On the outskirts of Luoyang.

Yue Su's guard of honor moved forward slowly. He rode a horse and walked in the front, surrounded by Yang Yishan, Jin Chan, Tie Qiu and others. As for Zou Jiaren and Wang Linhe, the two adults, they have to sit in a sedan chair. Especially Lord Wang, who felt panicked around Yue Su, where was he willing to go along with others.

Looking at the endless fields beside the road, many people were busy harvesting, and the golden ears of wheat were shining golden in the sun.

Yue Su pointed to the wheat field and said: "If it weren't for the Yellow River bursting its banks and the floods along the coast, this year would be a good year, the people would have plenty of food and clothing, and the imperial court would not be too difficult." ”

Yang Yishan, who was on the side, heard this, just smiled slightly, and said: "The teacher only brought 50,000 taels of silver out of Beijing for disaster relief, comforting hundreds of thousands of victims on both sides of the strait, and has shared a huge burden for the imperial court. The students thought that after the teacher returned to Beijing, the emperor would have a reward, and it was estimated that the teacher was seated. ”

"The saint's kindness to me is high and deep, and it is difficult for me to repay it, as for whether I am promoted or not, it doesn't matter. As long as the wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, and every year is a good year, I will be satisfied. At that time, I will kill more corrupt officials for Your Majesty, and purge the rule of officials, and my Ming may rise to prominence. Yue Su's later sentence, although pertinent, is a bit naïve, the country is prosperous, and it is by no means enough to kill more corrupt officials and corrupt officials. But it's not that there is no reason at all, if the officials rule clearly, why worry about the peace in the world.

Yue Su was just a policeman in his last life, he had no contact with politics, and he hung up at a young age. Reborn in the Ming Dynasty, although the clouds have risen to the top, there are only two points, one is to be upright and selfless, and do practical things; The second is luck. If there was no Zhu Carpenter to support him, with his temper, it is estimated that he would have been driven home by those old foxes, and it is unknown whether he would have been in a different place.

He doesn't know much about politics, that is, he knows that he wants to grasp the emperor's mind and have a good relationship with the emperor, but if he wants to play some political games and engage in some political struggles, it is still far from it. There are many fierce men in history who don't understand politics, like the famous World War II general, the famous Roton Patton known as the nemesis of the Desert Fox.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and it seems unlikely that you will let a small policeman become a successful politician after being reborn.

"The heart of the teacher who is loyal to the king and loves the people can be learned from heaven and earth, and the students are very respectful. But if you want to keep the country and the people safe, it is not all as the teacher said, blindly killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and praying for good weather. Nowadays, land annexation is serious, and a large amount of land is either in the hands of the gentry or the clan nobles, and the common people can only serve as tenants for them. If you catch up with the good year, you will have enough to eat, but once you catch up with the disaster year, you are afraid that your family will have no surplus food and it will be difficult to live. It's like the Yellow River bursting its banks this time, and all the flooded land is lost, which is nothing to the big families, and the small people can't survive. I heard that Emperor Shenzong gave King Fu tens of thousands of hectares of land, all of which are fertile land, not only the land around Luoyang is his, but also his grange in Shandong and Huguang. In the long run, the small people are afraid that they will no longer have land, and I will ...... Ming."

Speaking of this, Yang Yishan sighed. Although he didn't say it explicitly, Yue Su could also hear what he meant.

"Chongyue, you are in front of the teacher, just talk about it, don't mention it to the outside world." Saying that, Yue Su raised his head and looked up at the sky, and said after a while: "Even if the land is annexed again, it will be all owned by the emperor, and there will be people to plant, as long as it is planted, it will produce grain, and the people will have food." But the reason why the treasury is empty every year in the Ming Dynasty is that I think it should be a tax problem. Just like King Fu, who has so much land and collects so much grain in a year, but does not pay taxes to the emperor, there are so many princes like this, and the court will not even have money for disaster relief. ”

Yue Su was reborn after all, and his perspective on the problem was different from Yang Yishan's. Although the land is seriously annexed, as Yue Su said, it still produces grain, and if there is food, people will not starve to death, as for whose hands it is, it does not matter, the important thing is that if you receive the grain, you have to pay taxes.

Looking at the previous life, there are very few people who have land, even the peasants go to the city to work, sell their land to real estate developers to build buildings, the big guys are not still rich in food and clothing, at most there are more house slaves, that is also your will, real estate developers did not force you to take out loans to buy houses.

It's just that the current Ming Dynasty has not been able to import grain, but the current land alone is enough for self-sufficiency. It is enough for the people to run for a long time, invigorate the economy, reform taxation, and make the state treasury abundant. He did not understand at all the importance of the land to the peasants of this era.

