The Fourth Princess's Gossip System

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A bright morning greeted the palace council meeting. The new emperor, sitting on his throne, his face looked solemn, ready to start today by discussing the changes he was planning.

"Open a population census department, we need to know the exact number of our population in order to better regulate policy."

The Minister of Finance refused, not what, but the problem was that the state did not have the money to pay the new people.

"But the Emperor, the census of the population will require huge resources. Our budget..."

Emperor cuts "The budget will be reset. This is an important step for Dayun's future."

"from now on rearrange the 10th to 3rd class nobles. Explain again whether they work or not if they do not work then there is no free salary given"

Everyone refuses again, such arrangements have been made for centuries. A person who gets a noble title, is entitled to free monthly money .Even though he's not working at all.

But now everything will be cut and calculated according to the work. It's just that there's not as much work as that.

"Dayun only appreciates those who strive hard to develop Dayun not to feed the lazy"

The whole meeting was silent for a moment, but the Emperor was right, and then some people nodded as a sign of approval.

Someone who worked in the finance department was immediately asked to go to calculate how much the imperial funds were after that.

Not long after that he came again and brought back a stack of large books that he could not even hold.

Every 3 years the country held an exam and it produced five 6th class nobles at once.

Also a 10th class noble who was currently completely unemployed.

Not to mention the status to nobles given as gifts by emperors in the past. Basically Dayun had more than 200 types of idle nobles.

Then after that, there were also other noble nobles who followed the noble title of the old man.

For example this 6th class noble had two sons, with his noble identity, he could report a proposal to give the same title to one of the Sons.

But later when he died, the title would still be inherited to the other Son.

So the dayun over the years, initially 200 people had that title, but then it became stacked again and piled up again, until now almost 1000 people.

That's where Dayun lost his money.

Hearing that information everyone gawked again.Now they have no reason for you to prevent the reform overhaul made by the new emperor.

After everything was agreed, the Emperor began to make one more plan.

That is to make the people of Dayun literate without exception.the first step is to create a library that can be enjoyed by anyone.

and learning from an anonymous book, then Emperor Dayun will move to open a book that is almost similar but the content is everything that happens in Dayun.

that means one more department is opened to see if the book is based on reality or just a public lie.

Everything written there must be accounted for.

Actually what the new emperor was talking about was the method of opening up if the first newspaper would be in the daydream or maybe in the entire continent.

The Minister of Culture came forward and said" Emperor, the price of the newspaper is very low, even just the equivalent of two eggs. Is this possible?"

"Yes, that would be a fair price. Every Dayun citizen must have access to literacy. And to support this, newspapers can make something with the name of advertising, it is this advertising that makes newspapers able to and pay workers who are in because it is a private job not state owned. but they still have to pay taxes as well in the end"

Hearing the Emperor's explanation they discussed it again almost an hour later. It was basically the first day of the meeting with the new emperor but the meeting also became the longest first meeting in the dayun

but the agenda that makes the most pounding is tax reform.been 10th class nobles and above do not need to pay taxes at all even a penny.

this was also the official advantage of someone called a noble.

But now the Emperor says taxes are not calculated by status but by property that everyone has. So it was opened again the department that wrote down a person's personal property according to the population census earlier.

the first person to reject this idea was of course the ministers who would be harmed.The tax was not great but if calculated with the treasures they currently had, this could definitely make them hang themselves.

just imagine a slave was said to be a treasure.

one slave had to pay 20sin to the country, while they had over 100 slaves at home.

not to mention the soldiers below were considered as personal subordinates on par with those slaves .But the tax price is going up again.

they were already one silver per person.which noble had no shadow guards.even the smallest noble had 10 or 20 shadow guards at once.

Ahh the Emperor did not mention if the shadow guards had their own price for taxation.

now let's calculate the land tax.

What makes people unable to own land is freedom from taxes. The people would be charged some silver per year for an acre of land that was so burdensome to them.

Now the price of the land tax will be lowered again, which is 1 silver per year for one hectare.

The little people must be happy but how do the nobles who already have a zhuangzi?

Zhuangzi is actually a small village sometimes complete with a mountain background.

If calculated from the beginning then how many hectares it is. What was more terrifying was that a noble did not have one Zhuangzi alone, they sometimes had four or five at once in other cities.

Not only that every business also needs to be registered to the state and that registration will also be taxed again.

How would they agree with this reform, since this would actually suppress and strangle the necks of the nobles.

The Tax Minister hesitantly "Sure, this is a noble plan, but the tax reform will spark a lot of resistance. Will this be a permanent policy?"

"Yes, tax changes will become a reality. Everyone should pay the same tax, but it will be based on the wealth they have" Emperor Xian said

The Health Minister spoke slowly "But the Emperor, this will be a controversial move. Everyone has to pay taxes regardless of their social status?"

One by one everyone came forward to refute this tax reform. The Emperor had also given several reasons but all of them were rejected without any further consideration.

The reason is that they are worried that there will be large-scale demonstrations and reject the emperor who has just been adopted.

Helpless in the face of the ministers' refusal, the Emperor said, "This is a fair policy and will support Dayun's development. And remember, this is an idea coming from the Queen."

