The gatehouse Gaojia store is the store where Gan Qi, the commander-in-chief of the operation, arrested people for the first time.

The white and pure scholar was fourteen or fifteen years old, there was not even stubble under his chin, and he was holding a newspaper, so the scholar went upstairs, a bowl of tea, and nothing else, and looked left and right a few times, and was a little shy.

But the old storyteller sitting in front of him looked at the scholar for a while, got up and came here to greet him, bowed, and asked, "This son is here to read the newspaper?" ”

The scholar nodded: "Well, as ordered by Gan Fuzi, I came to this Gao family store, and my classmates went elsewhere." ”

The old man bowed down and asked, "Childe sit down here, head forward." ”

The scholar stepped forward timidly, and sat in the position of the storyteller according to the guidance of the old storyteller.

"Childe and read." The storyteller is not embarrassed, this newspaper reading seems to be a business grab, but in fact, it is not the case, it is gathering popularity.

The old man leaned over to the window and shouted into the street: "Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, hurry up, if you miss the excitement, no one will look back and read it." ”

The old man raised his voice, and when he walked by, and those who lived nearby, they all looked up.

As soon as the woman poured the contents of the toilet into the large wooden barrel that collected the night incense, she immediately turned back, and the toilet bowl was not washed, but she washed her hands and hurried to Gao's shop.

The half-grown boy, in his early tens, invited the neighbors next door early in the morning, and groups of three or five also rushed to the building, and the older one, as soon as he sat on the ground in front of the storyteller, recruited people left and right, and motioned for his companions to come and sit, which was considered to have robbed a good place for the little brothers.

The man who had nothing to do in the morning was about to take care of his identity, and when he entered the door, he walked and walked tigerly, and when he arrived on the second floor, he shouted: "Where is Dr. Tea?" Arrange a good seat for the master, and the second brother Cui will also arrive later, snub the second brother Cui and tear down all the doors of your house. ”

I don't know what the identity of this second brother Cui is, whether he really dares to demolish the door of this Gao family's store.

There was a commotion in the building, and the women were also at the three-five-one table, if there were many acquaintances, they would squeeze it, and four or five people would sit on a bench, and they would be happy, and the melon seeds would be knocked in their mouths, and they would wait to read the newspaper.

The man at the next table also laughed: "You old ladies are not afraid to sit on the couch." ”

There was also the fierce woman who shot back: "The old lady has a thin waist, can your old yellow face have such a thin waist?" ”

"I think you're a small ass, haha......" The man can also have fun on his own.

"Phew, teach you to go out and fall into the ditch." This is a curse, where can the woman and the muddy man win?

It's almost over, the storyteller slapped the waking wood, and said: "Silence and silence, this is the son from Daojian Academy, the Jinshi and the first in the coming day, don't slack off, don't speak." ”

This sentence was very effective, and the audience was silent, full of hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at the fourteen or fifteen-year-old scholar.

The scholar endured nervousness and shyness, and spoke: "This first article is about taxation, and the title is "Farmers are suffering, starving for the country, merchants are profiteering, but they gather people to resist taxes", listen to Xiaosheng's story; Since ancient times, the good people have lived on the fields, surveying the sky, divided into four seasons, made at sunrise, and even rested at sunset. Calculate carefully to ......"

This little scholar, easy-to-understand words, just read the past, but if there are some things that are a little difficult to understand, he will stop and explain, fortunately, the message written by Gan Qi is easy to understand, which also depends on Ouyang Xiu's style reform, otherwise if an article is written so white, it will inevitably cause those talented people to laugh.

The style of writing, there have been two major changes in history, one was presided over by Ouyang Xiu in the Song Dynasty, in fact, it has been slowly changing since the Tang Dynasty, but when he came to Ouyang Xiu, he directly came to a reform with political overtones.

Looking at ancient texts, in fact, you can also find that there is a difference between ancient texts and ancient texts, for example, Sima Qian's "Historical Records" and Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian" are compared, you will find that when you look at "Zizhi Tongjian", even if you don't have much ancient literature skills, as long as you read junior high school, you can also read eight or nine. And when reading the "Historical Records", even if you have ancient literary skills, you can't do without a dictionary, otherwise many details are completely incomprehensible.

