After traveling through time, I was spotted by the new emperor

Chapter 317 3 years have passed

In the blink of an eye, another three years passed.

During these three years or so, the Qi Dynasty has undergone tremendous changes.

After the Yuwen clan was destroyed, Shui Changqing took the initiative to express his opinion to the court:

All pharmacies under the Shui family no longer enjoy special tax policies and are required to pay value-added tax on a quarterly basis at a rate of 10%.

In addition, a 15% income tax is paid at the end of each year based on profits.

Shui Changqing's move shocked the government and the public.

Qi Wushuang issued an edict to commend the Shui family for their great achievement.

Immediately afterwards, the Qi family also took the initiative to inform the court that they would no longer enjoy the special tax policy.

With two major families taking the lead, the imperial court took the opportunity to carry out tax system reform.

Aristocratic families no longer enjoy special tax policies, and tax standards are instead tilted towards individual operators and small-scale businesses.

When the tax system reform was first promoted, it was naturally obstructed by the various families, but every time there was strong opposition, a scandal would break out.

They may have tortured and killed slaves, committed adultery, or behaved in a bad manner...

Afterwards, the Qi'an Department will intervene in the investigation.

And once you investigate something, you'll find the answer.

In this case, what else do you not understand?

The imperial court is forcing everyone to agree to pay taxes even if they don't want to, otherwise they will lose their reputation and even face imprisonment.

The tax system reform is finally on the right track.

With more fiscal revenue, various measures to improve people's livelihood were immediately implemented.

First, new official schools were established across the country, including not only boys' schools but also girls' schools.

Official schools are equipped with teachers uniformly. Any child under the age of twelve who is willing to attend an official school only needs to prepare his or her own writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and does not need to pay tuition.

Then, "Futianyuan" were set up across the country to adopt widows, orphans, and homeless people, and in winter, they would adopt additional helpless people and provide necessary financial, rice, and clothing support.

As for public welfare projects such as road construction, bridge building, and water conservancy improvement, they have never stopped.

At the same time, the imperial court implemented the Equal Field System in all states, and the people had reclaimed a certain amount of wasteland.

With their own land, the common people no longer needed to rent the land of the aristocratic families. The aristocratic families' monopoly on the land could only continuously lower the rent standards, and the people's lives became much more comfortable.

During these three years, Changdong New City has also established its initial scale and has been defined as a commercial city and developed commerce.

The Qi Dynasty also made great progress in productivity and technology.

Lin Qing invented movable type printing, created copper movable type, and invented rotary typesetting.

Movable type printing promoted the development of the publishing industry in the Qi Dynasty and significantly reduced the cost of education.

In addition to movable type printing, Lin Qing also invented many efficient agricultural tools to improve farming efficiency.

As for other economical and practical gadgets, there are countless of them.

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Ye Wuwei has been in Qi Dynasty for more than seven years.

The tenth day of March is Ye Wuwei's birthday. Now everything is going well in the Qi Dynasty, so Qi Wushuang decides to celebrate Ye Wuwei's birthday well.

However, Ye Wuwei didn't like extravagance, so he only invited Shui Changqing and Ye Hongxia.

The birthday party was held at Ye Mansion.

Now Xiao He is able to take care of things on her own and has arranged everything in an orderly manner a few days ago.

On Ye Wuwei's birthday, Ye Lingling also came to Ye Mansion to help Xiaohe.

"Amway" now not only has three stores in Chamdo, but also has branches in Andu, Ledu, Fengdu and other places. Ye Lingling has become a wealthy businessman.

But Ye Lingling has not yet married.

There were many people who came to propose marriage, but Ye Lingling insisted on finding a son-in-law and was unwilling to compromise, so the marriage was delayed.

There was only one table in the dining room, where five people sat: Qi Wushuang, Ye Wuwei, Shui Changqing, Ye Hongxia and Lin Qing.

In the past few years, Shui Changqing and Lin Qing have communicated a lot and get along well with each other.

Ye Wuwei asked Shui Changqing how he felt about Lin Qing and whether he had ever thought about marrying her.

Shui Changqing's answer at the time was:

"I've been alone for so many years and I'm used to it, but I feel uncomfortable with more people around me.

In fact, it's not just me. Lin Qing also has no love between men and women in her heart. Her mind is all on technical research.

It’s good that she and I can get along like friends and discuss some technical issues from time to time.”

Ye Wuwei asked Shui Changqing: "Do you feel lonely?"

“Loneliness is different for everyone.

Although some people are together every day, their souls are not compatible and they are equally lonely.

Now I have national affairs to attend to and family matters to deal with every day. I live a fulfilling life and don’t feel lonely.

As for the future, we’ll talk about it later.”

Shui Changqing entered the cabinet and became a cabinet elder.

After hearing Shui Changqing say this, Ye Wuwei never asked Shui Changqing about his personal feelings again.

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After the food and wine arrived, Ye Wuwei raised his glass and said, "Thank you all for all these years."

Ye Hongxia was the most outspoken: "Don't do these empty things, drink."

Facing Ye Hongxia, Ye Wuwei felt most helpless.

Even Lin Qing has learned to read people's expressions, but Ye Hongxia still acts like "I am the boss".

But since Ye Hongxia has the highest fighting power, everyone has no choice but to give in to her.

Ye Wuwei had no choice but to raise his glass: "Cheers."

Although Ye Hongxia interrupted, the atmosphere was still lively and the meal was quite lively.

After dinner, Ye Hongxia pulled Ye Wuwei aside:

"You told me a while ago that Ye Yangzong appeared in Chunyu Mansion again. I asked someone to investigate and it turned out to be him."

A few years ago, Ye Yangzong had entered the Ghost Forest many times. Ye Wuwei suspected that the Ye family's wealth was hidden in the Ghost Forest, and he also deliberately tested Qi Yuli.

But he didn't get any useful information from Qi Yuli.

In the following years, Qi Yuli did not make any moves, and Ye Yangzong disappeared as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth.

Until recently, the secret agent of Chunyu Mansion sent back the news that "a person suspected to be Ye Yangzong appeared in Chunyu Mansion", and Ye Wuwei told Ye Hongxia who had been asking him about Ye Yangzong's news.

Although she said that she and Ye Yangzong had parted ways, it was impossible for Ye Hongxia to be really indifferent to Ye Yangzong and she would still pay attention to his movements.

When Ye Wuwei told him the news about Ye Yangzong, Ye Hongxia immediately sent someone to Chunyu Mansion to inquire.

"But the people who brought back the news said that Ye Yangzong has changed a lot, and there are some strange things around him."

"What's weird?"

“It’s said that there’s a palm-sized artifact that can make sounds and contains many people.

However, this artifact often needs to be connected to a palm-sized box."

Ye Wuyi was stunned: Why do they look so much like a mobile phone and a power bank?

"Can you go meet Ye Yangzong? And bring me back his artifact?"

"It's all right for me to meet him, but I can't take his things.

After all, he is the general's son."

Ye Wuwei choked.

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it."

Since Ye Hongxia refused, he thought of another way.

"Your birthday is over, I'm leaving."

Ye Wuwei nodded.

After Ye Hongxia left, Ye Wuwei decided not to tell Shui Changqing about his speculation about the "cell phone" for the time being, and wait until it was confirmed.

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