Yang Yishan's thinking is progressive, which may also be related to his lack of talent, and he has become a little cynical. But where did he understand that Juntian's free grain is always an unrealistic empty word.

"What the teacher taught me is that the clan and the gentry don't pay for food, that's the ancestral system, I'm afraid no one can change it." Yang Yishan said helplessly.

"Yes. They don't pay now, maybe soon. Remembering that the imperial court had no money for disaster relief, and had to rely on killing officials and raiding homes to help the people, Yue Su had an idea in his heart, ready to find a way to persuade the carpenter emperor and reform the tax system. But he doesn't know if it will succeed.

Finally came to Luoyang, he was the governor of Henan, and he was accompanied by two powerful local governors, and the officials and gentry of Luoyang naturally had to go out of the city to greet him under the leadership of the prefect. When Yue Qingtian came to Luoyang, the people had to cheer loudly, and it was a lively scene.

After entering the city, when he went to live in the post house, the local officials wanted to set up a banquet for the governor to receive the wind, but Yue Su resigned as usual, and Zou Jiaren and Wang Helin were embarrassed to go.

Yue Su is deserted here, so his family eats together, but in King Fu's mansion, it is very lively.

In the banquet hall of the palace, there are more than ten tables of first-class banquets, and there are countless delicacies. At the most accessible table, there were only four people seated, one was the host Fuwang, one was Shi Wen, the Luoyang supervisor, one was Shi Tong, the prefect of Luoyang, and the other was Sun Shenxing. Don't look at the old guy as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who stepped down, but no matter where he goes, the local officials and gentry must also be respectful.

At the rest of the table, there were officials of all sizes in Luoyang City, as well as gentry and businessmen, but these people either had No. 1 in Luoyang City, or they were some famous in Henan, and they were not idle people.

Before the chopsticks were moved, the big guy first patted the horse on King Fu, and King Fu was coaxed to laugh. After laughing, Shi Wen, who was at the same table, said: "Lord Shi, I heard that you are planning to give Yue Su the wind today, but you ended up eating a closed door, is there really such a thing?" ”

Shi Tong just smiled and said: "Gonggong Shi, there are things, but our big guy is going to say this, in fact, we haven't even booked a banquet, so we are waiting to disturb the prince in the evening." Although he Yue Su is said to be the governor of Henan and the top boss of the lower officials, compared to the prince, it is simply not worth mentioning. What kind of character is our prince, he is the emperor's uncle today, who can't be polite when he sees it. ”

"That's right, looking at Luoyang City, our prince is the sky. He Yue Su, he didn't know what to do, he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know how to do it, and the entire Shang Fang sword came out to swagger, thinking that he was really patrolling on behalf of the Son of Heaven. What is the difference between this kind of annihilator, inviting pets and flattering, and Qian Ning and the like. One day, the emperor will see through this villain's trick and will surely make him fall into a place of no return. Saying that, Shi Wen arched his hand to King Fu, and said: "Cool officials like Yue Su, who are good at dedicating, everywhere they go, they have stirred up the local chickens and dogs, and the people are full of grievances, and the emperor is deceived by him. Lord Wang, you are sitting in Luoyang, you can't turn a blind eye. ”

Shi Wen's home was raided by Yue Su, and tens of thousands of properties were lost in one day, how not to hate Yue Su to the bone. It's just that he knows that he doesn't have the ability to fight Yue Su, and the only way is to provoke the prince to come forward. Yue Su can't go to Luoyang, and King Fu can't see him, now that he comes to Luoyang, he will definitely meet in Longmen, even if King Fu can't punish Yue Su, but it's okay to ridicule and make Yue Su make a fool of himself. You must know that the prince is the prince after all, no matter what he says, the officials can only listen, and they must not contradict it.

Shi Tong saw what Shi Wen meant, and then said: "Lord, what Father-in-law Shi said is right, as soon as Yue Su arrives in Luoyang, he will inevitably make chickens and dogs jump here, Lord Wang, you must not sit idly by." ”

"Hahahaha...... King Fu laughed and said, "You are afraid of Yue Su, but the Lone King is not afraid. You can rest assured, at the Longmen meeting tomorrow, the king will definitely question him and ask why as soon as he entered Henan, he made a miasma of smoke here, and betrayed the emperor's trust in him. If he changes his past wrongs, he will just do it, if he is obsessed, the lonely king will not only teach him a lesson in person, but also refer to him ruthlessly. Hum! In my Luoyang City, he can't turn the sky, you don't have to be nervous. ”

The group of people who came today, those from other places came to tie up with King Fu and set friendships, and the local ones were ventilating with Shi Tong, and wanted to ask King Fu to open his umbrella and shield everyone from the wind and rain. was sugar-coated by these people, and King Fu was also fluttering, forgetting what Father-in-law Qian told him a few days ago.