Another great change in style was the Republic of China period, then began to really vernacular, in the thousands of years of writing by the Chinese, there has never been such a word as "of, di, de", and even in most Chinese dialects, in fact, there is no such pronunciation of "of, di, de", this kind of vocabulary, there are local languages. But after the Republic of China, from then on, the people of the whole country "owned, land, and gained", and the same is true for writing.

After the little scholar finished reading the first article, he looked up at the crowd, he was a little weak-hearted, because he knew that these people were actually waiting for him to read the "Plum Blossom Branding", but this next article, or commercial tax, and even the next few articles, are all commercial tax matters, he is afraid that these listeners will not be happy to listen to it, and he will be tired of listening.

However, the scene surprised him a little, because when he stopped for a moment, the scene that was silent just now suddenly buzzed.

Listening carefully, a man scolded: "Damn, Lao Tzu is a cow and a horse in this Bianliang City, and he finally accumulates a few acres of land and taxes to the sky, and Lao Tzu is not bad for a pound of grain." These merchants made a lot of money, but they still didn't pay taxes, how could it be reasonable, so they asked the officials to arrest them all and put them in prison and confiscate the army! ”

The woman also scolded: "These big merchants are really powerful, they are not even afraid of the official yamen, and they dare to send people to surround them, so I will go out of the city and tell my father that he will not pay taxes in the future, and he will get up early and collect a few catties of grain in the morning, why should he pay taxes?" The merchant doesn't pay taxes when he earns so much, and we don't pay either. ”

The half-sized man sitting on the floor looked left and right, and said: "Pay taxes according to law, for the country and the people, whoever does not pay taxes is a traitor, a traitor, a lackey of the Liao people, and a son of a party member!" ”

This kid is sensible!

Seeing this, the little scholar in front of him was also in a much more relaxed mood, and asked: "The next article is "Businessmen, buy low and sell high, raise prices, the moths of the pillars, and the cunning people", do you want to read?" ”

"Read, this newspaper is a good thing, explain everything clearly, and read it."

"Little boy, read it quickly and listen to it, those who scold those big merchants, you must listen to it, and you will be relieved when you hear it."

The little scholar took a sip of tea and began to read: "Food is the foundation of the country, but also the people's livelihood, and the life of the people in the world is difficult and closely related to food." Why have grain prices remained high in Bianliang...... In winter, the price of a stone of grain is several hundred dollars higher than that outside the city, why not............ The treacherous people, the moths of the country, like the maggots on the tarsal bones of the people, suck flesh and blood and fat, but even the taxes for the country and the people have to gather people to resist, usually merchants gather in one place, conspire to loot the interests of the people, but now they gather in one place, conspire to encroach on the interests of the court. The interests of the people and the interests of the court are all taken away. If you lose your conscience, you won't be wronged when the sky thunders......"

"If you scold well, you should scold him like this, scold him for eighteen generations of ancestors, these dog thieves, mercenary, go to hell after death, and never be able to live forever." This is the woman's mouth.

"This article should be shown to the official family, the official family has always been sage, and if they know this, they will inevitably be thunderous, so that these merchants can't eat and walk around." This is a man's mouth.

"These merchants are the dogs of the Liao people and the sons of the party members!" It's a half-grown kid scolding.

The little scholar listened to the scolding in the audience, and was inexplicably a little enthusiastic, so he shouted: "There is the next article, the title is "Why are farmers willing to pay taxes for the country?" Why do merchants rebel in every way to pay taxes for the state? Do you want to read it? ”

"Read, little boy, read quickly! A-Niang will give you a tip. "This woman is probably looking at the little book to grow white and tender, and she wants to give a reward.

The little scholar's face was flushed: "Come forward to give it to this old man, Xiaosheng doesn't dare to accept it." Xiaosheng is studying here...... Profit-seeking, since ancient times, business, family wealth, never enough...... Farmers, patriots and people, merchants, and selfish ......"

After reading this article, the little scholar didn't stop this time, and said directly: "There is another one, Xiao Sheng continued to read, "The Merchant Who Evades Taxes and Evades Taxes is a Dog of Treason", ......"

