The emperor is the monarch of a country, and naturally he should have all the best things in the country, the best food, the best clothes, the best chariots and horses, the best and most imposing houses, and the most beautiful women. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is the privilege of every emperor, Li Longji is no exception, and even, in order to get the woman he thinks is the best, he robbed his daughter-in-law who has been married to his son for five years, and took it with him all day long, and lived a comfortable life.

But at this moment, Li Longji's heart was a little unhappy, he felt that he had been neglected as the king of a country, such a comfortable rocking chair, many people have it, and he, the emperor, actually enjoyed it, how can this work? Since ancient times, the emperor has given priority, and the most beautiful things should be enjoyed by the emperor first.

Li An naturally understood Li Longji's thoughts, the emperors were more arrogant, thinking that everything good should be their own, so he smiled slightly and explained: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, Weichen's rocking chair has just been invented, the performance is not very stable, and there are still many places to be improved. ”

"It's too humble, such a good thing, I think it's perfect, I like it."

Li Longji closed his eyes and shook his body, as if he had seen through Ang Lee's excuse.

"If Your Majesty likes it, Weichen will order the craftsman to use the best wood to build a better rocking chair and send it to the palace, and he will also carve a real dragon around it, so that it is more compatible with His Majesty's status."

Li An decided to prepare a luxurious version of the carved dragon rocking chair for Li Longji, so as to show the difference between Li Longji as an emperor and ordinary people, and only the emperor dared to make a rocking chair carved with a real dragon.

Li Longji opened his eyes with satisfaction, saw the bicycle leaning on a tree next to him, and asked, "What are those two wheels?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's a bicycle, it's for people to go out, and the speed is not slower than riding a horse at all, but it's a little bumpy."

"Oh, the bike? It's as fast as riding a horse, can I try it? ”

Li Longji became interested.

"No, no, Your Majesty, this is too dangerous, let's let the people of my mansion show it to you!"

As soon as he heard that Li Longji was going to ride a bicycle himself, Li An was frightened, if Li Longji was to fall out of the way, he couldn't afford it, after all, as long as he was a novice, when he first learned to ride a bicycle, there were few people who didn't get dropped, and several of the people in his mansion were bruised and swollen.

When Li Longji heard the danger, he didn't insist, nodded, and motioned to Li An to find someone to demonstrate.

Li An let the mansion ride the best black bean demonstration, this black bean is one of the four Kunlun slaves that Li An bought, although he is the thinnest, it seems that he does not have much strength, but he is very shrewd, now he can speak the simple Tang language, since he learned to ride a bicycle, he can ride better than anyone else, and even play with riding skills, which makes Li An a little embarrassed.

Black Bean comes from the distant African continent, although he learned the language of the Tang Dynasty, but he does not have a high understanding of the imperial authority of the Tang Dynasty, and he does not quite understand what the emperor is, he only knows that he is Li An's servant, and if he obeys Li An's arrangement, he will have meat to eat, and he will be able to have a good life.

Therefore, let him perform in front of Li Longji, he will not have any psychological burden, but it is conducive to playing the most real level, and he will not be defeated because of nervousness.

"Black Beans, come on!"

Black Bean smirked, rode the bicycle very quickly, circled back and forth in the open space in the big backyard, and performed his riding skills from time to time, which made people feel wonderful.

"Your Majesty, my Datang lacks horses, and everyone can't ride horses like the Turks, only rich and people with status can ride horses, and after having bicycles, it will greatly facilitate the travel of ordinary people and reduce the time on the road."

Ang Lee carefully pointed out the fact that Datang lacked horses, and at the same time explained the reason why he invented the bicycle.

"Yes, yes! It is a good thing to be able to benefit the people, I support you, if there is a better invention, let me know as soon as possible, and don't let me be in the dark. ”

Li Longji's expression was very happy, after all, he was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and he also hoped that the people under his command could live a good life, and the more of these things that are conducive to the benefit of the people, of course, the better.

"San Lang, hehehehe!"

I didn't know what medicine I had taken wrong, but Yang Yuhuan couldn't help laughing.

"Brute, what's wrong?"

"Monkey, did Saburo see it? Hee-hee-hee! ”

Yang Yuhuan smiled even happier.

"Monkeys?"

