Ning Chen Ling Xiao

Here, Chu Yifeng was very happy to solve the important matter that was stuck in his heart, and he had a lot of dinner, but Ling Xiao was always in a bad mood at the banquet, and the fathers of the children who offended Chu Yifeng were so frightened that they didn't eat much.

The next day Chu Yifeng got up early to go hunting, Ling Xiao accompanied Chu Yifeng to the end today, but only hunted a rabbit, Ling Xiao didn't like hunting at all, and didn't care, but Wei Zhengfu hunted today. No, second only to Chu Yifeng, and by the time the count was counted at noon, he was already on par with Chu Yifeng. Chu Yifeng smiled and said, "It is uncle after all, and I will give you a hundred taels of gold."

Wei Zhengfu nodded his head to thank Ling Xiao, Chu Yifeng turned his head to see Ling Xiao, paused, and said: "Well... the rabbit that Zi Junhou hunted is also... yes, I look so heroic, and reward 50 taels of gold. "

Ling Xiao was amused in his heart, Chu Yifeng was unhappy because he thought that his harvest was not good, and wanted to give himself a consolation prize?Ling Xiao smiled and bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." The officials accompanying him sighed inwardly, Zi Junhou was indeed the most favored, and he could be rewarded by hunting a rabbit.

Chu Yifeng smiled and drove back to the palace.

After the meal, Ling Xiao went to the garden to watch the attendants pack up the prey brought back, and distributed them one by one according to the position of the ministers, and ordered the officials who were not accompanied by the officials to send them back to the imperial city immediately. , Although they certainly do not lack meat, the rewards from the emperor are different from those bought outside. The grace is inside, and the officials will worship the ancestors after thanking the rewards.

Just as he was dispatching outsiders to report that Kang Yanqiu was begging to see Zi Junhou, Ling Xiao sneered and nodded: "Master Kang, please come in."

Ling Xiao also didn't invite Kang Yanqiu to enter the house, but only asked the leader to come to the garden. Then Kang Yanqiu approached with the attendants, and after the etiquette was over, he said with a smile: "I heard that the nephew of the lower official has been bothering the Marquis for a day, and I knew the Marquis yesterday. I don't dare to bother you because I feel unwell, I'm here today to pick up my nephew, I don't know how convenient it is for Lord Hou?"

Ling Xiao raised his eyes slightly: "Your nephew?"

Kang Yanqiu nodded, with a sad face on his face: "Exactly... it's my sister's life, my uncle passed away early, and my sister took care of the child to live, who knows that my sister left before the child turned one year old, it's really... an official Helpless, how can I let the child be lonely outside, and quickly take it home to have a good life, speaking of it, uncle and master..."

"That child... I'm afraid you won't be able to pick him up today." Ling Xiao interrupted Kang Yanqiu's rambling, who would like to listen to your family's affairs, Ling Xiao sneered in his heart, and said lightly, "Maybe you don't know? Yesterday I On a whim, I went over the wall to look outside the northwest corner..."

Kang Yanqiu's face froze. Today, he wanted to make a good sale in front of Ling Xiao because he had raised Ling's orphan. Why did he bring up yesterday's incident again now? Didn't he say that he would not pursue it?

Seeing that the attendant had already cut and distributed the meat, Ling Xiao ordered: "Send it immediately according to the order, without delay."

After they were all ordered, they turned their heads and said to Kang Yanqiu, "Yesterday I was acting on a whim, but who would have taught all the young masters a good lesson..."

"Don't dare." Kang Yanqiu hurriedly apologized, "It's because the minister is too generous in his daily life, who knows it's actually..."

Ling Xiao smiled faintly: "It's nothing, I was about to get angry, but it looked like a group of children... It's really boring to care about it, but your nephew wants to apologize for Mr. Ling and says he will serve me for a few days. I think so, since the child has been raised by you for the past few years as a person with a foreign surname, he should repay him, so he agreed."

The implication is that you are just a person with a foreign surname, and you can't do Ling Shixian's affairs.

Kang Yanqiu was stunned, apologizing?How many days do you serve?Ling Shixian is not yet five years old, what can he serve?

Ling Xiao looked at Kang Yanqiu with a smile: "Master Kang is worried that the young master will suffer in my place, you can rest assured, I will naturally not treat him harshly, stay with me for a few days, and when he gets tired of living here, I will naturally give it to you. go back, okay?"

