I heard you have nine tails

In early spring and March, the spring is bright and beautiful.

Tan Chang walked in the market, happily listening to the shouts from all directions.

"Candied haws, candied haws!"

"Master, do you want to buy a silk flower?"

"Young Master, you don't have any silk flowers at your age, so why not go to my bookstore to have a look!"

Tan Chang was wearing a moon-white brocade gown, shadowy embroidered with dark patterns, and a jade sachet hanging on his waist. At first glance, he looked like a son of a family, so the vendors on the street saw him and enthusiastically sold him.Tan Chang holds candied haws in his left hand and half a roast chicken in his right hand.He stood in front of the book store, stopped for a moment, and shouted: "Cassia!"

The chief guard hidden in the crowd stepped forward quickly, and asked beside him, "What are your orders, young master?"

Tan Chang thought for a moment, looked at the book shop and asked, "What books does Mu Ze like to read on weekdays?"

Cassia was stunned for a moment.How could he know what books His Royal Highness read?

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Tan Chang sighed a little. "Forget it, you haven't read as many books as I do."

Jue Ming, who was despised for no reason, was stupefied.

After Tan Chang finished eating the candied haws, he reluctantly stuffed the roast chicken into Cassia Ming's hand, and ordered: "It's not a reward for you, don't steal it!" Only then did Cassia, who was in a complicated mood, go into the bookstore alone.

"Young Master, do you want to read the Four Books and Five Classics with annotations? This was approved by the champion of the Imperial Academy. Thanks to the luck of our scholars in Huaiyang, ordinary people have no chance to see it!" The boy in the book shop saw Tan Chang , spare no effort to promote it.Tan Chang looks seventeen or eighteen years old, just the age for studying and taking scientific examinations.Tan Chang nodded, without any interest, picked up the book and looked at it: there were four words "Zhang Guanyu Note" on the cover, and Tan Chang was immediately happy.

The way Zhang Ting and Zhang Zhuangyuan earn extra money is really ingenious.

Tan Chang was not interested in contributing his pocket money to Zhang Ting's masterpiece, so he picked out a few travel essays and asked someone to wrap them up.The young servant who read the bookstore shook his head.Not learning without skill, not learning without skill.

After Tan Chang bought the book, packed it and threw it to Jueming, he asked, "Do you think Mu Ze will go back now?"

"Your Highness may have already returned." Jue Ming replied.I'm afraid, but in fact they have their own contact information between the secret guards, so Jue Ming is very sure that His Highness has returned.

They had been in Huaiyang for more than three months. Li Lin personally supervised and spent all the money for the construction. The people from the Ministry of Industry did not expect to make any good money when they came. Now that they have made contributions, they are happy to avoid suspicion.Ordinarily, things like purchasing materials and serving migrant workers are not on the right track now, so Li Lin can relax a bit.

Tan Chang showed a distressed expression.Going out alone today is an opportunity for him to act coquettishly and submissively. I don't know how much effort he spent to get it. He doesn't want to go back so early.But since Li Lin has already returned, if he returns too late...

As soon as Tan Chang had such an idea, Jue Ming dutifully urged: "Young master, we should not stay outside for a long time, we should return earlier."

Tan Chang had no choice but to walk back with Jueming, muttering in a low voice while walking: "I have to practice calligraphy again when I go back."

Jueming couldn't really laugh out loud.

Tan Chang tugged at his robe again, feeling awkward.He is a fox, and he is used to being naked on weekdays. When he takes human form, his fur also turns into a fur coat.But Li Linfei said that his attire corrupted customs, and that it was inappropriate when spring came, and all the satin carts that came to dress up were all cut into clothes.

The carriage stopped at a teahouse, Jue Ming jumped on it to drive the carriage, Tan Chang sat in the carriage and picked up the fur on the cushion.

When the carriage stopped in the yard, Jue Ming jumped out of the carriage, and took out a fiery red little fox from the carriage with ease.

The yard here was leased by Li Lin.The group of them used to live in a restaurant incognito, but later when officials sent them to the city, it was inconvenient for the officials from the Ministry of Industry to come and go every day, so they moved here together.

After getting out of the car with Tan Chang in his arms, Jueming put the little fox on the ground and moved down the bits and pieces that Tan Chang bought.Tan Chang rushed into himself with joy, swept into the room like a ball of fire, and rolled in front of Li Lin.