After reading this article again, the half-grown man sitting on the floor jumped up and shouted left and right: "Bring me a knife, I'm going to kill them, I really became a dog of the Liao people, and I really became the son of the party people, how can my Great Song Dynasty tolerate such a traitorous thief?" ”

A few young men on the left and right also stood up, and one of them spoke: "Brother Mao, I'll go with you, I have a knife at home, my father's poor knife, and the elder one's knife will definitely kill people." ”

"Go, go to your house and get a knife, I must kill these dog thieves today." As he spoke, the half-grown boy rolled up his sleeves and tried to squeeze out of the crowd.

Just a few steps away, he was stopped by a person from behind, and the man said, "Brother Mao, where are you going to kill people?" Who are you killing? Is it to kill one? Or is it all killed in Bianliang City? ”

"Second Master Cui, don't stop me, I'll kill whoever I catch?"

Second Master Cui is probably the leading person on the street here, and most of the boys here have grown up under his watch, so naturally he can't let these boys do bad things, so he said: "Listen to it, and what, anger can be angry, but there must also be a master, right?" I heard that the shopkeeper of the store pays taxes very happily, so don't kill a good person by mistake at that time. ”

Half the eldest son was hot-headed just now, young and young, and it was easy to be carried away by this rising sense of justice, at this time, as soon as Cui Erye finished speaking, he was a little confused, and looked back at the little scholar who was reading the newspaper.

The little scholar was stunned, where had he ever seen such a scene of fighting and killing? At this time, he saw that half of the eldest son looked at him, and hurriedly said: "There is also the latest release of the commercial tax supervision yamen, the blacklist of dishonest merchants." The records are all those merchants who resist taxes, so sit down and listen. ”

Half of the eldest son died down, but he didn't lose face, and said: "I heard this blacklist, I'll kill it!" ”

Second Master Cui smiled and waved his hand: "Second Master will accompany you." ”

"Okay, Second Master Cui is a man, he does what he says." The half-boy cared about his face, went down his steps, and then turned his head and sat down on the floor again.

The blacklist must be read in a moment, and the little scholar was a little scared, afraid that this half of the eldest son would really kill someone, and just finished reading it, he said: "Plum blossom branding, today's plum blossom branding, I read it together." ”

"You read, you can't help but listen to the plum blossom brand, I'll go get the knife after you finish reading."

The little scholar was relieved, and hurriedly read the story of the plum blossom brand.

The story of the plum blossom brand is relatively long, but there are times when he finishes reading, the little scholar can't help but feel a little nervous again, and looks down at the kid who wants to kill people sitting on the floor in front of him, and said: "There is also a proposal to boycott unscrupulous businesses here, do you want to listen to it together?" ”

"What book? What for? ”

"The proposal is to let everyone boycott those unscrupulous merchants who do not pay taxes, do not go to their stores to spend money, and spend the money in the stores of tax-paying merchants, which is to serve the country and the people, be loyal to the liver and courage, and serve ......the court and the officials," the little scholar patiently explained.

In fact, these two people are the same age, they are both fourteen or fifteen years old, just a scholar, sitting on a chair reading the newspaper, a big character can't recognize a few, and has begun to help the family do some errands. In a few years, when this half of the eldest son grows into a man, he can wait for these little brothers around this kid to grow up, maybe he will be the successor of this second master Cui, and he will also become the head and face of the street.

"Okay, this must be heard, everyone must listen, and all the people in Bianliang City must be known, and they can't go to the stores of those traitors to make money." The half-size boy answered.

"Well, this is a proposal written by Mr. Qiulan, and Mr. Qiulan is the author of the story of plum blossom branding." The little scholar seemed to be explaining to Brother Mao, who was the same age.

When Brother Mao, the half-eldest son, heard this, he immediately stood in awe: "Oh, is this Mr. Qiulan?" Read it quickly, I like this plum blossom story the most. ”

The little scholar was finally relieved and began to read the contents.

After reading the proposal, today's newspaper will be considered completely finished.

Naturally, the people in the high-ranking store in the gatehouse also started to discuss, and someone asked the person next to him: "Do you remember which merchants are written in the blacklist?" ”

"Pretty much remember."

