"If anything happens to me, Zhao Gao, your son and the scholarly faction will be buried with me!”
"Humph!"
After saying that, Zhao Gao laughed coldly and left proudly.
"You bastard, you don't even want to take a single tael?”
Behind him, Chunyu Yue stomped his feet and cursed.
However, although he was furious, there was nothing he could do.
If he didn't do as Zhao Gao said, then his son and the scholarly faction would be finished!
Fortunately, the Confucians were rich, and their disciples were either nobles or local tycoons!
He opened his mouth and could borrow a million taels of gold very quickly!
It seemed that he had to make a trip to Jixia Learning Palace!
Not only did he want to borrow money, but he also wanted to tell his fellow disciples about what happened today so that they could make early preparations!
Thinking of this, he quickly left the Imperial Palace and sat in his carriage, heading straight for the Confucian school in Xianyang.
……
"Fusu, listen up!"
After Zhao Gao and Chunyu Yue left, Ying Ziye continued to make arrangements.
"Jiu…is here!"
Fu Su was slightly taken aback. He had wanted to call him Ninth Brother, but he remembered that this was the court and his father had ordered Ying Ziye to preside over the morning court. Therefore, he quickly changed his mind and stepped forward to listen to the order.
"I order you to be in charge of the treasury!"
"You will also be assisted by the internal history of Zhi Su!”
Ying Ziye issued an order to transfer his big brother to the treasury.
In fact, although Fu Su had been brainwashed by the Confucians, he was still indecisive and had no opinions of his own. He was not suitable to be the Emperor.
However, he was kind and loyal to Great Qin!
Otherwise, after Ying Zheng's death, if Zhao Gao had made him commit suicide, he would not have slit his throat without any doubt.
Therefore, it was the most suitable for him to manage such a small matter as the treasury's money and grain!
"Understood!"
Fu Su hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he had no choice but to accept his fate.
Although he was not willing to listen to his brother, he listened to his father.
Since his father had decreed that his ninth brother would preside over the morning court, he could only obey his orders obediently.
"The tax reform cannot be delayed!"
"From today onwards, the oral and miscellaneous taxes will be exempted!”
"Abolish the household tax and change it to the number of fields!”
"Those with less than 100 mu of fertile land can be exempted from all taxes!”
"The land obtained from military exploits will also be exempted from all taxes!”
"In addition, distribute 100 mu of public land to those farmers who don't have any land!”
"These fields will be collected from the local nobles!”
"Also, for those over a thousand mu, pay a thousand taels of gold!”
"Those with more than 10,000 mu will be paid 10,000 taels of gold!”
"Those who are above 100,000 mu will be paid 100,000 gold!”
"And so on. The more land you have, the more you have to pay!”
"This is the supplementary payment for the local tyrants!”
"The salt merchant's supplementary payment starts at five million gold taels!”
"Each country's aristocrats will have to pay a minimum of one million gold taels!”
"If anyone disobeys the order, the entire family will be executed!”
Ying Ziye put his hands behind his back and announced a bunch of decrees in one breath.
All the officials were dumbfounded. Not long after, the court was once again filled with whispers…
"Not only are the commoners not taxing, but they are also giving them land? Isn't this too ridiculous?"
"Levying such heavy taxes on the aristocrats is pushing them to a dead end!”
"It's not just pushing them to a dead end. It's forcing them to rebel!”
"No, I have to go see His Majesty. I can't let this kid continue to cause trouble!”
"Otherwise, the world will definitely be in chaos!”
"I'm afraid it's useless even if I see His Majesty. Isn't that obvious? His Majesty was determined to attack the aristocrats!”
"Then let this kid continue to mess around?”
"This is not the place to talk. After the court is dismissed, we will discuss it in detail!”
As soon as Ying Ziye's voice fell, the civil and military officials began to whisper to each other.
At this time, the emperor had made up his mind to ask the nobles for money. It was too late for them to remonstrate.
Moreover, even if they wanted to remonstrate, they couldn't find the culprit.
In order to avoid them, the First Emperor pushed his son to the front while he hid himself!
They had no choice but to wait until the court session ended before returning to discuss other countermeasures.
"Since everyone has no objections, then do as I say!”
"I will give you two months to complete the tax reform!”
"In two months, I want to see the treasury filled and every household have land to cultivate!”
"If you don't complete the mission, everyone present will be executed!”
"Alright! Retreat!"
"Oh right, Wang Ben and Zhang Han, stay behind!”
Seeing that no one had any objections, Ying Ziye continued.
"This official will take his leave!"
All the ministers had nothing to say to a child like him, so they left the palace one after another, except for Wang Ben and Zhang Han.
Meanwhile, Meng Yi was holding the Lulu Sword and standing beside Ying Ziye.
However, Ba Qing did not leave either.
"Your Highness, do you think that these ministers will listen obediently?”
Ba Qing asked after all the officials left.
She had wanted to say, what if these ministers did not listen to orders and disobeyed orders?
However, he felt that it was a little inappropriate, so he changed his words.
Just now, even a fool could see that although no one in the court stood up to oppose him, none of them took his order seriously.
Some old men didn't even show basic respect. They just cupped their hands and left.
"Definitely not!"
To her surprise, the Ninth Prince was very honest and admitted the truth.
"However, I have my ways to make them obedient!”
Ying Ziye said with certainty and a teasing smile.
"Your Highness already has a good plan?"
Ba Qing blinked her beautiful eyes and asked curiously.
The reason why she stayed behind today was to offer a plan.
But from the Ninth Prince's tone, it seemed like he didn't need it anymore!
"All the officials in the court are all outstanding!”
" The reason why their efficiency is low is that their potential has not been forced out. If they were forced out, they could complete the tax reform in one month, let alone two months!”
Ying Ziye didn't answer her question, but said to himself.
Ba Qing and the others were confused. They didn't understand what the Ninth Prince was talking about.
But soon, after Ying Ziye gave two orders in succession, the four of them finally solved the doubts in their hearts...
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