The full moon banquet in Pingzhang Yanei was held for two days. Almost all the officials, generals, wealthy businessmen and gentry inside and outside Quanzhou City came, and the gifts alone were worth more than 30,000 taels.

Li Zheng earned more than 40,000 taels a month after he was born. His parents praised him for his ability and could make money at such a young age. On the second day of April, as soon as the banquet was held, Cui Xiuning took Li Zheng, Li Yuan, Guizi and others to leave Quanzhou to Haidong.

The huge Pingzhang official residence suddenly became quiet. However, Quanzhou is very close to Haidong, and it is very convenient whether Li Luo or Cui Xiuning comes.

On the fifth day of April, the reply from the right chief Ha Dezi of the Ministry of the Ministry finally arrived in Quanzhou lately.

The imperial edict replied, and all the relevant witnesses were escorted to the capital and handed over to the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate. Seeing that Hadai was finally escorted to the capital, Li Luo breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, he truly defeated Hadai.

On April 7, news came from the Dadu Branch that Ahema, the left prime minister of the Secretariat, was jointly assassinated by King Qianhu and the Tantric monk Gao, who was a false and faxed Prince Jin.

Kublai Khan was in Shangdu and Lin at that time. He was furious when he heard the news and executed the murderer Wang Zhu and Gao monk Lingchi. Even the Han official and the prince's confidant Zhang Yi were implicated and executed.

But then, some officials impeached Ah Hema for forming a clique for personal gain, filling his personal pockets, and over-laws and other crimes.

Kublai Khan ordered a search of Ahma's mansion and found several human skins, with the hair and ears still on them. Kublai Khan asked about the origin of the human skin, and Ahma's housekeeper concubine confessed that it was used to "dislike the witch and pray".

As an emperor, Kublai Khan was of course very disgusted with evil tricks such as "Disappointed Witch Zhu". He was furious and issued an order to investigate Ahma's evil deeds, and deprived Ahma of all his honors and posthumous titles. Afterwards, Ahma opened the coffin and killed the corpse, fed it to the wild dogs and eaten it. All his sons and nephews were killed.

It's not over yet, and Kublai Khan directly caught all the Ahma's gangsters.

At this point, the "A Party" that had mastered the financial power of the Yuan Dynasty for twenty years collapsed and the trees fell and the money scattered.

Ahema's most powerful ability is to accumulate wealth and collect taxes. By cleaning up household registration, adjusting salt administration and issuing paper banknotes, the Yuan Dynasty became the dynasty with the most taxes in history.

It can be said that Ahma, a sexist who is good at managing finances, made great contributions to Kublai Khan and made great contributions to the Yuan court. However, once he died, everything he had before and after his death was deprived of by the ruthless Kublai Khan.

Even his widow was punished as a slave by Kublai Khan and given to Mongolian generals.

This shows that Kublai Khan is so cold. Although Ahma is not a good thing, the emperor's work is really too cruel.

The one who succeeded Ah Hema as the left prime minister was also a sex minister who was good at managing finances, the right prime minister of the Secretariat Sang Ge.

Li Luo knew that Brother Sang would take charge of the Yuan court's financial management power for eight years next, and his achievements were also outstanding, but he still did not die well in the end and was killed by Kublai Khan.

The political turmoil of the Yuan court was of course good for Li Luo. With a large number of "A Party" officials being brought down and many positions were vacant from the central government to the local government, Li Luo immediately wrote a letter to Zhang Sanfeng to let him fulfill his previous promise.

The Yuan court has stopped the imperial examination this morning, and new officials rely mainly on Yinxing and recommendation. Zhang Sanfeng is now a Grand Secretary of Jixian Academy and a second-rank official, so of course he has the right to recommend and select officials.

Due to the extensive politics of the Yuan Dynasty, there are great loopholes in recommending officials, and many people can only rely on their relationship to take official positions, so there is no lower limit to their ethics.

According to Li Luo's original agreement with him, Zhang Sanfeng wanted to recommend twenty Li Luo's people, most of whom were seventh-grade, and only three could be sixth-grade.

After Li Luo finished writing a letter to Zhang Sanfeng, he wrote to Haidong, asking Cui Xiuning to select twenty people who already have a family and are suitable for officials, and prepare to come to Central Plains to be an official.

Li Luo's plan was to place 20 lists, three sixth-rank people in a certain prefecture in Jiangnan to be a magistrate. The remaining seventeen people were all county magistrates in Jiangzhe, Jiangxi and Huguang.

As long as these twenty people become officials and with the financial support of Haidong, they will be able to become prefects or even prefects within two years.

When Li Luo joins his troops, these people will play a big role.

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Cui Xiuning only took more than a day to return from Quanzhou to the Tanghou Mansion in Haidong.

Today, on the east and west plains, there are continuous paddy fields and dry land. Farmers busy in the fields can be seen everywhere, and villages are scattered, making them appear peaceful and complex.