"Then you have to tell me again, I have a bad memory, I'm afraid of going to the wrong door, this time it's good to teach them to know, and if you don't have a conscience, you won't end well."

"Well, it's good to teach them to lose their money!"

After reading the newspaper, listening to the story, and the melon seeds in his hand were almost knocked, those who stopped by walked back together, most of them were people in the neighborhood, and it was also the fun of the neighborhood to walk a hundred and ten steps together.

Brother Mao seemed to remember what happened just now, stood up, and shouted in front of many people: "Go, follow me to get the knife!" ”

Brother Mao walked in front, and the boys walked behind, all of them were walking in a tiger's step, and there was a bit of a taste of wind and cold, and the strong man would never return.

The boy who said that he had a long knife at home, sneakily went home to look for a knife, and everyone waited at the corner of the alley.

After waiting for a long time, the kid came to the mouth of the alley with a sad face and said, "Brother Mao, my father brought the knife to the upper duty, but it didn't ...... Didn't stay at home. ”

Brother Mao was angry: "You guy, at a critical juncture, it's all up to you!" ”

"Brother Mao, we don't have a knife, are we still going?"

Brother Mao waved his fist: "Go, you can't kill people without a knife, you have to take a bad breath, pick up stones, pick up big ones, wrap them in clothes, let's go smash his mother's, smash the window, smash his tile!" ”

"Let's go, fuck it!"

"Go all of them, don't let anyone be laid, let's see who can hit it right today!"

Brother Mao lowered his head and picked up a stone, lifted the corner of his clothes into a pocket, pocketed the stone, lowered his head to look for it, and said: "Good brother, be righteous, we don't have a knife, the merchant has a slave and a small servant, he will definitely not be afraid of us, he will definitely come out to chase and fight, if anyone is slow, don't give up all the brothers." In the evening, I climbed over the wall and went in to save him. In the evening, Changshun's father came back from duty, and when Changshun stole the knife out, I carried it to save him! ”

"Okay, just Brother Yimao! We don't have cowardice here! ”

A group of people hugged the corners of their clothes, wrapped in stones, went out on the street, left and right, not far to the south, Li Ji Grain Store, on the blacklist.

More than a dozen boys, stones are generally smashed when it rains.

While smashing back, he shouted: "Profiteers, dogs of the Liao people, sons of party members, tell you to evade taxes!" ”

Suddenly, the tiles flew sideways, and the wooden lattices on the windows were also a mess.

Seven or eight stones per person, and after smashing it, it is a run.

Naturally, someone in the store ran out with sticks and shouted: "Little rabbit, little beast, don't run." ”

How can you not run? Not to mention, the alleys are all over the place, and these men who chased them out with sticks really can't catch up with these half-sized boys.

The old shopkeeper rushed out in a huff, out of breath, he was frightened just now, and the stones fell on the roof, and at this time he shouted: "Report to the official, go to the official!" Report to the yamen to get people! ”

I don't know if it's useful to report to the official and take people.

Brother Mao was in high spirits this time, and when he gathered the boys again, he said again: "Let's go, Liu Jiaxiang Pharmacy, I don't know how much money I earn from those dignitaries and dignitaries in a year, and this time I am also on the blacklist, set off, and pick up stones on the road." ”

This time, Brother Mao was like a general on the march, with one person in front and thousands of troops behind him, and he was so angry that he knew that he was doing something that would benefit the country and the people.

This Bianliang City, for some reason, is really in chaos today. The officials in the yamen reported one after another.

A hero like Brother Mao, it seems that there are more than one or two gangs.

It can be seen that nine-year compulsory education is a good thing, and these bear children can be locked up in school.

The thing of smashing people's shops is done. Brother Mao is no better than others, and his sense of responsibility is extremely heavy, and he is still a watchman on the corner of the street and alley of other people's shops, pedestrians coming and going, and it looks like he is buying something, so he will go up and talk to people, saying that this merchant is a traitor, a dog of the Liao people, and the son of a party member, who occupies the people's money and the court's money, and can't go to this place to buy.

Even Brother Mao will give people directions, where to go, where to go, how far away, and the same storefront, where to buy, that family is good, a good person who pays taxes according to the law, and benefits the country and the people.

