Clam Pearl

Chapter 74

But when Gu Zhao came home, Ah Run didn't see him all night, and thought very much in his heart. Seeing him coming back, he shamelessly leaned forward, chatting gossipingly while being intimate to amuse him.

"I don't know where Sun Xi found the chief official of the palace. He spoke like thunder. Today, I was taken aback when I went up to the court. In the past, there were confused people down there, but now he has made me feel refreshed."

Sun Xi and Gu Zhao knew each other at first. He was originally a novice from Fayuan Temple in Biluo Mountain. Who knows, this person turned out to be an eunuch, or a eunuch that Ah Run liked very much since he was a child.Now that Ah Run has ascended the throne, he has come back to be the chief eunuch in the palace.

Sun Xi often comes here on weekdays. Gu Zhao and A Run have a lot of privacy in the house, and Gu Zhao likes to take care of them.Ah Run likes to use Sun Xi.

Speaking of Sun Xi, in Ah Run's words, if ordinary people have one mind, Sun Xi can have ten.However, Gu Zhao has never disliked people with a lot of thought, as long as he uses his heart in the right place, he will be fine.

Fortunately, Sun Xi has always been safe. Most of the eunuchs in Gu Zhao's courtyard are arranged by Sun Xi himself.A very special group of people, they looked normal, and their voices were not weak and sharp like eunuchs. Others generally couldn't tell that Gu Zhao used eunuchs, and they didn't know how this guy was chosen.

"I think that Sun Xi has done a good job. The head official of the palace doesn't want to have a bright voice. You should reward him."

"Reward? I am a poor family with foreign debts. I would like to get it from somewhere. Could it be that if they don't take the monthly silver, they will work for nothing?"

"I've never seen such a stingy emperor like you. I've heard from my nephew that this year His Majesty has issued nearly ten million coins."

"Yo, listening to Xiao Qiye's tone, you have met many emperors?"

"Oh, why is the taste so sour today? Listen to your tone, but someone provoked you again?"

"That's right, they all want to rise to the gold rank to bully me, and one by one huddled together to protect their loyalty and eliminate traitors."

The two taunted each other like yesterday, and they went to the side room of the main room together, one went to work at the desk, and the other was holding a new play written by Gu Maobing to read idle books.From time to time, he smirked.

The two of them have been together for a long time, they have been warm and intimate, they have been turned upside down, they have been angry and quarreled, and even fought.Of course, it is usually Gu Zhao who hits, and Ah Run hides in the yard.

When we were together at first, we showed our strengths, but after a long time, we found that the other party is not perfect.Ah Run felt that Gu Zhao looked enthusiastic, but in fact he was the coldest in heart.Gu Zhao felt that Ah Run looked indifferent, but he was actually the most narrow-minded.

After being married for a long time, they will become like an old couple. This is a law of nature and no one can escape it.

However, when getting along together, don't say anything, just think right.Considering Gu Zhaohuo's psychological age, everyone has a bottom line, he has, and Ah Run knows it.Ah Run also has it, so Gu Zhao naturally knows it.Although Ah Run didn't necessarily care about it, Gu Zhao was very self-disciplined.

Just like Ah Run's desk, he never went over it, never looked at it, and never went near it unless necessary, he had his own desk.When I need to get things on weekdays, I also walk around there.

In the past three years, Gu Zhao has his own principles in everything he does, even he seldom commented on his courtiers with Ah Run.Knowing this for a long time, Gu Zhao has never asked Ah Run for anything, but Ah Run, as long as he sees something good, he must quietly keep it from his private treasury in the harem. In Gu Zhao's warehouse.

Gu Zhao is not talking nonsense, you want it for me, but don't try to deduct it from your foreign debt.Ah Run knew that he did it on purpose, so whenever he heard him nagging, he just smiled.He had some embarrassing things, and he often babbled to Ah Zhao.

Ah Zhao has a broad vision, and he has his own way of dealing with court affairs and mundane affairs, and he is willing to talk about them as long as he does not disturb personnel changes.It's just that the world rules in the previous life are different from this life. There are many suggestions, and there are not many that can be used and implemented. At most, it can be regarded as an utopia that Gu Zhao himself invented.