Li Longji looked around and looked at Li An with a confused expression, after all, this is Li An's mansion, and only Li An knows best whether there are monkeys or not.

Li An naturally understood what kind of medicine Yang Yuhuan had taken wrong, and reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's black." ”

Li Longji was not stupid, he suddenly patted his head and said with a smile: "Hahaha! It's quite similar, hahaha! ”

The monkey Yang Yuhuan said is the black bean that is riding a bicycle, the African originally looked like a monkey, and the black bean was relatively thin, and it looked a bit like a monkey from a distance, and it was a black monkey with clothes.

"San Lang, I've finished reading everything here, let's go look elsewhere!"

Yang Yuhuan had long heard that Ang Lee's mansion had a lot of interesting and good things, so he was eager to see all the rare things, and no one could be left behind.

Li Longji remembered that he had come to Li An's mansion and had something to do, so he looked at Yu Chaoen: "Yu Chaoen, you accompany the lady to take a look around, I still have important things to discuss with General Li." ”

Although Yang Yuhuan is favored, she doesn't dare to make trouble unreasonably, she doesn't dare to say anything on many major and state affairs, this is also Li Longji's bottom line, his throne and rights can't even touch his own son, let alone a woman?

Li An made a look and asked Zhao Liu to lead the way, accompanying Yang Yuhuan and Yu Chaoen to visit elsewhere, while Li An accompanied Li Longji and Gao Lishi along the sandwich road to the main hall in the front yard.

Li Longji is the king of a country, of course, he has to sit in the main seat, while Li An can only sit in the guest seat.

"Ang Lee, do you know what I came to you for today?"

Li Longji took a sip of tea and asked.

Li An knew that Li Longji could not have come just for curiosity, there must be more important things, and at this time, except for the two tax laws, there were no particularly important things, Yu Chaoen had already reminded him one step earlier.

"Your Majesty is here for the two tax laws!"

"That's right, King Xin'an has already told me that you proposed the two tax laws, and I want to hear your opinion in person."

This problem has been bothering Li Longji for a day, and if it can't be solved smoothly, he won't be at ease.

"Your Majesty, land annexation has been unstoppable, the land of the nobles is more and more, and the land of ordinary people is getting less and less, when I founded the Tang Dynasty, each adult male can get a hundred acres of land, which is enough to pay the tax of rent and Yong, but now, many people's land has become less, or even completely lost their land, but the rent is still charged according to the standard of one hundred acres, which has led to many people being unable to pay taxes, and have to flee with their families, and even become official slaves, in the long run, the court will get less and less taxes, In the event of natural and man-made disasters, the tax revenue of the imperial court will be insufficient, and the reform of the tax system is already imminent. ”

Li An persuaded without hesitation.

"How can I not know the benefits of the two tax laws, but this tax law is very wide-ranging, and those who have a lot of land will unite to resist it, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to clean it up when the time comes."

Li Longji expressed the worries in his heart.

"Your Majesty don't worry, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, King Xin'an and a small number of ministers have decided to support the two tax laws, in addition, among those who have more land, many of them have violated His Majesty's ban on annexing land, and wantonly buy land, this is a crime of deception, if they support the two tax laws and do not pursue them, otherwise, they must be dealt with strictly, punish a few more disobedient, and the people below will naturally be honest, besides, the two tax laws are just a small cut of a small piece of meat on the field many, and the big piece of meat is still kept for them? As long as they are able to get the handle of their sin of deceiving the king, they will have to submit. ”

Li An smiled lightly and gave Li Longji an idea.

"Ang Li, you can come up with such a vicious idea at such a young age, I have always doubted, are you really only a weak crown year?"

Li Longji recognized Ang Lee's strategy very much, but at the same time, he was also amazed that Ang Lee was so young, how could he have such powerful means.

"Wechen is standing here, does Your Majesty think that Wechen's weak crown year can be fake?"

Ang Lee smiled faintly.

"Hahaha! Li An, I think it is too condescending to let you serve as the general of the Right Dragon Martial Army, and there is still a vacancy in the position of the head of the household department, so I will appoint you as the head of the household department, and you are in the rank of the fourth rank, do you have the confidence to be a good official? ”

Li Longji was not stingy, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he gave it to a high-ranking official of the household department, which surprised Li An.

