"I can still run around in Taoxian County. In the palace, as soon as I started running, there were many people following me. They shouted to the king to be careful and stretched out their hands to protect you... You know I feel like this
What? A group of hens guarding a chick."
"I can punch them until they cry, but I can't, otherwise Aniang will glare and Aye will deal with me. Hey! What do you think I should do? Rich!"
"Woof woof!"
In the palace, one person and one dog walked slowly. Behind them, a group of palace people followed, but they did not dare to get too close.
The prince was affable, but King De was completely different. He had a rather irritable temperament. If anyone made him unhappy, he would speak with his fists.
"Ah Ye took my brother out, but he didn't take me with him either. My mother said, Ah Ye took my brother to endure hardships, but I'm not afraid of hardship. Why didn't Ah Ye want to take me with him?"
"They all thought I was crooked, but I knew it a long time ago. I was taking a nap that time, and I heard Aye and Aniang say that although they are brothers, many things have to have boundaries, what is the limit...
··Aren’t you just worried that I will rebel in the future? Hey! Who taught you the word rebellion? It seems to be that Lang Shiren. Fugui, where did Lang Shiren go?"
"Woof woof!" The owner was away, and no one took the wealth and wealth to run wild, and it withered soon. King De went to the prince's door and came out with it when he saw it. As for the swordsman, in the face of King De's invitation, he turned his nose up.
Didn't even lift it.
Li Laoer tilted his head and squinted at the sun, "I always feel that Lang Shiren is dishonest. Aye's favorite way to deal with dishonest people is to watch them be proud, and then slap them to death when they are all proud.
They. Like... I punched..."
puff!
Li Laoer turned around and punched Fugui, and the fist stopped in front of Fugui's forehead. The strong wind blew Fugui's dog hair flying. He squinted his eyes happily, feeling the cool breeze.
The maids behind them screamed and stopped quickly, fearing that the old man would hit someone. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
A palace maid came from the front and shouted: "The queen asked you to go." "What are you going to do?" Li Laoer asked.
"Eat the fruit!"
"Hey! Woman, it's so troublesome!" The queen was eating fruit.
Whenever the season comes, various places will pay tribute to some fruits, and the amount is very large. The emperor keeps some for himself, rewards some, and never wastes it. Only occasionally the queen will hear him mutter something... This is labor insurance.
Or some kind of high temperature subsidy.
When Li Laoer entered the palace, the queen said angrily, "It's been exposed to the sun again. It looks like black coal. Come here." Li Laoer went over, and the queen asked someone to get a cloth to wipe his sweat.
"Stand still!"
"I'm standing still."
"Raise your head!"
"Auntie, this is my face!" "I know!"
Li Laoer, whose face was rubbed red, sat down to eat some fruit.
"Auntie, when will Aye come back?" Li Laoer asked filially.
"Probably...I don't know." The queen was half in the mood of eating fruit, and she couldn't help but feel that this son was here to collect debts. "Queen, it is said that...many fields in Guanzhong are deserted.
Take care of it!" Aunt Guan brought the latest news.
"Oh! Why?" The queen was in the mood to eat fruit.
"Those rich and powerful people said that if there are no servants in the house, no one will cultivate the land, I am afraid that there will be no harvest this year." Guan Auntie said: "If you are mature in Guanzhong, you will be enough in the world. This is a saying passed down from our ancestors."
The queen took a bite of the fruit and said, "This is a counterattack!"
The weather is hot, but no one is taking care of the fields in Guanzhong.
"Many of those foreign slaves are willing to be tenant farmers. They can just hire them, but those people refuse. This is to hurt both sides." Liu Qing sneered. "Yes! If there is a lack of food in Guanzhong, there will be famine in the world!" Luo Cai
Scratching their heads, "But they don't know that His Majesty is waiting for this!"
"Your Majesty used to be domineering, but now he is always reasonable. What can you say..." Liu Qing thought for a while. "Convince others with virtue!" Luo Cai said with a smile.
"Yes, you can convince people with virtue." Liu Qing also laughed.
"The reign name is Yongde. This is to persuade others with virtue externally. It is also the same for oneself. Look, I see! This Tang Dynasty is really full of virtues!"
"When will your Majesty come back?" Luo Cai asked.
"When Your Majesty is in Chang'an, those people will be wary and dare not blatantly abandon the crops. I don't know when Your Majesty will come back. But thinking about it, he will definitely come back when he feels it is time to take action."
"Those poor people." Luo Cai shook his head.
The emperor has returned.
The father and son were tanned a lot, and the first thing they did when they returned to Chang'an was to find a place to eat.
"Let's go to Yuanzhou Ramen, son!" The emperor, who was as dark as a refugee, pointed to the signboard and said, "This is the brand created by my father back then." "Okay!"
The father and son went in. "Welcome!"
The person who welcomed the guests was a woman. She shouted to the inside: "You two distinguished guests!" "These are the rules my father made back then." The emperor was a little sad.
"Two bowls of ramen, a plate of soy beef, and a plate of intestines. And..." The emperor looked at the menu on the wall and turned back to ask the prince, "What else does my son want to eat?"
The prince said: "How about adding more mutton soup!" "Okay! That's it."
