Yongchang City, the imperial capital in October, is already a little cold. Those young and frivolous sons and brothers couldn't wait to put on gorgeous light furs, and the incense cart carried the famous prostitutes in the Qinglou quickly, touring the mountains and rivers, sad spring and autumn, and passing the rich and boring time.

In the Meditation Pavilion of the Imperial City Pleasure Garden, Shi Fangzhen stood with his hands in his hands, facing the center of the lake, looking at the Changxin Lake that gradually showed a sense of gloom. Thirty years old, now thirteen years old, Shi Fangzhen's eyes have hidden wrinkles, the wind blows the bright yellow brocade robe on his body, and he can't take away the faint sorrow on his body.

Since the reign of hard work, Shi Fangzhen suppressed the family, used cutting-edge ministers, cleared the fields to prevent annexation, but along the way there has been constant resistance, now Huazhou erosion, the Northern Desert is delayed, the rule of officials is shocking, Duan Cizong in Chuzhou trial "tax into one" is not satisfactory, resistance is slow. Thinking that he was trying his best to govern the country, it didn't seem to be much better than when his father Emperor Xuan was emperor, which made Shi Fangzhen feel a little lost and frustrated.

There was a screen in the pavilion to block the lake breeze blowing, and Liu Weiguo stood on the side of the screen, looking at the Son of Heaven with some concern. During this period of time, the Son of Heaven has been worried, the amount of tea and rice has been reduced, and he has obviously lost weight, how can his body eat like this.

From the other end of the Jiuqu Bridge, there was a woman's laughter, Liu Weiguo was overjoyed, and when he heard the laughter, he knew that Princess Anshou had entered the palace. Sure enough, Princess Anshou ran quickly towards Tingxin, and Lao Yuan laughed loudly: "Father, my daughter has come to see you." ”

Shi Fangzhen turned around, with a smile on his face, looked at his daughter who ran closer, and pretended to be angry: "Why are you still so crazy, Wei Youcheng doesn't know how to restrain you, and blindly let you mess around." ”

An Shou didn't salute when he approached, and directly hugged his father's arm and said with a smile: "He dares, see if his daughter doesn't clean him up." ”

Shi Fang patted his daughter's head lovingly, and sighed: "You, you, have made me spoiled." ”

Queen Wang took the crown prince Shi Chongwei to salute closely, and Shi Fangzhen waved his hand and said, "What are you doing with so many salutes in the family, sit down." Liu Weiguo, choose a few fruits from Wei Zhoujin, and then prepare two pieces of each for An Shou to take back. ”

An Shouxi shook his father's arm diligently and said with a smile: "Father is the best." ”

Taking a grapefruit handed over by Queen Wang, Shi Fangzhen said: "An Shou, Yu Chengke told you, he may have to go out of Beijing to serve abroad in the next year?" ”

An Shou pursed his lips and said in a coquettish voice: "Say, father, can't you not let him out of Beijing?" ”

"I intend to order the scholars and politicians to go through the training next year, which is beneficial to their growth, and you don't want Yucheng to grow up in the greenhouse all the time. After going through the wind and rain, you can spread your wings and fly high and become the pillar of the country, otherwise let Youcheng be his rich and noble horse with peace of mind. ”

Queen Wang interjected on the side: "The queen mother pleads with your father and the emperor to let you take you with you when you become a foreign officer, so that your husband and wife do not have to separate." ”

An Shou said sadly: "However, in this way, I can't often come to see my father, the queen mother, and my younger brother." ”

Shi Chongwei said with a smile: "This is easy to do, let my father and emperor settle my brother-in-law in a county close to the capital." ”

An Shou said half sadly and half proudly: "Wei Lang said that he was going to a remote poor county to share his father's sorrows and sorrows, and he also said something like the more poor the land is willing to bathe in the emperor's grace." ”

"Good", Shi Fang really praised: "This is my good horse, he can be down-to-earth, and it is not impossible that one day the Wei family will be the same as each other." ”

The family ate fruits, looked at the lakes and mountains, talked and laughed, and unconsciously, the melancholy on Shi Fangzhen's brows faded a lot.

