The infighting in the mansion of the big family, Xue Chunyue knew it very well in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. He originally wanted to give her a new world and take care of her for the rest of her life, but unfortunately it backfired, and now he can only be sad......

"I'm sorry, I was a little anxious and lost my temper...... If、If he treats you badly and you want to leave, then tell me, and I will take you away without saying a word. The world is very big, don't just limit your eyes to Haeju, we can go to many places, no matter how bad it is, I will take you to Silla, where there is no power that can restrain us, we can live as we want. ”

Chunyue ...... You have painted a wonderful picture for me, but unfortunately I have no blessings...... Go to Changxing here, manage your relationship with the Ye family well, if you want to break the power into the household, the Ye family is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed. Su Yuming didn't want to live a life of Qin Se and Ming with him, but it was already a boat, and it was impossible for her to abandon everyone and be with him calmly.

Xue Chunyue knew that she couldn't jump out of the restraints of etiquette, so she had no choice but to be silent. He knew that she could come to the appointment, and he had already mustered up great courage, he couldn't let her be frightened anymore, and he didn't want her to be embarrassed and humiliated by Xue Huijin, so he endured the pain of lovesickness and said goodbye to her.

"That being the case, I only wish you and I good health in this life, even if we can't stay together day by day, we can see each other every year...... In the future, we will be well......"

Su Yuming turned around abruptly, not wanting Xue Chunyue to see her teary eyes......

The cuckoo was waiting for her in the courtyard, she was already anxious, and when she saw Xue Chunyue and Su Yuming coming over from a distance, she immediately greeted her, helped Su Yuming to leave Xue Chunyue three feet away, and said in a low voice, "Young lady, this is the courtyard of the mansion owner, why are you still so close to the second young master!" ”

Su Yuming comforted her, turned to Xue Chunyue and said, "Chunyue, go back to the room quickly, your family and friends will come to see you off early tomorrow morning, you have to take care of your spirit to deal with them one by one." ”

At this time, she was still thinking about these mundane affairs, Xue Chunyue sighed, and had to turn around and leave.

After seeing Xue Chunyue leave, Su Yuming turned to Du Juan and asked, "Is the eldest young master back?" ”

"Not yet, I just went to the concierge to inquire, saying that I was going to leave and come back, you go back and wait, the slave is worried that if the eldest young master sees something, you will suffer again......"

"What else can he say, what else can he do? It's been a year, and I'm used to it......"

Seeing her sad face, the cuckoo felt uncomfortable, so he stopped talking and helped her back to her room.

Xue Chunyue looked down at the courtyard in the attic, and watched Su Yuming return to the side courtyard, but after her figure disappeared for a long time, she didn't leave, Xuecheng was puzzled, and stepped forward and said, "Young master, the eldest young lady has gone back, and now the time is approaching, it's time to go back and rest." ”

"Xuecheng, I asked you to inquire about the eldest young master before, how is it?"

"The villain got some news from Xueqian, and as the young master expected, the eldest young master wanted to climb to the head of the household through the relationship of the Wu family, Zheng Yiheng, and Lord Zheng."

Although the Tobe Division is only a four-rank official, he is directly in charge of the Equalization Division and the Equalization Division, the Equalization Division is in charge of the collection and transportation of the tribute tax in kind, and the Equalization Division is in charge of the market sales and pricing of the tribute tax in kind. Since the Xue family eats the bowl of rice, they are indispensable to deal with him.

"Xuecheng, it seems that you and Xueqian have a good relationship, it will only be long before we come back from Silla, and you will be able to take out his words."

Xuecheng scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "They are all the personal guards of the masters, and these are all small friendships." In other words, since our lord and the second lord had an awkward quarrel, the news channel in Changheungdu has become a poor alley, running into walls everywhere, just like the Junyi Division intends to take back the right to purchase military rations, if it weren't for the fact that you have connections in the Silla royal family, I don't know when you will know, and now the eldest young master is in a hurry to act privately as soon as he gets the news, isn't this taking advantage of you. ”

"So didn't the master send me into the capital to repair the relationship with the Jingwang Mansion and the second master?"

"I'll give you this hard bone, and I'll give it to the eldest young master for lying down and running the family business, will it be a little biased......"

"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to give this business to my brother, the world is big, there are hundreds of industries, I still do it to earn five buckets of rice to eat, and I won't starve to death." It's just that I can't let you and Xinyan suffer with me, so don't you take the initiative to ask for someone? Hahaha......"

"I didn't suffer because I followed the young master, and Xueqian suffered only after I followed the eldest young master." After speaking, Xuecheng consciously bowed and saluted.

"I haven't been good at other skills, but I've grown a lot more at sycophancy...... Without further ado, go and help me pack up and leave early tomorrow morning! ”

Xuecheng scratched his head and smiled, agreed, and retired first.

Xue Chunyue still stood in the attic and did not leave until he saw Xue Huijin's figure enter the side courtyard and the lights in the courtyard went out, so he turned around and left. I always have to see her rest in person to feel at ease......

Xue Chunyue was about to go back to the room, but he saw Xue Chenggui waiting at the door of his room, he hurriedly stepped forward, saluted and asked, "Father, is there something?" Why don't you send someone to spread the word and ask you to wait for a long time in this tuyere? ”

Xue Chenggui walked into the room with him, sat down together and said, "Chunyue, you should understand my deep intention of sending you into the capital. Since the infighting of the Xue family ten years ago, the Xue Mansion in Haizhou and the Xue Mansion in Changxing have gradually drifted apart, and our power in Changxing has been shrinking day by day. Although King Jing said that he remained neutral and did not get involved in the internal affairs of our Xue family, he was in the court, and he would inevitably look towards Cheng Ming...... Our family business started from your grandfather's errands for the imperial court, and we relied on the affairs of the imperial court to make a living, and decided to be inseparable from the heavenly family and the court. ”

"The child understands."

