Tang Zhao finally bought a few catties of apples at the price of ten cents a catty.

The peddler said that ten wen is ten wen, and he will not let any of them, and let him speak like a spring, and his spit will fly, and he will not lose anything.

"Ten wen is ten wen, five catties." Tang Zhao handed the apple to Tang Qi and said, "Dad, you go back first, and I'll go shopping." ”

Tang Qi went back with apples, Tang Zhao wandered on the street, first picked up a few old books at the bookstell, walked around to a chess stall, and sat opposite the stall owner with interest.

There are chess stalls in Beijing, often play against passers-by, passers-by need to pay ten wen first, if they can win the stall owner, then the stall owner doubles the return of twenty wen, if you lose, the ten wen money is naturally gone.

These stall people use this to eat, and their chess skills are naturally exquisite, and few people can beat them, and over time, no one wants to play with them.

After Tang Zhao sat down, he threw down a piece of broken silver and said, "Let's play two rounds." ”

The stall owner let him take the lead, and the two silently ordered a cup of tea, and when they fell again, the stall owner suddenly asked, "Do you believe in my master now?" ”

"He's right about a lot of things, but what's the use of believing?" Tang Zhao shook his head and said, "King Duan is as stupid as a pig, he can't help him, the pig is disobedient, what can the master do?" ”

The stall owner asked rhetorically: "Duan Wang is a pig, wouldn't it be better for your Tang family, if he is also as cunning as Emperor Chen, how can your Tang family fight him in the future?" ”

"There will be no ...... in the future, and there will be no future." Tang Zhao casually put a chess piece and said: "Even you have said that King Run comes from behind, Duanwang Kangwang is not his opponent, there are Tang family and Fang family behind him, what will Duanwang win?" Your master guessed so many things, couldn't he have guessed this? ”

The man said: "Until the last moment, who knows who will kill the deer......"

Tang Zhao asked, "Does he still have a chance to turn defeat into victory?" ”

The owner of the chess stall said: "Didn't my master say, King Run has to wait for at least five years, in these five years, anything can happen, your Tang family is so powerful, didn't it only take two years to become like this, why is it impossible for Tang Ning and the Fang family?" ”

Tang Zhao glanced at him and asked, "Do you think the Tang family is still the Tang family before?" ”

"Although the Tang family has fallen to this point, my master doesn't believe that you don't have any hidden backhand." The man shook his head and said, "If your Tang family can't even do this, we won't have to cooperate in the future." ”

Tang Zhao didn't bother to continue the topic with him, and asked directly: "King Duan should be obedient in the future, did your master say what to do next?" ”

The man said: "The meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, the road has to be walked step by step, if the Tang family has nothing to do, let's solve King Kang first, this time the court will attack the powerful, it is a good opportunity......"

Tang Zhao looked at him and asked, "You mean Concubine Zhang Xian's Zhang family?" ”

The stall owner nodded and said, "Although King Kang was temporarily defeated, the Zhang family was not affected, and they are in charge of the Ximen guards, which should not be underestimated......

Tang Zhao shook his head and said: "King Kang has fallen, the Zhang family has not fallen, how easy is it to bring down the Zhang family?" ”

"This time, it's a great opportunity." The man put down a chess piece and said: "It's not easy to make these powerful people succumb, you can't say that you have to kill chickens and monkeys, and make a show, it depends on whether your Tang family has the ability to turn the Zhang family into that chicken......"

He glanced at Tang Zhao and said, "That's all I have to say, whether you can seize the opportunity or not depends on your Tang family." ”

Tang Zhao looked at him and asked, "How will I find you next time?" ”

The man put away the chessboard and said with a smile, "I'll go to you when I need to." ”

……

Tang Qi returned home with a few catties of apples, and when he passed by Tang Zhao's room, he paused and looked in.

Since Tang Jing died and he became the young head of the Tang family, the whole person has changed a lot, so big that Tang Qi sometimes can't believe that this is his son.

Although he locked himself in his room all day to study, Tang Qi didn't believe that a person could change so much in a short period of time, how could his stupid son suddenly become as wise as a torch, and he had no last resort.

He pushed Tang Zhao's door, the door was not closed, Tang Qi walked in slowly, moved his steps again, and picked up a book under his feet.

He looked up, and saw that the floor, table, bed, and cabinet of his room were all scattered with books, and they were in a mess.

If the books in his room were neat and tidy, Tang Qi would be suspicious, but if he threw the books so scattered, it just showed that he had read these books.

There are so many books, not everyone has the patience to read them, but this perseverance is far beyond the reach of many people.

Tang Qi stood in place for a long time, and then he reluctantly persuaded himself to admit that reading can really make people reborn, and Tang Zhao, who became the head of the young family, changed his past stubbornness and finally became enlightened.

That's fine, if he is still as stubborn as before, even if the Tang family can rise, it will be defeated at his hands sooner or later.

He flipped through the books in his hand to see what he was reading on a daily basis.

"Ah Zhao's results in the imperial examination are not ideal, but after all, he has also made up for a real lack of ...... in the ministry."

Tang Qi thought he was reading a history book or something, but he didn't expect it to be, after turning a few pages, he saw several paragraphs of red-faced descriptions, Tang Qi turned back to the cover and looked at it, only to see that "The History of County Lingyan" was written on it.

This is actually an unsightly book with unsightly content, Tang Qi threw it on the ground and picked up two copies again, which were actually X futons and XX Heart Sutras.

Flipping through the content, it is indeed full of indescribable.

Tang Zhao pushed open the door and saw Tang Qi holding a copy of "XX Heart Sutra" and was fascinated, after being stunned, he smiled and said: "I can't imagine that you are good Dad, I still have a few treasured picture books here, do you want to take a look at ......"

……

When the chickens and dogs of the Tang Mansion jumped, the entire Jingshi was also panicked.

A decree issued by the imperial court in advance subverted the previous tax system, which made the wealthy gentry and magnates lose their hearts and souls.

Once the imperial court changed from capitation tax to land collection, the extra tax they paid every year would be dozens to hundreds of times more, what is the difference between this and cutting meat on them?

For a while, people interested in this matter quickly got together to discuss countermeasures.

Some of them contacted the backers of the court and the central government to inquire about the situation, and some hired ordinary people to oppose the implementation of this law in their real names.

This time, the imperial court did not directly announce the revision of the tax law, but solicited the opinions of the people and then made amendments, they only needed to buy the people, let them put the notes with opposing opinions into the opinion box at the palace gate, and as long as they spent five cents at a time, they could buy enough people.

Obviously, this measure of the imperial court is to cut the flesh of the squires and magnates, which is beneficial to the people, but there are still people who are willing to sell their conscience for the five cents, which has attracted a condemnation from the upright people, and the people of insight who intend to promote the implementation of this law angrily call it the "Five Letters Party".

However, no matter how cheerful the people below were, the court never made any response to this matter, and it seemed to have strengthened its determination to revise the tax law.

This time, near Gyeonggi, the magnates and squires who owned a lot of land but didn't have to pay much tax were really panicked......