Practical Life in the Red Mansion

The emperor read Lin Yang's notes, and laughed angrily: "You are crazy, why do you meddle in the household affairs as a member of the official department?" Lin Yang replied in a deep voice: "I just serve the country wholeheartedly." "Serve the country , do you know how many people you will offend if your book gets out?"

Lin Yang said with a firm expression: "I am not afraid." "You..." "I am a person who wears official robes and eats and pays. If you don't report it, I only want to be an upright minister, and I dare not disregard the king's kindness."

Starting from □□, land was rewarded to the clan and meritorious officials. The owners of these fields were either hereditary from the honored relatives, or powerful relatives.These Zhuangzi's grains and silver have to be paid in full after being approved by the Yijing. When encountering natural disasters*, reasonable people may reduce or exempt them at their discretion. To help Xungui to urge the rent, the peasants are miserable.

The brochure submitted by Lin Yang listed the number of royal family members since the founding of the country, and the number of fields under each person's name.Coupled with the grain fields granted by foreign relatives, nobles, heroes, temples, etc., the number is very large.There is a fixed number of acres of land in the world, and if there is an extra mu of grain field in Xungui's hands, the imperial court will lose one mu of land tax.The owners of these fields not only did not pay taxes, but also received court salaries from the state treasury. If a few cents from these fields were handed over to the court, it would be a huge sum of money, and it would cost several million taels of silver.

The list of Lin Yang's booklets is very clear. It just depends on whether the emperor has the courage. The emperor leaned on the chair helplessly and said to Lin Yang: "Take your booklet back, I already have an idea." Rubbing his brows, he said, "That's the only way to go." Lin Yang's idea was for the sake of the world, and the world is in his own hands, so it's okay to set an example by himself. As for the clan and those nobles, the emperor There was a sneer at the corner of his mouth, Yu Guowugong still wanted the country to support them, how could there be such a good deal.

The emperor returned to the harem and spoke to the queen. The queen immediately stated in a dumb voice that she would pay taxes on Zilitian under her name according to the tax rate of civil land.The emperor held her hand and said with emotion: "Fortunately, there is still you." The queen smiled and said, "Husband and wife are one." She couldn't help sighing: "Chunxi is too reckless. How could the nobles let him go, no one else knows about this."

The emperor said: "He presented it directly in front of me, and I asked him to turn around and burn the paper. That child is not reckless, but he just wanted to vent his anger for his sister. His papers are all listed clearly. I think it was early." I just finished writing it and never submitted it. His sister almost had an accident a few days ago, probably because the prince wanted to plot his sister’s marriage, but he couldn’t find out who did it for a while, so he simply cut off all the clan’s financial resources.”

The queen was dumbfounded: "This is too..." The queen thought more, the emperor must find a chance to recognize Lin Yang, but Lin Yang may not be willing to protect his family, and the emperor He also thought about letting Lin Hai handle some affairs of the household department secretly, and if it was revealed in the future, Lin Yang would be willing to let it go.

The queen couldn't help whispering: "Where is the household department?" The emperor instantly understood what she meant and said, "It's not about Lin Hai's life, and besides, doesn't Lin Hai have a daughter? Just be kind to his daughter."

On the second day, the emperor told the situation of Zilitian as soon as he came to the court, and what he said next made the courtiers even more dumbfounded: "In order to set an example for the nobles of the clan, I decided to give all the Huangzhuang that I originally had in the mansion to the farmers. Farm households pay taxes according to the national law, and the land given by the concubine’s house in the harem is taxed according to the law. The rest will take [-]% and turn it over to the national treasury.”

The emperor leaned down and asked the courtiers below: "Do you have any opinions?" Before anyone could reply, he said: "I inherit the great rule and start a business. One body with the country." The emperor paused for a moment, and his tone became sharp: "Today, the imperial court is only taking [-]% of it, and the remaining [-]% is still for support. Don't do anything, enjoy money and food, if you are still not satisfied, I can't do it." Tolerance, if there is anyone who does not want to, cut off their titles and pursue their bestowed land." Today, it is impossible to turn spring wind into rain, but only thunder.

After hearing the emperor's words, the courtiers all praised the emperor for his virtue of Yao and Shun.Most of the people who can stand above the imperial court to discuss matters are from the imperial examinations, and most of these people can't understand the nobles of the clan who eat free food. Naturally, they follow the emperor's mind. The rest of the people who have grain fields are not stupid. , Naturally, he would not take the risk of cutting the title to disobey the emperor's will. As for those clan nobles who cannot go to court and have Zilitian, who cares about their opinions.

Lin Yang breathed a sigh of relief indirectly, but he still couldn't find the person behind it. He was very unwilling, but there was nothing he could do.

