Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 54

On the way to the north, Li Ke was riding on a horse.

Next to it, Kim Yeon, the original princess of Baekje, also rode a horse.

Along the way, Li Ke was in a good mood looking at the great rivers and mountains of Longguo.

Seeing that he was in a good mood, Jin Yan was also very happy along the way, and would talk to Li Ke from time to time.

Li Ke doesn't repel her very much, so his attitude towards her is not bad.

Whenever passing by some cities, Li Ke would enter the city to learn about the local yamen.

After all, in such relatively distant places, some officials would be somewhat lawless.

Now that Li Ke has come to these places, he will naturally have a good understanding and put an end to some bad situations.

Fortunately, along the way, I found that the problems in many places are not big.

Li Ke was quite satisfied.

After about two days of traveling, Li Ke arrived in the area of ​​Shun'an Mansion.

First, he entered a small county town next to Shun'an Prefecture, which was under the jurisdiction of Shun'an Prefecture.

Because it was getting late, Li Ke planned to rest in this county town for the night.

This county is called Qingshui City. As the name suggests, there is a river around the county with clear water, so it got its name.

This stream also feeds many people in Qingshui County, and is called the mother river of Qingshui County.

After entering Qingshui County that night, he found an inn to stay. After two days of traveling, Li Ke was still a little tired.

So Jin Yan asked the waiter in the shop to bring a lot of hot water, and bathed Li Ke in the room.

After Li Ke took a bath, Jin Yan took a bath herself, and then helped Li Ke undress to sleep.

After Li Ke lay down on the bed, Jin Yan was about to kneel beside the bed.

But I heard Li Ke say: "You don't have to be so restrained, I don't have so many complicated rules here, you come up to sleep too!"

Jin Yan nodded overjoyed, then lowered her head and took off her clothes, shrinking back into the bed timidly.

After Li Ke came to this world, he only slept with Wu Meiniang.

Although Jin Yan is his concubine, but he is not lucky, obviously sharing the same bed now, Jin Yan will definitely not let go of such an opportunity.

So after she got under the covers, she began to reach out to touch Li Ke restlessly and cautiously.

After riding for two days, Li Ke was a little tired, so he said:

"I'm tired."

Jin Yan was slightly taken aback.

Then he shrank his head a little further into the quilt, and shrank it to the middle of the quilt.

Then Li Ke said flatly: "Go to bed early!"

Jin Yan smiled slightly, lay down next to Li Ke, and fell into a deep sleep.

She was not very at ease before, after all, as a princess of a defeated country, even if she became Li Ke's concubine, there were too many uncertain factors.

Especially her family, have been very worried that something will happen.

But after tonight, she is considered Li Ke's woman, so there is no need to worry about it.

With this peace of mind, she finally slept peacefully.

……

Silent all night.

The next morning, after Li Ke got up, Jin Yan had already fetched water.

After washing up, Li Ke left the inn with Jin Yan, ready to investigate the reason for the low tax revenue of Shun'an Prefecture.

Wandering around Qingshui County, Li Ke stopped a few people and asked them about their tax payment.

Unexpectedly, when these people heard Li Ke's question about taxation, they felt as if they had seen a ghost, and quickly slipped away.

Li Ke was a little dazed, wondering what was going on?Are these people unwilling to pay taxes, so they talk about tax changes?

If you really don't want to pay taxes, then Shun'an Prefecture's tax revenue has been reduced by more than half, but it can be explained.

Therefore, Li Ke was going to continue to investigate carefully.

Because even if these people are unwilling to pay taxes and are deliberately avoiding taxes, they should find out the reasons and solve them properly.

After all, after Li Ke unified the Dragon Kingdom, he had very loose control over taxation.

Even, introduced some tax relief policies.

It stands to reason that it is impossible for the common people to afford it.

So he took Jin Yan to continue shopping.

When he reached the Qingshui River, Li Ke was going to go to the opposite side.

He and Jin Yan walked towards the stone bridge.

Just as I was about to cross the bridge, I saw a man approaching by the bridge, holding out his hand and saying:

"Pay the bridge tax first, ten cents."

Li Ke was dumbfounded at the time, bridge tax?Does he think there is such a tax?Then he turned his head and looked at Jin Yan suspiciously.

Jin Yan was also very confused and shook her head. Obviously, even though she was the former princess of Baekje, she had never heard of bridge tax.

So Li Ke said, "What is the bridge tax? Does Dragon Kingdom have this tax?"

The man frowned and said, "Of course there are. Don't you know that some time ago, Long Kingdom launched some new tax policies? This bridge tax is one of them."

Li Ke recalled it carefully, and then said:

"If I remember correctly, in the new tax policy of Dragon Kingdom, all taxes are grouped into one type, which is personal tax.

That is to say, each adult man needs to pay one-twentieth of his annual income to the state every year.In addition, other taxes are all abolished, so where is the extra bridge tax? "

When he said this, the tax collector's face darkened, and he said:

"What do you mean? Are you suspicious of our yamen? Suspect our Longguo? Let me tell you, if you don't pay taxes today, don't cross the bridge."

Li Ke frowned, looked at the man, and said:
"Look at you, what's the matter, you don't look like someone from the Yamen? Could it be that you pretend to be a public official here to collect taxes?"

(End of this chapter)