Ah Run has a great talent, he can use those inexplicable ideas made by Gu Zhao every time, and use them by himself.

After all, the thinking of the two of them has spanned thousands of years, so there are too many places that are out of tune.This ancient era has its own ancient rules, no matter how many reforms, revolutions, and uprisings you see in future generations, it is useless to come here.Daliang Dynasty is an overhead, it has its special place.So Gu Zhao held on, don't care, don't ask, don't discuss.If you ask, I will try my best to help you get along with Ah Run.

Therefore, Ah Run couldn't live without him for a day.That's because I just want a safe haven, and Gu Zhao is Ah Run's safe haven.In fact, this person doesn't care how decent you are outside, when you sleep with my dear, it's still not farting in the bed. If you are close to you, don't dislike anyone.

Seeing that noon was approaching, someone knocked lightly on the jade chime outside the door a few times, Ah Run put down his brush, and looked up to see Gu Zhao lazily leaning on the soft couch, someone whose whole body was so soft that his bones were about to rot.It's okay to be lazy, but he also needs to be greedy, and he keeps picking up snacks from the dishes and bowls with one hand.Being lazy and greedy is just a rule, and today this person is giggling while reading a book, so let's add a stupid to him.

Ah Run had no choice but to throw away the brush, walked over and picked it up, and said: "Come on, look back, they offered some good bear paws a few days ago, today I ordered someone to make them, you have a try, my side Didn’t they have a new batch of cooks, Sun Xi said that their skills are good.” Ah Run threw Gu Zhao’s little book aside again, squinting and seeing that it was actually a good story about a spring girl, he immediately fell in love with it!

Gu Zhao looked up at him and smiled, what kind of jealousy is this?

On the side of the main hall, the food and drinks have been served. The food is simple and exquisite, four cold and four hot, one soup, two big dishes, and a jug of light wine. There is no one around the wine table.

Gu Zhao and A Run sat down, and A Run took chopsticks and put some of Gu Zhao's favorite shrimp fried pork loin, egg dumplings with southern legs, and duck neck into Gu Zhao's bowl.Gu Zhao also helped Ah Run pick up two chopsticks of bamboo shoots and tofu, as well as cold bean sprouts.

Ah Run has been a vegetarian for a long time, and there is a problem that he can smell the smell of meat, so the meat dish has a slight smell of meat, so he doesn't like it very much.

As for the plate of bear's paw, Gu Zhaoyi didn't pick up his chopsticks, so no one could resist eating this every day. Besides, the bear is so cute, what's the point of eating others properly.

The two of them didn't pay too much attention when they ate, and they both talked.

After Gu Zhao ate a few mouthfuls, he said, "I passed by the General Secretary today, and saw that thousands of applicants can sign up. Nowadays, a training applicant needs to pay miscellaneous fees three times a month. Thousands of applicants may need to There are 20 guan, plus doctorate, dormitory, yamen expenses in general... Let me calculate for you, the new company fee will cost [-] guan a year. They said that you will pay all the arrears this year. left?"

Ah Run took a few sips of soup and said, "It's nothing to worry about. The emperors of all dynasties are not rich. That's not it. They have always opposed the transparent taxation made last year. I don't know yet. They are just because I exposed the money they got, this spring is good, there are house transactions in various places, and there are a lot of livestock transactions, and I just bought a few big ones there, which is enough."

"Transparency" is a new vocabulary, at least, before Gu Zhao said it, it didn't exist in this era.Since he said that Ah Run would use it at least ten times a day in front of the courtiers, because at the end of the year before last, the tax money from various places could not be paid, Ah Run became angry and reformed the household department, as well as the dental offices of various counties and prefectures. .The Ministry of Household Affairs issued a batch of bamboo deeds and copper deeds with a unified national serial number.That is to say, in future transactions, only contracts recognized by the state can be used, and private sales from various places will not be counted.In this way, it is clear at a glance how many domestic transactions occur each year.

