Chapter Thirty-Eight: Levying Silver on Behalf of Conscription, Shaking the Fundamentals
"The two virtuous nephews must have heard that two ministers died in the DPRK some time ago. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Shizi, these two ministers are both civil servants in the court, how could you mention this. In Xiao Yifeng's view, Wenchen and Wujiang are two completely different forces. Wenchen is dead, how can An Guohou Shizi seem to care so much.
Zhou Shaoning and Chu Yuzhe looked at each other for a moment, then lowered their heads again, looked at the teacup in their hands, and were silent. Sometimes, the one who really knows the truth is the most silent.
Mei Xiyu also obediently helped make tea beside Chu Ziyan. The other subordinates were all on the sidelines, watching several masters drinking tea and chatting under the plane tree.
"Have you ever heard of the levy of silver on behalf of the levy?"
Xiao Yifeng was stunned for a moment, and even Chu Yuzhe and Zhou Shaoning stopped drinking tea.
"Daddy, this decree was proposed by the newly appointed Tobe Right Servant, and the purpose is to fill the treasury. After all, it has been peaceful for a long time, and the army does not need to be expanded for the time being, and the military salary of the imperial court is sometimes a little tight.
But this proposal is still under discussion and has not been implemented. ”
Zhou Shaoning also said: "It's just that most of the DPRK and China are very much in favor of this proposal, thinking that forty percent of the annual treasury will be engaged in military affairs, but it will not fight, so it is not worth it." They still think that by asking some military households to pay a sum of money and turn them into peasant households, they can not only give the state an extra amount of income. Moreover, the peasant households will be able to continue to pay taxes to the state in the future, instead of reaching out and asking for money like military households. ”
Xiao Yifeng said: "The civil servants and military generals in the court really want to be so alienated, and they really want to be so heavy on literature and light on martial arts. Do you want to repeat ......?"
"Nephew, let's just make small talk, you can make your own statement, but you always have to pay attention to the ears of the wall. You also have to remember that you are a citizen of Dafeng, and what you say should be how to make your country strong, not how he is like any previous dynasty. All you have to do is make the country strong and the people at peace. Do you understand? ”
"Thank you for the teachings of Shibo, Yifeng wrote it down. ”
Chu Yan nodded and said, "You are a bit like when I was young. ”
It turned out that this father was so optimistic about Xiao Yifeng, no wonder he would later accept him as an apprentice. Marquis An and Marquis Ning are hereditary military households, but the official titles are from the first rank, and the status is slightly higher.
Xu Chongmao, Marquis of Ningguo, is the brother of his grandmother and the uncle of his father. When Daddy has been on an errand in various places, he will worship him. Daddy was originally going to marry Ning Guohou's daughter, that is, his cousin.
Grandmother and uncle originally agreed, just waiting for their father to come back and get married. But who would have thought that my father would come back and say that he had a sweetheart, and he didn't care about my cousin, his cousin at all. If she had to marry her mother, her grandmother and uncle were angry.
Daddy has been very obedient since he was a child, but he was disobedient like this. Grandmother persuaded him so much that his mouth was worn out, and he didn't let his father change his mind. Later, my father was punished by my grandmother for kneeling, and after kneeling five washboards. Grandfather came back, listened to this, and immediately agreed to Daddy's request.
Not only did he agree, but he also went to his father's door to ask for marriage. There were also some twists and turns in this courtship, and it was all later.
Later, my father and mother got married, and after giving birth to my eldest brother, Aunt Chunhua came. She was sent by her uncle, and she used some means to climb into her father's bed. Later, when the mother found out about this, she was very angry, but she didn't expect to have fetal gas.
The mother found out that she was pregnant again at this time, of course, she was so angry, and the child she gave birth to was naturally not very good. Well, this child is herself, which explains why the grandmother doesn't love her very much. Aunt Chunhua also hated me very much, because she always felt that if it wasn't for my mother's fetal gas, my father would still hurt her.
So, she hated her mother and me. My grandfather loved me, probably because the day I was born was the same day and the same hour as one of his little sisters who died young. And what's more, my sister and I usually pull his beard when I don't remember.
"Yan'er, what are you laughing at?"
Chu Yan was chatting with a few juniors, and found that his girl was smirking at the teacup.
"It's nothing, Daddy, I'm making tea. ”
"Don't you like what we talked about? Chu Yuzhe asked, "Sister, if you feel bored, go up and rest." ”
"Where, uh, I'm sleepy. Chu Ziyan originally planned to stay, but seeing that Mei Xiyu kept winking at her, she said very cooperatively: "You guys talk, I'll go up and sleep for a while." ”
After speaking, she pulled Mei Xiyu to the attic.
As soon as she arrived at the attic, Mei Xiyu said, "I smell the smell of love." ”
"Huh?" Chu Ziyan was a little suspicious and asked, "It's the two of them?"
Mei Xiyu nodded.
"No way, the two of them aren't that kind of people. ”
"But I do smell the smell of love in both of them," Mei Xiyu continued, "Don't you have the feeling of a fast heartbeat, a hot face, and a fever all over your body? ”
"This ......" had this feeling for Xiao Yifeng before.
"Is there any, you tell me the truth, I guess I can explain it to you. ”
Chu Ziyan said like a mosquito, "There is a little." ”
Sure enough, the man really made a decision on these two men. ”
"Didn't you say that you have to play continuously before you can really fall in love with him? I met the two of them once, and it was only for less than an hour. ”
"In short, these two people need to be checked, and maybe they can find out who is behind the scenes. ”
"The two of them don't have to. "Those two people, Chu Ziyan is very familiar. Of course, it was in his previous life that he knew them very well, especially Xiao Yifeng. As for Zhou Shaoning, he has heard a lot of rumors, but he has not had much contact with him.
But these two people would never give her such a drug at this time.
Mei Xi said: "It's not very peaceful around you anyway, it's better to be careful yourself." "Who did she offend, and how did it appear on her was a poison that is rare in Baiyue.
Mei Xiyu asked again: "Did anyone in your family participate in the war against Baiyue seventy years ago?"
When she asked this, Chu Ziyan was a little confused, she thought for a long time before she said, "I haven't heard my family say it." We have been in the military for generations, but the only one who has been on the battlefield is my grandfather, who is my grandfather's father. After coming back, less than a year after being named An Guohou, he fell ill. After that, it was my grandfather who inherited it. (To be continued.) )