Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

A wind and cold took half of Princess Huyang's life.

Gu Jiu sent someone to deliver medicine to her, and her condition gradually improved.

She and the people around her lamented, When I get old, my body is getting worse day by day, and I don't know how much life I have left.

Bah, bah, madam, please don't say such unlucky words. Empress will surely live a long life.

Princess Huyang smiled tiredly and weakly, Brother Huang has been away for three years, and he may still be waiting for me on the way.

Your Majesty has taken medicine and she has improved. Why are you still so pessimistic?

When a person is old, the only thing he cares about is his children and grandchildren, as well as the affairs behind him. I don't have to worry about the affairs behind me. The tomb has been repaired properly, and the acupuncture points specially invited by Mr. Yin Yang. The utensils for the burial have also been prepared. What Gong cares about is Minmin, I don't know when I will see her.

Ma'am, would you like to pass a playbook to the palace, and ask Your Majesty to call Mr. Gu back?

Hu Yang was noncommittal, but asked, How many years have Minmin and Gu Yu been away?

Seven or eight years.

It's time to come back. Help me sit up.

Princess Huyang ordered someone to write the memorial, and every word is a mother's longing for her daughter.

The playbook was sent to the palace and placed on Gu Jiu's desk.

Every word is sour and full of blood and tears.

Gu Jiu asked Bai Zhong, Is Princess Huyang still recovering from her illness?

Bai Zhong bowed and said, It's getting better, and I don't know why she handed me such a memorial book.

Gu Jiu sighed, Hu Yang is getting old!

When people are old, they don't need to work hard, and they have more time to miss and remember.

Your Majesty, you want Princess Huyang to get her wish?

Gu Jiu said softly, It's time for Gu Yu and his wife to return to the capital.

In the evening, Gu Jiu and Liu Zhao discussed this matter.

Aunt Huyang has been ill for a while, and she has become sentimental. She misses her cousin Minmin very much. See if you want to call Gu Yu back to the capital.

Liu Zhao hesitated for a moment,

He nodded and said: Call him back. He stays in Jiangling Mansion, and there is always a limit to what he can do.

Gu Yu only has the honor of raising others, which means that his official career ceiling is very low.

With a little stretch of your hand, you can reach the top, and there is no way to go up.

Of course, Liu Zhao can act arbitrarily and try his best to promote Gu Yu.

However, Gu Yu's talents can govern a county and a state, but he cannot govern a government and a province.

If the talent is not worthy, forcibly promoted, it will harm Gu Yu.

All of his subordinates were Jinshi, more talented, smarter, better-born, and richer than him. As a superior official, it is difficult for him to convince the public.

If the government orders are blocked, how can they govern the local area.

If there was internal strife among officials, even if Gu Jiu endorsed Gu Yu, Gu Yu would have to pay the price in order to escape unscathed.

Officialdom has its own rules.

Even Liu Zhao and Gu Jiu had to abide by official rules most of the time.

They fought with officials, corrected and revised the court rules, but never touched the official rules, nor touched the imperial examination system.

This is a big thunder, whoever touches it will die.

Both Liu Zhao and Gu Jiu carefully guarded the bottom line, not touching it.

Wanton destruction of the promotion path of scholars will definitely be opposed by scholars all over the world.

Throughout the dynasties, only the founder Taizu had the opportunity and prestige to change official rules and systems.

Just, why change the rules of officialdom?

So far, there is no better talent selection system than the imperial examination.

The imperial examination gave common people the opportunity to become officials, breaking the monopoly of the aristocrats on officialdom.

Before there is no better talent selection system, the imperial examination is the most worrying system.

At least for now, the imperial examination is the most worrying.

The status and importance of the imperial examinations also determined that Gu Yu, who only had a reputation for success, had a difficult career.

Liu Zhao asked Gu Jiu, Do you want Gu Yu to enter the imperial court?

Gu Jiu said: He is suitable for the household department, but he can't be the servant of the household department.

Liu Zhao nodded, It's difficult for him to be the servant of the household department. Even Lu Aiqing will clearly oppose it.

Mr. Lu was born as a Jinshi, which involved imperial examinations and official promotion. A man who wants to climb to the top of a Jinshi is not a genius like Ren Qiu. He will definitely oppose Gu Yu's appointment as the servant of the household department.

Gu Jiu said: Don't let him go to the household department, it's too wronged.

Liu Zhao asked for her opinion, Should I put it in Shaofu?

The Shaofu is the private treasury of the emperor Liu Zhao, and the appointment of officials is naturally the emperor's final say, without going through three provinces and six ministries.

Gu Jiu shook his head, How is Jing Zhao Yin's Yamen?

Jing Zhaoyin? This is an errand that offends others, and it's not flattering.

Because of being unfavorable everywhere, Gu Yu's appointment as Jing Zhaoyin will not cause trouble in the court. They hope that someone will take the blame.

Jing Zhaoyin in the past dynasties usually did not end well.

No matter who achieves this position, most of the subsequent careers will not go well, almost without exception.

Therefore, many people regard Jingzhao Yamen as a fearful way.

When he arrives in the capital, Zire intends to enter the three provinces and six ministries to become an official in the capital. Not only decent, but also easy to get promoted.

