I can't understand it, I can't accept it, it's simply ridiculous! "The carriage that Zhitai Academy was in emitted waves of complaints.
In the Yun Nation, women couldn't become officials and could get married at the age of 16.
Most of the women in the academy were over 20 years old. They could be said to be the typical unmarried young women with high academic qualifications.
Usually, it was not rare to see his family busy arranging marriages for him. He did not expect to see someone urging him to get married again, and it was the imperial court urging him to get married!
The female students of Zhitai Academy were going crazy!
"I'm going crazy! I've never heard of a bachelor tax … "A woman grabbed the hair on her head, and the veins on her forehead bulged.
Not only them, but the male and female students of the other academies also reacted the same way. It was just that the male's reaction was slightly slower.
Although it was just a test paper, it had already explained a lot of problems.
"Ridiculous! This is ridiculous!"
"It's not just ridiculous, it's ridiculous. Bachelor tax? I've never heard of such a thing! "A few scholars from Wang Jing Academy looked at the examination papers in their hands and loudly refuted with an incredulous tone.
His voice wasn't soft, but no one found it strange.
Even students from other academies thought this "single tax" was unheard of, let alone Wangjing Academy, which was known for being old-fashioned.
"Previously, when I saw the aboriginals adopting a conciliatory policy in the Yun Nation, I thought that Zhao Prince Consort was someone with a deep heart. I didn't expect him to propose such an absurd idea." Wangjing Academy's Zou Rui was livid.
"I think it's a good thing." Chang Lu, who had eyes like a reptile, gave off a cold feeling when she looked at someone. After thinking for a long time, she raised her head with a playful expression.
"Such a reason to increase taxes is simply absurd to the extreme. What good thing is this?" A scholar snorted lightly.
Zou Rui calmed down after hearing this. After thinking for a while, he whispered, "Brother Chang is right. The more absurd the imperial court of Dayao is, the better it is."
"If that's the case, it'll be easy. We just have to follow Zhao Prince Consort's wishes. "
…
"Bachelor tax …" Du Laoliu smacked his lips and looked expectant. "I really want to pay the tax!"
"I'll tell that person of yours when we get back!" Xu Peng said contemptuously.
He can beat eight of you with one hand.
"Ahem, I'm looking forward to you guys paying taxes!" Du Laoliu immediately changed his tune.
"Remember that you still have some private money? Do you want money or your life? "Xu Peng smiled maliciously and poked him with his elbow.
"…"
When someone saw Tong Lan sitting there with a pensive look on her face, he laughed and said, "Why? Are you thinking about paying taxes? You still have years to go. Some of us here have to pay taxes. "
"Humph!" Tong Lan snorted.
She didn't really care about ten percent of her annual salary.
And she's only seventeen this year.
She was thinking about what Yagui was thinking and what kind of impact the bachelor tax would have.
"In fact, those who find it difficult to get married are the weakest, and those with the lowest incomes. If this single tax is really introduced, the pressure on them to survive will be even greater. "Shi Gan twirled a pen in his hand as he spoke.
"That is indeed the case. This plan is inappropriate! Our aboriginals are better off, but it's the commoners at the bottom of the Yun Nation. It's not easy for them to survive. If we increase their tax burden, I'm afraid there will be repercussions! "The one who spoke was Shi Yu. Although he had the same surname as Shi Gan, he was a commoner.
He was also the only commoner student left in this batch.
"Rebound? Just kill them. In any case, they are all incompetent people! "Tong Lan said coldly.
"Do you really think so?" Shi Gan smiled and looked at her.
Tong Lan had changed a lot over the years.
Even though she often punched and kicked Du Laoliu, Xu Peng, and the other students, she had never bullied any of the commoners in the school.
This lass, Tong Lan, always said one thing but thought another.
"They are just some useless people from the Yun Nation," Tong Lan replied without looking up.
Shi Gan smiled and didn't say anything.
"I don't know why, but Yagui always seems to be very anxious and seems to be planning something. Therefore, he values the people from the Jing Tribe and the Yun Nation a lot and wants to use them to solve the problem of manpower shortage. This time, it's obvious that Yagui is going to pick some people from the Yun Nation, so he won't start a massacre in the Yun Nation, "Shi Yu analyzed.
As for why Yagui was so anxious, she wasn't sure.
However, there were some students who were clear about this.
For example, Shi Gan and Tong Lan.
They all knew why he was so anxious.
However, most of them didn't know. Even though these students were the descendants of court officials, most of them were collateral relatives, so they naturally wouldn't know about such an important matter.