Kang Yanqiu swallowed a mouthful of old blood, Ling Xiao said all this, what objection could he have?If there is a real objection, wouldn't it be the same as not allowing Ling Shixian to make amends?So what should Ling Xiao do if he gets upset for a while and asks his son for trouble?

Kang Yanqiu is not stupid either, he naturally knows how much Ling Shixian is, and it would be strange to be able to tell Ling Xiao that he wants to make amends on behalf of his brother. For a few days, where will he come back after living here? Ling Shixian is here to make amends for his unworthy son. In the future, Ling Xiao will not let him go, and he will not be able to invite him. It is really hard to advance or retreat... That little bastard has found a good place. !Kang Yanqiu couldn't help it, so he could only smile and said: "That's fine, it's rare for that child to be in the eyes of Lord Hou, and it's just a nuisance to Lord Hou."

Ling Xiao smiled generously: "My lord, you are welcome, if there is nothing wrong, I will not see you off."

Kang Yanqiu hastily resigned.

Ling Xiao looked at Kang Yanqiu's back and sneered, who was he fighting with?If you don't weigh yourself, you will be shy, what is it.

Not long after, Chu Yifeng found it, and said with a smile, "Uncle just sent some wild grapes, I tasted it, it's very good, are you alright?"

"It's almost there." Ling Xiao thought for a while, "It's just right, it's time for Feng Xingjun to send the brochure, I'll go and have a look."

The two returned to the dormitory, Ling Xiao reviewed the papers, Chu Yifeng sat aside and watched the grapes peeled, eating one for Ling Xiao, impartial.

"I'm going to do something this time when I go back." Ling Xiao swallowed the sweet and sour flesh in his mouth, and tried his best to speak clearly, "It's just... about the taxes and taxes, and they will be shared by the mu."

Chu Yifeng frowned: "Tan Ding...what's the matter?"

Ling Xiao put down the grapes in Chu Yifeng's hand, and said seriously: "What I'm telling you now is something I've planned a long time ago, so listen carefully."

Chu Yifeng immediately became serious, sat upright and nodded, Ling Xiao couldn't help laughing when he saw his appearance, raised his hand to wipe off the grape juice from the corner of Chu Yifeng's mouth, and said with a smile: "Just kidding, no It’s so important, as long as you can understand.”

Ling Xiao paused, and said with a smile: "I want to change the taxation system. It is a saying that the allocation of Ding Ding into the mu is a saying. There are two ways to implement it. One is to divide the Ding Yin of a prefecture and county into the land tax equally. The original amount of land tax should be paid, and the average amount of small silver should be added, so that all the people in this field should pay together. The other method is to distribute the small silver of a state and county evenly among the fields. Do you understand? "

Ling Xiao spoke very slowly, and Chu Yifeng listened carefully. Chu Yifeng even repeated Ling Xiao's words in his head several times, froze for a moment, and honestly shook his head: "No... I don't understand."

Ling Xiao was patient, and said again: "Just... That is, our current tax is... To put it bluntly, it is a head tax. A certain household has ten people. After the autumn harvest, the tax for ten people will be paid. If there are five people, you have to pay five people's tax, whether it is an adult or a child, you have to pay one person's tax, understand?"

This Chu Yifeng understood and nodded.

Ling Xiao smiled, and continued: "This seems reasonable, but there are huge disadvantages. Generally, people are better off, they seem to be poorer, and some even dare not have more children in order to pay less taxes. It sounds strange to you, but These are all things I have seen with my own eyes during the several Northern Expeditions. Some people are so poor that they only have a few acres of Susukida, and there are a large number of unborn people, so they can’t collect much food, and there is not much left after paying taxes.”

Chu Yifeng nodded: "Of course I believe you, you go on."

"The new policy I want to implement is divided into mu. As the name suggests, the tax is no longer counted in units of population, but in units of field mu." Ling Xiao thought for a while and said, "For example, this village originally paid taxes. Taxes, the government needs to count the population of the village, and how much each person pays, and collect taxes in this way. If the New Deal is implemented, the government will collect taxes again, and it will be to calculate the number of acres of land in the village, and the amount of tax that should be paid per mu of land, so that Come."

Chu Yifeng nodded, this time he understood.

Ling Xiao smiled and said: "In this way, you have more acres of land and more harvest, so you have to pay more, which is more reasonable."

Chu Yifeng understood it completely, and said with a smile: "Very good, it sounds better to me than before, then you can write it down when you go back, and I'll do it after I get the seal."

