Ronghua lowered his sleeves, "Lord Liang's words are strange, this palace was ordered by his father, can't you ask about it?" ”

"Your Highness's harem is not allowed to interfere in politics." And you're asking about that?

Ronghua stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, a pair of phoenix eyes were dark, "Lord Liang's words are really funny, how can this palace be called a political interference?" If he interferes in politics, how can his father entrust him to the palace? ”

Rong Hua's face suddenly turned cold, "Lord Liang, are you questioning your father's will?" ”

Liang Fang leaned over and knelt down, "Your Highness has been wronged!" ”

Ronghua's fingertips curled up, tapped on the table, and clicked, "Say, what does Lord Liang want to say to this palace?" ”

Liang Fang knelt at the foot of the table, and only after a while did he raise his head and ask Ronghua: "How does Your Highness know what Wei Chen asked him?" ”

Ronghua's eyes sparkled, "Lord Liang has sleeves from time to time, I'm afraid there is something to give to the palace, and his words are too angry." It does not match Liang Fang's temperament that has been up and down in officialdom for many years.

She paused, "The same thing this palace has already told Lord Xu, this palace might as well guess, Lord Xu should have relayed it to several adults and imperial brothers in 1510." "Why don't you be willing to hand over the fold to her with a prudent temperament?

"Your Highness is wise."

As he spoke, Liang Fang took out a piece of letterhead from his wide sleeve and presented it with both hands.

Ronghua gathered his mind slightly, took the letterhead, turned his fingertips, and passed by line by line, his face did not change, cold and indifferent.

Seeing Liang Fang sighed slightly, if this master was born as a man, it would be a courtier's luck, it's a pity, it's a pity.

"Lord Liang might as well tell me about this."

"Yes."

Liang Fang retracted the eyes that fell on Ronghua, stared at the decoration on the felt on the ground, and said:

"When His Royal Highness inquired about the account books of Bai County, he found that the account books from the seventh year of Zhenyuan Dynasty," Liang Fang didn't know what to think of, and took a deep breath, "The account books are fake." ”

Seven years of Zhenyuan? Did anything big happen that year? Ronghua's fingertips lightly tapped on the letterhead, Qiu Xu. Thinking about it this way, it was roughly in line with her initial guess.

"Hmm."

Ronghua motioned for Liang Fang to continue.

"Your Highness knows where to fake?"

Ronghua finally glanced at Liang Fang, did not speak, and moved his eyes back to the letterhead, which was a transcription of an account of this year, that is, the twelfth year of Zhenyuan.

"Cao Yun."

Caoyun has been there since the beginning of the princes' struggle for hegemony in ancient times, and it has reached a new stage in Daye's development.

Daye conquest and transportation of grain include Xue County, Jiuyuan, Huiji, Guxiang, Jiujiang, and Qianzhong six counties. Cao grain is divided into southern grain and northern grain according to the different supply areas.

In addition to the grain, there is also white grain, which is supplied by the five counties of Huguang, Yongxuan, Suxing, Changzhou and Songjiang, all of which are locally produced white ripe japonica glutinous rice.

The grain is the salary of the military in Beijing and the border (north), and the white grain is used for the palace, the Zongren Mansion and the grain of the Beijing officials.

Cao Yun was in the center, and the Gyeonggi Capital Cao Yun Division was initially placed to make it the master of Cao Yun.

Eleven years after Jing Yuan, the Cao Yun envoy was abolished and the chief military officer of the Cao Yun Mansion was placed. In the second year of Jingtai, the governor of Caoyun was established, and he was the same as the chief military officer.

Caofu led the 12 guards with a total of 127,600 people, 11,700 ships, 7,000 people and 350 sea ships, and was full-time for grain transportation, which was called the transportation army.

At the local level, officials such as the Fuzuo, Yuandao and Kedao officials, as well as the county secretary, were in charge of local affairs. The Central Household Department and the Cao Government dispatched special officials to preside over the supervision and escort of military and civilian grain ships in various localities. At the county level and below, the chief of grain is responsible for the collection and reconciliation of transportation. Under the chief of grain, there are households and transporters, who are dedicated to transportation.

