This sleeve is broken secretly

In a hundred years of life, there is always a lot of time for the sad people to lick their wounds.Some pain, time has passed, and as the years go by, one day it will be let go.

At the end of May, after completing his work report, Lou Changfeng went north and returned to the frontier again, and the "Kuang Zheng Case" that lasted for more than half a year finally came to an end.All the properties of the Kuang family were sealed up, and relatives were beheaded or exiled. The disciples of the Kuang family were panicked like bereaved dogs.

The cabinet power has also been thoroughly cleaned.Li Chenfu was promoted to the first assistant, Liu Ling was the second assistant and the secretary of the household department, and Xie Ling and Shen Bing also entered the cabinet together.Xie Ling served as the right servant of the Ministry of household affairs, and Shen Yi served as the right servant of the Ministry of rites and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

If there is one good thing about "Kuang Zheng's Case", it is that the world no longer believes in the so-called rumors about the broken sleeves of Xie Ling and Shen Bing.Although they were two best friends, they were framed by treacherous officials, which later even delayed major military and political affairs, and finally indirectly led to the defeat of the Northern Campaign.From this we can see that rumors are as harmful as poisonous weeds.Today, there may still be a small number of people who have doubts about the relationship between Xie and Shen, but even if they just mutter a few words in front of the public, they will be drowned by the spitting stars of the world.

Without the raging discussions of the world, Shen Yi and Xie Ling naturally relaxed a lot.They go to court as usual during the day, and after leaving work in the evening, they gather with their friends, drink and talk and laugh. At the end of the day, they return to the same bed curtain, cuddle up to each other and whisper about the affairs of the court or what they have seen a day, and then hug each other fall asleep.

This is their sixth year of acquaintance.As time passed, they knew each other as well as they knew themselves.Although there is no marriage agreement, the two without this layer of fetters have never given birth to the tired resentment of married men and women.They are independent of each other, but they are closely dependent on each other, and their flesh and blood seem to be condensed into one body in the day-to-day company.

Shen Yu once wanted to write a letter to Jingzhou's family to explain his relationship with Xie Ling, but Xie Ling stopped him.

"Why bother?" After Xie Ling read the family letter that Shen Yan had finished drafting, he wrinkled the letter and threw it aside with a laugh, "Your father is very pedantic, and he lived his whole life in the way of Confucius and Mencius. In that circle, you dare not even take a step beyond. You have written three or four pages, but he won't read a single word. In the end, he will say to you that there are three ways to be unfilial, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. What are you going to do? Mr. Shen, please let me know first, I will not be able to give birth to your Shen family's children."

Shen Bian had been worrying about this all the time, but at this moment he was directly amused by his last sentence, and joked: "If you can get your father to agree, why don't you try hard—"

"Try what, try what?" Xie Ling widened his eyes, pretended to be angry and rushed over to pick up the heavy bar, and threw him on the bed, pressing him under his body to recuperate, "No If I give you the rules, you will forget about Fu Gang..."

Shen Bing was so oppressed by him that he couldn't escape, he couldn't escape, his whole body was itchy, he gasped and laughed and begged for mercy.At this moment, the two important ministers who were famous all over the world were playing and laughing like three-year-old children in the curtain, rolling into a ball, sweating from fighting.

After a while, after quieting down, Xie Ling stroked the heavy temple, and said in a low voice, "You don't have to think about me."

He knew that Shen Bing wrote this family letter for himself.After all, when the two first got together, he was annoyed by Shen Bian's secretive attitude towards this relationship, and even lost his temper and made a big fuss.

Thinking about myself at that time now, it is really ridiculous.But Shen Bing seemed to always remember it in his heart.

Shen Yan played with the loose buttons on Xie Jin's chest with his fingers, and said softly: "Rang Zhi, I have never been as brave as you in this matter, and I have always cared about the eyes of the world. But after this incident, I have figured it out A lot...so for you, I also want to do something..."

Although I still can't show off my self-confidence like you, at least I want you to know that I care about you as much as you do.

With a little force, Xie Ling pulled him into his arms, and said in a low voice: "No need, I know everything. Right now I have you enough."

Shen Bing has changed, so why hasn't he changed?They are both working hard to change and grow for each other, but in fact, the two of them clinging to each other at this time are already the best.

Later, Shen Bing still sent a letter home to Jingzhou.The letter did not specify the relationship between the two, but simply told the whole story of the rumors and the development of the court in the past six months.

As for how Shen's father would react, the two of them didn't care that much anymore.