In the past, there were laws for tax collection in various places. For example, in house transactions, the buyer had to pay two-tenths of the tax, and the seller had to pay one-tenth of the tax.When going to the yamen to sign a contract, the obvious expenses include the contract paper money, the verification money, Zhu Motou’s money, and printing money. There are too many clever names in private. Add a little bit for each level, and when it is implemented, the common people can afford it. In the end, it is still a small number of people who are rich.Therefore, the folks only establish a draft contract without reporting it to the government, so it is unknown.

Ah Run's tax transparency means that all the fees charged by the imperial court are written in official documents and posted at the gates of county government offices in various places, and they are changed every month.I also invited a literate teacher to read it three times every day when I get up early, and explain it three times afterward.In this way, the common people will know what money the court collects, what money they don't want, and how much money they need to pay for any transaction.As for other additional income and expenses, that is the taxes collected by your parents here under clever names.

Now the imperial court has a report box, which is square and square, made of pure iron, weighing three hundred catties, and has four layers of boxes inside and outside. There are inspections to get the key to open the box.Once it is confirmed that it is correct, Ah Run's method is no worse than that of his brother Tianshoudi. The Tianshoudi just finished the matter, and Ah Run will directly send the whole family, regardless of gender, age or age, to the wasteland.

It’s good to open up wasteland. Others open up wasteland for houses, fields, and farm tools. After opening [-] acres and handing over [-] acres, the rest is your own.These prisoners, within four generations of the family, can only open up wasteland for nothing, and only give some rations every year.

In a certain point, the holy grandfather, the first emperor, and today are all the same kind, and they are all pedigrees with black hearts and black hands.It's just that Ah Run now has a reputation for charity, he doesn't love killing, he plays with sitting.If I hit you, you still have to thank me.

Of course, Zhao Chunrun will not be at a loss either. He separates the prescribed printing of money from the court tax.The big tax belongs to the state, and the local supervisors of small taxes can take it as appropriate.In this way, those who stretch out their hands indiscriminately, and those who apportion indiscriminately, can't make up excuses to stretch out their hands indiscriminately. In the first quarter of this year, the tax has risen by more than four or five times.This time, he slapped Man Chao Wenwu in the face.Ah Run had achieved political achievements, so he naturally proudly showed off to Gu Zhao.And again and again, transparency is a good word.

Gu Zhao just laughed, but didn't praise him. Although he thought of the method first, the measures here were all drawn up by Ah Run himself.What's more, Ah Run... As long as he shows face, he will ask for a lot.Now Gu Zhao's body is still developing, and he still wants to grow taller, but Ah Run is a demanding person, and sometimes he is not humble when it comes to intercourse. He grew crooked when he was in early childhood education, and he didn't know how to write the characters at all. .

So the two are always angry because of some things.But the two of them are on good terms, no matter how angry they are, they won't stay overnight, and if they get angry during the day, they will reconcile at night no matter what.Generally speaking, Ah Run gave way, he felt that he was older than Gu Zhao.Hey, he didn't know, that guy was a black-bellied person, and he was the most capable person who could pretend to be stupid. Don't look at Ah Run as an emperor, he didn't know how much he had eaten.

After lunch, the two walked around the courtyard twice to digest food, and then went back to the house to catch up on sleep. Just after taking a break, they heard someone whispering outside. Gu Zhao didn't open his eyes, but turned to look at Ah, who had already fallen asleep. Run, put on clothes.Wearing soft-soled shoes, he went outside and asked, "Who is it?"

Xizai stood at the door, not daring to enter the house, lowered his head holding a post and said, "Seventh Lord, it was a post from the Eldest Master, saying that the old lady of Mr. Chang Guogong Qi's family is over eighty. whole life."

Gu Zhao curled his lips and said, "If you don't go, just say that I'm not feeling well. Let's go another day."

Xizai said with a smile on his face: "Master Qi, I'm afraid...it won't work. The old man said, you usually hide, but this time you can't hide. It's the post that the old lady personally ordered. Besides, there seems to be someone else over there." There's something important to say."

