reborn monarch

A dark room gathered local officials of all sizes in Western Guizhou.

The largest are the three magistrates. Qianxi is not a big place. There are only three prefectures in total, namely Ningyong Mansion, Shun'an Mansion, and Shijie Mansion.

Further down, there are county magistrates, some came in person, some sent cronies, the youngest of the county magistrates is the county magistrate of Zhenlong County where the Miao||zhai belongs, the Miao||zhai actually takes care of itself , the county magistrate of Zhenlong County only got a small number of Han||people, basically he was a tax collector.

"Three lords, Lord Wang Ze is already investigating the matter of Mi Ketian, we have to come up with a charter as soon as possible." The county magistrate below said anxiously.

The three magistrates would not speak up easily. A counselor came forward and told everyone: "I have received news from the Beijing Chinese Government, saying that they want us to drag Mr. Wang and his party to Qianxi. The more chaos the better."

Immediately someone retorted: "When Qianxi is in chaos, none of us can escape. How can there be chaos?"

The counselor looked at the three magistrates, understood the meaning, then glanced at the speaker, and said unhurriedly: "This is also a discussion with everyone, and it is not a final conclusion. If you have already climbed to the Wenfu, how could you be reduced?" Going to be an official in a poor place like Qianxi? We are all grasshoppers on the same boat, what are you talking about?"

Those who refuted bowed their heads and stopped talking.

The counselor looked at the magistrate of Zhenlong County again, knowingly asked: "Master Cheng, Mr. Shi Yi, do you have any explanation?"

The county magistrate of Zhenlong County answered according to the agreement: "My lords, what Mr. Shi Yi means is that although we don't know what they are planting are rice husks, no matter what they plant, it is against Da Chu's prohibition, and , They are all places we helped them find, which means that we have already boarded the pirate ship, and we are short-handed, and it is too late to get rid of it now. We need to get Lord Wang and the others back to Beijing as soon as possible."

"It's unreasonable," the counselor immediately became angry, "This is not only a scheme, but also to force us to join them!"

His anger was a little fake, but the county magistrates below were also impatient, and couldn't care less to distinguish his expression, so they started whispering in twos and threes.

"My lords of the county," the counselor bowed his hands to everyone and saluted the three magistrates after the murmurs faded away, "Three lords, my subordinates have a plan, and I don't know whether to say it or not."

The prefect of Shun'an Prefecture raised his hand and asked him to speak.

The counselor said the strategy discussed by the three prefects early in the morning: "Miao people are aggressive and have revenge. Let's pick the Japanese to fight with the Miao people and let them both lose. When the time comes, the Japanese will go to Guizhou privately. Miao|People’s private fights are theirs to take care of themselves, Lord Wang and the others must take care of them, and they are also dragged in Qianxi. The Wen Mansion is thorough, and they did not offend Lord Wang explicitly.”

"In this way, we can at most ask about the fault of the summer tax. When the time comes, report a report of 'no money to repair the river, worrying about disasters during the flood season', and it will be over."

"What do you adults think?"

The county magistrates below murmured for a while, their eyebrows relaxed, and a big stone fell from their hearts, and they had no intention of objecting.

So, the matter was settled.

Bu Xiduo brought Ah Da into the Miao village. He was just chased by a pretty girl to play the flute for him, trying to get him to sing to him.

There was no one around, so Ah Da opened his mouth, his voice was dull like a sinking bell, but he was joking with Bu Xiduo: "Other people's elder brother has already been engaged to Pange at sister's house when he is your age."

Without the girl in front of her, Bu Xiduo started to quiver again, "I will only sing to a girl who is prettier than me."

Ah Da sighed, "Then our village won't see the next king."

This was a curse and a compliment, Bu Xiduo couldn't laugh or cry, but instead threw the question back to Ada: "Don't blame me, don't you too?"

Ah Da fell silent and didn't answer. Then Bu Xiduo remembered that his betrothed girl, A Yue, was ill and had passed away before she grew up. Knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, she patted him on the shoulder and walked into the room with a few steps. The old man who was sitting immediately threw himself on his lap and called out "Grandfather".

Bu Xiduo's father, the Miao||ren||wang of the previous generation, left early, and he was brought up by his grandfather.

His grandfather was very wise and kind, peeled the fruit in his hand and gave it to Bu Xiduo, and after greeting Ah Da, he told Bu Xiduo that he came back from visiting friends in a nearby village and saw a group of Japanese people heading towards the rice shell field on the way. Not knowing what to do, remind Bu Xiduo to pay attention.

Hearing this, the two young men frowned.

Ah Da doubted: "Will those Han|officials care about this?"

