When Cheng Yue heard that Annan also sent a special gift during the New Year, he smiled slightly and said: "Annan's prince is in my hands, they are afraid that I will take him to sacrifice the flag when I go south, and by the way, I came to hear the news." didn't go any further, and asked Yang Shufei: "Is the queen mother okay?" I specially considered the issue of wintering when I repaired the villa, is she comfortable for the elderly? ”

Concubine Yang Shufei said with a smile: "The saint lives very well, and together with the Queen Mother, he didn't live in the palace for a day all winter. Not only saints, but all the ministers who bought villas lived in villas with their families in winter, which is really enviable. ”

Ding Niang said with a smile: "Xianggong repaired the villa, but our family didn't live for a few days, and my mother and they lived for more than a month." Fortunately, when the prime minister left, he ordered the heating to be turned on in the house, and this winter we had a better life than usual. ”

Cheng Yue sighed: "The queen mother has been lonely and ill-fated all her life, I can be as good as I can to her, as long as she likes all the best things, I am willing to give anything." I don't have any family, I can only feel some affection from her old people, you know? ”

Most of the concubines were moved to tears, Yang Shufei hugged Cheng Yue's shoulders and cried, and Cheng Yue wanted to comfort them in turn.

When going to bed at night, because Cheng Yue ran for most of the day, and in the afternoon he had a big battle with the concubines, and he was physically and mentally exhausted, so Cheng Yue made an exception and only summoned Dingniang and Yang Shufei. The three of them talked about love, hugged each other and slept together, very happy.

When he got up in the morning, he was refreshed, and Cheng Yue went outside the house to punch him, and most of his strength had recovered.

After breakfast, the concubines were busy, and Cheng Yue went to the study to listen to the report of Dingniang and the tenth concubine.

Concubine Yang Shufei made tea for Cheng Yue with her own hands, and sat in Cheng Yue's arms affectionately, not wanting to leave him for a moment.

Cheng Yue waved his hand. Ding Niang said: "Remember the peace temple outside Lin'an City, right?" ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said, "I know, it is said that the incense is prosperous, and it is very effective to ask for rain." ”

Ding Niang said: "Since Xianggong killed a group of monks, Ping'an Temple has kept a lot of low-key, and he doesn't dare to openly claim that he is good for rain. But when Xianggong went north, it became famous again. ”

Cheng Yue said: "Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Ding Niang said: "A few years ago, Heian Temple claimed to have welcomed the Buddha bone relics from the country of Mara (now Nepal). It made a sensation in the safe city, the momentum was huge, and the good men and women were endless, Yang Ting said that the Ping'an Temple had looted at least 70,000 or 80,000 taels of silver. Originally, according to the official's "Religious Law", the money had to be taxed in full, but someone in the palace intervened, saying that it was the Heian Temple that came all the way to usher in the Buddha's bones, which cost a lot of money. Costs should be deducted. But what is the specific cost, and it doesn't come with the opening of Heian Temple? So under the seven deductions and eight deductions, he only paid a few hundred taels of silver. We watched coldly, and the two prime ministers were also vague, and this matter was obviously very strange. Later, Lord Yang verified in many ways, and learned that the matter was caused by the interference of Wang Wei, the internal servant of the official family, but Yang Ting couldn't investigate how much money Wang Wei collected in it. So as not to startle the snake. ”

Cheng Yue was slightly stunned and said, "Wang Yu? He's not honest yet? What does this man think? Think I really don't care? ”

Mrs. Zhu said: "The officials don't know, when Wang Yu was not a career, he went to Ping'an Temple to make a wish, and if he can gain power in the future, he should thank Ping'an Temple." The reason why he was able to wait by the official's side was also because several masters of Heian Temple had said good things for him in front of the first emperor. ”

Cheng Yue snorted coldly and said, "What a big dog guts." Just to repay a few good words said by a few monks back then, I dared to abandon the national law! Did any of the monks of Heian Temple escape? ”

Ding Niang said: "After the incident, Yang Ting has been sending people to monitor the Ping'an Temple, except for some novices who travel back and forth, there is no change in the Ping'an Temple. Presumably, they think that the prime minister has always been indifferent to specific political affairs. They are too busy with the Eastern Expedition to Japan and will not bother with them. ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "Who said I ignore them? Because of this, it is even more important to take care of it. I want to forge cannons, build ships, make guns, and make gunpowder, what kind of money does not need money? Can I ignore the money that comes to my door? ”

Wang Qiu'er said: "The two prime ministers don't seem to be involved, they are smart, and they don't want any money that shouldn't be asked." ”

Cheng Yue said: "These two people are treacherous and slippery, and they don't want to get involved at all, hehe, they deserve to be the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Gu Xia'er said: "How should the officials take care of it? Do you want someone to write a book of impeachment? ”

Cheng Yue shook his head and said: "No need, from now on, I want to turn darkness into light and take over the government directly, no need to be polite." ”

The concubines were in high spirits when they heard this, Cheng Yue is finally going to stand out, and the world will definitely change from now on!

