40 Xifu Begonia

"As for you, those who repair mansions, take wives and concubines, and buy fields, it is time for you to rest, eh? Don't stretch your hands too long. Yuwen Hu said, and glanced at Shizi specifically. Shizi and Sikong Cui Shi immediately lowered their heads and remained silent. Yuwen glanced at his eldest brother and sneered.

"In addition to managing yourself, you also have to manage the people around you and the people in the backyard. Self-cultivation and family can govern the country and level the world, and your skirts and crony, relatives and old things, you must also take care of them, don't let them rely on you in this position, the fox is fake and arrogant! When the time comes, it will ruin your reputation and hold you back. My father will not be spared! Have you all remembered? Although Yuwen Hu spoke slowly, he revealed a great majesty. Let the people below feel breathless. When I heard them ask if they remembered, I hurriedly nodded yes.

"I just heard about these expenses you reported, yes, that's good. Listen, the money of the official is not less than one or two; The money for being a soldier is also not less than one or two; The common people dug a river, cleared the silt, and provided relief for a flood, but they didn't have a single tael of silver. Hehe, the people are noble, are you ashamed? Yuwen Hu put one arm on the desk, leaned forward and leaned forward, stared at the ministers below, and asked with a sneer.

Just now, the ministers said that Yuwen Hu didn't say a word, and now it is Yuwen Hu who said that everyone was speechless, they all lowered their heads and drooped their eyelids......

"Your Majesty has set an example for throttling, but as a courtier, no matter how hard we are in a tight situation, we can't be bitter to the emperor, Ximen Bai, you will halve the other uses of the Heavenly Palace, and then move it to the emperor, the emperor, it is enough to be thrifty, and it is enough for others to laugh at it?" Yuwen Wu commanded.

"Yes, the next official will do it immediately." Simon Bai obeyed.

"The rest is open source, where to open it? Don't you have a lot of reasons when you ask for money? Now let you figure out how to get the money, tell me, where does the money come from? Yuwen Hu asked in a slightly persecutive tone.

The two brothers, Yu Wenshen and Yu Wenxun, rarely had the same thoughts this time, and they both drooped their eyelids and did not intend to speak. The following ministers are also looking at me, and I am looking at you, it seems that there is nothing to be done.

"Huh?" Yuwen Hu continued to ask.

"This, the silver in the treasury is all taxes from all over the country, as well as the salt and iron of the government, and now the field tax in various places is 10% of the 10%, and Chang'an and other places where the grain is produced in Sanqin are 20% of the 10%. Jingzhou, Yizhou and other wealthy prefectures and counties are ten out of ten and two and a half. The commercial tax is heavier than the field tax. Two out of ten are drawn, and in some places even three out of ten. Otherwise, continue to smoke more ......" Da Situ Lianghe saw that others did not speak, and this matter was about himself, so he had to reply stubbornly.

"Year of hunger, lack of use, what is it?"

If you say, "Thoroughly? ”

He said: "Second, I am still insufficient, how thorough is it?" ”

He said: "The people are enough, who is the king and the insufficiency?" The people are insufficient, who is the king? ”

Yuwen Hu recited a passage from the Analects, and then asked, "You all claim to be Confucius's protégés, you should know what this sentence means, right?" Lu Aigong only received 20%, and he was called Aigong by his descendants, what do you want future generations to call the current emperor, how to call this father? ”

Liang He heard this, quickly got up, left the case, knelt down in the middle, and said in a panic, "The minister is confused, the minister lost his words, forgot the teachings of the sages, and put forward such a plan that is detrimental to the wisdom of His Majesty and Tsukasa Zai, please Tsukazai punish the crime!" ”

"Get up, as long as you remember what your father just said, no one's sin will be cured." Yuwen Hu got up and said, then walked down the steps and said, "It's late, sleepy, let's go back, the method is not just sitting and thinking, let's discuss it later." After speaking, he stretched his waist and walked to the door, and Grandpa Xiao hurriedly followed. Everyone hurriedly got up and gave gifts.

When he was about to arrive at the door, Yuwen Hu turned around and said, "Ximen Bai, you will present tonight's performance to the emperor tomorrow." ”

"Yes." Simon White returned.

When everyone saw Yuwen and left, they all packed up their notebooks and dispersed.

Early the next morning, Ximen Bai really presented the book with the seal last night to the emperor, and the emperor looked at the book on the imperial case, and did not open it, but said to Ximen Bai: "Since it is the result of the discussion between Tsukasa Zai and several Aiqing, it can be carried out according to the permission, why do you want to show it to me?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this was presented to His Majesty by Tsukasa Zai, as for what reason, the lower officials don't know." Simon Bai replied.

"Okay, then I'll see." After the emperor finished speaking, he picked up the notebook on the desk, pretended to flip through it casually, and then closed it and said to Ximenbai: "Go back and tell Tsukasa Zai, just say that I have already read it." ”

"Yes, the minister must tell you, and the minister will retire." Simon Bai then took the recital book and withdrew.

