The song of the new female concubine is full of peach blossoms

Zhang Shaomin found Feng Suzhen in a restaurant in Linjiang.

When Feng Suzhen left in a huff, Zhang Shaomin gestured to the young man standing at the door, asking him to follow.After seeing off the prince, Zhang Shaomin came to look for the worried person.

Feng Suzhen drank alone in front of the river, the afternoon sun was scorching hot, and she was wearing white clothes, which brought a bit of coolness to the air around her for no reason.Looking at the straight back, it seems that even the restless heart can settle down.

Because he walked in a hurry, Zhang Shaomin ran up to the terrace on the roof of the building, took a few breaths, calmed down, and walked slowly towards the emaciated man.

"Brother Feng..." Zhang Shaomin shouted in a low voice, even he didn't know why he was so careful.

It's not a restaurant that comes to Zhang's house. Feng Suzhen walked outside for a while, not wanting to bring her negative emotions back to Tianxiang. Remembering that she drank wine here before, she liked the taste, so she came in, so when Zhang Shaomin came, she only had a second drink.

"Brother Zhang, you're here. Don't you need to continue to accompany the prince?" Feng Suzhen called the mistress to buy Zhang Shaomin more bowls, chopsticks and cups, and asked casually.

Zhang Shaomin said: "The crown prince has already returned to the palace, he has quarreled with you, and he is not in the mood to stay in my residence."

"The current prince is not as good as the original wooden bird prince." Feng Suzhen sarcastically said.

"If the crown prince is a piece of wood, then Brother Feng is Lu Ban. Since you can lead the crown prince to the right path, you can also turn the crown prince into a wise king."

"Heh, brother Zhang is too famous. I have no intention of government affairs, nor do I intend to be an official for the rest of my life. After I deal with the Yuxian Gang and Liju, I will ask the emperor to resign."

Feng Suzhen said it casually, but Zhang Shaomin had mixed feelings when he heard it.

"Feng, brother Feng, do you really want to resign? Han Chuang studied hard for ten years, can you really give up so easily?"

"It's not a cold window, let alone studying hard. It's not easy to give up, but... Heh, brother Zhang is the pillar of Dacheng Kingdom's future. Let me toast you." Feng Suzhen raised her glass to Zhang Shaomin as she spoke.

Zhang Shaomin drank it hastily, and asked eagerly, "What about the princess? You're gone, what will the princess do? Are you going with me?"

"Princess... don't talk about this matter, these are too far away, if Feng is not upset, he will not complain to Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang just laugh it off."

Zhang Shaomin swallowed, the words that the emperor had said to him came back to his mind.

——Your Majesty, you really didn't lie to him.

The two of them talked about political affairs one after another, and when the wine was almost drunk, the sun in the distance slowly sank, leaving the river surface golden.There were more and more drinkers around, and there was a bit of noise all of a sudden.

"Drinking with Brother Feng for so long before I knew it, it's really a pleasure to meet a bosom friend!" Zhang Shaomin was a little drunk, and his smile was brighter than usual.

Feng Suzhen has deep internal energy, this amount of alcohol is not enough for her, she is only slightly drunk.She smiled and said: "Yes, I only regret not being able to make friends with Brother Zhang in the past, and missed too many opportunities. In the future, we will have to see each other more often."

"Hahaha, although I invited Brother Feng to drink today, it was not too early or too late, but it is considered to be drunk. Brother Feng, I will take you back home."

"No need, brother Zhang drank more than me, so let's go back to the mansion to rest first, and we have to go to court tomorrow."

Zhang Shaomin stood up and shook his body, Feng Suzhen hurriedly got up to help him.

"I'll go to checkout, we'll walk together, I haven't finished talking to you yet."

"Brother Zhang, if you're like this... let's go back and rest first." Feng Suzhen looked worriedly at Zhang Shaomin who was smiling and developing in a silly direction.

After stabilizing his figure, Zhang Shaomin waved his hand, "I didn't drink much, it's okay, I'll walk with you for a while." Then he ran downstairs to pay the bill.

Feng Suzhen shook her head helplessly.

By the time they walked out of the restaurant, it was almost dark, and the lights on the street were all lit up.People who have worked all day slowed down, looked happy, and walked briskly, waiting to go home for a hot meal.

Zhang Shaomin was also like what he said, being blown by the evening wind, he lost a lot of alcohol, and when he chatted with Feng Suzhen, he also returned to logic.

When the two walked out of the street towards the street where the officials lived, a black figure rushed out from a dark corner, grabbed Feng Suzhen's arm, and pulled her into a deep alley.

"Brother Feng!" Zhang Shaomin shouted angrily, and ran after him in the alley.

"Brother Zhang, don't be nervous, I'm fine." Feng Suzhen hurriedly told Zhang Shaomin that she was safe.

Zhang Shaomin hadn't gotten used to the darkness in the alley, so he could only ask, "Brother Feng, what happened? Who pulled you in?"

"It's me, Liu Changying." A weak voice came from the darkness.

Taking Liu Changying into the son-in-law's mansion through the back door, Feng Suzhen first asked people to prepare food and wine, so that Liu Changying, who seemed to have not had a good meal for a long time, would be full first.

"Brother Changying, what have you been doing these days? You're not going to court?" Zhang Shaomin was not as calm as Feng Suzhen, and couldn't help asking after Liu Changying finished eating a bowl of rice.

Liu Changying took the water glass from Feng Suzhen, took a big sip before saying, "I was imprisoned at home by my father, and he wouldn't let me out."