Yang Shufei kissed Cheng Yue on the mouth and smiled softly: "It's really time, officials are in charge of the government, and it is the best for the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Cheng Yue smiled slightly and said, "What else?" ”

Ding Niang said: "Xianggong, presumably Xianggong also heard about it in Suzhou, some people who are not satisfied with the changes brought by Xianggong to the Great Song Dynasty, accuse Xianggong of bringing disaster to the country and the people, and turning things upside down. They call themselves? There are 7 to 8,000 people in the Senior Citizens' Association, distributed in more than 10 places in the Great Song Dynasty. The SAR is controlled by the prime minister, and they dare not make a mistake, and the number of them is very small. There were many people in Lin'an and other places in the Great Song Dynasty, as far as Guangzhou. They advocated etiquette and religion and denounced the doctrine of mutual justice as heresy. Zhao Liangchun and Xu Daolong went south to build roads, cut corners and straightened them, and offended them even more, scolding the prime minister for misdoing all day long, and they would be punished by God. At present, the number of these people is increasing, and they often incite the people to make trouble, and the local government is very troubled. ”

Cheng Yue sighed and said, "This is expected, it's strange that this kind of person doesn't appear." Any new thing will always be opposed, I was suppressed so much that I didn't dare to come forward, as soon as I left, Liu Mengyan and Chen Yizhong didn't care, these people would naturally jump out. I'll take care of it. Anything else? ”

Ding Niang said: "There is another strange thing, Xianggong, do you know Cao Guifei in the palace?" ”

Cheng Yue was stunned: "Concubine Cao? Which one? Not very impressed. He turned his head and asked Yang Shufei, "Who is she?" ”

Yang Shufei said: "She is the concubine of Emperor Duzong, I have checked the records in the palace, and the first emperor pampered her three times when he was alive, and she has no children." It is said that she is a descendant of Cao Cao, so she was named a concubine. There are a lot of people in the family, and now there are more than 100 people living in Lin'an, and the last time the officials investigated the illegal affairs of the harem concubines and confiscated more than 3,000 acres of land occupied by the Cao family. ”

Because the land of the harem concubines does not pay taxes, naturally many farmers attach their fields to their names, and Cheng Yue once ordered to check and retreat the land. At this time, he recalled the relevant twists and turns, nodded and said, "I remember, there is such a thing, what's wrong with this woman?" ”

Ding Niang said: "After Xianggong left, I don't know what happened, there were rumors in the market, saying that Xianggong liked the Three Kingdoms, and Cao Guifei got on the line with Xianggong, so that the relationship was very close. Then several brothers of Cao Guifei went around looking for people to pull relationships, trying to find some business to do, the people outside did not know the details, and they really made a few big deals, so the news of Xianggong's favor of Cao Guila's wife was even more noisy, many people believed it, and the Cao family's business became bigger and bigger. ”

Cheng Yue couldn't help but be stunned: "Is there such a thing? ”

Xu Dong'er said with a smile: "There are no strange things in the world, we really have nothing to do with officials like this and don't speak, but her fake voice is very loud and very interesting." ”

Cheng Yue asked, "What do the two saints say?" ”

Yang Shufei said: "The two saints both felt ridiculous, but it was inconvenient to take care of it, so everything was left to her, just waiting for the officials to come back and deal with it." ”

Cheng Yue frowned and thought for a while, and said to Ding Niang: "Has this Cao Guifei come to see you?" ”

Ding Niang smiled: "How dare she come over?" Didn't she debunk it when I asked? ”

Cheng Yue said: "This matter can be dealt with now, Mrs. Zhu, you go back to the palace and find Cao Guifei, and say that Dingniang wants to see her and let her come to the Dadu Governor's Mansion, if she refuses to come, don't come in the future." ”

Mrs. Zhu immediately got up and replied, "Yes, the concubine will go now." "Give a slight salute and quickly go out of the house to find Concubine Cao.

After Mrs. Zhu left, Cheng Yue asked again: "How is the Cao family's reputation outside?" ”

Wu Chun'er said: "In the end, it is a famous family, and it has a good reputation. Xianggong confiscated thousands of acres of land from the Cao family, and they did not complain, and repeatedly praised Xianggong for his strict law and discipline outside, which was quite the style of their ancestor Cao Mengde. ”

Cheng Yue said: "What are the people in his family doing?" ”

Wang Qiu'er said: "The generation of the Cao family has no success in their studies, there are no officials, and there are a few cloth merchants, but I heard that they are not doing well now, but they want Cao Guifei to help from time to time." Cao Guifei worked very diligently in the palace, and did everything possible to get a few cashmere looms for her family, so that they could also make cashmere fabrics and sell them. But the cashmere in the north has been monopolized by the officials, and they are not enough, how can they give cashmere to others? So it fell short again. We all guess that this is the reason why Cao Guifei is desperate, but it is short-sighted. ”

Cheng Yue sighed and said, "I do have a monopoly on all the cashmere, but there is no way. First, my demand is too great, and secondly, it can prevent the Mongols from sitting on the ground and raising prices. Other cloth merchants want to make cashmere fabrics, which is really unlikely. ”

Jin'er entered the study and reported: "Official, Lord Yang Ting Yang asks to see you." ”

Cheng Yue said: "Let him come in, you all go and get busy, I want to talk to Yang Ting." ”

The concubines got up and exited the study, and soon, Yang Ting happily came to Cheng Yue to salute.

Cheng Yue smiled: "Okay, there are no outsiders here, what are you doing with so many courtesies." ”

Yang Ting said with a smile: "The Metropolitan Governor has now become a prince, and he should be polite." ”

Cheng Yue laughed and said, "Just a prince, I didn't pay attention to it at all, and you don't have to take it seriously." ”

The corners of Yang Ting's mouth flashed with a smile, and he arched his hand: "Yes." (To be continued......)