Nan Zhijin was cornered by the emperor, like a lonely general, surrounded by enemy troops alone, his soldiers were either killed or wounded, and he was isolated in a distant place, too late to come to the rescue. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the enemy refused to attack immediately, but only circled around him, as if he was playing, and as if he had ulterior motives.

Nan Zhijin is dozens of years old, he is an experienced old official, but now he is a little annoyed and angry, there are no outsiders in the tent, and there is no historian to record his words and deeds, he has a desperate mentality, and said: "Please Your Majesty start with yourself first." ”

Han Ruzi thought about it for a moment and replied, "Then start with me." ”

Nan Zhijin was slightly stunned, and then sneered, "Your Majesty really understands the meaning of Wei Chen's words?" ”

"Shaofu Qiao Wanfu was selected and appointed by me, he compiled a detailed information, I saw that although the emperor is the son of the Great Chu, but also has private property, and each generation is increasing, part of it is for sacrifice, every time an emperor's tablet is placed in the temple, a field must be allocated to supply daily incense. Some, I should say a large part, were 'private property' added by successive emperors, such as the East China Sea Kingdom, where a large area of the sea was assigned to Shaofu, and a large number of pearls were handed over every year, and there were many similar industries. Yunmengze was originally a garden hunting ground carved out by Emperor Lie, and the aborigines were moved out because of this, resulting in its barren land, and later emperors did not like to go to the south, which slowly became a source of bandits. ”

Nan Zhijin stared at the emperor blankly, feeling more and more incomprehensible.

Han Ruzi continued: "Shaofu is a very small yamen, there are only more than ten officials, the properties managed are near the capital, and the palace is used by the household department to allocate to Shaofu, Emperor Cheng inherited the position of Gaozu, probably felt that this was very inconvenient, and the emperor seemed to be supported by the imperial court, so he expanded Shaofu, added bureaus, and changed the allocation to Shaofu to directly manage various industries. Since then, the Shaofu has been expanded in successive dynasties, the largest scale in the middle of Emperor Wu, as many as 500 officials from all over the country, slightly shrunk in the later years, there are still more than 300 people left, as for the craftsmen and slaves in charge, there are countless people. ”

Nan Zhijin finally came back to his senses and shook his head slowly, "Your Majesty can't do it." ”

"Can't do anything?"

"Hand over all the royal estates, Your Majesty may not fully understand the importance of these properties to the palace, without supplies from all over the world, the palace can't afford to support so many eunuchs and palace maids, and Your Majesty's life is ......" The emperor lived a frugal life, and it didn't cost much, Nan Zhijin changed his words: "The lives of the queen mother and the concubines, princes, and princesses will all be affected, and it will not be so easy for Your Majesty to reward someone at will." ”

Han Ruzi pondered for a moment, "It's really difficult, I originally wanted to establish the outside first and then rule the inside, do you think I should rule the inside first?" ”

"This is only the first step, even if Your Majesty gives up many industries, the powerful families may not follow suit, Your Majesty still has to attack the clan, relatives, and then the favored ministers around you, and when Your Majesty is successful, there will be few followers left of Your Majesty."

"You're quite right." Han Ruzi really thought about it, it didn't look like he was confronting Nan Zhijin at all, but it seemed like discussing a big matter.

Nan Zhijin was puzzled and added: "If Your Majesty can't lead by example, you can only rely on torture, which goes back to the original question: Your Majesty must rely on the imperial court, not destroy the imperial court." ”

"The powerful and the rich keep their house slaves privately and do not register for nothing, just to conceal the population and refuse to pay taxes, if I reduce the rent significantly, will there be fewer opponents?"

"It will be less, but the treasury of Great Chu is empty, and if Your Majesty reduces the rent again, I am afraid that the treasury will be unsustainable."

"One province and one province, we can always stick to the past, I don't want to achieve results in three or five years, what I plan is to rule in ten or twenty years."

"This kind of thing Weichen is not very familiar with, Weichen only understands one thing, Your Majesty is overturning the imperial court, plotting ......" Nan Zhijin couldn't continue, although the emperor himself said that he wanted to "plot his own rebellion", but he couldn't repeat it.

"Yes, you know the rules of the court better. My plan is this: the land that supplies the Taimiao will be kept, and the rest of the Shaofu's estate, all those who supply rare things, will be abolished, and the people will be released to open up the wasteland, and the clan and relatives will persuade them to hand over the hidden property and domestic slaves. ”

"Persuade?"

"I have my own ideas." Han Ruzi smiled and said, "You can guess it, and you won't be guilty." ”

Nan Zhijin pondered for a moment, "Cui family, Your Majesty wants to attack the Cui family first, and Cui Hong has already sent his family to the emperor." ”

Han Ruzi nodded, "Cui Hong will either listen to my advice or accept severe punishment according to the law, I believe he will choose the former." ”

The daughter of the Cui family is the queen and is in love with the emperor, and the son of the Cui family is a close minister of the emperor and is highly favored, but the emperor wants to take the Cui family to show justice.

"Since Your Majesty has a plan, what are you going to do with Weichen?"

"You used to guess what I thought, and now I need you to guess what the minister thinks, so that I can fight a prepared battle."

"There should be no war between kings and ministers."

