The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 671

The Great Zhou Dynasty was also a feudal dynasty, which emphasized that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats shared the world.

This scholar-bureaucrat is naturally a landlord and gentleman in the world.

The court officials are nothing but their spokespersons.

Since it is a feudal dynasty, it instinctively focuses on annexing land and reducing or exempting taxes.

The north and south of the river, where they are located, is basically the emperor of the earth.

The officials and gentlemen will not embarrass them because of the trivial matter of tax collection.

However, those who have shops in Jinmen and Songjiang know how to pay taxes there.

The reason why they didn't resist taxes in Songjiang and Jinmen was because paying taxes would allow them to earn more.

If you don't pay taxes, you will offend the emperor's army, and then offend the emperor. You can't make any money in these two places.

Anyway, there are only these two places in the world, so it doesn't hurt.

As the scholar-bureaucrats of the Central Dynasty, they felt that they were in the world, possessing everything and producing everything.

So they gradually sit back and watch the sky.

Therefore, they did not know that Chen Zhao's fleet defeated the Spanish, Dutch and English in Nanyang, and then massacred the natives of Nanyang. The officialdom of the Zhou Dynasty knew nothing about it.

And countless coastal people "traveled to Nanyang" one after another, and naturally they were not taken seriously by the court. They were just considered "expatriates".

Although the landowners along the coast lamented that they could not find enough tenants, Bing and their fields did not have enough fields, so they only lamented a few times.

They didn't know that Chen Zhao earned gold and silver by monopolizing the circulation of goods in the world, and used the stewards he trained to manage overseas in Nanyang, and continued to develop the Great Liuqiu, Luzon and Java Island.

Established one foreign regime after another.

Emperor Xiaode didn't know about all this, and the original emperor's eldest son, King Ding, naturally didn't know about the present crown prince either.

However, after the stabilization of the surrounding areas, Emperor Xiaode began to suppress bandits and restore people's livelihood.

This is a serious state affairs, even if he is busy, Chen Zhao doesn't care.

In order to control the increasingly powerful civil service system and unwilling to interfere with the civil affairs of the Metropolitan Government, Emperor Xiaode reactivated the Jinyi Guards and established the Prime Minister's Office with Chen Zhao as the head, which was mainly responsible for suppressing bandits, appeasing the people, disaster relief, etc.

And Chen Zhao, the human-shaped stamp of the Metropolitan Government, the supreme commander of Jinyiwei, became the first prime minister.

Every day, he sorted out the key points of the reports on bandits, refugees, disasters, and damages sent by government offices from various places, and summarized the reports.Although very busy, but do not delay to go home to enjoy the family happiness.

At the end of November, Jia Huan came back with the ashes of Jia Zheng and his wife. Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhou came to pay homage and cried. Baoyu, Tanchun, and Li Wan's mother and son also shed tears.

Then Baoyu made trouble again.

After offering the ashes of Jia Zheng and his wife to Tiekan Temple, Baoyu immediately ran to ask Jia Amnesty, and asked the two families to carry the coffin back to their hometown in Jinling.

Jia Amnesty was unwilling, saying that the Chinese New Year was coming, and it would be more convenient to go on the road when the weather was warmer in the next year.Baoyu insisted on refusing, and said bluntly that if the big house didn't go, he would send Jiamu and others back to Jinling with their coffins.

It so happened that Chen Zhao accompanied Tanchun to pay homage to Jia Zheng and his wife. Seeing that Baoyu was tossing again, he couldn't help smiling, stepped forward and slapped Baoyu's fan to the ground.

"Second Master!"

"Second brother!"

"Baoyu!"

After a series of exclamations from Yingying and Yanyan, Chen Zhao looked indifferent and said calmly, "Jia Baoyu, you can do it. Your old lady has gone, and your parents have gone too. You think your family is broken up? You don't want to take responsibility. You don’t care about your wife and children, and you just want to make trouble?”

Baoyu said: "I just want to be filial and fulfill my duty."

"Don't use this as an excuse. Jia Baoyu, believe it or not, as long as I say a word, no monks or Taoist priests in the world will take you in! You can only be a lonely ghost."

When Baoyu was told about the central matter, he couldn't help but startled all over. He couldn't help but widen his eyes, looked at Chen Zhao and said, "You...how do you...how do you know?"

Tan Chun was angry and funny at the side: "You think everyone in the world is a fool, who can't see your worthless look? It's just the rich and idle people who are used to it. When they encounter setbacks, they can't recover, so they just want to escape from the world!" "

Jia Huan also said: "The two ancestors of Rong Ning have spirits in the sky. If they see such useless children and grandchildren as you, I'm afraid that they will regret not strangling you to death at the beginning! Just eat seven grains of rice, I think you can survive for a few days."

Seeing that Baoyu's face gradually turned pale.

Tanchun hurriedly reprimanded Jia Huan for his unscrupulous words, and then said to Baoyu: "Second brother, the Duke is right. The Duke has been fighting with thousands of people and ten thousand people since a small inspection. Up to now, who has not seen the super high position? What has not been dealt with? I naturally understand your thoughts. A man should not be afraid of difficulties and live a good life. How can he encounter a little setback and think of being passive and avoiding the world? What about it? Could it be that the Buddha and the Tao would accept such an unfaithful and unfilial person as you?"

"Wow……"

Baoyu couldn't bear it anymore, sat on the ground and wailed loudly.

Seeing him crying so thoroughly, everyone felt relieved.

