Even if Liu Qi didn't ask, Li Dian would still say something.

After Liu Qi asked, he saw Li Dian put down his wine status, raised his hand to Liu Qi, and said, "Your Majesty, wait a moment, Rong Chen will bring some things over here!"

After saying that, Li Dian stood up and went straight out.

Liu Qi was not in a hurry, just drank slowly and waited for him.

When he was young, he saw six attendants coming to Liu Qi under his leadership. These six attendants came to Liu Qi carrying a wooden tray in pairs.

They put the tray down and saluted Liu Qi.

Li Dian waved his hand and asked them to go ahead.

"What is this?" Liu Qi asked with a frown.

"This is the specific number of acres of new fields developed in Nanyang that have not been registered with the county office, as well as the amount of taxes owed. I have recorded them one by one and submitted them to Your Majesty."

Liu Qi was quite surprised when he heard this.

"I implemented a poll tax to unify the tax system and eliminate bad policies. Why do some people dare to refuse to pay taxes now? Isn't this going against the imperial court? What do you want to show me this kind of thing? A dignified governor, even this

Can’t solve even small things? Are you done with two thousand stones?”

Facing Liu Qi's rebuke, Li Dian responded with a helpless smile.

"Your Majesty, I have soldiers and generals in my hands. With your Majesty's words, I can naturally impose taxes without any ambiguity. I am not afraid of offending anyone. When I surrendered to Your Majesty, I even offended the patriarch of my family and my brother. I am still afraid of offending.

Someone else?"

"Then why do you indulge them so much?"

"The person I don't want to offend...is Your Majesty."

When Liu Qi heard this, he couldn't help but frowned: "What do you mean?"

Li Dian sighed: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten, where is Nanyang County?"

Liu Qi raised his eyebrows and asked: "Where?"

Li Dianchang sighed: "This is the place where the great Han Dynasty thrives! Has your Majesty forgotten?"

Liu Qi was stunned when he heard this, and then couldn't help but laugh: "Of course I know that this is the land of Longxing, so I allowed Niu Fu and Jia Xu to run rampant here in order to break the monopoly of resources by noble families here. Now the new policy has been issued

, do they still dare to violate the law? My world cannot tolerate the troubles caused by Guangwu's Longxing Land!"

"Your Majesty, you are wrong. Nanyang County is no longer Guangwu's Longxing Emperor. This is now your Longxing land, including Nanjun!"

Liu Qi was stunned for a moment.

He frowned and thought for a long time, then said: "Isn't my ancestral home in Shanyang? Did I remember it wrong?"

Li Dian smiled: "Your Majesty, don't make fun of me. Your Majesty naturally remembered your ancestral home correctly, but Nanyang County and Nan County are more fundamental to you than your foundation. They are also the place where you made your fortune. Your Majesty's relatives have connections."

, and most of them are located here... Therefore, since His Majesty ascended the throne, Nanyang and Nanjun have been His Majesty's land of Longxing in this place. Although there is no official edict, this matter is already known in the hearts of the people of the world.

Default."

Liu Qi tapped the table gently with his hand. Ren Shu and Zou next to him did not dare to say a word, but listened silently.

"Now, after His Majesty ascended the throne, he ordered the counties to vigorously cultivate new fields to increase production. However, to cultivate new fields on a large scale, the county office alone does not have the power... Who can help the county office solve the problem?

Local noble families! But the head tax has already caused heavy losses to the noble families..."

Liu Qi interrupted Li Dian: "Is that called a heavy loss? It was originally ill-gotten gains."

Li Diandao: "What your Majesty said is true, but in their eyes, it is indeed a loss... Therefore, if there is no contribution from prominent families to open up new fields, it will never achieve great results."

Liu Qi licked his lips gently: "So, some of the newly cultivated fields are not included in the government's land register. This is equivalent to making up for their so-called deficit, right?"

Li Dian sighed: "Yes."

"Does this happen in every county, or does it only happen in Nanyang and Nanjun?"

Li Dian hurriedly said: "I can't say what the situation is in other counties, but there are still many such situations in Nanyang and Nanjun, and the situation of the noble families in the two counties is also more complicated. They are also often involved with important ministers in the court.

The benefits are quite complex..."

"Who are these important ministers?" Liu Qi smiled.

"This..." Li Dian said a little embarrassed.

In fact, there was no need for Li Dian to tell, Liu Qi could probably guess it.

The Cai family, the Kuai family, the Ma family... and even Zhang Yun, Pang Tong, Liu Pan, Liu Xiu, Liu Cong, Liu Biao, Cai Mi... all of them have some relationship with the noble families of Nanyang and Nanjun. Among them

Naturally, there are also conflicts of interest.

Now that Liu Qi has become the emperor, it is said that one person has achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven. Even though it was not his subjective wish, the people who had a complicated relationship with him at the beginning naturally began to gradually evolve into the privileged class.

Liu Qi narrowed his eyes and gently tapped the table with his hand, and the speed of tapping began to increase significantly.

Although Li Dian has not met Liu Qi for a while, he is still relatively familiar with Liu Qi's behavior and actions. He knows that Liu Qi's current behavior is undoubtedly murderous.

Li Dian then admonished Liu Qi: "Your Majesty, in fact, this kind of thing is impossible to prevent. It has happened in all dynasties. An emperor who ascends the throne has only a few direct descendants and several relatives of the emperor. Among the people, there is no such thing.

Their own power? This kind of thing is just like party struggle, it cannot be eliminated, and there is no point in relying on killing!"

Liu Qi pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at Ren Shu and Zou and said, "You go back and rest first. I have something to say and want to talk to Mancheng alone."

Ren Shu knew that at this time, some of Liu Qi's words were naturally inconvenient for the female relatives to hear, so she stood up and bowed to Liu Qi and Li Dian to say goodbye.

Zou on the side also stood up immediately.

After the two noble men left, Liu Qi said to Li Dian: "Throughout the ages, this kind of privilege has been repeatedly prohibited, and it is inevitable. I can understand this, but everything needs to have a certain limit. As long as this limit is not exceeded, I will do something about it."

You can turn a blind eye."

After a pause, Liu Qi said to Li Dian again: "I know that sometimes, you governors seem to have unlimited glory, but in fact, you have to balance the top and the bottom, and it is also difficult for you."

Li Dian was very moved after hearing Liu Qi's words.

He cupped his hands at Liu Qi and said, "Thank you for your understanding...but I am really confused as to where the degree your majesty mentioned is. I would like to ask your majesty to indicate it. This will also make it easier for me to monitor your majesty in the future."

"I can tolerate some matters such as land, taxes and profits, but I will never let the power over the personnel matters of the court go out, not even a little bit... Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Dian suddenly realized.

What Liu Qi is referring to right now is the imperial examination!

As long as the central government can control this aspect and courtiers at local and court levels do not infiltrate for personal gain, Liu Qi will not take drastic measures.
Chapter completed!