Although Li Guan's reputation among scholars is already bad, if he personally proposes the custom tax, his reputation will be even worse; and before, everyone just said that he "disregards the face of scholars", but later, they will probably say that he "disregards the face of Confucianism"
"Shameless" or even "forsaken Confucianism". So even if he is as shameless as Li Guan, he is not willing to bear such a reputation.
So Li Guan played a little trick and chose a policeman who was literate and was assigned to work as a former clerk to make this suggestion to him. Then he pretended to be hearing this suggestion for the first time and praised him first.
He criticized the policeman, and then reported the matter in a memorial. In the memorial, he praised the policeman and proposed that Yunxi should promote the policeman.
However, when Yunxi received Li Guan's memorial, he was not in the mood to deal with it for the time being, so he stayed in it first. And on that day, he hastily criticized the other memorials and then went to the harem; while the four auxiliary officers present and
Zhongshu Sheren didn't take it seriously at all.
Because Queen Xue Xiyao is pregnant again.
Although she already had a son and the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, the possibility of infant death in this era was not low. Zhu Yuanzhang was very lucky. Only two of his twenty-six sons died in infancy, but Zhu Biao's six sons
Two died in infancy, and the probability reached one-third. And one of them was the eldest son.
So although the clan and ministers who loved Yunxi did not dare to say anything, they were also worried about what would happen if the prince died of illness. Now that the queen is pregnant again, even though it is not yet certain that it is a boy, everyone is still relieved. Yunxi is a little wasteful.
I don't think anything is wrong with the state of government either.
Yunxi himself is also happy. He and Xiyao have been married for five years and have the deepest relationship. He is still happier about Xiyao's pregnancy than An Bin and Baoqin's pregnancy.
Although he doesn't rest in Kunning Palace every day, he takes time to accompany Xiyao every day and talks to Xiyao's belly. Although Xiyao has just been pregnant for more than a month, the fetus is probably still a ball of flesh.
There was no use talking, but he just wanted to talk.
Xiyao herself was very happy and cherished the child very much. She spent much less time dealing with palace affairs and dealt with servants who made mistakes much more lightly. Even Miner felt that she was much gentler to him. She treated her normally.
Miner Xiyao plays a strict mother.
Min'er was also very happy. She would sit next to Xiyao every day and talk to Xiyao's belly, saying that this must be a little brother.
Of course, Min'er also asked the question that many children have asked: "Mom, how did the little brother get stuffed in?" She didn't have Baidu to check it, so she had to ask her mother.
Xiyao was so embarrassed that he ignored the question. Min'er, who couldn't get an answer when asking other people, was very depressed.
Of course, the servants of Kunning Palace are also much busier, and everyone who comes into contact with Xiyao is more careful. The entire floor of Kunning Palace is covered with carpets, and the corners of many furniture have been worn away.
Four palace maids were guarding her. This was not the case when she was pregnant with her first child.
There is another mistress who has a much harder time. "Yi'er, my sister is pregnant, so I have to work harder on you in this palace affairs." Xiyao said to Xiyi.
"And, to be on the safe side, my sister should not get pregnant during this period," she continued.
This is the rule that their sisters made after Miao Jin entered the palace. Miao Jin's status in the palace is second only to Queen Xiyao, and higher than that of Xiyi. If Xiyao is just pregnant, the palace affairs will be handed over to Xiyi.
It makes sense, but if Xiyi is also pregnant, it would be most appropriate to hand it over to Miaojin, and now Miaojin is not pregnant.
Although Miaojin might not do anything to them, nor does she seem to be someone who would do anything to them, they still have to be on guard against others, and they still feel that power is best in the hands of their own people.
"Yes, sister, I understand." Xiyi said. They had already discussed it before, so she would naturally not disagree.
"Sister, I'm sorry for you." Xiyao said. Xiyi only has one child now.
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However, although Yunxi accompanied Xiyao for a while every day, he was absent-minded about the government affairs for only a few days, and then resumed his diligence. He had not yet completed the reform of the capital, so how could he neglect the government affairs for a long time.
The first thing Yunxi had to deal with after returning to his normal state was Li Guan's memorial.
Yunxi knew that although the ministers had no objection to his inspection of brothels, they would only ridicule him in private. But if he publicly proposed to tax brothels, I am afraid that many great scholars would openly oppose it. Even Fang Xiaoru and Yunxi
Those who have always dealt with other true Confucian trump cards will not agree, because there were no brothels in the Three Dynasties. The brothels only appeared during the Guan Zhong period, and whether the thing founded by Guan Zhong is the same as the current brothels.
All are still controversial.
If Yunxi passes by force, of course he can, but the execution may not go smoothly, just like Yunxi announced the ban on foot-binding in the eyes of many people in confusion, and dealt with batch after batch of bound feet for his daughter.
After becoming an official, binding the feet of official women was stopped, but he learned through Jin Yiwei that there were still foot-binding folk, and he was very helpless. Although the number was much smaller.
Therefore, Yunxi decided to launch an event in order for this memorial to pass relatively smoothly.
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Dong Lun dragged his tired body out of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. The attendants around him hurriedly came over to help him get into the sedan chair, and then asked: "Master, are you going back home or not?"
"Go to Jiefu." Dong Lun said.
He didn't ask who was accompanying him, he just let the bearers carry the sedan chair to Xie Mansion.
When Dong Lun came to Jie Mansion, Xie Jin had not returned yet, but the servants of Jie Mansion knew that Dong Lun was a good friend of their master, so they let him into the living room of the mansion. Xie Jin's wife also came out to receive him.
Dong Lun, of course, was accompanied by a servant.
Dong Lun waited in the living room for a while, and Xie Jin came back. He had obviously heard the news about Dong Lun's arrival from his servant, so after returning home, he came to the living room without even changing his clothes, and exchanged greetings with Dong Lun.
After the sentence, he asked: "Brother Dong, why did you come to my house today?" The Ministry of Rites has been a little busy recently, and if there was something else, he would not come to Xie Jin for a casual chat.
Dong Lun smiled and said: "I can't hide anything from you. I just want to ask, what is the purpose of this 'learning from Guanzi governance activities' organized by His Majesty?"
Yes, Yunxi's method was to let all officials learn from Guan Zhong. In Yunxi's view, Guan Zhong was the most famous prime minister in China throughout the ages. No matter who came later, Xiao He, Zhuge Liang, Fan Zhongyan, or Zhang Juzheng could not compare with him.
Guan Zhong created countless firsts in Chinese history. Many of Guan Zhong's policies are still worth learning by the leaders of the Republic and even the world until later generations.
