Chang'an Youth Tour

Even though Yun Lan rushed over and saw this scene, she was so angry that she almost fainted, but after complaining a few words, she still started to deal with the aftermath.

"Fortunately, the people serving today are all the confidantes of the Eastern Palace, and the guards outside are also strict with their mouths. Otherwise, if it gets out, it will be another good incident." As she spoke, she came over with a candle in person, knowing that Luo Heng was afraid of light. Afraid of the wind, he put it on His Royal Highness's side, ran to the door again, and took over many classics brought by the servants, Yan Junyu also helped, he has gained a lot of strength recently, and he is stronger than the little eunuchs in lifting things too much.

Hearing Yun Lan's words of "confidant" and "stern mouth", Luo Heng raised his head for some reason, and glanced at His Highness the Crown Prince opposite the piano case. got the meaning.

Luo Heng could know Yan Junyu's phrase "the teacher of the Jiaofang opera singer". His Highness the Crown Prince has many eyes and ears, so he naturally knew that he repeated it in front of Yan Junyu. I don't know, it's a goose paddling happily on a deep pool with turbulent undercurrents.

Although this inner room is not as gorgeous as the Sihong Hall, it is more comfortable to take care of Luo Heng's body. It is also made of burnt ground dragons and covered with thick carpets. Yan Junyu climbs trees and rolls around all day long, and sitting on the floor is very comfortable. Seeing the prince Sitting down opposite the piano case, he also smiled and recited a poem: "Poor Ye Banxu's front seat, don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods."

He didn't read much, but he needed to use it when he thought of it, because he didn't have many chances to meet the scene. Li Yu read more books than him, so he scolded him angrily: "Are you a fool? This poem is not very interesting! "

In the past, he would definitely give Yan Junyu a few slaps, but he was not afraid of anything in the East Palace, but he was a little afraid of His Royal Highness, so he restrained himself a lot today, even cursing in a low voice.Just like that, Xiao Jingyan raised his eyes to take a look, so he didn't dare to speak.

"It would be a beautiful thing to leave a name for future generations like Jia Yi." Yun Lan said with emotion, and moved another stack of account books, all of which were sealed with light yellow sticks, covering the warehouse in the palace The seals need to be disassembled with a small paper knife.She tore it apart and said, "I just don't know if you can really deter the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River with this trick. Rong Hao has spoken out several times to move the salt and iron tax, but they have not wavered..."

"Salt and iron are not the lifeblood of Jiangnan, so they are naturally not afraid." Luo Heng's body was indeed weak. As soon as it was dark, he looked very sleepy. As long as people have a good life for a few years, they will start to annex the land. In an ordinary year, they can still support them. When they encounter a bad year, they will make refugees. They are also afraid of death, and build their houses like fortresses. Rong Hao read more tax laws, and it will not be a problem. At a loss."

No wonder Li Yu said that Luo Heng had been looking at things related to the salt and iron tax for a long time, so he and Rong Hao thought of it together.But Rong Hao finally got stuck at this step, and Luo Heng found a new way by relying on the tax books all over the floor.

"In my opinion, why bother so much trouble?" Yun Lan said coldly: "The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are at the top of both ends, and it's hard to convince them if they don't kill them. Since Mu Chaoran wants to turn his back on him, let him be ruined first, my lord." Didn’t we want to investigate him? We just added fuel to the flames. There were plenty of available officials in the northern faction, and they solved him in the imperial prison. The Mu family is a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, and he is the best one. His mother is the only daughter of the Jiang family. After killing him, the five major clans in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely renounce themselves. We will defeat each other. Mu Fengju has been in the limelight for the past few months. At that time, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will naturally take the initiative to ask for peace."

After what she said, she was murderous, let alone Yan Junyu, even Li Yu was shocked, Mu Chaoran could easily say that Mu Fengju was his senior brother, and he immediately looked at his master Li Daoyong.

In the silence, His Royal Highness still spoke calmly. He has long been accustomed to Yun Lan's style of behavior, and he is very calm. He can still joke: "We want to subdue Jiangnan, not destroy Jiangnan."