All present bowed their heads in obedience.If this is the Emperor's order then fine but if this is the Queen's order then refuse you will die 9 descendants.

So then...

"With respect, Emperor, we all support these policies."

"This is all for Dayun and we love dayun more than money"

Emperor Xian was satisfied with their agreement, had the queen's name not been used, perhaps the meeting would have been betele tele.

The council meeting went on to discuss details and plans for the implementation of reforms that will bring about major changes in the lives of the Dayun people.

On the border between Dayun and the Yue Empire, a barren and arid scene stretched. The desert stretches on the dry side, while hills rise across it.

Amidst these harsh natural conditions, a woman in simple clothes stepped hesitantly towards a beautiful and majestic-looking house on the border.

This woman had long wondered where the house of the gatekeeper who was her son-in-law was. Some of the people he asked gave answers that the house was the most beautiful in the entire border.

After hearing such an answer, he finally ventured to knock on the door. As she knocked on the door, it opened, she was nervous when she saw that the person who opened it was not her daughter.

The person who opened the door asked politely, "Who are you looking for?" The woman replied tremblingly, "Is this Zhang Muhua's house?" The man nodded, admitting that he was a servant there.

Soon, Zhang Muhua, the owner of this beautiful house, appeared to see what was happening. However, the moment he saw the woman in front of the door, his eyes widened and he was glued to his place.

Moments later, in a tense silence, she began to cry and exclaimed, "Mother, when did you come?"

Consort Sun's biological mother zhang muhua, who had been separated from her daughter for a long time, immediately patted the princess on the shoulder as she said in a trembling voice, "Thank God, you live well. Thank goodness you decided to go to this border."

The two of them then hugged tightly, while the sun set on this hard border, giving a warm touch to this heart-touching moment.

Although this border had an arid land that was difficult to cultivate, the trade that took place with the Yue Empire had given hope to the residents here.

Zhang Muhua and his mother sat together inside the beautiful house, separated for so long and finally united. Mother Zhang, with her gentle gaze, began to speak, "I have no other way but to go to my daughter's place. But, if this troubles you, I can go anywhere. Don't ever feel guilty because you always understand your position."

Zhang Muhua smiled gently, "Mother, don't worry. I now have my own job. Did you know, when I got married, I got dowry from brother in the form of three shops that have now produced. So, to raise my old mother, I don't have any problems."

Mother Zhang nodded, but then asked, "Where is my grandson? I haven't seen him yet."

Zhang Muhua replied inwardly."My son is with his father. He followed his father to become a beggar as a requirement of following the beggar party. This is to make his character inferior and appreciate those who don't have."

But he just said his son went looking around to the wall where his father was working.

The two women laughed together, and in their laughter emanated sincere happiness.

But that happiness was inversely proportional to the current Zhang family.

all the families involved in the rebellion headed by the third prince ended up on death row.

But the zhang family is different again, because they are the birth family of Queen Dayun

The status of the Minister of the right was revoked, their property was confiscated, and there was a harsh ban for the families of those with Zhang's last name to enter the capital for a hundred years.

Suffering begins, and the once honorable Zhang family is now forced to live within limitations. Fights were inevitable, especially when concubine Mo, sent letters and letters of reply from the mo family came that very day.

They offered to give money if the former Right Minister, Mr. Zhang, released the identities of their two Daughters as the Mo family.

Initially, many disagreed with this proposal because these two Princesses were precious members of the family. They can be helpful in homework due to the absence of servants and have good potential for future marriages.

But eventually, they decided to accept the offer and the two Princesses took Mo's last name.

but no one knew it was actually the mo family, they still wanted to benefit by the blood relationship between these two princesses and Queen Dayun.

if even if you can not take advantage of it 2 Princess is already worthy to marry and when married dowry can be taken as the property of the family mo.

Consort Mo, although it is still your family but she has not lived in that family for a long time.so find a new family early and take the dowry again.

Concubine Mo did not know the intention of her birth family, here she still felt happy and returned to her birth home happily convinced that her family loved her very much and the two Daughters.

But this happiness was still not felt by Jiang moyun, he was immediately shaken when he recalled the time when Zhang Mei, his daughter was released from prison in a dead condition.

The prison guards said that if they had the money, they could give Zhang Mei a proper funeral or cremation. However, since they had no money, his corpse would be dumped in the wild, becoming a savage beast's meal.

But the zhang family did not have a single cent in hand, and the corpse of zhang Mei was forced to be treated in a third way.

Jiang Moyun, as a mother, felt a great hatred for this reality. His heart was broken seeing his son have to accept such a highly inappropriate ending.

On the way to the border, the family quarreled again and as a result the old grandmother died. Where he was buried by the side of the road and will eventually be forgotten.

As for why Zhang Mei's mother was able to arrive at the border earlier that was because, Zhang Fei's mother gave a ride to the group of businessmen who were about to go to the border.

It may take months for this family to arrive at the border, not knowing how many people are willing to continue this journey until arriving at the destination.

But it can be ascertained because of the taxation arrangements, then, one battalion thought by this former right minister, is actually in vain.

Not only was it futile but he also bore no small amount of debt when he arrived at the border. At that time the tax reform arrangements were in place.