When Chen Shou learned that these little girls were not trafficked, he temporarily put down his worries and focused on listening to the play. At this time, there were very few entertainment activities. He calmed down and looked at the messy Journey to the West that had been modified by his predecessors. It was actually very interesting.

Chen Shou accompanied them for a while and was a little hungry. He greeted them casually. Xue Shao immediately took a crab, opened the crab bowl, broke off the crab legs, quickly picked off the crab bags and cheeks, and then used the crab tip to remove the hexagonal heart and foregus, and picked the white and tender crab meat into the bowl.

Chen Shou ate a glass of wine, and with Hongyuan just now, he was a little worried. He expressed his intentions in front of his wife and concubines, and smiled and said, "This thing is still to go to Jiangnan to eat. When the rivers and mountains are unified next year, I will take you to Qiantang Tingtao to peel crabs."

Li Lingyue smiled and said, "Follow you, I'll be happy wherever I go."

Chen Shou smiled and pinched his beloved wife's palm. In front of so many people, Li Ling couldn't help but blushed, but she was unwilling to take her hand back.

"I'm a little thirsty, I'll make a pot of tea." Chen Shou said with a dry mouth.

Hong'er said quickly, "Master, although this crab is delicious, it is a cold thing. Don't drink tea. Just drink it with a bowl of brown sugar ginger soup. It can quench your thirst and nourish your body."

Chen Shou was kind and asked the maids to cook brown sugar ginger soup. The atmosphere of the family was harmonious and passed quickly. It was dusk in a blink of an eye. I don’t know when it started to rain. The rain sounded and the autumn wind was very cool.

Everyone was also tactful and took their leave. After Li Lingyue took Zhihua away, only Su Qiongzhi, Chen Shou and his personal maid Zhuier were left in the hall.

Seeing that everyone had left, Su Qiongzhi walked up to him, picked up ginger water and blew it, and handed it to Chen Shou's mouth and said, "I didn't mean to give you shamelessly just now, but there were so many people who were blushing. Now there was no one. What about the tail of a bird, a cat, and a monkey. You can just pick it and play with it. Don't bother me, okay?"

Chen Shou put down the soup cup, held her in his arms, sniffed the faint fragrance on his neck, and said softly: "Silly Sister, what are you thinking? He said you did nothing wrong, even if you really did something wrong, I won't bother you. It was me, Meng Lang, just now, I will take care of your feelings in front of others. I understand your feelings. I respect you and love you, why can't you see any little bits?"

Su Qiongzhi's eyes were red when he said it, and her lips closed a few times, but she didn't say a word.

She lay quietly in Chen Shou's arms, her eyes slightly closed, and a voice from the ears came from her ears: "Master, madam, are you going back to the yard?"

Su Qiongzhi opened her eyes and saw that it was already dark outside. She got up and tidyed her clothes and asked, "You're going tonight..."

Chen Shou pinched her buttocks and said, "Of course I'm here to accompany you."

Su Qiongzhi was even more happy. He held his arm, held an umbrella, and came to Su Qiongzhi's courtyard together.

Zhu'er lit a candle, and Chen Shou asked, "You used to have many people serving you, but now you are just a little Zhu'er. Do you want Lu'er to send you a few maids?"

"No need, there is no one living in Liangzhou's house. I asked all the maids to come, and the people are already on the way."

Zhu'er lit another glass gauze lamp, and Chen Shou smiled and said, "Today is your grandma's good day. Come and treat the bowl of tea, it's not worth her to love you."

Zhu'er laughed. She used to call her wife, and this title clearly recognized that her wife was from the Chen family. Xiao Zhu'er really poured a bowl of new tea and gave a blessing: "Grandma, please drink tea. I wish my grandma always smiles and good health and happiness."

Su Qiongzhi was happy that he asked the maid to change her words and became gentler. After drinking tea, she personally brought water to the bed to serve Chen Shou to wash his feet.

Although he is clumsy and not used to serving others, he is very tired. He raised his hand to wipe his sweat and said, "Zhu'er, untie the bust, please play with me."

Chen Shou raised his feet and smiled and said, "What about you?"

Su Qiongzhi blushed, wiped his feet, stood up, and removed the thick clothes outside. She saw a white lotus pattern Shu brocade bellyband inside. The bellyband was made of expensive materials and the texture was silky and soft, which was very rare. Especially the lotus embroidery, which was embroidered with brocade thread and yangwen on the fabric, with thousands of threads and colorful threads stacked with colorful colors, and the lotus petals were contrasting, making it a rare and good embroidery work.

Only those who are rich like Su Qiongzhi are willing to use this thing as a bellyband. Others are probably willing to use it as a collar for their clothes.

Zhu'er and Su Qiongzhi stood side by side shyly, Chen Shou laughed and said, "I don't know what's wrong. My palms are so itchy tonight, so I want to slap them. How can you bear it?"

Su Qiongzhi gave him a angrily blank look, and with Zhu'er, put his hands behind his head, and raised his chest slightly.

"My master, I'm more concerned about it..."

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An autumn rain and a cold, this year's scorching heat has been too long and seems to have left without coming.

Kaifeng Prefecture is becoming increasingly crowded, but there is no confusion at all.

Some time ago, Chen Shou abolished the corvee service. The officials and servants in various yamen were no longer the people who took turns to work for free, but professionals took the monthly money from the court.

This is a great benevolent policy that measures land and divides land and reduces taxes, which almost half of the pressure on the people.

Corvey service has always been a more severe oppression than any harsh policy. The court forced civilians to engage in free labor, including labor, man-made service, military service, etc., which are collectively called corvey service.

This thing originated very early. The "Book of Rites: The King System" stipulates the issuance of corvee labor in the Zhou Dynasty. Mencius has records of "the quest for forceful labor". There were new soldiers, regular soldiers, garrison soldiers and other labors in the Qin and Han Dynasties. After that, there were many types of corvee labor in all dynasties, with strict methods and cruelly exploiting the poor.

Never think that the imperial examinations in ancient times were the state electing civil servants... In fact, civil servants were officials, while those electing officials were electing officials. Although the two were often put together, they were very different.

Think about it, a strong laborer who wanted to support the family, but had to be arrested in the yamen every few days and worked for a year and a half.

When I went back, I didn’t even know if my family was still there.

With these policies, the people's influx of land under Chen Shou's rule has become the most troublesome problem for the princes in various places.

Want to follow suit? That is definitely a way to die, because the basis for their rule is the gentry...

Chen Shou was not. In the officialdom, he started as a jester, but did not rely on the sages on the slightest way of officialdom; in finance, he started with a soft salary, and never relied on the gentry for a tael of silver; his confidants were all big head soldiers, including Beisi Fanzi, Taoist priests, orphans...

His backer is the four eunuchs, all of whom are rootless people. It can be said that no one has any support. He has heavy troops and has wealth, so naturally no one has to worry about it.

He can make drastic reforms, but others do not have this condition unless they discover their own foundation first.

With so many people pouring in, many people in the court were a little scared, and even Huang Zhen, who had always advocated taking refugees, was a little shaken.

Early in the morning, he came to the water pavilion. At this moment, he looked at Chen Shou who was yawning all over the sky and asked with a worry-faced look, "Marquis, Qin Rong, Hedong, Yunnei, even Tang Kingdom on the other side of the river, there are many people secretly crossing the river. There are fish and dragons here, and it is difficult to guarantee that there are no spies from hostile forces."

"What are you afraid of? It is inevitable to have a spy. As long as we do well, we will not be afraid of being found by them."

"Is there too many people?"

Chen Shou slapped the table and smiled and said, "The more you have, the better!"

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