"Jie is the son of heaven, able to rule the world, he is not a virtuous person, but powerful. If we conquer Jiangnan, Jiangnan is our strength. If we are not convinced, the greater the power, the worse it will be." Yun Lan also had a reason.But she also knew that Xiao Jingyan's position was different: "This is just a last resort. His Highness regards the world as his people, so he naturally thinks differently from me."

She also gave Rong Hao advice these days, but Rong Hao studied Confucianism and talked about loving the people like a child, so he was naturally soft-hearted.

"Using heavy codes in troubled times, Legalism has always been a sharp weapon to rule from chaos. I didn't expect that there would be such a heroine in the East Palace hidden dragon and crouching tiger." Luo Heng said lightly.

There was something in his words, after all, it was a prosperous age, Yun Lan only took it as a compliment, raised her eyebrows, and stopped talking.In fact, she herself knew that she was too ruthless, she was the sword of the East Palace, not the shield, the shield was made by Rong Hao, but unfortunately the shield of the East Palace was breaking through the gate of the palace right now, only Luo Heng was left here.

The several household memorials that were disassembled seemed to have the imperial seal of the sage on them. The accompanying readers of the East Palace had seen many of them. Only Luo Heng had seen it for the first time, but he just glanced at it with a complicated expression. With the assistance of Lan, I found several year-end general ledgers of the household department.Look for the signature names one by one in the lower left corner, and finally hand a copy to Xiao Jingyan.

Yan Junyu just wanted to join in the fun, and also went over to have a look. His Highness the Crown Prince smelled good of incense, and when he saw him coming over, he turned his face and smiled, and pointed out the name to him.

The signed name on the lower left of the household ledger is Zhang Wenxuan.

"Who is this?" Yan Junyu didn't understand.

"Zhang Wenxuan is the right servant of the household department. He was a Jinshi in the Gengwu year. He is almost 40 years old now. He is in the prime of life. Unfortunately, Huang Xin, a 55-year-old official from the northern faction, is standing in front of him. Get Huang Xin away, Zhang Wenxuan will not be here for a few years..." Yun Lan explained for him.

Over there, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone through most of the account books, and looked at it together with the other memorial that Yun Lan found, with a calm expression on his face.

"From this point of view, Zhang Wenxuan really supports the two tax laws."

Luo Heng was leaning on the piano table, he had never been able to sit still, he leaned forward slightly, obviously looking at him from below, but he looked at His Royal Highness with ambition.

"As long as Huang Xin writes a letter begging for the bones, it will ensure that the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will tremble and have trouble sleeping and eating in the next 20 years."

"Why?" Yan Junyu couldn't help but asked Yun Lan in a low voice: "What is the two-tax law, and why do the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have trouble sleeping and eating?"

"My Dazhou Tax Law was drafted by Luo Shensi, Chen Yuanwei's uncle and nephew, together with the officials of the household department in the Zhonghe Hall and the Baohe Hall, so it is also called the Zhongbao Tax. It is inseparable from people and land. There is no one to farm, and no tax is required. It is to avoid the displacement of farmers selling land in order to evade taxes, and gather to become rebels like in the last years of the previous dynasty. At the same time, China Bonded Tax has three levies and five non-levies. It is not clear at the moment, you just need to know this Just give the Jiangnan gentry some loopholes to take advantage of." Yun Lan explained to him: "Since the fifth year of Qingde, some officials from the North have proposed tax reforms, but later the party disputes became serious. Split into two factions, the Holy One also deliberately instigated, resulting in the tax law has not been able to reform, now there are two proposals, one is to inherit the bonded tax, but to change the details, the other is the two tax law, separate taxes for people and land, Zhang Wenxuan supports it The go-getters of the two tax laws."

"So the Jiangnan gentry are afraid of him?"

"Yes, but I'm not afraid of him collecting taxes. There are many branches of the two tax laws. Among them, Zhang Wenxuan is the most deadly to the Jiangnan gentry, because the landless peasants in the north sell themselves into slavery. Therefore, after losing their land, they all became hired farmers. Zhang Wenxuan collected land and house taxes from the landlords, but the income tax was replaced by military service. At that time, a large number of young farmers would gang up in the barracks, and they would go down to the mountains to farm. In his spare time, he would rob nobles and kidnap rich people. Even if the government encircled and suppressed them, they would just hide in the mountains.” Yun Lan said with a mocking smile: “Besides, the tax law is beneficial to them, and the people will naturally be grateful to the government. General Ao Zhong He also particularly likes this kind of mountain bandits, many of his soldiers who conquered Nanzhao were recruited from such 'mountain people', and they are all brave and good at fighting, so they can be regarded as a supplementary source of troops."

