The new crown prince and the seventh prince ate and lived day and night in the household department, carrying out the initial outline of reform, Liu Xi stopped his pen and proposed to Zhou Yiyun: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you and the Seventh Prince have been in retreat for a few days, it is better to go out and relax, maybe there will be a good way, and besides, the master has moved into the palace for a few days, you ......"

Zhou Yiyun pinched his fingers and counted: "Alas, how did I forget this." After speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the door of the household, and Lao Qi shouted behind him: "The prince is magnificent......"

When Zhou Yiyun heard this, he flicked his sleeves with a straight step, but the speed of the change of his legs was faster, otherwise he would really be a bit of a prince. After entering the palace, he ignored the kneeling subordinates, and hurried to the prince's harem, until he saw the catkins and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yo, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't seen him for a few days, and the concubine has given you a gift."

"Su'er, don't learn if we can't learn, it's awkward." Zhou Yiyun pulled up his daughter-in-law and looked her up and down: "It's really like not seeing each other for a day." ”

"Come less, I've been in the palace for a few days, and my father and emperor have all visited, so I can't tell that you miss me."

Zhou Yiyun waved his hand: "Let's all step down." After retreating, the servant asked in a low voice, "Only to see my father?" ”

Liu Wu also lowered her voice: "The grandmother next to the queen mother has conveyed that she is not feeling well, and she will go to see her another day." Ignoring the contemplative Zhou Yiyun continued to explain the personnel arrangements for entering the palace this time: "The loyal old man entered the palace with a reluctant heart, and they went to be lobbyists, and finally pinched his life to continue his life as a threat, and the father was also very happy to seal the post of Taifu, but it was just a name to teach a few bags, I found a good house in the palace facing north and south for him to live in, although the aunt in the house was guilty, but the eleven mansions were all returned to the palace, and they were also brought in to the small courtyard next to the Buddha Hall, which was also considered to be the filial piety of Ling'er, There is also Xiaoya, his body is inconvenient, so I will let him live in Liufu temporarily, and then make a decision after all the arrangements are made, the maid and the woman in the house who are unwilling to follow up the palace have stayed to take care of him, do you think there is anything that has not been done? Touched the stunned Zhou Yiyun: "Are you listening to me, what are you thinking?" ”

"Oh," Zhou Yiyun, who came back to his senses, habitually hugged his daughter-in-law: "The affairs of the house have always been up to you, you don't need to inform me, by the way, what is the movement of your father's report on your achievements?" ”

Liu Fu couldn't help but smile and replied: "I don't know these things when I close them in the house, but the tenth brother sent the guards in his house to watch the gate, for fear that there would be any commotion, but nothing happened at all, no people came to thank Dade, and no one threw bricks and tiles." ”

"People's hearts are easy to buy, and the people are not interested in weapons, but they also understand that you have the heart to save people. I've been too busy to forget about this these days, so don't blame me. ”

"Cut, if I don't have it in my heart, I'll just say it, why are you talking about this."

Zhou Yiyun cried with a sad face: "You are really wronged as a husband," explained what the household department had done in the past few days, and sighed: "I know that my father is helping me clearly, otherwise how can I be rash, I want to do something to repay my father, and I can't let him down again." ”

"Difficult?"

Zhou Yiyun sighed: "Discuss with Seventh Brother and Liu Xi to divide the household into two major parts, land and household registration; Taxes, military salaries, and then let the local officials to check and verify, measure and hand in a perfect statistics, some of the records and documents stored in the household department are old documents, which is a little useful, will try to recruit these people to implement as soon as the end of the trial, just entered the official heart is also sincere, that is, it is a bit difficult to promote the development of production, and there must be silver to distribute grain, the household is very poor, and the father will not pay any more silver when he does not see the results, and I don't want to add any more debts. ”

Liu Wu asked suspiciously: "Census?" ”

"What?"

"Oh, even if you register the population and the fields or shops you own, how much grain and how much tax you pay every year, you can calculate a rough idea and put an end to the suspicion of corruption by officials, and then the Ministry of Military Quarters and Grain Households also has clear accounts, which is a huge task."

"The workload is large, and those talents don't have to eat."

Liu Fu glanced left and right, and angrily complained: "Why doesn't my father care, let you do this kind of offending thing?" ”

Zhou Yiyun knocked on his head, and others said that his father was unhappy: "No one is going to show my father how to care, if it wasn't for the trip to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, I wouldn't know these things, now I think about my father who has already cultivated me, and he is still a decision-maker who wants to solve all the troubles and hand them over to the next generation a smooth court." ”

Liu Wu is still unconvinced: "My father has known for a long time, and he won't deal with ......"

