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That is natural.

Not only the Lin family, but also the decent Xungui family owed money to the court.

How should I put this money? In fact, it was the expenses of a favored courtier doing private affairs for the emperor.

Naturally, the courtiers can't ask the emperor for money. Isn't asking for money hurting feelings? But if the emperor doesn't allocate money from his private treasury, it doesn't mean that the emperor will let the courtiers suffer. If you are so picky, who will do things for you next time?

So there was such a method: borrowing money from the national treasury.

For example, if the emperor wants to tour the south and live in the house of a close courtier, then the courtier will pay the reception fee, and the emperor will speak, allowing you to borrow money from the treasury.

The ministers are also willing to spend 1 taels to borrow 2 taels.

Anyway, the emperor is there to support, which blind censor dares to urge you to pay back the debt?

If things go on like this, most of the families who were once rich in the ancestors of this dynasty owe money and food to the court.

Who will take the initiative to pay it back?Everyone is confused.

Even if the new emperor succeeds to the throne, he must give the Supreme Emperor a few face-lifts, so he can't rush to clean up his confidants in vain.

But what if?

This is what Lin Ruhai is worried about.

Now the foundation of the new emperor is not stable. Although the Supreme Emperor gave up his position, there is always some love for power and position, secretly making troubles behind his back, and treating the emperor as a puppet in his hands.

Often in a political matter, the emperor issued a decree, and the emperor issued an imperial edict to issue completely opposite opinions. The emperor was benevolent and filial, and the emperor was fledgling.

I had to bear it too many times, and after being rubbed against the ground by the Supreme Emperor for a long time, I couldn't help feeling a little resentful in my heart.

After all, the majestic king of a country, after sitting on that dragon chair for a long time, naturally has the aura of looking down on him through the ages, so why would he be willing to just be like a puppet?

If they settle accounts after the autumn, I'm afraid that all the families will suffer.

Of course, Lin Ruhai was not afraid that the emperor would do something to him. If he risked his life to clean up the salt field in the south of the Yangtze River, didn't he just tie himself to the emperor's chariot?

The fear is that it will be affected. If one day the power of the Supreme Emperor ceases and the Emperor wants to settle old scores, then use this as an excuse to deal with those honorable families one by one. Someone will come forward and argue, "there are also Lin family, why not deal with Lin family?"

At that time, even the emperor will not be good to Baolin's family. On the contrary, in order to convince everyone, he may be more impartial and show no favoritism.

No way, this is the emperor. When you talk about loyalty to him, he talks about law with you, and when you talk about law, he talks about loyalty with you. Learn from it and use it flexibly. After all, the sword is in his hands. (At this time, Tangyuan was on a errand, thinking of Zhu Yanhan, the rogue emperor...)

So Lin Ruhai wanted to pay back the money.

He explained to Daiyu: "This is the money and food owed by the ancestors of the Lin family to the court. Because all the families in the court have outstanding debts, we don't want to be the ones who are out of the gate, so we haven't paid it back."

Daiyu was very obedient: "Since that's the case, it's up to Dad to make the decision. I'll let the accountant do the accounting later."

Lin Ruhai privately wrote a memorial to the emperor, saying that although the river is clear now, but there are places in the court where money is needed, the Lin family can't share the worries of the emperor, they can only return the money they owed, so that the emperor will be less worried.

He also sold a farm in Yangzhou City wantonly, deliberately making a commotion and publicizing it to everyone. In this way, the emperor would know that the money was paid by the Lin family even though they had to go bankrupt.

This was also Lin Ruhai's arrangement. The emperor was not from the empress of the middle palace, and he was suspicious by nature. If he knew that the Lin family had given out 3 taels of silver easily, he would probably think about why the Lin family had so much money.

Daiyu naturally said yes.

Because of the sale of the house, Daiyu and Qingwen also had the opportunity to walk around Yangzhou City, which is a rare freedom.

The two of them were not in a hurry to go shopping, but went to see a real estate of the Lin family. This real estate is also an anecdote. Although there are only a few rooms in the yard, the strange thing is that they are all made of sandalwood. You don't feel hot when you enter the house, and you don't feel cold in the house in winter, not to mention that the sandalwood in the house is very charming.

This is a dowry of a grandmother of the Lin family, and the house is all made of sandalwood, which is extremely rare.But the Lin family wanted to keep a low profile and didn't want to publicize it, so no one knew about it.

Daiyu also found out about this house when she was checking the accounts. She was a child, so she naturally wanted to see what happened.Nanny Ming thinks that when the lady is in her boudoir, she should look more at the precious things to open her eyes, which will help cultivate the attitude of "the mountain collapses in front of her eyes without changing her face"; He wanted to appreciate the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancient working people; Lin Ruhai felt that Daiyu's more lively temperament would help Daiyu's physical and mental health, so this trip to the ancient house was facilitated.

There is only one couple watching the yard in that yard.They received the news in advance and swept the courtyard to wait for Daiyu.When Daiyu and her party entered the courtyard, the gatekeeper unlocked the lock and opened the door.

Qingwen couldn't help but let out a "wow".

The house is not a simple structure of sandalwood, but the whole is made of sandalwood, and the roof and walls are made of rosewood. If it is not for the riveted waist and curling things at the four corners, it is almost thought that the house is made from a sandalwood plant. Carved from fragrant wood.

There are several antiques on the tables and tables in the room. The tables and tables are all made of rosewood, and even the bases of the antiques are made of rosewood.

There is a passage in the room leading to the next room. After entering, the Duobaoge on the wall first comes into view, and Duobaoge is naturally made of sandalwood.

