Evil disciple, let go of the back of your teacher's neck!

The so-called "pepper and sumac discount salary", this method has been followed in Emperor Qingyuan's reign.

For 46 years, there were many natural disasters in various places, and the year was bleak. The tax payment approved by the Thirteenth Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs at the beginning of the year was less than one-third, but the disaster relief funds disbursed were more than doubled.The national treasury was empty, and people ate enough food for free. Later, they couldn't even pay the salaries of officials in the capital.

At that time, Hu Jingzhai, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came up with a plan. The salary could not be in arrears or borrowed.

The treasury managed by the Ministry of Households is scattered all over the capital. Except for the banknote treasury that can't dig out an inch of gold, the rest is full. The tribute is cheap and includes the daily expenses of charcoal, rice, oil, salt, etc.

The elderly Emperor Qingyuan couldn't afford that many households, and he was stingy in his daily life, so when he rewarded people, he picked the cheap ones first.As a result, the number of precious spice wood is the largest among the items in the warehouse.Hu Shoufu invited the sage, and simply selected a few discounted items as the salaries of Beijing officials and officials, which not only solved the monthly salary, but also reduced the pressure on inventory.This is a no-brainer solution, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds.

According to Cang Lang's plan, now that all the counties have come to complain about their grievances, the treasury of the three states must be really penniless, and it would be too unreasonable to force them to spend money to rectify the coastal defense.

Then we have to borrow the salaries of officials above the prefecture and county level first, and what is owed to them will be offset with pepper sumac.

"In this way, we can raise funds for the construction of the gun towers in the shortest possible time, and also give those villains a blow. Although it is a bit disgraceful," Cang Lang buried his head in the pillow, his voice sounding dull, "it is really hopeless." trick."

Having said that, what Cang Lang thinks in his heart is: officials above the prefecture and county levels are all greedy, and a loss of one or two months' salary is nothing to them. What they want is to let these The silverfish suffers from being dumb.

Treating him in the same way as others, Cang Lang held back his laughter so that his shoulders trembled indistinctly, as if he was crying.

Feng Lin's eyes showed distress—it wasn't that he was crying, but that he clenched Wolf Fang's hand, half to refresh himself and half to suppress a smile—opened his fist and saw that it was covered with blue, red and purple pinch marks. sigh.

The master's hands that play with words and ink can't resist wind, knife, frost and sword.

"Listen to sir."

Cang Lang turned sideways, surprised and even dispelled the drowsiness in his eyes: "My lord, is this allowed?"

Feng Lin caressed the corners of his eyes that were blushing, and the charm of the cinnabar was twisted on his fingertips, just like the essence, His Highness couldn't put it down.

"Sir, you don't hesitate to teach me." Feng Lin smiled deeply, "I am a disciple, so there is no reason why I shouldn't."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

Once the news that King Yan followed Hu Jingzhai's example of exchanging salary in kind spread, the official circles in Fujian Province were completely blown up.

The silver of the salary and silver is not only the imperial court's affirmation and compensation for the hard work of the officials, but also the sincere respect of the people in power by the people and businessmen.Now there is no calamity or misfortune, just to build a blockhouse that I don't know when it will come in handy, but to deprive this honor, the officials in the three places of Fujian Province are not willing to do it.

Of course it's more than that.

King Yan dealt with a county magistrate of Qin'an, which triggered a large-scale anti-corruption storm in the three places.To be honest, they didn't lack this money at all, what they lacked was a reason to criticize Feng Lin.

Only a few days after the decree was issued, the door of the storage warehouse was crowded with rioting military officials.They were arrogant and blatant, refusing to accept the ebony pepper used as a substitute for their salary, and some even spilled large peppercorns on the ground and trampled them into mud.

Later, the mass protests turned into gang fights.The officials sent to the storage warehouse to handle the scales are all the soldiers of the military department that Feng Lin specially asked Sang Shangshu. They are usually used to being a master. When Qianglong meets a local snake, he was able to bear it before. .

"A fight?"

The bamboo curtain knocks on the pillars three times, and the shadow of the begonia shines on the ground, smelling the wind gracefully.Feng Lin was still drawing something, but when he heard that Chi Xiaoyu came to report, his expression remained the same, and his strokes remained fluent.

"Is anyone dead?"

Chi Xiaoyu suffocated: "It seems that I haven't..."

Feng Lin scoffed coldly: "Three-inch bird, seven-inch beak."

This is a popular folk proverb in Fujian Province, which means the pus-headed grass bag that does not rain when it is dry.Chi Xiaoyu was puzzled, and asked: "If people are killed, this matter will not end well. Sang Shangshu has always criticized you for building a cannon tower. If there is another life lawsuit, wouldn't it be more difficult for others?" handle?"

"What you want is to give someone a handle."

Feng Lin's last stroke was settled, and he hung his wrist to appreciate it. Chi Xiaoyu was the only one who knew the content of what he said, so he didn't dare to say more.

"Look at the current court, is the king really submitting to the king, or is it just a show?"

"Naturally, most of the violators are obedient and obedient."

Feng Linfeng raised his eyebrows lightly, and the aura of war was concentrated in a pair of deep pupils, which became an invisible blade that could break the hearts of ghosts and monsters: "Giving people a handle is also giving them bait, so that the ghosts and monsters hiding in the dark can smell the fishy smell." Appearing, it saves me the effort of searching one by one."