"Look, is it the wife back?" The immigrants in the fields saw the luxurious carriage and the brigade guards passing by, and they all knew that Cui Xiuning was back.

The farmers on the roadside all bowed to the ground, and involuntarily praised the Tang Hou and his wife for their kindness and love for the people.

Since the Tang State only levies 20% of the taxes, and each household has dozens of acres of good land, the people of the Tang State not only solved the problem of food and clothing, but also began to have a surplus.

Now, who has no surplus food and money?

Not only are there enough food, vegetables and vegetables, but also chicken, duck, fish and meat. You can also have a tooth sacrifice every now and then. The excess grain, including chicken, duck, pigs and sheep, can be sold for money, and can be stored in Haidong Bank.

It can be said that their days are not much worse than the days of the rich man in their previous eyes. Compared with the rule of the Yuan court, one is in heaven and the other is in the earth.

All of this is thanks to the Lord and the wife.

Cui Xiuning sat on the horse, lifted the curtains, looked at the green crops, busy people, and curling smoke from cooking stoves. Listening to the "moothing" of the ox and the peasant little tunes of the farmers. He smelled the scent of the green grass and mud in the fields. He couldn't help but immersed in a kind of down-to-earth and peaceful joy.

"Baby, look, this is the family business that your king and father have created." Cui Xiuning raised Li Zheng in his arms to the curtain. "Did you see, it's wheat, it's rice, it's mulberry trees, sugar cane, well wheels, oh, there are old cows and puppies..."

Li Zheng held a finger in his mouth, and looked at the fields and villages outside with a black and innocent look, looking very curious.

However, the little man was very confused. After watching for a while, he couldn't understand, so he sagged his mouth.

Just before the little man's loud cry sounded, his already experienced mother immediately blocked his little mouth with what he wanted.

So, the little man's cry finally turned into the sound of eating before he could make it happen.

"Little ancestor, that's so harsh." Cui Xiuning suddenly felt a little speechless. Many times, she felt that she had not yet grown up and became a child's mother.

Cui Xiuning looked at the breastfeeding child lovingly and couldn't help but kiss her little face a few times. Thinking of her experience with Li Luo in the past two or three years, Cui Xiuning's mouth couldn't help but bend.

This is also good.

Soon after he arrived at the Tang Marquis' Mansion, his adoptive father Yan Duo heard Cui Xiuning come back, and immediately excitedly greeted him in person, shouting, "Where is my grandson?"

When he finally hugged Li Zheng, Yan Duo immediately laughed and said, "I'm finally worry-free, finally worry-free! I finally hugged my grandson!"

Lin Biju and other officials also came to congratulate Li Zheng.

"Congratulations to Madam! The birth of the young master is a great joy for my Tang Kingdom!" Lin Biju and others congratulated each other, and everyone was happy.

Their joy is not pretending, but comes from the heart. Before, Li Luo had no son, and many people were secretly worried. If the lord collapsed in the middle of the road, wouldn’t the Tang Kingdom be over? What kind of future will they have?

Many people once wanted to advise Li Luo to take a concubine, but no one dared to say that it was hindering his wife, for fear of offending her wife.

But now it’s different. I already have a young master. Even if the lord fails, the young master will be the new Tang Marquis. The Tang Kingdom will not collapse in one go.

The young master is the future of the Tang Kingdom.

With Li Zheng's birth, the spirit of civil and military officials in the Tang Dynasty suddenly became louder in silence.

When Cui Xiuning saw everyone's joy from the bottom of her heart, she couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart. Son, you really help your mother. If you were a girl, you would be in trouble.

"The birth of the young master is a great joy in the Tang Dynasty. I beg my wife to pray for the young master!" Lin Biju said.

Cui Xiuning smiled and said, "Then every household will reward each household with nine kilograms of sea fish and three kilograms of sea salt! Officials will take three days off! The soldiers will take three days off. Even the coolies in the country of Japan can rest for three days! Then, my wife will go to Laojun Temple to pray for blessings in person."

Lin Biju took the lead in paying homage, "Thank you for your gift!" Finally, he reminded him, "Madam, do these two new immigrants also need to be rewarded?"

Cui Xiuning said, "I will be rewarded all of them, no one will be left behind! Lin Qing, will these two new immigrants cause trouble when they come to Haidong?"

Lin Biju smiled and said, "They were too happy and they couldn't talk about causing trouble. Now they are all clearing the land. The first batch can catch up with spring plowing, while the second batch can't catch up with spring plowing. They can only clear the land and have to eat half a year of rice."

Cui Xiuning nodded, "Send an order to go to court to discuss matters!" Haidong had no master for several months, so many things were to be discussed.

A moment later, the bell of the Tang Hou Mansion rang, and civil servants above the eighth rank, as well as military officers above the regiment level, all wore court uniforms and came to the simple and spacious court.

