Farmer’s Blessed Girl

The prince was silent for a long time, finally nodded and waved Zhou Man down.

Man Bao took the things and backed away, Eunuch Wu saw her coming out and immediately smiled: "Zhou Xiaotai, Your Highness brought back a lot of things from Jiangnan, including two colorful satin, Your Highness has indicated that I want to reward you, look at me. Is it to be sent to Chongwen Museum, or to your home?"

Man Bao didn't expect that he still had gifts to receive, and immediately said, "I'll take a look."

Eunuch Wu led Zhou Man down to see the colorful satin.

The colorful satin in the south of the Yangtze River is very famous. The satin surface is very thin. I don’t know how it was woven and dyed, but it turned out to be colorful. One of them was woven with colorful butterflies, and its wings were folded and spread. The face is ups and downs, and the butterfly seems to be as beautiful as it spreads its wings.

Man Bao can be considered a long experience and amazed.

Eunuch Wu said with a smile: "The two colored satins were personally selected by the Crown Princess, saying that you are very young to use such patterns to be lively."

Man Bao was amazed and could only nod his head.

She reached out and touched the colored satin, and said happily, "I have to trouble Eunuch Wu to ask someone to take it home for me. I can't keep this thing in the palace."

Eunuch Wu then said with a smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say."

Man Bao searched on his body, found a purse and wanted to stuff it with Eunuch Wu, but asked Eunuch Wu to push it back. He smiled and said, "Education Doctor Zhou, what's your politeness between you and me?"

He pointedly said: "The weather has been cold recently. I haven't seen your apprentice come to the palace for acupuncture for a long time. I have the old problem on my body again..."

When Zheng Gu and the others entered the palace, Eunuch Wu did not let them have any needles.

Man Bao understood in an instant, glanced outside, saw no one, and folded his sleeves and said, "Come on, I'll show Eunuch Wu."

Eunuch Wu was delighted, and immediately gave his apprentice a wink, then sat on a chair and gave Man Bao a pulse.

Eunuch Wu's apprentice closed the door, leaving only the two of them in the room.

Man Bao took his pulse and gave Wu Gonggong an acupuncture. He had a lot of problems. It should be said that the inner servants will have pain, but Wu Gonggong is more serious than them.

Man Bao finished giving him the needle, took the needle and said, "You have a lot of cold in your body. I will give you a prescription. You grabbed it and soaked your feet to dispel the cold?"

Eunuch Wu hesitated and said, "This is not good, it's not good for these people in our family to buy medicine from outside, from the Tai Hospital..."

That is not convenient, after all, it is to enter the file, and it is a taboo to carry medicine on the body.

Man Bao said: "You take the time to go to the Tai Hospital tomorrow, and I will put you in the file. The medicinal materials used for foot soaking are not expensive. If you give some money for a pair of medicine, the medical assistant in charge of the pharmacy will just turn a blind eye. One eye."

Eunuch Wu felt a dull pain in his waist and knees, and a tingling pain in his lower body. He hesitated for a while and nodded, "I don't know when Zhou Xiaotai will be in the hospital tomorrow?"

Man Bao said: "I will be on duty when it is not time to apply."

Eunuch Wu understood and thanked Zhou Man with a smile.

Man Bao finally glanced at his colorful satin reluctantly, and then left happily.

Neither the prince nor the prince concubine knew what happened between Eunuch Wu and Zhou Man. Zhou Man left on the front foot, and the prince concubine brought a bowl of soup for the prince to drink and asked, "What did Zhou Man say?"

The prince drank the soup, "Grandma doesn't have much time."

Although the Crown Princess had already guessed, she couldn't help being silent for a while, and then asked, "Do you want to move around more at the Dou family?"

The prince was silent for a moment and then shook his head, "No, there is still the father and the emperor. If you want to add grace to the Dou family, then the father should come. We can visit the emperor's grandmother from time to time."

The princess nodded.

The prince was also sad for a while. He probably knew the physical condition of the queen mother, and he probably knew his father's current mood.

So he put down the bowl and got up, "I'm going to face the saint."

The Crown Princess didn't ask him how he was doing on this errand, she answered and served him out.

Eunuch Wu just came out with a needle, and when he saw that the prince was about to go out, he immediately stepped forward to serve.

The prince strode to the gate of the East Palace. Halfway through, he found Zhou Man walking slowly in front, and asked, "Why is Zhou Man leaving now?"

Eunuch Wu:  …

He swallowed his saliva and lowered his head: "Zhou Xiaotai just went to see the colorful satin that His Highness rewarded her."

The prince was speechless for a while. He could look at a satin for so long, and it really was a woman.

The prince turned to Taiji Hall with his hands behind his back.

Wei Zhi also washed and changed his clothes from home and entered the palace to report to the emperor.

This time they attacked Jiangnan, and they still got a lot of information from there.

Yang's salt farms, farmland and some shops in Jiangnan were confiscated. Wei Zhi and the prince checked the situation of other families in Jiangnan by the way.

The situation is not optimistic.

From what they have seen and calculated in private, they can conclude that the annual tax reported is reduced by at least half, and the situation of hidden households in the Jiangnan area is even more serious.

It can be seen that, plus the parts they can't see, I don't know how much tax that those families should pay to the court.

However, Wei Zhi and the crown prince did nothing. They took note of what they had copied, and then the people who were placed in the imperial court came back.

Wei Zhi reported to the emperor one by one, and then said: "Since the Sima Clan, Jiangnan has been in a remote corner and has always been under the control of each family. Until the dynasty was established, each family returned to their own family, but most people still stayed in After entering Jiangnan, most of the military power, political power, and financial power in the important towns in Jiangnan are in the hands of Cui, Wang, Lu and others. Even if the court sent officials over, within two years, they would not be very close with each family, that is, they would call back. Going elsewhere, His Majesty may not be easy to rectify Jiangnan."

The emperor also had a headache, "Forget the rest, salt is the foundation of people's livelihood. In recent years, the salt tax has been reduced a lot, and private salt is still rampant. The people in the salt-less areas can hardly afford salt."

Wei Zhi took it for granted that the hidden family of aristocratic families could bear it for a while, but the salt was unbearable.

Wei Zhi asked, "Your Majesty wants to investigate Jiangnan?"

The emperor looked at the prince, "What does the prince think?"

The prince thought about it and said, "Now is not the time."

The emperor looked at Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi had been restless since he went to Jiangnan, but he had to admit that the prince was right, and it was indeed not the right time.

Once the investigation is completed, the aristocratic families that are only slightly united now may be stimulated to be closely connected, and the holes they torn from Yang's body will be eaten up by them.

So he nodded sullenly, indicating that now is indeed not the time.

The emperor frowned and sighed. After a while, he said: "Let Yin Li leave the matter of Jiangnan to Yin Li. Since it is not yet time, we will wait for the time."

Wei Zhi and the prince responded together.

After talking about official affairs, the emperor remembered to talk about private affairs, so he said to the prince: "Go and see your grandmother, she hasn't seen you for a long time, she should miss you."

The prince responded, bowed and walked out.

When he left, the emperor and Wei knew: "Wei Qing, I heard that your youngest son has returned from Quyang?"

A pair of bright eyes from the emperor made Wei Zhi's skin tighten, and he always felt that something bad was happening.

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