As soon as Lei Er and the two left, the doorman at the main gate rushed over.
"Your Highness, Prince Ming and Princess Ming came to ask for an audience. They are now in the living room."
Ren Ning nodded slightly.
Emperor Changxing had several sons, but he just dealt with the deposed princes Chen Xiulan and Chen Xiuzhu two days ago.
Now there is only one fourth prince and Ming Wang Chen Xiujian in Xingji City.
Ren Ning took the time to meet the Fourth Prince Chen Xiuju in person after returning to Beijing.
Despite being bedridden for a long time, the fourth prince still behaved politely and spoke appropriately, but his face was as golden as paper and his breath was weak.
Ren Ning glanced at it with his golden finger.
As a result, Chen Xiuju's whole body was yellow, and her numerical value was low, only 13.
As a prince, it is obviously impossible to be hungry.
This shows that just like in the past, Chen Xiuju is still a dying person who will step into the gate of hell at any time.
Ren Ning comforted him and told him to live well and not have to worry about anything else.
With this thought in mind, Ren Ning entered the living room.
The reception room of the Prince's Mansion was always large and impressive, but this time it was empty, except for two people standing there holding each other in their arms.
It was the Ming Dynasty King Chen Xiujian and his wife and their eldest daughter.
thump.
When they saw Ren Ning, the two of them quickly bowed to him and kowtowed to the ground.
"Your Majesty, Chen Xiujian and his wife have met with you."
Ren Ning's eyes flashed slightly.
The Yunchui Empire does not like to kneel down in worship. Even if they see the emperor on weekdays, they usually just make a long bow to show respect.
He hurriedly took two steps forward.
"Brother and sister-in-law, you are so polite. We are all one family. Please come quickly."
Chen Xiujian and his wife did not dare. They chattered all kinds of respectful words until Ren Ning made a face in displeasure and then hesitantly stood up and sat down.
When Ren Ning saw this, his expression became much better.
With his current status, he didn't have to beat around the bush to signal the two of them to drink tea.
"I wonder what the reason why the emperor's brother and his wife came to my palace today?"
Chen Xiujian and his wife looked at each other, with some bitterness in each other's eyes.
"Back to Your Highness, you are regent and have just returned to the capital. You must have heavy state and family affairs, and I should not come to disturb you. But you dare to visit today with your wife. Firstly, it is a normal move between the royal brothers and sisters-in-law; secondly, I do have something to do.
I want to play."
Ren Ning nodded slightly without comment.
With Yingpan's current status, even if he is as low-key as possible when he goes out, the high-ranking princes will definitely know it.
Now that she is not at home, how can the brothers and sisters move around?
cough.
Seeing that Ren Ning remained silent, Chen Xiujian couldn't help but feel even more uneasy.
He coughed slightly.
"Your Highness, I was lucky enough to read your article on local grain tax reform a few days ago, and I feel the same way."
oh?
Ren Ning understood, and then became interested, "Tell me about it."
Chen Xiujian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your Highness, my vast empire is boundless, and the landowners in each county are countless."
"There are a huge number of these people, and each of them enjoys the honor, wealth and power given to them by the empire. However, many of them are scoundrels who not only do not think about repaying the kindness of the court and supporting the local people, but instead find ways to prey on the people and even evade taxes.
To line their own pockets.”
"The king saw this in his eyes and was angry in his heart. He had long wanted to do something to them."
"That's what the emperor said," Ren Ning nodded, "Then what are you going to do?"
Chen Xiujian quickly stood up and said, "Back to Your Highness, I fully support the tax reform pilot."
As he spoke, he turned and looked at the Yunzhui map on the wall.
"I dare not say anything else, but the fiefdom of Wei Chen in Xiyu County is willing to join His Highness's pilot scope."
"Very good." Ren Ning was very satisfied.
Xiyu County is also called Xiyu Bay. Just look at the name of the county and you will know that it is located by the sea.
It is located to the south of Sulan County, east of Baihua County, and faces Canglan County across the sea.
The county has beautiful scenery, is crowded with tourists, and is rich in various seafood.
In particular, the sea salt produced almost supplies more than half of Yunchui's citizens.
However, Ren Ning once looked through the records of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The tax money collected by Xiyu County in recent years cannot be said to be small, but it is definitely not too much, at least it is seriously inconsistent with the output and status of its superior county.
Now that Chen Xiujian has voluntarily joined the tax reform, that is naturally the best.
