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Chapter 254: The Imperial Prison is Empty

The Imperial College is located at the foot of Jiming Mountain. It has a beautiful environment and is surrounded by trees. Especially the locust tree, which is very huge. The locust tree is also called the Sophora, which is a tree for the ministers and ministers. As the highest institution of learning, the Imperial College naturally planted Sophora, and hopes that students can become pillars of the country.

Of course, the wish is good, but it is hard to say what the students are. Moreover, Liu Chun had a conflict with the Tai students in the Confucian Temple because of Yang Zhu's affairs. Many storms have also caused. This time, he came to the Imperial College and was ready to kidnap people. Anyway, Lao Zhu gave him the Wang Ming flag and had Lan Yu's servant in his hand. At worst, he could arrest people directly!

Liu Chun doesn't care much about reputation, it's better to have a quarrel with a literati. Anyway, he does things that offend literati. Now that he has a quarrel, it's equivalent to getting a precautionary shot in advance. Even if anyone wants to harm himself in the future, it won't be that easy.

Along the way, I calculated several sets of scripts and prepared to write them according to the opportunity.

But something unexpected happened to Liu Chun. When he came to the Imperial College, he was walking around outside, with hundreds of students standing, all of whom were neatly dressed, and some even had washed and dressed up, all of which were very formal.

When Liu Chun appeared, a supervisor led by the leader took the initiative to salute.

"Student Liu Zheng, pay a visit to Lord Tongzhi!"

Behind Liu Zheng, other students from the Imperial College gave their salutes and showed great respect to Liu Chun.

Lan Xinyue's eyes were full of stars, and Liu Lang was so powerful. Look, these arrogant students regarded themselves as disciples. It was amazing. Don't say anything, Liu Lang was just capable!

Liu Chun didn't feel that good about himself. He coughed lightly, "Do you know what I am here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Guan came over with a smile.

"I came to tell everyone after I heard about it."

Liu Chun was shocked and thought to himself that Huang Guanxing was so stupid that he was fooling these students with the name of Liu Yuan. Why did he all come to greet me?

Seeing Liu Chun looking at him with a strange face, Huang Guan quickly coughed.

"That's right. I'll tell you, Lord Liu adheres to the emperor's order and reforms the tax law and implements a new system. Everyone is happy and is waiting for Lord Liu to come and select talents!"

Liu Chun was quite surprised, "You all are willing to go? You will suffer a loss when you follow me, maybe there will be danger!"

Liu Zheng is the student who is standing in front. He is not old and is dark and thin, but his eyes are clear and bright.

He said loudly: "We scholars have established our hearts for the heaven and earth and for the people's lives! The people's exploitation of heavy taxes is already extremely painful. People with knowledge all want to innovate taxes. For the sake of reform, even if they are broken, what are they afraid of!"

After hearing this, Liu Chun smiled slightly.

"You have a lot of tone and have a greater ambition!" Liu Chun's face turned cold, and he pondered: "You said that knowledgeable people all advocate reform. Where did you hear it? Who told you?"

Liu Zheng said proudly: "It's the student's master, Fang Xiaoru!"

"ah!"

Liu Chun was really shocked. Lao Fang was cheated so badly by Liu Chun that he was beaten. Not to mention his plan, Lao Zhu demoted him to no value, and even said something unworthy of this person.

Lao Fang's career was almost ruined by Liu Chun.

However, at the last birthday celebration, Liu Chun heard that Fang Xiaoru went to the Shu Palace by a friend’s introduction, became a lecturer, and taught knowledge. He was highly praised by the Shu King, and I have to say that some people are the ulterior motives who cannot be beaten to death.

As for Liu Zheng, he was a disciple of Fang Xiaoru in his early years. As we all know, Fang Xiaoru was a firm supporter of equalizing the fields. He even hoped to restore the king's fields and achieve peace for all generations.

His disciples could say such words.

However, Liu Chun and Fang Xiaoru have a grudge after all.

"You're really willing to participate in the reform?"

Liu Zheng chuckled: "Does Lord Liu doubt the sincerity of the students? Master strongly advocates suppressing mergers. As Master's disciple, I should be confused about the new law. Please don't doubt it."

Liu Chun looked at it for a while, nodded, walked to the middle of the tyrant students, and asked for a little while. Everyone was in agitation, one more enthusiastic.

After walking around, Liu Chun made a big fuss.

These students are actually young people, with passion and hope to show their strength immediately, govern the country and the world, and keep their names in history, so that future generations can admire and worship... Everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty tax system is unreasonable, and Liu Zheng is from Suzhou, and his feelings are even stronger.

He felt that Liu Chun could persuade His Majesty and promote reforms, which was the greatest contribution... As for the grudges between him and his master, they could not override national affairs. And he also believed that even if Mr. Fang was there, he would praise his choice.

Liu Chun came to Liu Zheng again, and he waved his hand, "Come and sit down!"

After saying that, Liu Chun sat on the ground. Liu Zheng hesitated a little and sat down. However, in the crowd, there were many students who thought the ground was dirty and were unwilling to sit down.

