Chapter 272: begging

Chapter 272: begging

Yingchun couldn't help but smiled slightly and said, "It seems that Sister Lin is very clear in her heart. Those who are officials have a salary, and they don't need to pay the emperor's grain when they occupy the land, but the poorer and poorer people have to pay the emperor's grain no matter how little land they have. Give birth to a son, and when he grows up, he will have to pay the tax every year. For officials like us, all the money comes in, and there is no need to hand it out, so if you have spare money, you can buy slaves and maids and pay monthly money, and we will naturally become So, I don’t think I can enjoy the days of Miss Qianjin that money brings to me, and at the same time look down on money. A gentleman loves money and gets it right is the most valuable conduct of a person.”

Daiyu said, "It's too much for those corrupt officials to take extra money in addition to their salaries and the output of their own fields."

Yingchun sighed: "Yes, the so-called embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in the ant's nest. It is like a strong man, destroyed by the Yellow Turban; in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, destroyed by the Yellow Nest; there was also Fang La in the Northern Song Dynasty. Covetousness. The land is occupied by the officials, and the salary is also taken by the officials, but all the taxes and levies of the court have to be paid by the people who have no land, and the people can't make money for nothing. Under the overturned nest, how can there be any eggs? If the imperial court doesn't care about this matter, how many years will the world enjoy peace? Most of the officials in the court are blinded by the gift, and only the prince's turn is on the head. The prince has offended some powerful people in Jiangsu and Beijing."

Daiyu suddenly smiled and said, "So, the second sister has to marry the chicken and follow the chicken."

Yingchun nodded her nose and said, "Don't make fun of me. You have to face these times. When you marry someone in the future, you will have to advance and retreat with your husband."

Daiyu said: "I don't want to get married. Besides, who is married to a husband like the second brother-in-law like the second sister, should you worry about this?"

Yingchun does not advocate awakening women's rights, but it is an extreme opposition to marriage. Everyone has seven emotions and six desires. Which young girl does not have a spring? Even homosexuality is only a special object for Huaichun, and even further, the **** is also eager to find a pair of food or grace to marry a wife after leaving the palace.

Those who are extremely opposed to marriage are usually outsiders. But Yingchun agreed that if the man is not worth marrying, it is better to be single.

Yingchun smiled and said: "Hehe, let's see later. I think it's good for someone like Wang Ye who can take care of things. If he doesn't take care of himself and doesn't let women decide, wouldn't he starve his family to death? Like Baoyu, a man who doesn't care about the world and loves to hang out with maids, his daughter-in-law and children will suffer to death in the future."

Daiyu was taken aback when she heard her speaking so frankly, and said, "Actually... I already thought... the second sister has changed, and the second sister also deliberately lured me away from playing with Baoyu. So you don't think so. On the treasure."

Yingchun said, "I'm only talking to you in plain language. Baoyu's heart is not bad, but the most important thing for a man is to stand up. A man who can't even earn the money he spends will never marry."

Dai Yuqiao blushed brightly. It turned out that she had long remembered that when she was in Jia's house, Jia's mother had said many times that she would make a pair of two Yu'er, and others had joked about it. In fact, in modern times, most children were teased by adults when they were young. If they were girls, they would say that they hired them for their sons when they met a boy in the family. In fact, in ancient times, as long as girls were still young and had no problem with their reputation, there were many people who joked like this when adults had a good relationship.

Daiyu said: "I just came back, and the second sister and I said something like this, just bully me."

Yingchun squeezed Daiyu's cheek, hugged her with a smile, "I hurt you the most, and you said I bullied you."

Daiyu didn't have a mother. Although Jia's mother also loved her, she was always separated by a layer. Yingchun did not have a gap in seniority.

Yingchun made out with her for a while before leaving first. Daiyu was served by the maid and washed, and then went to have dinner together.

After the meal, Yingchun and Lin Ruhai proposed to take Daiyu to settle the accounts together. Lin Ruhai had long respected Yingchun's ability, and he was a father who raised his daughter as a man. But if you want your daughter to increase her knowledge and learn from Yingchun, she will benefit greatly in the future. How can you disagree?

Here, Yingchun spent a few days sorting out the data of Caobang's accounts, and compared it with Guanyan's accounts, and came up with specific data. In addition to the judge, Sima Xuan also imprisoned the big trader of smuggled salt and pursued the fine of smuggling salt.

Li Shuo and Li Chong, the prefect of Yangzhou, raided their homes in various places. With the assistance of the Cao Gang, they transported the general's silver to Yangzhou for counting.

