In the night, the air was filled with a sweet smell, the warm smoky breeze and the light green courtyard were now dark green, the moonlight smeared a hazy milky white on the trunks of the trees that stretched out like faces and arms, the night was already deep, the moon was rising high, and the inner room that had just changed the window screen showed a faint orange-red light.

Behind several layers of heavy curtains is another warm world, the curtain is draped with long black hair like a waterfall and half leans on the head of the bed, and the hand gently caresses the green and warm jade pendant on the neck, sadly recalling the bits and pieces of his childhood.

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"Grandpa! You've given it all to me, so what do you eat? "This is a barefoot little girl holding a piece of Hu Biscuit and munching sweetly.

"The front is Yilong County, grandpa will go and buy another piece." The gray-haired old man smiled and patted the empty cloth bag, but there was no clanging sound of copper coins in it.

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"Sell herbal tea! Sell herbal tea! A big bowl of money quenches thirst and cools off. The childish screams of a seven-year-old lady came from the street.

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"Grandpa, you can't see with your eyes, the curtain wants to help grandpa look at the picture together!" The ten-year-old curtain looked at the newly blind old man with a resolute expression.

The old man touched her head lovingly, "Then sit down!" Grandpa came to teach you, you remember, people's faces have facial features, divided into three stops, and subdivided into a hundred.

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Before she knew it, she was already in tears, 'Grandpa! She cried out in a low voice, "The curtain is doing well, better than anyone else, don't worry!" ’

At this time, a soft handkerchief was handed over from the side, Li Qing gently hugged his wife's waist, and said softly: "Are you thinking about your grandfather again?" ”

Curtain nodded with red eyes, "My grandfather's surname is Zhao, and I will change my name to Zhao Curtain in the future, Li Lang, you call me." ”

Zhao ...... Curtains, huh! Zhao Lai, I'm not used to it for a while, I still call you Curtain Shun, or you follow me, call Li Curtain , isn't it called like this in your edict? ”

"Li Lang, I'm still called Zhao Lian! My grandfather raised me, but I couldn't repay him, that's all I had. ”

Li Qing smiled, "I'm talking about playing, Zhao Lian, what's Xiaoyu's surname?" ”

"I only know that her father's name is Hanagoro, maybe she should be surnamed Hana."

The curtain lay down in her husband's arms, raised her face, and kissed his stubble, green chin,

"Li Lang, you better save your beard! This stubble pokes people's pain! ”

Li Qing touched his chin and said with a smile: "But when someone pressed me and cut my beard, who said that her man would never be allowed to have a beard, so categorically, I forgot who said it?" ”

The curtain glanced at him coquettishly, "You only remember this, can't you talk about the benefits of others?" ”

"Hmmm.! I didn't expect the benefits, but I thought about a lot of the benefits. ”

Li Qing lowered his head and bit her earlobe, reached into her shirt with one hand, and gently rubbed her plump and white **, "I remember the night we got married, your hand.

"I'm not allowed to say any more!" The curtain reached out to cover his mouth, and his body was so ashamed that his body softened, Li Qing saw that her eyes were like autumn water, and her voice was loud and glutinous, and her heart suddenly soared, and her hand couldn't help but increase her strength, and gradually touched down.

After a while, the curtain was already panting, and she was fully engaged in meeting her husband's impact, she stretched out her snow-white and delicate arms, hugged Li Qing's thick neck, and said with a hint of crying: "Li Lang, hold me tight, never let go!" ”

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Morning. The sky has turned blue-white. Chang'an is still asleep last night. Only a few poor people who get up early to get food are scattered in the streets and alleys. The lights of some high-rise mansions are also starting to turn on. Five watches. The rumbling drums are beating on time in the Chang'an squares. Today is the day of the Hajj and the first Hajj meeting this year. Come late and get lazy. Suddenly, the officials were sudden

However, the Great Dynasty is extraordinary, and there will be some major decisions to be discussed in the Dynasty, especially in today's Dynasty, officials from the fourth rank and above have received the draft of the Imperial Council of the Imperial Supervisor in advance, which is actually to discuss the establishment of the Salt and Iron Supervisor and the 'official cabinet', in addition to the upcoming Tianbao Five-Year Provincial Examination.

The establishment of the salt and iron prison has been ironclad, after all, the income of three million guan is placed there, and the key is the official cabinet, such as its terms, what 'the county households may go to the county official cabinet to pay rent, and those who pay on time for five years can be exempted from hard labor for one year. A discerning person can see at a glance that this is actually an indirect deprivation of the local fiscal and tax rights, and the local government is only assisting the imperial court in urging the payment of rents, and more importantly, the authenticity of the household registers fabricated by various localities, which can also be distinguished by the payment of rents; Secondly, the left treasure of Taifu Temple will also be allocated to the official cabinet, and the official cabinet is under the direct jurisdiction of the household department, which is also a means to strengthen the power of the household department.

The ministers hurried on the road with their own agendas, and the official sedan chairs and horse-drawn carriages flowed through the streets, and the orange lights floated in the streets, which was particularly eye-catching.

Li Qingtian got up before dawn, under the curtain, busy freshening up and changing clothes, today he will be the protagonist of this dynasty, whether it is the establishment of the salt and iron prison or the formation of the official cabinet, it is all from his handwriting, improve the central finances, strengthen the centralization of power

From the perspective of government, we should prevent the centrifugal force of the local government and try to eliminate the hidden danger of the Anshi Rebellion.

