty.
Su Wen raised his eyebrows, he knew this guy!
It is the fifth princess, Zhao Xuanxuan, who is known as the most talented woman in Kyoto.
But he cannot reveal his identity.
I could only pretend not to know him, and said, "This lady, I wonder if you call me here, what's the matter?"
Zhao Xuanxuan stretched out her hand slightly and said, "Sir, please sit down. Let's talk to each other slowly."
Su Wen rolled his eyes, sat down, and said, "If you want to be honest, not everyone has the same clothes and food as the young lady, and I'm still trapped by my livelihood."
Zhao Xuanxuan shook her head slightly and stretched out her hand. There was an ingot of gold in her hand. She shook her palm slightly, and the gold flew straight to Su Wen's table.
Zhao Xuanxuan smiled and said, "Mr. Don't be impatient, the little girl is not malicious."
Su Wen picked up the gold ingot and deliberately looked at Zhao Xuanxuan suspiciously, rubbed her clothes again, and took a bite in her mouth. Zhanyan smiled and said, "Then thank you Miss."
Zhao Xuanxuan curiously asked: "Mr. knows me?"
Su Wen denied without hesitation: "I don't know!"
She laughed: "Then why does Mr. pretend to make me disgusted?"
Uh... I didn't expect this guy to be too stupid.
But Su Wen naturally wouldn't admit it.
"My name is Li Qingxuan, I am very happy to see her husband today!" Zhao Xuanxuan said.
Su Wen sneered inwardly, the dog day is still here to lie to Lao Tzu, if it weren't for your father, could Lao Tzu be in such a bad mood?
"Then what?"
Su Wen's bluntness made Zhao Xuanxuan a little dazed. All the time, everyone who saw her was basically polite. Where is there such an unruly?
This is true, even Su Wen, in the process of meeting her several times, he was not too rude.
"I just admire Mr.'s views and talents. I would like to ask him to discuss the tax system of this predecessor Ji Yuchen." Zhao Xuanxuan said with a frown.
Su Wen curled his lips and said, "What's the point? People are dead, so that's it."
Zhao Xuanxuan shook her head and said, "It's not like that, the gentleman doesn't know something. The old gentleman's tax system is more than just these..."
"Um?"
Su Wen was taken aback.
Logically speaking, if the memorial was sent to Emperor Zhou, no one else would know about it, right?
His eyes narrowed slightly.
How did Zhao Xuanxuan know?
Just listen to Zhao Xuanxuan's words: "By chance, I have heard people say that this tax system is just the tip of the iceberg. Once it is fully implemented, it will be a policy that will shake the country. "
Su Wen's thoughts changed sharply.
Who said this? Emperor Zhou?
Su Wen came down patiently and shook his head: "I don't know the whole picture, but from the current point of view, I think this is a policy that benefits the country and the people!"
Zhao Xuanxuan smiled triumphantly: "So please listen to me slowly."
Then, the little girl stopped talking, as if you were asking me!
Su Wen said helplessly: "In that case, please enlighten me from Miss Li!"
Zhao Xuanxuan began to talk.
Su Wen listened quietly.
As Su Wen had thought, Zhao Xuanxuan had to tell all the tax system one by one, and she had to admire the woman's memory.
That Ji Yuchen's folds are almost verbatim.
After she finished speaking, she frowned and said, "Sir, do you think this is a strategy to shake the country?"
Su Wen looked at Zhao Xuanxuan and asked with a smile: "Why do you say that this strategy shakes the country?"
Zhao Xuanxuan did not hide it, and said truthfully: "This strategy seems to be subtle, but in fact it is intriguing the interests of Dazhou's high-priority, officials, and wealthy people. These talents are the real national foundation of Dazhou. Once it rebounds, the power will be It is the current sage, and it may not be able to suppress it. At that time, there will be officials in the court who are passively sabotaged, and there will be noble people in the outside making chaos in the place, and the powerful and generals will be dissatisfied. If this is the case, won't the country be overwhelmed?"
Su Wen sighed for a long time, and then slowly said, "What you said is right! This strategy is just for the interests of these people."
"But if it is said that it is a strategy to overwhelm the country, it is actually alarmist. First of all, you have to know that there are many methods. If nothing else, this time Ji Lao uses Funing as a pilot to advance. The tax system is already stable. And it had some effects."
"If you start from this, and gradually use a few years to promote the whole country, do you think the strength of the rebound will be great?"
Seeing Zhao Xuanxuan's somewhat confused eyes, Su Wen asked and replied: "Definitely not."
"Even if there are some rebounds, as long as your Majesty is firm enough, all the rebounds will be suppressed!"
"After a few more years... after some stability, we will re-select the pilot program, deepen the implementation of the tax system reform, and implement it little by little. Do you think that the great powers and dignitaries will commit chaos at the same time? Obviously it is impossible! No matter how it is implemented, these people are still the privileged class of our Dazhou. They are not a last resort, they will not risk the whole family to lose their heads and lose everything they have to resist your Majesty."
"But the life of ordinary people will be much better. As long as you have patience, it will take decades to hundreds of years to slowly implement these tax systems. When the time comes, the people will be rich and have a solid foundation, and they will inevitably become the most powerful country in the world. "
Zhao Xuanxuan frowned, obviously in a tangled form.
"Is it really?"
Su Wen looked at Zhao Xuanxuan and said, "This is how self-heating is, but I'm still curious, how did the young lady learn about these secrets? Please tell me directly."
Zhao Xuanxuan laughed: "I don't even know your name, how can I tell you the truth?"
"Su Daqiang!" Su Wen said casually.
Zhao Xuanxuan smiled and said, "Then I don't know where is Mr. Gao now?"
"Su Wen Mansion, Viscount Wuwei, servant!"
Su Wen just wanted to know, where did this fellow know the content of the memorial.
Zhao Xuanxuan was taken aback, and muttered: "Sir, such a talented person, is he just a servant?"
Su Wen was observing Zhao Xuanxuan's expression He deliberately stated that he was Su Wen's servant.
The reason is simple. If Zhao Xuanxuan reads the original memorial, there is Su Wen's name on it, and Zhao Xuanxuan's expression will definitely change.
But obviously, Zhao Xuanxuan did not change her expression.
"Not the original?" Su Wen made a judgment.
He did not show his face, and smiled: "What's wrong with the servant? My adults are suave, handsome and mighty. They are all famous in Kyoto. Where do I go out? Report the door, if I tell you the door, the kid will be scared to pee!"
"And my adults are generous, the treatment in the house is good, the life is leisurely, and you can read books, even if you give it to the county magistrate, you won't change it!"
Su Wen boasted and continued to ask: "Please let me know, where does the full text of the tax system come from?"
Zhao Xuanxuan smiled and said: "This matter is really confidential. I hope that Mr. will forgive me for the inconvenience!"