Is Your Majesty jealous today?

After returning to Beijing, Xichi immediately went to Prince Cheng's mansion.

In the past two days in the carriage, he was tossed a lot by Zhong Ye.Although Xi Chi was young and in good health, he couldn't resist Zhong Ye's teasing in every way.

After returning to the palace, Zhong Ye had a lot of things to take care of.

Part of it is that the backlog needs to be dealt with, and the other part is to eradicate the Guangping Hou family.

There are quite a few families like the Marquis of Guangping. If they change their minds and settle down, Zhong Ye will pass with one eye open and one eye closed. They will not reuse them and will only let such families gradually decline.

If they dance happily and want to do something big, the evidence in Zhong Ye's hands is enough to implicate their nine clans.

There are so many dignitaries in the capital, how many of them are completely clean?

The Hou family in Guangping is different from those of King Chen and King Rui.For this kind of situation, Zhong Ye wanted to eradicate the weeds and not leave any one behind.

At the beginning of autumn, the capital city was still hot, and in just a few months, the situation in the court changed again.

After King Rui's party was cut, now it's King Chen's turn.

Xi Xiuyuan came back quickly, and brought the evidence that Chen Guang, the minister of the household department, had an affair with the rebel with the governor of Yuejiang Province. All the personal and material evidences were collected, and all the original letters were taken out.

Many people knew about this incident, which shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

The governor of Yuejiang Province was beheaded, and Chen Guang, the Minister of the Household Department, was relegated to the bitter cold north as a small official who raised horses.

A large number of officials related to Chen Guang and Governor Yuejiang were relegated and beheaded, and a large number of officials were replaced at the court and at the local level.

The stale and dirty black blood was replaced by fresh blood.

When Xi Chi was stolen to the palace in his sleep, Zhong Ye returned from a walk in the garden after dinner.

At dusk, the palace lanterns in the palace were all lit up.On the bed in the study room was a young man in white sleeping peacefully. Zhong Ye took the tea from Zheng Ru and fed Xichi a mouthful.

After waking up, Xi Chi rubbed his eyebrows: "Brother Yi, you are playing this trick again."

Zhong Ye chuckled: "Because you have such a good temper, you won't get angry at anything my brother does to you."

Naturally, Xi Chi wouldn't be angry with Zhong Ye, firstly, he doesn't usually like to be sullen, and secondly, Xi Chi pampered the people he likes, so it's good that Zhong Ye doesn't play too much.

Xi Chi said: "I just want to take a nap... What time is it now? Is it dark?"

Zhong Ye said: "Staying in the palace tonight, I still have a lot of memorials to review, and it will be faster to do things with you."

Xi Chi took the ginseng tea from Zheng Ru, and he took a sip of it: "If this continues, my father will find out sooner or later—"

Right now, Xi Chi hasn't figured out how to let King Cheng know about this matter. I'm afraid that in the eyes of King Cheng, Xi Chi and Zhong Ye are diametrically opposite people who can't get together at all.

A eunuch walked in: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness Prince Chen has been waiting for you for a long time."

Zhong Ye suddenly remembered: "I let him hang out for an hour. I'm afraid his knees are going to be swollen now. Let someone come here now."

"Yes."

Zheng Ru hurriedly asked someone to move a screen to block it.

Xi Chi said: "Brother Yi, what are you going to do with King Chen? It's not like you to do nothing to him."

Zhong Ye Zhu Bi replied in the memorial: "I have moved too many people, and the clan needs to be stabilized. It is impossible to kill King Chen, but his party members have been cut off, most of his family property has been emptied, and there will be no chance of a comeback in the future."

Although Zhong Ye was ruthless by nature, he was very good at acting on the occasion, and touched the interests of too many clan and nobles, which was bound to make this group of people secretly collude and rebel.

Previously, King Liu Rui and King Chen wanted the two parties to fight each other, and Zhong Ye benefited by balancing the forces between the two.

Now King Liurui and King Chen, Zhong Ye wants the clan to know that he cares about the love of the same family, and asks everyone not to be too panic-stricken.

Xi Chi said: "The land problem has always existed. The poor people have been squeezed too much by the gentry and officials. They are busy all year round, but in the end they don't have enough food and clothing. Brother Yi moved the household department, and this problem must be improved in the future. ?”

Zhong Ye nodded: "This matter will not be accomplished overnight. If the action is too big, it will affect the foundation of the country. I want to take it step by step."

Xi Chi agreed with Zhong Ye's thoughts: "What does Yi brother want to do?"

Zhong Ye said: "Xiaoxi, you have been in the folk for many years and know more about the lives of the people. What do you think?"

Xi Chi said: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement it, and the righteous brother will bear a bad name."

Zhong Ye pinched Xi Chi's earlobe: "It's nothing, just say it."

"This dynasty exempts officials from taxes, not only them, but also their families. Many people who have a good relationship with them will put some money in their names to avoid paying food when they are on errands."

Xi Chi said, "In this way, the imperial court's tax revenue will be reduced, and the poor will be under more pressure to have one more child. The officials and gentry spend their time drinking and drinking, and the common people are suffering. Due to the insufficient imperial court tax revenue, whatever disasters occur in various places, the treasury will not be able to allocate money to relieve disasters." .”

Zhong Ye nodded: "The problem you mentioned is the problem I want to solve."

Xi Chi said: "It is very necessary for officials and gentry to work together as errands and to pay food. This will increase tax revenue, and the chances of annexation of common people's land will be much less, but in this way, righteous brothers will be insulted by scholars all over the world. If you cut off officials' wealth, it is like killing their parents." .”

