After Yuxin left the palace, Yulan and her moved around a lot. Yulan's purpose is very clear, she did this to support Yuxin. Sure enough, after coming and going often, the subordinates in the Shun Wangfu have a lot of rules, even the servants from the Internal Affairs Mansion dare not take Qiao in front of Yuxin, which also reflects Ye Yichen's prosperity from the side.

In fact, this is exactly the case, since the little emperor Ye Minzhao ascended the throne, Ye Yichen became the regent, and adopted a series of measures to consolidate his position.

The little emperor seems to have no room for resistance at all, and the first Ye Yichen firmly controls both military and political power. The tax of Dachu adopts the two-tax method, the tax is paid twice a year, divided into summer tax and autumn tax, the summer tax shall not exceed June, the autumn tax shall not pass November, after the autumn harvest, the autumn tax from all over the country has been released to Beijing, and the treasury finally has some silver.

In October, Concubine Hui was canonized as the Queen Mother, with the emblem of "**", known as the **Queen Mother. - Ye Yichen's power is now very consolidated, so he is not too embarrassed by Concubine Hui's little widow.

Concubine Hui finally got her wish and became the master of the harem in the Forbidden City.

At the same time, Ye Yichen issued a series of edicts through the cabinet to reform the maladministration left over from the orthodox dynasty, and reduced the taxes of more than a dozen counties that were affected by disasters this year, winning the support of the people. It's just that the premise of tax exemption is that the state income is less. To this end, Ye Yichen has taken two measures to increase the state's fiscal revenue.

First, Ye Yichen reduced the use of the palace and the clan, and at the same time promoted economy. He took the lead in cutting down on his own consumption, so that Yulan's table had less than half of the food. She didn't care. Ye Yichen released a quarter of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace, and all the eunuchs who left the palace gave silver, and the palace maids let them return to their hometowns to marry, just this one, which can save millions of silver for the imperial court in a year.

It's not that no one can think of this method, but except for Ye Yichen, no one has the courage to reform it to the emperor's head.

It's throttling.

In terms of open source, he was even more ingenious, vigorously and resolutely tried and punished a large number of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, exiled and imprisoned, and imprisoned, the common point is that the huge wealth they absorbed from the people's fat and people's ointment was all unceremoniously copied into the treasury by the prince.

The order of trial of these criminals is not according to the size of the official position, nor according to the severity of the crime, at first the people in Dali Temple and the Criminal Department were a little confused, but later they all understood the prince's thinking - whoever has money will be tried first!

Ye Yichen didn't want to increase the burden on the peasants, since he couldn't scrape the silver from the officials, he would scrape the silver from the corrupt officials. The prince is extremely accurate, everything that he has cleaned up is all rich and rivals the country, and as soon as more than a dozen big corrupt officials are removed, the treasury will be full. It's more convenient than collecting taxes!

For a while, the people also applauded, and Ye Yichen's prestige rose even higher.

Even Ye Minzhao had to admit that he dared to do things, could do things, and was a rare government talent. When Ye Yichen was in Beijing to drastically rectify the government, there was also good news from the northwest -- Ye Minyu accepted the title of King of Guanzhong and eased his relationship with the imperial court. Although everyone knew that this appearance of peace was false and temporary, as unreal as a mirror, the imperial court finally avoided the embarrassment of fighting on two fronts and won a respite.

Ye Yichen knew Ding Ge Lao's process well, because there were secret agents who kept sending news to Beijing, and Xie Zhiyuan's performance was remarkable, Ye Yichen issued a letter to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, appointing Xie Zhiyuan as the deputy chief soldier of Shaanxi on the spot, and commanding and dispatching the military power in Shaanxi.

Deputy Chief Soldier Xie Zhiyuan suddenly ascended to a high position at a young age, but no one in the court was dissatisfied with this, or felt that Ye Yichen's rewards and punishments were unknown. Xie Zhiyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief, has a very clear purpose, which is to monitor and contain Ye Minyu. It was also under Ye Minyu's nose. The imperial court only allowed Ye Minyu to control 15,000 men and horses, but Ye Minyu's army already had 50,000 or 60,000 horses after being reorganized.

For a while, no one knew whether Ye Yichen was promoting Xie Zhiyuan, or if he didn't like him and wanted to get rid of him with Ye Minyu's hand. However, Xie Zhiyuan happily accepted the appointment and settled down in Shaanxi.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's time for the New Year. Although the war in the south continued, but Liu Zhang and Shu Han's officers and soldiers also needed to celebrate the New Year, after the twentieth month of the lunar month, Da Chu and Shu Han very tacitly collected troops and ceased fighting. Wang Xingyi, the supreme commander of the left army on the side of Great Chu, and the governor of the general worshiped the general, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past six months, Liu Zhang has been unhurried, slowly encroaching on the entire Hunan, he is cautious with his soldiers, very strategic, step by step, and Wang Xingyi who fought was bitter. Not to mention recovering lost territory, it is extremely difficult to hold on to the current situation.

You must know that the quality of Da Chu's soldiers is originally higher than that of Shu Han, and Wang Xingyi's strength is much higher than Liu Zhang's, which shows Liu Zhang's strength.

