Chapter 32: The Emperor's Reform
"Is it still a matter of the emperor letting him hand over the land? How much land did he let the Wei family and the Du family hand over? "I think, when I heard Zhou Sinian a few days ago, it should be that the emperor thinks that the family occupies too much land, so how much can he pay if he hands over a part of the land? Halfway?
Du Lingjun said with a heavy heart: "It's not as simple as handing over land, the emperor is changing the tax system, according to the acres of land, and also according to the head." The land is graded, and the more land there is, the higher the rank, and the more taxes you pay, and the same is true for the heads. Even the serfs in the grange are considered heads. Coupled with the acres of land, then our family is equivalent to farming for the royal family, and we can't leave anything behind. ”
I couldn't tell the accounts of the money, but I understood what he said, and said, "What if there were not so many serfs?" Give them the land, and divide the people. In this way, they can't pay the taxes themselves, and they can't pay much tax because they are small households. It's good for everyone. ”
"That's the same idea, I'm afraid my father and uncles won't agree. Tomorrow I have to go back to Yuezhou with Yunqi, and the land will be measured there. ”
Yuezhou is the hometown of the Wei family and the Du family, and most of the land in Yuezhou belongs to the two of them.
"It's already started?" I was worried, "Wouldn't that be a lot of people's objections?" ”
Du Lingjun turned his head and smiled miserably at me: "That's right, that's why the emperor didn't move other places and specifically took Yuezhou." ”
I had an ominous premonition in my heart, and I looked at Du Lingjun in a daze, and said, "It would be nice if I could become as good as you." The emperor abolished the women's school, the Qing female official, and then you can copy it 100 times? Female commandment? Give it to him, so that all the female officials in the world have nothing to say. How good is this, as soon as the emperor is happy, you will become the eldest princess, and you will add a thousand fiefdoms. ”
"Female student, female officer?" I thought to myself, "Something to do with me?" ”
When I got home, I couldn't wait to ask Zhou Sinian: "Female student, female official, does it have anything to do with me?" ”
Zhou Sinian said: "It was all a gimmick made by Empress Wei in your name before, and now it has been cleaned up." ”
"That's why you coaxed me and asked me to copy books, but I didn't care if I was ridiculed by the world." I said dissatisfied.
"People of the world?" Zhou Sinian said with a smile, "People in the world have long been unaccustomed to seeing women showing their heads and commanding blindly." ”
I'm speechless, am I? Half of the people in the world are men, and the other half are women, and they don't necessarily support women as officials.
"Then you should make it clear to me!" I muttered quietly.
"If you make it clear, you won't copy it," Zhou Sinian leaned close to my face and said, "If you copy it or not, the emperor will ban female students and clean up female officials, it's a big deal that they make a noise, is it useful?" You copied the book, it was nothing more than to make the emperor's ears pure, and he also got the Sacred Heart. ”
I listened to the tone of his voice and understood, "Is it all your idea?" ”
He smiled and said, "I just wanted to ease the relationship between your uncle and nephew, and I didn't expect the emperor to give you so much, he still loves you after all." ”
There was a warmth in my heart: "Of course, he is my own uncle!" ”
Zhou Sinian smiled: "Yes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." How about giving you a gift tomorrow for your husband? ”
I happily said, "What gift?" ”
He said mysteriously, "I can't sue you today, I'm hungry," his eyes became ambiguous, "I want to eat pig's trotters." ”
I casually said, "Then I'll tell the kitchen to let them cook it for you." But as soon as I saw his eyes, I suddenly remembered the meaning of "pig's trotters", my face was red, my ears were hot, my heart was beating, but my body was soft, and the whole person was curled up in his arms.
Early the next morning, Yoyo smiled and said, "The city lord said that he would ask his wife to go to the horse farm to find him." ”
I changed into a narrow-sleeved shirt with lapels, wore leather boots on my feet, tucked my trouser legs into the boots, and combed all my hair into my hat. When he saw me coming, he took the white horse behind him and said, "I have picked a meek mare for you, her name is Bai Xue." ”
The color of the snow-white coat is snow-white, without a little stray hair, and it is shiny, like a silver thread. Her eyes were like a deep spring, thorough and unfathomable.
I went over and patted her mane, and she rubbed me very gently, and I happily fed her a carrot, and said, "Is this my old mount, I think we know each other." ”
Zhou Sinian smiled but did not answer, and said, "Ride it and try it." ”
"Ride up?" I was nervous and a little nervous, "Can I really still ride a horse?" ”
"Of course, you used to ride a horse so well."
I tried to grasp the reins, grasped the saddle with both hands, and put on the pedals, as he said, and got on the back of the horse with ease.
I laughed happily and it seemed that I was still the same person.? Then with a clamp between her legs, Bai Xue ran up, although she was a gentle and lovely person, or a horse, but the speed of running was not slow at all, I waved happily to Zhou Sinian.
Zhou Sinian smiled with relief, and there was a light circulating in his eyes.
I happily ran around, came to Zhou Sinian's side, and said to him, "Let's go out and play!" ”
"Not today, in two days, someone will come to you, and then go out." Zhou Sinian said, "She can accompany you on horseback riding." ”
"Who is it?" I asked curiously.
"You'll know when the time comes."
Two days later, Zhou Sinian and I came to the performance arena early in the morning, and saw a person from a distance, also dressed in a lapel beard, with all his hair combed to the top of his head, and a long hairband fluttering in the wind.
Seeing us, the man walked over quickly and bowed: "Qiu Zege greets the princess." ”
It turned out to be the younger sister of the Qiu family's brothers and sisters, although the Qiu family brothers and sisters worked as guards in the princess's mansion, they were serious about entering the military and belonged to the Royal Forest Army. How now"
Qiu Zege looked lonely and said: "The emperor cleaned up all the female officials, Zege has nowhere to go." ”
Zhou Sinian said: "You were originally brought out by the princess, and you served the princess, and I didn't wronged you." There has never been a reason for women to be officers, especially in the military. The emperor did this to clean up the accumulated shortcomings. ”
Qiu Zege said disappreciably: "Zhou Xiang, why is a woman an official, just accumulating disadvantages? Those who stayed, where are they better than Zege? ”
Zhou Sinian frowned and said, "Are you trying to question the emperor?" ”
Qiu Zege bowed his head and was silent, I bent down to help her up, and said to Zhou Sinian: "Brother Nian, don't you still have business?" Go for it. ”
After Zhou Sinian left, I asked, "Zege, where is your brother?" ”
"My brother went to the palace, I know that Zhou Xiang arranged this way to appease our brother and sister, I had to leave, and he was promoted to my brother's official."
Speaking of this, Qiu Zege bowed his head and said to me: "Princess, don't misunderstand, Zege doesn't want to follow the princess, but he is a little angry in his heart." ”
I said, "I understand, you don't have to worry about it." If you do your best in everything, just go with the flow, and you don't necessarily have to be an official. ”
Qiu Zege smiled and said, "Yes." ”