It's just that the designer's aesthetics are extraordinarily advanced. Duobaoge is originally orange and golden, and he painted gold and black paint on the table next to it.

In this way, the black color is the same color as the rosewood wood in the next room, so that the room does not appear to be messy, and the pattern of gold painting is smart, which echoes the golden grid, making it look gorgeous and not vulgar.

Qingwen was dumbfounded.

I am extremely sorry, my Chinese civilization has been 5000 years old, why have these advanced aesthetics not been inherited? ! ! !

Don't talk about anything else, just talk about goldware.Traveling back to ancient times, she, who thought gold was vulgar and always stayed away from it in modern times, couldn't help admiring the beauty of gold ornaments worn by ancient women time and time again.

There are indirect beauty of lines, a sense of roundness that highlights the shape of the gemstone itself, and various interesting animals. Thinking about the modern shapes, it is really a waste of gold.

Here, Qingwen staged an inner drama of beating her chest and feet, but Daiyu caught her eye on the Xiangfei bamboo chair in front of the gold-painted black lacquer table. The chair was woven with high-quality Xiangfei bamboo.

Daiyu's obsession with that chair continued until everyone went shopping in the nearby market, until everyone found a clean tea house to sit and drink tea, and she still couldn't forget: "These chairs on the market are very vulgar. Go home to the bamboo chair in the house."

Qingwen is lamenting that rich and noble families are different. When they go to a teahouse to rest their feet, they bring their own tea, tea sets, and maids who make tea. So this teahouse charges only the venue fee?I don't know sand sculpture questions like whether the shopkeeper of the teahouse is happy or not.

Looking back, I was not happy to hear Daiyu say this, hey, what can I say, why does sister Lin have anything to do with Xiangfeizhu?

In the past, she lived in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion and shed tears at the bamboo, and she was dubbed "Xiaoxiang Fairy" at the poetry meeting in the Grand View Garden.

The knowledgeable Mr. Bai next to him immediately wanted to tell the origin of the Xiaoxiang bamboo: "Yao's second daughter and Shun's second concubine are called 'Mrs. Xiang'.

Xueyuan who followed didn't understand this, she asked: "Mr. Bai, this Shun actually has two concubines, both of whom are the daughters of Emperor Yao?"

Mr. Bai naturally knew everything and said: "Yao used his two wives, Shun, to see his inside, and made nine men to see his outside. Shun lived in Guirui, and he knew everything well. Yao's two daughters did not dare to treat Shun's relatives with dignity. Very womanly."

Unlucky or unlucky, Qingwen doesn't care what is elegant or not, her mind is spinning quickly: "Yao's daughter, who is a princess, is willing to degenerate and wants two daughters to work together as a husband. It is really boring."

"Oh?!"

Her novel angle stunned Mr. Bai and Daiyu for a moment.The two of them are accustomed to thinking of literati, but they have never thought about this angle, so they were stunned for a while.

Qingwen talked eloquently: "A woman should be like Empress Lu, Zetian Dasheng Emperor, and Queen Dowager Dou. Although she was born humble, she strives for self-improvement. She gritted her teeth to find a way out for herself in the chaotic world, and trampled all the men in the world under her feet. That's patience."

"But these people don't have a good reputation..." Xue Ying said timidly beside her.

Qingwen gave her a blank look: "What is reputation? History is written by later generations. Who would like a woman to climb to the top of this patriarchal society? Which pedantic gentleman is willing to admit that they can't beat the woman they look down on? Naturally, write a bunch of negative things. .”

"If you want to talk about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Jinwu Zangjiao, Wei Zifu, and Mrs. Li are nothing more than that. Han Yan first, and then Li Yannian, but did the masters of history attack him with this? But they just dragged Zetian Dasheng The emperor's boudoir is entangled endlessly, calling her a messy erotic palace, it's really a dish for someone to see."

"When a man does the same thing, he is fighting against the barbarians, but when a woman does it, she is militaristic; when a man appoints legal officials, he is practicing the law internally, but when a woman does it, she is suspicious and cruel. A man's majesty to his subjects is to show off his prestige." Anger, martial arts and righteousness are added together, women are like wolves, they are close to evil, and they harm loyal people; a male ruler promotes his ministers to be wise, and a female ruler is to use cruel officials to win people's hearts (Note 1)."

"Look, this is almost saying that we women are wrong when we breathe and breathe?!"

What she said was vivid, and there was a "puchi" in the private room next door, as if someone heard it and was amused.

"It's like this. After a lot of comments from generation to generation, people believe that the female monarch is really a heinous villain. No wonder she left a tablet without writing after her death. She must have seen through the faces of scholars in the world. No! It's the face of people in the world, whether it's good or bad, it's up to you to spend your time, anyway, it's my old lady who sits on the dragon chair."

Qingwen spoke impassionedly, she simply rolled up her sleeves and continued her speech.

The author has something to say: Note 1: Most of the above adjectives come from the true evaluation of Wu Zetian in historical books.Isn't it annoying?So please every girl who sees here work hard and don't be easily defeated.

The glutinous rice balls made pimple soup today.

The kind of red soil tomatoes that I ate when I was a child are cut into pieces and fried in red oil, then add diced mushrooms, minced meat, diced ham, diced carrots, and diced potatoes, stir fry happily, then add gnocchi after cooking, and finally add green alfalfa sprouts (Limited in April), sprinkle a handful of chopped coriander at the end, and finish off a big bowl!

However, the family members said that this delicious food is mainly due to the luxurious materials used.

I don't listen, I don't listen.