Yingchun earlier suggested that Sima Xuan should reward the officers and soldiers who raided their homes and the assisting Caogang members who had meritorious deeds and had no personal corruption. Otherwise, they would have offended such a large bureaucracy. These people have contacted many officials and wealthy people in Jiangnan, and then let them work. The people returned empty-handed, and the imperial court also lost the hearts of the people. But if someone gets a lot of benefits from it, the conflict will be diverted, and those who work will still support the court in their hearts.

Sima Xuan adopted Yingchun's suggestion as early as when he was planning to carry out the plan of raiding his home, and wrote a secret decree to play the new emperor, explaining the stakes involved. At this time, the urgent decree of 800 li was passed to Sima Xuan, and the new emperor reviewed it on the secret book, asking Sima Xuan to act cheaply.

As a result, the proceeds from the raid and the owed money recovered became 82 cents. The imperial court would bring back 80% of the property, and the rest would be used to reward the hero who seized the property.

The discipline of home raiding is strict. As long as one person in the home raiding and inventory team is found to be corrupt, all team members will do it in vain that day, and those who take privately will be beheaded, and the whistleblower will be rewarded. After the report, everyone in the team will still have "work points". Every time a home is raided, the participants will record "work points". In the end, all the staff will receive the reward according to the "work points". If there are several situations, the person who has made a lot of money and catches people will be given more "work points".

Before the home raid, Li Shuo and Li Chong both explained the rules for participating in officers and soldiers, errands and foreign aid, and their enthusiasm for work was increased to the maximum. At the beginning, when Li Shuo and Li Chong randomly checked the personnel when the house raid was completed, they found a person who took it privately and beheaded on the spot, and said that the work points for the day were deducted. The person who took the property privately caused all the staff to be extremely violent The public was outraged, and then everyone supervised each other.

They can clearly see how much money those corrupt officials have, just like the governor of Caoyun, who can copy more than three million taels of silver. At that time, there were only more than 1,000 people in charge of raiding homes, and there were only 200 people who counted and kept accounts in the later period, so even if only 20% was used to reward everyone according to rank and work points, everyone with high positions could get one thousand taels, and those with low positions would get 1,000 taels. You can also get more than 200 taels, how can you get rich faster than this, and it is still legal. Even the corrupt officials with little money have more than ten or two hundred thousand silver in their hands, and they can make a lot of money once they work.

In the later period, the officers and soldiers in Jiangsu also heard that those officers and soldiers who were not involved in the case were jealous, so Li Chong went to collect them. Li Chong, who was hated by everyone in the past, was treated like a hero.

The Zhejiang army made enough money, and in the later period, the local officers and soldiers in Jiangsu also benefited a little, and they were separated from the previous bureaucratic team.

By the end of the incident in Jiangsu, everyone lined up to receive the money. When the Zhejiang army returned, everyone from the middle and lower levels who had no major case hoped that Sima Xuan would go to Zhejiang to fight corruption, so that they could serve the prince.

Among them, Cao Gang helped with transportation and work protection. Sima Xuan asked them to hold the documents, and later asked Li Chong to receive the reward.

Afterwards, Sima Xuan saw that all his subordinates were beaming with excitement, and only then did he realize the ingenious approach of welcoming the spring.

In fact, Yingchun also learned to "share interests", "beat the local tyrants and divide the land" and "the essence of revolution is to win over friends and defeat enemies". Any action of seizing interests, loneliness and monopoly of interests will have no good end.

Busy until September, seeing the incident come to an end, Sima Xuan thought about returning to Beijing to return to his life.

Sima Xuan also summoned Li Shuo, Li Chong, Lin Ruhai and Yingchun to hold a meeting in the prefect's government office. The others were concerned about transporting huge amounts of money, returning the imperial court to Beijing, and arranging new officials.

But only Yingchun was still thinking about other things. When they finished discussing, Yingchun said with a smile: "Li Zhifu, Uncle Lin, do you know which scholar in this Yangzhou boundary can write the best words?"

Sima Xuan said, "Nianxuan, if you want to read the script, find someone to find it."

Yingchun smiled and said, "Who said I wanted to watch it, I wanted to write a script, but I didn't have the time myself."

Sima Xuan said, "This matter doesn't need to be mentioned here."

Yingchun said: "This is very important, how can you not say it?"

Li Shuo seemed to realize something, and said, "The princess's words were originally about the case in Jiangsu?"