In the early years of Daye, it was mainly by sea, supplemented by river and land transportation.

One enters the sea from the river, passes through the mouth of Zhigu to Lianwan, or goes to Langya; One is from the river to the upper river, and then transported by land and then transported by the river to Yingchuan. The Jiangnan Cao Yun was transported from the Baixi River to Shangjing. In terms of carriers, sea transportation is military transportation, and the rest is civil transportation. In five years, Yongle renovated the Grand Canal, that is, the Cao River from Linuma to Shangjing. Dredging rivers and building more than 3,000 boats for transshipment. In addition, five grain warehouses were built along the canal, namely Jiangjing, Qingyuan, Tongzhou, Lin'an, and Huaixing.

There are roughly three ways to transport it.

First, the regulations stipulate that the grain from all over the country will be transported to the four warehouses of Qing, Tong, Lin, and Huai nearby, and then transported to Shangjing by the army in sections. Transshipment four times a year. Peasants participating in grain transportation are exempted from paying the tax grain of the current year, and if they pay the tax of the current year, they are exempted from transporting grain, and their freight costs are calculated in the support of the grain transported.

The second is that the grain from all over the country is transported to one place, exchanged with the army for transshipment, exchanged with the general sea transportation in the small beach of the Daimyo Mansion, and exchanged with the military transportation in Jining, and the cost of the military transportation is borne by the peasants. In the sixth year of Yongle, the "rules for increasing consumption" of grain were established, that is, the freight was calculated according to the distance of the region, and it was levied with the increase in consumption of regular grain, and handed over to the officials and soldiers when the grain was redeemed. At first, the redemption and branch transportation were parallel, and then the redemption gradually became more advantageous.

Third, the officers who exchanged the goods crossed the river and went to the counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River to exchange water. The peasants are exempted from transporting grain, but they have to pay an additional fee for crossing the river. In the eleventh year of Xuande, Huaixing and other four warehouses were changed to exchange.

In order to maintain the transportation of Cao, the imperial court stipulated that all the grain should be levied in its true nature, and it could not be reduced or reduced, and the change of grain was strictly restricted. Only in serious cases such as severe disasters, lack of ships or obstruction of transportation, partial changes are allowed, and the total of the positive and consumed items at the time of conversion and levy is included. The cost of transportation shall be borne by the grain households, including freight, military transportation and ship repair fees, etc., which shall be levied according to the regular grain consumption.

In the third year of Chenghua, Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty also included salt and iron in Caoyun, and since then, Caoyun has been more important to Daye, and it is a big fat meat in the competition between officialdom.

"Exactly."

Ronghua rubbed his eyebrows, he was really bold! Although she had expected it a long time ago, she was still shocked when she heard it.

Ronghua's sleeves flicked to her knees, and her head was slightly raised, I'm afraid this is still where she can't move now, even if she wants to do it, she can't shake it, after all, ...... Ronghua's fingertips curled up, and the fabric was crumpled by her.

After all, she still has to rely on those people. Thinking of this, Ronghua's lips pursed tightly, but he bowed his head powerlessly, "Lord Liang, get up." ”

"What do you mean by Brother Huang? Moreover, there is only one woman in this palace, and this incident should be presented as soon as possible, and it should be decided by the father. ”

Liang Fang sat down opposite and shook his head ashamedly, "What His Highness said is extremely true, and His Royal Highness has already reported this matter as soon as possible. ”

Xu Zhang didn't have her hand in this matter!

"His Royal Highness thought that this matter could not be delayed, but it would take more than ten days to get to Beijing from here to Beijing. Although Her Royal Highness is a woman, she is a princess, and of course she is qualified to inquire about this matter. Weichen still remembers that His Royal Highness was shocked in the upper study back then. ”

Ronghua pursed his lips, is this talking about her? Sure enough, the people in officialdom are good at opening their eyes and telling nonsense.

