Chapter 1002: Chapter 962: The People’s Excitement

But now, if the current situation is not handled well, it will likely have a significant impact on his career.

For a moment, he cursed Lin Yi inwardly, calling him every name under the sun. This bastard, why did he have to stir up trouble?

This time, you could say it turned the entire capital of Dayou upside down.

Of course, this old guy still had some plans in his mind. After thinking for a while, he waved his hand at everyone and said:

"Everyone, please remain calm. Since this matter was instructed by Emperor You, we have no choice but to let them mess around for the time being.

Furthermore, he has now reduced the tax to ten percent, which will be a trouble for the national treasury, not for us.

Heh, maybe everyone is not aware. This newcomer has just arrived, and has never stayed in our Dayou before, which shows that he’s someone who asks why people can’t eat meat porridge.

Therefore, I believe that by the end of the year, he will discover this huge loophole that needs to be filled.

Once that time comes, once he raises the taxes again, his authority will be instantly knocked to the ground, and by then, no citizen will support him."

This old guy actually had a few tricks up his sleeve, and he was very perceptive in observing issues.

Just like he said, if Lin Yi were not someone from the future, if he didn’t have very good methods, anyone else who made such a decision would reap the bitter fruit.

Later, when they discover the treasury is tight, it will be an irreversible situation.

When you reduce the taxes for the citizens, they’ll remember your kindness, but once you raise the taxes again, they’ll forget all your previous good deeds and only remember the bad.

At that point, the citizens will only know that you raised the taxes, and your reputation and prestige among the people will plummet.

Of course, there is also the most critical point. This old guy hasn’t said he wants to observe further, to wait and see the reactions of other areas.

He believes that Lin Yi’s actions will definitely anger everyone’s interests, and when that happens, perhaps some place will do something outrageous, like killing all those officials who announced the decree.

He wants to watch, he wants to wait, until they kill those people over there, to see how the court will handle this matter, and then he’ll have better ways to handle it himself.

But for now, he cannot say this to these people, as saying it would only lower his prestige among them.

And after hearing his explanation, although everyone was still inwardly discontent, there was nothing they could do. Didn’t you see that Lord Wang had already spoken?

Although their families suffered significant losses, it seems that Lord Wang’s losses are even more severe, as he is the one stationed here, the real beneficiary of this area.

If he hasn’t said anything, what can we say?

However, this does not mean everyone has the same thoughts. Some people are still indignant.

So, after Lord Wang spoke these words, someone immediately said:

"Lord Wang, are we just going to watch them recklessly act this way? If this continues, it will severely damage our prestige."

Upon hearing this, Lord Wang simply laughed and waved his hand:

"It’s nothing more than some losses. All these years, haven’t we all filled our pockets? Such small losses are something we can afford. What we need to do now is accompany him in waiting, to see if our family’s fortune is richer or the national treasury is richer."

Upon first hearing these words, one may think they are arrogant; how could an official’s household be as rich as the national treasury?

But upon reflection, it seems not exaggerated, it’s actually quite reasonable.

After all, a national treasury supports many people, needing to feed many mouths.

But these official’s households don’t have that many people to support; it can be said that their wealth is sufficient for many generations to squander.

Yet people are like this; even though they have boundless wealth, enough for many generations, they still love money, still want more.

The one who spoke opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but finally swallowed his words and secretly cursed Lord Wang.

This guy has embezzled quite a lot; his family is as rich as a country, but our people still have a large household to support. Though not short of food or money, the losses are still our family’s money.

However, at present, they are merely gentry, not true officials, so they must act according to Lord Wang’s will.

While they were discussing, others had already read the newspapers several times.

And though it was nighttime, after hearing the contents of the newspapers, the people remained unable to contain their excitement.

They ran and rushed about, shouting "Long live His Majesty" and "The Emperor is wise", drawing much attention, waking many from their dreams.

Upon opening their gates and hearing these news, they fell into excitement as well.

Started running alongside, reaching the square, reaching the square where the policy was announced, wanting to hear for themselves whether it was true, whether the Emperor really decreed taxes to be reduced to ten percent.

Just like that, spreading rapidly from one to ten, to a hundred, to a thousand; soon the entire county had received the news. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Even Lin Yi had not expected the decree would be issued so quickly, and spread so intensely.

This night was destined to be a sleepless night for the people; many began crying tears of joy, clutching their heads and weeping intensely.

Finally, they awaited this day, awaited the reduction to ten percent, and now their lives could finally be better.

This newly appointed Emperor is truly a good Emperor, a gift from heaven to relieve their suffering, a splendid Emperor.

[To be continued...]