Yingchun nodded and said: "Whether it is Huaiyang, the capital, or the world, the emperor and we will face the infinite pressure of public opinion. We have fought the battle against corruption and the pursuit of silver, and we must also fight the battle of public opinion. Those corrupt officials Many of the officials came from literati, nothing else, and the ability to confuse right and wrong is no trivial matter. I just wanted someone to write a book and spread it among the people in the market. I just wrote an exotic story. Anti-corruption offends the group of corrupt officials, and then the group of corrupt officials or their relatives and friends deeply hate the lord, completely forget their loyalty, and try their best to smear the lord, saying that he is mean, unkind, murderous, and insane... In fact, this kind of thing can be found everywhere in the Central Plains. Yes."

Lin Ruhai was startled and said, "This matter... the emperor is only afraid that he will be blamed."

Yingchun said: "At this time, the pressure the emperor is facing in Beijing must be enormous. Does the emperor not want to explain to the world? Don't you want the people of the world to understand his difficulties?"

Yingchun thought to himself: Just like Emperor Yongzheng in history, he would also write "Da Yi Jue Mi Lu" in order to eliminate the world's opposition to him and establish the orthodoxy of his own Chinese emperor. Emperor Yongzheng wanted to win even such a sensitive matter as the "Hua-Yi Debate". Don't he want to establish the correctness of his anti-corruption campaign today, to win the victory of public opinion and the hearts of the people? Could it be that he wants to suffer from the great loss of public opinion that Qin Shihuang and Shang Zhou have eaten?

Li Shuo thought for a while and said, "This is a big thing, but it can be written first and submitted to the sage for approval. After that, the sage will always make a statement."

Sima Xuan nodded and said, "Then find a scholar who can write."

Yingchun suddenly said: "It's better not to look for it, let Sister Lin try!"

Lin Ruhai was not scared to death, and said, "How can the little girl write this?"

Yingchun smiled and said, "This is easier than writing poetry. I will tell her the main line of the story, she must have ingenuity."

Lin Ruhai said, "No, no!"

Yingchun said: "At most, if the emperor likes it, he will say that it was written by Sister Lin; if the emperor is angry, he will say that it was written by me. I can't bear to hurt her when there is a sister."

Sima Xuan thought to himself: The scholar is a foreigner, not on the same boat with everyone, and Lin Daiyu doesn't understand Yingchun as well.

Sima Xuan said, "Sir Lin, don't refuse first, and Nianxuan will discuss it with her cousin."

Lin Ruhai said: "The little girl is not yet eleven years old, if it is spread out, she..."

Yingchun smiled and said, "Uncle Lin, I know what you're thinking. If Sister Lin shares my worries for me and I'm tired of her future, I will be responsible for finding a good husband for her in the future. Even men in the world are narrow-minded, and Sister Lin is so talented. The peerless beauty of my family can't find a good husband, so I will ask my prince to marry her."

"Nonsense!" Sima Xuan glared at her.

Yingchun touched her nose. She knew that Li Shuo, the male protagonist of the same culture, must be greedy for Daiyu, so why should she marry Sima Xuan as a concubine?

Lin Ruhai was also so angry that his face flushed red, and it was also because he received the great grace of welcoming the spring.

After the meeting, Lin Ruhai went home by himself. Of course he wouldn't tell his daughter about it, no one would tell her, and neither would Yingchun.

It was Sima Xuan who punished her well at night. Of course, because her kung fu was not perfect, he couldn't "punish" like the prince in the prince's text.

Sima Xuan pressed her threat and said, "I'm too much of you, and lawless! If you're so generous, I'll take a concubine of the eighth wife, don't you dare to think I'm me?"

Yingchun said: "It's not that you dare, you have no money to support."

"..." Then Sima Xuan was indeed the reincarnation of Yulang, and he wanted to spank her, but he was unlucky, because Yingchun's struggle hit the part that shouldn't be hit, and it was painful.

Yingchun was also frightened, and said that he would rub him in the past, and his face became the color of pig liver.

Yingchun put his arms around him again and said sleazy words to comfort him. He only described him as a fairy, and said how infatuated he was. He was simply a jealous king. How could he be willing to share him with others?

"If you take one concubine, I will kill one, and if you take two, I will kill one pair. I have such a domineering possessiveness towards you."

Sima Xuan thought it was interesting at first, but in the end, it turned sour.

Sima Xuan said: "Your statement is wrong, it's too crude! You are a girl!"

