Chapter 1671 The old master who is so stubborn (45)
The dignitaries carried out land annexation, and the emperor's ability to control the country's land was long gone.
Among them, the powerful people like Zhou Guozhang controlled the most land. The tax they levied on the land was several times that of the previous state-owned land. The common people could hardly survive under such heavy taxes. In the end, what these powerful people did
, it’s the old emperor’s fault again.
After Wei Fengqing seized the throne, one of the charges against the old emperor was excessive collection of taxes and exorbitant taxes.
Therefore, he was originally an honest man, but he was put on the pillar of shame of a cowardly tyrant for thousands of years, and he died of oppression.
Now Gu Mo wants to gradually take back these lands from the hands of the powerful and start his next plan.
Having been forced into this position by Gu Mo, Zhou Guozhang had no choice, "I am willing to give up ten thousand households to the eighth prince as compensation and gratitude to the eighth prince!"
"Is there only food for ten thousand households? Historically, the title of prince has been rewarded with gold, silver, jewels, silk and satin. You can't let Lao Ba's prince canonization ceremony be too shabby, right?"
"I am willing to prepare all the supplies required for the prince's canonization according to the etiquette specifications!"
"The abbot is so generous." Gu Mo nodded, looking very satisfied, "However, abbot, you only compensated me, but you didn't compensate me. I am his father..."
The implication is that there are tens of thousands of sons, and there are so many gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins. As a father, I have also been wronged. The compensation cannot be better than that of my son, right?
Zhou Guozhang almost vomited blood, "Your Majesty, I have brought out everything I can!"
Gu Mo smiled and said, "Fifteen thousand households, plus three hundred million in gold, I don't want much, right?"
In order to pay less taxes to the country, the powerful people hide their land and population. Being able to bring out ten thousand households at least proves that Zhou Guozhang has ten thousand households on the surface, and at least thirty thousand households secretly. As for gold, silver and jewelry, they can do it themselves.
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Anyway, everyone in the civil and military dynasties was pretending to be poor, but she, the emperor, was the only one who was really poor.
"My father-in-law, you and I are our husband-in-law. We don't have to see anyone outside. Aren't I afraid that the father-in-law will be embarrassed? If the father-in-law feels that I don't want enough and wants more, I won't mind."
"Your Majesty is taking advantage of the situation!"
Gu Mo covered his heart and said, "Prince of the State, you are hurting my heart. My heart feels really cold right now."
If I don’t take advantage of your illness to kill you, what else can I do?
"I know how much the monarch has in his hands. Doesn't this leave the monarch with the capital to support his family? Where can the monarch find a gentle and kind-hearted king like me?"
Zhou Guozhang couldn't tell whether Gu Mo had really found out about his family background or was trying to trick him. "If I don't give it to you, will your Majesty take it away by force?"
"I certainly don't have the ability to rob it by force. The king's father also knows this, but it doesn't matter. The imperial doctor has examined it for me. I have a long life, so I can wait."
Gu Mo squinted his eyes and said, "The father-in-law is the backbone of the Zhou family. If the father-in-law falls, the Zhou family building will collapse. It is the father-in-law's successor who can support the Zhou family, but I can still wait and can always survive."
On the day when the Zhou family has no heirs and I take over the property of the Zhou family as son-in-law, I think that if the state leader really does this, isn’t he depriving himself of a way out? The state leader won’t hate me so much that he wants to fight with me.
Let's die together, right? Isn't this good for your Zhou family?
She said, "Look how kind I am," and the conditions she proposed were all put into consideration for you.
Zhou Guozhang had nothing to do with her, so in the end he had to hold back a mouthful of old blood and said, "I agree!"
The next day, Zhou Guozhang supported his sick body and went to court. At the court, he first asked for the title of prince for the eighth prince. Of course, he did not mention the food, gold, silver, jewelry, and mansion that were all given by him.
Anyway, he just suffered from the old mistakes, hid his merits and fame, and fulfilled the old emperor's wishes.
Others have to praise him for being a prodigal son and for being a loving father. Although he was foolish and devalued his son at the beginning, he is now working hard to compensate his son.
But Zhou Guozhang's sudden move confused the courtiers.
Why did the good Zhou Guozhang ask for a title for the demoted eighth prince?
And why is he the eighth prince if he is not another prince?
Could it be that the Zhou family wants to support the eighth prince to ascend to the throne, but it doesn’t look like this?
Even Zhou Guozhang's confidants were confused.
"Hey, your Zhou family asked me to destroy him, and now it's you who want me to get him back. You guys are really annoying."
Gu Mo looked embarrassed, "But the father-in-law is so sincere, how can I have the nerve to offend you?"
Then someone drafted a decree and posted the imperial notice to summon the eighth prince back to Beijing to receive the title.
At the end of the day, it was time to retire from the court. Gu Mo suddenly looked at Zhou Guozhang, "Guozhang, have you forgotten something?"
Zhou Guozhang knelt down with a trembling body, "I am old and sick, and am unable to serve the imperial court any longer. I sincerely ask for your Majesty's permission to resign and recuperate!"
Gu Mo didn't even say a polite word, "That's right!"
At this time, the Qi Party understood, as did the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, that Zhou Guozhang had given up his rights to Gu Mo.
It is definitely impossible for Zhou Guozhang to give up his power willingly, so what did Gu Mo do? How did she let the Zhou family hand over power without any bloodshed?
At this moment, the ministers looked at Gu Mo's honest and honest face, and suddenly felt that the old emperor was enigmatic.
With this thought, Gu Mo's usual actions, whether he was brainless or easy to do, all turned into the so-called emperor's mental tricks, which sent shivers down their spines.
When Gu Mo returned to Yangxin Hall, he saw that Queen Zhou had been waiting for a long time.
She probably also learned about what happened in the court, so she anxiously wanted to find Gu Mo to find out.
But when she arrived at the Yangxin Palace, the first thing she saw was Princess Lingxi playing with an axe, which scared her to death.
Therefore, when he saw Gu Mo coming back, he immediately said, "Your Majesty, how can you be so indulgent to Lingxi? What kind of girls are they doing with swords and guns?"
Gu Mo glanced at Princess Lingxi who was still playing with the axe, and said, "It's pretty good."
Lingxi saw this beautiful ax a few days ago, and it was as if he had found a new love. He devoted himself to playing new tricks with this ax every day.
Gu Mo really felt that it was better for her to fall in love with an ax than to fall in love with Wei Fengqing.
Queen Zhou was so angry that Gu Mo kept saying that he had demoted all his sons to common people for her sake, but he was extremely indulgent towards this daughter. If he really loved her, shouldn't he also get rid of this annoying daughter?
"Is the queen coming to me because she is worried about the father-in-law?"
As soon as Gu Mo reminded her, Queen Zhou remembered her purpose of coming to Gu Mo, but Gu Mo struck preemptively without giving her a chance to investigate.
"Don't worry, Queen. I have already sent out a royal notice to summon Lao Ba. When Lao Ba comes back in a few days, the head of state and everyone in the Zhou family will be fine."
