Mind Reading: The tyrant panicked after hearing the little princess's inner voice

Chapter 332: It’s all Lao Deng!

Bei Jingchu originally planned to discuss and persuade the emperor in a friendly manner.

As a result, the emperor was obviously determined not to turn back until he hit the wall.

Bei Jingchu's heart skipped a beat as he looked so impatient, as if he wanted to mobilize his troops and attack Huanglong tomorrow.

Bei Heng was just getting excited when his older son put out the flame.

"War is a waste of money, and militarism is not advisable."

Bei Heng frowned and retorted: "Since the increase in agricultural production, the national treasury has been much fuller than before. Didn't you not object to the previous attack on Ningzhou and Yuzhou? Why are you worried about the national treasury now?"

Speaking of this, Bei Jingchu got a headache.

"At the beginning, Ningzhou and Yuzhou were eyeing them covetously. Although Yuzhou was more honest than Ningzhou, it also kept disturbing the people at the border."

"If there is some internal strife in Da Yue, these two have the strength to take advantage of the situation, Aye, you know."

"Now that these two have been resolved, there will be fewer worries."

"But the other small countries are not powerful enough. Conquering them would only satisfy your wish to establish a great cause for generations to come."

Thinking of the hair he lost while dispatching food and ensuring the logistics of the army when he was the regent, Bei Jingchu couldn't help but tap his head in annoyance and complained: "I was really careful with my money, and I spent every penny in a hundred ways, so that the expenses didn't seem so terrible."

"The rations, salaries, rewards, and transportation for so many soldiers. After fighting four battles, the treasury, which was once quite full, has already regressed to what it was more than a decade ago. We can only say that there is no deficit."

"It has to be kept for natural and man-made disasters."

"You can recover after a few years of nursing. Even if you want to achieve great achievements, you should at least take a rest first."

Bei Heng is not someone who won't listen to advice. No matter how great his ambitions are, he can't move forward without money.

He only sighed, "Dai Viet's agricultural production is increasing rapidly now. It didn't take long for us to win the four expeditions. Can't we save more money to help me conquer other countries?"

Bei Jingchu scratched her head again in annoyance, and said with a headache: "Because the daily expenses are already high. If it weren't for the increase in agricultural production now, we would even be unable to make ends meet."

"Ayeyi already knew that, didn't he?"

Otherwise, in the original work, the Yue Dynasty would not have collapsed so quickly under the enemy's cavalry.

Bei Heng had indeed known it for a long time, but ever since the birth of the crown prince, the fortunes of the country had turned around and many talented people had emerged.

He was blinded by the prosperity and flourishing situation and acted too hastily.

Bei Heng tightened his jaw with a slightly disappointed look and sighed, "Originally, the increase in agricultural production was terrifying, and the national treasury should have been full, but there were too many people who fled."

“Citizen evasion is tax evasion.”

"At the end of the previous dynasty, there were 9 million households. Nine years ago, there were only 2 million households. Now, it has only grown to 3 million households."

"Dai Viet has been prosperous for so many years, but its population has not increased but decreased, and the decrease is not exaggerated. The omissions in household registration management are outrageous."

"If we can find all the people who have fled, I won't have to worry about the national treasury being full."

Bei Jingchu looked up at the sky, but the problem was that she couldn't find it and there was no internet.

Ordinary people spend their entire lives working on the small piece of land in their village, and at most go to the market.

You don't need to leave the city, stay in an inn, or get various travel permits. Even if you don't want a household registration, you can still live a lifetime. Of course, you don't want to pay this money.

After escaping from nationality, not only do you not have to pay taxes, you also don't have to perform labor service. It is a very profitable business.

But she can't just let this go, she has to reform it.

The household registration management of the Yue Dynasty was too bad. Financial and agricultural taxes were the foundation of the country in the feudal dynasty, and even the household registration was not managed well. When some orders were issued, they could not be implemented.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince felt that he had it very difficult. Who could have seen that the glamorous court actually had an unstable foundation?

If it weren't for the crazy growth of agricultural taxes, the building would have collapsed long ago.

However, this did not happen during the first two generations of emperors of the Yue Dynasty. It was only after Aye ascended the throne that the people began to flee.

There is a reason why four generations perished. We cannot blame it all on the original male protagonist. The court system itself has many problems.

During the reigns of the first two generations of emperors, the people registered their household registration obediently not because of their personal charm, but because of the benefits.

In order to prevent land annexation, the Yue Dynasty adopted the equal-field system.

All the land was owned by the imperial court, and the amount of land each person was allocated was stipulated. After death, 20% could be kept, and the rest would be returned to the imperial court.

It is worth mentioning that adult males could get 100 acres of land from the court, but for women, only widows and concubines could get 30 acres of land.

Bei Jingchu immediately discovered the truth behind the saying that every family with a daughter will stay with one.

If you raise a son and he grows up, you can get a hundred acres of land. If you raise a daughter and he grows up, you can only marry her to another family, and if her husband dies, you can only get thirty acres of land.

Putting aside feelings, it is indeed a losing business.

Talking about benevolence, righteousness and emotion to the people who cannot even afford to eat a full meal is like being a meat eater.

It turns out that everything is subject to the regulations of the court. Bei Jingchu feels that he has a long way to go.

Changing the distribution of land is a matter of a word, but the difficulty now is that the court cannot distribute the land.

Yes, even though it was stipulated that the land should be returned to the court after a person's death, after two generations of emperors, the court could no longer distribute the land.

Giving out the land is like throwing meat buns at a dog, it will never come back.

Many scoundrels would conceal the death of their elders and embezzle their land.

Or they were resold privately. For various reasons, the court had less and less public land.

There is no profit to be made, no land to be claimed, and the people get no benefits, so naturally they are unwilling to pay taxes.

Bei Jingchu was so angry that his teeth were itching. He wanted to rush to the Taimiao and curse at his grandfather and great-grandfather. Did he feel so good when he was in power?

You have taken all the fame and achievements, leaving her and her father, an orphan, to depend on each other for the two old men to clean up the mess.

Lao Deng, it’s all Lao Deng!

What Bei Jingchu has to do first now is to re-include all those who have fled.

After hearing her thoughts, Bei Heng, who had regained consciousness, shook his head and commented, "You think too simply. I sent people to collect this matter a long time ago, but the people were unwilling to cooperate. Even if I forced them to interrogate, I only found out one million more households."

"Everyone can think of conducting an investigation, but the difficult part is how to do it."

Bei Jingchu pondered for a long time, then said hesitantly: "Then...how about I give it a try?"

The emperor seemed to have been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and immediately wrote her an imperial edict.

Bei Jingchu:......

Holding the freshly stamped imperial edict in her hand, she found that she seemed to have taken on another task, making her already busy life even more difficult.

Even so, Aye started to urge: "The prince is getting old, when will the selection be held to fill the harem and breed royal heirs?"

Bei Jingchu couldn't help rolling her eyes, raised the imperial edict in her hand, and sneered: "Is it a problem of people now? It's a problem that I don't have time to enjoy it."

"When the candidate comes in, the man will be alone in the empty room, and I will be in the study with the official business."

Bei Jingchu seemed a little irritable because of the new official duties.

His hair was a little messy because he was always picking his hair, and he seemed to be on the verge of madness.