"It's always been like this!"

"Don't tell me about things I don't remember!" Sima Xuan interrupted, but was curious: "Did 'he' spoil you too much in the past?"

Yingchun lay on his chest and smiled: "No, it's me who cares for you! In our past life, we were people of a female-respected world. Women were the masters of the house, and men were vassals. I am that female-respected dynasty. The Queen's female emperor, her territory is bigger than this dynasty. But I only married you one, and you have three thousand pets in one, so it is 'extremely coddled', if one is not as you wish, you will make a fuss and go back to your mother's house, I am in the palace If you look at a handsome male waiter more than once, you will make a fuss about becoming a monk, and I will have a headache."

Sima Xuan said: "You are talking nonsense! How can there be a place for a woman to be the emperor?"

Yingchun said: "It's you who are ignorant. Don't talk about another world, just talk about this world. I heard that the Queen of Qianxiang is in power."

"This……"

Yingchun boasted: "You don't even think about it. If I wasn't the female emperor of a big country, how could I be both civil and military? Qin, chess, calligraphy, housekeeping, and medical astrological horoscopes are all excellent? In our country back then, several princesses competed for the throne. Yes, during the training period, whoever made the greatest achievements will be passed on to the last queen. My father came from a humble background, and I received very little help from my father's family. Princess, ascend to the throne."

Sima Xuan always felt that it was difficult to accept that he was a royal husband in the harem in his previous life, so wouldn't his husband's relationship be in jeopardy?

"Even if you were an empress in your previous life, forget it. It would be taboo for outsiders to know about this."

"I know."

"And you have to abide by the rules here, don't mess around."

"Well, for your sake, I will endure anything."

Sima Xuan then stroked her back and said, "You're tired too, so rest early."

...

But he said that Yingchun rushed to the Lin Mansion the next day to discuss with Daiyu about writing the script, while Sima Xuan was still working in the prefect's yamen.

At this time, there were many officials from Beijing to fill the vacancy, and Sima Xuan wanted to check the roster and educate.

Li Chong will be promoted to the governor of Jiangsu, and Yangzhou and Jinling will try this year to try out the officials and gentry to pay grains in one way.

After finishing these things, Sima Xuan wanted to go to the Lin Mansion to pick up his daughter-in-law, lest she live in the Lin Mansion again. At this moment, Li Shuo came to ask to see him.

Sima Xuan still treats the pillar of the country favorably, and welcomes him to sit and drink tea in the garden pavilion.

Li Shuo suddenly said, "I have something I want to ask your lord."

Sima Xuan said oddly, "Po Jun rarely speaks, so let's talk about it."

Li Shuo originally had no words. First, he came from a humble background, and secondly, he was young when he was assigned to Liaodong. The word "Breaking the Army" was still a word bestowed by the new emperor, and it was also a manifestation of the new emperor's winning favor. "Breaking the Army" is the name of the seventh star of the Big Dipper in Ziwei Mansion, which means "creating the old and welcoming the new, courage and courage". The metaphor of "shattering the old and welcoming the new" just echoes the meaning of "shuo". "Shuo" is the first day of the month, which means welcoming the new; "shuo" also refers to the north, and the north is also a place with many military affairs since ancient times. "Army" also refers to his military capabilities and achievements in the North.

In the end, he is a fellow male protagonist, and he has such treatment.

Li Shuo said, "I came from a humble background, I have been in the military for several years, and I have no relatives by my side, and I have yet to marry a wife. I want to ask the lord to protect me as a matchmaker."

Sima Xuan smiled and said, "The Sage wanted to give you a marriage that day. You said that your mother still doesn't know where she is, and that her mother is suffering, so she didn't dare to marry without permission. The Sage said that you are a filial son. Now that the old lady has been found, it is indeed time to marry. In fact, there are several princesses and princesses in Beijing who have not yet been married..."

Li Shuo didn't say that he only wanted to marry an immortal, even if he didn't marry Lin Daiyu, he also didn't want to marry an ancient princess.

Because he can only train and lead troops, and he is proficient in all kinds of weapons, he cannot be a civilian. The generals became concubines, and more and more they met with the emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, the concubines were often found among the commoners.

Li Shuo is not the kind of male who has no real ability and relies on plug-ins to dominate the stallion. The kind of stallion who wants to be the emperor himself and has countless beauties. Li Shuo is a self-disciplined soldier. In his heart, he has the traditional three views of protecting the family, defending the country, loyalty, filial piety and justice, as well as the unyielding tenderness of a soldier in the heroine's writings.