"Do you know that officials protect each other? My father said that there was no substantial evidence for the punishment, and that there was still some majesty to be maintained, and that everything could not be rushed, and that it would be easy to get out of control if I was in a hurry, and that I could only show my talent by handing over the thin household to me. pinched Liu Wu's unconvinced face: "Don't feel wronged for me, my father has taken everything right, so what's the difference between me and the previous prince?" ”

"Isn't Liu Xi transferred to the household department, and you are still using your nerves?"

"This palace is not as good as him as a magistrate, he has to learn slowly, I have to use his brain to help me remember these things, he is still busy sorting out the historical documents, how can he have time to help me think."

Liu Fu looked at his irritated appearance and laughed: "I see that you and the seventh brother are busy and forgetful, hurting the brain, such a simple way can't be imagined, why don't you go to the twelfth brother, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household to a union, the Ministry of Rites and other countries to communicate, you can also exchange grain seeds, the Ministry of Households go to various places to find just according to the local soil conditions can choose to cultivate other species, for example, Shangrui is rich in melons and fruits, we can also find areas similar to the geology and climate of other countries to try planting with the exchanged seeds, of course, we can't force others to practice, Just like the Eastern Zhou, I was busy looking for someone to see the results first, do you still need to worry about the follow-up? Are you afraid that you won't be able to exchange good species with other countries? ”

Zhou Yiyun straightened his waist, flicked his cuffs and pretended to be serious: "I still have something to go to the household department, so I don't have to stay for dinner at night." Walking out of the palace with his hands behind his back, Liu Fu was really fooled, and patted his head when he couldn't see the figure, and he didn't ask seriously, can the position of this princess fall on his head?

Stopped to go out of the palace and return to the house, discussed the feasibility of this law, conspired until it was dark and decided to secretly collude first, the two sides agreed to cooperate and then give the father and the emperor to implement it thoroughly, because Zhou Yiyun is inconvenient to go out of the palace, he can also hand over the good things of friendship to the old seven to do, as expected, no one wants to lose the meritorious things, the second morning to Zhou Yiyun first said that the discussion will be done one by one, and finally the decree and the Ministry of Rites cooperate to implement it, Zhou Yuhuang greatly appreciated the praise of the four princes, this is a good start, Just wait for the personnel to be in place to take it in one fell swoop, after retiring from the court, Zhou Yiyun first Lixian Corporal and the civil and military attache said a few words, and after parting ways, they began to think about what else to do, it is not good to be too light and idle when the prince, and the first time I had no experience to think about it or go to the household department, just turned Zhou Yifeng panted and caught up: "Brother Eleven...... Ah no, minister, Zhou Yifeng paid a visit to His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

"Well," Zhou Yiyun put on a dignified face with his hands behind his back: "What kind of style do you like to be a prince running around the palace!" Something to the womb. The eleventh man led the road with his head held high in front, and the twelfth followed closely with his head bowed in the back, and came to the study Zhou Yiyun retreated, closed the doors and windows, and waved his hand to Zhou Yifeng without any sitting: "Twelve brothers, sit down, what are you polite to my brother, you can see that this palace is too good, it is brilliant, but there are a lot of people, and it is not very convenient to talk and do things." ”

Zhou Yifeng pouted: "Now you don't have to pay attention to etiquette?" ”

"Tsk, your eleventh brother is not the same as in the past now, why should you have a little posture in front of people, close the door, let's sit down as brothers!" Tell my brother who provoked you again, look at your bitter gourd face. ”

The old twelve sat down, and said a little angrily: "Brother Eleven, I want to divorce my wife." ”

"Nonsense, I ruined my marriage before, and now I divorce my wife? If you don't like it, put it in the backyard. ”

"Brother Eleven, don't be partial, sister-in-law Eleven has helped Brother Ten to take care of the backyard, why don't you care about your brother's turn? If she can stay in the backyard with peace of mind, why should I bother with this effort, she is crying and making trouble, she has to let her brother see her father, and now her brother just wants to be promoted and is too lazy to pay attention to him. Zhou Yifeng thought that when the seventh brother passed the house yesterday, he saw the scene of crying, and he couldn't even clean up the backyard people, and felt that his face was really embarrassed, his official position was not high, he couldn't offend the prime minister, and he couldn't let his father be the master, so he could only ask the eleventh brother to help him come up with ideas.

