After raising the emperor, he always wanted to marry me

Pinellia in May is the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River.

The little prince Yuheng developed some red rashes due to the hot and humid weather, so that Concubine Li, who was originally scheduled to return to Beijing in July, arranged her trip back to Beijing earlier.

The day after Princess Qingzhao's wedding ceremony, Gu Xiu received an urgent report from the Suzhou magistrate.Concubine Chengli Jin and Prince Ning's son Yuheng left for Beijing on the fourth day of May.After receiving the report, Gu Xiu immediately ordered the Ministry of Rites to start preparations for the reception.

The welcome banquet was held in the banquet hall in the palace.

The two brothers, Gu Xiu and Gu You, accompanied each other personally, asking about their health.Ask Kim if there is any discomfort along the way, and if the state officials have not entertained well.

Jin held a son with one hand, looked left and right, until she confirmed that the two children had not lost a single hair in the past few months since she left.

Concubine Ning Xu Jingrou sat beside her happily holding her son.

In the past few months, Xiao Yuheng has grown up a lot, and the rash on his body has long since receded, and his round face is exactly the same as when Gu You was a child.Xiao Yuheng is very smart, he went out with his grandmother for a few months, even his father and mother can call, and he is not afraid of strangers anymore.

After the family banquet, Jin did not leave the palace immediately, but found a reason to send Gu You and Xu Jingrou out.He only left Gu Xiu by his side, as if he wanted to say something but didn't know where to start.

When Han Mochu saw this, he naturally attributed the problem to himself, bowed to the Jin family and Gu Xiu each, and said, "If the concubine has something to say to Your Majesty alone, I will just leave."

"No, no, Mrs. Han is worrying too much." Jin waved her hands hurriedly when she heard this, and handed a booklet to Gu Xiu: "It's just that this time when I went back to my mother's family to visit my relatives, the elder brother of my mother's family passed this booklet I personally handed it over to Bengong, saying that it is a big matter and must be brought to the capital for the emperor to unseal it himself. The mother and concubine thought that this matter should not be delayed, so after today's family banquet, she thought about handing it over to you. "

Gu Xiu took the booklet, but did not open it in front of Concubine Li Jin, but put the booklet in his cuff, and said in a deep voice: "I know everything my mother said. The imperial concubine has come all the way so hard, why don't I go back with the emperor's brother and sister-in-law to rest earlier?"

"Okay, okay, I will feel at ease when I hand things over to you. The concubine mother has never understood such important national affairs. The concubine only tells you one thing. There is no other concubine in the concubine's family. The money has been accumulated over the years." Quite a lot. My concubine often hears those wives talking about you, saying that you have been inspected since you became the throne. This is not allowed. How can you wrong yourself when you become an emperor? What if you were short in the previous dynasty? Just open your mouth if you need it, and it’s not a problem for the concubine mother to collect 500 million yuan at a time.” Jin said while lovingly stroking Gu Xiu’s handsome side face: “It seems that I’ve lost weight again. Don't work so hard, do you have to know your daily diet in time? The mother concubine will let your sixth brother come to the palace to see you often."

"Mother and concubine don't worry, Aunt Wu is taking good care of me, nothing will go wrong."

Gu Xiu sent the Jin family, King Ning and others out of the palace gate as if nothing had happened, then returned to the warm pavilion, sat down behind the table, opened the booklet and read it carefully.

In front of this booklet is a long letter written by Jin Feng, the patriarch of the Jin family, who is currently Jiangnan Yanfa Road.

The content stated in the letter was actually related to the corruption of Jiangnan Commercial Taxation.

Jin Feng mentioned in the letter that Zitai!Since the establishment of the Jiangnan government road by the ancestors, the local officials in the south of the Yangtze River have not paid enough business taxes to the court for a year.It is always the local officials who receive one amount and hand in another amount.Even the official Yulin brochures are impeccable.Jiangnan Road is rich and prosperous. Although the officials of the prefecture and county government have changed batches after batches, such things are always prohibited repeatedly. Every official who arrives wants to make a quick buck and then leaves.In the past few years, the situation has not been good, and the local officials in power have begun to make tricks and increase taxes privately.In the old years, King Xun went to Jiangnan Road to supervise the taxation of salt and iron. The private collection of taxes was not done by King Xun, but those local officials increased the tax by [-]% under the banner of King Xun Gu Yan, and part of it was given to King Xun Gu. When Yan returned to Beijing for a business trip, the other part was kept in his pocket.

