This official from Shangshu Province was talking about a letter that Chen Chong, the governor of Shuzhou, had just rushed over.
Everyone is familiar with the name Chen Chong.
The Chen family was once prominent, and Chen Qingguan was one of the pillars of the court. Chen Chongchen's name was known to everyone in the court.
Of course, that was the old Chen family.
Later, when the King of Shu lost power and was implicated by the Cui family, the Chen family also quickly declined. Chen Chong was demoted from his official position and his family was confiscated, and he was reduced to opening a cloth shop in Kyoto to make a living. This matter was a matter of concern to officials in the DPRK for a long time.
A topic for discussion after dinner.
I originally thought that the Chen family would never have a chance to rise in this life, but I didn't expect that only one year had passed, and Chen Gai suddenly changed his identity and became the governor of Shuzhou.
Shuzhou is the fiefdom of King Jing, and it is the most special fiefdom of a prince in Jingguo. The court cannot interfere with the appointment and removal of the governor of Shuzhou, nor can it make any accusations.
They were accusing them of something else.
According to the memorial, after King Jing arrived in Shuzhou, he launched a vigorous campaign to suppress bandits. There are many bandits in Shuzhou. This is a fact known to all officials. Over the years, the imperial court and local officials have carried out many encirclement and suppression campaigns, but they have not done much.
Effect.
As time went by, I started to have a laissez-faire attitude towards this.
They don't care whether King Jing suppresses the bandits or not. The problem is to suppress the bandits. Isn't it just to suppress a bandit? It's like starting a war with Qi, Wu and Zhao at the same time, asking for one million taels of silver...
Although the national treasury has not been so tight in the past two years, it cannot be so squandered.
This is clearly blackmail!
Someone looked up at the indignant official and asked: "Does Master Qi think it is better for us to choose the second way? Shuzhou will not pay taxes for fifty years? Although Shuzhou is the fiefdom of King Jing, it is also mine.
What kind of dignity does this have for Jingguo’s land?”
Mr. Qi waved his hand and said: "We will not take either of these two roads!"
"Go and talk to His Majesty, Prince Jing, about this." The man shook his head, and after saying that, he stopped talking.
His Royal Highness King Jing is more favored by His Majesty than the Queen. If this memorial is delivered directly to His Majesty, I am afraid that one million taels of silver will be approved immediately.
They forced King Jing to Shuzhou in the first place. If they dare to add insult to injury on this matter now, even if King Jing is far away in Shuzhou and can't do anything to them, His Majesty will make them suffer.
Because of King Jing's departure, the conflict between His Majesty and them has not been completely resolved yet.
What's more, this matter is not that difficult to decide.
Shuzhou is a worry for the imperial court. It is said that it should be ignored. It is indeed the territory of Jingguo. But if it is controlled, the place is too messy and the imperial court's hand cannot reach that far. It is like a useless existence and will only drag people down.
The imperial court's hindrance has lowered the country's per capita GDP - various data from the Ministry of Household Affairs can prove this.
The food is tasteless and it is a pity to abandon it. Therefore, when His Majesty granted Shuzhou to King Jing, there was almost no objection in the court. Even if Shuzhou did not pay taxes for fifty years, it would not have any impact on the overall situation.
That place was so chaotic. Wu State, Qi State, a place of chaos. They finally threw the blame to King Jing, but no one was willing to pick it up again.
In the absence of the two prime ministers, several ministers discussed the matter and finally made a decision.
Submit this memorial to Your Majesty and the Princess for their decision.
…
Li Xuan had already gotten rid of the vulgar fun of blowing soap bubbles, and was playing with a prism in the sun. The two-year-old girl stood beside him, watching without blinking, and murmured: "Daddy, what are you doing?"
The rainbow hasn’t come out yet, but Uncle Li did it all at once..."
After finally getting rid of the dispersion phenomenon, the little girl clapped her hands happily and quickly ran over to show off to her mother...
"Mom, daddy just turned Xiaorui into a rainbow..."
After a while, Wang Qin came over with the little girl in his arms. Li Xuan looked at her and said: "That guy is going to get married soon, and there are two of them in one marriage..."
"Your Majesty is getting married soon. What is there to envy? Are you envious that King Jing can marry two?" Wang Qin looked at him and said: "If your Majesty is willing, you can marry more than King Jing, except for the noble concubine."
