When a passerby becomes a princess

Lin Qiu's illness is severe this time. Although Su Ye and Li Taifu both know medical skills, it's hard for a smart woman to cook without rice. It's the middle of the night, and it's in the mountains again. Where can I get herbs?

"It's okay, after passing these two hills is a small town, I'll run quickly on my horse, and I'll be back before dawn." Awakened, Chen Fan took the prescription, wrapped it in oiled paper and put it in his arms, ignoring Mrs. Li's words To dissuade him, he led a horse in the rain and galloped away along the mountain road.

Several mothers and Mrs. Li praised his loyalty one after another. It is very dangerous to walk at night in the rain. If you accidentally fall into the valley, you will be hopeless. Only Liu mother's eyes flickered and she didn't speak.

In fact, Lin Qiu just had gastroenteritis caused by eating too much greasy food, plus a cold and a cold. If it is a normal person, he would vomit and have diarrhea to expel the greasy in his stomach, and then drink some hot water. alright.But the problem is that Lin Qiu's body is too weak, and he doesn't even have the strength to vomit, so he can only let those pieces of fatty salt meat rage in his stomach, the pain made his face turn pale, and the quilt was drenched in cold sweat.

Liang Xi stood under the rain shelter outside the tent, listening to Mammy Liu in the tent saying for a while, "Where can the young master eat bacon, why didn't I persuade you to order it?" I'm going to chop that bastard into a meat paste", I just felt that the raindrops hit him all over his body, which hurt like a knife.

Mrs. Li was standing by the side holding an umbrella. Seeing Liang Xi's head was slumped, like a puppy caught in the rain, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and said, "The county magistrate, go and sit in the old man's tent for a while." Bar."

Liang Xi was afraid of Mrs. Li, so he didn't want to go, but he didn't want to stand here, so he nodded.

After entering the tent, Mrs. Li asked Liang Xi to sit down on the chair, took the teapot beside him and poured him a cup of tea. The tea was brewed before going to bed, and it was already cold, but Liang Xi was not in the mood to care about it anymore. Now he just feels panicked and at a loss, Lin Qiu's illness was caused by letting him eat bacon, that pale face and painful moans kept circulating in front of his eyes and ears.

"Your Highness, are you afraid?" Taifu Li used the word "Your Highness", because he is a Taifu, and if he wants to teach the prince, he naturally needs to address him as His Highness.

Scared?Yes, it's a fear.Not only because of what those nuns said, but more because of the fear of losing Lin Qiu, the person who always cares and takes care of her inadvertently.

"Your Highness hopes that the Crown Princess will be healthy and strong. There is nothing wrong with that, but everything must be done step by step. There are too many examples of doing bad things with good intentions." Taifu Li also poured himself a cup of herbal tea, took a sip, and said: " Does the prince know that there was a Prime Minister Lin during the Taizu?"

Liang Xi was taken aback when he heard that, how could he have gone to the prime minister of Taizu at this time?But Prime Minister Lin?Was there a prime minister surnamed Lin during Emperor Taizu's time?

No wonder Liang Xi didn't know that this Prime Minister Lin was not only exterminated, but even his name was crossed out from the history of Daliang Kingdom by the historian, and he was completely obliterated. It was not until several generations later that anyone dared to mention him. His legend is only passed on orally among the people, but his surname is already known but not his name.

Seeing Liang Xi's bewildered face, Taifu Li knew that he must not know, so he cleared his throat and began to tell him about that period of history that was forgotten by the world.

Emperor Taizu started a grassroots uprising, and it took nine years to lay down this country. His subordinates can be said to have come out in large numbers. Among them, the one he trusted and valued the most was his chief military adviser, whose surname was Lin, who was later Prime Minister Lin.

Prime Minister Lin also came from a grassroots background. He is a self-taught all-rounder. He went to the battlefield to make strategies and went to the battlefield to raise food and fodder. As long as the Emperor Taizu happily smashed the field, hacked people, and grabbed territory, he didn't have to worry about anything else. So after ascending the throne, he was directly made the prime minister with one person under one person and above ten thousand people.

The main reason for Emperor Taizu's uprising was that the aristocrats annexed land severely at that time, and there were too many miscellaneous taxes. In addition, slavery was still prevalent at that time, and the lives of ordinary people could not survive.