Bu Xiduo didn't care about this, "It doesn't matter whether they take care of it or not. I certainly can't let it go if we plant Wangyou flowers on the land of our village. But if they take care of it, we'll be more relaxed."

Ah Da seemed unconvinced, but did not refute.

"Let's go," Bu Xiduo said, "Let's go and tell the men to take care of the village, and don't leave the village easily."

In the early morning of this day, taking advantage of the bright morning light, a treasure welcoming ceremony was held in the main hall of Jiashan Temple. The elder led the monks to recite the Buddha very devoutly, and knelt facing Emperor Qiyuan and Gu Zhen. The Vajra Subduing Demon Pestle that came up, walked to the Buddha step by step, knelt down on the futon and worshiped three times, and then respectfully offered the Vajra Subduing Demon Pestle on the stand.

The origin of his white hair is really strange, and it added to his inexplicable prestige. The officials who witnessed his white hair all knelt down in front of the Buddha statue, and few of them were not guilty.

Wen Jinli half-closed his eyes. He wanted to see the late emperor this morning, but was stopped by the guards, saying that Emperor Qiyuan had sent the two saints to another Taoyuan for retirement. He didn't believe that the late emperor would listen obediently. Gu Zhen moved away, but those old guards didn't listen to his threat and couldn't get close at all. It is said that the old guard who let them approach the rolling spring yesterday has been punished, and the punishment was quite heavy.Emperor Qi Yuan suddenly changed his appearance and methods, which made him a little suspicious.

As for the news from Beijing, his son also seemed to be acting unusually.

I don't know if it was the late emperor who aroused the fear in his heart, Wen Jinli bowed to the Buddha statue and fell to the ground, unexpectedly gave birth to some dejected thoughts of "I'm old".Standing up, he swallowed the frustration again.

After the ceremony was over, Gu Zhen announced that it was hot in the summer and postponed his return to Beijing.

Wen Jinli was anxious to go back to Beijing to investigate his son's actions, but Gu Zhen retorted with a serious face, saying that at Wenxiang's age, it is most inappropriate to run around. If Wenxiang goes on the road in summer and something goes wrong, what face will I have in the future? To see the late emperor?

As soon as Emperor Qiyuan said this, other officials immediately praised Emperor Qiyuan for his compassion for his ministers, especially Mei Ziqi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites. Said: "The master can be so sympathetic by His Majesty, and this student, the minister, is also relieved and honored."

After everyone's coaxing, the matter settled down. Wen Jinli was so angry that he regretted not letting Mei Ziqi die in Jiangnan, but it's too late to regret now.

Gu Zhen went back to the meditation room, changed into light clothes, and checked official documents with Xie Jiuyuan.

After the two of them finished sorting out the newspapers in the capital, Gu Zhen sighed, and Xie Jiuyuan shook his hand to support him.

The reason why Wen Chongde was allowed to completely build the Second Criminal Work Department into a civil party, and even let him install people in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Officials, is because Wen Chongde is going to do it next. The most important thing is to further strengthen the salt|iron monopoly, build large sea-going ships, and restart foreign trade.

He wanted to collect money and make the people resentful, but what Emperor Qiyuan wanted to do was to pray for the mantis to catch the cicada, and for the oriole to follow.

Part of the reason why Qin Jian and Qin Shangshu are so stingy is that the national treasury is really tight, and the first emperor enjoyed it wantonly in his last years. Therefore, after Emperor Qiyuan ascended the throne, he had no choice but to increase land taxes and business taxes year after year.

What's more, today's Emperor Qi Yuan and Xie Jiuyuan both know that there will be more and more places to spend money in the future, and foreign exchanges are necessary, because in the anti-Japanese battlefield back then, the Western guns in the hands of the Japanese were bigger than the Chu army |Arson|Fire|Fire||The power is more than several times stronger, and the greed of the Wen Party makes the guns||guns produced by the Military|Weapon|Bureau uneven, and only five|six of them can be used in every ten, which makes them so big Haojilang filled in the bottomless pit of anti-Japanese.

It's just that tax increase is to compete with the people for profit, and it will naturally make people's livelihood more difficult. Whether this is done by the Wen Party or not, the external reputation will naturally be very different, but if you ask yourself, Gu Zhen can't help but feel guilty.

Xie Jiuyuan comforted him: "Doing these things now is for the stability of Dachu, and in the future, I will return wealth to the people."

Seeing that Xie Jiuyuan understood his thoughts without saying anything, Gu Zhen frowned, looked at him, and said reminiscingly: "We said before that when Dachu is stable, trade will be opened, and the sea routes will be unimpeded. It's a pity."

Xie Jiuyuan didn't let him continue, and said like a promise: "In this life, we will realize it."

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*Sorry for the lateness, there will be a second watch in the early morning, don't wait, watch it tomorrow morning