Zhong Ye closed his eyes: "I'm not afraid of slander and insult, but there is one thing, I don't know what disadvantages it will have after it is implemented. The only worry is that the people below don't follow my ideas when I give a feasible policy. To carry it out, everyone tried to plug my ears and blindfold me."

Xi Chi's heart became hot: "Brother Yi."

Zhong Ye said: "This time, we will try it out in some places first. After Zhao Li took office, I arranged for him to try out this policy first, to see if he has the ability. For his sake, I won't kill him, but I won't let him go easily either."

Xichi said: "If there is a change, I will do something with you gentlemen among the people. Some gentlemen are loyal and can understand the intentions of the brother-in-law."

Zhong Ye raised his hand and rubbed Xi Chi's black hair.

At this time, King Chen was brought in, and he knelt down to salute through the screen.

Zhong Ye lowered his eyes to drink tea, and said after a long time: "Uncle Huang, get up, there is no need to be polite."

King Chen said: "Master Chen Guang is a veteran of the three dynasties, and the northern border is a place of bitter cold. If you demote him to the north, I'm afraid he won't survive this winter. Moreover, the minister has a daughter married to Chen Guang's son. This daughter has been delicate since childhood. , I can’t suffer much. I implore the emperor to recite Chen Guang’s past achievements and transfer him back from the northern border.”

Zhong Ye curled his lips coldly: "Uncle Huang and Chen Guang are close friends. After he leaves, Uncle Huang must be lonely, right?"

Chen Wang did not deny that he begged Zhong Ye many times during this period.

However, Zhong Ye has a heart of stone.

Zhong Ye said: "Although Chen Guang has committed a lot of crimes, he has made a lot of contributions. It is impossible for him to step into the capital again, but I may agree to go back to his hometown to farm."

Chen Wang was a little moved.

Chen Guang has done a lot of things for King Chen these years, and the friendship between the two is indeed very good. Now Chen Guang raises horses in a bitter cold place, and the former Prime Minister has now become a ninth-rank official. I don’t know how many people are rushing to step on them. However, Chen Wang's current power was helpless, he knew that Zhong Ye wanted Chen Guang to die.

King Chen didn't expect him and Chen Guangneng to have the power and status they had before, but only hoped that they could spend their old age in peace.

Even if Chen Guang's family really went back to their hometown, it would be better to have no officials and no jobs than to live in such a miserable place.

King Chen said: "Your Majesty is kind, and I am very grateful."

"Uncle Huang knows that I never do things that are disadvantageous." Through the screen, Zhong Ye caressed Xi Chi's hand. This hand is slender and fair, with a faint blush on the fingertips, which makes people have the urge to kiss Fangze. , "What do you use in return?"

King Chen's heart sank: "I am also a sinner, from now on I will only be a wealthy and idle person, and I will not repay the emperor's great favor."

King Chen knew in his heart that Zhong Ye was not ignorant of his sins, but that his uncle's identity was too ambiguous. Zhong Ye wanted to stabilize the clan, so he didn't reveal his sins.

If Zhong Ye really wanted to settle the score, King Chen would have been imprisoned long ago.

Zhong Ye kissed Xi Chi's fingertips, biting his teeth lightly.

Although separated by a screen, Xi Chi is still not used to this, he doesn't like to be close to Zhong Ye in the presence of a third party.So I just pinched Zhong Ye's thigh to remind him.

Zhong Ye raised his eyes and glanced at Xi Chi.

Xi Chi felt that Zhong Ye's gaze was a bit dangerous, and always felt that Zhong Ye would say something inappropriate next moment.

Sure enough, Zhong Ye's tone was casual, as if he was talking about a very common thing: "I want to become empress, and if the uncle takes the lead in agreeing, Chen Guang can return to his hometown to retire normally."

King Chen was overjoyed, it was a good thing to have a queen. Zhong Ye had not heard of him enshrining a concubine for such a long time. Some ministers even suspected that he was inhumane in private. Now that Zhong Ye took the initiative to bring up this matter, King Chen was also happy.

But he didn't rush to agree, and cautiously probed: "I don't know which girl is so lucky to be favored by the emperor?"

Zhong Ye pinched Xi Chi's fingertips, then raised his hand to pinch Xi Chi's chin, with a smile in his long and narrow eyes: "Cheng Wang's family."

Chen Wang was stunned for a moment, Cheng Wang's family only had two sons and no daughter.

Zhong Ye's tone seemed troubled: "I've taken a fancy to the second young master of Prince Cheng's family, and I don't know if the second young master would like to be my queen."

Chen Wang's heart turned cold in an instant.

He had met Xi Chi before, and Xi Chi was too good-looking. Chen Wang Yue had countless beauties since he was a child, but it was the first time he saw such a good-looking young man as Xi Chi.

But Xichi is obviously not a kind person.

King Chen still remembered his son's scrapped hands, all because of Xichi.

King Chen closed his eyes and said nonsense: "The emperor has always been sage, and Mr. Xi Er is very handsome, smart and intelligent. It is perfect for him to become a country. Not only will I agree, but I think other clans will also agree."

Zhong Ye nodded: "Very good."

King Chen was used as a pawn by Zhong Ye, and he was unwilling to do so. He couldn't help but said: "I just don't know whether King Cheng will agree or not. The relationship between the minister and King Cheng is not good, so I can't persuade him."