The reform of military and political fields above the court is still going on.Since the "Qingzhang Field Reform Law" proposed by Shen Yusuo in the 26th year of Hongwu, this law has been implemented throughout the country for nearly two years.This decree solves the problem of most tyrants seizing farmers' land but evading taxes. However, there are no perfect laws and regulations in this world, and various problems will always be encountered in the process of implementation.

In June of the 28th year of Hongwu, Xie Ling, the servant of the household department, went to Shu, and painfully stated the two drawbacks of the "clear Zhang law".

In the memorial he wrote.First, the current "Qingzhang Law" stipulates that, except for the government's need to collect rice and wheat, the burden of tax and service shall be reduced to two silver.Although this saves the cost of transportation and storage, it creates a more serious problem-the problem of fire consumption.

Because the tax law stipulates that silver should be paid, the so-called "fire consumption" occurs in the process of silver melting and casting.The actual fire consumption for melting and casting broken silver is an average of one to two cents per tael, that is, one or two percent. However, the actual fire consumption is often much higher, as high as two to three coins per tael, sometimes even more.As a result, fire consumption has become an ingenious means of local accumulation.

Second, silver is expensive and valleys are cheap.The official tax is silver.When the folks pay taxes, they convert grain and other outputs into silver, so they have to exchange them with merchants when paying the two taxes, and the merchants use this to raise the price of silver, which invisibly increases the tax burden of the people. burden.

These two opinions written in Xie Ling's memorabilia are well-founded and closely related to people's livelihood. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that these two opinions are very helpful to the further implementation of the "Qingzhang Law".

But the bad thing about this is that the "Qingzhang Law" was proposed by Shen Yi, and now it is Xie Ling who is criticizing.

As long as these two collide together, there will be endless gossip and gossip.

I don't know who passed it on, but when Xie Ling finished his statement during the royal discussion, Shen Bing's expression changed.The two stood up directly in front of Emperor Hongwu, and even Li Chenfu and Liu Ling couldn't mediate, and they broke up unhappy.

It was obviously a state matter, but it was rumored to be an affair by a group of aristocratic families in the capital.Later, I don't know what kind of good thing is the master. On a summer night, I packed 99 painting boats on the Yanjiang River, and invited Xie Ling and Shen Bing one by one to adjust the relationship between the two of them.

The summer night in the capital city in July is the most romantic and lively season.

Before the heat can't get out of the house, as long as the dullness of the day fades away in the capital at this time, when the night comes, it will be cool and the breeze will come.

Especially on both sides of the Yanjiang River, there are phoenix flowers that stretch for more than ten miles, and this is the season when they are in full bloom.Looking around, under the moonlight, there is a silvery fire tree, which looks like the feather of a flying phoenix when viewed from a distance, and the crown of a phoenix when viewed close up.

The cool night is like clear water, and the bright river is like Henglian.Looking at both sides of the strait, the phoenix is ​​like a fire.

Today's Yanjiang is even more lively.Starting from the wharf where the Yuhe and Yanjiang Rivers meet, 99 painted boats come out like fireflies, fluttering down the water, and the river lights and fishing lights flutter with the waves, as if the sky turned over and the stars scattered into the water waves.

And if you listen closely, the melodious and melodious sound of silk and bamboo is echoing on the night river.Curly like the Sanskrit sound from the sky, intoxicating.

In the center of the small boats, there is a large painting boat with carved beams and painted buildings and swaying goose feathers. When the wind comes with the waves, it looks like the car of the goddess of nine heavens is riding on the wind. The wind is extremely beautiful.

And on this painting boat, sit the main guests tonight.

The person seated here was the eldest son of a man from the south. His family was very wealthy. This time he went to Beijing because he wanted to cling to a famous family in the capital.In today's seat, not only the prince of Wei Guogong, but also Xie Lingyan, Shisong and other descendants of aristocratic families gathered together.

Xie Ling lazily leaned on the back of the chair, looking a little out of interest.The son of the maker toasted a round of wine, and when he came to him, he looked closely at his expression, and he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong with Brother Xie today, are you tired because you are too busy with business?"

Xie Ling smiled lightly and said no.

In fact, Shen Bing was too busy these two days.These days, I have started to plan for this year's autumn. Shen Bing has a lot of business to deal with at his desk, and he has been so busy that he hasn't seen him for several days.It's so easy for Shen Bing to be free today, but he was called to the Yanjiang River to socialize again. Right now, all he is planning is to go back early and have a warm time with his Mr. Shen in the tent. ?

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, and didn't dare to ask any more, the son of the maker turned his head to chat and laugh with others.

Xie Ling drank wine here and there, the boat was full of beauties, Xiangfeng seemed to be gone, and he kept thinking about how to go home early.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a person next to him mention Shen Bing, and then he only heard the son of the maker laughing: "Master Shen, I'll be here soon."