"Jiangnan is very profitable. Fate is a trivial matter. I am most afraid that bandits will block the main road. The caravan will go through a pass and pick up a layer of skin. After a few layers, the heart will bleed." Luo Heng read with a smile: "The so-called difficulty in eating and sleeping Ann also."

"Hey, didn't you say they are all the people?" Li Yu couldn't help it: "How could Your Highness let his people be robbed?"

"Even if it is the people, there are too many farmers. It's like a family where the eldest brother takes all the money, and dozens of other brothers rob him together. So everyone has money and no resentment. Only then can everyone be happy. "Yan Junyu's brain turned faster than him: "Hurry up, Your Highness, find a way to get Huang Xin to write a letter to resign, this Zhang Wenxuan is too powerful."

"Great is great, but it's a pity that he's not one of us. Zhang Wenxuan is a 'pure minister', and only the sage will look forward to it." Yun Lan said.

"Then why do you still use him?" Yan Junyu was puzzled.

"We use him precisely because he is not one of us. As long as Zhang Wenxuan takes the position of Zuo Shilang, Hubu Shangshu is already 65 years old. Not surprisingly, within three years, Zhang Wenxuan will be Hubu Shangshu. Jiangnan gentry If you want to sleep at night, there is only one way, and that is His Highness replace him." Luo Heng said lightly.

He didn't say clearly, in fact, the current situation has several directions, whether Emperor Qingde is still there three years later, or the most terrifying possibility: abolishing the prince, re-electing the prince, Zhang Wenxuan, as a non-prince, will have a prosperous official career.Jiangnan's only hope lies in the successful enthronement of the person in front of him.

"Of course, whether His Highness will replace him or not is another matter." Yun Lan said with a smile.

This is the only way for the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, and they have to go if they don't.

"Then why did Huang Xin beg for bones?"

"Just a word from His Highness is enough. Huang Xin is a classmate of Uncle Guo, and the favorite student of His Highness's grandfather, otherwise why would Rong Hao go out of the palace. It is not a good plan to just scare Jiangnan. Use the smallest price Making Jiangnan afraid is Luo Heng's strength."

"Thank you." Luo Heng coughed, but his eyes were bright. Yan Junyu knew that it was the flame he said was burning. Whether it was ambition or ambition, it was something worth burning for.

"I know the meaning of "Fatan". It is the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River who oppressed the peasants, and the people's grievances were boiling, so I found a vent and let them deal with the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. Your Highness said that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, and what Fatanli resents is getting something for nothing. Gentlemen, the gentlemen in the south of the Yangtze River hide in the deep house and compound, and they don’t stand under the dangerous wall. The peasants have nothing to do with them, and only Zhang Wenxuan can hit their nails.” Thinking of this, Yan Junyu became depressed: “The Zhang Wenxuan After the replacement, isn’t the peasant miserable again?”

"Who said that His Highness will definitely replace Zhang Wenxuan in the future?" Yun Lan winked at him, Yan Junyu quickly looked at Xiao Jingyan, but His Highness only had a smile in his eyes and did not speak.

If there were only him and him now, Yan Junyu would definitely pounce on him and force him to admit that he would not replace Zhang Wenxuan.He also decided that he would become a general in the future, and he would also go to the south of the Yangtze River to conscript.When the time comes to fight when they are busy, teach them how to rob the rich and help the poor when they are free.But Luo Heng seemed to have another idea, just smiled without saying a word.

"What about "Answer to Su Wu"? What does it mean? Is that what I think it means?"

"It's simple, the stage is set up, and I'll sing the show. Han Wu and Su Wu have already chosen candidates, and when Li Ling is in place, the good show will begin. But I can't tell Xiaoyan now, so as not to leak the wind. " Yun Lan said with a smile.

"What about "The Fisherman"? Who is Yu Boya and who is Zhong Ziqi? Or is it His Highness and Luo Heng who meet friends in the mountains and rivers?" Yan Junyu said with bright eyes.

