Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Chapter 359 The Busy Princess of Qin 2

The officials of Ningchuan City hesitated and did not take any action. However, Ye Jintang did not care what they thought and issued two orders in succession.

The first is to cancel the pass. Anyone who has paid for a pass within the last month can take the receipt to the government office to return the pass.

The second order was to prohibit all workshops, shops and private individuals in the city from employing refugees. From now on, all refugees in Ningchuan Prefecture would be managed and paid uniformly.

The second order seemed to be unfriendly to the refugees, but the people in the entire Ningchuan City were extremely happy after receiving the news.

Without low-paid refugees, ordinary people in the city can find jobs, and with jobs they can support their families.

After Ye Jintang issued the order, she specially sent Lechuan to keep an eye on it to prevent some officials from pretending to obey her orders and not doing things according to her requirements.

Ever since the Hua and Ke families had their properties ransacked, there has been no movement at the Qin Palace. The people in the city are in a panic and are saying all kinds of things.

As Ye Jintang issued the two orders, the uneasy people finally realized that the King of Qin and his wife were kind people, and they would not treat them as harshly as Hua Cailiang.

At the same time, the officials in the city finally understood that Xiao Mo was not just talking when he said Ye Jintang had the same power as him. The road permit was related to taxation, and Ye Jintang canceled it with just one sentence. Only the King of Qin had such a right.

So the officials came to pay a visit to Ye Jintang.

In the study of Prince Qin's mansion, Ye Jintang looked at the pile of request documents on the table and felt his eyelids twitching wildly.

No one came to see her in the first two days after Xiao Mo left. But as soon as she issued two orders, those experienced officials came to see her in droves. They really didn't show their eagle until they saw the rabbit.

Ye Jintang took a rough look and found that half of the documents were about tax issues. Xiao Mo mentioned that all unreasonable taxes, including city tax, commercial tax, agricultural tax, grain tax, etc., should be changed next year.

It is the time to collect this month's city tax these days, so many people came to ask.

The people of Ningchuan City had been treated harshly for such a long time and had always paid very high taxes. Ye Jintang thought about it and simply waved his hand to reduce the tax rate to the lowest level.

Ningchuan City is in a state of disrepair right now and should be recuperated. She is not short of money now and there is no need to fill her treasury with taxes.

Based on her ability to make money, tax revenue in the entire Ningchuan Prefecture will be at a relatively low level within three years.

After three years, when people's lives are better, Ningchuan Prefecture's trade is booming, and tax revenues are returning to normal, it will not be too late for the royal palace to collect taxes.

Ye Jintang picked up the brush and began to quickly review the documents on the table.

If something was more troublesome, she would just call the person to the study to talk.

The officials in Ningchuan City never expected Ye Jintang to be so straightforward. They thought that even if she wanted to take charge of the government affairs in the palace, she would only communicate through letters, or put a screen in the study to separate them from the conversation.

However, they did not expect that Ye Jintang, wearing a maroon brocade jacket, sat upright in the upper seat. He accepted their greetings and responded calmly without any fear or uneasiness.

In addition to tax issues, there is another more difficult matter waiting for Ye Jintang to decide recently, which is the dismissal of officials in the city.

With the downfall of the Hua and Ke families, many officials in the city were implicated and dismissed from office, and some were even imprisoned.

A lot of official positions became vacant at once, and Xiao Mo only accepted a few of the important ones. He went to Yushan City before he had time to accept the others.

Ye Jintang, who had not made any preparations, suddenly took over this mess without even frowning.

"Lechuan, pass the order down. I will deal with the appointment of officials as soon as possible. If there is anything urgent, you can come to the palace directly to find me. I will handle it as soon as possible. If you have a recommender, you can also write a letter of recommendation to me. I will seriously consider it."

"Yes, my subordinate will do it now."

Le Chuan went to pass on the message, and Ye Jintang called over a young man named Zuo Chen. He was one of the more outstanding subordinates trained by Ye Jintang in the first batch. After he passed various tests from the capital to Ningchuan City, Ye Jintang transferred him to his side.

There were eight young people coming with Zuo Chen, but the others were temporarily in the front yard, so only Zuo Chen could come to the back yard like Zhou Cong.

"Zuo Chen, I'll give you a list. Go and investigate the people on it carefully. There are also a few vacancies. Go and check if there are people who can fill them. There are several people. Check each one carefully to see which faction they belong to in the city."

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, there are many people to be investigated. It will take at least three days for me to have a rough result, and five days for a detailed result."

"Well, let's check the people with vermilion names first. I'll look at their details tonight. The others can wait a few days."

"Yes."

Ye Jintang issued one order after another, and before she knew it was already noon, she realized that she had been busy all morning and hadn't even had a sip of water.

And her handling of these government affairs is just the tip of the iceberg.

The entire Ningchuan City was in a state of disrepair and she had so much to do.

Zuo Chen has been in Ningchuan City for some time. He has more than 20 people under him, so he is quite fast in investigating people.

By the evening of that day, he had found out the details of several important people.

"good."

Looking at the information in his hand, Ye Jintang was very happy.

The information Zuo Chen provided was extremely detailed, so detailed that the three generations of ancestors of the investigated official, the relatives within the three clans, and even the father-in-law were all carefully checked one by one.

Even their daily hobbies, whether they have concubines outside, and whether they like to go to brothels were all clearly investigated.

Among them was a minor official who held a low position and had little power, but he actually kept three mistresses and bought three houses.

He also gives people the impression of being honest and kind on the surface. If Ye Jintang hadn't sent people to investigate, who would have known that he was a man who was greedy for wine and women.

Ye Jintang asked for an investigation of 10 people, but in the end only three were found to be useful. She was not too disappointed with this result. After all, Ningchuan City had been in the hands of Hua Cailiang for more than ten years, and how many of his officials were useful?

"You have to go through the list I'll give you as soon as possible. I'm waiting to use them."

"Yes, I will try my best to check all the people on the list within three days."

Zuo Chen walked forward expressionlessly, saluted, and left.

This was the first time Ye Jintang used Zuo Chen, the first time she used someone she had trained herself.

Now it seems that all her efforts were not in vain, and Zuo Chen's ability to do things is much stronger than she imagined.

"Madam Liu, go find Lord Cai and the other counselors and ask them to come to the study. I have something to tell them."

"Yes."

When Ye Jintang wanted to appoint officials, he also had to consult with several advisers to see if there was anything wrong.

If Ye Jintang were to do business, she alone could take on all the advisers, but when it came to government affairs, it would be safer for her to be more humble, after all, she had never been exposed to it before.

However, the counselors in the Qin Palace are all experts in conspiracy and overt intrigue, so it would be a good idea to listen to their opinions.