"Your Highness, please have a meal."

Luan'er placed two bowls of red date porridge on the table and stood beside him.

But his eyes glanced at the rice porridge in the bowl and swallowed.

Feng'er and Luan'er have become a habit for taking care of Zhao Xu on weekdays. Thinking of him, before he had breakfast, Luan'er went to ask the kitchen to prepare.

"Your Highness has just recovered from a serious illness. Didn't the kitchen be prepared?"

Feng'er looked at the two simple bowls of red date porridge on the table, and her pretty face was full of dissatisfaction.

If she didn't say anything in normal times, she would know that the royal family was in a difficult position.

But the King of Yan finally recovered, so he should have eaten some food and nourish his body.

"There's nothing else. The kitchen said that there were only rice and red dates left in the palace, and there was not much rice. I asked when I would buy rice for them?" Luan'er had a bitter face.

Feng'er sighed, worried that Zhao Xu would blame Luan'er, so she explained the situation in Yan County.

"The Beidi cavalry plundered every year, the people were killed and plundered, and the food they saved in a year was often robbed. They were hungry, cold, cold, and hungry, and suffering from it."

"The wealthy families in Yan County not only did not help the people, but instead took advantage of the dangers of others and two or three bowls of porridge to lure the hungry people to exchange for land, so that the people would become their vassals, maids, slaves, and farm fields for them."

Zhao Xu nodded.

Before the age of thirteen, Zhao Xu received formal palace education.

The bachelor in charge of the professor at that time told him.

This situation is not a matter of one state or one county, but a problem facing the entire Dasong.

Due to historical reasons in this world, the local forces within the Central Plains dynasty are deeply rooted.

Those with small power are called wealthy families and control the rights of counties, such as the current wealthy families in Yan County.

Those with great power control the power of one state or even several states. They are powerful and are called the powerful clan.

During the heyday of these powerful families, the royal family was able to suppress them, and they obeyed the rule of the court.

However, as the royal family declined and lacked control over the states and counties, they had a faint separatist trend and competed with the royal family.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, Dasong learned the lessons of the previous dynasty's destruction of the powerful clan, so he attached great importance to the growth of the royal family and allowed the prince to be enfeoffed in order to fight against the powerful clan.

This is why Dasong has been a national oath for more than 200 years. Otherwise, Dasong would probably not have a hundred years of luck.

However, in recent years, the strength of the royal family has been constantly consumed in the fight against alien races, and the other has declined, and this balance has been broken.

Because Yanzhou where he is located is on the border, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and the war is in chaos, the powerful clans regard the royal family as if nothing is left.

In order to strengthen their strength, they also do their best to exploit the people.

"Can't the taxes in the royal palace be collected?" Zhao Xu pondered for a while and asked.

"How did your Highness know?" Feng'er was slightly surprised.

"The people are unable to eat and cannot pay taxes. The wealthy families are rich. The officials of Yan County are all from the prides. They naturally collude with each other and evade taxes." Zhao Xu stirred the porridge in the bowl.

The historical development trajectories of the two worlds are different, but human nature is still the same.

"That's true. The royal palace used the silver brought from Jinling in the past three months." Feng'er shook her head gently.

"Not only that, in order to force the people to sell land to them, the wealthy families in Yan County deliberately raised the price of rice, so that the people who could have eaten could not eat. If they were forced to sell land, our palace was also affected. If they continue, they would not be able to eat rice." Luan'er added timidly.

In the picture Zhao Xu remembers, after coming to Yan County, the people in the royal palace gradually became thin and pale.

It probably has something to do with the lack of wealth in the royal palace.

If the taxes cannot be raised, there will naturally be no money. Moreover, even if there is a little tax, it must first pass through the hands of the Yan County officials and finally reach Zhang Han's hands.

And this bastard Zhang Han must have enough money, so how could he leave it to the royal palace?

"Liu Fu, bring the account book of the royal palace."

Zhao Xu drank rice porridge and decided to take over the affairs of the royal family.

If Yan County continues to develop like this, in addition to Xiliang, Beidi and local wealthy families, they are afraid that the people will rise up.

By then, he could only lie down and wait for death.