Zhou Yiyun's face was embarrassed, and he was at a loss: "This eleventh brother can't do anything, you also said that your eleventh sister-in-law helped the tenth brother, at that time his identity was the eleventh princess, you see that he lives in the palace now, how can he have the real name to summon people in the backyards of various mansions, alas, ......"

The old twelve were a little angry when they heard this: "Brother Eleven, you can't help you much like this, why did you leave him when you became famous?" Don't say that my brother doesn't want you, if you want to bully my eleventh sister-in-law, I will be the first to disagree. ”

"What did the stinky boy say, my father never decreed that he would be crowned the crown princess, how could I ask for it after I had only been the prince for a few days? Although the fourth brother and the ninth brother are in Beijing, they can go to the court, but they are fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, and they can't count on it, the seventh brother is too busy in charge of the household, not to mention the tenth brother, plus Liu Wu is a brother, the difficulty is not small, no one helps him out, alas......"

Zhou Yifeng patted his chest: "Brother Eleven, don't worry, you can tell me tomorrow morning that my father will be the master of the eleventh sister-in-law." ”

Zhou Yiyun patted him on the shoulder with relief: "Good brother, your eleventh sister-in-law didn't hurt you in vain." ”

*

The twelfth man said that he had done it, and when he had nothing to do, he said: "Father, the crown prince has been in office for some time, but the title of the crown princess has not been implemented, and the son sincerely asks his father to choose the crown princess for the palace." ”

Zhou Yuhuang glanced at Zhou Yiyun, who was as calm as water, and asked coldly, "Do you have a candidate?" ”

"Zhou Liuwu is the wife of the prince, and her achievements have also been greatly spread, so she is the best candidate for the crown princess."

The prime minister did not give this son-in-law face at all: "The minister thinks it is impossible, there is no brother in the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years who can take on this great responsibility, please be enlightened." ”

"The minister also thinks that it is a big mistake for a brother to be the crown princess." Guo Shangshu also spoke out against it. Later, they all bluntly spoke out to overthrow the proposal of the old twelve, and some ministers stood on Zhou Yifeng's side, but a few people could not stop the public's words, and they were ashamed to lose, Zhou Yiyun just swept these people with the same voice coldly, and continued to stand aside, watching the debate descend from the national perspective to a personal issue, Zhou Yuhuang stopped it in time: "Prince, this matter is related to you, tell me your opinion." ”

Zhou Yiyun walked calmly to the center of the court, and said calmly: "The proposal of the twelve princes, the sons seconded the proposal, which brother of the Great Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years has this fame?" Speaking of the people of the world, including the ministers of the court, but there are also the people of Li, I wonder if a few adults think they can be the representatives of the world? All the ministers have said that the foundation of the country is that the whole family governs the country and equalizes the world......"

"Prince, how can the family be confused with the court, are you going to mess up the court?" The prime minister spoke out against it.

Zhou Yiyun did not give in at all: "What the prime minister said is surprising, you can't only comment on the deep-rooted ideas on behalf of the people and repeatedly oppose them, you reject the identity of your brother, why didn't you stop it when the Holy Lord allowed me to marry my brother?" Now that it has been repeatedly suppressed, what is the intention? The ministers above the court are fighting for the names of the people in the backyard, and it is stupid, and the father and emperor are the family affairs of the sons, and they should be handled by the family themselves. ”

Zhou Yuhuang nodded: "The elected crown princess can be big or small, you should brainstorm, and everyone has taken a fancy to this matter, so I will start from my family first, and go to pass on my three imperial grandsons to come over." Zhou Yuhuang said the word emperor and grandson very seriously, and everyone in the court lowered their heads with interest, the prince's three sons-in-law in Zhou Yuhuang's heart are eye-catching, and the wisdom that comes out has not been seen with his own eyes.

The three brothers of Baobao entered the court, did not squint and saluted, obeyed the holy order and got up, looked unsurprised, and behaved calmly, Zhou Yuhuang was very satisfied, thinking that the first time they faced the saint in front of the civil and military officials, they were little dolls who couldn't even cross the threshold, watching them grow up little by little, and becoming so good Zhou Yuhuang was comforted, all of which were his own credit. Automatically eliminate those negative influences, if they have been placed in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, they will definitely become country boys, only by putting them around can they be familiar with it, learn from it, look at these emperors and grandsons have his demeanor back then, talents!