His Jin family is a relative of the emperor, and none of the local officials dared to disturb him, but they dared to blatantly withhold the tax money he voluntarily paid.

About five or six years ago, there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and there was not a single grain of white rice in the government's granary.However, the market is full of expensive rice that exceeds the public price by more than ten times.If it wasn't for the Jin family uniting with several big gentry families to open the granary, it would be such a flood, and it is unknown how many people would die.

Not only the relief food for the disaster victims, but also the official salt, pig iron, brass, etc., which are prohibited from private sale by the government, are all circulated privately in the hands of these officials to avoid official taxes.

As far as official salt is concerned, officials on Jiangnan Road did not hesitate to collude with foreign road merchants from Koryo Fusang and other places for personal gain.Buy salt at the official price at a low price, and then dump it on the black market at a high price. Once it changes hands, the profit will be several times.

The price of salt bought by the common people was four times higher than the official price of silver.On the contrary, he, the magistrate in charge of salt, has recited many years of infamy in vain.

It doesn't matter that he bears a bad name, but those officials will not only disturb the market price, but also easily cause civil disorder.

The Jin family's ancestors were all merchants for six generations. Since the previous dynasty, merchants were not qualified to directly serve the king. If Jin Feng wanted to hand over the papers, he could only pass through the local yamen. How could it be possible for Jin Feng's book to reach the previous dynasty?Therefore, he could only take advantage of Concubine Li's visitation effort this time to let his sister, who is the concubine, bring this booklet back to the capital and hand it over to the king.

The second half of this booklet records in detail the actual taxes collected by the Jin family and the other three gentry, as well as the current accounts of some officials who privately sold salt and iron, etc. The missing accounts are unknown.It was probably the maximum amount of evidence that Jin Feng could trace due to his limited real power.

At the end of Gu Xiu's reading, his brows stood up in anger for a moment: "Well, these local officials in Jiangnan Road are really capable. I remember clearly that all the government, business and agricultural taxes in Jiangnan territory add up to only 5304. Ten thousand taels, but the business tax of the Jin family on this booklet is 320 taels. Where did all that money go? Not to mention the smuggled salt and iron!" Extremely angry Gu Xiu slammed the booklet in his hand on the table and ordered, "Where is Wu Yousi? Call me over, and I want to ask him, the Minister of the Household Department, how he manages the money household for me! "

"Yuanbao, come back." Han Mochu stopped the little eunuch who was about to go out to deliver the decree, picked up the pamphlet that was almost broken by Gu Xiu, flipped through it casually, and said, "Your Majesty, what can you find with such a vigorous investigation?" What? Even a family like the Jin family who have been in business for generations can't find the mistakes and omissions in the accounts, and the money that was greedy must have been wiped out long ago. Besides, those official salt and iron that were sold privately, His Majesty will do it like this Check, not only can't find any evidence, but it will scare the snake."

Han Mochu understood why Gu Xiu was so angry. Gu Xiu, the emperor, had always lived frugally for the livelihood of the soldiers and civilians.Every penny is carefully calculated, and there is never any waste.And all the money saved was used to raise elite soldiers and strengthen the border defense.

This group of people just took money from the imperial court, while eating and pocketing their own pockets, while scolding Gu Xiu for militarism.

Han Mochu's words made Gu Xiu calm down a little. He waved his hand to signal the little eunuch Yuan Bao to back down, but the anger on his face was still lingering: "The matter is already in front of my eyes, why should I just watch it like this? It’s all about profiting from official salt, and those copper and iron flowing to foreigners will become a sharp knife against the dynasty anytime and anywhere, and the soldiers are bleeding and dying at the border, and they only have money in their eyes!”

"Your Majesty, you are already a king, why are you still as impatient as you were when you were a child?" Han Mochu walked around behind Gu Xiu, raised his hand and gently rubbed Gu Xiu's forehead with the pulp of his thumb: "Since the Tai! , Are there still few imperial envoys sent by successive kings to Jiangnan Road? In addition to the imperial envoys, there are also the supervisory censors sent by Yushitai to various places every year. Don’t they all return without success? Corruption in Jiangnan Road is by no means a day-to-day From the looks of it, it should be the collusion of 30 or [-] years. In fact, there is such a thing on Jiangnan Dao? It’s just that Jiangnan Dao is rich, and the emperor’s eyes are always on there. In prefectures and counties, even inside and outside Bianjing, corrupt officials can grow under the eyes of the emperor, let alone such a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away?"

