The world of rebirth

Although he tried his best to comfort Sun Benshan, he was still depressed, but under the care of his two friends, his spirit improved slightly, and he no longer needed to lie in bed after taking the medicine.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Ning Yunjin almost agreed to sacrifice his appearance to be a model again.

But this time Sun Benshan refused. According to him, the picture of Begonia sleeping in spring has consumed all his spirituality, and he probably won't be able to draw a painting that can surpass him in this life, so there is no need to waste Ning Yunjin's time.

Ning Yunjin knows that the birth of a work of art is always accidental, even if the same person wants to draw the exact same painting again, it is impossible.

Although Sun Benshan is young, his paintings already have the style of everyone. He thinks that a good work is definitely not bad. Unfortunately, he was too busy at that time, so he missed the painting.

One always has to look forward. Now that Ning Yunjin has been missed, the matter of the painting has been left behind, and he has been busy paying attention to the recent vigorous warehouse inventory and Ning Jingxian's birthday gift.

The warehousing system of the Great Xia Dynasty was generally divided into two types: government-run and private-run.According to different purposes, these government-run warehouses are divided into five types: Changping Warehouse, Free Warehouse, Huimin Warehouse, Guanghui Warehouse, and Reserve Warehouse. At present, except for the Changping Warehouse, which can still operate normally, the other four basically exist in name only, and have not started at all. to its proper effect.

Although the "Great Xia Law" has clear regulations on the entry and exit of grain purchases, loss of money and grain, and embezzlement of grain, etc., and severe cases are punished with capital punishment and cannot be pardoned, but in fact, there are basically no three or four permanent warehouses in various places.

Ning Yunjin has been very interested in this aspect recently, and he has already summed up the three major reasons why Canggu is short-lived.

One is high entry and low exit. For example, the price of rice in the capital is more than one tael per stone in good years, but the price is between nine renminbi and one tael when the year is owed. The more flat grain, the bigger the deficit.However, the governors and governors are generally unwilling to raise the price of rice in order to gain a good reputation for their kindness to the people.

The second is to borrow food from the garrison. The Great Xia is different from the garrison system of the previous dynasty. The food of the local garrison is collected and distributed by the local officials. However, when there is a disaster year, the people cannot supply it, so they can only borrow grain for the army. , but it is often impossible to make up for it in autumn, and the deficit is extremely huge after accumulating year after year.

The third is that the delivery is unclear, although according to the regulations, when officials leave office, they must hand over the Changping warehouse money and food to the new officials.But the rules are the rules. Under the suppression of the superiors and the dealings of the relevant personnel, the new officials often can only hold their noses to accept the already-depleted granary.

Compared with these three points, local officials' delayed purchase of grain, people's delayed payment of grain owed, and stolen grain sales are nothing more than minor problems. To put it in a very cheesy way, only problems related to the system are major problems.

Although Ning Yunjin had almost completed the thesis assigned by Wen Zhen, since the emperor didn't urge him, he was in no hurry to hand it in, he was waiting!

If that matter hadn't been affected by his own butterfly wings, it would definitely explode during this nationwide inspection of granaries. Only by handing over the paperwork at that time can it attract the attention of those big bosses in the cabinet. At that time, Wen Zhen It will also be easier to pass storage reforms.

After the decree to inspect the granaries on the grounds of grain adjustment was sent to the whole country, it seemed to cause a huge earthquake immediately, and various secret documents spread to Wenzhen like snowflakes.

These secrets are shocking. Seeing the news that is worse than the last, Wen Zhen is really worried.He threw the ink pen on the table and sighed.

Li Deming saw that his complexion was not good, so he leaned forward and asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you go to bed first? You haven't had a good rest for several nights!"

Wen Zhen only felt weak, he closed his eyes and gently pinched the bridge of his nose, but did not respond.

Seeing this, Li Deming silently returned to his original position, knowing that the emperor might have to stay up all night.