This Bianliang City is so noisy, and the woman is not idle, although she doesn't go to the door to find trouble with others, she goes to a group of neighbors behind her back, scolding the eighteen-generation ancestors of other people's families, and turning up tricks to scold.

Since reading the latest issue of the newspaper, Chen Han has also been filled with righteous indignation, scolding with his wife at home, and going out to scold with his friends.

After drinking and coming back, it was a coincidence that Chen Han's father, Chen Li, came back, and returned from Yongqiu, Gyeonggi, dozens of miles away.

Chen Han stepped forward to salute, drank too much wine, and scolded in a daze: "These unconscionable merchants should be arrested and imprisoned, distributed, and conscripted, and none of them will be wronged......

Chen Li also seemed to know what Chen Han was scolding, so he asked angrily, "Who are you scolding?" What about scolding your father? ”

Chen Han was not completely confused, and hurriedly said, "Dad, where did I scold you?" I'm scolding those merchants, don't you know, these merchants are really moth-like things, they have lost their conscience, the sky thunders, and they will enter the underworld after death, and they will not be reincarnated for the rest of their lives. ”

There is a reason why Chen Li is so anxious to come back, his Chen family is a big family in Bianliang for nearly a hundred years, although it is now declining, and he deserves to be a small magistrate, but in this Bianliang City, it is also open, so he naturally participates in the affairs of many storefront merchants.

Now the things in Bianliang City, although Chen Li knew about it relatively late, he also knew everything, didn't he rush back? That's what happened when I got back.

Chen Li was angry, and scolded: "You are a muddy man, you eat things inside and outside, without those merchants, do you have your brocade clothes and jade food?" Now I hear that you have become a great good person? Do you know where the money comes from? You're good, you eat and wipe clean and scold your mother. ”

Chen Han looked up and said, "Dad, a few hundred years of your conscience money are shared by young people, can we still starve to death?" I did good deeds to atone for your sins, and after a hundred years, I saw the king of Yama, and the prince of Yama also thought of your goodness, saying that your son is a great good man, and he will not put you in the oil pan to fry it, and he will give you a good tire, a good tire for the emperor and the general. ”

Chen Lidu was so angry that he raised his hand to beat, and scolded in his mouth: "You dare to curse Lao Tzu to death, you unfilial son, you pig and dog are not as good as things, Lao Tzu will kill you today." ”

Chen Han hid, and said, "Dad, you are just my son, Dumiao." If you were born outside, it doesn't count. When our Chen family comes to me, there will be a seedling, and the genealogy can be remembered clearly. ”

Chen Li couldn't beat it, he sat on the steps, stroked his chest, panted, and said: "It's only been a few days, it's only been a few days, what kind of ecstasy soup have you drunk?" Yes? Good decent, whose nonsense are you trusting, ah? Without merchants, how can the goods and things in the world circulate? How do you wear Jiangnan embroidery? ”

"Dad, you are old, you don't understand the truth, you go to read the newspaper, Beijing Times, I'll show you, our family is a good family, scholarly family, after the founding of the country, your son and I, but Bianliang City is a famous good person, people who come and go, that is all famous and Confucian, the champion of the new department Gan Daojian is my best brother. We must do good deeds in the future, keep a good name, and make such pickled money, don't do it! "Chen Han's ideological consciousness is a little too high now.

Chen Li sat on the steps and shook his head, panting, wronged, this is an injustice. In the first 20 years, the son was wronged because he refused to study hard, and now he is even more wronged than he refuses to study.

Fortunately, Chen Han's wife, Chen Wu, came out, stepped forward and grabbed Chen Han's hand, and said: "Official, you see that you are angry with your father, why don't you apologize to your father quickly?" ”

"Apologize? I don't apologize, the way is different and I don't conspire, I am on the right path in the world, and I haven't done anything wrong, why should I apologize. "Chen Han now has such an excessively high consciousness.

"Official, husband, since you are on the right path in the world, then all good and filial piety come first, and you are angry with your father, how can you not apologize." Chen Wu has some level.

