"You all know that the main duty of a counselor is to relieve the prince from his worries. Sharing the prince's worries is equivalent to sharing the worries of the emperor and the country. Now, here is your chance to show your talents." The chief steward cleared his throat and deliberately said
After looking at Datong, he came too.
The counselors almost held their breath, wondering why the prince was in trouble and asking them for ideas. Every problem was an opportunity for them to get ahead.
"Recently, the emperor has been exhausted by the issue of land enfeoffment by the feudal kings. Fathers beget sons, sons beget grandchildren, and descendants are endless. However, the country's land is limited. If this continues, all the land in the country will eventually fall into the hands of the feudal lords.
It is in the king’s hands. This is the emperor’s problem, and it is also the prince’s problem.” said the chief steward.
After hearing this, the counselors were sorting out their thoughts.
We also know about the vassal kings of Datong. They were all meritorious ministers at the beginning of the founding of the country. Each vassal king had multiple wives and concubines. The sons he gave birth to would be entrusted with the same amount of land and other rewards as the vassal king.
With the increase in land, their power and financial resources are also gradually increasing. If this continues, the country will indeed become the domain of the feudal king...
Everyone took out paper and pen, wrote down their own ideas, and submitted them to the chief steward one by one.
Datong thought about it carefully and wrote down his thoughts. There are two ways to suppress it.
First, the son of the feudal king can only get the land of the general feudal king, and the grandson will get half of the son's land, which is reduced step by step.
The second method is that only the eldest son of the feudal prince's royal family is eligible for enfeoffment. The eldest son is no longer the second son, and the second son is no longer the third son. In these three rounds, if the main family has no heirs, there will be no enfeoffment. Look sideways.
, will not be enfeoffed.
Datong handed in his answer sheet and returned to his residence.
"Zhuangyuan, why are you back? The imperial doctor has been waiting for a long time." Wang Xiaoya saw Datong coming back and hurriedly came to greet him.
"This imperial doctor was originally a doctor in the palace who only treated people around the emperor. The emperor was considerate of the prince and specifically allowed this imperial doctor to stay in the prince's palace to treat the emperor's close relatives. This time, thanks to the princess, you are the number one scholar.
I am lucky enough to be treated by imperial doctors!" Wang Xiaoya said with envy.
This imperial doctor cannot be bought with money, but with face.
"No need to trouble the imperial doctor. There is nothing wrong with me. I just have a fever due to the rain. It will pass soon." Datong didn't want to trouble others, let alone owe the princess a favor.
"It's your fault for being the number one scholar. If you brush off the princess's thoughts, I'm afraid the girls will have a hard time..." Wang Xiaoya didn't care whether Datong was willing or not, so she pulled him into the house.
The imperial doctor came back after seeing the patient, stretched out his hand to feel his pulse, then prescribed a prescription and told him to take the medicine according to the prescription and he would be fine.
Datong looked at the prescription. In addition to ordinary medicines, Tianjia also used three precious medicinal materials: musk, cordyceps and saffron! The twenty taels of silver that the lady left for herself were not enough to buy them. Datong did not want to spend the money in vain.
place!
This imperial doctor is really ruthless. It is obvious that ordinary ailments can be cured by just taking some ordinary medicine, but he produces so many precious medicinal materials!
Wang Xiaoya took the prescription and left, but Datong couldn't stop her.
In the time it took to burn the incense, they had already returned with hot soup.
"You know, the princess cooked this for the number one scholar herself. The number one scholar can rest assured. Although these medicinal materials are valuable, they are nothing in the prince's palace. You, don't worry, it's important that you get well after your illness..." Wang Xiaoya said.