Shen Shizhong, Liu Weiguo, who was standing on the side, coughed softly, An Shou glared at him dissatisfied, and said, "Father-in-law Liu, it's rare for my father to relax with us, so don't rush him." ”

Shi Fangzhen is very diligent in government, and in the morning he receives the minister to deal with government affairs, and then drives the imperial study to review the folds until the unitary time, and when there are many twists and turns, he has to continue the day at night. However, everyone is tired, and occasionally Shi Fangzhen will go to the harem after lunch to listen to singing and dancing or go to the imperial garden to relax, and then go back to the imperial study. Pleasure time is easy to pass, so Shi Fangzhen set up a rule, amusement is not in the middle of Shen Shizhong, and when the time comes, Liu Weiguo reminds himself to go back to the imperial study.

"I am the lord of the world, how can I travel all day long like you. Prince, you go with me to the Imperial Study, I want to hear how you handle political affairs. Shi Fangzhen stood up with a smile, refreshed his spirits, and called the prince to accompany him.

Under the eager eyes of the queen and queen, Shi Chongwei followed his father to the imperial study, and there was a half-foot-high recital on the table, which was sent by the political hall to the emperor for the emperor's decision. Shi Fangzhen saw that there were not many folds, so he motioned to the prince to pick up the folds and recite them, while he leaned on the chair and closed his eyes to listen, and when the prince finished reading, he listened to the prince's opinions by the way, and then analyzed his views to the prince, and finally put pen to paper to approve the folds.

In an hour or so, there were two envelopes left, and the lights were already in the room. Shi Fangzhen smiled: "Wei'er work harder, after reading these two books, let's go back to your mother's place for dinner." ”

Shi Chongwei said with a smile: "The sons are not tired, having this good opportunity to learn politics with their father is a pleasure that the sons and daughters can't ask for, how can it be hard." ”

Shi Fangzhen bowed slightly and closed his eyes again. Shi Chongwei stretched out his hand to take the recital, cleared his throat, and read: "Please try to "combine taxes into one". ”

"Oh, but did Jiang Anyi play it?" Shi Fangzhen opened his eyes and asked. Half a month ago, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs reported the results of Jiang Anyi's disposal to the Son of Heaven, and he was really framed.

"It's exactly what Master Jiang played." Shi Chongwei responded. Fuluo's diary makes the prince in the deep palace feel the interesting stories and strange stories of the people, which is no less than opening an outward window for him, Shi Chongwei is full of expectations for the Fuluo diary once every ten years, although Jiang Anyi is far away in Fuluo County, but the prince's feelings for him are more enhanced than when he was teaching in the East Palace.

“…… If the tax is one, and the officials have no place to profit and obey the law, they will be disciplined and disciplined, and the accumulated disadvantages will be changed, and the world will be governed by it. However, the terrain of the north and the south is different, or there is a rich field, or there is a barren land and less production, when the ministers ask for long live the government, depending on the time and the situation, it varies from person to person, and it is prudent to deal with it, so as not to take advantage of the former and leave the harm behind. Fuluo County has little land and abundant ......"

After reading the fold, Shi Fangzhen was silent, and Shi Chongwei looked at his father suspiciously, not daring to make a sound. After a long time, Shi Fangzhen sighed: "Jiang Anyi is really a national soldier. ”

"Emperor, do you still remember when you read Jiang Anyi's recital of "One Tax" in the Meditation Pavilion two years ago?"

