The happy life of a prodigal

When they appeared at the gate of the palace, the guards of the Pro-Military Mansion hadn't reacted yet. After seeing them clearly, they were all frightened to death, and hurriedly saluted: "Please refer to Your Majesty for humble ranks!"

After experiencing this incident, Emperor Chu's attitude towards these guards was also different from before. He just responded coldly and walked straight to the Nuan Pavilion.

As soon as he arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Liu Cheng came over after hearing the news: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the servant is late, the servant deserves to die...

Your Majesty doesn't wear fur, so don't get cold..."

This time, among the eunuch group in the palace, only Liu Cheng performed most brilliantly.

An eunuch showed the character of a scholar-bureaucrat, first scolded King Ning, then gave up the chance to escape, and stayed to take care of Emperor Chu.

Even if he is already the eunuch with the palm seal of the supervisor of ceremonies, he may not be able to make great strides.

When Emperor Chu saw him, his eyes became softer, and he ordered: "Order the imperial dining room to serve a few dishes, and then send them to the Nuan Pavilion. Xin Anbo and I will have dinner in the Nuan Pavilion."

Chapter 584 Bring Your Own Chopsticks

The layout of the Snappers remains the same as before, without any change.

Fang Xiu still sat on the chair below.

Chu Huang sat on the dragon chair, looked at him, and asked, "How much is true of what the old farmer said just now?"

"Nine times out of ten...well."

Fang Xiu added with some hesitation: "I also live in the city all year round, so I really don't know much about many things outside the city.

As far as I know, I only discovered it when I inspected the Central Plains Dao these days. "

When Emperor Chu heard this, he nodded and agreed.

After a while, he seemed to think of something again, looked at Fang Xiu with a heavy expression on his face, and asked, "Then do you have a solution?"

This......

Fang Xiu suddenly felt embarrassed.

I'm afraid that the old emperor really regarded himself as some kind of god.

What the village head said before is precisely the biggest problem facing this era, or not only this era, even in his previous life, it has not yet been resolved.

After all, these issues involve two major contradictions, unless productivity reaches a certain level.

Otherwise, no matter what, there is no way to get a proper way.

Seeing his expression, Emperor Chu knew that throwing this question to an inexperienced child was a bit too embarrassing for him, so he shook his head and sighed: "There is really no good in this matter for a while. The solution, let you answer, it is really embarrassing for you..."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and asked again: "This time I went to the Central Plains Road, do you have any interesting experiences on the road, please tell me."

He has seen a lot, and even overturned his understanding of these state government offices for a period of time, but there are not many interesting stories.

After thinking about it, he replied truthfully: "Your Majesty, the Central Plains Road is still the hardest-hit area. Although the situation is much better than before when there were starvation and death everywhere, interesting things are still rare.

What I saw along the way was mostly sad partings, even in the city, I saw mostly beggars, refugees, and selling wives and girls everywhere...

If it is really interesting, it is the things that I encountered in the Du Ming Mansion, and I also mentioned them in the letter to you. "

When Emperor Chu heard this, his face became a little gloomy.

After a long time, he sighed and said: "If Zhou Zheng's disciples are killed ten thousand times, it's still not enough to relieve my hatred, and it's not enough to appease the people's anger!"

Hearing this, Fang Xiu raised his eyes, looked at Emperor Chu, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Your Majesty, do you still remember the old farmer's son?"

Chu Huang was slightly startled, saw his eyes, immediately reacted, and said in a deep voice: "Of course I remember!

Governor of Kyoto, I have issued a decree to sue, but this matter is not a one-day cold, I still need to discuss with a few college students to find a better method of supervision. "

This supervisory censor must have played some role.

But based on Fang Xiu's inspections in the Central Plains Road for so many days, the effect he played can only be said to be negligible.

After all, the supervisory censor is also a human being, and since he is a human being, he must have something he wants.

Although their authority is to inspect government offices in various places, most of them have been bought by local "parent officials" and selectively reported to the emperor.

In the final analysis, it is the popular saying among the people-officials and officials protect each other.

It is estimated that no matter how you change it, the difference will not be big.

It is nothing more than a tacit agreement between the supervisory censor and the local prefect.

That being the case, it is better to add another pole to these two poles.

Fang Xiu looked at Emperor Chu, and said, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about letting Eunuch Liu and the others guard a place?"

When Emperor Chu heard this, he frowned slightly.

After thinking about it carefully, he frowned, and said: "When Taizu was alive, he had given admonitions that no eunuch should be used in government by the descendants of future generations, so as not to disturb the court......

Don't mention this matter again. "

Fang Xiu curled his lips after hearing this, very disdainful.

He admitted that because the eunuch lacked something and had no descendants, the proportion of psychopaths was indeed higher.

However, to look at problems with dialectical thinking, since a thing has advantages, it must also have disadvantages.

The degree of loyalty of these eunuchs is not comparable to that of the officials in those places.

As long as a certain amount of supervisory power is given to the eunuchs stationed there, it may not be impossible to find a balance between the Jiedushi, Yushi and guarding eunuchs.

Even if it doesn't work, how bad can it get over the current situation?

During this period of time, he inspected the two paths of the Central Plains, and the evil he saw far exceeded the emperor's imagination, even beyond his own imagination.

There are two houses and seven houses, but there are not many houses that can stand the investigation.

People like Zhou Zheng are already pretty good...

Not to mention the prefect of Du Ming's mansion and others who have lost their minds.