Liu Chun smiled slightly. As expected, everyone has hot blood, but once you play it, you may not be able to get hot.

"I am very pleased that everyone is willing to join the reform. But I must explain some things clearly, and I want you to think clearly. What is the core of this reform? It is to give up the population tax and turn to land as the object of taxation. To put it bluntly, it means paying more taxes and less taxes! And those people who have no land do not need to pay taxes. Also, I even thought that taxes should be imposed on large households with a certain number of land. In other words, taxes are used to curb mergers and maintain fairness of the land. What do you think?"

Liu Chun said it in a simple way. Liu Zheng couldn't help but be happy when he listened to his words. Isn't this what the master hoped? The Lord Liu in front of him is really extraordinary!

When Liu Zheng heard Liu Chun's inquiry, he wanted to express his opinion, but was taken first by another student. His name was Long Liu. After politely bowing to Liu Chun, he was very excited: "The Lord said it very well. More and more officials and families have annexed land and escaped taxes and labor service. The burden on the people is getting heavier and heavier. In the capital city, at the foot of the emperor, we often see refugees. Lord Liu, why don't you ask Your Majesty to issue such a good suggestion to the whole world? You only implement it in Changsha Prefecture, do you prefer Changsha?"

Long Yan blushed and said, "My hometown also needs reform. Not only my hometown, but also many places have to reform laws. I think it should be implemented in Huguang at least. It is not enough in Changsha! If you want to reform, you must destroy and build a big deal. You can't learn from a woman with small feet?"

Long Liang was still a straightforward and impatient person. After saying it, he immediately felt that it was inappropriate and hurriedly apologized to Liu Chun.

Liu Chun chuckled and waved his hand, "You asked me just now, why is it implemented in Changsha? I can tell you that the King of Tan has just died, and His Majesty returned the land under the King of Tan to the people. As the saying goes, new people and new methods, we can use these fields to verify whether the new law is feasible! Changsha is not rich, not poor, not big, not small, and pays equal attention to agriculture and commerce. It is relatively representative among the prefectures of the Ming Dynasty. If the problem of Changsha is successfully solved, other prefectures can be handled accordingly and promote reforms, it will be much smoother!"

Liu Chun walked to Long Linghan and said frankly: "You said just now that I can't learn from a woman with a tiny foot, but I have different opinions. You guys think about it too. When doing things, you might as well set ambitions. For example, I want to take the top scorer, and I want to win the Changong Palace. This is right, but when you really do it, you must set a small goal first! For example, in the county exam, the case exam, the case exam is the first, the case exam is the first, and the case exam is the first, and the case exam is the first, and the court exam is the first... These small goals have been achieved, and you can also be the same as our Liuyuan Gong, right?"

Huang Guan shook his head in anger, "You guys talk about reforms, what do you do when you talk about reforms?"

The students present couldn't help laughing.

The head of the case is not that good. Don’t worry about the exam, you can burn the incense if you can pass it. That guy Huang Guan is not a human being at all, he is the god of the exam, and he has a fairy spirit on his body!

Many people saw Huang Guan coming to Taixue and wanted to get closer and take advantage of his fairy spirit, hoping that Wenquxing would bless him. Huang Guan recently went out and did not bring any accessories on her body, because she didn't bring them. She went back all the way and there was nothing left!

After laughing, everyone became serious.

They gradually felt that Liu Chun was indeed a little unusual.

"You are the students of the Taishen and have the opportunity to become officials. According to the current regulations, officials can be exempted from taxes and taxes. I would like to ask you to think clearly that after this reform, officials and gentry must pay food together, and you are no exception. In order to serve as an example, all those who go to Changsha and implement the reform must voluntarily give up the privilege of tax exemption and place themselves on the same position as ordinary people."

Liu Chun said from the heart: "Since ancient times, people who set rules have wanted to exclude themselves. They all think that it was others who broke the rules, not themselves! But have you ever thought about it? From the time you passed the exam to the scholar, to the juren, to the official position, and without realizing it, you have broken the fairness of the tax law. It is easy to restrain others, but it is difficult to restrain yourself! So... I will give you three days to think clearly. If you are still willing to participate in the reform, I am waiting for you!"

Three days, it was so short that it was outrageous.

Liu Chun was angry and came out of the room. Lan Xinyue was waiting outside, and handed a handkerchief intimately. Liu Chun wiped his face and said casually: "Is anyone here?"

Lan Xinyue shook her head, and for three days, no one came!

"Those poor people will talk big and brag! Otherwise, I will take people with me and tie them all up!"

She is worthy of being Lan Yu's daughter, and her style of behavior is really similar.

But... something is wrong!

The reform was given by His Majesty. If you can participate in it, you will definitely be favored by the emperor.

No matter how stupid these scholars are, they will not be unable to come. Could it be that you are not afraid that Lao Zhu would drive all the prison students home in anger and never allow you to become officials?

Just as Liu Chun was thinking, the third master suddenly rushed over and his nose was crooked.

"Boy, what have you done? We have hundreds of people around our house, we are all looking for you!"
Chapter completed!
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