, you can also have a few more concubines..."
"What are you talking about? Am I as carefree and animal as he is?" Li Xuan took the mother and son into his arms and said righteously.
Wang Qin's face turned slightly red, and he pinched him gently, "They are all emperors, and they haven't taken their formal form yet. Xiaorui is still here..."
The little girl covered her eyes and said quickly: "Xiaorui can't see anything, can't see anything..."
The family of three laughed and played for a while. Wang Qin took the little girl to bed. Li Xuan walked back to the palace and opened the top memorial.
He just glanced at it and drew a circle on the words "Shuzhou will not pay taxes for fifty years" with a red pen.
He sighed and said, "I really want to see with my own eyes what you can turn Shuzhou into..."
The reason why he chose this was not because he was reluctant to part with money, but because he knew that a mere one million taels of silver could not compare with the Shuzhou he governed.
Just because if he doesn't check the second item, he won't receive any reply next month...
More importantly, according to what he described, Shuzhou... is a good place. It sounds like it is much more fun than Kyoto...
…
Shuzhou, governor's office, Chen Chong looked at the imperial edict sent by Li Yi and felt his lips were a little dry.
Your Majesty actually agreed!
Agree to allow Shuzhou to develop freely in these fifty years without paying taxes to the court...
This is an imperial edict, you have no joke, let alone a childish edict.
All officials in the DPRK will never have a chance to regret.
Regarding Shuzhou, they wanted to throw it away at first, but Shuzhou was not something they could throw away or pick up when they wanted. From now on, they can only look at the wealthy Shuzhou with envy.
After following Li Yi for so long, he now seemed to understand why Li Yi had been reluctant to enter the court when he was in Kyoto.
Because the people in the court are just a bunch of pigs!
You can imagine what this place would look like if the imperial court had not interfered for so many years and allowed Shuzhou to develop freely.
It was not the Chen family that led him to his position step by step, so he could clearly see that in less than fifty years, Shuzhou would become richer than Qing'an Prefecture and Kyoto. Who knows when that time will come?
, they still don’t feel sorry for the one million taels of silver?
Prince Jing's Mansion.
Li Yi looked at Lao Fang and asked: "Besides the imperial edict, is there anything else?"
Lao Fang nodded and said, "There is another letter."
Li Yi asked casually: "Li Xuan's?"
Lao Fang shook his head and said, "It belongs to the princess."
Li Yi was stunned and asked in disbelief: "Which princess?"
"The eldest princess."
"Ah?" Li Yi suddenly stood up from his seat, "There is a letter from the eldest princess. Why didn't you tell me earlier? Show it to me quickly!"
Lao Fang took a step back, shook his head and said, "The eldest princess has sent a letter, but it's not for my uncle."
Li Yi was stunned. If the eldest princess's letter was not for him, who else could it be for? To Yongning or to Ruyi?
It can’t be for Miss Liu Er!
Lao Fang looked at him and explained: "This letter was written by the eldest princess to the second young lady."
"What, the pearl was given to Ruyi?"
Li Yi was stunned again. Mingzhu and Ruyi—their relationship didn't seem to be good enough to write letters to each other, right?
Besides, I wrote so many letters to her, but she didn't reply to any of them, and she actually took the initiative to write to Miss Liu Er. This was unreasonable and unjust.
Li Yi shook his head and said, "I don't believe it, let me see."
Lao Fang took the letter out of his sleeve and put it on the table.
"I want you to study more!" Li Yi looked at the letter, looked at him with some hatred, pointed at the words on the envelope and said: "Look, it clearly says "Li Yi personally expresses it", how come it is
What about the letter to Ruyi? Although you are illiterate, you can't talk nonsense..."
Lao Fang looked a little sad and said: "Uncle, you are insulting me. Although I am illiterate, I can count..." "Li Yi Qinqi" is four characters, and "Liu Ruyi Qinqi" is five characters.
"
He shook his head and continued: "And I asked the postman. This letter is indeed for the second lady. Uncle, please don't lie to me, and don't lie to yourself..."
"..."
Li Yi finally understood why Lao Fang's martial arts had stagnated. He had no knowledge and no skills. He simply had no knowledge and no skills!
He didn't practice hard and actually studied secretly - he clearly didn't know how to count before!
