The subordinate said in a cold sweat: "My lord, I haven't seen the king's order come recently, if... If the king knows about this, I'm afraid he will be killed. Changing taxes without permission is a big sin. ”

Li Along hesitated for a while, thought for a while and said: "If something happens, I will bear it alone, I won't implicate you, go and handle it quickly, so that the people of the fiefdom can get this year's rations and grow grain as soon as possible." ”

The subordinate had no choice but to do so and hurriedly walked out, and Li Along looked at the bag of grain on the table in a daze.

"Hahaha, when have I ever made such a will, so bold, Aaron." Ji laughed and walked out from behind.

When Li Along saw Ji Fa coming, he hurriedly knelt down and said: "Forgive me, the king, I am beneficial, I am beneficializing the people for you, so that the people of Li only know that there are you, but not about the doctors of our fiefdoms." ”

"Well said, please get up." Ji Fa helped Li Along up.

"If the doctors of Zhou can be like you, thinking about the people's power and keeping the people's affairs in their hearts all the time, then all the people of my Zhou will be blessed." Ji Fa said from the bottom of his heart.

"The king doesn't have to worry, you are virtuous in all directions, and the doctors everywhere are all infected by your behavior, and they have obeyed your royal decrees, and persevered The people of our Zhou country will definitely be able to live a good life, have food and food, clothes and clothes, and the wind and rain will be smooth and the country and the people will be safe." Li Aaron said sincerely.

"Hahaha, okay, just do what you just said, the rent of the fiefdom does not need to be handed over this year, all of it will be returned to the people, let them keep it for the next year's rations, and next year they only need to hand over the grain planting." Ji Fa said.

"The king is virtuous and virtuous, and he is blessed with the people, Li Along kneels down for the people of Li to thank the king, and wishes the king peace and health for all generations!" Li Aaron kowtowed a few times.

"Seeing you like this, the lonely king is relieved, and he will be useful to me if he exercises the township of the fiefdom well." Ji Fa said solemnly to Li Along.

Li Along said solemnly: "The king rest assured, since I came here, I have never dared to slack off, the villagers practice twice a day, never slack, but the weapons and armor are seriously insufficient, although the villagers can practice with their bare hands, but after fighting, they are definitely not as good as soldiers with weapons and armor." ”

Ji Fa thought to himself: "That's right, the battlefield is not simply to resist with meat fists, if there are no weapons and armor, it is really a fist to resist iron, and it will definitely suffer a loss when fighting, and the productivity of this era is not very developed, and the speed of manufacturing weapons and armor will not be too fast. ”

He said: "I know about this matter, the lonely king will discuss it when he goes back, and he will give you an answer as soon as possible, okay, I should go back, take care." ”

Ji Fa patted Li Along's shoulder, and then rode back to Xiqi City on a fast horse.

"King, take care of yourself." Li Along's eyes were full of tears and he looked at Ji Fa's distant back.

"What can be done to solve it? And to requisition the labor of the people? But soon to pay tribute to the song, the people of Li will have a very difficult life, and if the people are mobilized again, what should we do with the sowing of grain today? It can't affect the agricultural time, otherwise the people will not have enough food and clothing. But what Li Aaron said is indeed a problem, I found that there are still many state affairs that have not been solved, this must find a way, sooner or later there will be a battle of Makino, this is the process of history, rolling wheels forward, no one can resist, and those who resist have died in the long river of history. ”

Ji Fa was in trouble for a while, and he didn't have a clue, so he rode back to Xiqi City on a fast horse.

That night, Ji Fa flipped through the books and found many books that remained, hoping to get some inspiration and inspiration from them, but after searching for a long time, he did not find any similar records, and for a while Ji Fa did not know what to do.

"The king, the king and the minister are here." Taigongwang walked in.

"Oh, didn't the prince let you recuperate at home, why did you come here at night, what the Lone King Book said is to let you cultivate your body and bones, and then come to work on state affairs." Ji Fa hurriedly helped Taigongwang to sit on the mat.

"Hahaha, the king doesn't have to worry, I'm an old bone, it's so hard that I'll have recovered, I can't rest assured that I can't go down to state affairs, so I hurried to meet the king, I don't know why the king is in trouble? I saw that there was worry on the king's face. Tai Gongwang said.

"Ao, first of all, my Zhou State and the Yongguo Dawu tribe are friendly things, they will Yongrou as an offering, sent to me, Taigong, you will draft a letter tomorrow, which says that you recognize the worship of the Dawu tribe, and are willing to befriend it and implement the gift of the monarch and minister." Ji Fa said.