Going to Jingzhao Yamen is a waste of life and talent.

There are countless mountains above the head, and everyone can issue orders to Jingzhao Yamen. Everyone is an ancestor, and Jingzhao Yamen is a grandson.

On that day, I was as aggrieved as I wanted to be.

Liu Zhao thought about it carefully, What you said is reasonable. If Gu Yu was appointed as Jing Zhao Yin, although his rank was high, he would be restrained everywhere, and there must be very few people who opposed it. Moreover, Gu Yu is good at people's livelihood and economics. He sits in this position, It's appropriate. It's time for a unified plan in Gyeonggi. I even want to re-register the Fish Scale Book.

The fish scale book is the census of land, houses, ponds, and forests.

This matter has always been extremely sensitive because it involves taxation, large households concealing their population and acres, and good people donating to official families.

In the two hundred years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, only two fish scale books were carried out.

One was the Taejo Dynasty and the other was the Sejong Dynasty.

In other words, the number of acres officially registered by the Great Zhou court is all data from more than a hundred years ago, with a terrific lag.

In the capital, the Ministry of Households and Households had privately done statistics on population and farmland, but that was decades ago, and the data was also severely missing.

The truly complete data is in Gu Jiu's hands.

Chen Erzhuang took people to the countryside to develop the rural economy, and at the same time counted the population and land of each village.

However, these data did not have a clear path, and the court could not approve them.

Because once you accept the data of population and acres in Gu Jiu's hand, it is tantamount to passing the bright road.

It also means that from now on, the government will have to collect taxes and apportion corvees based on this complete data.

impossible!

With the ability of the local government, it is impossible to do it. The common people also do not approve.

The common people only recognize the fish-scale book, and tax collection has to be done according to the fish-scale book.

When the fish scale register was registered back then, the number of acres of land was far less than today, so the tax paid was naturally less.

If taxes are collected according to the new data on acreage, most household taxes will have to be changed.

Especially those landlords, gentry, or scholar families with limited tax-free quotas who have no fame and reputation, will pay taxes doubled.

The aristocrats of the aristocratic families were also not immune, because they were the real big landlords.

These people became agitated, one township connected to another, one county connected to another county, and the imperial court was shocked three times.

Gu Jiu is well aware of the risks involved, she said: Re-registering the fish scale book, you are putting Gu Yu on the fire. He will be accused by thousands of people, he will be infamous for thousands of years, and even his life will be in danger. The time is not yet ripe, so don't act too hastily .I thought that with regard to the Fish Scale Book, wait seven or eight years before doing anything, then the resistance will be much smaller.”

Liu Zhao was a little annoyed, It's cheap for them.

Gu Jiu persuaded: Currently there is a commercial tax, so you don't have to pay attention to the agricultural tax. Strictly control the tariff and crack down on smuggling by sea. The annual income can offset all the agricultural tax.

Even if there is a commercial tax to bear it, it can't be cheap for those big family landlords.

This matter must not be rushed, it will offend everyone in the officialdom. The family behind every official is a big landlord in the local area. To move the land is to move their interests. We don't have the capital and the officials and scholars all over the world. Turn your face, you are stable.

Even the Gu family is a veritable landlord.

Everyone from the royal family to the seven-year-old schoolchildren will jump up to oppose the land tax. Join forces to overthrow Liu Zhao and replace him as emperor.

This matter involves too much. The emperors of all dynasties knew the root of the problem, but they were unable to change it, because the resistance came from the world, from the court, from around, and even from themselves.

How nice it is to muddle along!

As long as you don't be a king of subjugation, worry less, and take care of things, you will live a happy life every day.

Liu Zhao wanted to move the land and test the reaction of the court.

Gu Jiu was afraid that he would act too hastily and overturn the car halfway, so she hurriedly stopped him.

Until we are fully prepared, you must not do anything, you must not even mention a word, and you are not allowed to reveal the meaning of this aspect. No one in the court is a fool, but if you reveal the slightest meaning of this aspect, you will be punished. Those smart people caught it, and then there will be one after another troubles coming to you.

I know how to measure, you don't have to worry.

Can Gu Jiu not be worried?

Sometimes Liu Zhao gets angry, if he slips up, it will be fatal.

She thought about it, she had to remind Lin Shu to remind her from time to time.

Liu Zhao was not happy, You don't trust me.

Gu Jiu rolled her eyes, I'm worrying about you, you don't appreciate it.

Liu Zhao laughed, Of course I know that you are worrying about me. Don't treat me as an impulsive young man in his twenties. This matter involves a lot and has a lot to do with it. Before I'm sure, I guarantee that every look and every thread will Eyebrows are kept steady, and never make the mistake of saying too many words.

I believe you, of course I believe you.

Fearing that Liu Zhao would nag and turn into a nagging king, Gu Jiu quickly gave in.

She really convinced him.

After becoming the emperor, more and more nonsense.

Liu Zhao cheered up, After finishing the work at this stage, the two of us can relax for a few days. How about staying in Shangxiaozhu for a few days and leaving after the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Very good!

Gu Jiu readily agreed, Mid-Autumn Festival, remember to bring Brother Yu back.

What are you going to do? Say hello to him?

Let's see each other first, and we may not be able to settle down.