"Why didn't Prime Minister Liu let you out? Does the emperor know?"

"My father said, this is what the emperor meant."

Feng Suzhen basically understood why, but Zhang Shaomin didn't know, and asked curiously: "What did you do to make the emperor ask the prime minister to imprison you in the mansion?"

As soon as he mentioned this, Liu Changying was quite indignant, and he stopped eating, and said angrily: "Didn't the emperor order me and Zhaoting to supervise the construction of the Immortal Terrace? How can the national treasury afford such a large one? So I asked the emperor to reduce the specifications of the Xiantai, try not to increase taxes, reduce the burden on the people, and build it with the treasury stock! Unexpectedly, the emperor became angry and asked my father to take me back to Guan on the spot Get up, let me go out as soon as I sincerely help him build the Xiantai!"

Feng Suzhen asked: "Before you speak up, why don't you discuss it with me and brother Zhao Ting?"

"I just take it as a small matter. It would be better if the emperor agrees. If you don't agree, I'm working with you to find a solution. How can I know..."

Seeing Feng Suzhen's headache, Zhang Shaomin on the side said helplessly to Liu Changying: "You are still too impulsive. If the emperor is so easy to be persuaded, there will be no such waste of time and money to take over Sendai."

Liu Changying, who was still angry, said immediately: "If you don't try, how will you know that the emperor will not accept my advice?"

Zhang Shaomin opened his mouth and found that he had nothing to say, looked at Feng Suzhen, shook his head slightly, expressing that he was powerless.

Feng Suzhen said: "Now you have tried it? How is it?"

"My father won't let me go out now, even if I go on a hunger strike to protest, he doesn't even soften his heart. Brother Feng, you have to help me, my father has no time to lock me up, how can this work?"

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult." Feng Suzhen said, the emperor meant to let Liu Changying stay away from the court, and now there is a reason to let him go, no matter what he said, he would not let Liu Changying go back and continue to be an official.

"Why? Brother Feng, do you really have nothing to do? Zhao Ting came back yesterday and told me that the National Teacher added a few places to the original drawing, and these places are worth tens of millions of taels of gold! Feng Brother, can you just watch all the people in the world increase taxes because of the absurdity of the emperor, causing wives and children to be separated?"

"Brother Changying!" Zhang Shaomin hastily opened his mouth and stopped him, but it was a pity that Liu Changying still finished speaking, but fortunately, the son-in-law was thoughtful, and let the servants leave after the food was served, without having to wait by his side.

Feng Suzhen sighed, and said: "Now it is impossible for the emperor not to build the Xiantai, and it is also impossible to reduce the expenditure. What we can do is how to remove this burden from the common people."

"Then, how to move it?" Liu Changying asked quickly.

"I have been thinking about this matter, and now I only have a vague idea. I will tell you now, and you can help think about how to implement it satisfactorily."

"By the way, Brother Feng, since you have made up your mind, why don't you send someone to invite Zhao Ting? Zhao Ting is in contact with the national teacher every day, so he must be clearer than us."

"Brother Chang Ying said, I will send someone to invite Li Zhaoting right away." After Feng Suzhen finished speaking, she went out and called a servant to invite Li Zhaoting, saying that there was something important to discuss.

Li Zhaoting's residence is not far from Feng Suzhen's son-in-law's residence, and he arrived within an hour.

But when Li Zhaoting saw Liu Changying, he was shocked and asked him, "Why did you escape?"

Liu Changying said nonchalantly: "My father has locked me up for so long, can't I be locked up for the rest of my life?"

"Father-in-law will definitely die of anger if he finds out." Li Zhaoting looked at him with a look of resentment.

"Okay, don't be angry, I'm calling you here now, Brother Feng has something to discuss with you." Liu Changying didn't want to argue with Li Zhaoting, so he pulled Feng Suzhen to stop him.

When her name was mentioned, Feng Suzhen stopped watching from the sidelines and said, "Brother Zhao Ting, we came here to discuss with you about taking over Xiantai."

"Well, what do you want to ask me?" Li Zhaoting asked after sitting down.

Feng Suzhen told about Liu Changying, but Li Zhaoting didn't respond, obviously he knew the inside story.

"...So we want to get the silver from other places, without increasing the burden on the common people." Feng Suzhen finally said.

"Brother Feng, what suggestion do you have?" Li Zhaoting asked.

"In fact, everyone knows that there are many wealthy businessmen in the capital, and there are many wealthy businessmen in other towns. And they have a good relationship with the government, and the tax they pay is less than one tenth. If they are asked to make up for these taxes, it will be a large amount of money, enough to fill the national treasury."

"Having said that, how can we make them willing to pay these taxes voluntarily?"

"This is what you need to think about together." Feng Suzhen smiled lightly, and naturally threw the question to the gifted scholars present.

"Even if these taxes are added, it's still bad." Liu Changying said after doing some calculations.

"When all the taxes are paid up, how much is left, we are thinking about it in the long run. But there is one more thing, the top priority is to control the national teacher. We are trying to raise money, but he keeps changing. We are Nothing can keep up with the speed at which he spends money."

"Brother Feng, can there be a solution?" Zhang Shaomin didn't know much about the national teacher, so he asked.

"This matter may trouble the princess." Feng Suzhen said.

"What's bothering me? Why didn't you go back to the princess mansion and tell me?" A clear voice came from outside the door.

"Princess?" Feng Suzhen and Zhang Shaomin cried out in surprise at the same time.