Chronicle of Emperor Jing

"It's nothing, I thought I met an acquaintance, but it turned out not to be." Wei Yan turned his head and replied.

Jing Li looked at Wei Yan's expression, knowing that Wei Yan was not telling the truth, he looked in that direction, there were full of guests, some of them probably came out to play with the whole family, and some of them might be entertaining guests. friend.

He glanced at it a few times, found nothing wrong, so he looked away.

There are some things that Wei Yan doesn't say now, maybe it's inconvenient to say, and he will say hello when he returns to the palace.

Wei Yan lowered his eyelids and drank tea slowly. His hearing was better than that of the emperor, and some words still fell into his ears from time to time after some distance.

Today is the eighth day since the Department of Public Proposals posted ten issues on a list at the beginning of the new year.During the Chinese New Year, many people are idle. Since they are idle, when they get together, they will inevitably chat their teeth, especially those who pay attention to the Department of Public Affairs. Some things are discussed and discussed. Wei Yan heard These are the voices of discussion.

He began to hear someone talking about buying land by force, and thought it was about Liu Guanshi, but after listening carefully, it was not.Most of the examples discussed by these people are the examples around them, not the affairs of his family.

"Prohibition of trading is definitely not enough. Some people are in urgent need of money, so they are not allowed to sell. Do you want them to hold the fields and die?" The other person didn't know what to say, and the voice of another person suddenly became louder.

"After selling it, will the whole family go drink the northwest wind? It's just the difference between early death and late death." Someone refuted him.

"After selling it, you can farm in the fields. As long as you are willing to work, you won't starve to death."

"At the end of the previous dynasty, the fields failed, the people starved to death, and the world was in chaos. After a mere hundred years, you have forgotten all about it? Those people at that time were all farmers, but they died of starvation."

"It was a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. Now that Mingjun and virtuous ministers are gathered together, there is no such disaster at all."

"How about we suggest that the sale of land must be approved by the government, and both buyers and sellers must be voluntary and trade at the market price, otherwise the contract is invalid and can be directly returned to the original owner. Nowadays, many people buy and sell land and houses, only use white deeds, not red deeds, that is In tax evasion, the government should kill this limelight."

Buying and selling land and houses requires paying taxes according to the law, and then the government will stamp the sales contract between the two parties to recognize the validity of the contract, which is called the red contract.A contract that has not been stamped with the government's tax payment silver is a white contract.

After the founding of the country, Gaozu measured the land of the whole country, compiled households to equalize the people, and distributed the fields according to the households. These fields all had red deeds.Later, when people traded land, many people would go to the government to exchange red deeds, but there were always some people who wanted to use white deeds in order to save some money.These transactions, even if there is a middleman in the contract, are actually illegal.

Once arguing starts, it's hard to say about many things. Generally, the big wins and the small loses.

As soon as this person's suggestion came out, it was unanimously praised by everyone present, but some people still had doubts.

"It's so good. Unless someone colludes with the government, they will definitely not be able to buy it by force. However, the rich have more and more fields, but the poor have no land to stand on. Every time I think of this, I don't know why, and I feel very uneasy."

"The rich have more fields to a certain extent, and they will inevitably hide their fields. This is the most troublesome thing."

"This statement is very true. There are too many people hiding in the fields, the tax money is insufficient, and the treasury is empty. This is an ant nest on the embankment."

"There is no way, the human heart is like this, from ancient times to the present, it cannot be like this."

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Hearing these discussions, Wei Yan's face became serious.

Regarding the matter of Guanshi Liu, he originally only focused on Vice Commander Wu setting up a scheme to harm people, implicating innocent people and committing crimes that cannot be pardoned.But after listening to these people's words, he realized that there were many hurdles and hurdles in it.

The emperor didn't let him scare the snake, probably realized that there are many things to dig deeper.

In the past, he knew that the emperor was quick-witted, intelligent, thoughtful, skilled, and possessed the qualifications of a wise monarch. The only thing to worry about was that the emperor wanted to do whatever he wanted from time to time, and once he became wanton, he would do whatever he wanted without any scruples.

Ordinary people occasionally want to be lazy, relax and enjoy it, and generally it will not affect other people, but the emperor is the supreme in this world, and his every move will affect the subjects of the world, and everything should not be lightly spoken about likes and dislikes, let alone act willfully .

"Young master!" He thought of this, raised his head, looked at the emperor, and called out to him.

"What's wrong?" Jing Li looked at him puzzled.

Is Wei Yan trying to act like a baby, or what?Although Wei Yan probably wouldn't do such a thing outside, there might be accidents.

"It's nothing." Wei Yan said nothing, but his eyes kept looking at the emperor. The more he looked, the more he felt that the emperor was fine everywhere.

Since the emperor is so good, since the emperor likes him, then, staying by the emperor's side and watching the emperor become better is what he should do.

Jing Li couldn't figure out what Wei Yan wanted to do, so he stretched out his palm, covered Wei Yan's hand, and asked him: "Are you hungry, why don't you eat a snack first?"

It was probably rare for this restaurant to have so many customers. The food was served very slowly due to the shortage of staff. They sat down and waited for a long time before serving a few plates of dim sum.

"I'm not hungry." Wei Yan shook his head, his gaze fell on the emperor's palm.