The most important thing is that Chen Xiujian is now yellow under the golden finger. It is obvious that he has no evil thoughts towards himself, and Ren Ning is not ready to argue with him anymore.
"Your Highness," Princess Ming, who was holding her daughter next to her, quickly stood up.
"I have returned to my parents' home these days. Dad said that everyone in the Xi family unconditionally supports the empire's tax reform, and all the real estate in the family is willing to join His Highness's tax reform pilot scope."
Ren Ning looked at her deeply.
He has information about this royal sister-in-law in his hand.
When Baekje was invaded by Japanese pirates, Li Chengde was desperate and quickly sent his princess to Yunchui, intending to marry him in exchange for Emperor Changxing's support.
As a result, as soon as the emperor's order came out and before the imperial edict was issued, Chen Xiujian decisively assassinated the princess and then quickly married a wife.
She is the current Princess Ming.
Although the marriage was hasty, his in-laws were not ordinary people.
Xi Zeyu, the current Zuo Dailang of the Imperial Ministry of Rites, is Chen Xiujian’s father-in-law.
If nothing else happens, as long as the current Minister of Rites, Fan Wen, retires, he will be the first choice to be the next Minister.
"Your Majesty must be Mr. Xi," Ren Ning smiled, "I remember him."
A civil servant family like Xi Zeyu doesn't have a lot of real estate, but it's definitely a lot.
If they are willing to join the pilot, it would be a good thing.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Princess Ming was overjoyed.
Phew~
Chen Xiujian breathed a long sigh of relief.
Since Emperor Changxing became seriously ill, although their Ming Palace did not do much on the surface, they also made a lot of moves in private.
But now the entire court is facing Prince Ning.
No matter what they do, it doesn't help. They can't make waves at all. Instead, they feel like they are seeking death without knowing whether to live or die.
Until Ren Ning dealt with the other two brothers mercilessly.
Only then did Chen Xiujian begin to feel fear in his heart.
Now it seems that this trip to Prince Ning's Mansion was not in vain.
As for the fiefdom and the Yue family's money, it should be treated as a loss of wealth to avoid disaster.
The two brothers chatted cordially for a while before Chen Xiujian took his wife and daughter and left.
As soon as he reached the gate of Prince Ning's Mansion, he couldn't help but look back at the plaque on the gate.
Prince Ning's Mansion.
Looking at the four shining golden characters, Chen Xiujian sighed.
He turned his head and looked southeast again.
There is also a majestic mansion located there, which is the palace of Prince Jin of Fatty Chen Xiulan.
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The palace of the Prince of Jin, the rear residence.
Princess Fan Ting of Jin Dynasty was munching on an apple and reading the newspaper in her hand. She was living a very comfortable life.
There was also a graceful and elegant woman in palace clothes sitting next to her.
She is Chen Xiulan's mother-in-law.
Since Emperor Changxing was sent to the imperial mausoleum, if his concubines did not give birth to a son or a daughter, they would either follow him to the imperial mausoleum to guard the mausoleum or go to the imperial temple to become a monk.
As for those who have children, they usually move out of the palace and live with their children.
Of course, the exception is the Queen and Ren Ning's mother-in-law, Concubine Qing. Not surprisingly, they will be named Queen Mothers.
At this time, the sound of tiny footsteps sounded.
A little maid hurriedly walked in.
"The princess and the empress, Prince Ming and Princess Ming just went to Prince Ning's Mansion..."
She was very articulate and quickly explained the situation she had just learned to her two masters in detail.
"Mother, concubine," Fan Ting couldn't help but put down the apple in her hand after hearing this, her expression became solemn, "The prince is not in the house, what should we two do?"
"Tingting, is our palace short of money?"
Fan Ting smiled and shook her head, "Of course there is no shortage."
After all, they are also a prince's palace, and they have a lot of money and industry.
Moreover, Chen Xiulan and Ren Ning have a good relationship. They all have shares in various businesses of Ning Prince's Mansion, so there is no shortage of money.
"Since there is no shortage of money from the fiefdom, and Prince Ning's tax reform decision is beneficial to the future of the empire, we all agree and support it."
After speaking, she looked around lightly.
Silver is something that you can take with you or die. If it can bring peace to the whole family, then let it be less.
whee.
Fan Tingwaner smiled and said, "My daughter-in-law thinks so too."
"Then when Yingpan returns home later, let's go over and visit her."