What's the problem with adding a guarding eunuch?

The biggest resistance is the so-called ancestral law, as well as the princes above the court today.

But can these people come up with a better solution?

Although Fang Xiu thought so in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, he just cupped his hands and replied: "I understand."

"Your Majesty, the imperial dining room is ready for dinner, can you pass it on?"

At this time, Liu Cheng asked in a low voice through the curtain.

After hearing this, Emperor Chu said lightly: "Let them present it..."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Standing in front of the door of the Nuan Pavilion, Liu Cheng shouted at the top of his lungs in his unique sharp voice: "Chuan Shan——!"

After a while, the curtain of the warm pavilion was lifted from the outside.

One by one, the eunuchs, carrying all kinds of delicacies, walked in cautiously with their heads down.

After putting these delicacies on the table, he lowered his head again and walked away quickly, not daring to stop for a moment.

In just half a stick of incense, the entire counter has been filled with delicacies from mountains and seas.

Emperor Chu was already hungry, picked up the silver chopsticks, and was about to eat.

He stopped suddenly, looked at Fang Xiu, and said, "Why don't you come over? Are you hungry?"

"Since Your Majesty said so, I will not be polite..."

Fang Xiu accompanied Emperor Chu for a long time, and he was already hungry. Hearing this, he smiled and took out a pair of chopsticks from his arms, carried a chair, and sat on the opposite side of the desk.

Sitting opposite Chu Huang.

If other people saw this scene, they would definitely be shocked.

However, such scenes often appear in Fangfu.

The Emperor Chu was bored staying alone in the Fang Mansion, and often asked Fang Xiu to have dinner together.

It was precisely because of this that at this moment, sitting opposite the Emperor Chu, he did not feel restrained.

"Hahahaha...You little cunning, you brought your own chopsticks?"

Seeing Fang Xiu take out the chopsticks from his pocket, Chu Huang was startled for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing.

Fang Xiu didn't mind at all, picked up a few dishes, tasted them, and said honestly: "Your Majesty, this imperial chef's skills are not very good..."

Chapter 585 A Good Idea

This is the truth, I am used to the delicacies of Fangfu, but the delicacies of this imperial dining room are really tasteless.

Even Emperor Chu thought so, after tasting a few sips, he joked, "I'll take the cook from your Fangfu to the imperial dining room some other day, and see if you still dare to say that..."

After Fang Xiu heard this, he laughed a few times and talked about another matter: "By the way, Your Majesty, I don't have any good solution for the matter of supervision.

But on the matter of Tian Fu, I thought about it carefully on the way here. "

"Oh?"

Surprised expression appeared on Emperor Chu's face, he put down the silver chopsticks in his hand, looked at him, and said, "Tell me, what do you think about this land tax?"

Fang Xiu swallowed a mouthful of food, put down his chopsticks, looked at Emperor Chu with a solemn look on his face, and said: "The reason why the imperial court has made a land tax policy that will make the people's lives difficult is mainly because of Ding Yin's actions. exist."

Hearing these words, Emperor Chu nodded his head in agreement.

Ding Yin is a heavy burden for ordinary people, especially those peasant households with relatively young and strong families and relatively little land.

Even if Emperor Chu hadn't made many private visits before, one can imagine that the example given by the old farmer must be common in various state capitals.

Not only is it common, but to be precise, as long as the family does not have enough fields, they will eventually fall into this vicious circle.

After all, farmers depend on the sky for their food, and no one can guarantee that every year will be a good year, but whenever there is a disaster year and the original balance of payments is broken, selling the land becomes inevitable.

Then they fall into a deeper vicious circle, which repeats itself until they become refugees and beggars.

"Thus, what I want is to cancel Ding Yin..."

However, Fang Xiu's words made Chu Huang frowned.

Although Ding Yin has many disadvantages, it is after all the main source of income for state government offices in various places.

If there is no such small silver, it is necessary to transfer money from the Ministry of Households, from the national treasury, and even from the internal treasury, and allocate it to them.

In this way, the poor are the imperial court.

However, the imperial court doesn't know how much money it needs to invest in the four northern states and the pro-military mansion every year. How can the money from the household department be enough?

In the end, it must be the imperial court that falls apart.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chu opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but heard Fang Xiu continue: "I know that Your Majesty is worried that canceling Ding Yin will shake the foundation of the country.

However, what I mean is not to completely cancel Dingyin, but to change Dingyin from the original unit of labor to the unit of field mu.

In this way, the pressure on the poor people suddenly weakened, and the loss was only the original rich peasants and landlords, but their fields and money were originally exploited from those poor people, so it was no big deal.

The most important thing is that the grain and money collected by the yamen of the state capitals will not be affected much.

The biggest problem is..."

Having said this, he stopped and did not continue.

Chu Huang glanced at Fang Xiu, saw the expression on his face, and instantly understood what he meant.

There is nothing wrong with the strategy proposed by Fang Xiu, and there are only advantages and no disadvantages for the country and the people.

Moreover, this method is not so clever.

Let him think about it, and it probably won't take much time to figure it out.

The princes in the court must have thought about this problem.

That being the case, why hasn't the issue of Tian Fu been resolved until today?

In the final analysis, the ones who lose their interests are the princes in the court!

After all, how many fields do those rich peasants and landlords have?

In the entire state of Chu, most of the land fell on the mansions of nobles and famous families.

Even Fang Xiu, as the new Amber, and the sole heir of Anping Bo, there are definitely not a few acres under his name!