This year is Lee Seung-woo's first year in office, and tax reform is Lee Seung-woo's new deal. And this reform was aimed at the powerful clans, and it was first implemented in Luoyang and Jiangnan, where Li Chengyu was strong.

This tax is not a new regulation for Chu and Lingnan, in fact, this system was formulated by Yang Xingzhi for Li Yuehua, the king of Yun, and was first implemented in Lingnan.

Gangnam Province had the support of the Yazhu Guild, and the samurai family and the Sun family were all dependent on Lee Seung-woo, so the new regulations were quickly implemented.

Wei Youqing understood that what Li Chengyu asked about was Luoyang's taxes, mainly the taxes of the Zheng family and the Zhao family. He had long expected that Lee Seung-woo would ask this question, and he had already thought about how to deal with it.

"The Zheng family has paid all the taxes, and Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess of Weicheng feels that Her Majesty takes care of the Zheng family, and she is the first big family in Luoyang City to pay all the taxes."

Li Chengyu smiled, pointed to Wei Youqing's forehead, and said with a smile: "You ghost slippery head, you know what I'm worried about, do you want to tell me about this matter first?" ”

Li Chengyu looked indifferent, he cared very much about his brother and sister affection, and he didn't want to do anything unfavorable to the eldest princess of Weicheng. Since succeeding to the throne, he has been courteous to the imperial sister and has been very gracious.

Wei Youqing understood Li Chengyu's hard work, so he told the matter first to relieve Li Chengyu's heart. At this moment, he did not deny Li Chengyu's words, and then said: "Zhao Feifei paid the tax per mu, but this poll tax is ......" He glanced at Li Chengyu, "He said that the number of people in the rent Yongyuan is wrong. ”

"What's wrong?"

Wei Youqing glanced at Li Chengyu and said, "The brochure of the Renyong Courtyard is provided by the locality, and it says that the Zhao family has 20,000 serfs, but Zhao Feifei does not recognize it. He said that there were only 5,000 serfs in the Zhao family grange. ”

Li Chengyu sneered and said, "Since he doesn't admit it, let Yu Linjun take someone to investigate." ”

Wei Youqing was puzzled in his heart, the number of 20,000 heads was clearly imposed on the Zhao family by Mi Li'er, and if he went to investigate, he was afraid that he would not be able to get together 20,000 serfs if he dug three feet into the ground.

You must know that when Wanquan Mountain was the most densely populated in the past, there were not 20,000 people. Not to mention that the serfs accepted by the Zhao family grange were only some of the people who returned to Shun in the later period.

Wei Youqing felt that Zhao Feifei was really telling the truth this time, and the number of 5,000 serfs was already a real bottom.

However, as long as Yulinjun enters the Zhao family, it doesn't matter how many people are in it and what they find.

Wei Youqing understands that collecting taxes is not a matter of importance at this moment, and it is not a matter of whether the Zhao family has so many serfs, and it is not a matter of whether the Zhao family has so many serfs, but it is Li Chengyu who wants to do it by taking advantage of this matter to bring down the Zhao family and bring down the Zheng family.

"What Your Majesty said is very true," Wei Youqing replied carefully, "Youqing will do it." ”

Li Chengyu smiled "hehe", patted Wei Youqing's arm, saw that sweat was oozing out of his forehead, and said with a smile: "Although the trees in this yard are dense, it is too hot after all." Go back to the house and rest in the cool, you don't have to wear such a three-layer ......."

Wei Youqing has this intention, he has always been casual, in the past in the summer heat, he didn't even care about wearing a short-sleeved gown and went out. Now when I enter the palace to see the driver, I have to wear it one by one according to the marquis's dress, which is really painful.

In the main hall, the "Female Commandment" written by Li Taoyao has been sorted out by Xiaodouzi and prepared to be sent to the Ministry of Rites together with the other women who have copied it, and will be distributed to all Mrs. Decree and Miss Gonghou according to their rank.

Li Chengyu looked at the thick stack of booklets, and said after a moment's silence: "Tao Yao is also hard. It's just that she is already the eldest princess, and if she is crowned again, she will surpass her aunt, so there is no reason for this......"

Wei Youqing hurriedly resigned: "Your Majesty has given Youqing enough......

Li Chengyu smiled and said, "Where did I give you something?" I want to give my niece an additional 3,000 households as a dowry. ”

Wei Youqing was speechless. Although he is Li Taoyao's concubine, don't say that he is not married yet, even if he is married, the princess's is the princess's, and it has nothing to do with him Wei Youqing.

However, he also understands that this is Li Chengyu sealing himself by sealing his niece. Now that Li Taoyao's princess's mansion is operating, Wei Youqing was taking care of Li Taoyao's food in the past, and these three thousand food towns were actually given to him by Li Chengyu.

Therefore, Wei Youqing still thanked him and let Li Chengyu understand that he understood his mind. Li Chengyu was very satisfied, and seeing that Wei Youqing was not heat tolerant, he instructed Xiaodouzi to take him to Kuanyi, and then give him the fruit that was pulled by ice.

A few days later, as Li Chengyu said, the invitation card for the old lady of the Zhao family to make a birthday was sent to Princess Yangcheng's mansion.

The old lady of the Zhao family is the sister of the Empress Dowager Zheng and the biological mother of Empress Zhao and Zhao Boyong. This year's sixtieth birthday, although the two children are newly mourned, they also understand that it is not easy for Zhao Feifei to support the portal, and intends to use his birthday to make Zhao's mansion beautiful again.

Although Li Chengyu was not present, the Ministry of Rites was ordered to give a handle of gold and jade Ruyi, four gold and jade rings, and five hundred taels of gold leaves to congratulate the old lady on her birthday.

The day Wei Youqing and Li Taoyao went was the first day of the banquet in the Zhao Mansion, and they invited the princesses of the princesses attached to the horses, the princesses of the county, the princesses of the county, the princesses of the country, the princesses of the country, and the princesses.

Therefore, the birthday gift is in accordance with the princess's usual practice, giving a golden birthday star, an agarwood cane, a string of Canaan beads, and a box of longevity incense.

The two of them set off from the Mid-Levels Villa, and before leaving, they came to the front hall and saw a couple of men and women waiting there. The man had delicate eyebrows like a woman, fair and weak. The woman looks about the same as the man, like a brother and sister.

Both of them were wearing the clothes of the attendants of the Jiangnan Houfu, but Li Taoyao had never seen them. Wei Youqing nodded slightly at the man, and smiled at Li Taoyao:

"This is a friend of mine, he and his sister want to follow us into the Zhao Mansion to see the excitement of the nobles of the Houfu Mansion, so let them follow the entourage to have fun."

These two people are Mi Li'er and Mi Tuan'er, they used Yi Xingdan to temporarily change their body shape, and they wanted to follow Wei Youqing to Zhao Mansion to investigate.

Li Tao was blessed and said: "Of course it's good, but it's too abrupt to pretend to be an entourage, I don't know what to call the two?" ”

Mi Li'er smiled in his low and pleasant voice: "My brother and sister, the cheap name is really not enough to worry about, and the sister is mute, but she can hear it, and I hope the princess will not dislike her." ”

Wei Youqing understood that although Mi Tuan'er pretended to be a woman, her voice couldn't be pretended, so she pretended to be dumb. smiled: "You don't have to worry about them, let them take a look at them at will, just open their eyes." ”

Li Taoyao felt a little strange in her heart, but since she was Wei Youqing's friend, the characters in the rivers and lakes were always different from the people around her. Li Taoyao didn't want to ask anything more, and came all the way to Zhao Mansion with Wei Youqing.