This burst of crying completely relieved the depression in Baoyu's heart. Although he was still as useless as before, he no longer had a world-weary mood. Instead, he lived a fulfilling life every day, either inspecting shops and properties with Xia Jingui, or Drinking and reading, and sometimes get together with Jia Lian and Liu Xianglian.

Xia Jingui was very happy to see him awakened by scolding, and became more tender to him, and often teased Jia Gui with Baoyu.

The Jia family felt relieved, and Tanchun also admired Chen Zhao even more, thinking that he can not only govern the country and manage the family, but also resolve the evils in the hearts of urchins who are full of messy minds.

That night, Chen Zhao naturally performed the whole body healing technique, which made Chen Zhao enjoy it a lot.

Just as Baoyu was smiling, a monk thousands of miles away yelled, jumped suddenly, fell to the ground, and then vomited blood, which greatly damaged his morality.

They quickly counted with their fingers and realized that their biggest purpose in this afterlife had failed. The waiter Shenying and the jade at the foot of Daqing Mountain would not be transformed by them in their lifetimes.

Needless to say, it must have been done by an extraterrestrial demon.

This kind of thing happens often, even if it is a fairy practice, it is not so easy.

They deduced it, and found that this extraterrestrial demon was so powerful that he killed more than a million people. The evil spirit all over his body couldn't resist it, so he sighed and continued to stagger away.

But on this day, Baoyu went to drink with friends. Xia Jingui left Jia Gui in Yuanyang's care, while he was concentrating on looking at the account book.Bao Chan walked in, saluted, and reported softly: "Grandma, Cui Lu's man came to report that Cui Lu is pregnant and wants you to give her a leave and let her rest for a few days."

Before Xia Jingui could speak, Mrs. Xia, who came to visit her daughter, said first: "Which family's servants have to rest as soon as they get pregnant? They don't have to work anymore, so what do you need her for?" She said in a low voice angrily: "She You thought she was the spoiled vice lady back then, who would you show me doing this?"

Xia Jingui stopped Mrs. Xia's muttering, and said, "Mother."

Then he said to Bao Chan: "Pregnancy is a big deal, and our family does not treat servants harshly. Let her rest and wait until the first three months before she comes back to work. It's just that our family is not as good as before and cannot afford to support idle people. The silver rice she has been resting for three months should also be temporarily suspended, and when she comes back to work, send it to her."

Bao Chan agreed and went out to deliver the message.

Mrs. Xia couldn't help but said: "You are too merciful. Why do you treat this kind of unruly girl so leniently? Don't you think about what she and her good master have done to you?"

Xia Jingui said calmly: "I have told my ancestors not to embarrass them. What I said, naturally should be done. Besides, Gui'er will need help from several families in the future, and I will definitely not leave a bad name."

Hearing this, Mrs. Xia nodded thoughtfully.

But Xia Jingui remembered one thing, and said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it is logical that it is time to give the Qing Festival Hall an annual report. Forget it, there is not much money in a year, and this matter can't be saved. It's better to settle it as soon as possible. "As he spoke, he called the little girl and asked her to talk to Baochan and make arrangements for him to go to Qingjie Hall tomorrow.

Mrs. Xia disagreed. According to her idea, just leave that Shi Xiangyun there to fend for itself. What kind of rules are there?But what Xia Jingui had decided, even when she was in her boudoir, she couldn't refute it, so she could only let her go.

Yuanyang took care of Jia Gui silently. Since Jia's mother passed away, she had nothing else to do except take care of Jia Gui.

On the second day, Xia Jingui drove to the Qingjie Hall at the foot of the mountain.The old nun of Qingjie Hall received the news yesterday and was waiting at the door early.

When Xia Jingui helped Baochan get out of the car, the old nun hurriedly came forward to say hello: "Second Grandma Jia, you are here."

Xia Jingui nodded calmly, and signaled Baochan to give the old nun the annual rule of 15 taels of silver: "This is for next year, please take care of me."

The old nun accepted it happily: "Second Grandma Jia is really generous. It costs 15 taels of silver a year. If you save a little, it will be enough for your hall to spend for a year."What's more, there are still some lands in my hall, and the production of those lands is not low, as long as the three nuns work harder and work hard.

Oh, Mr. Shi needs to be more careful. Just do the work and don't let anything happen to her. After all, she is worth 15 taels of silver a year.

Xia Jingui said to the old nun: "Our servants will entrust you. Her heart is not pure, and she has not been able to calm down. Please take care of her and discipline her well."

The old nun was originally a farmer. Because her husband and son died and she was getting old, she reported to Lizheng to rebuild her house into such a hall and live on the family's few mu of land.Later, two old widows in the village also attached themselves, and the few of them made do with each other.

The old nun is a real person. Although he is a little powerful, he has a good heart. He just doesn't like a person like Xiangyun who loves to do things: it's because he lives too comfortably, and he thinks about things when he is free every day How to do it.When you are so busy that you don't even have time to sleep, and you don't even have enough food to eat, see if you still think about these messy things.

So she quickly replied: "Don't worry, grandma, I will take care of it."

Xia Jingui exhorted: "Please take good care of her too, don't make things difficult for her." He added: "You don't have to be polite to do what she should do. Anyway, she is just a servant of our family."

The old nun hurriedly smiled and said: "Grandma, don't worry, the old nun will take care of everything for you."

Xia Jingui nodded, glanced at the wall of Qingjie Hall, turned around and left without going in.

(End of this chapter)