Ling Ruo nodded and said: "Thirteenth Master is interested, Hongli, help your Thirteenth Uncle up and sit up quickly." After Yunxiang coughed and sat down, "There is a family dinner in the evening, Thirteenth Master don't go back, just
Just stay here. If Master Thirteen feels tired, I will ask Shui Xiu to clean up Nuange and let you rest."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, I'm fine. But today, when I was paying my respects to the Emperor, a memorial was urgently sent from Henan Province." Yunxiang knew that Ling Ruo was close to the Guarjia family, so he did not avoid talking to her.
"Henan..." Guarjia frowned slightly and said, "I remember that my second elder brother is in Henan. Is that memorial related to him?"
"Not only is it related, the memorial was sent to Beijing by Second Elder Brother." Yunxiang turned his eyes and said to Hongli who was standing aside: "Fourth Elder Brother, please tell your mother and father what happened just now."
Concubine, listen."
Hongli nodded and immediately recounted what had just happened. Hearing this, Ling Ruo and Guarjia looked at each other in surprise, and both of them couldn't believe it.
Guarjia took the lead and said: "Fourth Brother, in the memorial, is it really said that all wealthy households in Henan have agreed to the New Deal?"
"Yes." Hong Li said with a deep look: "According to what the second brother said in the memorial, not a single wealthy household in the province objected, and they all fully cooperated with the implementation of the New Deal."
"This is strange." Guarjia said, wringing the handkerchief in her hand: "I can understand that the common tenants support the New Deal, but the wealthy households support... I really can't understand it. You have to know that once the taxes of the New Deal are
According to law, their annual profits will be reduced by at least half, so how could they agree so easily? To put it bluntly, if it were them, they would never agree unless they were forced."
"That's exactly what my sister said." Ling Ruo responded from the side and said to Yunxiang: "Thirteenth Master, apart from that, what else did the memorial say?"
Yunxiang leaned forward in his chair and said, "My fourth elder brother has already said everything I want to say back to you, and there is nothing missing." Because Gualjia and others were all there, Yunxiang did not address her as sister-in-law as he did when he was alone.
Ling Ruo slowly knocked on the armrest and said in a slightly muffled voice: "Second Brother is so capable. He actually has the ability to send such a good New Year's gift to the Emperor. Look at the situation, one month.
When he returns to Beijing later, he will no longer be Er Beile, but the Ding Prince."
Hearing this, Guarjia couldn't help but said: "I would like to tell you that either those rich families have collectively gone mad or the second elder brother has given them some drug, otherwise they would not be so cooperative. This is completely unreasonable.
"
Ling Ruo lowered his eyes and said: "I have received a letter from Li Wei before. He said that the situation in Zhejiang is very bad. On several occasions, wealthy households have gathered people to make trouble, and riots almost broke out. Although he lobbied everywhere, he was willing to cooperate with the new policy.
Less than 50% of the wealthy households are willing to cooperate even within the one-year period mentioned by the emperor, and the remaining 40% are the most difficult to convince."
Yunxiang took over and said: "It is said that the folk customs in Henan are more sturdy than those in Zhejiang. Since Zhejiang is like this, how can Henan be so smooth?"
Guarjia thought for a long time and said: "Thirteenth Master, in your opinion, is the second elder brother deliberately exaggerating to please the emperor?"
"Henan Governor Tian Wenjing is a very strict person and is extremely loyal to the emperor. Based on my understanding of him, no matter what kind of benefits the second elder brother may grant him, he will never lie to the emperor. If the second elder brother really commits fraud, as long as he
As soon as Tian Wenjing's memorial comes, it will be exposed and there is no way to hide it, so if the second elder brother plays such a trick, he will only bring about his own destruction."
Guarjia patted the handrail and said, "That's not right, that's wrong. It's really hard to figure out. When did the second elder brother become so capable? To say disrespectful words, even if the emperor goes there personally, he may not be able to do it."
This was accomplished in such a short period of time.”
Ling Ruo didn't speak, only lowered her head and stroked the already cold tea cup. Yunxiang glanced at her and said, "What are you thinking about?"
Ling Ruo came back to his senses and said: "The memorial sent by Second Elder Brother should be true. I am just wondering what method Second Elder Brother used to make all those rich people give up half of their wealth to listen to him."
"Is it possible that it's a double act?" As soon as Hongli said this, he was denied by Ling Ruo, "No, taxation will start in half a year. If the tax cannot be collected by then, the emperor will blame him.
Brother, he finally recovered, how could he be willing to fall again?"
Ling Ruo's eyes were slightly cold and she said coolly: "I don't know how he did it, but I know why he did it. He really didn't give up."
Everyone knows what Ling Ruo means. The throne, until now, the second elder brother has never given up on the throne and still has never forgotten it.
Hongli thought deeply and said, "Eniang, I feel that the second brother's ability to implement the New Deal in Henan so smoothly must be his alone. The Nala clan also contributed a lot secretly."
Guarjia said from the side: "I don't know what method Inge used to coax the second elder brother back."
These words made Yunxiang remember something and said: "Do you still remember the murder case that happened to the second elder brother?"
Ling Ruo said in surprise: "I remember, why did the Thirteenth Master suddenly mention this matter?"
"Because I felt that the murder happened a little strange at the time, I sent someone to investigate secretly, and found that the perpetrator's methods were clean and neat, without any sloppiness, and they were all killed with one knife. It was not like the actions of ordinary gangsters, but more like
A thorn that specializes in killing people
Guest. And the Yamen has not caught the perpetrator until now, and there is no trace of it, as if he disappeared out of thin air." Yunxiang paused and said again: "And after the second elder brother was imprisoned, there were many
He committed two crimes, as if he was deliberately clearing the second brother's wrongdoing."
His words made everyone's eyelids jump. Although Yunxiang's words were relatively obscure, there is no reason why anyone standing here who is not a thoughtful person would not understand.
After Hongli thought about it carefully, he hesitated and said: "Did Uncle Thirteen say that there are no criminal thieves at all, but that someone sent assassins to kill those prostitutes? But what is their purpose?"
Yunxiang shook his head. According to what he found out, there were a lot of doubts about this matter, but in the end they were just doubts. It was impossible to use these doubts to restore the truth of the matter. Otherwise, he would not have delayed talking until now.
"Could it be that the second elder brother really killed the prostitute, and then in order to help the second elder brother get rid of the suspicion, Ying Ge and others sent secret guards to kill the two prostitutes again to clear the second elder brother's suspicion. And things proved that,
He did get his wish, and the second elder brother was acquitted." At this point, Guarjia's eyes lit up slightly, "If this is the case, once we catch the evidence that the second elder brother committed murder, he will have no way to deny it.