Cornucopia is already twenty-one years old, which for a horse has just entered its senior years.
"Basin!"
Ju Ming shouted, and the cornucopia came running with its head shaking.
The horse breeder had long been used to it, and immediately let go of the reins, and then chased after the cornucopia's butt.
This guy threw the horse breeder away from him and rubbed himself in front of Ju Ming.
You can tell at a glance that he is a dog!
Ju Ming let it rub it for a long time, then got on the horse and galloped around the racecourse on the cornucopia.
"Drive, drive!"
A tender cry came, but Zhe Yanxiu also arrived at the racecourse.
This concubine from the Zhe family couldn't sit still in Dongxi Garden, so she sneaked out to ride horses in Tiansi Prison alone.
Moreover, he also brought a bow and arrows.
Zhe Yanxiu raised her bow and shouted at Ju Ming: "Guan, do you dare to compete in riding and shooting?"
"Get the bow!" Ju Ming shouted.
Zhe Yanxiu asked: "What's the prize for betting?"
Ju Ming rode up to her side, winked and laughed in a low voice: "If I win, tonight you will trick the concubine into drinking and playing chess in your room."
Zhe Yanxiu was not shy about three-person interactions. She often spoke in a pornographic voice. If she had been born nine hundred years later, she would probably still be an expert in the Ji circle. She immediately asked for the prize and said: "If I win, I will go to the Song Dynasty."
The set of gilt polo clubs left behind by the Hunjun."
“It’s a deal!”
Zhe Yanxiu has been practicing cavalry and archery hard in the past few years. Except for his lower strength, his accuracy is not even inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty cavalry.
The two men laughed and shot ten arrows each, but Zhe Yanxiu was still defeated.
She followed Ju Ming back to Dongxi Garden and met Zhong Miaoyun in a pavilion: "Sister Zhong, the official family said they will stay in Dongxi Garden tonight. Would you like to drink and play chess with me tonight?"
Zhong Miaoyun blushed and subconsciously turned to look at Ju Ming, then nodded and said, "Okay."
Ju Ming asked: "Where is the Queen?"
Zhong Miaoyun raised his hand and pointed: "They went there, saying they wanted to finish visiting the garden. I'm really tired from walking, so I'll take a rest in this pavilion."
Zhu Ming rested there with his two daughters, lying on the bench in the pavilion and taking a nap while enjoying the breeze.
Not long after, Zhang Jinping came back with his concubines, saying that they had finished exploring the garden.
Zhang Jinping said excitedly: "Guanjia, Sister Zhong's hometown is in Luoyang. She said that the best place in Luoyang is the Tianwangyuan in the center of the city. When the peonies bloom in spring, more than 100,000 peonies bloom in the Tianwangyuan garden.
.Tourists can enjoy the flowers, buy flowers on the spot, and go into the Tenno-in Temple to worship Buddha and ask for fortune-telling."
"Let's go together next spring." Zhu Ming also expressed interest.
Luoyang Tianwangyuan is located in the center of the city. It was originally the residence of Yang Wensi in the Sui Dynasty. After several transfers, it passed into the hands of Li Chongjun, the crown prince of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, and was later rebuilt into Anguo Temple.
Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty destroyed Buddhism and demolished Anguo Temple.
Later, part of the building was restored. It is estimated that the financial resources were insufficient in the late Tang Dynasty, and all the unrestored areas were used to plant peonies.
Today, it is not only a temple, but also the largest peony planting base in Luoyang.
Moreover, this temple also wholesales flowers and is the main supplier of peonies in Luoyang. Some people also go to Tianwangyuan in spring to buy two baskets and then sell them on the streets inside and outside the city.
The former emperor and concubine are all here today.
Even three minors also came out for a walk. They temporarily stayed in Zhao Fujin's courtyard.
There are seventeen daughters of Song Huizong in front of you!
Only those who were married, Ju Ming did not care about them.
Yeluyan was also there, like a little follower, always sticking to Li Qinglu's side, looking at the emperor without blinking at this moment.