Seeing Ximen Bai retreat, the emperor's face slowly turned to iron blue, although he just flipped through it at random just now, but he also had a rough idea of last night's budget expenditures, and since Yu Wenxun and Yu Wenshen united with their henchmen to divide up the silver in the treasury, they only left more than 500,000 taels of silver for this year's disaster relief. Such a meat eater who does not care about the life and death of the people, and lives in the temple, is so insensitive, vicious, and extremely corrupt. It's heartbreaking!

The emperor walked out of the hall in a depressed mood, and happened to see Qin Cheng on duty, so he suddenly remembered something, so he said to Qin Cheng very casually: "General Qin, are you on duty today?" ”

Qin Cheng saw His Majesty's inquiry, so he returned: "Yes, the minister is on duty today." ”

The Emperor nodded and said, "Accompany me to the Imperial Garden." With that, he walked away. Qin Cheng intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the few little eunuchs following behind the emperor, and replied, "The minister obeys the order." Then he followed.

Coming to the Imperial Garden, the emperor and Qin Cheng stood on the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the emperor looked at the lake and said, "I heard the princess say that the general once went to Mr. Taoyuan Lan, I don't know what happened?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has indeed been to Taoyuan, and the princess should tell Your Majesty the purpose of going." Qin Cheng replied truthfully.

"Yes, the princess did say it, I just want to ask again." The emperor said, still looking at the lake.

Qin Cheng suddenly remembered his little junior brother in his heart, remembered the brotherhood between His Majesty and him before, and when His Majesty asked about this matter today, it was difficult to forget the brotherhood of the past. I really want to tell Your Majesty that the little junior brother is still alive, but the little junior brother has solemnly told me that all the plans must come step by step, and there must be no mistakes.

The emperor also remembered his good brother Zhao Yao in the past, if he was here, if Zhao Guiren was here, the difficulty of today's treasury, and his own situation today, maybe it should be very good. However, somehow, another person jumped out of the emperor's mind, and that was Zhu Xuanzhi. This person who claims to eradicate the traitorous party, this person who is confident that he can disrupt the chess game......

"Okay, let's go to Jinghe Palace." The emperor seemed to have made up his mind. Then he walked towards Jinghe Palace, and the little eunuchs behind hurriedly followed.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty." Qin Cheng said, and then remembered the words of the little junior brother who asked His Majesty how the love between the queen was.

When I came to Jinghe Palace, I saw the queen and Xiaofang fiddling with some flowers when I entered the door. It turned out that as early as the Turkic period, the queen was very fond of the strange flowers and plants, customs and customs of the Central Plains and the south, and often ordered people to bring some books and objects from the Central Plains from the caravans.

Now that I am married to Da Zhou, I finally have the opportunity to contact these flowers and plants that I did not have on the grassland before, so I ordered someone to bring many flowers, and I personally read books to learn to raise flowers, while taking care of and pruning, and enjoyed it.

Since the last time the princess had an accident, the emperor was angry with the queen and had never been to Jinghe Palace. The queen also asked to see the emperor and the queen mother because of her brother's guilt, but the emperor did not see her, so she had to stay in the palace and apologize in person after seeing the princess.

Now that the emperor is coming to Jinghe Palace, the eunuch behind him is just about to report, but he is stopped by the emperor. Although the queen is a martial arts practitioner, she is not very vigilant in the palace. It wasn't until the emperor walked into the palace gate that he heard someone come in, and when he looked up, it turned out to be the emperor, so he and Xiaofang immediately came over to kneel and salute.

The queen is still dressed as a Turkic daughter sometimes, but she didn't expect to be bumped into by the emperor. Said nervously: "The concubine didn't know that His Majesty was married, and she didn't have time to dress up, and she begged Your Majesty for forgiveness, please wait a while, and the concubine will go to change her clothes and freshen up immediately." With that, he wanted to get up.

"No, get up." The emperor did not seem to notice what the empress was wearing. But when she heard the queen go to change clothes, she noticed that the queen was dressed in Turkic clothes, so she glanced at it and sneered: "Turkic is so good, what are you and your brother doing in my big Zhou?" ”

The queen, who had just gotten up, heard the emperor mention her brother, and knew in her heart that the emperor was still unhappy because of the princess's affairs, so she knelt down again and said: "The two brothers of the concubines on behalf of the concubines plead guilty to Your Majesty, although the princess does not know about the princess's affairs, but since it was the concubine's brother, the concubines have ...... after all After all, it is difficult to escape the blame. When the concubines see the princess, they will make amends to her. "The queen doesn't seem to know what she should be guilty of.

"Since you said that you didn't know in advance, the so-called ignorant ones are not to blame, and I will condemn you again, wouldn't you be a faint king? Besides, Tsukazai has already dealt with this matter, so I can't say anything more, so get up. "It seems that the emperor is not here to ask the teacher today.

The emperor saw that he had not come these days, and that there were a lot more flowers in the palace, so he took a look around at will, nodded for a while, and shook his head for a while. It's like commenting on the growth of each flower. Suddenly, the emperor fell on a pot of begonias, and said casually: "That pot of Xifu begonias, although they like to be moist, but they don't accumulate water, put them on the windowsill to dry." ”

The queen said happily: "It turns out that Your Majesty also loves these flowers and plants, and the concubine will go." After speaking, he personally put the pot of begonias on the windowsill......