When Chen Han heard this, he lowered his head and thought about it, and said, "The lady is polite. ”

After saying that, Chen Han knelt down, knocked his head on the ground, got up and said, "Dad, the child has made amends for you." I hope that my father can also follow the right path in the world. ”

"Ahh......h If you lose, you will lose, and it is better to lose your family! If Lao Tzu is dead, then it will be enough, and if you are hungry, you will be hungry! Chen Li was out of breath, turned his head to look at his daughter-in-law, his mood was a little more relaxed, fortunately there was a good daughter-in-law, and said: "Good daughter-in-law, you have to take care of this family, outside affairs, you can't let this unfilial son meddle in it, Dad will give you all the contracts when he turns around, you have hidden it, don't teach this unfilial son to really lose the family." ”

Chen Wu nodded: "Well, Dad, my daughter-in-law must keep this family well." Our family's money, daughter-in-law can't lose a penny. If it shouldn't be our family's money, my daughter-in-law won't ask for a penny. ”

When Chen Han heard this, he became energetic, and smiled: "Dad, look at it, my wife is my wife, and I don't want any money that shouldn't be taken." ”

Chen Li only felt that his head was black, and he fainted backwards and lay down on the steps.

Frightened, the son and daughter-in-law hurriedly stepped forward, pinched the middle of the person, pinched the tiger's mouth, and shouted and screamed.

Chen Li didn't faint, he was still conscious, and stretched out his hand to stop: "Don't pinch, your father is still alive, go out and call for a car, I'll go, Huiyongqiu, go back to the county office, I will die in the county office, and I will never be in Bianliang again." ”

"Dad, the city gates are closed, even if you are in a hurry to leave, you have to leave tomorrow morning." Chen Han said.

Chen Wu returned to the room and brought a glass of water, handed it forward, and said, "Dad, drink tea, don't be angry, wait until I bring Mr. Qiulan's article to my father, and my father will understand after reading it." ”

"What Mr. Qiulan, I don't watch." Chen Li didn't want to see Mr. Qiulan, but he still had to drink tea.

The drunkard Chen Han immediately said: "Lady, look at it, what I said, the Tao is not the same." ”

After Chen Li finished drinking tea, he stood up and went straight to the gate, shouting: "Prepare the car, prepare the car!" ”

"Dad, where are you going in the middle of the night? What should I do if I encounter a bad guy? The son is filial. Chen Han chased him out.

The car was at the door, but the person who drove the car had not yet arrived, so Chen Li went out and got into the car.

I didn't expect Chen Han to come up and go to the carriage: "Dad, where you go, I will go wherever I go, go home, and go out in the middle of the night, others think that I drove you out, so what will I do as a good person in the future?" I'll sleep where you sleep tonight. ”

"I'm going to die!"

"Dad, life is good, but you can't say such bad words. Dad will live a few more years, and I will do a lot of good deeds, maybe you will be an emperor and a general in the next life. Chen Han lay in this narrow carriage and squeezed his father into the corner.

"Wronged, wronged, what did I do in my last life? I never gave birth to such a son in my life. Reading is useless, and the loser has a set. ”

"Dad, I know better than you about officialdom. I am now with Gan Daojian, don't you know, Gan Daojian will be the court in the future, if you talk about mixed officialdom, father, you are still far away, if our Chen family wants not to decline, it is not a matter of a few dollars, you just wait to see the future of your son in Japan, but it is not your life's eight or seven grades. You wait and see. Chen Han was really drunk, and he hugged everything out.

"Can I see me? If you don't die this year, you will definitely die next year. Whether you have become a beggar or some high-ranking official, I can't see it, and I will die of anger today. Chen Li didn't believe his son's bragging.

"Live well, let's see. This time my father came back, it was also for this business tax matter, you always listened back to your son, you go and tell them, pay what should be paid, pay what should be given, make sure you can't be wrong, don't follow others to do stupid things. Chen Han said, his hand still waving in the air.

"Alas...... Wronged, wronged! Chen Li, who was squeezed in the corner of the carriage by Chen Han, spoke softly, shook his head and sighed, so he had to kick his foot and kick Chen Han's waist, and said: "Get up, go home and sleep, fool around." ”

Chen Han immediately got up to make way with a smile on his face: "Hehe...... Dad, how is the son's means? ”

"By what means?" Chen Li turned his head and questioned.

