Rong Lan

"Master Shao, although there is a fee to return the land to the imperial court, he still has to bear a huge profit loss. Several grain shops in Fucheng are not operating well and have already closed down."

"Master Shao, the worst thing is that when other merchants heard the news, they united with local chambers of commerce to boycott the government's decree, and many gentry families also participated in it. What should we do?"

"Young Villa Master, the Emperor has been discussing this matter for several days, but he still hasn't found a way to deal with it properly. If the new policy is shelved, Qianyuzhuang will be in danger!"

"Young Master, Mr. Lan is here!"

Five days ago, Qian Yuchen almost experienced a life-and-death separation. When Qian Yuchen saw Rong Lan again, he was surrounded by people, and he was a little bit burnt out in order to assist the court in implementing the Xintian system.

While everyone was talking to each other, he turned his head, and Rong Lan walked up to him from the colorful clouds and blue night, with a smile on his lips, and handed him a page of silk book.

"Hey, thank you for that!"

Qian Yuchen took it over and looked at it, his eyes flashed brightly, and sighed while watching: "It's really a good thing, I was at a loss, but you helped me a lot! You took the prince around the capital all day to do something. Investigate writing this?"

Rong Lan nodded: "This is a trial commercial recommendation to support the new land system. It contains detailed explanations of the new policies and regulations of the imperial court. His Royal Highness personally participated in the compilation. It has not been published to various places. It will be cheaper for you first! Redistribute Tian Yumin, the land is no longer concentrated in the hands of you 'landlords', and it doesn't mean you have to lose money and make money! With less land rent, after the crops mature, the people will have more surplus than before, except for the part that is turned over to the state and their own rations. You have to take it out for trading and exchange for other daily necessities. With the increase in liquidity in the market, the business opportunities are really unlimited. Qianyuzhuang has already taken the lead in the reform of the land system, so it might as well take the lead along with this."

Qian Yuchen had already shifted his eyes from the silk book to Rong Lan's face, but when Rong Lan spoke, his eyes and lips were full of radiance, and his sinking heart sank even more.

How long has he not seen this person so full of life?

Qian Yuchen was staring intently, and heard Rong Lan say: "Chen, you and I haven't had a drink together for a long time, and now I'm in good health, how about we have a drink?"

The bright moon is bright, the evening breeze is gentle, the wine and food are delicious, and the two of them will have a feast.

For more than two years in the past, Rong Lan and Qian Yuchen often drank together under the moonlight. The so-called confidants were really able to stab each other, and they could talk happily over wine.

"Chen, you not only saved my life, you also saved my elder brother. I have long forgotten your kindness to me, but I don't thank you for your kindness. I offer you a toast!"

"Lan, you were forced to enter the palace in order to keep Qianyu Zhuang. Now that your shadow has been removed, Qianyu Zhuang will survive the catastrophe when I assist the court to implement the new field system. How can I repay the kindness you have shown Qianyu Zhuang? Qing? You and I met once, and this glass of wine is only for the fate of a bosom friend."

Three rounds of wine.

"It can't be done, I can't drink anymore...it's a bit over the top..." Rong Lan waved her hands drunkenly, and when she raised her eyes, there was a layer of mist in her eyes because of the alcohol.

Qian Yuchen watched, caught off guard, "I'll take you back."

As he spoke, he turned to Rong Lan, "Wow!"The silk clothes slipped, and the man who couldn't drink threw himself into his arms.

In an instant, the heart that had already lost its rhythm became even more chaotic.

It was the first time he and his lips were so close...

Those lips were slightly parted, and under the moonlight, they seemed to have been painted with a layer of light-colored glaze, dipped in wine, crystal clear.

Qian Yuchen stared at her for a moment, then slowly leaned over as if possessed by a demon, and kissed her.

"Hmm..." The person who was kissed couldn't breathe well, and he tilted his head lightly, and muttered, "Chongyi... please don't kiss me again...!"

Qian Yuchen's body froze.

"I only have one heart left..."

In the palace, after dinner, the night was getting darker, Chong Yi was still discussing with his confidant ministers in the Palace of Qinzheng, holding a court meeting at such a late hour, it can be seen that Chong Yi was anxious and attached great importance to the content of the discussion.

Cheng He, Minister of the Household Department, came forward and said: "Returning to the emperor, although the business recommendation written by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Mr. Lan was based on the capital city, Mr. Lan came from a business background and is quite familiar with the local economy. After discussion, the officials agreed that this recommendation can also be used nationwide."

