Chapter 769: Rough

For a while, the hall was full of low voices, Jiang Xian found an opportunity to confess to the seventh aunt, and he had no intention of looking for that gaze again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

By the time everyone came back from Jingshan, it was already three days later.

The young emperor nestled in Min Zhou's arms with a tired face, and had already fallen asleep, while Min Zhou looked at Jiang Xian, who was sitting upright like a mountain with his eyes closed, and his mood was very complicated.

Now it is rumored in the palace that the county lord of Jianan has always wanted to marry the emperor, but the emperor only has brother and sister feelings for the county lord of Jianan, and the Empress Dowager Cao insisted on letting Jiang Xian marry Cao Xuan in order to get the power of the Zhenguo Mansion, and in the end, the Empress Dowager had no choice, so she personally helped the county lord of Jianan to preside over the election of a son-in-law. As a result, the county lord of Jianan was angry and simply married his current husband Li Qian.

He had been skeptical.

But today, when Emperor Daxing stopped his spirit, he clearly saw the tears in the eyes of the county lord of Jianan.

Could it be that the county lord of Jianan really likes the emperor?

What a pity!

If the emperor has such a mother-in-law, as long as he thinks about how to coax his mother-in-law to return to power after thirteen years, there is no need to worry about the rest!

He sighed inwardly.

Everyone said that the lord of Jianan County would return to Xi'an after the national funeral.

At that time, will the emperor stay in Cining Palace or will he be taken to Kunning Palace?

He was a little worried about his future situation in the palace.

Jiang Xian didn't seem to be worried about her own situation in the palace at all, she sent Li Changqing away with great fanfare, and then lived in Cining Palace.

Zhao Yi began to repair his mausoleum after he was pro-government, but after all, the time was still short, he died suddenly, the mausoleum has not been repaired, there is no way to bury at this time, and it can not always be parked in the palace, according to the ceremony, after the 27th, his coffin will be moved to a suitable place to park, until the mausoleum is repaired, and then officially buried.

Empress Dowager Cao is different.

It has been more than ten years since the first emperor's funeral, and her burial has already been repaired, just waiting for her and the first emperor to be buried together, the reserved passage in the first emperor's mausoleum can be filled and the mausoleum officially sealed, so there are still a series of things that need to be handled by the Ministry of Rites, and this matter was handed over to Cao Xuan.

Jiang Xian got up early and went to bed late every day to watch the recitals, and it was not until the New Year was almost the New Year that he relented and canonized Han Tongxin as the queen mother.

Han Tongxin gritted her teeth in anger, and even the respectful compliments from the women at the celebration banquet did not make her feel better.

She asked Cai Ying in a low voice: "Jiang Xian didn't come, what excuse did you use this time?" ”

Cai Ying hurriedly said: "The county lord of Jianan is discussing the New Year with several cabinet elders in the imperial study. ”

As soon as this was mentioned, Han Tongxin had no confidence to continue to ask.

Even she, a person who doesn't care about political affairs, also feels that the world is getting worse and worse now.

In the past, the three major halls could at least maintain the flowers in front of them, but since the capital was looted by the Tartars, half of the palace maids and female officials were put out in the palace, and half of the inner servants were transferred to Jingshan or the imperial tomb.

She once gloated and invited King Jian into the palace, suggesting that King Jian accused Jiang Xian of being incompetent, and could use this matter to pressure Jiang Xian to hand over the authority of the prison state, but was reprimanded by King Jian, saying something "At least there is Jiang Xian to help with the turnover, if Jiang Xian quits at this time, who will take over?" What's more, this is the critical time for your two brothers to enter Jingwei, don't look for trouble", she could only stop in a daze.

Because of this incident, she was worried that Jiang Xian would refute the proposal of the Ministry of Rites to hold a celebration banquet for her, but she didn't expect Jiang Xian not only to agree immediately, but also to do it quite extravagantly, which made everyone who came full of praise.

But Han Tongxin still felt uncomfortable.

She felt that what she was eating was the food that came from the mouth, and it was Jiang Xian's charity.

It's a terrible feeling!

And the mood of the few people who were discussing in the imperial study was not much better than Han Tongxin.

Jiang Xian's intention was to introduce new taxes in Jiangnan.

In other words, large households with a population of more than 100 people will be taxed by 20%.

Most of the fields in the imperial court were in the hands of the squires, and there were many families among these squires who had talents, people, and scholars, and these meritorious people did not have to pay taxes, so the squires either did not divide their families, or recorded the fields and properties in their families under the names of these meritorious people to avoid taxes.

Jiang Xian did this to make a knife on those of them who were officials and opened the government!

Who would!?

Even Zuo Yiming shrank his head as a quail, let alone others.

There was a dead silence in the study.

Jiang Xian said as strongly as before: "Since everyone has no objections, then this matter has been decided." I will send the imperial history to the state capitals to collect the payment, if there is any dissatisfaction, directly confiscate the family property, just when the new emperor ascended the throne, it stands to reason that he wants to open Enke, it is better to take this opportunity to select a group of officials and rectify the rule of officials. ”

Several pavilion elders were frightened into a cold sweat.

If Jiang Xian was reckless, she even thought of a way out. If she had a good idea...... When the time comes, the court will unanimously resist, the holy decree will become a dead letter, the face of the court will be lost, the majesty will be lost, and the so-called county lord and the old cabinet will become a joke, and it may even leave a full notoriety in the history.

Jiang Xian is a woman, she is not afraid.

But what about these scholars who read poetry and books?

The fathers and villagers in Jiangnan will scold them to death!

However, if they let Jiang Xian come to Hu, Jiang Xian would definitely not be able to sit firmly in the position of the prison country. When the time comes......

Wang Jidao couldn't help but move in his heart, and continued to make no sound.

Zuo Yiming, who was on a rope with Jiang Xian, couldn't continue to be silent at this time.

He hurriedly said: "County Lord, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh." I think this matter still has to be considered in the long run......"

Jiang Xian interrupted Zuo Yiming's words when he heard this, and said, "I've been thinking about this for a long time. Regardless of whether they have merit or not, they will increase taxes with population, and those large families will definitely not be willing. But I wasn't prepared to become a fat man in one go. I have already calculated, starting with the big families in Yangzhou and other places, and when they are safe, I will slowly promote it to other places in the south of the Yangtze River to implement the ......."

Before she finished her words, Wang Jidao and the others were already in a cold sweat.

The Jingyang Academy in the south of the Yangtze River is in Yangzhou, and the reason why Jingyang Academy can have today is that there are many wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou. If this decree is implemented from Yangzhou, Jingyang Academy will turn the sky upside down!

None of them should think about Ansheng!

"County Lord," Wang Jidao couldn't hold his breath and was forced to come out to object, "The old minister thinks this matter is inappropriate. The people live on food. Jiangnan and other places are also grain-producing places, and if you increase it like this, it will only provoke civil unrest. Now the imperial court has not paid military salaries for half a year......"

The implication is dangerous.

Who knew that Jiang Xian didn't care about these at all, but after hearing about it, he said a little excitedly: "Then the imperial court can send people to suppress the bandits!" You can also save some of your military pay. ”

The so-called suppression of bandits is to connive at those guards to rob.

That would be worse.

At this time, Wang Jidao deeply realized Jiang Xian's coldness of raising in the boudoir and not knowing the difficulties of the world.

How can such a person be sympathetic to the people's feelings and know the people's suffering?

And the more strategic such a person is, the more ruthless he will become.

Wang Jidao glanced at Li Yao.

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