After Liu Fu went there for a while, he brought an old man with half-white hair over.

This is the Qin account room in the royal palace.

"Your Highness, the youngest is also threatened by Zhang Han. Please spare your life, and your Highness..."

Zhang Han was detained, and the news spread throughout the royal palace. The old accountant naturally understood who the real owner was now.

"As long as you tell me honestly, I will spare you." Zhao Xu came to the old accountant.

These little people are all people who do things, so naturally, they do whatever Zhang Han asked them to do, and there is no need to kill them all.

"Yes, Your Highness." Qin's account room trembled and carried the account book to Zhao Xu to read it page by page.

Seeing that Zhao Xu's words were indeed like ordinary people, he did not dare to deceive them.

"Three months after arriving in Yan County, the royal palace received a total of 50 taels of taxes from the Yan County Government Office, and they were all taken away by Zhang Han under the name of repairing the royal palace."

"Zhang Han sold the three thousand acres of fertile land under the royal palace on the grounds that the royal palace was short of money and needed silver. Each acre was sold for one cent of silver, and the money was also taken away by Zhang Han." The old accountant said.

"What!" Zhao Xu almost fainted after hearing this.

These three thousand acres of fertile land were private property he assigned to him according to the royal system when he left Yan County.

The purpose is to not have a single cent of tax, and the royal palace can also rely on renting these 3,000 acres of fertile land to make it comfortable.

Zhang Han actually sold it to him directly, but it was still so cheap. I don’t know how much kickbacks this bastard took.

"Have Zhang Han woke up? If you wake up, you will beat me hard." Zhao Xu had the desire to kill someone.

Even if the royal land dares to sell, just this one is a death sentence.

"Yes, beat him hard." Liu Fu immediately pointed two servants over.

Zhao Xu was still heartbroken.

If there is no tax or fertile land, it means that the royal family has lost all income, so how can we support the whole family?

After scolding, he looked at the old accountant hopefully and asked, "How much money does the royal family still have at present?"

"It's less than forty taels, and now the rice is expensive, so it's enough to save some money, which is enough for the royal palace to spend another five or six days." The old accountant dared not tell lies.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu sat down.

It is okay if you use these forty taels per person. After all, one tael of silver in Dasong is enough to live in an ordinary family for a month.

But his servants and servants of the royal family had to give him some money.

In addition, there were a hundred guards who came to guard him from the capital.

These dozens of taels of silver are nothing enough to do.

What's even more terrible is that the royal mansion has lost its income and is now only going to go out but not in.

No wonder Luan'er became greedy for two bowls of porridge.

If this continues, he will have to disband his slaves and he will not be able to afford a big bowl of rice.

With a deep sigh, Zhao Xu asked the old accountant to go back.

He walked out of the bedroom and looked at the dilapidated courtyard walls, roofs and verandas of the royal palace due to disrepair.

He frowned and thought hard.

Obviously, he is in a very bad situation.

He could not count on the wealthy family in Yan County.

These bastards are not a fan of the royal family. How could they care about him, a down-and-out prince who has no power and power, starving to death is more in line with their wishes.

If he wants to control Yan County, he has to rely on the people of Yan County, who are the cornerstones of Yan County.

But if you want these people to return home, you can't just talk.

After all, in their eyes, they were no different from the Yanjun tyrants who exploited them.

Only by allowing them to have land to plant and eat to eat can they get their support.

If you want to do this, the premise is that the royal palace must have land to be allocated to them. After all, in ancient times, land was the lifeblood of the people.

But at present, the land is in the hands of the wealthy families in Yanjun, which seems to be a vicious cycle.

The only thing that can break this vicious cycle is to use poison to fight the poison. The royal palace purchased a large amount of land, allowing the people to rely on the royal palace, and become the largest wealthy family in Yan County.

When he is full of wings, he will completely control Yan County, eliminate the forces that violate him, and control Yan County.

"silver!"

Zhao Xu had his own plan in mind. No matter how he did it, he had to have a lot of money first.

Looking up at the scorching sun in June, the hot sunlight made him feel a heat.

Suddenly, a method that could make the Yan County rich family willingly give him the money was revealed.
Chapter completed!