"Don't wait for tomorrow, king, the old minister will write." Taigongwang sat in front of the desk, took the blank book, and wrote directly on it.

Ji Fa brought a candle for Taigongwang, and lit it for Taigongwang, Ji Fa found that although Taigongwang was old, the writing was very beautiful, just like the carving, sure enough, the historical Taigongwang was a famous minister, even the handwriting was so good, not at all like an old man over sixty years old, I saw Taigongwang draw a stroke, word by word, and after a while, the book was written, and Ji Fa took the book and looked at it.

"The martial king of my Zhou State is grateful for the pious devotion of the leader of the Great Wu Clan, and specially ordered the ministers to revise this book, and reward the Great Wu Clan with food, currency, and cloth according to the gifts of the monarch and ministers, and may he be grateful to Dade, obey the orders of the Zhou State, and forever repair the good of the covenant."

"Okay, good, it's really well written, I hope you write it really well." Ji Fa praised.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your approval." Taigongwang hurriedly said: "Is the king still worried about other things, you might as well tell the old minister, the old minister has lived a long time, and he has seen more, so he may be able to help the king come up with ideas." ”

"Isn't this about to be enshrined to Chao Ge again, I Guan Shang Shu Jian, ordered me Xiqi to enshrine three tributes, even Pingshan and Ding together with the one, this is not clearly to squeeze the people of my Zhou State, we are at war with Pingshan and Ding, although we won, but did not ask for any tribute, now Chaoge is taking the opportunity to ask, give it really don't want to give, don't give it now and it's not very appropriate." Ji Fa said.

"The king, at present, the monarch of the vassal states is still a minister to Shang on the surface, everyone still recognizes this king, although he has done a lot of stupid things and disasters against the trend, but it has not yet reached the point of no way, at most it is a little tyrannical, according to the old minister's inference, it will take a while, people will only become more and more evil, the time has not yet come, the king still needs to be patient for the time being, this tribute is not harmful, but the king can use this to write a book, inform the king of Shang, saying that the people work hard, and hope to reward some farm tools, It was used for the people to cultivate the fields so that they could continue to pay tribute in the coming year. Tai Gongwang said shrewdly.

"Hahaha, Taigong's plan is very good, just do what you say, so it really solves a worry in the heart of the lonely king." Ji said with a smile.

"The king should still have a worry, I heard that the king went to Dr. Li's fief today, and the people in the fief were exempted from worship, because the local harvest was not good, the king is really benevolent, but the king has a bad face after he comes back, can you tell the old minister, what are you worried about?" Taigongwang said.

Ji Fa thought to himself: "Taigongwang is really as wise as a torch, this can be seen, he is really a smart person, well, since it has been seen, then I will say it, and I can help solve it, I am really helpless." ”

"Although Li Di's village warriors have worked hard, they suffer from the lack of weapons and armor, and there are no skilled craftsmen in the local area who can make them, and what should be used to solve them? And to requisition the labor of the people? But soon to pay tribute to the song, the people of Li will have a very difficult life, and if the people are mobilized again, what should we do with the sowing of grain today? It can't affect the agricultural time, otherwise the people will not have enough food and clothing. ”

Taigongwang stroked his beard, and his heart was very happy at this moment, because he felt that the king was really working for the people, personally exploring the people's feelings, understanding the people's suffering, and was really a generation of virtuous monarchs.

"The king doesn't have to worry, I have a solution, the same king can ask the court to ask for it, just say that the north has been attacked by the dog Rong again, and the treasury weapons and armor are insufficient, and ask for the reward of the king, so it will be solved." Taigongwang said.

"But what if the king refuses to give it? Or if he doesn't see our messenger at all, what should he do? Ji Fa said worriedly.

"Don't worry, the old minister has already thought about it, so ... In this way, you can ... If you look at this, the king won't give it. Taigongwang whispered in Ji Fa's ear.

When Ji Fa heard this, he laughed out loud, and the gloom on his face was swept away.

"Taigong is really a virtuous minister, and today, the lonely king also praises you, you are really resourceful." Ji said with a smile.

"The old minister is ashamed, the old minister is ashamed, hahaha. It's late at night, so rest early, and I won't bother you. Taigong looked up and wanted to leave.

"Don't sleep, don't sleep, the lonely king is happy, if the prince is sleepy, just sleep on the ground, everything is for the sake of state affairs, you might as well do nothing." Ji Fa smiled and kept Taigongwang.

The two of them rejoiced in Ji Fa's study late at night.