"Let's go play football and bring the kids with us!" Zhu Ming likes to enjoy life more and more, and delegates more government affairs to the Cabinet.
Of course, those really big things still need to be firmly grasped.
…
The next day.
Cheng Hao's son Cheng Duanyi and Li Qingchen's son Li Hu received orders to come together to pay their respects.
They are all old men and have not served in the Ming and New Dynasties.
"The old man Cheng Duanyi (Li Hu), pays homage to Your Majesty!" The two of them bowed and saluted.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "Two gentlemen, please take a seat."
The two of them did not hesitate and sat down next to the emperor.
Ju Ming chatted for a while and then asked: "What suggestions do you have for the imperial court to move its capital to Luoyang?"
Cheng Duanyi said: "It was too unreasonable to split up and move the big families in Luoyang before. If those big families are guilty, they can certainly be punished. But there are also big families who abide by the law, so why should their properties be confiscated?"
Ju Ming said: "The extravagant wealth was not confiscated and they were allowed to take it away. The rest of the property was also retained. Some tribesmen were allowed to stay and inherit part of their houses, shops and fields. For example, the rich family left some fields and gardens.
The head of a wealthy family."
Although Luoyang gardens are the best in the world, by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, most of them were gradually abandoned and lacked repairs.
The really powerful people moved to Kaifeng.
Most of those who stayed in Luoyang were heirs of the old party. They were suppressed too hard by Song Huizong and Cai Jing. At most, they could only get some minor officials, but they could not even become minor officials. The whole big family has been living on its laurels.
Moreover, he was still being exploited by the Six Thieves and their henchmen, and couldn't even get the money to repair the garden.
In other words, even if you have money, you don’t want to repair it, lest your home be too luxurious and be targeted by corrupt officials!
The best-maintained garden in Luoyang is Fu Bi's house.
Fu Zhirou had been Ju Ming's secretary, but now he was sent away to the local government. Therefore, it was not convenient for his family's garden to be confiscated. All the Fu family's branches were moved out of Luoyang, and the head of the Fu family was forced to divide their families and divide their property.
After the family division, the Fu family's land exceeding a certain amount would be redeemed by the court at a low price and then distributed to the original tenants.
Cheng Duanyi said: "Your Majesty's words are evasive and trivial."
Before Ju Ming could refute, Li Hu said angrily: "There are countless rich households in Luoyang who have hidden their land and people. Which family did not break the law in the previous dynasty? Hiding their land and people is a crime. Their property should be confiscated!"
"This statement is wrong," Cheng Duanyi said. "When the Supreme Emperor was in power, he stated many times that old sins before the promulgation of the Ming Code would not be punished."
Li Hu retorted: "That is another crime and has nothing to do with land property. If the land tax cannot be collected, the imperial government's finances will inevitably be ruined!"
Cheng Duanyi said: "If it's just a land tax, just pay off the land. Why are the properties and shops confiscated? Even some homes have been confiscated."
The two of them quarreled more and more fiercely. At first they were still discussing the new dynasty, but their quarrel turned into a party dispute in the Northern Song Dynasty.
When Zhu Ming saw this, he couldn't laugh or cry.
You know, Li Ru's first wife was Cheng Duanyi's sister. And Li Ru's second wife was also Cheng Duanyi's sister.
Li Hu's father, Li Qingchen, was also extremely "rebellious" back then.
Li Qingchen's two father-in-laws were Han Qi and Sun Zhu. These two father-in-laws had ambiguous attitudes towards Wang Anshi's reform, but on the whole they tended to oppose the reform.
But what about Li Qingchen?
Although his father-in-law and his children and in-laws all opposed the reform, Li Qingchen himself was a pioneer of the reform.
Even the introduction of the New Deal was initiated by Li Qingchen. Unfortunately, he tried to reconcile the contradictions between the old and the new parties, but could not suppress the radical reformers at all, which eventually triggered the second large-scale party struggle in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "You two are already old, why bother worrying about those old things?"
Cheng Duanyi pointed at Li Yu and said: "The garden of his Li family is the largest in Luoyang, occupying an entire square in the city. Li's Guiren Garden has not been confiscated, so now it is natural to make sarcastic remarks."