Li Shuoqian said, "Princess Royal, how can you be worthy of a subordinate officer? A subordinate officer has an idea in mind."

Sima Xuan didn't think Li Shuohui was really worthy of the princess, but he was curious and asked, "Is Po Jun interested?"

Li Shuo said: "This... It's like this, Xiaguan has been away from his hometown for eight years, and his relatives have long since disappeared, and the prefect of Yangzhou has long since been transferred. Thanks to Lord Lin at that time, he has served in Yangzhou for many years, and his staff I still remember some people from the past, and then painstakingly found a mother for me, which is really a great favor to me. Lord Lin has no children, but only one daughter. If I marry a young lady from Lord Lin's family, I should give the gift of half a son. Serving him wholeheartedly. If I marry Miss Lin, if I have a second son, I would also like to let him inherit the Lin clan, and let the Lin family succeed."

Sima Xuan was taken aback and said, "But the cousin of the Lin family is still young."

Li Shuo secretly said: Why don't you say that the princess is still young?

Li Shuo said: "You can get married first, and I'm willing to wait a few years before getting married. I'm a rough person, and I don't know anything else, but I see that the princess has a bold and hearty personality, and she sings with her husband. I envy. In addition to Lord Lin's former kindness, I also want to marry a talented and beautiful woman like the prince. It is said that people are divided into groups. Miss Lin is the daughter of Tanhua Lang, and the cousin who is most valued by the princess. Excellent."

Sima Xuan nodded and said, "In terms of looks, Cousin Lin is indeed the most outstanding among the sisters in my wife, and she is not bad at all."

In order to avoid misunderstandings, although Sima Xuan would not look at the girls in his boudoir, he knew that when he returned home that day, he glanced at the girls in Jia's house. Tanchun and Xichun are not as elegant as Daiyu, and although Xue Baochai is beautiful, in his opinion, the tolerance of business girls is much worse than that of Lin Daiyu. In the past few months, Daiyu has become even more outstanding. In all honesty, the beauty and purity of Daiyu is no less than that of Yingchun, but it is not as bad as Yingchun's high spirits.

Li Shuo bowed his hands and said, "I also ask the lord to go to Lord Lin to find out what to do for me. After this is done, there must be a heavy thank you!"

Sima Xuan laughed and said, "I think Uncle Lin should be happy with the talent of breaking the army."

...

Sima Xuan took time out the next morning to go to Lin's house again to talk to Lin Ruhai, and Lin Ruhai stayed there for a long time.

Lin Ruhai said, "Your Majesty loves you, and the lower officials are grateful. But the little girl is still young, and she looks like a willow, how can she dare to climb high?"

Sima Xuan said a lot more, saying that he was grateful to Lin Ruhai for finding his mother for him, and that if there was a second child who would follow the incense of the Lin family.

Sima Xuan also said: "I know this man Po Jun when I was in Liaodong. He has worked hard to seal General An Yuan in the early years, and he also has his own mansion, but he is still extremely self-disciplined and has not taken a concubine. It can be seen that he is not a frivolous man, and it is difficult to find one in ten thousand people."

Lin Ruhai thought that this was really rare, but before he got married, his mother also gave him two maids in the house after he was sixteen years old.

Lin Ruhai said: "I have to ask Yu'er what she thinks."

In fact, Lin Ruhai is not a fool, not to mention the attractive conditions following the incense of the Lin family, such a person is difficult to find even with a lantern. And he knew that even if he could live a few more years now, it would be difficult to live long, and Daiyu's marriage had always been his biggest worry.

Unless there is no choice but to have no choice, what father would be willing to marry his only daughter to a man like Baoyu who only loves to hang out with maids?

In this era, old fathers who have daughters in the world will inevitably find dissatisfied teenagers as spare tires for their daughters before they find a better choice. Just like mothers with sons in the world also love to find spare tires for their sons and even find concubines for their sons. Same.

Li Shuo's conditions should not be too good. It should be noted that in this world, talented people and women are often difficult to unite. Many talented and enterprising people are romantic and ruthless, and there are very few like Li Shuo.

Originally, there was a saying that Qi Da was not even married to a daughter, but the wonderful thing was that Li Shuo came from a humble background, but he was extremely talented, and was favored by the new emperor. He seems to have climbed up with him as the female partner of the Lin family, but in fact, he has climbed up the Lin family of Liehou's family and scholarly family, and both sides can get what they want.