Chapter 64

"And what is the second matter?"

Ying Zheng asked about the second matter with interest.

General Zhang Han Han looked at the Emperor, seeing he was in a good mood.

"The Ninth Prince wants to open the granaries for disaster relief to save the common people of the world."

After General Zhang Han Han finished speaking, he became somewhat uneasy.

"Crazy!"

"Does he not know that this granary is a strategic material for the army?"

Ying Zheng was angry; he thought the kid had made progress.

Who knew that on the very first day, he would want to open the granaries for disaster relief.

These are Great Qin army materials, and no one can touch them.

Even if he wanted to move this grain, he would have many concerns.

"Your Majesty, calm your anger; the Ninth Prince said he has already found a way to solve the food shortage, and will announce it tomorrow."

"And the Ninth Prince is also for the common people of the world; Your Majesty, calm your anger!"

"The Ninth Prince said he will come to give Your Majesty an explanation regarding the opening of the granaries for disaster relief."

General Zhang Han Han was really afraid that His Majesty would be angry and take back the power of regency.

He believed the Ninth Prince was not wrong, but the premise was that he really had a way to solve the food shortage problem.

Ying Zheng lowered his eyelids, not knowing what he was thinking.

It was a long while before he raised his head.

"Since that is the case, let's wait for that kid to come and explain before making a conclusion!"

"Is there anything else?"

Although he is Qin Shi Huang, he had no better way to deal with these natural disasters, common people's hunger, and even starvation.

If Ying Zi Ye really had a way to solve these things, it would prove he had the ability to manage this country well.

If Ying Zi Ye came and didn't have a satisfactory answer, he would consider taking back the power of regency.

General Zhang Han Han saw the Emperor calm down again, and only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he continued to talk about the morning court hall matter.

He even told the whole process of Chunyu Yue and Feng Quji arguing.

Ying Zheng felt it was interesting after hearing it.

And the morning court meeting matter spread rapidly throughout Xianyang City.

At this speed, he believed it would soon spread to every corner of Great Qin.

In Xianyang City.

When the common people learned that the imperial court was going to exempt taxes, reform taxes, and open the granaries for disaster relief, their first reaction was disbelief, thinking it was a rumor.

Everyone knows that Great Qin's taxes are the heaviest; how could taxes suddenly be exempted?

Only those with more than one hundred mu of land need to pay taxes, and poll taxes and miscellaneous taxes are all exempted; how is this possible?

Nobles cede land, commoners divide fields? Is this possible?

Many common people in various commanderies cannot afford to eat, and there are even people starving to death; this matter is known to the common people in Xianyang City.

Because they are in Xianyang City, the situation is slightly better, and they won't starve to death so quickly.

Now the imperial court is actually opening the granaries for disaster relief; no matter how they think about it, it feels unreliable!

Most common people didn't believe it and ran to the bulletin board where the imperial edict was posted.

At the bulletin board, it was already overcrowded, and an official was repeatedly reading the memorial in his hand.

"The Ninth Prince has an order: nobles cede land, commoners divide fields! Execute immediately!"

"Commoners are exempted from poll taxes and miscellaneous taxes! Those with less than one hundred mu of fertile land do not need to pay taxes!"

"In a few days, after the government collects the fertile land, it will be supplemented to the common people who have less than one hundred mu of fertile land."

"The Ninth Prince has an order: open the granaries for disaster relief, so that the common people of the world will not have to eat tree bark!"

The common people heard the official's words at the bulletin board and knew it was true; the common people were moved to tears.

They knelt down one after another to thank him, thanking the Ninth Prince!

"The Ninth Prince cares about the common people; Heaven blesses our Great Qin!"

"The imperial court has extended a helping hand to save us common people; kneel and thank His Majesty Qin Shi Huang, thank the Ninth Prince!"

"No, I must tell my distant cousin this news! Now we don't have to starve to death!"

"Yes, yes, I must also go tell my mother; the imperial court has saved our family!"

The common people were excited and ran around one after another.

Telling more people who didn't know the news.

These things are all great good news!

Temporarily not having to be hungry, and there is land to be divided.

As long as there is land to farm, they won't starve to death!

Although it might be a long time before there is fertile land to divide.

And such things were happening in front of every bulletin board in Xianyang City.

Exempting poll taxes and miscellaneous taxes for the common people made the burden on them much lighter.

One must know that the taxes collected by Great Qin were very heavy!

The common people were only interested in tax exemption and opening the granaries for disaster relief.

As for dividing fertile land and collecting taxes from nobles, they felt it was unlikely.

Over these years, the nobles were like a mountain pressing on their heads.

Pressing them so hard they couldn't resist even if they wanted to.

They had long been accustomed to the existence of the nobles.

They only asked to be able to have a full meal under the nobles, but the nobles acted domineeringly, and often after one farming, the grain they got was not enough for the family to eat for long.

Even if the imperial court issued an edict saying they were going to collect taxes from the nobles and collect fertile land, they didn't think it would be successful.

These noble gentry had colluded with the local government officials; this was not a secret.

For these things that had no efficiency of success, they were unwilling to say much.