Wang Xingyi used to follow Ye Yichen to fight for the west, and when he saw that the prince was twenty years old, he had no last resort, but he had never lost a battle when he sent troops, and he felt that the prince was simply a monster. Unexpectedly, in the Hubei battlefield, this Liu Zhang is only in his twenties, and he has this kind of command ability, even if he is not as good as Ye Yichen, at least he has seven or eight points of ability.

Wang Xingyi couldn't help but sigh that the hero was a young man, and now this south and north are the world of Ye Yichen and Liu Zhang. I am really old, and I made up my mind to wait for this battle to be over, and immediately ask the prince to resign, unload my armor and return to the field, and go home for a few days of comfortable life.

Before the Chinese New Year, the third young master Chengzong returned to Beijing from the place at the turn of Hunan and Hubei. Because the New Year is the first year of Hongxi, the new emperor will change the yuan to add Enke, and Chengzong will come back to take the Enke exam. The last time he was wrongfully deposed, this time he was determined to win.

In the past half a year, he traveled all over the southwestern provinces, after the war between Great Chu and Shu Han, Chengzong stayed in Xiangyang for a long time, and went to the city near the battle between the two armies many times to observe, and even pretended to be a scholar to blend into the fallen Changsha and stayed in Changsha for a while.

After returning to Beijing, he happened to be on Ye Yichen to open his way of speech, and both civilians and students could write books and talk about things and give advice on the country's major policies. Chengzong wrote a 10,000-word book with great enthusiasm, in which he put forward many insightful views on the training and construction of the army, as well as on the combat methods and tactics.

He did not sign his name, but handed it to the imperial court under a pseudonym. The so-called "the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible!" It is in this way that Seongjong fulfills his responsibility as a scholar.

As for whether the court adopted his opinion or not, Chengzong did not take it to heart. If you think he is a nobody, the court probably won't pay attention to it.

But it didn't come to pass, only a day later, his book of 10,000 words was placed on the desk of the little emperor Ye Minzhao. "This person can be unprecedented, and he has seen such a peculiar and insightful experience, but he didn't expect such a talent to be hidden in the recklessness! What a rare talent! After Ye Minzhao saw it, Long Yan Dayue, as if he had found a rare treasure, immediately called Chen Jia in: "Have you found out what is the origin of this person?" While the regent doesn't notice him, we must find this person and lure him to our side. ”

Talent is rare at any time. The little emperor is struggling now, and talent is even more precious to him.

Chen Jia's face was a little strange: "This one who has tens of thousands of words, you also know the emperor!" ”

Ye Minzhao was a little confused: "I recognize? ”

Chen Jia nodded and said, "This person is Yang Peishi's grandson Yang Chengzong!" ”

"Is that him?" The little emperor shook his head: "Impossible! How old is he, how could he have such insight? ”

The minions didn't believe it at first. I deliberately asked someone to investigate several times, and finally proved that this book of ten thousand words was from Yang Chengzong! ”

"Did Yang Peishi teach him to write like this?"

"That's what the minions thought at first! However, after the slave checked, he learned that this book of ten thousand words had not been polished by anyone, and it was indeed from Yang Chengzong. ”

Ye Minzhao's expression was slightly abrupt, and he couldn't help but think of the fraud case in the science field back then, under the strict guard of the imperial forest guards holding swords, most of the students couldn't even hold the pen, Yang Chengzong not only handed in the first paper with a wave, but was also recommended as the first by several ministers who read the papers. If it weren't for the rumors that he had bribed the examiner before, he would have been the champion of the previous subject.

Besides, this person is still Yulan's younger brother! Ye Minzhao had a good impression of him for no reason. He thought for a while and asked Chen Jia: "He will come back at this time, but he wants to participate in Enke in February next year?" ”

"Exactly!"

Ye Minzhao's eyes lit up. If such talents can't be collected for their own use, wouldn't it be a great waste! Since he's back to take the Enko exam, it's all right!

On the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily in the middle of the afternoon. Snowflakes fell from the sky, and the capital was covered in silver.

Ye Yichen's outer study was as warm as spring, and the little maids and maids were tiptoeing in and out, for fear of disturbing the prince who was dealing with political affairs. Ye Yichen frowned slightly, he was reading a book sent from the south, and when he was looking at it, he suddenly stretched out a slender jade hand from behind, snatched the fold from Ye Yichen's hand, and then put it aside.

There is only one person in the entire palace who dares to do this, and that is Yulan.

The corners of Ye Yichen's mouth went up, and a warm smile hung up. Yulan had already spoken first: "Lord, the yamen was sealed a few days in advance. You gave them a holiday, and you should take the lead in resting! There's no end to the work! Besides, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the children have been waiting for you for several hours, and you are still here to fold the folds! ”

Ye Yichen patted his head, at noon, he had said that he was going to have lunch with Yulan and a pair of children, but he forgot everything when he got busy.

