The little eunuch who had already given the order ran all the way, so Bai Ko's group did not encounter any obstruction and interrogation, and went to the imperial study very smoothly, and entered the small bedroom directly through the small door under the corridor, but inside, the small bedroom was connected to the main hall of the study, but they carried things, naturally it was the door under the corridor.

said that it was a small bedroom, but it depends on what it is compared to, anyway, Bai Ko thinks that this bedroom is bigger than the three rooms she lives in, after all, it is a palace, so it has to be stable and square.

A place at the door is the place where the palace maids deal with chores, there is a partition door, around is a couch, on both sides of the couch there is a three-legged candlestick on the ground, the front of the couch is facing the small door that communicates with the study, the saint rests here most of the time, but then continue to walk through the couch, there is a corner, full of various cabinets, storing complete daily necessities, even if it is a temporary overnight, you can take out a complete set of clean clothes, shoes and socks from the inside out.

To be honest, there is nothing to tidy up, but Bai Ko still cleaned up, pushed the mirror behind the screen, hung the large and medium hangers, hooks and hanging baskets on the screen, opened the cabinet and sorted the small underwear in baskets, the coats have been classified and placed according to the texture, after all, it is a temporary resting place, it is normal to have few things, and the little eunuch who took care of the side asked for a few more small baskets to deal with the occasional sundries, and Bai Ko also left a round pier as a dirty laundry basket.

After all the qiē was packed, the extra items were moved to the door, and the cabbage stood under the porch and waited, and it didn't take long to see the holy car.

As the saint walked along, he saw Bai Ko standing under the porch, so he stopped.

"Well, it's rare for little girls to enter the palace, go, go down with them to wash your hands and serve me tea."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Bai Ko bent down deeply and followed the little eunuch who led the way to prepare.

The saint went into the imperial study, took a few folds from the bookcase, and then went to the small bedroom, and sat down on the couch to read, but he did not go inside to see how it was tidy.

Bai Ko washed her hands and came back, the tea stove and the mountain spring water for making tea had already been prepared, through the partition of the light veil, she boiled water at the door, and the sage was in it to review the folds, neither of them spoke, only the prince Xi served in the room, and the little eunuchs were standing under the porch.

When the tea was ready, Bai Ko brought it over with the tea tray, and the happy father-in-law cleaned up the folds on the couch and asked Bai Ko to put the tea tray down.

The sage picked up the tea cup, the tea soup was clear, the floating tea stalks and tea foam were skimmed off, he blew cool air, carefully took a few sips of tea, and then put the tea cup back on the couch.

"How is Gu Yun's lawsuit progressing now?" Without warning, the saint opened his mouth to the question.

"Back to Your Majesty, I am now looking for Mao Er, a villager in Hedong, in the whole city." Bai Ko waited for this question, otherwise why would she be allowed to come to this imperial study from the queen's palace.

"Still haven't found it yet? You don't have any clues? ”

"Currently missing, our eldest man even has a dark flower, asking the news dealers in the black market to find someone, but there was no good news yesterday, he often mixed up with piles of people on the street to look for him, his so-called friends said that he had not seen him since he returned to the village for the New Year. When the official sent to the village, because of the chaos at the scene, Mao Er's family members themselves made it clear when this person had not been seen, and the villagers were even more unaware, but they were instigated and bewitched by him. ”

"Hmph, a group of ignorant people, they don't want to think about how there is such a good thing in the world, they have been poor for so many years, and suddenly their land is worth a lot? There are no veins under that land, what is it worth? Greedy, too greedy! ”

"Your Majesty, the villagers have been illiterate for generations, and they have been poor for so many years, and they are happy to find that there has suddenly improved, and there are more trustworthy acquaintances who come to tell them that they have more generous rich people who are willing to pay better and higher prices, can they expect the villagers to be moral and trustworthy? No, no, no, they will only worry that they are slower than others and that they will earn even a penny less. But then again, with their vision, it is too difficult for them to see the trap behind this at a glance, and it is better to strengthen education, originally our son wanted to wait for two or three years, and the situation has stabilized, and a village has built a school, but now it is being troubled by them, and whether this school is built or not depends on his mood. In addition, in terms of planning, a large area of land near the water is to be built into a factory, and the first source of workers in the factory is these villagers, and whether or not to hire them at that time depends on the mood of our son, trust this kind of thing, once it is broken, it is more difficult to repair it back than to climb to the sky. ”

After hearing this, the saint nodded silently in approval.

