Chapter 930 Ming Jun
Xie Zhiwei knew at a glance that it was Lu Lenga's painting, so he laughed, "Master Lu's paintings are really getting better and better, even the lines are full of compassion."
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Bai Ling standing behind her standing on tiptoe and looking at the painting, she couldn't help being surprised.
"No, you didn't know that after you came here, Lulenga's value has risen sharply in the Zhending Mansion. Fortunately, you helped me get him here, otherwise, I want to draw this "Xuan I'm afraid I won't be able to get the Buddhist scriptures from Zang."
Xie Zhi smiled and said, "At the beginning, Mrs. Lu Guogong was very dissatisfied with him. If his wife didn't help him, it would be very difficult for him to stand out there. This is also a chance."
"That's not right, the word 'Fate' is what matters in everything." Rong took Xie Zhiwei's hand and sat down on the couch. I have carved Buddha statues, listened to Master Maya, dug a grotto, painted murals, and wrote down some things. I wanted to invite Lulenga, but who knows, he went back to attend the funeral.”
"What happened to his family?"
"He also had an old mother who passed away. It is said that two years ago, the family managed to buy a few acres of land, and when the flood flooded, half of the land was occupied by people. When there was a conflict with someone, the three-year-old The youngest son was left unattended, and fell headfirst from the kang, but was unable to be revived, and the old mother was in great distress, fell ill, and passed away within two days."
Xie Zhiwei sighed, Xiao Xun said, "Where is he from Zhejiang?"
"Chongming County, one of the two counties that were hit by the disaster this time." After finishing speaking, Rong said to Xiao Xun, "Since ancient times, the government has forced the people to rebel. Judging from the incident in Lulenga's house, the people in Zhejiang The situation should be very bad. The common people don’t know anything, they only know that the blue sky above their heads was sent by the emperor. They also don’t know what the court is, they only know that good officials are good to them.”
Xiao Xun stood up, lowered his head and said, "My son knows!"
Rong smiled at Xie Zhi, "Okay, let's not talk about this, the weather is fine today, accompany me to the garden, let's talk."
Bai Ling followed behind in a daze, stumbled when crossing the threshold, and fell headfirst to the ground. Du Yuan gave her a hand. Seeing that she looked very bad, she asked with concern, "Sister Bai Ling, what's wrong with you?"
"nothing."
"If you feel uncomfortable anywhere, go back and rest quickly, and let Du Yi or some sister come and replace you."
Bai Ling really couldn't cheer up, nodded, "Then I'll go back first, I'll let Du Yan come over!"
Xiao Xun twirled a cup of tea behind his mother and wife, Lu Yan sent someone to call him away, saying that the news was urgently delivered from eight hundred miles from Zhejiang, Rong said, "If you have something to do, go there Well, there’s me on Meimei’s side, and I’ll have to send everyone back to you with all my might later.”
Xiao Xun blushed with shame.
Xie Zhiwei looked at him covering his lips and smiled, Xiao Xun flew over to Xie Zhiwei, and it fell into Rong's eyes, she couldn't help but feel happy.
Xiao Xun soon came to the South Study Room. Lu Yan handed the secret booklet written by Zheng Jingyan to Xiao Xun.
"Brother, what's your opinion?"
Lu Yandao, "Zhejiang is richer than the world, Zhouzhuang is richer than Zhejiang, and Shen Fu alone is as rich as an enemy. I heard that Shen Fu has a daughter who married Yin Shou as a noble concubine."
Yin Shou is the nephew of the empress dowager's natal family, Qingyunhou.
In the report submitted by Zheng Jingyan, the two counties of Chongming and Changshu were flooded, and the people were in dire straits. Instead of organizing disaster relief, the prefect of Suzhou forced the people to pay this year's tax money, saying that the emperor did not decree to exempt the two counties. tax.
Anyone who fails to pay taxes will be arrested and imprisoned. The dungeons of the county government offices in the two counties are already full of people, and people are charged three copper coins for a meal in prison.
Shen Fu's boat was parked at the wharf in Chongming County, with a total of more than 20 boats of grain, and ten shi of grain was exchanged for one mu of land.
Lu Yan was afraid that Xiao Xun would not know the market, so he told him, "In normal years, one mu of land can be exchanged for forty or fifty shi for grain, even in bad years, thirty or forty shi for grain can be exchanged for one mu of land. In the year of calamity, these rich and heartless people feel that the opportunity has come."
"Hasn't the prefect of Suzhou submitted a memorial to ask for tax exemption for the people?" Xiao Xun's tone was a little anxious, "Where is Gaochang water? Has it entered Beijing yet?"
"I arrived in the capital yesterday, but I didn't pass the sign to you. I went to see the Empress Dowager first." Lu Yan said.
Xiao Xun didn't come back to his senses for a while, he looked at Lu Yan, and seeing Lu Yan looking at him funny, he couldn't help laughing at himself, "It seems that I am not majestic enough as an emperor!"
Lu Yan laughed, got up and put down the bag, and patted him on the shoulder, "This is why there have been few Mingjun since ancient times. Take your time!"
Xiao Xun curled his fingers and tapped on the table, "I like killing people on the battlefield. I'm not used to it yet. But right now, it looks like I'm going to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys."
Gao Changshui handed over the sign to Qianqing Palace, and Xiao Xun asked him to have an audience immediately.
Sitting on a high dragon chair, Xiao Xun looked at Gao Changshui who seemed to be kneeling respectfully on the ground, he didn't cry out, but said, "Tell me about what happened in Zhejiang, I heard that two counties were flooded After that, for ten days, you didn't go to have a look, is there such a thing?"
"Your Majesty, I am wronged!" Gao Changshui began to cry out, "Beginning this spring, the Japanese pirates raided the coast of Fuzhou, and the Fujian General Army sent troops to attack the Japanese pirates, but instead of beheading the Japanese pirates on the spot, he drove the Japanese pirates to the coast of Zhejiang. There are Japanese pirates everywhere in Zhejiang, and the minister spent half a year in the Taizhou Weidu army, fearing that the Japanese pirates would invade Zhejiang."
Xiao Xun held the armrest of the dragon chair tightly with his hand, and resisted the urge to kill. At this moment, he really realized the difficulty of being a good emperor sitting in the position of the Ninth Five Lord.
This is different from fighting in the world. He can personally lead the soldiers. They are Pao Ze. They eat the same pot of rice and drink the same pot of water. They can give their backs to each other on the battlefield. If the gods.
But these scholars are different. After ten years of poverty, if they have some conscience, they will think that they are greedy for seven points, leaving two points for the common people and one point for Dayong.
If there is no conscience, they can eat steamed buns with the blood of ordinary people.
"This is really embarrassing for you, Mr. Gao. Since Mr. Gao is dedicated to fighting the Japanese pirates, I might as well send you to the southeast army. I have never lost a battle in my life. If Mr. Gao supervises the army, if I lose, I will It was dealt with by military law!"
When Gao Changshui heard Xiao Xun calling Mr. Gao, he felt bad. Sure enough, as the Empress Dowager said, how can an ignorant child know how to govern the country.
"Your Majesty, I ask you to punish the crimes committed by the Fuzhou General Soldier. The Zhejiang Japanese pirates were all driven by the Fuzhou General Soldier Yuan Yi. I am a civil servant. There is really no way to supervise the army."
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