When Yunzheng returned to the Duke's Mansion, it was already dark.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Yun Weili running over and said: "Young Marshal, Her Royal Highness has asked several times, and you have finally returned."
Yun Zheng hummed, jumped off the horse, and handed the reins to Yun Weili: "Is Miss Nangong here?" His horse originally let go before it fell into the water, but the horses of the Yun Family's Duke's Palace have special markings.
, it was still near Luoyang at that time, and people around did not dare to bring such a horse back to cause trouble. However, the horse was originally a military horse with excellent obedience and discipline. After the owner left, it did not run around, but it
Waiting for Yun Zheng there, it wasn't until Yun Zheng came back from crossing the river that he realized that his horse was still there, but Nangong Wuyu's horse had long since disappeared.
"Come here, Her Royal Highness the Princess has arranged a separate courtyard for Miss Nangong, but now Her Royal Highness the Princess and Miss Nangong should still be talking in the backyard," Yun Weili replied
Yun Zheng returned to the backyard, and sure enough, Lin Yuyan and Nangong Wuyu were talking about something. Yun Zheng saw them talking and laughing from a distance, and felt relieved. Although he knew that Yan'er had always been very lady-like, after all, Yunying was still unmarried at that time.
, there is always a difference from now. Maybe what was tolerated then cannot be tolerated now? After all, she is a woman.
But after looking at the current situation, he was really relieved. It seemed that Yan'er really thought about everything with him as the center, or maybe she had already anticipated her future family life before she planned to marry him.
situation
While Lin Yuyan and Nangong Wuyu were talking, they were paying attention to the door. As soon as Yun Zheng came in, they saw the two of them. When they saw Yun Zheng, they stood up in unison and greeted him. Nangong Wuyu hesitated for a moment, and then fell behind.
Half a step, walking a little behind Lin Yuyan
Yunzheng smiled and nodded at Lin Yuyan: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
Lin Yuyan had already heard Nangong Wuyu talk about what happened just now, but Nangong Wuyu was afraid that she would worry, so he downplayed the danger of the matter a lot, especially when he mentioned that Yun Zheng's master had personally rescued Yun Zheng, so
Lin Yuyan was actually not particularly worried. Now that she saw him standing in front of her properly, she naturally nodded happily and didn't ask any more questions.
Yunzheng turned to look at Nangong Wuyu: "Has Master's letter been sent out?"
Nangong Wuyu nodded and said: "It's already been sent."
Yun Zheng hummed, suddenly looked at Lin Yuyan, hesitated, and said: "Yan'er, please immediately send someone to invite your sixth brother, saying that I am quite interested in poetry today, and invite him to come over and talk about poetry.
painting"
Lin Yuyan was slightly startled: "Talk about poetry and painting? Does it have to be tonight?"
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "This is an excuse. In fact... your sixth brother is going to be in trouble soon."
Lin Yuyan was surprised: "What's going on?"
Yunzheng sighed: "We'll talk about it together when your sixth brother comes."
"Okay, I'll send someone to invite him over right away." Lin Xi and Lin Yuyan are biological siblings. Even though Lin Yuyan doesn't take her brother seriously, if something happens to Lin Xi, she will still be nervous.
Seeing Yunzheng's expression, he guessed that the matter was not simple, and he didn't dare to waste time. He hurriedly went down and ordered people to go. The reason why she asked her to send people to invite her was mainly because of the current situation in Luoyang. My sister sent someone to ask for her brother.
It is better than the prince of the feudal town to hire a prince with military power.
Nangong Wuyu vaguely felt something, and couldn't help but ask: "...Is it related to the letter from the Lord just now?"
Yun Zheng said: "You said the opposite. Master's letter is related to this matter... Do you know where the main altar of Guxin Pavilion is?"
Yun Zheng smiled bitterly: "This year is a year of rebellion. The tea farmers and traders in central Sichuan have rebelled against the Leng family. Now even a martial arts sect like Gu Xin Pavilion has civil strife."
Nangong Wuyu was confused: "What do you mean?"
Yun Zheng sighed: "The strength of Gu Xin Pavilion has developed rapidly in the past few years, and there are actually thirty or forty thousand people under his command. What's even more troublesome is that their thirty or forty thousand people are different from the hundreds of thousands of Qinglong Sect. Qinglong
Many of these people are just ordinary members of the church, but the 30,000 to 40,000 people in Guxin Pavilion are almost all quacks who know a few tricks... Now several hall masters with real power in Guxin Pavilion have joined forces to bring down the master of Guxin Pavilion.
The young lady was forced to leave. Now the Junshan General Altar in Guxin Pavilion is 'jointly ruled' by several hall masters. According to Master's understanding, they seem to be planning to follow Huang Xiaobo's example and start a rebellion."