Gu Zhao had no choice but to accept the post and put it aside.Turning around, she wanted to sleep, but she saw Ah Run woke up at some point, sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at him with a weird smile on his face.

Gu Zhao went over, pushed him down, wrapped his arms around his waist and said, "Don't look at me, how they arrange it is their business, I... will never agree."

That's right, now that Gu Zhao is grown up, he has already reached the age when he should get married.He has no parents above him, and no troubles below him.He has a hereditary title of nobility, he is rich, and his elder brothers are all capable.Apart from His Majesty in this capital, his marriage is a first-class marriage, so since the crowning ceremony, the threshold of the family has collapsed in many ways.

Ah Run was lying on his side, neither speaking nor expressing his attitude. Gu Zhao knew that he was narrow-minded again, so he hugged him and said, "I'm telling the truth, otherwise I'll make a big gut-piercing oath to you ?”

Ah Run hugged him back, and hurriedly told him to stop talking nonsense. He was always taboo about this, especially Gu Zhao. And so on, it sounds very out of tune.

"You're an adult now, you have to pass that test no matter what, it looks good, if... If you think it's okay, tell me, I'll give you a marriage."

Gu Zhao took a long breath, and suddenly laughed: "Here's another one, I told you, I will be you in my life. It's okay to delay her good girl, you, don't think about it, Tomorrow, I will go to Fayuan Temple to find the old monk and ask him to give me a dharma name... I will also find a name, just say, I don't have that kind of heart, and I am still practicing in this world..."

Ah Run looked at Gu Zhao, and felt a little more comfortable. He turned over and rode on him again and began to grind. It's noon, and he was afraid that he would have bad intentions again.Gu Zhao stretched out his hand and slapped him down, saying, "What are you doing, it's noon."

Ah Run was a little ashamed, lay down angrily, and turned his face to the other side.Gu Zhao smiled lightly, put his arms around his waist and squeezed: "I can tell you, your reserves are limited, let's save a little bit, I know for your own good!"

"You're talking nonsense again. You keep on talking nonsense all day long. I don't know where you learned it from. Now you learn from your brother. He never says a word. He just dozes off in front of me. And your reason is useless. , It won't be fresh after I use it..." Xu Shi was tired, and Ah Run fell asleep in a daze while talking.

Seeing that he fell asleep again, Gu Zhao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and got up slightly, reached out to take the book he was reading from one side, flipped through a few pages, and then threw it aside again.Now, the eldest brother is exhausted with himself. Originally, the brothers were all good, but now they often quarrel because of the marriage.

Gu Zhao said a word before, that he wanted to put the matter of that book to death in his generation.In this way, it adds to the old man's mind. When a person is old, it is inevitable that he will have a childish personality. The more unwilling you are, the more he will force it on you.In this way, the only way to do it is to prescribe medicine.Gu Zhao pondered, waiting for a few more years, I am afraid that the old guy will really be forced to make such a fuss, and there will be fewer visits to the house over there.

Annoyed at heart, but Gu Zhao never revealed his relationship with A Run in front of his elder brother.People's hearts are full, so don't do such personality experiments for some things, otherwise, you will still feel sad when the time comes.

The birds chirped a few times outside the house, and then suddenly stopped. Ah Run felt light, and turned over slightly when he heard some movement.Gu Zhao hurriedly patted him, and he was relieved until he was stable.

Ah Run slept for more than two hours. He didn't get up until it was getting dark, stretched his waist, and sighed comfortably.

"Sleep well?" Gu Zhao turned his face and asked him.

"En." Ah Run nodded, and then lazily lying half-lying in recollection for a while: "It's okay in the future, so don't go to your brother's place. It's not like our family has no room."

Gu Zhao ignored him, just pulled on his shoes, went to get some utensils and put them down beside Ah Run for him to use, so the two started chatting.

"In such a big place, no one talks to me. It's good that you are here, but you are the busiest idiot in Daliang, and you are also a idiot who works for nothing. Say, you can accompany me from morning till night. How long have I been, and now I am not allowed to go back to my brother's house."