It is almost intentional to say that he is naive, sometimes very clever, and he is too smart, outspoken.Because Xiao Jingyan has always been indifferent, and Luo Heng is high-minded, deliberately blaming this point.Sure enough, Luo Heng's cheekbones were a little red, and his whole body was like a fire burning inside. He was more proud than Zhuge Liang who was visited three times in the thatched cottage in the play, and he was proud and good-looking.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I've made it clear that it's Mu Fengju." He was very thin-skinned, and said: "The so-called father, the art of loving the people, can't be indulged blindly. It needs to be kind and powerful. Your Highness's kindness to the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River is enough. Jiangnan has been used to being a fool for hundreds of years. There are only six people in Lingyan Pavilion. They should have been excluded from the political center. His Highness gave them the opportunity to enter the game, but they didn't cherish it. They had to make progress. Although death is not a pity, But His Highness is kind, so you have to punish them with small punishments, and in the end, of course, you have to set an example for them and let them follow suit. Only then can you teach properly. Mu Chaoran is old and has impure thoughts. , a pure mind, can be cultivated. It just so happens that Ye Heng is studying politics this time, and Feng Ju is probably the number one scholar, so he just wants him to teach his Jiangnan elders what loyalty is."

According to what he meant, it was to let Mu Fengju take advantage of the Holy Majesty and still join the East Palace after being awarded the No. [-] Scholar.Otherwise, Jiang Nan wouldn't be timid and hesitant.

His Royal Highness did not judge this last plan, but just looked at him and said: "Thank you sir, Xiao Wang is taught."

"How dare a sinner." Although Luo Heng said this, he did not kneel down like a real sinner. He only coughed a few times before saying in a hoarse voice: "My piano skills are mediocre, and I have no strength. Your Highness, play a real high mountain and flowing water."

It was midnight when Rong Hao left Huang Xin's residence.The long street was silent and the snow fell all over the ground. Although he studied literature, he had been running a lot lately, and he also learned from Ao Ji. He was alone, without even his entourage, and he was happy and quiet.When he went out, he only saw his own yellow puma tied to the door, dozing off.

The moon is in the middle of the sky, which is a rare good moonlight in poetry. He simply left the lantern at the gate of Huang's house, and led the horse to walk slowly in the snow. There was a wine bag on the saddle, which was given by Nie Biao , very rough spirits, should be the ones he usually drank at night to keep out the cold.It was still lukewarm, he took two gulps, and it rolled from his throat to his chest like a ball of flame.

like a wild man.

The street is too long, so the watchman probably won't come. He is dressed so luxuriously, and the bridle is decorated with the Eastern Palace decoration, so naturally he won't be in trouble.After the coronation ceremony, I won’t be afraid of gods and ghosts anymore, but I entered the palace early when I was a child. When I was a child, everything looked big. Before the East Palace, there were few people, and there were many empty palaces. Sometimes I played with Ao Ji and the others and ran for a long time. , not seeing a person, the voice of shouting echoed in the empty palace, frightened him to shout to go home.

I don't know what Ao Ji and the others are doing now, but he is not afraid, there are many people in the barracks, and with Yu Yanran, if they are really bored, they can fight with each other.It's amazing, two people in their 20s can still fight, no one will believe it.

He thought, and continued to move forward, many names flowed through his mind like water, and he was probably sleeping at this time.The south of the Yangtze River is the same as the north, and there will be no one on this street.

He didn't want to go back to the palace, and he didn't want to go back to his mansion, anyway, there would be no one there.

There is a shadow at the end of the street, it may be someone's stone lion, but the stone lion is not so tall, he is getting closer and closer, and recently I am dazzled by looking at the tax books. It turns out that he is also a man leading a horse, taller than himself, from Xirong Poor, don't know how to enjoy, if you don't wear woolen clothes in this weather, you deserve to freeze to death.

But he always looks good in Hu clothes, with complicated patterns and beautiful boots, which can be stepped on in the snow.The whole person is tall and straight, like a sword, holding hands, the moonlight shines on his golden hair, but the hat of the cloak covers most of it, and his face is as white as frost and snow like the orchid who sold wine in the poem , as bright as cinnabar, the scimitar is inlaid with many precious stones, but none of them are as beautiful as his eyes.