Nangong Wuyu was shocked: "What? Rebellion?" She couldn't believe it: "Huang Xiaobo raised troops, and it was said that the Leng family oppressed too much, and the people of Shu could not survive anymore, so they had to do it as a last resort, but the people in Guxinge rebelled
But what’s the reason?”
Yun Zheng sneered: "Do you need a reason to rebel? Rebellion always only requires ambition and strength."
Nangong Wuyu was speechless
At this time, Lin Yuyan came back from outside and saw Yun Zheng sneering. She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Nangong Wuyu explained what had just happened on behalf of Yunzheng, and Lin Yuyan was really shocked: "These people are so brave! Aren't they afraid of annihilating the nine tribes?!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand: "A group of people with blood on their knife edges. I don't know how many of the nine tribes are left. What are they afraid of?"
After Lin Yuyan was shocked, her thoughts changed quickly: The main altar of Guxin Pavilion is in Junshan, Yueyang. If there is a rebellion, wouldn't Yueyang be the first place to suffer? My brother is the King of Yueyang, and Yueyang is his fiefdom! This Gu Xin Pavilion is his fiefdom.
If my heart is in chaos, my brother will be the one to lose the most.
She hurriedly asked: "Is the news accurate? Have those people already rebelled? Or when will they rebel?"
Yun Zheng said solemnly: "The news is definitely not wrong. Although those people have forced away the pavilion master, they still cannot fully grasp the power within the pavilion. Even if they want to rebel, they have to integrate the internal forces before they can act. It will be a while and a half."
As for when they will rebel, it’s hard to say. I guess once they straighten out their internal power structure, it will be time to send out troops.”
"Do you want to report it to Father?" Lin Yuyan asked naturally when she was nervous.
Yunzheng's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he said calmly: "I'm not busy now, let's ask your brother what he wants first."
Lin Yuyan was a little confused: "If my brother finds out, won't he still have to report it to his father?"
Yun Zheng sighed softly and said: "The key is that the situation in Beijing is very... well, very delicate. Although this news is accurate, it is very confidential. Even Tianji Pavilion and the Privy Council have probably not received the news, so go and talk to Your Majesty now.
Will Your Majesty believe this when we mention this matter? I am afraid that not only will His Majesty not believe it, but he will also think that we are fabricating facts or deliberately exaggerating, and that we are slandering the new law in order to..."
"Wait a minute!" Lin Yuyan was even more surprised: "Some people in Yueyang plan to gather a crowd to rebel. What does this have to do with slandering the new law?"
Yun Zheng was a little helpless. Although Yan'er was smart, she obviously didn't care about the situation in the court. Her intelligence was not spent on these matters. Yun Zheng had no choice but to explain for her. After thinking about it, he asked: "Xichuan Huang Xiaobo rebelled, Yan'er
Son, you know?"
Lin Yuyan nodded
Yun Zheng said: "Why did Huang Xiaobo rebel?"
Lin Yuyan said curiously: "Husband, didn't you say it last time? It was because the tea farmers and tea sellers in Xichuan were cut off by the Leng family and their lives were lost, so they had no choice but to do the opposite."
Yunzheng nodded: "So, how did the Leng family cut off the livelihood of those tea farmers and tea sellers? Which method did they follow?"
Lin Yuyan covered her mouth: "Qiu Linjiang's new law...tea silk franchise." Her mind turned around and she immediately understood what Yun Zheng meant: "My husband is saying that there is already a rebellion triggered by the new law. This
The implementation of the new law has already had some bad effects, and now if we go to tell the emperor that there is another place to rebel, is this a disguised denial of the new law and slander of the new law?"
Yunzheng nodded: "Not only that, there are other reasons. I will only mention one of them: you see, after the Xichuan Rebellion, the Leng family suffered consecutive defeats and lost ground, but His Majesty did not issue an order to punish Leng Xiang. Why? Because of Xichuan
If something goes wrong, it doesn't necessarily mean that the new law is bad. It may be that the Leng family is trying to sell dog meat and the crooked monk is reading the scriptures wrongly, so this kind of thing is done.
With confidence in the new law, it is not easy to punish the Leng family too much and can only let them deal with it on their own. But that is Xichuan, and what we are talking about this time is Yueyang. Yueyang is a place directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. It was updated a few years ago.
It became the fiefdom of Brother Chen Guang. Because it borders Hankou to the east, Changsha to the south, controls the mouth of Dongting Lake, and guards the Yangtze River, its strategic position is extremely important. It is located in one lake (Dongting Lake) and two plains (Jianghan Plain, Dongting
Yueyang is a diverse intersection point of three provinces (Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi) (Hunan, Hubei, and Jiangxi) and four rivers (Xiangjiang, Zijiang, Yuanshui, and Lishui). Yueyang can be regarded as an important place in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River after Wuhan. It has always been the focus of the imperial court.