Following Xu Zhongbo, the new prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Gu Zhongshi, said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that this recommendation should be implemented in Qianyuzhuang first. If the deficit in Qianyuzhuang can be reversed, the resistance from local chambers of commerce will be eliminated. Then it will be implemented nationwide. With this recommendation, the reform of the land system will definitely take a big step forward!"

This idea coincides with Rong Lan's.

Gu Zhongshi was the No. [-] scholar in liberal arts in the six years of Chongde, and he was a doctor in the Ministry of Officials before he became a prime minister. Apart from Rong Lan, who had never participated in the imperial examination, he was the fastest rising star in the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and he was not only influential among the new generation of literati As an official, he dared to innovate even more, but while he was not conservative, he was not aggressive.Zhongyi made an exception to promote him because he valued his character.

After a long discussion with the court, the matter was finally resolved, Zhong Yi nodded and said in a deep voice, "I will handle the specific matters under the threat of Gu Xiang!"

"Sir, obey the order!"

It was night, and Chong Yi was holding a silk book beside Rong Lan's pillow affectionately: "Lan'er, you said this was a birthday present from Wen'er, but you actually gave it to me, right? You helped me solve such a big problem, How do you want me to reward you?"

Rong Lan got a headache after drinking, and was too lazy to talk to Chong Yi, so she threw the little fox to Chong Yi, turned her back and closed her eyes: "If you have something to do, don't bother me!"

The emperor's birthday is approaching, and the emperor's birthday, which is celebrated every ten years, is a national event. The palace is full of preparations, and officials all over the country are actively sorting out the political achievements of various places in the past ten years to report to the court.

While promoting the New Deal, Zhong Yi took advantage of his birthday to review the governance situation in the past ten years. He was so busy that his head was barely resting on his head, so he could hardly bother Rong Lan any more.

Regarding this, Rong Lan was delighted to hear it, and it was not far away from the day when she was going to leave, so she planned to take care of Chong Yi's child for a few days before leaving.

"His Royal Highness, Master Lan invites you to Minxue Hall, saying that he is in good health and can start teaching His Highness again."

When Chongwen received the message from the servant, he almost ran all the way to Minxue Hall. He had heard that the imperial doctor Wang came to save the prince and the prince, but the emperor forbids anyone to disturb the teacher. He wanted to visit Every time he was stopped by the forbidden army.

I can finally meet my teacher!

Chongwen excitedly ran outside Minxue Hall, but suddenly stopped in his tracks.

But would the teacher...won't want to see him?

The father said that the teacher did not kill the mother's queen, but he quietly took the gift that the teacher gave to the father to blame him, and even saw his followers push the teacher into the water, causing the teacher to almost die...

"Isn't His Royal Highness coming in? Class is about to start." Came a cool and soft male voice.

As soon as Chongwen raised his head, he saw a man in a scarlet court dress with a black sand on his head standing in front of him.

"Teacher, I, I..." Chongwen, the child who did something wrong, "I" for a long time, unable to say the following words.

"What about me?" Rong Lan raised her eyebrows and walked into the hall, as if she had lost her patience, she didn't care about the mental health of a ten-year-old child at all, and she was dissatisfied: "How can I set an example for my younger brothers? "

Chongwen was taken aback, and hurriedly followed Rong Lan, saying: "Teacher, I was wrong! Don't be angry!"

The big knots in my heart are all wiped out in this sentence of "reproving".

"See, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

As soon as Chongwen walked into the palace gate, he saw his three younger brothers were all there. He realized what the teacher said in the second half of the sentence just now. He pretended to be old-fashioned and stood up with his hands behind his back: "Get up."

The four children went to their seats and bowed to Rong Lan: "Teacher!"

Rong Lan nodded slightly: "Sit."

On this day, several princes who had not yet been infected by the desire for power recognized the same teacher and sat together for the first time to study and study.They didn't think that later, their brotherly harmony, working together to plan a new chapter for Dazhou, and governing their own era all stemmed from the teenage years when they studied together and from their common teacher.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Lan's methods are extraordinary. His Royal Highness the Third Prince is already under his control. Your Majesty should give up for the sake of the Third Prince!"

"Hmph! The emperor sent a secret guard to stay by his side all the time, for fear that something might happen to him again. Now even if he catches Ran'er, he has no chance to do it! It has solved a difficult problem for this palace! How can a person who has achieved great things look forward and back, and be timid? ? Brother, don’t waver anymore!”

One night before the emperor's birthday, the posthouse where the Beijue mission lived was attacked by thieves. The officers and soldiers who searched for the thief accidentally found several letters with the prince's seal in the envoy's room. The letters were sent to the palace overnight and presented to the emperor.