"Brother Jue Ming is back." Seeing Jue Ming, Zhuling bowed her body to salute, and Jue Ming hummed briefly.Zhuling said: "It just so happens that the adults just went back—is it fun outside?"

Among the people from the East Palace, only Jue Ming was lucky enough to be able to take His Highness the Prince's pet out for a stroll from time to time.

"It's not as lively as Beijing, but it has its own flavor." After saying something, Jue Ming planned to enter the room to reply.Guangbai happened to come out from the other side, so he called out: "Zhuling, why don't you come over?"

"Here we come." Zhuling quickly ran over in small steps.

When Jueming saw Zhuling, he thought of Zhuli who had disappeared, and felt a little regretful.

For ten taels of silver, he killed himself, why bother.

When Xiangwen was in the restaurant that day, she was watched by Guangbai, so nothing should have gone wrong.It happened that she bought Zhuli with money, and only then did she learn of the residence of His Highness the Prince, and there was the scene of looking for the door.

Not long after the catkin was sent to Yao's house, she died and was murdered.Zhuli didn't know anything except the ten taels of silver, so Li Lin had no choice but to ask them to deal with it.

Jue Ming put aside his distracting thoughts, entered the room and saluted, "Your Highness."

Li Lin had just greeted Tan Chang, and when he saw him coming, he only said, "It's hard work, what else did he buy?"

Cassia had no choice but to put half a roast chicken, a kite, Jiulianhuan, a few packs of snacks and a pack of books on the table.Li Lin only noticed the book. "What's this?"

There was no one else in the room, so Tan Chang, who was clinging to the roast chicken, pushed the book towards Li Lin with his paw.

"It's hard for you to know how to buy things for Gu."

Seeing that he had nothing to do, Caesar left.

Tan Chang pushed the paper away with his paws, and eagerly gnawed on the roast chicken.Li Lin flipped through the travel notes casually, and said casually, "I'm going back to Beijing soon."

Tan Chang was taken aback.When he came back today, he did see that Li Lin was a little unusual, but he didn't expect it to be so.

The little fox jumped off the table, and with a flash of light, Tan Chang stood up straight and fastened his fur coat. "Has the imperial decree been issued?"

"I've said it all, don't just turn into a human being." Li Lin shook his head helplessly.Among the people close to him now, only Jue Ming knows this secret.After all, nothing can be hidden from the eyes and ears of the hidden guards.

"Why did he suddenly change his mind?" Tan Chang was still busy asking.

Li Lin ran the Yao family office neatly, and the whole family was imprisoned, the stolen money was searched, and they were tortured.This is the case with the Yao family, needless to say about the other merchants.After all the confessions were handed in, Li Lin submitted the statement to Emperor Jing He along with the ledger, the testimony of witnesses, and the memorial to Yao Xinhong.

Jing Hedi was furious.

No one expected that Li Lin would really make a move so simply.With all the witnesses and material evidence, Emperor Jinghe had no choice but to send Yao Xinsi and his son away, sentenced him to death and exiled him, dismissed the Yao family from the position of royal merchant, and confiscated countless stolen money.

However, Yao Xinhong was involved in corrupting ink, but there was no solid evidence, only a document to report to his brother.Concubine Hui's pillow was blown by the wind, and after Emperor Jinghe appeased his anger, he was only fined one year's salary for the crime of lax supervision and improper housekeeping.

The papers of impeachment were sent up all at once, but Li Lin remained silent.He knew that this was not enough, his father had calmed down and started to take his anger out on his son.

Sure enough, after the Yao family was finished, Emperor Jinghe ignored his son from the beginning of the new year, as if he had forgotten the prince.

Li Lin didn't stop, he wrote another booklet, this time it was truly earth-shattering: abolish the imperial merchant system, and change the three-yearly sending of goods to the palace for bidding, those with high quality and low price will be selected, and all local merchants can participate .

In addition, the commercial tax is levied, which is compared with the land tax, and is collected according to the profit, and the tax is one of the twenty.

The memorial of His Royal Highness has been noisy since the opening of the court after the year.Many old scholars are clamoring that they are not in compliance with the rules and that they violate the laws established by their ancestors, fearing that they will stir up civil uprisings.However, the people in the household department are in favor of one hundred and one thousand, and they can't wait to send all the officials who oppose it to see the empty treasury.

