"Absurd! This is utterly absurd!" Hearing that old bastard Deshun wanted to drag him down with him, Prince Dexin felt a jolt in his heart and flew into a rage. "Deshun, you are besmirching the dignity and honor of the imperial house!"
"Dexin, what are you hopping around for?" Prince Deshun shot his old rival a sidelong glance and sneered. "Ever since our ancestor, Emperor Ziwei Xuandu, founded Great Qian, we have upheld the principle that the imperial house and the noble clans govern the realm together. Why can the noble clans have their taxes audited while the imperial house cannot? Could it be that Prince Dexin's Mansion truly has some extremely serious tax evasion?"
In Great Qian, all farmland and other properties had to be taxed according to regulation.
The imperial house possessed many prince commandery mansions and imperial prince mansions, each a colossal entity. Every residence held large numbers of prime estates and various businesses under its name.
These properties were semi-independent holdings of the respective residences, operated by themselves, with all proceeds used by the princely residences themselves. White Cloud Pavilion under Prince Heng's name, for instance, was one such property.
Beyond that, the imperial house also possessed various imperial estates.
These imperial estates were clan property, jointly owned by the entire imperial house. This portion of their assets was enormous, managed and operated centrally by the Imperial Clan Office. Their proceeds were chiefly used for the basic support of most imperial clansmen, as well as subsidies for outstanding imperial descendants, and so on.
For example, apart from the support provided by national tax revenue, a considerable portion of His Majesty's upkeep was also supplied by the Imperial Clan Office.
Yet whether they were the semi-independent properties of princely residences or the clan assets controlled by the