Lin Hai didn't hide anything about Daiyu from Lin Hai. Lin Hai felt more guilty than Lin Yang. He knew that the person behind the scenes came for him. Maybe it was to warn him not to stretch his hand too far or to win him over. It was he who made Daiyu implicated.Since he made up his mind, the only thing he was worried about was Daiyu. Lin Yang and Lin Yun were boys, no one could do anything to them if they passed the imperial examinations seriously, but Daiyu couldn't stand the wind and rain.Now the only choice is to find someone for Daiyu who can continue to protect her.

After much deliberation, there was only one person who was suitable. Lin Hai made up his mind and asked Jia Min if Mu Zheng was engaged. Jia Min was a little stunned and said, "Brother Zheng? Not yet, his grandmother was going to tell him Darling, I didn’t mention this matter later for some reason, and he is still working in Jinyiwei, if we are engaged to get married, we have to wait for him to be transferred from Jinyiwei. Why, master wants to be a matchmaker?”

Lin Hai asked again: "What do you think of him?" Jia Min was a little strange and still smiled: "What is it? Naturally, he is one of the best boys in a hundred. He has a good-looking talent and outstanding ability..." Jia Min said while talking Thinking of a possibility, he said in surprise: "The master has taken a fancy to him and wants him to be his son-in-law?" Lin Hai nodded and said: "We can be regarded as watching him grow up, and we know all about it. If we betroth Yu'er to him, I will Don't worry too."

Jia Min hesitated and said: "He is seven years older than Yu'er, and he will be as old when Yu'er reaches Ji, even if he is willing to delay the marriage, his grandmother may not be willing, and it will be bad if he blames Yu'er for this " Jia Min thought more, if Mu Zheng got married until he was in his 20s, then there would be someone in the room, so Yu'er would not be angry if she married.But Jia Min thought about it for a while, and there was really no one better than Mu Zheng, and his heart was a little moved.

Lin Hai sighed, if Mu Zheng was younger, he would have the cheek to propose marriage.Jia Min comforted him and said: "Yu'er is only 12 years old after the new year, and it's not too late to see each other slowly." How dare Lin Hai tell Jia Min about his concerns and make her worry, so he can only say helplessly: "As soon as possible On the contrary, we also have the time to properly and carefully understand what kind of family they are, otherwise we can pick a good family in a hurry."

Jia Min laughed and said, "The master was not willing to marry Yu'er before, why are you so anxious to find someone for her now?" Min Ah said in a loud voice: "The master reminded me that the stepping bed I made for Yu'er has been finished, and I was thinking about when it will be transported to Beijing in the future." Lin Hai smiled and Jia Min heard the wind Yu's temper said: "It won't be too late to wait until the rest of the furniture is ready and shipped together."

Lin Hai, the father, was worried about his daughter, while the most honorable father in the world was angry about his son.

When the emperor received the news of Shen Lv's biography, he went to Kunning Palace angrily. Once he entered the inner hall, he waved his hand to let the maids go out. The empress looked at his gloomy expression and poured him a cup of tea silently. The emperor calmed down. After checking my emotions, I still couldn't help but drop the cup in my hand to the ground. The queen was startled. It was rare for the emperor to be so angry and unable to restrain his emotions.

The emperor said angrily: "Second idiot." He stood up and walked a few steps anxiously in the inner hall, "It turned out that he plotted against the daughter of Lin Hai's family. The plot failed and he showed his feet. If Shen Lv hadn't stopped me , Lin Yang has discovered him a long time ago." The second prince is not the queen's son, the queen said slowly: "Is there a mistake, Pei'er is still young, there is no one there for him to arrange calculations."

The emperor sat beside the empress and said, "It's not like he has a good family to help him." The empress is not a fool, so she naturally understood that the second prince's faction knew that she was going to choose a wife for the elder prince, and thought that she could take the opportunity to help the second prince. Choose a capable marriage, and you can fight for it in the future.The queen sighed: "It's all the concubines, right? The concubine thought that Pei'er was still young, and thought about marrying him in a few years. If I had known it earlier, I should have looked for him. Whichever one I liked would be fair and aboveboard." To give a marriage. If such a method is used to spread the word, it will lose the face of the royal family."

The emperor held her hand and said: "It's your fault there, it's clearly their wishful thinking, presumably they also knew that Zhen and Lin Hai were unwilling, so they resorted to such dirty tricks." The emperor was angry with the second prince He intended to win over Lin Hai, but on the other hand, he was angry that he used such dirty means. An emperor can use any means, but he may not hope that his son will do the same.

The emperor was a little tired and said: "I have already asked Shen Lv to clean his tail, otherwise I will make a fuss if Brother Yang finds out." What the prince did and the second prince torn face, there will be troubles in the future.

The emperor seemed to be talking to himself, "It will be the mother's birthday in a few days, so let him go to the temple to kneel and pray for blessings." When mentioning the birth of Queen Zhaohui, the queen's face was stained with a layer of melancholy, Seeing this, the emperor hurriedly asked what was the matter, and the queen said worriedly: "My mother has to go to the temple to chant scriptures for the queen mother at this time. Her health has become worse and worse in the past two years, and I am a little worried about her."