Chapter 71: We're Not Going
The reason Chu Xun asked this was because Huan'er's national policy was too shocking.
Once implemented, the shock it would bring would be no less than the "Strategy on Prospering the State and Consolidating the Foundation" proposed by the Top Graduate Dong Xingjian, who was choked to death back then.
Huan'er's eyes were bright, his whole body full of righteousness, and he said, "Uncle has lived here for a long time, and does not know the hardships of the world."
"The Kingdom of Jing has been established for nearly sixty years, accumulating a large number of wealthy gentry and powerful families, all of whom can be exempt from taxes."
"Teacher said that the taxable land known to the Ministry of Revenue today is fifty percent less than when the country was founded. After decades of land reclamation, the taxable land has not increased but decreased, which is terrifying."
"The commoners have land but dare not farm it, and can only entrust it to the gentry, being exploited to death."
"If this continues, the Kingdom of Jing will hardly survive. I combined Brother Dong's admonitions from back then, supplemented by the difficulties of today, to draft this national policy, seeking peace and prosperity for the country and the people!"
Looking at the impassioned Huan'er in front of him, Chu Xun suddenly realized that the figure of the child carrying a basket and selling roasted goods at the temple fair many years ago had disappeared.
Replaced by an upright and honorable official of the Kingdom of Jing, full of righteousness.