Chapter 3095 The fairy is right.
There are no ifs in the world.
If there was any chance, even if Huang was seriously injured or even disabled, he would avoid the Western Inspection mission.
It's a pity that there is no "early knowledge" in the world. The first half of Huang Huang's journey to accompany the prince on his western tour was so happy, but now he is so miserable.
However, compared to him, the people's hearts were colder.
"If Ningjun is required to hand over 80% of the autumn grain, are the royal family trying to force us to death?" "
They are clearly forcing us to die!"
The people's hearts were filled with chills. Ningjun is rich and every household has food. But this It's two different things than being asked to hand over 80% of the autumn grain.
Not to mention that there was no war, even in the era of state-controlled wars, there was no precedent for paying 60% to 80% of rice grain. Paying 50% of rice grain was just as high as the sky.
The monarch does not treat the people of Ning County as human beings, and the prince and princess are also of such virtue. When war breaks out, can such a monarch and the royal family be expected to protect the people?
Lord Shang was worried that the people would be too angry and disrupt the order, so he quickly calmed down the agitated people: "Fathers, please be patient for a moment. Fairies are unparalleled in their saintly virtues and will have their own justice." The people were worried about the fairies, the guardians of the sacred tree
. It was only at the scene that he suppressed himself and did not react too radically. After listening to Lord Shang's words, he quickly calmed down his emotions.
The royal family didn't even dare to look at the people. They could feel the mood swings of the people without looking. The king was wise and the people wanted to follow. With the emperor of the empire being so virtuous, it would be difficult to restore the hearts and minds of the people of Ning County.
If the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, if the king is so virtuous, the children he likes must not be kind people. Le Yun was too lazy to scold the Xin brothers and sisters, and asked Lord Shang: "Everything must be done by a teacher with a reputation. Why does Xin ask for it?" Ningjun has to pay tribute to so much autumn grain?"
Shang Junjun immediately responded: "Reply to the fairy, in more than fifty years, the monarch will be three thousand years old. Prince Xin said that the national treasury is short of grain, and asked Ningjun to send this year's autumn grain. Eighty percent of it will be used as one of the tributes to celebrate the monarch’s birthday.”
Le Yun immediately caught the important point: "It seems that the Hunjun of the Xin family not only took away 80% of this year's autumn grain, but also wanted other things. What are they?" "Prince Xin also said that
Ning County will be responsible for next year's summer and autumn rice harvest Fifty percent of the money was given to him as military rations and taken back to the capital. In addition, Prince Xin said that the monarch's three thousand years of life was a major event. As citizens of the empire, the people of Ningjun should also give a small gift, so that the people of Ningjun should give him a small gift every day. The family gave a spiritual stone as a gift to the monarch on his birthday. He
also asked each family of monks in Ningjun County to contribute 100,000 spiritual stones, 10 medium-grade magical instruments, 1 million medium-grade spiritual plants, or 1,000 high-grade elixirs of various types. "Pieces."
Lord Shang said that Prince Xin, Lord Xin, had specified what tribute he wanted. The people present were so angry that they could not speak. When the monks learned that the Xin royal family actually asked them to pay tribute with so many resources, they were also very angry.
The scalps of the Mahayana princes of the royal family were exploding, and one of them immediately made amends: "Fairy, it is clear that the monarch asked Ningjun to give a small gift, but it was not so harsh. It may be that the prince and princess secretly increased the amount." Le
Yun He looked at the Mahayana members of the Xin family's royal family calmly: "Then tell me how much tribute Xin Hunjun originally designated?" The
Xin family Mahayana answered under pressure: "The king said that the people of Ning County should collect one or two hundred million spiritual stones as tribute. That's enough for the birthday gift. The monk's family is rich, so the gift shouldn't be too shabby. It should have at least 50,000 to 60,000 spiritual stones, 500,000 to 600,000 spiritual plants, plus a few magic weapons, and 300 to 500 middle-grade elixirs." "Xin Hunjun
. Chief Internal Supervisor next to you, do you have nothing to say?" Le Yun turned her eyes to the internal servant who lowered his head and said nothing.
Being named, Huang Huang had no choice but to pretend to be dead and had to help verify the authenticity: "This time the royal guardian is telling the truth." The
monks and people in Ning County were angry that King Xin forced them to pay tribute, and they even hated Prince Xin Shu. Princess, those two people just opened their mouths and added tens of percent to the offerings. They were extremely selfish.
"Now let's not talk about the crime of your princess and prince who deceived his superiors and secretly increased the tribute, nor did you talk about your behavior of pretending to be deaf when Prince Xin secretly increased taxes. Let's continue the previous topic,"
Le Yun was no longer angry at all now, and asked very calmly: "Xin Hunjun asked Ning County to pay 80% of the autumn grain tribute, so do other counties also have the same amount?" "No."
Huang Huang had already smashed the jar.
"How much are the other counties?"
