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"Absurd, this is utterly absurd." Prince Dexin was furious upon hearing that old fellow Deshun trying to drag him into the mess. He was incensed, "Deshun, you're tarnishing the dignity and honor of the royal family!"

"Dexin, why are you so agitated?" Prince Deshun squinted at his old rival and sneered, "Since our ancestor, Emperor Ziwei Xuandu, founded the Great Qian, we've always upheld the principle of joint governance by the royal family and the clans. Why can the clans audit taxes, but we can't? Unless, of course, your Prince Dexin's household is indeed involved in serious tax evasion?"

In the Great Qian, all farmland and other industries must pay taxes according to regulations.