The father and son paid the money, took the sign, found a seat and sat down. "The business of Yuanzhou Ramen has always been good!"
The emperor was somewhat pleased that every year the dividends from Yuanzhou Ramen would be delivered to his home, but he never asked him to help. This man knew more and more about propriety.
"I went to see the crops. They were all drooping. If no one takes care of them, they will die in the sun." "Why is no one taking care of them?"
"It is said that all the slaves have been released, but there is no one at home!"
"Can't we hire tenant farmers? There are a lot more manpower in Chang'an recently, and the prices are cheaper." Several diners did not leave even after finishing their meal, talking about the latest news.
"Your ramen."
When the father and son's ramen arrived, the emperor said, "Son, take a sip of the soup first to warm your stomach."
The prince imitated his father and did not use a spoon. Instead, he picked up a large bowl and made the sound of drinking soup without restraint. "Isn't it beautiful?" the emperor asked.
"beautiful!"
"Those people! They just couldn't bear to let their slaves go free, so they left the crops alone!" "If that's the case, I'm afraid there will be a famine in Guanzhong this year!"
"This matter was all caused by Your Majesty, and His Majesty did not come forward to do anything." "You said this, is Your Majesty still wrong in not allowing the Tang Dynasty to be enslaved?"
"I'm right, but let's forget the past? In this way, there will naturally be no slaves in the Tang Dynasty in a few decades. Now, if there is a famine, how many people will starve to death in Guanzhong? Don't forget, when there was a famine in Guanzhong, the emperors in those years
I’m also taking all the civil and military officials and my family to Dongdu for a meal!”
"Why!"
"I don't know what your majesty is thinking!" "I heard that your majesty is not in Chang'an." "You still have the intention to go out?"
The prince glanced at his father and saw that his father was concentrating on eating ramen, savoring it very seriously. "Eat noodles!" The emperor glanced at him.
"oh!"
After eating ramen, the father and son returned to the palace burping. "You two... Your Majesty?"
The sergeants outside the imperial city intercepted the two black charcoal heads. When they saw carefully that they were the emperor and the prince, they almost opened their eyes. God, where have your majesty and the prince gone?
After entering the palace, the maids and chamberlains they met along the way lowered their heads. Even when they were far away, they could still hear the snickering coming from the distance.
"Too dark!"
The queen's first words were this, and then she said angrily: "You still know how to go home?" "Didn't you take A Liang around for a while?"
The emperor sat down and said, "Hurry up and get some tea."
"Why did Da Lang become so evil?" The queen was heartbroken. "You should take care of me anyway." The emperor was a little jealous, but the queen only cared about her son.
Sure enough, after having a son, he forgot about his own man.
The slanderous emperor heard a rush of footsteps outside. "Aye!"
God!
The emperor covered his forehead and said, "Erlang!"
Li Laoer came in and stared, "Ah, you didn't take me to play!" "Next time, next time!" the emperor quickly promised.
Ten years from now, wherever your child wants to go, just follow him. The emperor smiled mischievously.
The father and son were bathing and changing clothes, but before they sat down, Liu Qing asked to see him. "You can't just let me calm down for a while."
The emperor said dissatisfied.
But he still diligently went to the front to meet Liu Qing. "How is it?"
When the emperor saw Liu Qing, he pointed to the side and motioned to sit down.
After Liu Qing saluted, he sat down respectfully and said: "Not long after His Majesty left, those people started to do it. They kept spreading rumors that no one was taking care of the fields at home, and the whole family was working hard, but it was a drop in the bucket.
.If this continues, I’m afraid we’ll have to look at the sky this year.”
"What do you mean?" the emperor asked. "Let go and eat while looking at the sky!"
"Those rich and powerful families have at least five to ten years of food reserves in their homes, and without those servants, there will be even more food than they can eat. They don't worry about their own jobs, and they want to hurt others!"
The emperor said: "Are the armies everywhere ready?"
Liu Qing lowered his eyes, "I don't know."
"Afraid of violating taboos?" The emperor pointed at Liu Qing, but did not force him, "Let Nan He come."
Nan He looked a little fatter and saluted after seeing the emperor, "Your Majesty, everything is ready." "Okay!"
The emperor then summoned Cao Ying, the Minister of Household Affairs. "It is only natural to pay back debts!"
The emperor said murderously: "Those debts should be settled." Cao Ying saluted and said, "Take your orders!"
Returning to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Cao Ying summoned her officials.
"I asked you to collect and calculate the amount of taxes in the first twenty years of Guanzhong. Do you have any results?" "Yes."
Everyone didn't know what he wanted this amount for, so someone immediately moved it and packed dozens of boxes of various account books.
"Okay!" Cao Ying said: "Last time I checked the slaves, I also checked the number of fields in Guanzhong, so I can compare them. How much tax is paid per acre of land every year, how much is actually paid, let me figure it out. How much is the difference?
Figure it out!"
Everyone was stunned.
The eyes of several officials flickered, and one of them held his stomach and said, "I have a stomachache."
"Abdominal pain?" Cao Ying sneered, "From now on, no one is allowed in or out of the household. Even if you die, I will die in the household! Whoever dares to communicate with the outside world will be captured and sent to the Jinyi Guards!"