Xue Chenggui nodded, "I know you understand...... Before leaving, I need to ask you one more thing, the Ye family ......"

"The boy also understands that the father doesn't need to mention it again."

Xue Chenggui shook his head with a wry smile and continued, "I'm not talking about Ye Qinyu, I'm talking about Ye Cizhun, Ye Cikai's brother. ”

"Who is Ye Cizhun?" Xue Chunyue was a little surprised, as far as he knew, there was no such name among the people in charge of the household department.

"Zhengwupin Taifu Temple is Zheng."

"Taifu Temple has always been just a business agency of the Ministry of Households, undertaking the government affairs of the Ministry of Households, and it has no decision-making power, so does it need to focus on management?"

Xue Chenggui Zhengse said, "I thought so for my father before, but when you came back a few days ago, I had Xiushu Jing Prince to report on the matter, and he fed back an important message to me in his reply, the imperial court intends to put the Even-loss Division and the Pingzhun Division under the jurisdiction of the Taifu Temple, first, to streamline the organization of the Household Department, second, to intend to support the Taifu Temple, check and balance the Household Department, and third, to let the Even-Lose and Pingzhun have a greater platform to display. ”

"In this way, Zheng Yiheng is no longer the person in charge of the world's dispatch?" Xue Chunyue sighed in his heart, I don't know how much money Xue Huijin and the Wu family have invested in Zheng Yiheng, but judging from the fact that they have not received any clues of institutional reform, the two should be helpless.

"I haven't heard the news that Zheng Yiheng will change, he is a member of the household department, and he shouldn't go to Taifu Temple. After the equalization and leveling are transferred to Taifu Temple, there will be a separate management of the equalization and leveling affairs from the five products and the equalization order. ”

Since Xue Yin and Ye Cikai jointly established the equalization system, Daye Guo has formed a new system of dispatching and realizing tribute taxes in kind. The taxes of all walks of life are paid in kind, and the payment of grain for growing grain, the cloth for weaving, and the wine for brewing are tribute taxes in kind, and only businesses with cash as the transaction carrier can pay money.

The law stipulates that the tax in kind shall be transported to a designated place by the taxpayer directly or hired by the taxpayer for storage, and then transferred from the inventory after collection by the imperial court. In order to ensure the quality and quantity of the tax, the households often have to transport more materials or hire professional transporters to transport them on their own, and the cost is not rich.

The equalization system set up by Xue Yin refers to the establishment of equalization institutions in each county, where the county government directly takes over the tribute tax in kind after taking inventory of the taxes of the households, and then transports it to high-priced areas to be sold by the equalization agency, or handed over to the equalization agency on the spot to put it on the market.

After the tribute tax in kind is converted into cash, it can be directly put into the national treasury, and secondly, it can also be purchased from the local abundant and cheap commodities and shipped to high-priced areas for sale, so as to realize reinvestment and increase profits.

The equalization agency is responsible for selling taxes when they are expensive and buying them when they are cheap, so as to curb monopoly and stabilize prices. In this way, it can not only reduce the losses caused by the long-distance transportation of tributes in the past, but also relatively reduce the transportation burden of households, and at the same time increase financial revenue. This system has been appreciated by the emperor since its establishment, and it is the primary achievement of Xue Yin to stand firm in the household department.

Xue Chenggui took a sip of tea and sighed, "It's just that after your grandfather died, not only did people take tea and cool down, but even the policy of equalizing losses was gradually abandoned." Now, after a few wars, the treasury is empty, and His Majesty remembers this system and wants to re-establish the equalization of losses. ”

"In this way, the reform of grain and grass procurement is only a small part of this great change, and the imperial court wants to re-establish the business of the world's product trade."

"To be correct, the trade of goods is very profitable, and the imperial court also wants a piece of the pie, and it can't let all the money in the world be made by private businessmen."

"The whole world is already the imperial court, and they still have to compete with small businessmen such as me for small profits??"

"Huh...... Chunyue, you are still young, how do you know how big the expenses of the imperial court are, in the first few years of war with Fanbang, the imperial court is eager to shake the treasury to the bottom to find money, a copper coin is eager to break in half and spend. Even if there are tens of millions of money, it is not enough to burn in a war...... What's more, the imperial court still has thousands of bureaucratic subordinates and court slaves, which mouth is not stuffed with any dissatisfaction? ”

Xue Chunyue nodded thoughtfully, "Then the Ye Cizhun you are talking about, is it the new person in charge of the equalization that His Majesty prefers?" ”

"It's just that there is this possibility, the financial master who can be in charge of the world's property is not so easy to find, and now the household department and Taifu Temple are some stereotypical masters who read the books of sages, where do they know what financial management and business. Ye Cizhun is from the Changxing Ye family, and he is good at careful calculation, if the average loss is really assigned to Taifu Temple, he must be the No. 1 person in charge of His Majesty's favor. ”

"Ye Cizhun is the person, how did you find out?" Xue Chunyue believed that Prince Jing and Xue Chengming would not be the ones who provided the information, and the Xue family in Haizhou had no connections in Changxing, so it was unlikely that Xue Chenggui would learn about such a secret master, and he was worried that someone would deliberately set up a situation to lure the Xue family to the bait.

"Your brother-in-law, Li Jingfeng."