After Taizu ascended the throne, he tried to change this social system, but there were policies and countermeasures. The nobles still went their own way, and even some former grassroots who followed the Taizu uprising began to buy slaves, annex land, and buy and sell by force... ... and so on, it is easier to do illegal things than those nobles.

At this moment, Prime Minister Lin proposed a reform.

The reform is mainly divided into four items, which can be summed up in modern terms as follows:

[-]. Unified measurement and unified tax system.

Second, Xungui is based on military exploits.

[-]. Completely abolish slavery and free all slaves.

Fourth, the prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people.

As soon as these four reforms were put forward, the court immediately turned upside down. Not only the original nobles wanted to kill Prime Minister Lin, but even the grassroots nobles who rebelled together also opposed it with one voice.

With the unified measurement and tax system, officials will not be able to play tricks on taxes, and nobles will not be able to evade taxes.

If the noble title cannot be hereditary, when those nobles who made a fortune through military exploits die, his descendants will have to give up their original benefits, unless he goes to the battlefield like his parents.

The abolition of slavery seriously violated the interests of the nobles. At that time, there was still the vulgar custom of burying human animals. In the eyes of the nobles, slaves were no different from a cow or a sheep. They belonged to his personal property. If one's own cattle and sheep are released, that is absolutely unbearable.

And the last one even stood up against the entire harem, what a joke, the emperor has worked so hard to conquer the country and sit on the throne, and you actually compare the emperor's parents and children with the common people, what kind of mind do you have? ?Is that how you belittle the emperor in your heart?

Fortunately, Emperor Taizu believed in Prime Minister Lin, and after a detailed discussion with him, he approved his reform proposal.

Overnight, Prime Minister Lin, who was praised by everyone, became a street rat, and even his official sedan chair would be thrown with rotten leaves when walking on the street.

Under pressure from all sides, Prime Minister Lin started his reform.

However, this reform is doomed to be unsuccessful, because no one supports him except the emperor, the nobles do one thing in front of the other, and the nobles resolutely resist with cold brows, and the harem blows pillows in front of the emperor every day.Even the freed slaves objected, they had long been used to being enslaved, and they didn't even know what to do without their "master", so they often ran back after being released from one side.

A year later, someone reported that Prime Minister Lin embezzled a large amount of gold, silver and jewels, and hid them in the well in his backyard. Dali Temple Secretary sent people to inform the emperor at an unprecedented speed, and at the same time personally led people directly to the prime minister's mansion, and sent people from the backyard More than 50 chests filled with gold and silver were taken out of the well.

"How much?!" Hearing this, Liang Xi spewed out a mouthful of cold tea, almost drenching Mrs. Li all over.

"More than 50 boxes." Taifu Li repeated.

Liang Xi blinked, and said with disbelief: "How big is the well in his house? It can hold more than 50 boxes."

Taifu Li smiled slightly and continued to tell the story.

Emperor Taizu didn't believe in Prime Minister Lin's corruption, but there are too many people who can't stand to impeach Prime Minister Lin. In addition to impeachment in the court every day, it is impossible to do anything practical, especially those who impeach Prime Minister Lin. Take out the fourth article of the reform to talk about the matter, even the prince who broke the law is guilty of the same crime as the people, how can you, a prime minister, have privileges?

A few days later, Prime Minister Lin's elder brother killed someone in the market, and after careful investigation, he was found to be a remnant of the previous dynasty.This was originally a good thing, but for some reason, the family members of the remnants of the former dynasty insisted that Prime Minister Lin was killing people to silence them, because Prime Minister Lin was the former emperor's spy.

Prime Minister Lin followed the Emperor Taizu from the beginning of the uprising, and destroyed countless imperial troops in nine years. He said that he was a spy of the former emperor. Even a three-year-old child would not believe it. I don’t know why, except for the emperor. people believed it.

Corruption is fine, at most it is a charge of beheading, but the latter one is definitely to punish the nine clans.

At first, the emperor wanted to dismiss Prime Minister Lin to keep Prime Minister Lin, but as the "evidence" increased, dismissal could no longer satisfy the wishes of the ministers, and finally even the Queen Mother was alarmed.The emperor had no choice but to order the killing of Prime Minister Lin's nine clans.

However, under the intervention of the Empress Dowager, the last "decency" was left for the prime minister who had the merits of a dragon. The mansion was burnt down together.

Liang Xi held the teacup and was stunned.

Why do I always feel like I've heard this story somewhere?It just seems to be a little different, and there seems to be a follow-up story.