"What an old way to deal with you!"

"Fuck you!" Chen Li raised his leg and kicked it.

This time, Chen Han didn't hide, he was afraid that he would dodge and break his father. just smiled and said, "Dad, you are a child of a sage, how can you speak foul language?" ”

"Confucius can be revived by your anger, and the children of the sages ......"

"Dad, I beat and scolded, I scolded, go, go home and sleep, it's hard to travel, and my son will wash your feet."

"You don't need to wash it, I brought a little lady back to serve!"

"Dad, you should be strong when you are old, and you are a model for children." Chen Han still gave a thumbs up, but said again: "I don't recognize the son born outside, the family tree can't be written, our Chen family, but I am a seedling." ”

Chen Li lifted his leg again, but saw that Chen Han also greeted his ass.

The leg didn't kick down, but I just heard Chen Li say: "That's it, go back to the room and sleep, if you can have another one, thank God!" ”

Chen Han's face was embarrassed: "Dad, are you really so powerful?" ”

"Hmph......" Chen Li walked to the wing room with a "hum" sound.

At this time, it was already the second half of the night, but in the imperial city, in the imperial study, Zhao Zhen had not yet slept.

Li Xian was waiting beside him, but he couldn't help yawning.

Zhao Zhen was kind-hearted and said, "If you are sleepy, go to sleep first." ”

Li Xian hurriedly covered his mouth and replied, "Your Majesty, the slave is not sleepy. ”

"Not sleepy?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

"Well, the slave is really not sleepy." Li Xian also deliberately made a spirited appearance.

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "Even you, dare to deceive me in person." ”

Li Xian was shocked when he heard this, and immediately knelt down, trembling: "Your Majesty...... The slave was sleepy just now, but now she is not sleepy. The slave and maid would never dare to deceive His Majesty. ”

"Get up." Zhao Zhen said helplessly, and said: "I'm old, I've seen a lot of things, I've heard a lot of people's words, but I also know some people's hearts." Since you're not sleepy again, I'll ask you. ”

"Your Majesty asks questions, and the slave and maid must know everything, and they must say everything."

"On that day, you went to the commercial tax supervisor to summon Ganqi, and there were really thousands of people who didn't stop you at all?" Zhao Zhen also read the newspaper today, that is, because he read the newspaper, he will never forget this matter and can't sleep at night.

Li Xian nodded: "Back to Your Majesty, Your Majesty was waiting in the study that day, the slave and maid went quickly, and returned quickly, and it didn't take two quarters of an hour to get together, if there was an obstacle, how could you summon the smelly Ganqi so quickly?" When Naganqi went out of the business tax supervision yamen, thousands of people shouted and scolded, but they really got out of the way. ”

"Didn't you think there was something strange about this at the time?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

Li Xian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid is a eunuch who serves Your Majesty, but she doesn't understand these things. Teach the slave and the maid to say, and the slave and the maid can't say why. ”

"I'm sorry for you. Then I will ask you some straightforward things, do you think those merchants in Bianliang have the interests of the DPRK and China officials behind them? Zhao Zhen probably underestimated this well-behaved little slave.

Li Xian was stunned: "Your Majesty, this is natural, what kind of city is Bianliang City?" If you want to do big business here, how can you have no one to protect you? ”

"I also know, ask more. This matter was simple before I thought about it, and put Ganqi, a sesame petty official, on the fire and roasted it. The peasants paid too much tax, and they were afraid that the peasants would flee and become thieves. The increase in taxes for the scholars must be due to the turmoil in the Manchu Dynasty, so if you want to increase taxes on this merchant, it is not so difficult to think about it, hum...... This Great Song Dynasty, this Jiangshan Sheji, inside and outside this court...... If you let this emperor be someone else, whoever wants to be it, who will be it. Zhao Zhen said angrily.

Li Xian was about to cry when he heard it: "Your Majesty, you can't say such words...... If this is heard by the Jongmyo tablet, it will be terrible......"

What Li Xian said is the belief of the Chinese since ancient times, and no one can be sorry for their ancestors.

"I still want you to be a little slave?" Zhao Zhen was a little unhappy, and then said: "You say, can this business tax matter be done?" Still can't make it? ”

"Slaves and maids don't dare to talk about government affairs, and slaves and maids don't understand these things." Li Xian replied.

