The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

The dishes they ordered came one by one, a three-yellow salted candle chicken, a hot and sour lotus root, a steamed sea bass, and a cup of winter melon and duck soup.In hot summer, people's taste will not be very good. This hot and sour lotus root is hot and sour, very appetizing. Li Wen picked up a chopstick and tasted the lotus root. After a long hum, he said to Zhao Xiangyi, "Delicious and delicious, you should try it too."

"It's not bad." Zhao Xiangyi took a sip. Seeing that the young man tasted delicious, he also thought it tasted good.

Knowing that the young man likes to eat salted chicken, he took off the chicken's legs and wings, and put all these things in front of the young man so that he could hold them easily, and he ate the rest.

"You can eat too, give me everything you don't need." Li Wen stuffed a chicken leg to Zhao Xiangyi, grabbed the other chicken leg and started to chew, and also gave a big smiling face to the man who doted on him.

"You eat, I have it here." Zhao Xiangyi didn't want it. He knew that when teenagers eat chicken, they like to eat chicken legs and wings, and like to nibble on chicken feet and chicken necks.He himself has always been not picky about his food, as long as he eats what he eats and can fill his stomach, so when he eats with the boy, he always picks up what the boy doesn't like, and puts what the boy likes in front of him.

When the boy eats something he likes, he will return him with a bright smile. The eyes of the smile are curved, which is very beautiful. Maybe this is the reason why he dotes on the boy.Naturally, he was the one to spoil his boy.

The boy just ate two sesame seed cakes in the carriage, and now he doesn't know where he ate his food. His stomach is like a bottomless pit, and he can't even get enough to eat.After eating three bowls of rice in a row, the young man ate the chicken wings, chicken legs and chicken feet, and the hot and sour lotus root dish was eaten by him, almost all of it went into his stomach, and he couldn't even eat a single fish. Not much, and I drank a large bowl of soup later.

Different from other literati who eat in a gentle way, they still focus on reciting poems while eating. The purpose is not to eat, but the amount of food depends on numbers.

But Li Wen is not. When it comes to eating, he is very focused on eating. As long as he is hungry and has something to eat, he will put aside everything that has nothing to do with eating, and wait for him to eat when he is full. Besides.This is also the reason why he doesn't like to go to some poetry gatherings. A group of people are hungry and have to compete with their brains to write poems. He feels like a group of big fools.

"gurgling"

After finishing the last bowl of soup, Li Wen burped in satisfaction, stroking his round belly, so satisfied.As long as there are no outsiders around and he eats with his own people, Li Wen doesn't care much. He eats rice in a rush, eats very quickly, and stops when he is full.

The teenager ate so much, but he was still very thin, and he didn't grow any flesh.Especially these days I've been too busy, and I've lost a little weight, so I still feel a little tight when I hold her in my arms at night.

However, the young man is skinny, and he has grown a lot taller in the past year.Zhao Xiangyi still remembers the first time he met a boy, he was still a half-grown boy, but now he has grown into a boy.He is very happy that he can witness the boy's growth, and he will accompany him in the future, love him and protect his boy.

It was when the teenager was growing up that his food intake continued to increase, but he himself came from this period, so he naturally knew that teenagers in this period had a lot to eat.

In this regard, the two people are very similar, their meals are not small, and Zhao Xiangyi's appetite is bigger than Li Wen's.

"Are you full?"

"Well, full, are you full?"

"full.,,

After Li Wen was full, the rest of the dishes on the table were wrapped by Zhao Xiangyi.

After drinking a cup of tea and sitting for a while, Li Wen proposed to leave. He still had a lot of things to do.

"Okay, I'll take you there." Zhao Xiangyi even personally sent the person back to the household department before he went to work on his own affairs

In the next half day, the emperor did not send any palace servants to look for him, Li Wen stayed in the household department all the time, naturally no one dared to go to the household department to assassinate him.Changchun Street is where the offices of the government offices are located. The Liubu and Shuntianfu Yamen and several major divisions are all here. The high-ranking officials and ministers of the capital all come in and out here. Beyond that is the imperial palace, so there are heavy troops here. Guard, once there is a little trouble, it will be discovered immediately.

So staying here in the household department, he is very safe, but he can't guarantee it when he leaves the door of the household department.

The previous few assassinations were on the way back when he encountered someone assassinating him. Fortunately, he escaped every time without any injuries. I hope he will be so lucky in the future!

"Send a few more people to protect him, and don't let anything happen to him." The prince received the news of Li Liuyuan's assassination immediately. He knew that Li Wen's mention of land reform touched the interests of some people. It is bound to attack Li Wen.

It's just that what happened this time seemed a little strange to him.Judging from Li Wen's previous actions, the capital

The daily newspapers followed the news on current affairs, but this time, the Beijing Daily did not mention a single word about the topic of land reform, so Yang Shaomu couldn't help but have some guesses in his heart, but he didn't know whether his guess was right or not, it would have to wait until later. Verified.

"I have already arranged someone to follow him." This is not the order of the prince here, and Zhao Xiangyi will do the same.