"There are still empty plaques on the yard. If you are fine, please ask a few gentlemen to raise the plaques and play around. Anyway, it is my thoughts. I am afraid that you have never been to some places. See folks That daughter-in-law returned to her natal family after she got married?"

Gu Zhao glared, and Ah Run lowered his head in embarrassment and continued to tidy up himself.

"That's what I said, you need to go shopping with a partner. If you have nothing to do, you can't let people into our house. If you save two days of white work, you can go shopping with me."

Ah Run spat out the green salt in his mouth, took mouthwash and rinsed his mouth, then turned around and kissed the tip of Gu Zhao's nose and sighed: "You are always different from them, why are you called Baigong, this world belongs to me, If I don’t want anything, how can I be a white worker?”

Gu Zhao chuckled lightly: "Well, that's how you see it...you go out on the street, and the house has no lease, but you still have the nerve to say it's yours. Those who are rich all over the world are empty words, let me tell you, you are really a Fool, always take our own money and add to other people's traps."

Ah Run just laughed, without explaining, he said to Gu Zhao: "That idiot from your fourth family came to ask for grace again, and wanted to pick up your fourth sister-in-law to take care of her, what do you think?"

What do you think?Gu Zhao laughed, and shook his head lightly: "You can figure it out, what he's begging for is you, not me! Besides, I am my life, and his home is his home, so I only worry about Xiaosier, then The child is small-minded, and it has been a few years since I put it away."

Ah Run nodded, and said casually: "That is the imperial edict of the former empress, and I will not disobey it." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left the inner hall, and the eunuch who had been quietly waiting outside rushed up and helped him put on his outer robe. With the crown of the emperor, they circle around one by one.

Ah Run changed into the dragon robe, turned to look at Gu Zhao who was leaning against the door, and said with a smile, "Eat dinner by yourself in the evening, in the evening... I called Zhuang Chengxiu and Duke Yongguo to discuss matters, I'm afraid they will be late. "

Gu Zhao smiled and waved his hands: "Understood, you can go."

He chatted with you, me, and me today, just like an ordinary couple. The eunuchs in this courtyard have long been familiar with it, and there is no other expression on their faces except respect.

Ah Run saw that he was in a hurry to send him out, so he had no choice but to leave with a smile, and when he entered the secret passage, he told Sun Xi who was standing in the small courtyard: "Don't leave your seventh master alone, go and have some fun for him. , I have seen him tired these few days, so I asked the imperial physician to take his pulse, and you will send the pulse to me tonight."

Sun Xi responded respectfully.

Don't mention how Ah Run went to court or how to do things.It only said that Gu Zhao saw Ah Run go out, but he didn't go back to the bedroom himself.He turned around and went to his study room. A few days ago, he just got a few good materials, and today he was free to spend some time, but he only made a few knives, but his nanny Bi Liangli came in to gesture, saying yes Over there, a theater troupe from Shangjing Zhenghuo was found to come in and perform a new play for Qi Ye alone.

Gu Zhao had no choice but to put down the carving knife and turned around to complain to Brother Nai: "Brother Nai, when did you see that I like going to the theater? I am the most impatient to listen to those Yiyi babblings."

His grandmother laughed, and continued to make gestures, but it turned out that today the troupe is performing a new play by the Gu family, and it is about his fifth brother and the Du family's play.

Gu Zhao's eyes lit up, huh?This one can be seen.

There are seven brothers in Gu Zhao's family. In fact, in terms of beauty, Gu Zhao is not the most beautiful.His fifth elder brother, Gu Rongsheng, was the best. In the early years when the Du family saw Gu Rong in front of the battle, he secretly fell in love with him when he saw him, and took him directly back to the camp.

It can make women in feudal society crazy, which shows how handsome the fifth child is.Back in his hometown that year, Gu Zhao looked at his fifth brother, who was almost sixty years old, still fair and beautiful, a real handsome uncle.He was spoiled by his fifth wife, and even robbed his little grandson for food.

However, how the fifth child got married was a taboo in the Gu family.Of course, Gu Rong, the fifth master, is the only one who is taboo. As long as others mention this matter, he will definitely turn his face, and no one will succeed.

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