In contrast, Sun Shenxing's hatred for Yue Su was no less than Shi Wen's, but he was a person with status after all, how could he be like him and instigate him. However, he was also happy to see Yue Suming make a fool of himself, so he sat at the table without saying a word.

The big guy sang the praises of virtue again, and the words he said belittled Yue Su and exalted King Fu. But everyone is ready for one thing, that is, at tomorrow's Longmen meeting, we will see Yue Su make a fool of himself.

When it is said in the Ming Dynasty, it will be the son of the Longmen Society.

The so-called Longmen Meeting, naturally to be held in Longmen Mountain, Longmen Mountain in the suburbs of Luoyang City twenty-six miles southeast, early in the morning, the big guy set off to go. Along the way, there was an endless stream of people, scholars, eunuchs, and merchants.

Surrounded by the guards, Yue Su and others crossed the Yihe Bridge to the foot of Longmen Mountain, and looked up, which was really refreshing. Longmen Mountain has beautiful mountains and clear waters, pleasant scenery, and hot springs. Since ancient times, Longmen Mountain has been known as the crown of the eight views of Luoyang. Longmen Grottoes have long been famous all over the world, Guyang Cave, Binyang Cave, Lotus Cave, Ten Thousand Buddha Cave, are all representatives. In his previous life, he was a policeman, and Yue Su had also heard the name of the Longmen Grottoes, but he had never been there. Today is the Dragon Gate Meeting, the most important thing is not to enjoy the scenery, but to watch the confrontation between the talents of the two academies, but Yue Su has already decided that when the Dragon Gate Meeting is over, he will stay for two days and enjoy it.

If his idea was known to the officials and gentry in Luoyang, his liver would tremble.

A square has already been set up at the foot of the mountain, and there is a ring in the center of the square, which is supposed to be a place for college students to compete. Build a good-looking platform around, that is for the characters with a head and a face, and the layout of the stands is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the middle position under Longmen Mountain, there are two stands, these two stands are much larger than the general stands, but it is not the general size. The outermost people, who are pulled in a circle with a rope to see the lively people, can only be outside the rope.

Ruan Aoyue, Du Shi Niang, and Li Qiongying are all dressed in women's clothes today, wearing beautiful dresses, don't look at the jewels on their bodies, but they have attracted the attention of countless men. But when everyone saw Yue Su standing in front of them, they all quickly turned their heads over, and only dared to whisper, envy and jealousy, there were many people.

Wherever Yue Su passed, officials of all sizes stepped forward to greet him, but only to greet him, and after greeting, he hurriedly smiled and retired. This was especially true of the gentry and merchants, and some even did not dare to approach at all. If the prefect Shi Tong was not the master here, he would need to be accompanied, and I am afraid that he would have hid to the side. Now he wished to ask Yue Su to come to the stand early and settle down.

Yue Su came to the center of the square, pointed to the two grandstands directly opposite and said, "Who are these two grandstands for?" ”

"Lord Hui, one of these two stands is for you, and the other is for King Fu's Chitose." Shi Tong said with a smile.

"Oh." Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "King Fu is also here, why haven't you seen him here yet?" By the way, Chitose can please the emperor here? ”

"Every year at the Dragon Gate Meeting, King Fu will come in person, and they are all invited according to the routine. Chitose and others will be able to arrive. Shi Tong said with a smile.

"Now that the request has been requested, the ministry will not ask. With such a large stand, it is really a bit of a waste to only sit a few people in the main courtyard. So, if you ask them if anyone wants to be on the same stage with the main department, they will go up together. The headquarters also wanted to talk to the gentry in Luoyang and learn about the local customs. Yue Su said flatly.

"Yes, the lower official will ask." Shi Tong immediately asked his subordinates to preach that anyone who would like to be on the same stage with the governor should go over.

When the official gentry in Luoyang heard this, they all shook their heads vigorously, avoiding it, who would dare to join in the fun on the same stage. Yue Su saw that no one was willing, so he didn't say anything more, and walked towards the slightly smaller stand by himself.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly at the entrance: "Fuwang Chitose has arrived!" ”

It didn't matter what his voice was, those officials and gentry rushed to greet him, and compared to when Yue Su arrived, it couldn't be said the same. Yue Su turned to look and saw that the group of people were like locusts, rushing towards the opposite side. Even Shi Tong beside him said: "People are coming, King Fu's Chitose is here, the lower officials are going to greet him, ...... on your side."

Yue Su waved his hand at him and said, "I don't need to wait here, you can go over." ”

"Yes, sir." Shi Tong was pardoned and left in a hurry.

As for Wang Linhe and Zou Jiaren, as early as after entering with Yue Su, they took the opportunity to greet some officials and no longer followed.

