Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Pei Linzhi hugged both of them, one big and one small, into his arms, touched A Ping's head, and said, "Ping will have a father in the future, and Master and Daddy will protect you. A Ping will also protect Daddy in the future, you can't Let anyone bully Daddy."

A Ping nodded vigorously: "Well, I like Daddy the most, Daddy, I will protect you."

Xiao Yu kissed him on the cheek: "Thank you, A Ping, Daddy will protect A Ping as well."

Pei Linzhi felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was extremely huge. These two men were the most important people in the world today, and he would spend his whole life protecting them.

The next day, they held an adoption ceremony in the ancestral hall. Wang Qi presided over the ceremony, and Xiao Yao, Pei Linzhi, Min Chong, Sun Fei and other important officials in the court witnessed the ceremony.

Regarding Xiao Yu's decision to adopt A Ping, except for Pei Linzhi and Min Chong's calm attitude, the rest of the people were shocked. Xiao Yu was so young, why did he want to adopt a son.

It was also strongly opposed by Wang Qi and other ministers. There was a huge hidden danger. If Xiao Yu gave birth to a son in the future, there might be uncontrollable disasters between the adopted son and the parent-son due to the struggle for power and profit.

Xiao Yu is extremely wise in other matters, but he is too abnormal when it comes to concubines and heirs.

Xiao Yu replied in this way: "The position of emperor should be occupied by those who are capable. If my adopted son is more capable than my parent and son in the future, it is not impossible for my adopted son to inherit the throne. If my father and son are more wise than my adopted son, then my father and son will succeed."

Of course, this was to prevaricate Wang Qi, his son Ying'er didn't even exist, and it was impossible to have one.

When Wang Qi heard these words, he almost wanted to vomit blood: "Your Majesty said it easily, how can an outsider inherit the Ninth Five-Year Honor! How can the people of the world be convinced!"

Xiao Yu said: "A Ping is not an outsider, he is the flesh and blood of King Xiao Yin of Yue. King Yue entrusted his child to me when he was in danger. Now King Yue has passed away unfortunately, leaving only this orphan. I treat him as my own. Shouldn't it?"

Wang Qi was silenced by him, he valued clan tradition the most, his nephew lost his parents, his uncle should treat his nephew who has become an orphan as his own, and treat him kindly, so he has no reason to refute Xiao Yu's adoption behavior .

"Your Majesty is kind and willing to take care of your brother's son, but you must not make this son the crown prince. This will sow the seeds of chaos in the court in the future." Wang Qi thought that Xiao Yu could adopt Aping, but he never agreed to make him the crown prince.

Xiao Yu didn't refute him anymore, this matter has to be done slowly.

Witnessed by their ancestors in the ancestral hall, they completed the adoption ceremony.A Ping also restored his real name, Xiao Qian, which was the name given to his son by the King of Yue. Now that the King of Yue has passed away, this is the last thing he left for A Ping. Xiao Yu did not dare to deprive this father of his power.

Although he has a big name, Aping still uses his nickname, and everyone is used to him being called this name.

The attendants in the mansion also changed their names to call A Ping His Highness.A Ping can't react well. When people call him, he always corrects others: "My name is A Ping, not Your Highness."

So everyone called him His Highness Aping, and he slowly accepted it.

Aping is four years old. He is very smart and taller than his peers. He has no playmates at home and is very lonely.

Xiao Yu decided to send him to a private school when school started in the fall, not because of school, but mainly to let him have playmates, and to get in touch with common people so that he could get acquainted with the living conditions of ordinary people and understand the hardships of people's livelihood.

This year, the weather is good and the hybrid rice seeds have been replaced. The early rice in Yasanzhou, Guangjiao has had a bumper harvest.Xiao Yu was very proud, and felt that what he had learned was not in vain, and that he had truly brought benefits to the people.

Unexpectedly, Min Chong responded to Xiao Yu on this day: "This year's grain harvest has been bumper, and the price has plummeted. Do you want to buy some grain from the official warehouse?"

Xiao Yu asked, "How much is the food price?"

Min Chong said: "A bucket of brown rice only costs ten yuan, which is a third lower than last year."

Xiao Yu frowned: "This year's increase in grain production is only one-third at most. Why has the grain dropped so severely?" Logically speaking, the increased production of hybrid rice will allow some farmers who are short of grain to not worry about starvation, and will not have more food. Too much inflow into the market, how could it fall so badly.

Min Chong said: "I asked people to inquire, and many landlords started not collecting grain rent this year, but instead collected cash. In order to exchange money, tenant farmers poured a large amount of grain into the market, and the price was lowered."

Xiao Yu keenly sensed that something was wrong: "Farmers increase production, and every family has no shortage of food, so there will be no need for too much food in the market. The price will indeed be lowered. Go and investigate, who is buying the food, see Is it a merchant from the north?"

He was worried that the grain merchants from the north were buying grain at low prices, and that in the future these grains would become strategic supplies against him.

Min Chong immediately understood Xiao Yu's meaning: "I understand, I will send someone to investigate."

Two days later, Min Chong came back to report that there were also grain harvesters from the north, but not many, mainly because local landlords were buying.

From last year to now, Guangzhou has been promoting the prevention and control of smallpox from the north, and the merchant ships from the north are strictly checked. Without the documents issued by the government, merchant ships cannot do business with the locals in Guangzhou.

Xiao Yu frowned: "These big landlords are not short of grain, why do they buy grain at a low price? I'm afraid they are the ones who lowered the grain price."

Min Chong smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise, they are the ones who lowered the price of food."

Xiao Yu sneered: "It's a good plan. Harvesting grain in bad years and money in good years. They set all the rules. It's unreasonable!"

"No, some of these landlords are granaries, hoarding grain and waiting to sell it at a high price." Min Chong said.