"It's a good sentence that the emperor is far away, and I am far away from them, but I am neither deaf nor blind, and I didn't let them be fooled so casually." Gu Xiu was rubbed by Han Mochu, and two straight eyebrows It's like a knife cut: "As long as there was no civil disorder when the late emperor was here, he would not ask any questions, even though these people don't even know the rules and laws of the world."

"Your Majesty, the corrupt officials in the world can never be killed. After all, if you are in his position, planning for his affairs is like letting a wild cat that has been hungry for three days guard an unattended fresh fish shop. It is impossible not to steal fish. " Han Mochu picked up the two paper-folded little foxes on the table, handed one to Gu Xiu, and held the other in his hand: "Your Majesty, do you still remember Chen Yonglin, the governor of Shaozhou? Stealing cat. But when he was in office, he would starve to death 500 people a year, so he doesn’t steal, but he doesn’t do anything.”

"Could it be that you want me to keep those corrupt officials just like my father?" Gu Xiu dragged the little fox with smiling eyes in his hand, not knowing why.

"I don't mean that. What I mean is that it is understandable for people who serve as officials to seek money and wealth. But they can't search from the people, and they can't use the banner of the emperor to harm the local area. Guarding the salary in my hand, it is meaningless to be a mediocre monk who hits the clock for a day." Han Mochu took the little fox in his hand and touched the little fox in Gu Xiu's hand, as if he was playing with others: "So I want to hang a sword over the heads of these people. Let them understand that the king knows their every move, and it is a matter of anytime and anywhere if they want to investigate them."

"What is Master planning to do about the matter in Jiangnan Road?" Gu Xiu's anger was calmed down by the two little foxes, and his tone softened: "Neither can you scare the snake, but you can't let it go."

"Your Majesty, didn't General Yun Jin, the defender of the Qiongqi Army in the southern border, put up a report six days ago saying that there was a poisonous insect epidemic in the army in the southern border? At this time, the Ministry of War proposed to restructure the army. The army in southern Xinjiang should also be appeased. You can take this opportunity to go out of the palace to inspect the border defense and accompany you. When the time comes, I will find an opportunity to leave the team and walk along the Jiangnan Road in person. If anyone asks, just say I went back to Guangling to see Mr. Yi. This is simple and won't startle the snake, and when everything is found out, how do you deal with it again?"

"This?" Gu Xiu hesitated and said, "Is it too dangerous to be alone?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I used to be a person who was used to walking in the rivers and lakes. And I can take Chang Ru with me on the way to the south of the Yangtze River. Chang Ru is a good doctor, and I am not afraid of being poisoned and plotted on the way."

"Forget it, I will allow you to play. After the matter is found out, you can deal with it directly according to the law, and you don't need to ask me for orders." Gu Xiu thought for a while and said: "I will give you a military talisman. If there is any change You can go to the nearest Bai Ze Army to transfer troops, and the guard there, General Meng Fan, is someone you and I can trust."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission." Han Mochu thanked Gu Xiu with a smile, and when he got up, he pulled out the ruler that had been pressed under a pile of notes: "Your Majesty, you lost your composure just now."

Gu Xiu glanced at the mahogany ruler that had been with him for nearly ten years, and the pattern was polished off, and his back stiffened. The little fox that Han Mochu used to coax him in his hand hadn't been put down yet. Take this thing out?

Everyone else slapped a sweet date, how could anyone slap a sweet date after eating it?

"Taifu Han, isn't everything over? What do you mean?"

"As the Grand Tutor, I have the rules of persuading and strictly advising His Majesty's words and deeds. Although I am a minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I have always been your Majesty's master. Your Majesty is obviously too impatient in today's situation. Those who are in charge of the country should never be arrogant. Your Majesty To be a wise king, one must know how to think twice before acting." Han Mochu straightened his body, and gently tapped the ruler on the table in his hand, just like Gu Xiu when he was young: "Please stretch out your left hand, Your Majesty."

Gu Xiu had no choice but to resign himself to Han Mochu's serious sitting posture. He steadily stretched out his left hand toward Han Mochu, with his palm stretched out, his five fingers close together, and his arm stretched straight.