"If you don't understand, you can talk nonsense, and I will forgive you for your innocence." Zhao Zhen, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, is also really pitiful, in the middle of the night, he can only talk about these things with a henchman and a little eunuch beside him.

"Then the slave and maid dared to say a few words." Li Xian said as he spoke, and raised his head slightly to look at Zhao Zhen's expression with his peripheral vision.

"Say it."

"The slave thinks that this can be done." Li Xian said.

"Why is it possible?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

"Slaves and maids don't know what to do as officials, and they don't know how to collect this business tax. But when the slave saw Gan Daojian in the commercial tax supervision yamen, facing thousands of people surrounding the yamen, she was calm and relaxed, her face did not change, and when she went out, she didn't even bring the soldiers who opened the way, and only stayed with two entourages, so she felt that this matter could be done. Li Xian replied.

Zhao Zhen didn't speak immediately, but frowned and thought for a moment, and sighed long.

Li Xian spoke again: "The move of benefiting the country and the people, the desire of the people, will definitely be possible." ”

"I hope so......" Zhao Zhen sighed.

"Your Majesty, it must be so."

Zhao Zhen nodded, no longer said anything about it, but suddenly said: "Tomorrow, you will go and collect the seal of Yanfu Palace." ”

Li Xian was frozen on the spot, as if he thought he had misheard.

"What? You still don't want to? Zhao Zhen asked.

Li Xian knelt down, knocked his head, and replied, "Your Majesty, the slave is afraid that she will not be able to do this errand well." ”

Yanfu Palace is the harem. Li Xian did not run errands in the harem in the past, but in the palace, and he did drudgery, he went wherever the emperor went, he got up earlier than the old emperor in the morning, and slept later than the old emperor at night. If the old emperor has anything to call for, he will immediately appear in front of him. You have to take time to eat, and sometimes you can eat seven or eight meals in one meal.

This kind of errand can be done for two or three years without any mistakes, which is really not something that ordinary people can do.

Renzong Zhao Zhen arranged it like this, naturally he was kind-hearted, and he also knew that Li Xian had really suffered in the past two or three years, so he wanted to give him a hard time. is in charge of Yanfu Palace, that is to enjoy happiness, in charge of a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, and there are people waiting in and out.

"You just have to go, if anyone cheats you on your young age, you just have to come to me to complain." Zhao Zhen's kindness can be seen.

"Your Majesty, the slave just wants to be by Your Majesty's side." Li Xian is already a cryer, people are like this, others treat him well, and he also knows gratitude.

"I have served me every day, and I have never slept well, nor have I eaten a single meal. Now it's time for you to enjoy being served. Go ahead, you help me choose someone who is as good as you to replace you. Zhao Zhen has made up his mind.

Li Xian seriously kowtowed again: "Thank you Your Majesty Longen, thank Your Majesty for your grace." In the next life, slaves and maids are willing to be cattle and horses by His Majesty's side. ”

"In the next life, give birth to a good family, don't enter the palace again, marry three wives and four concubines, and make up for everything in this life." Zhao Zhen got up as he spoke, it was late at night, it was time to go to bed, Li Xian should also go to sleep, the people who held the lights on the side of the road, those who stood guard outside, and those who made tea inside, it was time to sleep.

There are some things that can't be explained, Li Xian reciprocated Li and helped Gan Qi, but promoted himself to a big official.

It's dawn.

Gan Qi got up and stretched out, Zhao Zonglan got up earlier than him, and was already writing in the study.

Gan Qi went into the study to take a look, and then walked around the courtyard, and when he arrived at the door, he happened to run into Gan Zheng.

Gan Zheng just passed by and went home, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the old house of Gan Qi's family, and just saw Gan Qi walking out, Gan Zheng hurriedly avoided his gaze and walked away quickly.

Gan Qi wanted to say a greeting, his hands were crossed, and the etiquette of a scholar was not expected that Gan Zheng would just walk over. Only smiled dumbly, shook his head and went back to the hospital, the next time he met Gan Zheng, Gan Qi would no longer think about meeting and greeting.