"Meng Yi and Zhao Gao have a grudge!"
"Using Meng Yi to scare Zhao Gao is a brilliant plan!”
Hearing what the man in black said, Ying Zheng was instantly amused!
It seemed that not only was his ninth son not a useless piece of trash, but he was also quite resourceful!
However, at this time, he only thought that Ying Ziye was scaring Zhao Gao.
"Right, what happened after that?"
Ying Zheng, who was in a good mood, continued to ask with great interest.
"After Lord Zhao pulled Lord Chun out in a hurry to raise money!”
"The Ninth Highness also appointed the Eldest Young Master to take charge of the treasury and ordered the internal historian to assist him!”
The man in black looked at the silk cloth in his hand and continued.
Everything related to the imperial court and Ying Ziye was recorded on the silk cloth.
The Black Ice Platform's secret guards also used special silk cloth to transmit messages.
Although this material was expensive, it was convenient to carry and transmit information.
"Let Fusu take charge of the treasury?"
Ying Zheng pinched his chin and started to ponder.
However, after thinking for a long time, she still couldn't understand what Ying Ziye's intention was.
However, this kid didn't reject his opponents and didn't attack his competitors. Instead, he even arranged an official position for his competitors, which was beyond his expectations.
One had to know that the final candidate for the Crown Prince would only be one of the three of them.
This kid was helping his competitor at this time. It seemed rather unwise!
"After that, the Ninth Prince issued several decrees on tax reform…"
The man in black held the piece of silk cloth and read out the detailed decrees on how Ying Ziye had levied taxes on the nobles and how he had distributed the land to the poor people.
These were all the contents recorded by the secret guards of the Black Ice Platform. As they were to be presented to the Emperor, they had to ensure that every word was correct!
"Yes! Not bad!"
"If we can collect the tax according to this method, let alone one treasury, even ten could be filled!”
Ying Zheng nodded repeatedly.
In the past, the land tax was collected by household. One hundred thousand mu per household was also collected by one hundred mu.
Even if the family did not have a single mu of land, they would still be levied according to a hundred mu per household.
This kind of collection method benefited the rich and made the people suffer. It would be strange if the treasury had money!
Because the rich don't pay taxes, only the poor pay!
The poor were poor to begin with. How could they have the money to pay taxes?
However, it was easier said than done to collect taxes from the rich.
Officials were one of the rich!
And the relationship between the officials in the court and those nobles was intertwined. They either accepted bribes or were married!
Even the few concubines in his harem were from the various aristocrats!
Thinking of this, his expression gradually became solemn again.
He wondered if his son could do something that he himself was helpless about.
"What is puzzling is that after the Ninth Hall His Highness announced the tax reform decree, not a single official stood up to oppose it!”
"Seeing that no one spoke, Nine Hall His Highness dismissed the court!”
"However, according to the news I just received, the Ninth Prince has ordered Wang Ben and Zhang Han to lead the troops into the city!”
"They surrounded the residences of the officials who opposed the tax collection and ordered that they were only allowed to enter and not to leave!”
"His Highness also asked General Wang and General Zhang to pass a message to the officials. If they can't complete the mission in two months, they will all be executed!”
Seeing Ying Zheng pacing back and forth without saying anything, the man in black continued to report.
"Oh?"
"There's such a thing?"
Hearing what he said, Ying Zheng's lips twitched, as if he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
But soon, he nodded his head in relief."This is a good way to deter us. Looks like this kid has some brains and did better than I expected!”
"Your Majesty, the civil and military officials are here to see you!”
At this moment, a young eunuch rushed in.
"Oh?"
"So fast?"
Ying Zheng's lips curled into a smile. He did not need to guess to know that this group of people were here to complain.
Their own son had surrounded their mansion and wanted to raid their entire family. It would be strange if they were not in a hurry!
"Let them in!"
Ying Zheng waved his hand, then ordered the man in black,"You may leave now. If you have any news, report it to me immediately!”
"Yes!"
The man in black flashed out of the royal study and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
As soon as he disappeared, the little eunuch led a large group of officials into the royal study.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, you have to uphold justice for us!”
Before the First Emperor could ask, a large group of people knelt down in the royal study.
"What's wrong?"
Ying Zheng tried his best to hold back his laughter and asked with a fake surprise.
There was no kneeling ceremony when a ruler and his subjects met. Unless there was any injustice or they were forced to a dead end, they would kneel and beg.
It was obvious that their son had given them quite a fright!
"Your Majesty, you must uphold justice for this lowly subject!”
"Wang Ben and Zhang Han have secretly sent troops into Xianyang City, and they even surrounded our mansion!”
"Without His Majesty's decree, you transferred the soldiers outside the city into the city. This is the death penalty for treason!”
"Your Majesty, please arrest Wang and Zhang and bring them to justice as a warning!”
"After they surrounded my residence, they threatened to raid my entire family. My old father was too frightened and actually…actually passed away, sob sob…!”
"Your Majesty, please uphold justice for my father!”
"My old father died unjustly…!”
All the ministers began to complain one after another. Some even began to cry.
For a moment, the royal study was very lively.
Ying Zheng, who could not get a word in edgewise, simply rested his chin on his hand and leaned over the table to watch the joke.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty…?"
The ministers complained for a long time, but found that Ying Zheng had no reaction, so they quickly quieted down.
In the end, someone called out twice, as if to see if he was asleep.
"Ah?"
"Are you guys done?
Only then did Ying Zheng, who was feeling a little sleepy, come back to his senses.
"We…are done!"
Sima Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, braced himself and nodded.
So the First Emperor didn't listen to a single word of their complaints?
"Oh, you're done?”
Ying Zheng rubbed his sore eyes and pretended to be serious as he said,""Wang Ben and Zhang Han are loyal to me, and they would never send troops into the city without my permission.”
"That's right!"
"According to the two of them, they were ordered by the Ninth Prince to move their troops into the city!”
"The Ninth Young Master also ordered that if we don't complete the mission he handed in two months later, we will be raided!”
"The Ninth Young Master's tax collection standards are like seizing the property of a noble!”
"How could those aristocrats sit still and wait for death?”
"Therefore, it's very difficult to collect taxes from the rich. It's impossible to complete it in two months!”
"Your Majesty, please ask the Ninth Young Master to let us off!”
"If it really doesn't work…If it really doesn't work, we'll all resign and quit!”
One of the old civil officials stood out and said sadly.
In the end, they even threatened to resign collectively.
They had thought of this brilliant plan on the way here.
If they all resigned, the Imperial Court would not be able to function, and Great Qin would fall into chaos!
Even Ying Zheng would not dare to allow it!
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