Li Fu was furious: "When my father bought Guiren Garden, it was already dilapidated. Although it occupies a large area, it didn't cost much money. Moreover, my father's money for buying the garden came from my ancestors of the Li family who earned money from doing business in Daming Prefecture."
Come on, there isn’t a penny of dirty money!”
Li Ru cupped his hands towards Ju Ming and said: "Your Majesty, the ancestors of the Li family have been doing business, and my grandfather only became an official after he won the Jinshi. Moreover, my grandfather died young and did not hold any high official position. He could not be greedy even if he wanted to. My father's seventh grade
I lost my father when I was young and have no relatives in the officialdom. I relied on my own hard work to study. After becoming an official, I became even more honest and selfless!"
Cheng Duanyi must have become so angry that he did not shy away from his real name when mentioning his predecessors, and retorted: "Han Qi recommended, Ouyang Xiu promoted, did your father rely on himself? He became an official before he was admitted to the Jinshi!"
"But my father later got into Maoke, and Maoke is more difficult than Jinshi! Can someone who can get into Maoke fail the examination?" Li Ru immediately responded.
Zhu Ming scratched his forehead, not knowing how to break up the fight. The two old men were both very angry.
Seeing what Cheng Duanyi wanted to say, Li Hu suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, I, the Li family, are willing to sell Guiren Garden in Luoyang to the court at a low price! I, the Li family, have no land in the suburbs of Luoyang, and Guiren Garden will be exchanged for hundreds of acres of cultivated land.
That’s it.”
"Uh...that's not necessary." Zhu Ming said speechlessly.
Li Ru said: "It is necessary. Gui Nen Garden originally occupied the largest area in Luoyang. Now that other gardens have been split up, it seems that my Li family garden is even bigger. Most of the Li family's properties are in Daming Prefecture, and I am the only one here in Luoyang.
Live with the descendants of the eldest brother. Please dedicate Quy Nhon Garden to the court today in exchange for hundreds of acres of land on the outskirts of the city. And two farmhouses in the suburbs, so that I and the descendants of the eldest brother can have a place to live. Only in this way can certain people be blocked.
Q!"
In fact, Li Yan had other ideas. His Li family's garden was too big. And there was no damage this time. If the tree is as beautiful as the forest wind, it will be destroyed, and it will definitely attract countless gossips in the future.
It is better to present it directly to the court!
After Ju Ming thought carefully, he said: "Let's do this. Divide Qui Nhon Garden in two and keep half for your brother's descendants. You can move to the outskirts to build a house. The money for building the house will be paid by the court, and then it will be given to you and you.
Each of the elder brother's descendants will be given five hundred acres of good land. In addition, he will be given some gold, silver, cloth, as well as some oxen and mules."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Ru seemed to have won the battle and turned to look at his brother-in-law.
Cheng Duanyi curled his lips and said nothing.
Ju Ming asked: "The academic ban has been lifted for many years, why is there no academy here in Luoyang?"
Li Ru pointed at Cheng Duanyi: "He can only take the lead in raising money to build an academy in Luoyang. But he is unwilling to accept the new teachings of the Supreme Emperor and His Majesty, so the matter has been delayed."
Cheng Duanyi did not refute, and just sat there and acquiesced. In fact, he studied natural science, but he couldn't study it because he was too old, and he never received recruitment from the court. In the end, he simply put on airs and rejected the new study.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "Let's do this. The royal family and the court will allocate part of the money, and some wealthy private businessmen will voluntarily donate some to build a Longmen Academy near the Longmen Grottoes. Mr. Li will be the mountain director, and Mr. Cheng will be the deputy mountain director. Mathematics, physics
, astronomy, geography, chemistry... these are all to be taught. As for other knowledge, you can do it yourself."
"Anything can be said?" Cheng Duanyi asked.
Ju Ming said: "As long as you don't slander the royal family and the court, you can say whatever you want."
Cheng Duanyi cupped his hands and said, "I would like to be the deputy mountain chief."