"The counties surrounding the capital pay tribute according to the law. Because the counties to the west are the land of rice and grain, the monarch levied a little more grain from each county on the basis of the rice grain and taxes that should be levied. "
How much grain did Mr. Xinhun ask for from other counties? Is it just this time, or did he cheat every ten years before to get rice grains? Did he owe all the grain and silver, or only the grain and silver from Ning County?" "Ning
" The surrounding counties collect an additional 1,200,000,000 catties of grain each time, once every thirty or fifty years, and other counties far away from the capital collect additional grains once every ten years, about eighty to ninety million catties each time. The monarch is in other counties
. We requisitioned grain and paid for it at a price lower than half of the market price."
This made it very clear that the king of the Xinhe Empire was really targeting only Ningjun.
Not to mention Mr. Shang, the common people were so angry that their faces turned red and their necks were thick. They wanted to rush forward and tear the royal guards apart.
"Shangjunjun, how much food do Xinhunjun's people ask for every time they come to Ningjun?" Le Yun asked the victim again.
"The first time King Xin's envoy came to Ning County, he asked for 50 billion jins of newly produced rice. Where could Ning County get it? It took two years of preparation to collect 20 billion jins. After that, the envoys came to Ning County again and again
. It was required to prepare 30 to 50 billion jins of grain. The petty officials in the county government worked hard to collect about 10 billion jins of grain each time. Later, because of hundreds of arrears of grain and silver, Ningjun lowered the amount of rice grains and gave them to Between five billion and nine billion catties of grain."
Lord Shangjun's words were full of helplessness and powerlessness. All the staff in the county government also felt the same. The monarch's envoys came to ask for food, but they did not give them any food or silver. They had to give them food, so you can imagine how much pressure they were under.
People's hearts are made of flesh. The people present knew the grievances of the princes and officials and understood their difficulties. Several old women were so heartbroken that they wiped away tears.
"Xin Hunjun is really not a fucking thing!" Le Yun laughed angrily: "He picks the soft persimmons and pinches them once. It's not enough for him to pinch the same persimmons again and again. He must be addicted. Even if the monarch is against Ning
Jun Anyone who has an opinion against Ningjun will not bully Ningjun like this. This is the first time for this fairy to see such a morally corrupt and foolish king, which can be regarded as an eye-opener." "That's right!" "It's too much to bully others
!
"
People They share the same hatred with fairies.
The Mahayana monarchs of the royal family were so ashamed that the monarch was a descendant of the Xin family. The monarch was scolded by the fairy for being morally corrupt. How could the reputation of the Xin family be any better?
Even if they have not done any evil deeds, in the eyes of the people of Ning County, they are the same because of the monarch's single contribution.
On the contrary, Chamberlain Huang felt relieved. The monarch was a member of the royal family. The royal family had turned a blind eye to the monarch's behavior in the past. How could he, a slave, interfere with the master's decision-making? In terms of guilt, he was not as guilty as the senior members of the royal family. Rank monk.
Lord Shangjun and his staff did not take the opportunity to express their grievances. Leyun continued to ask: "Ningjun is also the land of Xinhe. Lord Xinhun is the leader of Xinhe. Why did he target Ningjun? Paper cannot contain the fire. Xin Hunjun targeted Ning County and defrauded Ning County once or twice. He could hide it. If it happened too many times, it would be impossible to hide it from the courtiers. The courtiers would not be able to dissuade them if they knew about it. Xin Hunjun dared to bully Ning County in this way. All the courtiers must have known about it
. Turning a blind eye and letting Lord Xin Hun bully Ning County will result in this. Otherwise, the officials will make excuses every day, and the court will be flooded with saliva. The king of a country will not dare to go too far even for the sake of face. Everything
. There is a reason. This fairy wants to know why Lord Xinhun targets Ningjun. Is he targeting Ningjun as a place or Lord Shang. Is his targeting of Lord Ning a personal
grudge of his own, or is he instigated by the courtiers? Which courtiers were involved?”
Huang Chamberlain knew that it was impossible for the royal family to answer the question, and the important task of answering the fairy's question would still fall on him, so he simply faced the reality: "The Sa family doesn't know whether the monarch has any grudges with Ningjun or Shangjun. They only know that the monarch does not like Ning." The county also doesn't like the Shang family very much. He feels that the Shang family has been serving as the magistrate of Ning County for generations, which makes the people of Ning County respect the Shang family and despise the king." "He doesn't like Ning County. It's not like all the
courtiers in the dynasty don't like Ning County. Since There are loyal and treacherous courtiers, and there are always loyal and good generals who have a conscience and can speak out what is fair.
Tell us who are the people who colluded with Lord Xinhun, made suggestions and covered up for him, and allowed Lord Xinhun to oppress Ning County for more than two thousand years. Don't let others know."
"Fairy inquires, don't dare to deceive, Zuo Xiang..." Huang Chamberlain didn't care what the royal family thought, he answered all questions, and pointed out the courtiers who were angry with the monarch.
He knew every family treasure, and he could even remember clearly who came from which county, which house and which tribe. The details of his information were rare and proved how competent he was as a secretary.