"Then let me make a little preparation in advance, so that I can 'cooperate' with the minister's ideas." Han Ruzi doesn't care about words.

"Why should Your Majesty be like this? Even if it succeeds, the pen of future generations will be in the hands of the minister, and His Majesty will inevitably leave ...... Infamy. ”

"It has to be so, since I am the emperor, I can't let Da Chu decline or even perish in my hands. I'd rather be a sinner for the ages in the history books than a weak country. ”

Nan Zhijin sighed, the emperor hoped to convey a firm will to the minister through him, and he himself first had to believe that the emperor really had the determination to break the boat.

Now he's starting to believe it.

"Your Majesty will not completely overthrow the imperial court?"

"As long as you get cooperation, the prime minister will still be Zhuo Ruhe, the secretary of the military department will still be Jiang Juying, and the Cui family will still be the Cui family."

Nan Zhijin sighed again, "Your Majesty Rong Weichen thinks about it for a day." ”

"Okay."

Nan Zhijin retreated towards the door, and Han Ruzi added: "Don't think about 'killing yourself' anymore, as soon as you die, the only reliable connection between me and the imperial court will be broken, and we can only be suspicious of each other, and I will have to strike first." ”

Nan Zhijin bowed deeply, said nothing, and exited the tent.

Han Ruzi let out a long breath, feeling extremely tired, he had to put all his energy into dealing with Nan Zhijin, and fought a tough battle, which consumed more energy than the whole day.

In fact, Han Ruzi didn't think so much and so far, some plans were said by him "following the trend", but his ultimate goal was not to "follow the trend", but to "go against the trend".

"The world is in my hands." Han Ruzi muttered to himself, there is no one around, he can no longer say anything like the Great Chu River and the people, this is his world, his sharp weapon, from Yang Feng, he learned that this sharp weapon contains extremely powerful power, only those who can use it, those who can use it, can use it, can play it.

Han Ruzi held this unparalleled sharp weapon in the world, only to find that it was rusted and had to be repolished.

"The whole world is in my hands." Han Ruzi felt indescribable loneliness and pride.

It was already late at night, and Han Ruzi called Zhang Youcai in loudly, ready to rest in the study tent.

Zhang Youcai quickly laid out the futon, "Your Majesty doesn't see anyone anymore, huh?" ”

Han Ruzi had already changed his clothes and said with a smile: "Let me guess - Cui Teng is outside?" ”

Zhang Youcai's eyes widened, "Fortunately, I never made a bet with Your Majesty...... Uh, better than winning or losing. ”

Han Ruzi was very tired, and he really didn't want to see anyone again, but after thinking for a while, he still said, "Let him come in." ”

Seeing that Cui Teng didn't have to pay too much attention to his appearance, Han Ruzi sat on the bed with his legs covered with the quilt, planning to sleep later.

Cui Teng stepped in and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is going to sleep now." ”

Han Ruzi nodded.

Zhang Youcai didn't leave, and whispered: "You make it clear to Your Majesty, don't let Your Majesty misunderstand." ”

Cui Teng scratched his head, "It's just a little game, really, Your Majesty, both of us have strict mouths, and we have never leaked a word to outsiders." ”

"Of course, I believe in both of you." Han Ruzi understands very well in his heart that the so-called outsiders do not include Cui Hong, and Cui Taifu has a way to make his son know everything and say everything.

Cui Teng was relieved and said to Zhang Youcai: "You almost scared me to death, I thought I was going to be affected by the Yan family." ”

"As soon as you said it, I remembered it, you have a good relationship with Yan Pengshi, right?" Han Ruzi said.

Cui Teng made a bitter face, "I shouldn't talk too much." It's okay, I played together, I thought this kid was not bad at the time, but I didn't expect that their father and son were different, not only kept house slaves, but also designed to frame Huang Pugong. ”

Yushitai only investigated the case of the Yan family's mutiny into slavery, and did not mention anything about the fall of Huang Pugong, but there were many rumors in private.

"How many house slaves do you have in Cui's furniture?"

"Not a single one!"

"As long as you hand it over within three months, I won't ask for guilt, if you hide it from me, you will betray my trust in you."

"I'm ...... I really don't know. Cui Teng was about to cry, and he really regretted coming to see the emperor, "My father and a few uncles are in charge of the affairs of the family, and I don't want to ask at all. ”

"Then you can write to ask, tell your father, don't guess, don't be nervous, I won't specifically target the Cui family, I need the support of your Cui family at this time."

"Of course, the Cui family doesn't support Your Majesty, who else can?" Cui Teng breathed a sigh of relief again.

"Your family will understand my painstaking efforts, right?"

"Understand, understand too much, these privately owned house slaves don't have to pay rent and taxes, and they don't have to be soldiers, and Da Chu will have an empty treasury because of this." Cui Teng immediately replied, everyone is talking about this matter every day these days, and he has learned a few words.

Han Ruzi smiled, "By the way, you told Taifu in the letter that I would send someone to explain to him personally. ”

"Don't bother."

"Taifu is my father-in-law, and he deserves preferential treatment."

Cui Teng grinned, "Who to send, has Your Majesty decided?" ”

Han Ruzi thought for a while, "Yu Shi Nan is straight." ”

"Understood." Cui Teng responded happily, completely unaware of the importance and sensitivity of Nan Zhijin. (To be continued.) )