"This accident is a bit strange, it really can't be said that no one is behind the scenes, otherwise how dare a little gangster go against the son of a first-class family headed by the Yeguo Mansion?"

"Your Majesty, there are not many people who can go against us first-class families, and the people at the top level are all counted by one, two, three, four, but this makes people even more confused, how many years have no one cared about that land and village, and our son took his buddies and brothers to run to enclose the land and open up the wasteland, and immediately some people wanted to mischief? What did you do earlier? Snatching something from someone else's hand, can you have a sweet dream at night, or what? ”

"So you think the troublemakers are in the same circle?"

"It's not necessarily a circle, but at least it's the same level, Your Majesty, and this is not the opinion of the slave alone, it's the common opinion of our prince and a group of them, when the Rong steward wolf bèi rushed back to report the news, our prince and King Cheng reacted like this."

"Well, now that the lawsuit is deadlocked, what does Gu Yun think?"

"According to the principle of voluntariness, since the whole village of Hedong Village is going to break the contract, then break the contract and ask the villagers to pay the compensation, and this business will end."

"Is this the life of the villagers? How can they pay for it? ”

"Who is to blame if you can't pay for it? Do we deserve to suffer this loss? Why? His money is not blown by the wind, it is all earned from the hard work of the factory. The subordinates do a good job, and the prince never softly rewards, just like those big mirrors during the New Year, which have received unprecedented responses, all of which are driven out by the workers who worked hard throughout the New Year. We absolutely reward and punish clearly, come and go voluntarily, and it is not a business to catch up, but we think that we are wronged and slaughtered at will, then I'm sorry, it's good to go to the court, since the law is written in black and white, we must respect the law, and then sue them for damaging the reputation of others after the lawsuit is over, and then fight a new lawsuit to see who collapses first. ”

"You're angry."

"Of course!"

Bai Ko suddenly shouted loudly, Gong Xi was startled, and the saint also glared, but Bai Ko didn't seem to see it at all, and continued to talk non-stop.

"Those villagers have been farming for generations, why should we rent their land and hire them as hired farmers, if we want to use their experience in farming, do a long-term agricultural activity for us, cultivate high-quality grain seeds, as long as we hold the grain, we will take the lifeblood of the population, use the limited land to produce as much food as possible, as long as the food is sufficient, the population will grow naturally. In addition, such a large country, there are different places every year to suffer disasters, there is food in the hands of the heart is not panicked, there is no need to worry about the disaster, as long as the disaster victims are full of stomach qiē can be said, the court will reduce taxes in a timely manner, and the people will be grateful to Dade for setting up a longevity tablet at home. If he can now accumulate experience in farming, there will be absolutely only benefits and no harm for him to come out to be an official, and those local gentry don't think that they are local snakes and want to fool the magistrates casually. What's more, if high-quality grain is really produced, which big landlord will think that the output of his land is too much? One acre of land has 600 catties of grain, dare you think about it? ”

“…… Some don't dare. The saint's face was full of confusion, a little tempted, and he felt how could this be possible.

"I still have to have a dream, what if it comes true?"

The saint touched his beard, muttered for a moment, and flicked his fingers on the couch.

"Little girl, I was almost taken into the ditch by you."

"The slave and the maid don't dare, the slave and the maid are wronged."

"Dare to say that you are wronged? You said so much, is this to end the contract and break up? ”

"Before the villagers broke the contract, they did think so, but the villagers didn't want to cooperate, the twisted melon is not sweet, why bother, they are not the only ones in the world who are farmers, think of a way, you can always get farmers from elsewhere."

"Yingtian Fuqiang left the village chief of Hedong Village, Gu Yun went to talk to him? Officially negotiated? The contract is terminated, and the villagers compensate for the loss? ”

"That's not true, isn't this in a hurry to find that Mao Erzi, and only after finding him did it out that he did it purely for pranks, or if someone was really behind it."

"That's right, this person hasn't been found yet, and now I'm sure that these bewitched villagers really plan to break the contract and not cooperate?"

Hearing that the meaning of these words was not quite right, Bai Ko slowly raised his head, looked directly at the saint, and blinked his eyes a few times.