Wen Zhen suddenly opened his eyes and looked at him, "Is he still on the night shift recently?"

"Reporting to the emperor, Mr. Ning is on duty today, do you want to summon him?" Li Deming is almost a worm in Wenzhen's stomach. Although the emperor has not deliberately summoned Mr. Ning these days, it doesn't mean that the emperor doesn't care. Naturally, he kept an eye on Ning Yunjin's news all the time for reference.

Wenzhen took a look at Ning Yunjin from afar in the afternoon, the boy's face seemed pale and haggard, with his skills he was only on the night shift, how could he make himself like that, he couldn't help but be a little curious about Ning Yunjin these days What are you doing in your room every day!

He stood up, "Lead the way, I'm going to see the night duty in the South Study Room."

The place where Hanlins stayed in the South Study Room was nothing more than a side room. If it was replaced by a big family, it would be a place for the maids to watch the night. The inside is relatively small and airtight. There is only a simple kang, and some tables and chairs.

Although this place is near his bedroom, to be honest, Wenzhen has never been here very much. When he saw the environment, he couldn't help frowning, "Is the palace so poor? How do the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs manage things?" of."

Seeing what you said, it is not an order of your own to demand that everything in the palace be kept simple, who would dare to violate it, Li Deming couldn't help muttering.However, he said impartially, "Your Majesty, it was repaired once last year. In previous years, there was not even a kang, only a soft couch."

Only then did Wenzhen stretch his brows a little, but he hesitated in his heart, should he improve the treatment of the Imperial Academy, anyway, the imperial palace can't be so harsh on scholars.

Although their voices were quiet, Ning Yunjin's eyes and ears were not hidden from them. He hurriedly cleaned up the odds and ends on the table. Not so good.

It's a pity that his movements were fast, but Wen Zhen's was even faster. He had already pushed the door and walked in, just in time to see Ning Yunjin cover the things on the table with a book with some guilt.

"Yo..." Wen Zhen said with a half-smile, "It seems that I'm disturbing Ning Zhuangyuan."

"Your Majesty!" Ning Yunjin saluted him calmly, but when he stood up, he happened to stand in front of the table, groping under the writing with his fingers, as if he wanted to take something into the palm of his hand.

Wen Zhen's gaze was on him all the time. Although Ning Yunjin did such a small move very covertly, how could he be able to hide it from him.But he didn't open his mouth to ask, instead he sat down on the kang beside Ning Yunjin, as if wanting to chat.

"It seems that you are adapting well, but I can wait for you to transfer back to the day shift as soon as possible!"

Ning Yunjin finally grasped the things on the table in his hands, and felt relieved.He giggled, "Actually, Wei Chen thinks it's good to be on the night shift! Now if Wei Chen is required to record the meeting, it will be quite stressful."

It sounded like he wanted to directly drive Chen Liyan into the bottom of the valley and replace him, but Wen Zhen believed that Ning Yunjin had this ability, so he didn't plan to ask him - anyway, he couldn't get around his own hurdle in the end!

Taking advantage of the moment of silence between the two, Li Deming quickly served two cups of tea, and then silently retreated to the corner.

Smelling the fragrance of tea, Wen Zhen asked curiously, "I heard that your booklet has been finished, why didn't you hand it over, I'm looking forward to reading your masterpiece!"

Ning Yunjin didn't show the slightest curiosity about Wenzhen's well-informed information, but just smiled shyly, "Reporting to the emperor, I still want to polish and polish it, and I will show it to you when the results of the interrogation come out. After all, this is the first time for me, Pass the folder."

When Ning Yunjin said the last sentence, he stuttered and beeped the key words. Coupled with his deliberately shy expression, Wen Zhen couldn't help but echo a scene in his mind—Ning Yun Jin's face is full of red clouds, saying that after all, this is Weichen's first time...

The other two people in the room were surprised to find that Wen Zhen coughed dryly in embarrassment, kicked off his boots and sat cross-legged on the kang.After he put down the hem of his robe to cover his legs, he immediately returned to normal.