The Tang State was just a small marquis, and the etiquette was very simple now. As soon as the bell rang, the imperial guards on duty inside and outside the court held a warning, and civil and military officials entered one after another. Li Luo or Cui Xiuning entered the court directly from the inner courtyard and sat in the main seat.

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Cui Xiuning changed into court clothes embroidered with brocade pheasants, wore a black wingless gauze, cotton socks and wooden clogs, colorful garlands hung on her chest, her phoenix eyes were powerful, and she was neutral and peaceful, and she looked very dignified and elegant.

"I'll pay homage to the lady of the Regent!" Lin Biju, Cui Mu and others bowed together.

"No gifts! Please stand up!" Cui Xiuning, who was not generous, held her sleeves with her hands, and everyone stood up.

"Lin Qing, let's talk about new immigrants first." This is what Cui Xiuning is most concerned about.

"No." Lin Bi raised his lips, holding wooden scepters in both hands, and said, "Madam Qibing. Now two batches of immigrants from Fujian, totaling 97,100 people, have all registered to enter the households. The Weichen has set aside a hundred new pieces of land for use as a new village..."

Cui Xiuning suddenly interrupted him, "This matter is inappropriate. All 100,000 immigrants are from Fujian, how can they live in a concentrated manner?"

Lin Biju was stunned and then said, "My wife clearly sees that it is indeed my negligence. Then scatter them to the north, south and east areas."

"But you continue talking." Cui Xiuning said.

Lin Biju said, "These 100,000 new immigrants have no food, and they will have to wait until the autumn to plant food. For such a long time, at least 100,000 stones of grain and more than 100,000 kilograms of salt are needed to help them. In addition to other expenses, the expenditure is about 200,000 taels."

"The treasury must not be able to pay out so much money and grain, and it should not be paid out by the treasury, and the lord and wife should not use the private treasury. The minister means to let new immigrants pay for it themselves. What should they do? Let them borrow low-interest loans from the newly established bank, and after borrowing money, they will buy grain in the newly established Laojun Temple Business District."

"In this way, the treasury does not have to bear the relief. Second, it solves the urgent need for new immigrants. Third, it brings business to the newly built banks, and fourth, it also brings business to the newly built Laojun Temple Commercial District, killing four birds with one stone."

Cui Xiuning shook her head and said, "Lin Qing, you are indeed considerate, but in the end it is still a skill. Old immigrants have free relief to help them overcome the difficulties. Now new immigrants have to borrow money. Treating this differently, new immigrants not only will they not be grateful, but they may even complain. This is the heart of the people."

"As the saying goes, there is no need to worry about the inequality. Old immigrants have gradually become abundant, while new immigrants have lost all their houses and household savings, and they have to borrow and owe debts. In this way, the rich and poor in Haidong have divided too early, and ethnic confrontation is inevitable."

"In addition, why did our Tang Kingdom spend a lot of effort to immigrate? Isn't it just for the source of troops? Isn't it just to drive out the Tartars and restore the Central Plains one day? The people's hearts of new immigrants are the morale of new recruits. In order to save money and food, it hurts the morale of new recruits. It's putting the cart before the horse and not worth it."

"If the national treasury is short of money, I will use Junhou's private treasury. For the sake of the Tang Dynasty, all the money in the private treasury is spent, and Junhou and I are willing to do so."

Lin Biju and others were very ashamed when they heard this. In order to save money and grain for new immigrants, the Guoqing Party came up with a way to use the newly built banks to lend at low interest rates. Originally, it was a good way to win all the results, and the wife would agree.

Who knew after my wife said this, I realized that I was really wrong. The wife was right. The Tang State had a monarch and a marquis, and now she is not short of money. However, once the people and the army are lost, it will be difficult to recover it.

"I am ashamed and ashamed. Please punish my wife." Lin Biju was really ashamed.

Cui Xiuning smiled and said, "Lin Qing is not wrong. As a senior, of course you should consider increasing revenue and reducing expenditure and living within your means. Your method is also very good, but we have a better method, which is the old method, which is to directly provide free relief to win the hearts of the people."

Everyone saluted together, "Madam is wise, this is what it should be."

At this time, the weather was already quite hot in Haidong. Cicadas began to sing on the trees outside the hall.

Cui Xiuning didn't sleep well on the boat. At this time, she couldn't help feeling a little sleepy when she heard the cicadas' tweets. She secretly pinched herself and continued, "Eighty-most of these immigrants are young and strong. If the immigrants are settled, they will recruit soldiers quickly, and at least 10,000 people will be recruited."

The military officer received the order and said, "I promise. I will handle the recruitment of soldiers carefully and strictly screen them. Although our Tang army is generous, it is not easy to get."

Cui Xiuning couldn't help but yawn, and said with a slight squint, "What's the situation of the newly built bank now?"
To be continued...