"Yeah?" Xuan Tianming said it was strange to him for such a question. "The three northern provinces are exempt from taxes. This is a rule set more than a hundred years ago. Why do you have any doubts?"

The fat boss nodded vigorously, "Yes! There is a lot of doubt!" He seemed a little excited, his voice subconsciously increased a lot, and he said loudly: "We have never heard that taxes are exempted. We have to pay taxes for everything we do, and the tax is very heavy. I sell noodles for a day and I have to hand over half of the money to the government."

As soon as these words were said, Xuan Tianming and the other two frowned at the same time. Feng Yuheng immediately realized something was wrong and rushed to ask: "Where is the child going to school? Where are the people going to see a doctor? The houses you live in should be passed down from ancestors, right? These don't cost money, right?"

The conversation was heard by people, and everyone gathered around. Some people said, "The child went to school and was treated in a medical treatment. Duanmu Anguo said that the Dashun court had waived half of the money, and we could only pay half of the normal money. As for the house, it was passed down by the ancestors, and it was also said that the Dashun court built us, but the management fee was still paid to the court every year."

Someone said, "Yes! But this is great. If the court had not waived half of the money, how could a child afford to go to school?"

As soon as these words were said, Bai Ze became anxious, slapped the table with a "slap" and said angrily: "You are all deceived by Duanmu Anguo! You have been cheated for more than a hundred years! You have been more than a hundred years!"

"Did you cheat?" People were puzzled, "How did you cheat?"

Bai Ze was so angry that he stomped his feet. Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming looked at each other, and saw Xuan Tianming standing up and facing the people, and sang: "You are indeed deceived. Since more than a hundred years ago, after the three provinces in the northern border were incorporated for my Dashun land, my Xuan family has been thinking about the special terrain and environment of the northern border, and you cannot grow crops, so they advocated that people use other side jobs. They built houses, shops, academies, and clinics for you. In addition, the cost of medical treatment, the cost of children going to school, as well as houses and shops, are all borne by the court, and you do not need to pay extra. In addition, the court had exempted the taxes from the three provinces in the northern border more than a hundred years ago. Your income could be completely controlled by yourself, and there was no need to pay a penny to the government."

"What?" People were stupid and didn't have to pay taxes? But... "But only if the daughter of the family chose Concubine Dong, she wouldn't have to pay taxes anymore!"

Xuan Tianming shook his head, "Everything that I said is true. It has been more than a hundred years. The court has not asked for a penny in the northern border. It has to transfer a large amount of silver to the northern border every day, so that you can live a good life and feel the friendship and warmth of Dashun, and not to feel the heart in such a cold northern border. As for what you are talking about, I think it should be a personal act of Duanmu Anguo deceiving his superiors and concealing his subordinates. At this time, when my army attacks Songzhou, it will be strictly investigated."

Everyone was in an uproar!

The news from Xuan Tianming was really shocked them. They heard the strange voices in the streets and alleys before, saying that if they wanted to return Qianzhou and return to the academy and clinic money that had been over the years, they thought they would have to pay back the less-paid half, but they didn't expect that Dashun would never care about their wishes! All of this was done by Duanmu Anguo himself!

The crowd became excited, and the people in the northern border were all anxious. At this time, men and women began to curse Duanmu Anguo. Some people even shouted to join the army and attack Songzhou together, capture Duanmu Anguo alive and chop it into meat paste.

Xuan Tianming and others began to appease the people again. Xuan Tianming even promised: "In the future, no matter how much gold, silver and wealth are collected from Duanmu Anguo's mansion, they will be all divided into silver and money and will be equally divided by the people of the Three Realms."

People cheered, and the last trace of feelings for Duanmu Anguo also dissipated.

Feng Yuheng asked the fat boss to make another bowl of noodles, personally helped the old lady to sit down, then put the bowl of noodles in front of her, and said with a smile: "Eat, we will take you home after you have enough."

The old woman was full of tears, but kept begging Feng Yuheng: "Don't blame my son, he has no choice. It's all because I'm incompetent and I can't raise him well. He's almost forty and said he's going to join a wife. If he doesn't follow his wife's wishes and doesn't live with us, isn't this a waste of time? I don't want anything else and let me go out to beg for food. I just hope they can have a baby soon. So when I get there, I'll have the honor to see my old man who died early."

Someone who heard it from the side also said, "Their men died early and their lives were a little hard. In addition, her son was born to be lame, and no girl from any family wanted to enter the house. Now his wife also told him in the countryside."

Feng Yuheng frowned and thought for a while, without saying anything, but pushed the noodles bowl in front of the old lady again, and said the same thing: "Eat it, we will take you home after you have enough."