Ling Xiao can’t laugh or cry, it’s so easy, it’s nice to say, but it’s bound to be difficult in practice. The first thing to deal with is the strong opposition from the bureaucracy. Those who only accept civilians have fame and reputation, so naturally they don’t have to pay taxes, but if this policy continues, they will not only have to pay taxes, but also because they have a lot of land under their names, they will pay much more taxes than poor peasants. No one is a fool, no matter how nice they say on weekdays, it's useless, when it's about their own interests, everyone can figure it out clearly.

Seeing Chu Yifeng's excited face, Ling Xiao didn't want to pour cold water on him, that's all he said to Chu Yifeng, just let him know a little bit, the rest is his own business.

Seeing that Ling Xiao had finished speaking, Chu Yifeng picked up the bunch of grapes just now and ate them to refresh his mind. After finishing eating this plate of grapes, Ling Xiao had already approved all the papers he sent, and Chu Yifeng wiped his hands , was about to say something, the servant outside approached in small steps, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Hou, the young master Ling in the side hall is awake and wants to see you."

Chu Yifeng smiled: "Finally woke up? Call him in, I haven't had a good talk with him yet."

Not long after, the valet came in holding the child's hand. Ling Shixian was only four years old, and he didn't understand the meaning of the person in front of him who was called "Emperor" by others. Saluting Chu Yifeng and Ling Xiao, Chu Yifeng smiled and ordered him to get up and approach him, rubbed his head and said, "Is your injury healed? Does it still hurt?"

Ling Shixian shook his head, raised his head to look at Chu Yifeng, and said in a low voice, "Go back to the emperor, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Chu Yifeng pulled up one of his small hands and raised his cuff, the place where he was beaten was still bruised and purple, but the child said it didn't hurt, how could it not hurt.Chu Yifeng didn't say anything, just said: "Even if the pain is gone, the imperial doctor should apply the medicine on time, and drink the medicine that is boiled for you."

Ling Shixian nodded obediently: "Yes."

Chu Yifeng smiled: "You are so obedient, I was thinking of telling you, just as you are coming, I have already ordered you to go down, you don't have to go to your uncle's house in the future, you will live here these days, and when you come back In the imperial city, you go to Zijunhou's mansion." Chu Yifeng turned his head and glanced at Ling Xiao, and said with a smile: "It's his mansion, Zijunhou Ling Xiao and you are of the same family, so it's very appropriate for you to live in his mansion. "

This is the first time Ling Shixian saw Ling Xiao. The person in front of him is very good-looking, at least he is the most beautiful person Ling Shixian has ever seen. The person who saved him said that he and himself belonged to the same family, but somehow he felt that the person in front of him not at all...

Ling Shixian leaned into Chu Yifeng's arms involuntarily, and Ling Xiao raised his long eyebrows with great interest: "In the future, you can go to my house. My house is no better than a palace, but it is definitely much better than your uncle's." In front of Chu Yifeng , Ling Xiao tried his best to show his kindness, and said with a smile: "Protect your clothes and food, and your future will be bright."

Chu Yifeng smiled: "A four-year-old child, what does he know about a bright future? Just follow Zijunhou at ease. His residence is the Dangkanghou's residence in the imperial city. He is a famous benevolent family. bully you."

Ling Shixian turned his head to look at Ling Xiao timidly, still a little scared, and couldn't help but said: "I... can't, follow you, go to your house?"

Chu Yifeng smiled and said: "My house? Haha... My house is not convenient for you to go there, you just need to feel at ease, Ling Xiao treats people very well, don't worry." In Chu Yifeng's eyes, there is no better person than Ling Xiao, Softly coaxing the child a few words, Ling Shixian couldn't help it, with tears still in his eyes, nodded, knelt down to kowtow to Ling Xiao as Chu Yifeng ordered, then got up and shrank back to Chu Yifeng's side.

Chu Yifeng looked at Ling Shixian's cute behavior, hugged him and smiled for a while, his frowns and smiles that were neither hypocritical nor artificial were imprinted in Ling Shixian's eyes.

This was the first ray of sunshine in Ling Shixian's obscure childhood. Many years later, when Ling Shixian had grown up and stood above the imperial court, he still remembered that it was such a person. He was not a good emperor, but he was a real one. Really nice guy.When he was rescued from those naughty boys' arrows, the warmth of holding him in his arms has always remained in his memory, and it has become the reason why he devoted his whole life to him.