Ning Yunjin was taken aback by his sudden action, but he didn't think much about it, he just thought that Wen Zhen had a sudden whim, so he put on the posture of wanting to have a long talk.

"I can wait for your booklet, but I think you are very leisurely!"

In the blink of an eye, Wen Zhen's expression returned to normal, but seeing the expressions of the two of them, he knew that he was too abrupt just now. In order to divert Ning Yunjin's attention, he deliberately opened the book on the kang table.

Ning Yunjin turned pale in shock and wanted to cover it up, but when he thought that the emperor was opposite him, his movements froze for a moment.

After the book was opened, several carving knives, yellow paper and a small bowl with unknown liquid were revealed.

Li Deming, as the general manager, recognized the yellow paper as talisman paper at a glance, and the liquid was prepared talisman water, which was obviously used for practice.He said in surprise, "Bold! Ning Yunjin, you dare to bring these pickles into the palace!"

You must know that this is not the era when witchcraft was considered a feudal superstition. In the Fengtian clan alone, it is unknown how many people can kill people by "drawing circles".In order to prevent the royal family from being "circled", such items are strictly prohibited from being brought into the palace.

Wen Zhen saw that although Ning Yunjin looked a little guilty, but his expression was frank, he knew that he definitely did not break the palace rules.He waved his hand at Li Deming, "Don't be bluffing!"

After speaking, he picked up the small bowl and smelled it, and smelled a bloody smell in the fragrance of grass and trees.Wen Zhen himself is also an expert in the power of blood, and he knew it was not harmful just by smelling it. When he recognized the content of the water talisman, his expression changed drastically.

He shot like lightning and suddenly grabbed Ning Yunjin's right wrist. Ning Yunjin's skills were inferior to his, but he was caught off guard by him.

Ning Yunjin's hands were clenched together, and it could be seen that there was a small object in the palm of his hand.But Wen Zhen's eyes fell on the densely packed tiny pinholes on his fingertips.

"Sandalwood flower, rootless water, blue green sand, blood essence... Who are you making the bone carving talisman for?"

Ning Yunjin smiled wryly, touched his nose, and opened his hand, revealing two copper coin-sized, reddish carvings in the palm of his hand.

The bone carving talisman is the most popular type of talisman among the Fengtian clan. Although anyone with some ability can make it, the highest level requires the producer to continuously extract seven to forty-nine days of essence and blood to impregnate it.

The talisman produced in this way has a jade-like texture. It is not only beautiful but also keeps people safe, and can even ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Lover, no one is willing to spend so much energy to make this thing. Nowadays, it is more common for lovers to give each other gifts as tokens of love.

When Wen Zhen saw the sculpture that had turned red, his eyes sharpened immediately, and an unknown fire burned in his heart. He asked in an unusually flat tone, "Why, did Qing Yang already have a sweetheart at a young age?"

Ning Yunjin, who knew his habits well, couldn't help but get goosebumps, and was baffled by Wen Zhen's sudden anger.He blinked his eyes, looked at Wen Zhen nonuo and said, "Father's birthday is coming soon..."

If it weren't for his firm determination, Wen Zhen would have spurted out a mouthful of old blood. He asked angrily, "Didn't you prepare a birthday gift for Yi Cheng a long time ago? For the 500-year-old ginseng, it is best to bring a set of Hetian Baiyu." , a pair of jade pots and spring vases with famille rose flower and bird patterns from the previous dynasty, just an ordinary birthday, aren’t these gifts heavy enough?”

Ning Yunjin was choked by him and couldn't speak, even if your old man sent spies in the Ning Mansion, is such an aboveboard exposure really a real man?

Li Deming, who was watching from the sidelines, finally couldn't help but rolled his eyes in his heart, my majesty, Mr. Ning will be in the seventh year next year, so why don't you allow him to be a son and show some kindness?