After counting the people in a hurry, he finally raised his eyebrows and said, "There is also the Xinyu family, a monk from Kaiming Prefecture in Ning County." When
he finished his last words, the whole hall was silent.
The people were stunned and could hardly believe their ears.
The monks were also shocked and straightened up slightly. Someone asked: "You said that the Xinyu family of Kaiming Mansion also... participated in the plan to make suggestions for the monarch to oppress Ningjun?" "As of now, the Sa family has nothing to hide, let alone the fairy who asked in person
. The Sa family doesn't dare to deceive the fairy anymore." Huang Huang also knew that some people would not believe it.
"The Xinyu family is from Ningjun. He actually secretly harmed Ningjun. He must have an intention. What kind of deal did he make with Xinhunjun? What is the Xinyu family's plan?" "The fairy is wise, and the Xinyu family's plan is to belong to Ningjun
. To keep his position, the monarch accepted the allegiance of the Xinyu family and promised to let the Xinyu family replace the Shang family and become the governor of Ning County." "I think the Xinyu family has
paid many good tributes to Lord Xinhun to show their loyalty. This time Prince Jun Xin is patrolling the west. They will not miss the opportunity and will secretly bribe the royal guards.
Taking advantage of others' shortcomings and soft-spoken words, the royal guards benefited, so they turned a blind eye to the Xin brothers and sisters secretly increasing the number of tributes, right? "
The guardian of the sacred tree spoke lightly, and the royal family and Mahayana felt a cold air from the soles of their feet to the Tianling Cap, and the bones in their whole bodies were freezing.
Huang Nai's servant was not afraid of boiling water: "The fairy's prediction was not bad at all, the Xinyu family bribed The Crown Prince, Princess Shu and the royal guards, as well as the honor guard, were all present. Everyone received a gift from the Xinyu family. Le
Yun nodded to show that she understood, and then returned to the subject: "Prince Trash must have passed through several counties on his western tour, and by the way he collected taxes and grain from each county, as well as various local rites of filial piety from each county or birthday gifts for Lord Xinhun. Who controls those things?
"The taxes, taxed grains and birthday tributes of each county are all in charge of the Sa family, and the additional grain collected is also in the hands of the Sa family. "
"Hand over the things you are in charge of, and convert these items into spiritual stones, which can be used to offset the grain and silver that Lord Xinhun owes Ningjun. After offsetting the amount of spiritual stones that are still owed to Lord Xinhun, Lord Xinhun will be able to pay back every penny. " pay off.
Also, throw out the Trash Prince and his stuff. "
The fairy asked Chamberlain Huang to keep the taxes and other supplies. Lord Shang and the monks were shocked. Isn't this a bit unkind? The royal family was shocked. The guardian of the sacred tree
wants to keep the taxes and supplies?
" What, do you have any opinions? Le Yun raised her eyelids and looked at the royal guard coldly: "When Lord Xinhun asked Ning County for food, he said that the treasury was empty, so he owed food and silver first.
Taxes, taxes and grain must go into the national treasury. Now that the treasury is full, what's wrong with using some spiritual stones to pay off the debt? "
The royal family was speechless when asked.
Lord Shang thought for a while, hey, the fairy is right. In the past, the treasury was empty, so it owed Ningjun grain and silver. Now the taxes, taxes and grain belong to the treasury, and the treasury is rich. , there is nothing wrong with using the grain and silver from the treasury to pay for grain and silver!
So Lord Shang got rid of his moral baggage and felt refreshed.
When the staff saw that Lord Shang did not raise any objections, they were a little excited at the thought of getting back a sum of grain and silver.
It was true that he was in charge of the storage device, but the guardian of the sacred tree was countless times more noble than the king. Waiter Huang decisively chose to be aware of the current situation and took out the storage device he controlled and placed it on an exquisite porcelain plate. , respectfully walked to the fairy and handed it over.
Le Yun took the small porcelain plate together, took out a small table and placed it between herself and Lord Shang. She put down the plate and took out the storage container to check.
Lord Shang had an idea, took out the Four Treasures of the Study, spread out the paper, and took a pen in one hand, ready to record.
His wit earned the fairy an admiring look.
The first storage container contained all spiritual stones and some spiritual jades. Leyun calculated the quantity and quality and reported the number.
Shang Junjun recorded it quickly.
The second storage container contains rice grains, which should be tax grains.
The third storage container is for additional grain collection.
The fourth storage container contains various ores, which are also taxes.
The fifth space container is a storage bag that stores birthday gifts from various places, and the sixth storage bag stores earthen rituals from various places.
As an Earthling, Le Yun was principled. Because she did not understand the value of the special products of each county, she gave the fifth and sixth storage containers to Lord Shang and asked them to count them themselves.
Shang Junjun placed several sets of tables and chairs aside, gave two storage bags to the manager, and asked the manager and the officials in charge of purchasing to count the items in the bags and price them.
Lord Bo was also clever. He took a Mahayana from the Shang family and ran to the accounting room to carry the general ledger of the king's arrears of grain and silver to Ning County to the main hall.
(End of chapter)