Immediately afterwards, officials from the Ministry of Punishments reported that some people with lofty ideals had reported that the prince and the prince Taifu were secretly plotting against each other.

Successive incidents all point to the prince's treason. The emperor ordered to investigate the matter secretly. Before the investigation of the cause is clear, anyone who leaks the news will be killed without mercy!

The investigation soon came to fruition, the emperor actually decided to open the trial of the crown prince's treason case!The government and the public were shocked in an instant!

On the day of the imperial trial, all civil and military officials witnessed that both Chongwen and Rong Lan were summoned to the Palace of Political Affairs, and Beijue's envoys were no exception.

Everyone thought that the prince and the prince and Taifu would surely die today!The emperor didn't even give them a chance to speak up, let them kneel and watch from the moment they entered the palace, and the emperor sent the Beijue envoys to be interrogated, risking damage to the diplomatic relations of the vassal states and causing war, which seemed to further illustrate the emperor's respect for the crown prince. Hatred of treason!

Zhang Degao: "The emperor has a decree, bring witnesses!"

The hero from the rivers and lakes was escorted into the main hall, his legs were weak, he kowtowed to the emperor, and shouted long live three times, without any chivalrous and awe-inspiring denunciation demeanor in his behavior.

Chong Yi said in a deep voice: "I ask you, when and where did you see the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince Taifu conspiring with the Najue people?"

The man of lofty ideals replied: "Back, back to the emperor, the Caomin bumped into it at the Huxi Pavilion on the outskirts of Beijing about Shenshi 20 days ago. At that time, the Caomin was sleeping on a tree next to the pavilion, so I happened to hear it."

Chong Yi sneered: "Oh? Is that so? Since we ran into each other 20 days ago, why didn't we report it until now?"

The man of lofty ideals replied: "Going back to the emperor, when Caomin heard this kind of thing at the beginning, he was afraid in his heart, so he thought that one more thing would be better than one less thing, so as not to cause trouble to the upper body. But when he returned home and couldn't sleep at night, after thinking about it, he always felt that this matter should be reported to the police. The imperial court, the emperor is sage, and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty live in peace under the emperor's rule, and the grassroots cannot see that the emperor is so wise that he is in danger, but hide it and not report it."

Chong Yi's eyes became colder only under the compliment of this ambitious man.

Zhang De raised his voice: "The emperor has a decree, and then pass on witnesses!"

A few ordinary farmers were brought into the hall, kneeling down to the emperor with weak legs, not daring to lift their heads.

Chong Yi pointed to Chong Wen and Rong Lan and said: "You all raise your heads, let me have a good look, do you know these two people?"

Several farmers tremblingly raised their heads to look at the person kneeling beside them. They were all shocked by this look, and responded one after another.

"I know it! I know it!"

"They have been to our field. At that time, the field was full of people who came to watch, saying that there are gods descending from the earth."

"So it's not a fairy! It's an official!"

Chong Yi asked: "20 days ago, about Shen's time, where were you?"

One of the farmers replied: "Back, back to the emperor, we were all working in the fields at that time."

Another person suddenly remembered something, looked at Rong Lan and Chongwen and said: "It seems that they went to our field in the afternoon 20 days ago! My wife gave birth that day, so I remember the date clearly!"

In a word, all the officials were amazed, if the prince and the prince Taifu were in the farmland at that time, how could they appear in the Huxi Pavilion?Everyone looked at the extremely beautiful face of the crown prince and grand master. It is not surprising that ordinary farmers would regard him as a god. Didn't they also feel astonished as heaven when they first saw it?

And Rong Lan walked around the capital with Chongwen. Because of his beautiful face, he was always surrounded by people and exclaimed constantly. He wanted to frame them as going out of the palace to contact Beijue people. Rebellion is not generally difficult, and there are too many people who can prove what they are doing...

The nobleman began to lose his composure, and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, the grassroots are not lying! If your Majesty catches the Najue people, you will know immediately!"

Just as he was talking, a rough-looking Beijue man was dragged into the hall by the imperial army, covered in blood, followed by an official from the Ministry of Punishment: "Qizou the emperor, this person has confessed, this is his confession, please The emperor's royal view!"

Chong Yi waved his hand, Zhang De took the confession and did not present it to the emperor, but passed it on to the officials of the first hall. All the ministers were surprised. This person was the left deputy general who was next to Haihu back then. Haihu was defeated and was cut down by the crown prince. He took advantage of the chaos and fled into the depths of the grassland. He has not been seen for more than two years. It turned out that he had been the driver to avenge the old master and wanted to blame the prince.