"Tell them, Prime Minister, what you are arguing about." After hearing this, Emperor Zhou Yuwu looked at the three children in unison, the saint deliberately raised their status, and when the prime minister of the dynasty changed dramatically, he was hit. The old twelve also stared at the Bao Bao brothers, secretly cheering them up, and wanted to help him, the twelfth uncle, avenge him.

The prime minister simply relayed the quick evacuation, Bubu and Xiaoxiao turned their heads to look at their brother, then continued to stand quietly, and took a step forward: "Shengshang, Zhou Zheng is the prince of the Eleventh Prince's Mansion, there is something unclear and I ask the ministers for advice, why can't my brother be famous?" ”

"Xiao Shizi, my brother is a humble body, and their identity and existence have always been not recognized or even excluded."

Bao Bao lowered his head and bit his lip, he had never heard such a straightforward insult, because of the identity of his and his younger brother, no one said that his brother was bad in front of them, and his father never cared about the feelings of others, he was always chic and comfortable, but he didn't expect these people to be so vulgar and unbearable in the position of being a superior person.

"Please forgive Zhou Zheng for being rude, this minister didn't see the current situation clearly, there is a brother who has been named a concubine in the holy harem, and the prince has a brother's wife, may I ask you if there is a brother in your respective mansions as a concubine? A descendant who is a brother? If you intend to forget, our three brothers are willing to help you check, you can be blind, not for the flesh and blood affection, it does not mean that we are willing to be trampled on by the Son of Man. It's home. Bao Bao saluted Zhou Yuhuang: "Let's talk about the country, when you lie high in the north window, you can know that a brother is fighting bloodily on the battlefield to defend the great periphery; When he heard the incurable disease of fright, he practiced and did everything to find a good way to prevent it; He is patriotic like family, benevolent and loves things, now the border is impregnable, the soldiers will reduce the number of casualties, some results Don't forget that he also has a part of the credit, there are places, in the hands of the attack weapons have you ever wondered who made it? Just using his mouth to erase all the merits of others, this is a civilian military attaché? ”

"Zhou Zheng, don't be presumptuous!" Zhou Yiyun reminded in a low voice that his emotions were a little out of control.

"Holy Lord," Bao Bao knelt down and pleaded: "Zhou Zhengcheng begged Zhou Liuwu to be the crown princess, he will definitely be able to stand in front of people in the crown princess clothes, and walk among the people to let the real representatives of the world face it, which is well deserved." ”

The Nine Emperor Princes in the back hall listened to Bao Bao's sharp words, and asked softly: "Fourth brother, if you say that my sister-in-law is still here, will you also defend me like this?" The fourth child sat beside him and comforted: "He Bi remembers the painful things in the past, and it is good for you and others to come out early, and losing it does not mean that you can't have it anymore." He chuckled twice and proposed, "I also like those children very much, otherwise we should find a way to scrape them up." ”

Lao Jiu couldn't help but smile: "I'm brave and brave, Lao Eleven is not easy to deal with now, don't forget that he has a powerful wife behind him, my younger brother heard that the martial arts are very good, and the new weapons issued by the court are all from him, the artillery I saw that day, alas, the fourth brother is not his opponent." ”

The fourth said meaningfully: "How do you know if you don't try?" ”

"Fourth brother, don't take me with you, my brother still wants to have a chance to have a good relationship with him, he must have other good things."

"That's all you have in your head?"

"Isn't the fourth brother also just reading your text?" Thinking about their shortcomings, they looked at each other and smiled silently.

After leaving the court, Bao Bao grabbed the smile that was going in the opposite direction and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

smiled and puffed out his little face, and said angrily: "I'll go find the person who said bad things about my father just now, and I want to avenge my father and beat him to death." ”

"I'll go too." Bubu took his brother's hand and was about to set off.

Bao Bao stopped them again and whispered, "Look where this is?" You are the son of the crown prince, why do you have to be righteous and angry, so that others can find an excuse to impeach your father and father and godson? Let's go, go back to the palace and tell Daddy the good news Have you heard the imperial grandfather explain that Daddy is going to inspect with the civil and military attachés early, we have to give Daddy an idea first. Holding the two puffing little babies, Bao Bao looked back at his father who was talking to the ministers, and he knew that although his father was smiling on the surface and accepting the congratulations, he must be extremely angry in his heart.