Are you stupid?

A horse without night grass is not fat, and a person is not rich without windfall.

Mu Huaiyuan governed the land of Shu so that he did not pick up the roads and closed the doors at night. He was already outstanding in the evaluation, and the art and the additional achievements of "Jiahe Fine Breeds". Minister of household department.

The Minister of the Household Department is not young and is in retirement status.

Now, everyone knows that Mu Huaiyuan is only a servant in name, but he is actually the real master of the household department.

It just so happened that Gu Nian came from the household department through En Shangmou. Shenlong thought that Mu Huaiyuan had just returned to Beijing and was younger than the other courtiers. Even Zhou Rong, who hadn't been assigned a job after returning to Beijing to recover from his injuries, also stuffed himself into the household department, and gathered all the three accompanying students together.

Simply put, the Ministry of Households is in charge of all the money except the emperor's private treasury. The scope of this "money" is very broad, and the annual tax is of course included in it-grain collection happens to be an important part of taxation.

After Mu Huaiyuan's "drunk state" at the banquet, the officials were all waiting for Mu Huaiyuan to promote the new grain, but half a year later, there was no news about the grain in the middle of the court.Finally, the courtiers couldn't bear it any longer, and went straight to Mu Huaiyuan's side to inquire about the news.

Mu Huaiyuan's father once assassinated the late emperor, but he himself is the present's companion, and he has no family ties.Logically speaking, a person like Mu Huaiyuan is the most suitable to be a "lonely minister", but when Mu Huaiyuan returns to the court, no matter which official comes to the door, he will treat him politely and never lose face; Huaiyuan intends to form a party to gain power, but after a little hint that he is willing to join Mu Huaiyuan's camp, Mu Huaiyuan will drive people out with cold eyes, which is really confusing for officials who want to form some "friendship" with him mind.

The officials were secretive, for fear that they would be rejected when they asked about Mu Huaiyuan's new crops. Unexpectedly, as soon as they mentioned the matter to Mu Huaiyuan, Mu Huaiyuan showed a complacent look and brought it up without asking any more questions. own great achievements.

"With this kind of grain, the yield in the field can be doubled. Your majesty is not happy. It's just that your majesty is cautious. The grain I raise will be brought back to your majesty for three to five years. It's sure. Only when everything is as I said, can the seeds be spread to the whole world for trial planting with peace of mind."

When the officials who came to inquire about the news heard it, they immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What does the servant mean, what's wrong with this grain?"

Mu Huaiyuan waved his hand and smiled flatly, "Oh, it's nothing wrong. It's just new grains, and you need to buy new ones every year. Otherwise, you can directly use the harvested grains as grain seeds after the harvest, and the output in the second year will decrease." It will be halved, without the good looks of the first year."

The official turned pale with shock and shook his hands, "This, isn't this a big deal?"

Mu Huaiyuan usually asked the other party in a flat tone, "What kind of big deal is this? Could it be that the imperial court will restrict the people to buy grain?"

"But I have to buy it every year..."

Mu Huaiyuan's expression became more and more indifferent, and he seemed to be a bit contemptuous. He frowned quietly, and then let it go quickly under the gaze of the officials. With one corner of his mouth hooked, he answered very perfunctorily, "Many local people are stubborn, Tax arrears are natural. Local officials are also shameless and fool the court together with the people for the sake of political achievements. One day they report drought, the next day they report floods, and the next day they report pests. It is not very good to need to buy grain from the court every year. If If they refuse to pay the land tax in full, they will not sell new grains to them.”

This will definitely lead to the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer!

Does Mu Huaiyuan really not understand, or does he hate the common people?

The official felt uneasy, but the clarity was still covered by the money. Putting aside the inappropriate premonition in his heart, he asked without giving up: "Mu Shilang is His Majesty's confidant, this grain, hehe...it must not be difficult to get ?”

Holding the tea bowl, Mu Huaiyuan pushed away the floating tea foam with the lid of the cup. His smile hung on the corner of his mouth again, and he replied in a very good temper: "Your Majesty is watching closely now, I can't do anything about it, but His Majesty will allow..." He glanced at the officer.

The official immediately complimented Mu Huaiyuan with a smile on his face, "This official knows, this official understands."

"Okay, keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense." Mu Huaiyuan waved his hand and said goodbye to the officials.

When the other party walked away, Mu Huaiyuan had a single smile on his face, and his eyes were filled with a bitter chill.

Humans have always been so annoying, only Shenlong is different.

Thinking of Shenlong, the coldness in Mu Huaiyuan's eyes gradually faded, and the tenderness returned to his eyes.

Mu Huaiyuan walked through the palace skillfully. After a few steps, he stopped, retreated back to the palace room he had just passed, stretched out his hand to the old window, and drew a slap at the corner with two long fingers. Large copper-cast small object of crouching tiger.

"... Tiger Talisman?" Mu Huaiyuan looked at the small copper piece in his palm with a strange expression, and suddenly smiled helplessly.

Since the death of the first emperor, this half of the tiger talisman disappeared. For this reason, Shenlong had to forge an old one and hide it. He didn't dare to ask about the border affairs in detail, but he didn't expect it to be here.

Yes, the focus of everyone's attention is that Emperor Xian went away suddenly, but no one thought that the seemingly stupid Emperor Xian was also a very suspicious person. He would carry the Tiger Talisman with him, and then happened to lose the Tiger Talisman when he became ill In the crack of a rotten window.

However, this time is just right.

Now that Shenlong has grown up completely, he will no longer be able to use the tiger talisman to get into his brain with enthusiasm and ignore it.

Mu Huaiyuan took the Tiger Talisman back home as if nothing had happened, and told Shenlong about the fact that he had fooled the officer who was in his heart. Then before going to bed at night, he put the Tiger Talisman with his body temperature on Shenlong's chest.

"Huh? What is it? It's too hard, you're panicking, don't mess around...?" Shenlong pushed Mu Huaiyuan in a daze, thinking what he was going to do, but the moment he pinched the tiger talisman, his whole body panicked. froze.

He squeezed the Tiger Talisman tightly, and several tendons appeared on the back of his hand because of too much force.

"Do you like it? You're not sleepy now." Mu Huaiyuan kissed the back of Shenlong's ear, and once again pulled Shenlong, who was already full of energy without additional stimulation, back into his arms.

At dawn, Shenlong realized in a daze that even if he retrieved the Tiger Talisman, he still had to recuperate.

==It's a shame, Mu Huaiyuan went out to practice for a few years, and when he came back, his heart was dirty.

Mu Huaiyuan's words were full of power. Since he had his guarantee, those officials who were eager to move about the new grain in Huangzhuang all suppressed their thoughts again, and quietly stared at Mu Huaiyuan's words "If you don't change them every year New seeds, the yield will drop" results.

In the first year, the grain produced by the new grain species in Huangzhuang was really bumper, and in the second year, the "seeds" that had not been selected at all did not disappoint the officials who were looking forward to it.

The production of new grains has really decreased!