"Your Majesty, are you trying to mediate?"

"Yes, I'm here to mediate, do you look at it?"

"Of course, our son has nothing to say, but what do the villagers mean? The grass on the wall, the wind blows on both sides, who knows if they say it in person, and they will change their minds again. ”

"I came forward to mediate, if the villagers still dare to go back on their word, this is a big crime of bullying the king, the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, all the men, women and children are exiled to the army, and the land in Hedong Village is assigned to Gu Yun. Okay, right? ”

"But this is the punishment method for the villagers to really go back on their word, and it has nothing to do with their current behavior." Bai Ko rubbed his hands together with an expression of bargaining.

"Okay, stop acting, tell your conditions, how can you accept mediation? Those villagers are also my people, Gu Yun has suffered a lot of grievances, but I can't watch Gu Yun force the villagers to death, the palms of my hands and the backs of my hands are full of meat, and I have to take care of both sides. ”

"It's really good for His Majesty to mediate in person, but the slave can't be the master of the son, the slave can only tell him what His Majesty means, and the conditions for accepting mediation will naturally be given to you by the son."

"Make it up, you make it up again." The sage said dryly, picked up the teacup and drank a few sips, "You are a big white shopkeeper, and you can't be Gu Yun's master in business?" My time is limited, hurry, the conditions are reasonable, otherwise I can do it according to my watch. ”

The sage's frightening was good, and Bai Ko immediately stood upright.

"The villagers have no moral integrity, and the black pot of education is not carried by our son, but by the imperial court, so please give tax reduction treatment, the requirements are not high, our son now enjoys the tax of the people, and it is good to give him the tax of the Jinshi."

"Tax cuts?! Well, I said a lot earlier, and here's the point! ”

"Since the prince was promoted in the examination, he has not accepted anyone's contributions, the land under his name is bought with money, no one has taken the land to him in exchange for tax reductions and exemptions, even in this Hedong Village, he is spending money to do things, he has never thought of exploiting loopholes to find loopholes and do his best to evade taxes, and now he is so wronged, and he wants him to take a step back and accept mediation, is it too much to give him some benefits?"

"Hehe, you are asking about me?"

"The slave and the maid don't dare, the slave and the maid just convey the meaning of our son."

"This is what Gu Yun means again?"

"The son of the world is the master and the owner, so naturally he has the final say."

"Well, the black cauldron is also his back."

"So, do you give benefits?" Bai Ko looked at the saint expectantly.

"If you don't give benefits, you won't accept mediation?"

"If the court insists on mediation, the prince will still accept it as a minister, but it is inevitable that he will be in a bad mood, and the previous good plan may have to be discounted, why is he angry and suffered, and there is no compensation at all, and he is not allowed to terminate the contract? He doesn't want to play anymore, can't he do it? Isn't cooperation a consensual one? ”

The saint took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, exhaling heavily.

"Okay, I'm afraid of you, give him the tax amount of Jinshi for five years."

"Only five years?"

"Too little? Tell him to be admitted to the Jinshi next year. ”

"Yes, Xie Xià!"

"When you go back, remember to tell Gu Yun that you will go to Yingtian Mansion tomorrow, and Fu Yin will preside over the mediation between the two of them, and hurry up to sign to prevent any more troubles."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I must convey the original words!"

"Okay, it's not too early, let's go outside and get the reward and go back."

"The slave and maid take their leave."

Bai Ko finished the salute in a proper manner, went out the same way, there were already people outside the door with the reward purse I don't know how long I waited, Bai Ko accepted the purse, and took out a dime of broken silver and stuffed it into the other party's hand, both sides said goodbye to each other happily, and the little eunuch who sent Bai Ko out of the palace also got her reward, all of them read her good.

The coachman carrying Bai Ko took a long nap, only to see that the person finally came out, and seeing her smiling, he gave the little eunuch a reward, and immediately got out of the car and opened the curtain.

"一qiē都顺lì?"

"Perfect."

The coachman's body was shocked, and he suddenly came to his senses, and the fatigue of waiting for so long seemed to be swept away, and he drove back home happily.

Cabbage sat in the car, slowly closed her eyes and hung her head as the car shook.

Where is it easy to talk to the emperor and bargain, she is also tired.