However, he also knows that there are pros and cons to everything, like the monopoly of salt and iron, although the imperial court has increased its financial revenue, but the money will not be born out of thin air, part of it is to deprive the big salt merchants of their huge profits, in fact, there is also a large part of the interest is to raise the price of salt, from the people, and if there is no restriction, once the imperial court is financially tight, it will intensify the price of salt, and increase the exploitation of the people.

There is also a national bank, which absorbs private savings, but once there is war or inflation, the imperial court is very likely to issue large money for small money, so that the blood and sweat of the people will be wiped out overnight.

He seems to be the hand that opens the 'Pandora's box', and he is ambivalent about the interests and hidden dangers he has caused, and he hopes that the people will actively deposit money in the national bank, and he also hopes that the people will have their own life experience and not store all their money in one place.

"Li Lang, what are you thinking?"

Curtains while combing Li Qing's hair, while observing his expression from the bronze mirror, after a night of affection, her heart of sorrow has dissipated a lot, at this time, her eyes are slightly red and swollen, her face is a little pale, in the middle of the night she suddenly woke up, and hid in the quilt and secretly cried again, missing the deceased grandfather and mother, until the fourth watch did not fall asleep, today her husband is going to participate in the court, Xiaoyu is not at home, she has to drag the tired body for her husband to clean up.

Li Qing can understand the mood of the curtain, now that her life experience has been revealed, she can only rely on her own love and time to slowly repair the wounds in her heart, and virtuous women have a common characteristic, she will remember the small trivial matters of her children and husbands, but she will only forget herself.

Li Qing patted his wife's hand lightly and said with a smile: "I'm thinking that if I marry Cui Liuliu, won't I become a sister and a husband?" ”

"You want to be beautiful!" The curtain smiled and knocked her husband's head casually, but Li Qing reminded her, no wonder she had an inexplicable good impression of Cui Liuliu, it turned out that she was her sister.

She tied Li Qing's hair in a bun and begged in a low voice: "Li Lang, can you arrange it, I want to see her again." ”

Li Qing chuckled, "That's a trivial matter, but if I don't leave, I won't be able to enter the Danfeng Gate." ”

Curtain! With a bang, he jumped up in shock, and then he realized that it had taken him nearly half an hour to comb her husband's hair.

"Come and change! Spring snow, let Zhang Wang hurry up to prepare the carriage, the master is about to go out! ”

Curtain hurriedly dressed Li Qing in his official uniform, and complained while tying his belt: "Then why don't you say it, I don't even have time to eat breakfast now, I can only wronged you." ”

She finally cleaned up for Li Qing, sent him out of the door, stuffed him with a few pieces of snacks, and carefully advised: "Eat on the road!" When you are full, you can fight them. ”

Li Qing smiled and stared at his wife, suddenly hugged her, kissed her on the lips, and then laughed and boarded the carriage and walked away under the escort of a group of guards.

The curtain bit her lip and stared blankly at her husband's carriage going away, she couldn't help but sigh happily, and hurried back to the house to pack her things, she was very busy today, and the day after tomorrow was the day of the geese monk, and she was going to accompany her, although it was just to hide people's eyes, but the form of becoming a monk still had to be done.

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However, it was said that Li Qing's carriage went to the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, and there were very few officials who entered the court, and at this time a carriage came to him, and there was also a large team of guards to protect him, but it was Li Linfu, the right minister, and he seemed to be late.

"Li Shilang! Did you go to drink flower wine last night, so you were late? ”

Li Linfu opened the curtain to greet Li Qing, only to see that his huge nose was red and his voice was a little urn, probably because of a cold.

"Listening to the voice, Sangkook seems to be sick?"

Li Linfu sighed and said, "People are old! The body is not good, if you are not careful, you will get sick, and I will ask the emperor for bones in a few more years, and this court will rely on you to support you in the future. ”

He smiled slyly, seemingly casually, but the corner of his eye caught the expression on Li Qing's face, and he shook his head regretfully, as if he was regretting that he was about to retire.

"Xiangguo is in its prime, and the dynasty is in an eventful autumn, if Xiangguo retires, won't Datang Sheji collapse more than half?"

Li Linfu looked up to the sky and smiled, "Okay, you Li Qing, you are getting better and better at talking, don't you know what you're thinking?" You must be thinking that this bad old man had better die tomorrow, and the world will be peaceful if he dies. ”

Li Qing hurriedly raised his hand and said in fear: "How dare I think like this, if there is no Xiangguo, won't this flower wine be boring in the future!" ”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed. Soon, the two carriages entered the Danfeng Gate one after another, and in front of Longwei Road, almost all the officials gathered here, leaning together in twos and threes, or discussing the wind and snow, or arguing about today's court discussion, Li Linfu just got off the carriage, and many officials surrounded him to curry favor and flatter him.

Li Qing arched his hand to him and walked away, his head was looking around, he wanted to find Zhang Qiu and Qiong, today's court meeting was very important to him, he wanted to discuss the strategy with Zhang Qiu in advance.

But after looking for a long time, he didn't see the shadow of Zhang Qiu and Qiong, Li Qing was surprised, and suddenly felt that someone behind him slapped him on the shoulder, and then a familiar voice came to his ears, "Brother Li, you are not kind to do things!" ”]