Shi Chongwei really remembered it deeply, because his father praised Jiang Anyi as a national warrior at that time, and his mother secretly told him to remember this story. Shi Chongwei opened his mouth and recited: "The king is people-oriented, and the people take food as the sky." There are a number of fields in the world, and gradually gathered in the hands of a small number of people, the people lose their land and the country loses their wealth, the people lose their land and cannot make a living, and the country loses its wealth and cannot continue, so it is ...... Including the enlistment of a state and county, the amount of land is calculated, and the grain is lost to the official. The one-year-old battle, the official recruited for the ...... It is all counted as a mu and levied money, which is converted into an official ...... Zuozhi promotes business, opens mines, and prospers Baixing so that the people have their own business, or can be raised. Then the people will be in peace, and the country will be long. ”

Shi Fangzhen nodded approvingly and said, "The emperor has a heart." At that time, Jiang Anyi proposed the policy of combining taxes into one, but I thought that the time was wrong, and hoped that after ten years, I could restrain the family and gradually start to combine taxes into one. ”

"Then why is my father in a hurry to implement it, didn't my father say that it will be left for his sons to rule?" Shi Chongwei asked.

Shi Fangzhen sighed and said: "The Western Regions invaded Huazhou, the Northern Desert looked down on the Central Plains, the treasury was empty, and it was overstretched. If the north desert goes south or there is a catastrophe in the territory, I am afraid that the disaster will happen immediately. Therefore, the father had to implement the policy of combining taxes as one in advance. ”

Shi Chongwei nodded as if he didn't understand.

Shi Fangzhen stood up, paced back and forth in the study, and said in a heavy tone: "I ordered Duan Qing to try it out in Chuzhou, but the results were unsatisfactory, and the counties prevaricated and procrastinated, Duan Qing was tired of running for his life but had nothing to do. Jiang Anyi was deliberately sent to Fuluo County, and I thought that if the remote and poor counties could implement the integration of taxes and benefit both the country and the people, then it could be fully rolled out. ”

Jiang Anyi's letter asked for tax consolidation, not only considering the benefits of the trial tax integration, but also fully considering the adverse consequences, the problems he mentioned in the compromise Duan Qing have performed in Chuzhou, the art of war, not thinking about victory and first thinking about defeat, in order to survive a hundred battles. Jiang Anyi can think deeply, not lightly, and I know that his implementation of the policy of integrating taxes into one in Fuluo County will be successful. ”

Back at the desk, Shi Fangzhen picked up the pen and wrote down the word "quasi-play", thought about it and wrote on it, "Transcribe and forward it to Chuzhou Duan Cizong, so that he may wish to learn from it." ”

Putting down the pen, Shi Fangzhen's expression became excited, his hand pressed on the fold on the bookcase, the noise was a little higher, and said: "It seems that I am right to let the scholars and politicians take up foreign appointments, Jiang Anyi has been in office for less than half a year, and he will be able to understand the people's feelings. There are many talents in the world, but there are not many people like Jiang Anyi who can be called a national soldier, Wei'er, you will reuse this person in the future. ”

Shi Chongwei nodded heavily.

It was not early, and the remaining two letters were quickly processed, and Shi Fangzhen took his son to Kun'an Palace. Walking to the boundary between Kun'an Palace and Shuning Palace, Huang Xi stood in the corridor and saluted: "Long live, Huang Shufei asked the servants to come and ask for long live, and Concubine Shu said that Long Live promised to check the second prince's homework yesterday." ”

Shi Fangzhen stood on his legs, slapped his forehead and said, "Alas, I forgot." He turned his face to Shi Chongwei and said, "Wei'er, you go to Kun'an Palace, tell your mother that I have something to do and go to Shuning Palace." ”

Huang Xi held a lantern to lead the way in front, and Shi Fangzhen smiled: "Huang Xi, you are now the suppression of the secret guard, you don't have to do these things, you just send a little eunuch to come." ”

"This is the duty of the slave, no matter what the slave does, he will not dare to forget the kindness of Long Live and the kindness of Huang Niangniang and the little master to the slave." Huang Xi bowed his head respectfully and answered, the light was dim, Shi Fangzhen didn't see the expression on his face clearly, but when he heard his words, he nodded with satisfaction, and quickened his pace towards Shuning Palace.

In the corridor, Shi Chongwei watched the figure of his father disappear around the corner, stomped his legs hatefully, and walked listlessly towards Kun'an Palace.