After Zhao Yin came in, he respectfully saluted Yang Xiong and Dong Zhong, and Yang Xiong asked with a pleasant face: "Zhao Yin, you really surprised the old man and others this time, but the old man still has something to confirm, is this policy really written by yourself?" Can anyone help? ”

"Master Yang, Master Dong, the student swears to the sky, this policy is indeed from the hand of the student alone, and it is also the true thoughts of the student's heart." Zhao Yin replied solemnly.

Yang Xiong nodded and said, "Teacher believes you, Zhao Yin, now tell me how you came up with this method?" ”

Zhao Yin was overjoyed, and replied happily: "Two gentlemen, don't hide it, my father also does salt and iron business, although it is a little difficult to get into the elegant hall, but my father was poor and afraid when he was a child, so he was particularly persistent in money, and now my father was entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty and became a young government order, and my father handed over the salt and iron business at home to the students in order to avoid suspicion......

At this time, Dong Zhong was a little impatient to hear it, and interrupted Zhao Yin's words and said, "No one asked you to talk about your family's business experience, hurry up and get down to business." ”

Zhao Yin was drunk like this by Dong Zhong, and he didn't know where to talk about it, Yang Xiong glared at Dong Zhong and then comforted him amiably: "Zhao Yin, it's okay, just follow your previous train of thought." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yin was reassured in his heart, arched his hand and said, "No." ”

Zhao Yin continued: "After the students took over the business, the shopkeeper of my family complained to the students several times, saying that now the salt and iron official business, the business is really getting more and more difficult to do, and every time I go to buy salt and iron, I have to make an appointment in advance, and I have to wait for a long time. ”

Yang Xiong nodded and said: "That's true, now the imperial court has just started to do it, and it should be slower, and it should get better in the future." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yin immediately shook his head and said, "Master Yang, the student didn't mean to slander the imperial court's policies, the student just wanted to express his opinion. Zhao Yin was actually frightened by what happened last time, so he had such an explanation.

Yang Xiong smiled and said, "Haha, okay, you go on, the old man doesn't interject casually." ”

Zhao Yin wiped the sweat on his head and continued: "The students got inspiration from this, during the Taiping period, grain was honestly not very valuable, and the merchants were not short of food, but what they lacked was salt and iron, and the imperial court was just the opposite, so can we exchange grain for salt and iron?" As long as the imperial court controlled it properly, it was also feasible to release a small amount of salt and iron in advance. ”

After listening to this, Yang Xiong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Sure enough, people can't look good, Dong Zhong, the first place in our Gantang this semester is Zhao Yin, the old man will go to see Your Majesty now, maybe Your Majesty will have other rewards." ”

Yang Xiong encouraged Zhao Yin a few more words, and hurriedly entered the palace, Zhao Yin also happily said goodbye and left, leaving Dong Zhong to ponder in place: "Zhao Yin, this kid doesn't seem to have made it clear which family he belongs to?" Do you want to take this opportunity to take this person? ”

In Gantang, the person who is the first in the annual assessment is destined to be sent to an official in the future, and he is not a county official or a master bookkeeper, and after graduation, the youngest is a seven-grade county order, so Zhao Yin is already very happy to get this reward, as for the emperor, Zhao Yin does not dare to expect too much, as long as the emperor can take advantage of this incident to eliminate his dissatisfaction with himself.

After Yang Xiong entered the palace, he told Li Jun the original thing, and after listening to it, Li Jun patted his thigh and said, "Good idea, Zhao Yin has made a great contribution this time." ”

This is the Ming Dynasty's famous open law, although in the end in the Ming Dynasty rulers of the struggle for power, this open law slowly abolished, but in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di relied on this policy to beat the Mongols.

After sending Yang Xiong away, Li Jun called Zhao Kang, and when Li Jun saw Zhao Kang, he laughed and said, "Zhao Qing, you have a good son, I looked away before." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Kang was startled, and thought that his son had made some mistake again, which made Li Jun unhappy, Zhao Kang immediately knelt down and cried: "Your Majesty, please forgive me, the dog is not sensible, if there is something that provokes your place, please raise your noble hand and let him go, my family is in a single lineage, there is only such a son, please Your Majesty pity my Zhao family for the sake of His Royal Highness King Qi, right?" ”

Hearing Zhao Kang pretending to be pitiful here, Li Jun couldn't cry or laugh, and sent the attendant to help Zhao Kang up and said: "Okay, Zhao Qing, don't cry anymore, you misunderstood what I meant, Zhao Yin has made a great contribution to me this time, and I came to you to prepare a reward." ”

"Ah, really? Your Majesty, that stinky boy probably doesn't have that ability, right? Zhao Kang asked suspiciously.

So Li Jun told Zhao Kang about the matter, Zhao Kang couldn't help but applaud after hearing it, Li Jun asked with a smile: "Okay, Zhao Yin's meritorious service this time is not small, but Master Yang has already been rewarded, and it is inconvenient for me to reward here, so let's make up for the 500 fiefs that I punished a few days ago." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, it is within the minister's duty to share the worries of the country." After hearing this, Zhao Kang immediately knelt down and thanked him.

Li Jun waved his hand and said: "Merit is merit, merit is fault, don't mix it up, since it was your son who came up with this good idea this time, then you should go back and discuss it with your good son and see how Shaofu should handle this matter?" ”

"No, the minister obeys."

After Zhao Kang left Daming Palace, he went to see King Qi again, and then he happily went out of the palace, when he passed by Dongshi, he smelled the smell of persimmon cakes, Zhao Kang suddenly remembered that a long time ago, he often brought his son to Dongshi to eat persimmon cakes, but since he became a marquis, the relationship between father and son has faded a lot, and the father and son rarely sit together and talk calmly.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kang's heart couldn't help but feel a little sour, so he ordered: "Housekeeper, go outside and buy a few persimmon cakes, remember to make them freshly, hot, and go back and bring them to the young master to eat." ”

"Don't worry, master, the young master's taste is the old slave knows best."

Zhao Kang went back to the house with the persimmon cake that had just come out of the pot in his hand, and before he arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw a group of people surrounding in front of his mansion. ”

Soon the housekeeper heard the news and ran back, and the housekeeper said happily: "Master, it's a good thing, our young master is a blockbuster this time, and the people of all the sons and hundreds of families have sent people to make a post, ready to invite our young master." ”

Zhao Kang didn't feel a little excited when he heard this, because Zhao Kang knew that his majesty's favorite thing was the lonely minister, and the most annoying thing was to form a party for personal gain, so now his Zhao family can't touch this red line.

So Zhao Kang immediately ordered: "Housekeeper, hurry up and go to Yushan to tell the young master not to go home these days, just stay in Gantang, these people in Gantang still don't dare to rob people so justifiably, and there is also the matter of exchanging salt and iron for grain, let him think about a way to tell me." ”

"The old slave obeys." After saying this, the old butler rode away.