If a rebellion breaks out even here in the area, doesn’t that mean it’s a slap in the face of the New Party? The New Party loses face, and His Majesty, as the source of strength to support the reform, will naturally..."
Lin Yuyan was stunned for a moment, a little disappointed: "But if you don't report to your father, if Yue Yang really... then what should you do?"
"It's precisely because the matter is so important that I asked you to immediately bring Chen Guang to discuss it." Yunzheng pondered for a moment: "I have a preliminary idea, but..."
"What do you think? Husband, tell me quickly!" Lin Yuyan urged
Just as Yun Zheng was about to speak, Yun Weili shouted at the door: "King Yueyang is here!"
Before Lin Xiren came in, laughter could already be heard: "Chengfeng, we are newlyweds now, so remember to find your brother-in-law. Could it be that my Yan'er's service was not attentive, and you came to complain to my brother-in-law?"
?Haha, let me tell you, I can’t do anything about this, and there’s nothing I can do to help you. You’d better ask for your own blessings..."
"Brother~~" Lin Yuyan is not as gentle to Lin Xi as she is to Yun Zheng - of course she still calls her "brother" very gently, but the word "brother" is full of twists and turns, and it seems that it is a bit too "gentle".
Lin Xi's face suddenly became solemn, and she said with a straight face: "Well, how is sister... how are you doing recently?" This guy was serious at the front, but the word "good" at the back finally couldn't help but bring a bit of ambiguity.
When Lin Yuyan was filled with resentment, she thought to herself: My eyes are really hard to use, there are others here, and you are still teasing your sister like this. When Miss Nangong comes in the door in the future, she may not know how she is going to make fun of me! Really!
She simply put on a serious face and said: "Humph, I came to you for a serious matter. I'll see later that you can still laugh."
Lin Xi was stunned and immediately asked: "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
Yun Zheng invited him over to have a good time. He didn't rush to talk about the matter first, but first briefly introduced Nangong Wuyu.
Nangong Wuyu stood up and was slightly blessed: "I have met the Sixth Prince."
Lin Xi laughed and raised her hand: "No gifts, no gifts, it turns out that the girl is the goddess of wealth who is in charge of Chengfeng Trading Company for my sister and brother-in-law. I have admired her for a long time." Nangong Wuyu naturally said humbly.
Yun Zheng then straightened his expression and said solemnly: "I have some bad news to tell you..."
"Is this true?!" Lin Xi stood up in shock: "Is the news accurate?"
"If it's not accurate, do I dare to tell you such nonsense?" Yunzheng is calm now.
Lin Xi gasped and said in a cold voice: "Maybe these people have a traitor in the back of their heads and are born to be beaten! A mere mob of 30,000 to 40,000 people dared to imitate the thief leader Huang Xiaobo, and they didn't even think about it.
Huang Xiaobo in Xichuan became popular because the Leng family was brutal and desolate, and the people's hearts were completely lost. Do you really think that these thieves are incompetent? This Yueyang is one of the pearls of Huguang in the imperial court, and even more so after I became a vassal.
The reduction of 10% of the corvee tax is really a light corvee and a small amount of tax, which brings peace and happiness to the people. I still don’t believe it. They can achieve things even if they don’t have what the people want!?”
Yun Zheng stood up, patted Lin Xi's shoulders, and sighed: "Are you sure you have reduced the 10% corvee tax for the people of Yueyang?"
Lin Xi said displeased: "Why, you can't even trust me? I just made this rule as soon as I became a vassal!"
"Oh, what next?" Yunzheng nodded and asked calmly.
"What then?"
"That is, what else did you do?"
Lin Xiqi asked: "What else have I done? What else have I done? I have only been a vassal for less than two months, and my father has summoned me back to the capital with an imperial edict."
Yun Zheng nodded: "In other words, you only visited Yueyang for less than two months when you were in power?"
"Uh...yes" Lin Xi felt vaguely that something was wrong.
Yun Zheng nodded and said: "But as far as I know, the Yueyang Palace in Yueyang bought nearly 100,000 acres of land near Yueyang City in the name of your Yueyang Prince Lin Xilin Chenguang... and they are all good land at the same time, Yueyang
The palace used the excuse of a good harvest in the past few years because it was the good luck you brought to the people of Yueyang, so it collected 30% more taxes... In addition, it also mobilized 130,000 to 140,000 people to expand your palace more than three times...
…”
Lin Xi was furious: "Is this happening?!" Then he suddenly slapped the table: "Huang Meng kid mistook me! Huang Meng kid mistook me!"
--------------------Updated to 4k today. Judging from the editor's words, it is estimated that the recommendation will be blocked soon. I will leave a few manuscripts in case the recommendation is really blocked.
Not to mention the outbreak when the time comes, there will always be more updates, right?
