On the first day of September, the Great Dynasty.

Yu Zhijie, the Minister of Revenue, went on duty to start the report. The tax in the first half of the year increased by 5.2 million taels, and it is estimated that the income will increase by about 10 million taels by the end of the year. There was a voice of congratulations, and looking at the ministers smiling happily, Shi Fangzhen thought sly, these ministers were waiting for my reward, so they all smiled from ear to ear.

Yan Hualou, the censor in the court, wanted to speak but stopped. Shi Fangzhen caught a glimpse and asked with a smile: "Yan Qing, what do you have to say? You might as well say it bluntly."

Yan Hualou knew that what he said would be disappointed, so he took a step forward and reported: "Long live, tax growth is the result of the implementation of taxation in the Qing Dynasty by land and acres. However, I received a report from the observer. Some places imposed violent taxes in order to seek political achievements, and even forced the people to die."

Shi Fangzhen frowned and said, "This trend must not be long. I have implemented the tax-binding to reduce the burden on the people. If fishing in the dry pond and forcing the people to sell their property and pay taxes, it will shake the country's foundation and deliberately corrupt the new policy. Yan Qing, you must send someone to find out this matter, and you must not tolerate it. The government affairs hall will be written in all prefectures and counties, and the increase will be strictly prohibited according to the provisions of 30 documents on the land. Violators will be punished severely. Those who are now levied heavily on levies and displaced people will be exempted from officials' accountability."

Lu Jialin, Minister of Works, said: "Long live, I have heard of something. Huang Qiliang, the magistrate of Tonghua County, Dengzhou, summoned wealthy gentry in the county, and asked them to take the tax first, and then these gentry went to collect taxes from the people. I heard that the taxes in Tonghua County increased by more than 3,000 chunks last year, and the Ministry of Personnel's performance was fair. However, I heard that many people could not pay the land tax, so I had to mortgage the land to the gentry who collected the taxes."

Shi Fangzhen knew Huang Qiliang's name. This person was a child of the Huang family. He was counted as cousin Huang Shufei. Huang Qiliang and Jiang Anyi and others studied politics together. They left Beijing and went to Tonghua County to be the county magistrate two years ago. When the performance exam was taken at the end of the year, he praised Huang Shufei a few words. Unexpectedly, this person was so chaotic, which was really annoying.

The ministers in the Golden Palace commented with one word and another. Shi Fang was really a little confused. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the second prince Shi Chongjie was named King of Chu'an, and the government opened a yard to move out of the palace. The rules of the Dazheng Palace were that the prince had to move out of the palace when he was ten years old. When he became an adult, he had to live in the resident. Shi Chongjie's fief was Xingyun Mansion in Fangzhou.

Shi Fang really likes his second son very much. Shi Chongjie is smart and good at writing. With Huang Shufei's concubine, he is very kind to him. This makes Shi Fang really reluctant to stay away from him. He even thinks that the prince does not have the same mother's brother. In the future, the prince will be able to appoint his younger brother as the king of Yizi, just like his younger brother, King Ning, who will take charge of the Dragon Guard and the Secret Guard.

Of course, these were just his private thoughts and never talked about them. The prince and King Chuan were still young, so there was no hurry to do this. In the past few days, because Shi Chongjie was living in another palace, Huang Shufei was a little depressed and had no food to eat, and the people were reduced a lot. It would be better not to let her know about Huang Qiliang, so as not to make Concubine Shuqi angry.

Before going to court, he sent someone to the Chuan Palace to announce the imperial edict, asking Shi Chongjie to go to the palace to accompany Shufei. After the court was dispersed, he went over to see it. He didn't see Jie'er for a few days, and he didn't know how he was doing outside the palace. The emperor was absent-minded, and all the ministers saw it. The discussion gradually stopped, and everyone was waiting for the emperor to speak.

Shi Fangzhen came to his senses and said, "What I am saying is that the implementation of the unified tax policy cannot be delayed, but it must be adapted to local conditions and cannot be generalized. Chen Xiang, come up with a plan to let the prefectures and counties implement it. I have something to do today, so let the court go."

The ministers were originally ready to leave at noon, but unexpectedly, after an hour in advance, Liu Weiguo chased Shi Fangzhen and hurried out of Xuanzheng Hall. There was a drizzle in the air at some point. The cool air was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus, which was moist and intoxicating. Shi Fangzhen stood on the corridor and took a deep breath, feeling refreshed and energetic.

In Shujing Palace, Shi Chongjie wore a golden crown on his head, a purple python robe, a silk ribbon on his waist, and a jade hook. Although the prince was young, he was very majestic. In Shufei's eyes, he was both proud and heartache. There were four kinds of honey fruits on the table, including grapes, honey melons, fragrant pears and peaches, which Shi Chongjie liked to eat. Seeing his son sitting upright and eating, occasionally licking the juice on his lips with his tongue, revealing the expression of a young man, Huang Shufei felt sad. After all, his son was only ten years old and was about to leave his mother and become independent. Although the Chuan Prince's Mansion was not far from the imperial city, it was not easy for mother and son to meet.

The sound of footsteps came, and the emperor arrived, and everyone knelt down to welcome him. Shi Fangzhen helped Huang Shufei up and said to Shi Chongjie: "Jie'er is flat, she has been adapting to the royal palace these days. I'll just tell me what is missing in the palace."

Shi Chongjie stood up and bowed respectfully and said, "Thank you, my father is for his concern. Everything is fine in the royal palace. My father has prepared it very well for me."