"Your Majesty, Wechen is worried that he is not competent, after all, the household department has to manage the household registration of the world, in charge of income and expenditure, things are too complicated, Wechen is afraid that he will not be able to sort out the clues and live up to His Majesty's trust."

Li An is really incompetent for these tedious things, so he doesn't dare to thank him easily.

"You think too much, these trivial and specific things, naturally the following people are responsible, you only need to be responsible for the implementation of the two tax laws, if you encounter obstacles, according to what you said, find evidence of their annexation of land, threaten them with the crime of bullying the king, and let them obediently support the new policy, so that it can always be!"

Li Longji asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty Xie's trust, Weichen will definitely not let you down."

Li An happily accepted Li Longji's appointment, although he had never worked in the household department, but the people below were responsible for the small things and chores, and he only needed to force everyone to accept the two tax laws step by step, and the task was not very heavy.

Of course, at this time, there was also a household servant in the Tang Dynasty, that is, Guo Xuji, who was not famous in history, about Guo Xuji, what future generations know is the epitaph written by Yan Zhenqing himself.

After all, if you want to leave a name in future generations, you either did a great good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, or you did an evil thing, ordinary and honest will not be remembered, Guo Xuji is an honest person who works hard, neither has much merit, nor has he done anything out of the ordinary, so it is not easy for history to remember him, if it were not for the epitaph written by Yan Zhenqing himself to be discovered the day after tomorrow, there may be fewer people who know him.

According to the official system of the Tang Dynasty, from high to low, it is divided into three provinces and six departments, of which Shangshu Province has six departments, and the household department is only one of the six departments, which is mainly responsible for household registration and taxation, that is, it is in charge of finance, which is similar to the national finance of later generations.

The original name of the household department was the Ministry of Households, which lasted for hundreds of years, but the name of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was Li Shimin, and the people committed a taboo, so it was changed to the Ministry of Households.

The highest chief executive of the household department is called the head of the household department, and he is in the third official position, and there is only one, the official second only to the head of the household department is the head of the household department, and the establishment is two, but under normal circumstances, there is only one person, because a book and a waiter are enough to deal with all kinds of things in the household department, and Li An was suddenly named the head of the household department, mainly because Li Longji needs someone to be responsible for promoting the two tax laws, and the original two are obviously incompetent, so Li An naturally does not need to do anything else, just do a good job in the two tax laws wholeheartedly.

In the main hall, Ang Lee answered all kinds of questions raised by Li Longji, and he was often able to draw inferences from one another, which made Li Longji very satisfied.

In the inner courtyard of the main house, Yang Yuhuan, under the guidance of Zhao Liu, visited the tap water toilet and the Gong room with a flush toilet, and then looked at the bathroom.

Hearing that the bathroom of Li An's mansion can ensure the temperature of enough to wear a single clothes, Yang Yuhuan is envious, she has already learned the temperature in the vegetable greenhouse, and the bathroom is also equipped with a fireplace, so as long as these fireplaces are all lit, the temperature of the bathroom will definitely be guaranteed.

"Steward Zhao, is this bathroom often used?"

Yang Yuhuan asked casually.

"If you go back to your mother, Ah Lang will come to bathe with his wife every three or five days, Ah Lang is a good person, sometimes after washing, he will let us continue to wash, saying that we can't waste water."

Zhao Liuxin was straightforward and said it casually, because he could see that Yang Yuhuan in front of him was not bad, and there would be no bad consequences if he said these words.

"General Li is quite good at enjoying it."

Yang Yuhuan smiled inadvertently, she didn't care about the second half of the sentence, what interested her was that Li An bathed with his wife, after all, she often bathed with Li Longji, and did a lot of embarrassing things, as soon as he thought of these things, his face was a little hot, and an indescribable sense of excitement rose from his heart, which may be a sense of resonance!

"By the way, when I first came, why didn't I see General Li's wife come to pick him up?"

Yang Yuhuan suddenly remembered that when she and Li Longji first arrived at Ang Lee's mansion, only Ang Lee was the only one with a group of servants kneeling down to take over, and she didn't see Ang Lee's wife, at that time, she didn't think much about it, but at this time, he was very curious and wanted to know what Ang Lee's wife looked like. (To be continued.) )