"Thank you so much, Ama." After taking it, Ling Ruo personally put the longevity lock on Jiarou's neck. After that, Ronglu and others also took out the meeting gifts for their niece one by one. Ronglu was a piece of green.
The jade pendants Rongxiang gave were also jade, just a pair of jade pendants. Yilan's gift was the most special, a pair of small shoes she made herself, with two butterflies vibrating about to fly embroidered on the uppers.
Everyone had lunch in Chengqian Palace and stayed there until evening before leaving. Ling Ruo leaned against the palace door and stared for a long time. Only when they had gone out of sight did he look away, with indescribable loss in his eyes.
Seeing her like this, Shui Xiu advised from the side: "Master, don't be sad, maybe you and I will meet again sometime."
Ling Ruo smiled bitterly and turned around and said: "It's not that easy, but I'm very satisfied to see you like this." After saying this, he glanced at the sky and said: "It's not too late now, let's work together with me.
Go to the small kitchen and I will personally cook some dishes to send to the Emperor."
By the time we arrived at the Yangxin Hall, the sky had already darkened, with only a few faint rays of rays of light still struggling to dissipate.
"Eunuch Xi, is the emperor in there?" Ling Ruo asked Si Xi who was hanging down, and the latter whispered: "If I go back to the empress, the emperor is inside, but the empress should be careful when she goes in. The emperor is not in a good mood today.
good."
Ling Ruo was startled and asked, "Did something happen in the court?"
Sixi lowered her eyes and said: "Yes, the emperor talked about the issue of sharing children with his mother in court today. Many ministers in the court objected. The emperor was already not very happy. As a result, after going to court, those ministers continued to make suggestions to the emperor.
, which made the emperor feel even worse. When Xiao Wu brought tea in just now, he was reprimanded by the emperor and the servants were not allowed to go in again. "
"I understand." After saying this, Ling Ruo walked in through the palace door opened by the palace attendant. As soon as he entered, he saw the paper balls thrown on the floor. He picked up a ball and found it inside.
It said that people should be divided into acres, reduce the poll tax, and cancel the privileges of squires and other distinguished people. Most of them were picked up later, but they were crumpled and thrown on the ground without writing a few words.
Yinzhen originally had his eyes closed, but when he heard someone coming in, a look of anger flashed across his brows. He had clearly ordered not to go in. Which slave was so bold and reckless to disobey him? When he opened his eyes to scold him, he found the person standing underneath.
It was Ling Ruo. His expression softened, he sat up straight and said, "Why are you here?"
"The emperor has given me such a great favor. Naturally, I want to come and thank the emperor in person." After she said this, Yinzhen also thought of this matter. He stroked his forehead and said tiredly: "I originally wanted Sixi to take care of your family.
Please come to Yangxin Hall to give me a banquet. I don’t want to forget about this matter because there are too many things in the court today.”
"The court affairs are important. Besides, I am very happy to be able to meet my family. It doesn't matter whether I give you a banquet or not." Ling Ruowen said after saying something: "Looking at the emperor's appearance, he must have not had dinner yet.
My concubine has made some side dishes with her own hands. I wonder if the emperor would be willing to give them a few bites."
Yinzhen shook his head and said: "I have no appetite now, so let's put it aside and use it later."
Ling Ruo didn't try to persuade her, she just bent down and picked up the paper balls on the ground one by one, spread them out and smoothed them out. Seeing her move, Yinzhen waved her hand and said, "Leave it alone, let Xiao Wu come in and clean it up later."
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"It's almost done." With that said, Ling Ruo picked up the last few paper balls, folded the papers one by one and said, "Your Majesty is discussing with all the officials today.
Is it about my mother?”
She didn't talk about it, but when she did, Yinzhen was filled with anger. He slapped the table and said, "When those ministers heard that I wanted to cancel the privileges of those squires and other distinguished people, they stopped them in every possible way, saying that it would be easy to sway them.
Basically, no matter what I say, they will listen
If you don't go in, you still say that sharing the land will only destroy the existing balance and make things difficult to deal with. Not only that, but after the next court, you still refuse to let me go, and you have to tell me about this matter. Hum.
, I think they are simply afraid of harming their own interests."
Ling Ruo thought about it for a moment and said: "It is good that the emperor wants to spread the land among the people. I remember that the emperor has mentioned it before. It not only reduces the burden of the people, but also can store as much food as possible, but this matter is of great importance.
, Today’s tax laws have been in place for many years, and it is indeed not easy to change them all at once.”
Yinzhen raised his head and leaned on the back of the chair and said: "I know it's not easy, but I didn't expect so many people to oppose it. Everyone thinks about their own interests and never considers the situation of the court. Today's Qing Dynasty, looking at the wealth and power,
In fact, there are many problems. Before
Those battles, plus the incident in Fuzhou, caused the imperial court to suffer a lot. Once there is another war, the problems will be exposed immediately. It will be difficult to remedy the situation. Therefore, I must solve these problems before the war begins.
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Ling Ruo thought for a moment and said: "When the emperor talks about war, do you mean Geer?"
Yinzhen nodded and said: "I asked Lao Shiqi carefully. Galdan was obsessed with the Qing Dynasty and always wanted to come back and rob the Central Plains. You were there at the time, so you should know very well. It was not easy for our ancestors to conquer this country.
, there must be no damage in my hands."
Ling Ruo walked up to him and said word by word: "I know that the late emperor chose the emperor to guard this country, because he knew that the emperor must be able to firmly guard it and prevent anyone from taking it away."
Her words made Yinzhen look slightly relieved, and said: "That being said, if this continues, once a war breaks out, the situation will be very unfavorable to us, so I will divide the land between households and cancel the privileges of the squires. I vow to do it again.
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"But by coming like this, the emperor is going against all the officials. If the officials deliberately disobey, even if the emperor issues an edict, I'm afraid those people will disobey it."
"I know, that's why I'm so troubled." As soon as Yinzhen finished speaking, a pair of slightly cool hands touched his forehead and pressed his aching temples, "Worrying can't solve the problem. It's better to calm down and think about it.
, maybe there will be a way."
Yinzhen closed his eyes and let out a breath, and said: "I am very confused right now. Ruo'er, please think about it for me and see which way can work."
Ling Ruo responded softly, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "I'd like to express my sincere condolences, the emperor wants to spread the entire Qing Dynasty all at once, which is a bit too hasty, and it can easily make some people jump over the wall.
After all, the emperor's coming like this has touched the interests of those wealthy households.
It’s too big, and these people are inextricably linked to the officials in the court. So I thought it would be better for the emperor to find a few places to try to implement the method of apportioning people into acres. If implemented, it will really be beneficial to the court’s tax revenue.
Then the officials can no longer refute the emperor with the theory of shaking the foundation."