"If you are impatient, you will be fined ten points. If you escape the punishment, you will be fined another ten points." Han Mochu said lightly. He raised the ruler in his hand, and swung it down lightly, making a clear and crisp sound.

It was still so painful and swollen and painful, and every time it was pumped, it made my heart tighten.

Gu Xiu felt that he was probably the first and only emperor who would be beaten by his master after ascending the throne.

From the arc of the ruler swaying down, he watched the man who was meticulously knocking on his palm, and gradually merged that night with the man he said he would walk on the red carpet with him, and for a moment he seemed to have forgotten He is being beaten.

Han Mochu seemed to feel the gaze, he slowly put down the ruler in his hand, raised his eyes and said, "What is Your Majesty looking at me for?"

The moment their eyes met, Gu Xiu suddenly leaned forward and pressed himself in front of Han Mochu, so close that he was almost close to that person: "I understand what you said that night."

"Your Majesty has only beaten you fifteen times. Your Majesty can't take it anymore?" Han Mochu didn't dodge at all. He raised his brows lightly and said with an extremely gentle smile, "I don't remember what I said to Your Majesty."

"You wait for me to finish talking before calling." Han Mochu didn't remember that sentence, which made Gu Xiu's sudden action seem even more flustered. He held down Han Mochu's wrist with one hand, and hugged Han Mochu's back with the other, staring at those beautiful eyes , eloquently like never before: "Han Mochu, you have always been like this. You clearly know everything in your heart, but you just refuse to tell me that you know everything. I will tell you clearly today, I have you in my heart, and I have you in my heart." I like you, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life. I like to hear what you say, and I am willing to accompany you in whatever you do. I want to put you at the top of my heart from the beginning to the end! You are my sweetheart. He was my sweetheart very early on! These words have been held in my heart for many years. I can fight on the battlefield, and I can also plan the country, but I am only cautious about you, because I don’t want to lose you .I am not the sixth brother. I can force you to stay by my side unceremoniously if I don’t have you in my heart. I have made it clear today. You are not allowed to pretend to be stupid with me in the future, and you are not allowed to test my mind again. , I don’t need you to answer anything, you and I can still be monarchs and ministers as usual, you are my humerus, the person I trust the most in this life, no matter whether you respond or not, I will never doubt you, let alone alienate you you."

After Gu Xiuyan finished, he let out a long breath of relief, and retreated from Han Mochu's body as if relieved of a heavy burden.

Before Gu Xiu retreated far away, Han Mochu embraced his arms rebelliously, holding him in his arms like when he was a boy, and slowly smoothed out his ups and downs with his palms: "Your Majesty is right, my minister It is true that I knew His Majesty's thoughts a long time ago. But I didn't want to test Your Majesty that day. Because of Your Majesty's feelings for my minister, I have been combing for many years before I sorted it out smoothly. In fact, no matter what Your Majesty said today or not, I have made up my mind that I will stay by His Majesty's side for the rest of my life, whether it is a monarch or a minister, or a teacher and a student, whichever relationship can go on for a long time, I will do my best to maintain that kind of relationship. I admit that I always make decisions before moving, Only when facing His Majesty, I never thought of leaving a way out for myself. Whatever your Majesty's heart towards my minister is, so is my minister's heart towards His Majesty."

Gu Xiu in his arms did not speak, Han Mochu picked up the two tried and tested little foxes again, opened Gu Xiu's red and swollen palms and put them in, and put it in a more straightforward way: "Your Majesty likes little foxes." Fox, the little fox also likes His Majesty, does Your Majesty understand?"

"Understood." Gu Xiu suddenly tightened his hand to grab Han Mochu's wrist, and kissed his lips staggeredly.

This kiss came naturally, but it was extremely unfamiliar. Both Han Mochu and Gu Xiu lacked experience in love, so the two lips and teeth met in a hasty moment, and then avoided them with a lot of interest.

After a kiss, both of them fell silent.

The unreasonable silence made Gu Xiu's tingling palm start to yell, he coughed twice, turned his head away, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Han, are you still beating me?"

Han Mochu unconsciously touched the ruler in his hand, more or less unable to hold back his smile, he could only turn his head, pretending to tidy up the books on the table: "Didn't your majesty say that you are going to join the Qiongqi army? Draw up the detailed rules for you, so that the people below will not be in a hurry."

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