"A family gets together, Jie'er doesn't have to be too polite, sit down and talk." Shi Fangzhen glanced at the honey fruit on the table and smiled and said, "Your mother is so nice to you. I only gave you ten cans of honey fruits tributed by Huazhou to Shujing Palace, and your mother opened four cans at once. Liu Weiguo, in a moment, you will send 100 cans of honey fruits newly tributed by Huazhou to the Chuan Palace."

This time, even Huang Shufei stood up and thanked Shi Chongjie.

After getting up early and going to court, Shi Fangzhen has not yet entered the drip of water. Seeing that the honey fruit was a little hungry, she smiled and said, "I am so happy with Jie'er. I am really hungry. Shufei, you don't have to be too frugal. Don't look at the East Market for three or four taels of silver per can. In fact, the cost is low. Just eat it with confidence. If you don't want it, you will ask the Empress, just say I promise it."

Concubine Huang Shu was indifferent. Jie'er was getting older and older, and Empress Wang was increasingly wary of her mother and son. I don't know how many eunuchs and palace maids in Shujing's palace were bought by the empress. How dare Concubine Huang Shu said one more or the wrong one.

Shi Fangzhen asked Shi Chongjie about his situation in the palace while eating. Shi Chongjie's young character was separated from the rules of the palace and the constraints of his mother. He had not yet experienced his parents' mood for a while, so he naturally felt happy. Moreover, there were so many strange things on the streets, so he had never seen them in the palace, so Shi Chongjie was so angry that he wanted to bring his parents together to take a look.

Huang Shufei looked at her son and smiled, carefully wiping off the juice from her face. It seemed that her son was really happy. When the eagle was big, she was about to spread her wings and leave. It was a blessing to be able to leave the forbidden area of ​​the palace. Shi Fang's face gradually became gloomy and interrupted Shi Chongjie and said, "Did you just have been out of the palace for more than ten days? I have told Ma Suizhen and others not to relax your studies, how did they assist you."

According to the "Da Zheng Rule", the royal palace has set up officials such as Wang Fu, military officer, friendship, chief secretary, Sima, and book. Shi Fangzhen chose the Minister of the Secretariat Ma Suizhen as the Wang Fu. Ma Suizhen did not become the prime minister, but his appreciation of Shi Fangzhen was still very appreciated, so he asked him to assist Shi Chongjie.

Shi Chongjie finally realized his obsession and said with a bitter face: "Father, how dare you not listen to your instructions? Master Ma's official duties are heavy during the day, but he will come to explain the merits of the child for an hour every night. He is learning riding and shooting with Yang Zhanjun these days, occasionally riding a horse out of the city to see the scene in the city. The child grew up in the palace since he was young and did not know the scene on earth, so he was a little playful. Please forgive me for your sins." As he said that, he knelt down and admitted his mistake.

"Long live, I am not strict in discipline, I hope I will punish you." Concubine Huang Shu pleaded guilty.

Shi Fangzhen sighed: "Get up, I don't blame you, I'm too harsh. Jie'er first saw the scene in the palace, and it's really hard to control himself. I don't blame you, but you don't forget to study and improve and assist the prince in governing the world in the future."

When he returned to the table, the atmosphere became solemn. Shi Fang was really annoyed. He shouldn't have said something disappointing, which made everyone unhappy. He had nothing to say. When he mentioned Huang Qiliang, he told him about taking over taxes to the gentry in the county.

"Long live, Huang Qiliang's approach is not advisable." Huang Shufei was well-read and knew the disadvantages of it, and said: "He was relaxed in this way, but whether he would do his best to take care of the household, whether he would oppress the people, please give a decree to severely denounce it, and how to deal with it, and don't worry about his concubines."

Shi Fang was really satisfied with Huang Shufei's attitude and said with a smile: "I am very pleased with the righteousness of my beloved concubine, but Huang Qiliang is the cousin of her beloved concubine after all. For your sake, I have issued an order to severely denounce her to correct her mistakes. As for the punishment, I will just forget it. My beloved concubine might as well write a letter to advise him."

This gave Huang Shufei face. Huang Shufei was not pretentious and thanked the emperor. Shi Fangzhen turned his head to Shi Chongjie who was focused on eating honey fruits and said, "Jie'er, what do you think about this matter? How should you deal with it?"

Although the father and son were talking casually, the emperor had no homework, and strictly speaking, it was the right question for the monarch and minister. Shi Chongjie stood up and thought for a moment, saying, "Father, are there many people like Huang Qiliang?"

Although Yan Hualou did not say how many people were eager to achieve success for political achievements, Shi Fangzhen probably had a few, nodded and said, "There are some."

Shi Chongjie raised his face slightly and responded calmly with confidence: "The father was eager to fill the treasury, so these people agreed to what his father likes. Moreover, Jiang Anyi was highly valued in Fuluo County because of the sharp increase in taxes. He was promoted from Xiaxian County to Xiazhou Governor, which inevitably made some people feel happy. My sons think that the country should be promoted step by step to get promoted in the country, and fewer people are eager to get successful."

Shi Chongjie's words surprised Shi Fangzhen. Unexpectedly, his second son, who was ten years old, had a deep understanding, and some ministers in the court could not see this. Shi Fangzhen reached out and patted his son's shoulder and praised him: "Jie'er made his father look at him with admiration. You are right. These eager people are trying to achieve success to understand my thoughts and think that they can soar into the sky like Jiang Anyi. But they didn't think that Jiang Anyi can temporarily manage the governor of Huazhou, relying on not only his political achievements in Fuluo County, but only makes people laugh."
Chapter completed!