The officials were still surprised when suddenly a concubine broke free from the imperial guards and broke into the palace: "Let go of this palace! Your Majesty! You are wronged! Your Majesty! It is the prince who colluded with the Jue people, not the elder brother of the concubine!! Is the emperor messing with you? Wrong?!" Early in the morning, she heard that the emperor wanted to try the crown prince and the crown prince's tutor, and she was happy that the plan finally succeeded, but it didn't take long for General Zeng to be arrested and imprisoned for treason.

Concubine De knelt at the emperor's feet, crying hoarsely!As soon as Zeng Chukuo was imprisoned, the Zeng family lost their military power and lost all bargaining chips!

Chong Yi looked at her coldly: "How does Concubine Ai know that it is the crown prince who is in collusion with Jue Ren?"

Concubine De hastily proved: "Your Majesty, after the Empress's death, the Crown Prince has always held resentment towards the Emperor and wanted to avenge his mother, so he joined forces with the Jue people to seek power and usurp the throne! Your Majesty is clearly aware! The secret letter found in the posthouse is enough Prove that the prince is rebellious!"

Chong Yi chuckled lightly: "Aifei has never read the secret letter, so how does she know what is written in the secret letter?"

Zeng Ciyi was shocked!Realizing that I was speaking in a hurry...

Chongwen raised his eyes and looked at his father: "Father clearly understands that those letters have nothing to do with rebellion. Beijue is rich in horses, and father's birthday is approaching. I just ask them to find a horse and give it to father as a birthday present." !"

Chong Yi heard the words and looked at Guan Cheng, who was in charge of the envoy's affairs, and hurriedly stepped forward: "Qi Zuo Emperor, this time the Beijue envoys did bring high-quality horses to the suburbs of Beijing to breed. Waiting for the emperor's birthday to offer a gift."

Beijue's envoys also echoed at the right time: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince's filial piety to you can be learned from the sun and the moon, and Beijue is even more sincerely submitting to the Great Zhou, and dare not have the heart of rebellion! To congratulate His Majesty is to express Beijue's loyalty to His Majesty." For more than two years, Zhou Jun raised troops in Hukou Pass to maintain the peace of the grassland, and the Zhou Dynasty even gave food subsidies to the vagrants. They live a stable life, don't worry about food and clothing, and don't want to have another disaster at all.

Zhang De sent the so-called "rebellion" letter to all the officials to circulate, and suddenly there was a loud voice outside the hall: "The empress dowager is here!"

All the officials kowtowed together, "The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

The Empress Dowager has always been cold-eyed and high-spirited, ignoring the worship of the officials, and only said to Zeng Ciyi: "You have disappointed Aijia so much! How can Aijia rest assured that his grandson will grow up with a womanless person like you! From today on, The third prince will be brought up by Concubine Xu!" The queen mother's words really protected Chong Ran from the impact of this incident.

A palace lady was thrown into the palace immediately, lying at Zeng Ciyi's feet and crying: "Your Majesty, save this servant! Save this servant!"

This palace maid was the late queen's close palace maid, many officials had seen it, and it was self-evident what the queen's close palace maid was crying for help at the feet of the empress at the moment.

Seeing the incident revealed, the nobleman confessed Zeng Chukuo's plot to assist Concubine De to abolish the prince and frame the prince and the prince's tutor in order to save his life. The matter finally came to light.

The father of the Zeng family knelt down in public! "Your Majesty, my son is confused for a moment!"

The emperor decreed in a cold voice: "If you frame the Eastern Palace, you will be executed according to the law! I think your son has been stationed in the south of the border for the Great Zhou for many years, and he has made many military exploits. And when my birthday is approaching, I will pardon the world, pardon him from death, and order him to surrender the military amulet. Sent into exile, never to enter Beijing!"

Concubine De is a concubine in the harem, and there is no queen in the harem, so it is natural for the queen mother to dispose of her, "Take her away to Aijia!"

The two nuns went forward to drag Zeng Ciyi, but they saw her rushing towards Chongwen like crazy, with a knife in her hand.

"Protect His Royal Highness!"

This scene happened so fast that the imperial guards had no time to stop it. Rong Lan, who was kneeling next to Chongwen, put his back on him to protect Chongwen in his arms.

"Pfft!"Sharp objects penetrate the human body.

Three feet of blood!

"Lan'er!" Chong Yi roared!The back of the heart and the whole back were shivering, and he ran down the dragon chair.

"Teacher...?" Chongwen raised his head in astonishment, only feeling that something sprayed his face, and his eyes were blood red.