The old lady couldn't understand what she meant. Hunger had made her unable to continue thinking. She grabbed the chopsticks and squeezed the noodles into her mouth.

The other people surrounded Xuan Tianming and asked questions. The ninth prince, who was originally terrifying in their eyes, was chatting like a fellow villager in the country. Even Xuan Tianming invited a few older people to sit down together, and those people sat opposite him without any hesitation. People told him about the situation in the northern border over the years, starting from the heavy tax collection of Duanmu Anguo to the time he selected the Dongfei every year.

A middle-aged concubine said with red eyes: "My daughter is only fourteen years old now. She was sent to Songzhou at the beginning of last year. She is good-looking. It is said that Duanmu Anguo took a look at her at first sight and stayed in the winter palace. Our family has reduced taxes and given a lot of money. However, who would like to use a good daughter to exchange for money? She is so young, how can she be a wife for others? Duanmu Anguo is simply a crime."

Under her guidance, those who had daughters entered the Winter Palace began to complain, and some even knelt down and begged Xuan Tianming to rescue their daughter. No matter whether they could marry or not, it would be better at home than to be harmed by the perverted Duanmu Anguo there.

Xuan Tianming had heard about Duanmu Anguo's selection of the Dongfei in Duanmu, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. After going deep into the northern border and hearing the scenes told by the people with his own eyes, he immediately felt angry and felt guilty. He couldn't help but say: "The court has recognized this matter, and the Dashun court is sorry for you. I have believed in Duanmu Anguo so much for so many years, and have not actually understood the situation in the northern border. Don't worry, all the women in the Winter Palace will do their best to rescue them and do their best to ensure their safety."

In fact, he knew that it was not that the court really believed in Duanmu An Kingdom, but the northern border belonged to the Duanmu family. This was decided more than a hundred years ago. At that time, there was no Emperor Tianwu, and no one could make this decision. The disadvantages have been passed down from generation to generation. When Emperor Wu wanted to make some changes and do something that happened, Duanmu An's power was already deeply rooted in the north. As the saying goes, three feet of ice does not last a day, and it will be a whole body. The northern border is not so active.

However, now he has already rushed north, all this must be completely solved today.

Since entering Guanzhou City, Xuan Tianming, Feng Yuheng, and Qian Li and other deputy generals have all understood one truth deeply, that is,: win the hearts of the people and win the world. The hearts of the people are not in great harmony, and no matter how powerful the army is stationed in, it has no meaning.

They were all looking for opportunities to effectively contact the people of the North and gradually influenced them with their own ideas, including the two traveling today, including Feng Yuheng who chose such a noodle shop standing on the streets of the downtown city to have a meal, which was also intended to understand the people's sentiments. However, they did not expect that there would be such an opportunity that would attract so many people to gather around them, and the atmosphere would be harmoniously chatting and eating noodles together, and even at the end of the conversation, Xuan Tianming was already asking them what their hometown would look like if the North and North return to Dashun in the future?

The people were looking forward to the future in a lingering manner. Gradually, more and more people surrounded this small noodle stall. The fat boss had never been so proud. He stood very close to Xuan Tianming, and from time to time stopped people from getting too close. Every time, Xuan Tianming would say: "It doesn't matter. If you are closer, the people behind him could hear me talking."

Some people wondered. They heard that the ninth prince of Dashun was a strange and irritable person. He could be killed by anyone who didn't like the eyes and a whip. He would burn it all if he didn't like the eyes and a fire. But now, he didn't look like an irritable person! How great this person is, he has no airs at all. He is so close to the people. Not to mention a prince, even the former governor of Duanmu Anguo, he dared not be so close to the people, for fear of assassins or something. Now it seems that it really corresponds to the saying: Wherever you show, the more you show, the more you lack. Duanmu Anguo's stance is so big that it means that what he really lacks is a noble identity. On the contrary, like the ninth prince, who is a dragon son. Besides the emperor, who is in the world, who is older than him? People do not need to show or prove, and their identity is there, so it is more friendly to the people.

Feng Yuheng thought that such a harmonious atmosphere was really thankful to Duanmu Anguo. If the Duanmu family had not violated the wishes of the court for so many years and had privately greedy for the money allocated by the treasury, the people might have been so smoothly with Xuan Tianming. It was the Duanmu family's desperation that gave them the best opportunity to merge with the northern border.

Feng Yuheng smiled and looked at Xuan Tianming's every move. No matter how he looked, he felt that the man he chose was really the best in the world. No one could have such a charm as him, and no one could have such a natural temperament as he was. It's true that his own men just look at him.

She couldn't help but smile, and said silently as she walked to work: "Flower fool."

She raised her eyebrows: "I'm happy."
Chapter completed!