The emperor's fingers were slender and strong, and his nails were smooth and moist. He suddenly remembered that he hadn't trimmed the emperor's nails for a long time: "My lord, when I'm free someday, let me trim your nails for you?"

The emperor used to like to instruct him to do this and that, taking pleasure in seeing him look embarrassed, but after he grew up and matured, he stopped doing such things.But now Wei Yan doesn't feel that these things are embarrassing, but wants to do something for the emperor.

"What manicure? I have many people serving me, so I don't need you to do this." Jing Li's tone was full of disgust.

Wei Yan's ability to serve others, it may be flattering him, it is simply appalling.He was too boring when he was young, so he was caught doing this and that, but now he is not bored, so he doesn't do this kind of thing.

Wei Yan just poured tea for him, forget about other fine work.It is not only embarrassing Wei Yan, but also tormenting himself.

Jing Li thought so, deliberately ignoring a very important reason.That is, as long as he closes his eyes and doesn't see it, he can pretend that Wei Yan has not become very capable.

Of course it's stupid to lie to himself like this, but it's not the first time Jing Li has done such a stupid thing, and he is still quite skilled in doing it now.

The emperor and Marquis Yongning were talking, and as they talked, their palms joined together.

Many guards saw this, but even if they opened their eyes, they pretended not to see it.

Many people in the guard camp knew about the matter between the emperor and Marquis Yongning, but fewer people talked about it than in other places.

There are many reasons for this.

First, as a guard, a tight mouth is the first condition.They often accompany the emperor or other nobles, and they can know a lot of things. If they can't keep their mouths tight, there will be someone who can replace them.

Second, at this juncture when Commander Shen was about to retire, the relationship between the deputy commanders of the Guards Battalion became tense because of the position of Commander, and the nerves of some people underneath were even more tense.

The position of the Commander of the Guards Battalion is very important, so the one who can take the position must be the emperor's confidant.Marquis Yongning was naturally regarded as the emperor's confidant, but the emperor had already promoted his elder brother Wei Ze to General Zhennan, it was hard to say whether he would be allowed to hold this important position.

According to common sense, the other vice-commanders did have a chance, or it was very possible that the emperor would simply parachute one person down.

At this juncture when the outcome is unpredictable and unknown, many people are unwilling to stand in line easily. At this time, once the result is out, those who fail to stand in line will be settled by Qiuhou and kicked out of the guard camp.

For these people, the real key to their future lies in the emperor. Standing in line at will is putting the cart before the horse.

In today's guard camp, unless the relationship with several deputy commanders is very close, as long as the result is not satisfactory, the person who will be involved will definitely stand in line, and the others are just waiting to see the situation, no one will go offend.

That being the case, the Marquis of Yongning must not be offended.What's more, the other person is the emperor.Unless these guards are out of their minds, they will make a fuss about certain things.

"Guest officer, the dishes are here!"

While they were talking, the waiter finally started serving food to their tables.

The meals in this restaurant are definitely not as exquisite as the imperial meals, but the roughness also has the fun of roughness, which can be described as wild.

"This crucian carp soup is well cooked." Jing Li recommended Wei Yan to try the fish soup after eating some meals.

Wei Yan glanced at the soup bowl in the middle of the table, the fish soup inside was milky white and looked quite attractive.He scooped up a spoonful of soup with a large spoon, put it in a small bowl, took a spoon, scooped it up and tasted it, and it tasted really good.

"Well, it's not bad, not inferior to the cooks in the son's mansion." Wei Yan nodded.

"Guest officer, don't tell me, this crucian carp soup is our restaurant's signature dish. Many guest officers have traveled a long way to come here to taste our dish." Seeing that they liked it, the waiter praised it proudly .

"It's delicious, it's worthy of a signature dish." Jing Li nodded in agreement.

"My lord, this is a secret recipe handed down from our master's family. It is said that it was passed down from an immortal." Seeing the interest of the guest seated in the main seat, the waiter started bragging.

"Oh, Immortal, which Immortal Mountain's Immortal?" Jing Li asked with interest.

"Which fairy mountain? This is only our master..." The waiter continued to blow.

"Ahem..." Wei Yan coughed when he heard this.

"What's the matter? Choking, or did you eat a fishbone?" Seeing Wei Yan coughing, Jing Li's attention was immediately diverted.

Wei Yan looked at him with some guilt.

He didn't want the emperor to care about this kind of thing. Throughout the ages, there have been so many emperors who wanted to seek immortals and live forever. Many emperors mobilized troops, labored people and cost money. Which one can finally achieve their wish?

The emperor was suddenly interested in this, and he was a little worried, so he coughed.

"Guest officer, do you want some vinegar?" The waiter hurriedly asked Wei Yan, not caring about talking nonsense.

"No, it's okay, it's just that I choked on the soup because I drank it too fast."

"What's the hurry, drink slowly." Jing Li couldn't help but said to him, "I'm not a child anymore, can't I keep my focus?"

"Well, I will be careful next time." Wei Yan was wronged by the emperor for not being prudent, but at this time, he would rather the emperor blame him than be interested in some things anymore.

At this time, someone next to him was calling for the waiter, and the waiter saw that Wei Yan was fine, so he withdrew.

After eating, they walked around again before returning to the palace.

"Wei Yan, what are you worried about?" At night, Jing Li lay beside Wei Yan, stretched out his fingers, and wrapped Wei Yan's hair around his fingertips, playing around, and asked suddenly.