"Well, that's good." Yang Shaomu was very relieved of Zhao Xiangyi's work. The prince talked about Zeng Yu's investigation of Zhang Lingrong. Since the emperor sent someone to investigate this matter, it doesn't matter whether his father agrees with the prohibition of land enclosure. I must have taken this matter to heart.

Yang Shaomu naturally knew something about land enclosure. He agreed with Li Wen's land reform in his heart, but he was actually not allowed to do so.Not only is his status as the crown prince now, even if he is now sitting on the dragon chair, he must be cautious in handling this matter.Therefore, when Li Wen proposed land reform, he, the prince, could not express his position to help Li Wen, otherwise it would easily cause these ministers to be dissatisfied with him as the prince, so some things, even if he is the prince, You can't do it clearly.

But not being able to do it openly doesn't mean he can't do it secretly, so some things are not easy for him, the prince, to do in the open, so Yang Shaomu had to order Zhao Xiangyi to deal with them secretly.

The two discussed this matter, and Yang Shaomu asked Zhao Xiangyi to send two people secretly to assist Zeng Yu in collecting evidence and protecting Zeng Yu.Zeng Yu is a talented person, but his temper is a bit more straightforward. If such a person can be recruited for his own use, it must be good.

It is a talent, naturally the more the better, certainly not too many.

Mumu water

In the next few days, the morning morning was very lively every day.

Therefore, as soon as Li Wen walked out of Changchun Street, he encountered various assassinations, each time more violent than the last time, which also proved that some people desperately wanted his life.Another time, when he just returned to the gate of Liuyuan Mansion, a short arrow shot from behind him. Fortunately, someone was following him at that time, and immediately pulled him away. The short arrow grazed behind his ear and stuck in the On the door.

The moment the wind brushed past his ears, he was so scared that his skin got goosebumps.

almost..

Fortunately, nothing happened.

It's just that when he went to sleep that night, he had a nightmare. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he found himself in the arms of a man.At such a moment, Li Wen felt that there was nothing to be afraid of, only Mao!If you have the ability, just let it go.His counterattack is also very fast. Didn't you send someone to assassinate me?

Okay, I'll find someone to collect evidence of your crime, and when it's over, I'll sue you at the emperor's place, no one is afraid of anyone!

Those who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes!

If you want to ask the emperor if he knows that someone has done something to him, Li Wen can be sure that the emperor knows.Now it is he who wants people, and the emperor uses them for others. It is only relative, and he must do well for the emperor to do what the emperor wants him to do.

At least for now, he still has some value worth using from the emperor.

After arguing for several days on the issue of land reform, under the joint "pressure" of many officials in the DPRK and China, for the sake of his own future and life, Li Wen "had to" change his words and relax on the matter of land reform. mouth.It doesn’t matter if we don’t implement land reform, then we will carry out commercial reform and propose a reform of the commercial tax system. While abolishing some unreasonable charges, we will reasonably and appropriately increase the collection of a certain part of the commercial tax.

For these officials, as long as Li Wen didn't bring up land reform, everything was easy to discuss.

With the matter of land reform ahead, he proposed business reform and was not blocked in any way.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars are the head, merchants are the last, and the status of merchants is low. At the same time, the scholar-bureaucrats also look down on merchants. Therefore, when Li Wen proposed the reform of business, most officials in the DPRK did not take it seriously. This is why everyone One of the most important reasons why there is no obstruction in this matter.

Li Wen has seen this point of everyone. His main goal is actually commercial reform, and the land reform mentioned earlier is just a cover.

But his purpose is not just that. On this point, Li Wen didn't just accept it as soon as he saw it. Instead, he climbed up the pole and proposed the establishment of a commercial department. "Commercial department, as the name suggests, It is a department dedicated to managing and coordinating business development..." There are some functions and responsibilities of the business department after this.

But regarding the latter, Li Wen only talked with the emperor in detail. First of all, he needed to get the emperor's affirmation and support, and let the emperor know what benefits the establishment of such a department could bring.

As for whether these ministers in the court can understand it is the second, as long as they don't stop him.

Another most important thing is, "...the Ministry of Commerce is independent from the Sixth Ministry and is not under the management of the Sixth Ministry." Li Wen proposed that the Commercial Department is independent from the Sixth Ministry, otherwise the Ministry of Commerce would be classified under the Ministry of Households. he sure doesn't want to

Work hard to make wedding dresses for others.The most important point is that there are various problems involved in the major institutions of the entire Dacheng, even the household department that has just undergone a major change, there are still many dirty places in it, and it is not easy to change thing.

Instead of changing these existing departments, it is better to re-establish a new department, and the troubles and difficulties will be relatively less.

As soon as he proposed that the Ministry of Commerce be independent from the six ministries, many officials objected.

If you don’t agree, that’s fine, let’s continue to propose land reform proposals.

These old ministers who couldn't stand the toss were so angry that they almost vomited blood. It's okay, as long as you don't mention land reform, you can do whatever you want!