Chi Xiaoyu's heart suddenly brightened: "What do you mean?"

"Do you know the conditions under which hyenas can be wiped out in the grassland?"

"That must be when the bloody smell of the bait is strong enough." Chi Xiaoyu replied steadily.

Feng Lin put down his pen and walked to the window, passing over the flowers and leaves of begonias, he saw the figure with the high ponytail in the courtyard.

In fact, this is only one of the reasons.

There is a newly dug pond in the courtyard, which is injected with hot spring water. In the early autumn, there are still lotus leaves squeezed together, dotted with delicate flowers and tender stamens, which is very unattractive.

There were two heads, one big and one small, lying on the side of the pond. Cang Lang poked it with the fan handle, and Huaiying's big head dipped an inch into the water until he grabbed the slowly swimming golden carp and carefully picked it up. Wave hands.

Feng Lin's cold eyes suddenly bent: what he said to the lieutenant just now was only one of the reasons, what's more, it was the master who told him this idea.

The husband wants to use this to turn himself into a target of public criticism, and to endure the pain of thousands of arrows piercing his heart in the turmoil of public anger, just like what I inflicted on him and Xiao Wanshan back then.

Feng Lin knew it all.

Since it is Mr. wish, then.

How could he not do so?

"In two days, invite Yu Feirou to come."

"What did you bring me here for?"

This is an old city wall that has been abandoned for a long time, the tiles have fallen, and half of the urn city has collapsed.Looking through the incomplete female stacks, one can just see the Kuichuan Ferry at dusk, with the sunset covering the ground and the waves shining with broken gold.

"Mr.'s method of discounting salary really worked. After only one week, the 70 taels of silver needed to build the gun tower have been collected."

Feng Lin walked over and smoothed the upper collar of Canglang's plain clothes, "The king ordered a million bricks from Jiangzhou and Yanzhou, which are as solid as a rock and indestructible. In the future, with Xiaoxiao's artillery fire, Not even an inch of land in Qin'an County can be harmed."

Following the direction of the finger, the Canglang saw the surging sea, and the ship had anchored to the shore.Large blocks of blue-black bricks and stones that were straight and square were carried down by the military service, and they were neatly stacked like a mountain, covering almost half of the port.

The waves are turbulent, just like the Japanese pirates running wild three years ago, hitting the weak embankment.Cang Lang suddenly thought, if there had been such a mountain within sight of him on the night of the city's destruction three years ago, the bandits would not have attacked the city so easily, the old soldier would not have died, and Qin'an would not have been massacred.Yang Dayong and him don't have to bear the indelible stigma of eternity.

Thinking of this, his arms propped on the wall suddenly tightened, with an imperceptible tremor.

"Cold?" Feng Lin softly covered Cang Lang's hand, feeling the trembling magnified in his palm.

"After the implementation of the law of surrender, will there be disturbances in various places?"

Feng Lin said: "As Mr. said, everything in the world is for profit. If the interests of officials are damaged, it is natural to make a fuss. The official circles in the three places of Fujian Province are related to Beijing and China, so impeachment is unavoidable in the court. The king's memorial. But fortunately, it can still be dealt with right now."

Cang Lang hesitated for a moment, then asked: "Are you not afraid at all?"

Feng Lin didn't answer directly, but stared at him tiltedly, as if watching a long-lasting dream.Cang Lang felt uncomfortable in every possible way, and wanted to pull away, but Feng Lin tightened his grip on his hand: "Are you worried about me, sir?"

Cang Lang himself didn't know the answer to this question, so he only heard Feng Lin sigh in his ear: "Many years ago, someone asked me the same question. At that time, I just killed a female wolf that broke in by mistake and was bitten off. One finger, blood all over my hands and body. When he bandaged me, he was angry and hurt, and asked me why I didn’t know how to be afraid. A baby with no hair yet dared to fight with wild wolves.”

Cang Lang lowered his head subconsciously, looking at his intact fingers.Feng Lin laughed loudly, left his left hand away from his, and waved it in front of his face: "Sir, I really don't know that this king's hand is born with six fingers, and he is a person whose fate is unknown in the Qin Tianjian's mouth."

There was indeed a faint, invisible circular scar near the little finger, with neat edges, as if it had been bitten off by sharp animal teeth.

Cang Lang couldn't help raising his hand to caress, and murmured, "Yes, why didn't you know how to be afraid at that time?"

Feng Lin let him touch, and the numb itching spread from the fingertips, spread all over the limbs, and extended into the softest part of the heart, urging the flowers with deep roots of love to bloom.

"Because the one I protected at that time was the only person I fell in love with in this life."

As if the top of the skull was pierced by a thin needle, certain memories hidden behind the ignorance are ready to come out.

Cang Lang stared blankly at His Royal Highness Yan Wang, who had gentle eyebrows and eyes, and suddenly overlapped this face with that of the silent and stubborn young man many years ago.

He did risk his life to save him.

"you......"

At this moment, there was a sound of chaotic and urgent footsteps under the city wall.

The author says:

Feng Lin: If you love him, build the city wall for him (ps: The black mud spit yesterday was mainly due to my aunt's temper, just ignore it for a while, I'm resurrected with full blood today hhhh)