After all, the common people received three or five dollars more, but their lives still did not improve, and they were double exploited by the landlords. These landlords are simply abhorrent.

Xiao Yu said: "You buy people's grain at a price higher than the current market price and lower than last year's grain price, and then build a few more granaries to store it. Remember, don't collect grain from the landlords." It's time to stockpile grain for war , but the landlord cannot make a profit. Although some landlords will take the opportunity to resell the grain they just received, they will not be able to make much money.

Min Chong said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Just as Min Chong was about to leave, Xiao Yu suddenly said, "Teng Yun, you said that the timing is right for me to carry out the land reform?"

Min Chong was stunned for a moment: "I want to know the specific content of your majesty's reform."

Xiao Yu said: "All land is nationalized, including the land of landlords and small farmers, and then redistributed on a per capita basis."

Min Chong was shocked when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you are trying to touch the lifeblood of those big landlords."

Xiao Yu smiled bitterly: "Yes, this idea has been brewing in my heart for a long time. Once the law is changed, it will inevitably cause shocks in the government and the public. I can already imagine the resistance. But if the law is not changed, even if we conquer the world in the future, these big landlords will is our worst enemy."

Min Chong thought for a while: "If your majesty reforms, you will directly push these big landlords to the opposite side now, and the resistance to overthrowing the northern court will be very great in the future. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Xiao Yu nodded: "Yes, I've thought about it too. So I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still haven't made up my mind. The landlord's manipulation of grain prices recently reminded me of this incident, so I want to ask your opinion."

Min Chong said: "The matter is very important. I need to go back and think about it carefully. I can't give His Majesty an answer immediately."

"Okay, go back and think about it. I'll also ask other people for their opinions. Go down." Xiao Yu waved his hand wearily.

"My minister retire."

The other people Xiao Yu asked were naturally Pei Linzhi.

Pei Linzhi was more shocked than Min Chong when he heard his proposal. Min Chong had not been in the officialdom for a long time, and he didn't have a thorough understanding of some aristocratic families, but he had been in contact with them since he was a child.

For the rich and noble families, the land is their foundation.Especially in the period of frequent regime renewal and iteration, the purchasing power of currency will fluctuate greatly, and land is the eternal wealth, and buying land is the consensus of all.

Therefore, the land of those rich and powerful families is beyond imagination by ordinary people. In some counties, the land is almost divided up by one or two big families.

Small farmers may be able to own a small piece of land, but their ability to resist risks is too poor, and they can easily lose their own land and eventually become tenant farmers.

In order to avoid the poll tax, many tenant farmers even sold themselves as slaves to big landlords and were protected by big landlords. These slaves did not have household registration.Therefore, the big landlords not only have land, but also a lot of manpower, the exact amount is unknown.

"Your Majesty, I don't think this is the right time. If this is the case, we will not only have to deal with Xiao Yi's imperial army in the future, but also powerful people from all over the world." Pei Linzhi said, "In order to protect their own interests, they will do everything they can to protect their own interests. Do your best to support Xiao Yi to fight against us."

Xiao Yu nodded in agreement with his statement: "You are right. Then do you think there will be much resistance to the reform after the unification of the world? Will the local tyrants support themselves and form a separate regime?"

Pei Linzhi smiled and patted his head: "Your Majesty needs to be more patient. After unifying the world, we will fully implement the policies of private schools, hybrid rice, vaccination and tax cuts. These are all for the benefit of the people. Once the people at the bottom know the land The reform is for their own good, so will they be willing to fight for these tyrants? Maybe they will directly overthrow the tyrants."

Xiao Yu laughed when he heard the words: "Rinzhi is right, I was too eager for success. Solve the main contradiction first, and then solve the secondary contradictions. Solve the external contradictions first, and then deal with the internal contradictions. We must also divide the enemy from within. .”

Pei Linzhi nodded again and again: "As for those who intentionally manipulate grain prices, I think we can catch a group of them, convict them, and make an example to others."

"Yes, if they are arrested and fined heavily for disrupting the market order, the fine should exceed the amount of their profit, so they will not dare to mess around in the future." Xiao Yu said.

Pei Linzhi gave a thumbs up.

Xiao Yu held Pei Linzhi's arm and leaned his head on his shoulder: "It's really not easy to govern a country well."

Pei Linzhi touched his face with his backhand: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Daddy!" Ah Ping's voice came from outside.

Xiao Yu was so frightened that he quickly sat upright, A Ping had already run in, and saw the two people who had just separated at a glance.

Xiao Yu's face was a little embarrassed: "What's the matter, Ah Ping?"

Ah Ping ran over, holding a cloth bag in his hand: "Daddy, look, this is the schoolbag that sister Xiaochun sewed for me. There is also a big rooster embroidered on it."

Xiao Yu looked at the blue cotton schoolbag in Aping's hand, on which was embroidered a big rooster with silk thread, but no matter how you looked at it, it was a bit ridiculous: "Why is it embroidered with a rooster?"

A Ping said solemnly: "Because I am a chicken. Daddy, when can I go to school? Can I go to school with Brother Niu Niu tomorrow?"

Xiao Yu smiled and patted his head: "Ah Ping likes going to school so much? But Niu Niu and the others will have summer vacation soon, so let's go when the next semester starts."

A Ping looked down at the schoolbag in his hand, and said "oh", obviously disappointed.

Pei Linzhi said: "Ah Ping loves going to school, so let's go with him tomorrow."

A Ping became excited: "It's better, Master! I can go to school, I want to go to school." The little guy ran out while shouting. He felt that going to school was an older child, so he was very excited.

Xiao Yu looked at his back and said, "You can't let him go to school alone, let Lai Feng or Xiang Yang follow him."

Pei Linzhi said: "Then let Xiangyang go."