Of course, Yao Shilang can't sing the opposite, he can only hold his breath and write a letter of support.

From the quarrel after the year to the present, no conclusion has been reached yet.

Although Emperor Jinghe didn't like the idea of ​​abolishing the imperial business, he also knew that money was important.

The treasury is empty, and everyone is staring at his internal treasury.Therefore, we still have to find ways to enrich the treasury.So he didn't express his opinion, just watched the officials arguing endlessly.

Li Lin often discussed these matters with Yang Jingrun, Zhang Ting, and even the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and Tan Chang knew it well.But he also knew that even if the fight reached such a point, Emperor Jing He did not let go of calling Li Lin back to the capital.Why is Li Lin's tone so firm today?

"Uncle is going back to Beijing." Li Lin finally showed some joy.Seeing Tan Chang's bewildered face, he had no choice but to add: "General Jianwei will return to the court soon."

After his explanation, Tan Chang finally understood.

Back then, when the Chen family was able to enter the palace, she was very favored and firmly seated on the throne of the empress. Apart from the good relationship between husband and wife, another reason was that she came from a prominent background. Her elder brother was the well-known Marquis of Jingyuan and General Jianwei Chen Jiming.Chen Jiming has always guarded the southern border, but he was recalled this time, for some unknown reason.But no matter the reason, Jing Hedi couldn't let Chen Jiming see his prince's nephew being thrown out of town and not allowed to return to Beijing.

"The decree is probably already on the way, so I have ordered them to start packing." Li Lin remained undisturbed.Tan Chang thought that since he lost his mother since he was a child, he might have a deep affection for his uncle, so he also nodded. "You are right, if we return to Beijing earlier, you will be able to see uncle sooner."

Li Lin laughed, as if Tan Chang had said something stupid.He stretched out his hand and rubbed Tan Chang's head, "After returning to Beijing, you must be careful not to let others discover your identity. It's best not to turn into a human again, understand?"

Despite the reluctance in his heart, Tan Chang nodded.

On the second day, the imperial decree arrived.

As soon as the news that His Highness the Crown Prince was about to return to Beijing came out, invitations to the farewell banquet poured in one after another.Li Lin simply refused all of them without exception.He just explained the remaining things one by one before leaving.

When explaining the matter, Zhang Ting suddenly said: "Your Highness, I want to stay here."

Li Lin looked up at him.Many things need not be explained, Li Lin had already understood his thoughts at that moment.

"it is good."

Li Lin agreed.

After he left, there were still people monitoring these officials and businessmen.

"Your Highness, Guanyu, it's better to let the minister stay." Yang Jingrun gritted his teeth quickly and said.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Ting shook his head at him, "Thank you Brother Yang for your size, Guanyu also wants to do something in person."

"He understands water conservancy, and it's useful to stay here," Li Lin said.

Things are arranged, and the return trip is scheduled.Tan Chang couldn't let go, so he grabbed Li Lin and sneaked out again.As Jueming said, the markets in Huaiyang are not as good as those in the capital, but after staying here for three months, they are familiar with every plant and tree, so it is not just a simple comparison.

Because of Li Lin's presence, Tan Chang turned into a little fox and nestled in his arms. Li Lin walked out of the house in his normal uniform, and was about to go to the market, but unexpectedly found someone waiting for him.

It was Yao Zhiyuan.

After the private conversation with Yao Xinjun that day, Li Lin never met Yao Zhiyuan again except for the case witnesses.Yao Zhiyuan looked thinner than when he first met him in Beijing, but his back was very straight, and the playful expression on his face disappeared instantly.He was wearing a white robe and looked at Li Lin quietly.

"Mi...Young Master Yao." Li Lin hesitated for a while, but still did not call out the word Mi Gui.

"You are going back to Beijing." Yao Zhiyuan said.

"Exactly."

Yao Zhiyuan looked at him for a long time, and finally said: "I will stay in Huaiyang to study."

This was expected. Yao Xinjun's move was tantamount to betraying Yao Xinhong. He would never send his precious son away again.

"There will be a period later." Li Lin cupped his fists.

He was ready to be ridiculed, but Yao Zhiyuan looked at him with complicated eyes for a long time, then cupped his fists and said, "There will be a period later."

Yao Zhiyuan turned and left, there was still a bag on the ground, and the aroma of roasted chicken at the crossing was tangy.