…
Ren Baqian carefully looked through the examination papers and picked out more than a dozen of them.
"Did you find anything?" The empress was combing Er Hua's long ponytail. Even though this looked like something a biological mother would do, it was just a whim.
Or rather, she was a little bored in the car.
The number of times the empress had combed Er Hua's hair over the past three years could be counted with one hand.
Er Hua enjoyed it very much as she lay on the empress's knees, raised and lowered her legs behind her, and drew circles on her clothes with her fingers.
Ren Baqian took out more than a dozen examination papers and handed them to the empress. "These people look good."
"I don't want to read them. I don't understand them." The empress waved her hand.
Ren Baqian smiled and took the examination papers back.
Even though these examination papers didn't explain the relationship between stillness, movement, and reference objects concisely, the meaning was there.
If they were given more time, they might be able to summarize it in more incisive terms.
He had to admit that the standard of these scholars was pretty good.
The people in this world weren't lacking in wisdom.
They just lacked shoulders that were tall enough and a different way of thinking.
At night, Ren Baqian asked someone to distribute the third set of examination questions. Not long after, someone sent the answers to the second set of questions to him.
After flipping through a few pages, Ren Baqian laughed.
"Those female students from Zhitai Academy have a lot of resentment!"
All the female students used various angles to explain how inhumane and tyrannical the "bachelor tax" was.
The resentment of highly educated, older, and unmarried young women hit him in the face.
Ren Baqian had a faint smile on his face as he looked through the examination papers one by one.
Until he saw a few examination papers, he frowned slightly.
These examination papers weren't criticizing the bachelor tax, but praising it.
They even said things like "a groundbreaking measure not seen in a thousand years."
He looked at the top of the examination papers and saw that they were students from Wangjing Academy.
It was the same for a few consecutive examination papers.
Ren Baqian frowned and pondered for a moment. He flipped through the first examination paper and saw that the answers of the students from Wangjing Academy didn't have any eye-catching insights.
Two of the examination papers were even empty.
As for the other five, two of them were vague comments. It was impressive to be able to make vague comments on such an issue.
The standard of the other three examination papers was very ordinary.
Coupled with the exaggerated comments on the "bachelor tax" in the second examination paper, Ren Baqian immediately gave Wangjing Academy an X in his heart.
After that, Ren Baqian finished reading all the answers, picked out more than ten examination papers, and put them aside. He then sighed and said, "They don't live up to their name!"
"Nothing to your liking?" The empress, who was playing fishing with Liu Hua out of boredom, looked up at him and then lowered her head again. "Don't tell me you are following the requirements of the students from Black Bamboo Academy?"
Ren Baqian immediately knew that the empress had misunderstood and explained, "I'm talking about the top of the five big academies, Wangjing Academy."
At this point, Ren Baqian shook his head slightly and said, "These scholars from Wangjing Academy have improper intentions. The scholars sent by the academy are cunning and malicious toward the imperial court. This is inseparable from the culture and education of the academy. "
"Even if their methods are more brilliant, I would still look up to them. They probably think that I'm a fool. Close down this Wangjing Academy! "
"Close it down then!" the empress didn't seem to care at all. "If you want to, you can just flatten it to avoid leaving behind any disasters."
"There's no need. Have you heard of this saying? A scholar's rebellion failed after three years. These people can only use small tricks. If they don't repent in the future, then we can execute their three families. This will be considered justifiable! "
The empress, who was reaching out to clap, paused, looked up at him, and said, "Previously, my father said that those who are knowledgeable are vicious. After seeing you, I believe it! "
"It was just a casual remark. I have already spared their lives from the hands of Her Majesty. If they still act recklessly, then I can only say Amitabha!"
With a few simple sentences, the two of them sentenced Wangjing Academy to death.
"This Cao Gui from Xiaojiang Academy is not bad. He actually proposed a method of reducing taxes instead of increasing taxes. He has some insight." Ren Baqian then looked at the dozens of examination papers again and found Cao Gui's paper from the first set.
The answers on both papers were quite to his liking.
In addition, Ma Hualong from Xiaojiang Academy, Quan Quanning from Jiangling Academy, Guo Chunsheng from Baiquan Academy, and the brothers Wu Fan and Wu Chen from Fenghu Academy were also not bad.
There were also some people who weren't as outstanding as these people, but they had a certain level of insight and were worth looking forward to.
Next, he waited to see the answers on the third set.
It seemed like he would be able to gain something this time!
In addition to the scholars from the Yun Nation, some of the students from the academy had also written the second set. The growth of these students made him extremely pleased.
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