"Thank you, Ama." After Ling Ruo took it, he personally put the longevity lock on Jiarou's neck, and after that, Rong Lu and the others also took out a meeting gift to their niece one by one, Rong Lu is a jade pendant with a whole body of turquoise, and what Rong Xiang gave is also jade, but it is a pair of jade pendants, Yilan's gift is the most special, it is a pair of small shoes made by herself, and two butterflies vibrating and ready to fly are embroidered on the upper.

Everyone had lunch in the Chengqian Palace, and they stayed until the evening before leaving, Ling Ruo leaned on the palace gate and stared for a long time, until they walked away and did not retract their gaze, with an indescribable loss in their eyes.

Seeing her like this, Shui Xiu persuaded on the side: "Don't be sad, master, maybe when, you and the master will meet again." ”

Ling Ruo smiled bitterly and turned around and said, "How can it be so easy, but to see this side, this palace is already very satisfied." Saying this, he glanced at the sky and said: "While it's not too late, go to the small kitchen with the palace, and the palace will personally cook a few dishes for the emperor." ”

By the time I arrived at the Heart Cultivation Palace, the sky had already darkened, and only a few faint rays of light were still struggling to disperse.

"Father-in-law, can the emperor be inside?" Ling Ruo asked Sixi, who was hanging down, and the latter whispered: "Back to Niangniang, the emperor is inside, but Niangniang should be careful when she goes in, the emperor is not in a good mood today." ”

Ling Ruo was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there something going on in the court?" ”

Sixi lowered his eyes and said: "Yes, the emperor talked about the matter of paving the land into the mu in the court today, and many ministers in the court objected, and the emperor was already not very happy, but after the next court, those ministers continued to speak to the emperor, which made the emperor feel more and more bad. ”

"This palace knows the way." After saying this, Ling Ruo walked in with the palace door that the palace people pushed open, and as soon as he entered, he saw a ball of paper thrown on the ground, and picked up a ball casually, which said that the land was spread into the mu, the poll tax was reduced, and the privileges of the squire and other meritorious people were abolished, and then most of the people who picked up a few were the same, but they were crumpled and thrown on the ground without writing a few words.

Yin Zhen originally closed his eyes, and heard that someone was going in, anger flashed in his eyebrows, he clearly ordered not to go in, which slave was so bold and reckless, he actually didn't obey his words, opened his eyes and was about to scold, and found that the person standing below was Ling Ruo, his expression slowed down, and he sat up straight and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"The emperor rewarded the concubine with such a great grace, and the concubine naturally wanted to come and thank the emperor in person." As soon as she said this, Yin Zhen also remembered this matter, stroked her forehead and said tiredly: "I originally wanted Sixi to invite your family to the Heart Cultivation Hall to give a banquet, I don't want to have more things in the court today, so I forgot about this matter." ”

"The court is important, and besides, the concubine can meet her family, she is already very happy, and it is the same whether she gives a banquet or not." Ling Ruowen said after saying a word: "Looking at the emperor's appearance, it should be that he hasn't had dinner yet, the concubine made a few side dishes with his own hands, I don't know if the emperor is willing to use a few bites of face." ”

Yin Zhen shook his head and said, "I don't have an appetite now, let's put it aside for now, and I'll use it later." ”

Ling Ruo didn't persuade much, just bent down to pick up the paper balls on the ground one by one and spread them out to smooth them out, Yinzhen saw her move, waved her hand and said, "Leave it aside, just let Xiao Wu come in and clean it up later." ”

"It's almost time to clean up." Saying this, Ling Ruo also picked up the last few paper balls, and after folding the papers one by one, he said, "Is the emperor discussing the matter of dividing the acres with hundreds of officials today?" ”

She didn't say that this was good, as soon as she said it, Yinzhen was full of anger, and slapped the table and said: "Those ministers, as soon as they heard that I wanted to cancel the privileges of those squires and other meritorious people, they did everything possible to stop it, saying that it was easy to shake the fundamentals, no matter what I said, they would not listen, and said that spreading into the acres would only destroy the existing balance and make things difficult to clean up." That's not all, after the next dynasty, he still didn't give up, so he had to tell me that this matter was not appropriate. Hmph, I think they're afraid of hurting their own interests. ”

Ling Ruo pondered for a moment and said: "It is good for the emperor to want to divide the land into the mu, and the concubine remembers that the emperor has mentioned it before, not only to reduce the burden of the people, but also to accumulate as much grain as possible, but this matter is very important, and the current tax law has been extended for many years, and it is not easy to change it all at once." ”

Yin Zhen leaned his head back in his chair and said: "I know that it is not easy, but I didn't expect that there would be so many people who oppose it, all of them think about their own interests, and never consider the situation of the imperial court. Today's Qing Dynasty, looking rich and powerful, in fact, there are many problems, the previous battles and the Fuzhou incident, so that the imperial court has a lot of deficits, once there is another war, the problem will be immediately exposed, and it will be difficult to remedy it at that time, so I must solve these problems before the war starts. ”

Ling Ruo pondered for a moment and said, "The emperor is talking about the war, but does he mean Geer? ”

Yin Zhen nodded and said: "I asked Lao Seventeen carefully, Geerdan is not dead to the Qing Dynasty thief, and has always wanted to make a comeback and rob the Central Plains, you were also there at the time, it should be very clear." The ancestors finally laid down this country, and they must not be damaged in my hands. ”

Ling Ruo walked up to him and said word by word: "The concubine knows the Dao, the first emperor chose the emperor to guard this country, that is, the emperor of the Dao of the Knowing Dao must have the ability to hold it firmly and not let anyone take it away." ”

Her words made Yinzhen's expression soothe slightly, and said: "Having said that, if it continues like this, once the war starts, the situation will be very unfavorable to us, so I will swear to do it again if we divide the land into the mu and cancel the privileges of those squires." ”

"But when the emperor comes like this, he is doing it against the hundred officials, if the hundred officials do not obey, even if the emperor issues a decree, I am afraid that those people will also disobey the yang and the yin."

"I know the way, that's why I'm so troubled." As soon as Yin Zhen's words fell, a pair of slightly cool hands touched his forehead and pressed his temples with a faint ache for him, "Troubles can't solve things, it's better to calm down and think about it, maybe there will be a way." ”

Yin Zhen closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "My heart is very chaotic at this time, Ruo'er, you think about it for me, and see which way can be taken." ”

Ling Ruo responded lightly, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Forgive the concubine for bluntly saying that the emperor wants to divide the entire Qing Dynasty into acres at once, which is inevitably a bit too hasty, and it is easy to make some people jump off the wall in a hurry, after all, the emperor has too much influence on the interests of those rich families, and these people have an inextricable relationship with the officials of the DPRK and China. Therefore, the concubines thought that the emperor might as well find a few places to try to implement the apportionment into the mu, if it is implemented, it will indeed be beneficial to the imperial court's taxation, then the hundred officials can no longer refute the emperor with the theory of shaking the foundation. ”