He smiled apologetically: "Look at my memory, I forget the time when I get busy!" He pretended to be angry and said to the servants and maids who were waiting aside: "Why don't you remind this king! ”

The crowd bowed their heads in agreement. Yulan shook her head helplessly, she knew the temper of the prince, if he was really interrupted when dealing with big things, he would have a big temper, who would dare to hit this bad head for the New Year.

"Alright, don't blame them!" Yulan pulled him up from his seat with a smile, "If you don't believe in your words today, you will be punished for spending the whole afternoon with the children!" ”

Ye Yichen knew that she was going to punish herself, but she actually wanted to take the opportunity to rest for a while. I couldn't help but feel warm: "Okay, I'm not going to work today, go back and accompany the children!" ”

Yulan pursed her lips and smiled, happily waiting for him to change his clothes, and when he came out of the outer study, the snow still kept falling. Yulan was interested for a while, and said, "I won't take the car today, just walk back!" ”

She had such an interest, Ye Yichen naturally wouldn't ruin her interest, walked over in person, and helped her tidy up her hood dotingly, and then took her hand to walk in the snow.

"My hands are still so cold!" Ye Yichen glanced at her and said helplessly.

Yulan is also a little helpless, for more than two years, the tonic has entered her stomach at a high price, but when she gave birth to Sister Zhu'er, she hurt her vitality, but it was not so easy to recuperate, Sister Zhu will be three years old after the New Year, but her stomach still has no movement.

Whether it is her or Ye Yichen, she wants to add another son!

Yulan's face was a little gloomy when he thought of this.

Ye Yichen got along with her day and night, and instantly understood what she was thinking, and hurriedly squeezed her hand and said: "Children need fate, don't worry, we are still young, as long as we work hard, there will be good news one day!" ”

This time, Yulan's body and bones are good, and the doctor told them that they don't need to control sexual affairs, so Ye Yichen has worked hard for a while, and Yulan heard him say ambiguously, and he couldn't help but even turn his ears red.

Seeing her like this, Ye Yichen was even more open-minded. Yulan threw all those unpleasant things out of the clouds at this time, and Yulan said: "The prince has really worked hard this time. ”

Ye Yichen sighed lightly: "There is not much time left for me!" ”

Yulan was slightly taken aback. In fact, she already had a guess in her heart, and she stopped suddenly: "Are you going to Hubei!" She could feel that Ye Yichen had a sense of urgency that she couldn't wait, and she couldn't wait to deal with everything in the court in one day.

Ye Yichen was slightly shocked, his wife Lan Xinhui was not hiding from her after all. He said carefully: "Liu Zhang, Emperor Xiaowu of the Shu Han Dynasty, is an unborn genius, Wang Xingyi is more conservative and not enterprising, it is good to be able to hold the defense line steadily, and he cannot be expected to retreat from the enemy." There are very few military generals in the DPRK and China who can take charge alone, and there is no one worthy of Liu Zhang's opponent. Only I'm going to ......" He suddenly raised a big smile and said arrogantly: "Shu Han has divided a Jiazi, and it is time for my Great Chu to dominate the world!"

However, the sword soldiers have no eyes, and the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, Yulan really doesn't want Ye Yichen to go on the expedition.

In an instant, her face darkened, and she said pitifully, "Lord Wang, can't you not go?" You went like this, what should I do with Wen'er Zhu'er? ”

Ye Yichen hugged her tightly in his arms, "I will arrange the affairs in the capital." You will definitely not suffer any losses, you can rest assured of this! ”

Ay! Yulan sighed. She knew that for a person like Ye Yichen, his heart couldn't be closed. His best stage is the magnificent battlefield. Eliminating Shu Han and unifying the world is the long-awaited dream of the three generations of emperors of Great Chu, and it is also the will of Tai-Zu, Ye Yichen has the blood of Tai-Zu in his body, and he regards reunification as his unshirkable responsibility.

In a sense, his desire for reunification was even greater than his desire to sit on the dragon chair in the Forbidden City. Now he is working day and night in order to straighten out the rear so that he can lead the troops to the battle.

Ye Yichen persuaded her softly, without the slightest impatience. Yulan finally had to compromise because she knew that Ye Yichen had already made up her mind. "Then you have to promise me that you must come back safely! If you don't have merit, nothing can compare to the peace and security of our family! ”

Ye Yichen nodded vigorously: "Don't worry!" I will definitely come back safe and sound! ”

The Taihe Hall was burned to the ground by fire, because the imperial court was short of money, and it has not been repaired until now. Therefore, the ceremony of changing the yuan on the first day of the first month was set up in the Baohe Palace.

Ye Yichen led his ministers here to kowtow to the little emperor. At the same time, Yulan led a group of foreign women in Cining Palace to kowtow to the new Empress Dowager **.

This year is the first year of Hongxi, and a new era has begun! No matter how many internal and external troubles there are, at least on the surface, there is a lot of joy inside and outside the palace. Although the little emperor changed the yuan, but the regent is in full swing, but no one can predict that the relationship between the regent and the little emperor will take a sharp turn for the worse, and this Spring Festival in the first year of Hongxi is the only Spring Festival that the regent and the little emperor, the two recognized top figures in later generations, spent together.