The tip of Ronghua's tongue lightly resisted, "Lord Liang has won the award." ”

Ronghua pushed the teacup slightly, tilted his head slightly, and hooked a faint smile, "Does Lord Liang believe in this palace?" ”

Liang Fang's eyes deepened, and then he laughed, "Believe!" ”

"Then bother Lord Liang and the imperial brother to say that they should not meddle in this matter, and let their father deal with it."

After speaking, Ronghua got up and prepared to leave, when the corner of his clothes was pulled. Ronghua side face.

"Wouldn't Your Highness want to? It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. ”

Ronghua pulled back, opportunity? She knew what the opportunity in Liang Fang's mouth represented, and it was what they wanted. Heh, but that has to be taken with a life! Ronghua didn't laugh angrily, and his black phoenix eyes slanted at Liang Fang.

"Yes, it's a pity that this palace can't do it."

Ronghua paused, and said: "For the sake of the three emperor brothers, this palace reminds me that the matter of Cao Yun is the foundation of the country, and the father will definitely send officials here, so don't make it difficult to end at that time." ”

Unfulfilled meaning, she Ronghua will not have any friendship to help at that time.

Liang Fang glanced at Ronghua deeply, and watched Ronghua's figure gradually leave. Slowly lowered his head and picked up the letterhead that Ronghua discarded on the table, his mind turned nine times, and it took a long time to raise his eyes and put a screen facing the mountain pine and snow in the corner, and said in a deep voice: "Second son." ”

A person walked out behind the screen, blue and gray clothes, jade robes, Zhilan jade trees, the hem of the clothes was slightly raised, and the hem of the clothes was also spread down.

Mingzhou took the letterhead from Liang Fang's hand and was silent.

Thanks to the dark back of the corner, Mingzhou is sitting behind the screen and Ronghua is just opposite to each other, Ronghua does not practice martial arts, and his five senses are not keen, plus Mingzhou's eyes did not fall on Ronghua, this time Ronghua didn't know that there was another person in this tea room.

"How will the emperor stay?"

Mingzhou showed no mercy and pointed out Liang Fang's position at once. Liang Fang didn't care much about it, just because the Ming family is now in charge of Mingzhou's father-Ming Xu, and Ming Xu was the prince of the year and was friendly with the current Emperor Mingzhen, and he was the mainstay of the royalist party.

"The emperor means to investigate thoroughly."

Liang Fang couldn't help but tremble when he said this, the emperor is going to subvert the government! I don't know how deep this Cao Yun matter is, if it is according to the emperor's superficial meaning, I am afraid that this Jiangnan and Shangjing will have to be bloodied more than once.

"Xia Guan knows."

Mingzhou stretched out his hand towards Liang Fang, and Liang Fang immediately cleverly took out a letter from his wide sleeve and handed it to Mingzhou.

In fact, Ronghua saw that Liang Fang's sleeve action was actually nervous, but it was a pity that Liang Fang's mind was lively and perfunctory through a letterhead, and Ronghua's mind was not here, so Liang Fang flickered over.

The emperor himself!

Mingzhou uncovered the wax and pulled out the letter, the pen was sharp and unconcealed, wide open and closed, Mingzhou's face was always serious.

Mingzhou said to Liang Fang: "Lord Liang, you might as well take a look." ”

As he spoke, Mingzhou stretched out his hand, and Liang Fang took the letter.

Liang Fang Nunu mouthed for a long time and looked at Mingzhou, "Second son, this ......"

Mingzhou tilted his head slightly and dipped the letter into the porcelain jar that filtered water, and with a smile on his face, he watched as the ink blurred and pasted into a large piece of gray paint. The long bundle of hair hung down and landed next to his face, covering the face of the half-slap, casting a shadow.

"As a courtier, the emperor's order is difficult to disobey."

Liang Fang nodded, "Okay, so the official will leave first, and the second son, you will leave through the back door later." ”

Mingzhou nodded.