Soon I heard the cheers from the other side. "Xiaguan greets King Fu's Chitose!" "Fukuo Chitose Chitose!" "The little one, please say hello to Fuwang Chitose!" …… Jin Chan and the others all came with Yue Su, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but be a little annoyed. Especially Tie Qiu, he said very dissatisfiedly: "When the adults arrived just now, I didn't see them so enthusiastic, now what kind of prince is coming, look at their strength." No matter what our adults say, they are also their top bosses! ”

Yue Su shook his head and smiled, without saying much, but Yang Yishan opened his mouth and said: "Tieqiu, you don't understand this, the teacher is not the same as them, so they stay away, if the adults are in the same stream with them, they will already rush over like flies." ”

Jin Cicada nodded and said, "That's it." However, we adults are loved by the people, and every time I enter the city, when I hear those people call them Qingtian, it is from the heart. I don't want them, one by one. ”

While talking here, the crowd on the other side slowly walked towards it. When this large group of people came to the middle, someone shouted loudly, "Lord Yue, Fuwang Chitose, please come and speak." ”

Yue Su is now under his own stands, there is a short distance from the middle position, and the Fu King himself has to come to see the stands, even if he is respectful, talk to Yue Su, and ask him to go to the stands, isn't this a deliberate toss.

Yue Su understands this truth, but King Fu is a prince after all, and the title is there, Yue Su can't go over, and the etiquette is really unreasonable. You can't ask the prince to come and take the initiative to talk to you. Yue Su turned his head and said, "You wait here, you don't have to go over, I'll go back when I go." ”

After speaking, Yue Su walked forward. Jin Chan and Tie Qiu were afraid that Yue Su would suffer a loss, so they hurriedly said, "My lord, I'll go with you." Immediately, he raised his legs to follow.

Yin Zhu and Tong Xuan were not slacking off, and kept up with each other. This time, Yue Su's subordinates, Ruan Aoyue, Li Qiongying, Du Siniang and others also followed. One more trip at most, what can be counted.

Yue Su came to the middle, and before approaching the crowd, the officials and gentry who were surrounding King Fu hurriedly got out of the way. Yue Su moved forward proudly, and the place he passed was like a thorn in the water.

Soon, Yue Su met King Fu. On top of a warm step, sat a large meat ball wearing a crown and an ochre-yellow three-clawed dragon robe. The crown of the prince also had a dragon on it, but he did not dare to embroider it on his chest like the emperor, but on his shoulders.

Yue Su arched his hand, bowed down and said, "Yue Su, the governor of Henan, see King Fu Chitose." ”

A smile appeared on the fat face of Fuwang Zhu Changxun and said, "Excuse me." You are the new governor of Henan, Yue Su, who was ordered to provide disaster relief? Recently, King Gu has often heard people talk about you, no matter what your name is...... Yue shaved his head...... How could there be such a nickname? ”

As soon as he finished saying this, many of the people on the side couldn't help laughing. Who can't hear that this is King Fu's intention to humiliate Yue Su.

Yue Su also knew it, but he didn't think so, and said flatly: "The lower official's surname is Yue, and he is ordered by the emperor to hold the sword of Shangfang, and he is trusted by His Majesty. The holy decree has words, the dragon head can behead the emperor's relatives, phoenix sons and dragon grandchildren; The tiger head can behead corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and destroy the country; The dog's head can behead the local tyrants and inferior gentry, and the people in the market. The lower officials came to Henan to eliminate the annihilation of the country, and successively killed countless corrupt officials and corrupt officials, local tyrants and inferior gentry, and the name "Yue Shaved Head" was good, and the head of the gang of people who had no national law was shaved! If anyone present has done anything to destroy the conscience of heaven, he will be found out by the Ministry and the Yuan, and his dog head will be beheaded! ”

As soon as he said this, the scene was immediately quiet, and the group of people who had just laughed couldn't laugh anymore. I even regretted why I couldn't control my mouth just now and laughed.

King Fu is angry enough, but others are afraid of Yue Su, he is not afraid, he doesn't believe it, even if you have any dragon head, you really dare to be a prince. Lend you two guts.

At that moment, King Fu said again: "Lord Yue has the right to cut first and then play, that is the emperor's favor to you, but you can't be spoiled." If there are one or two, it is easy to say that you cut it first and then play it, but there are so many officials in Huaiqing Mansion, and the adults will kill them when they say they will kill them, and they will not even ask for their will, so they are not afraid to say that you are good at killing officials, and you will have a reputation as a good and cool official. ”

"Lord Wang, the lower officials are dedicated to the country, and they live up to the emperor's kindness, and they are worthy of the people of Henan. The so-called cool officials, those corrupt officials who died under the guillotine, are the real cool officials. Yue Su said with a smile.

"You...... The Lone King kindly reminded you, you actually talked to this king like this! Seeing that Yue Su didn't buy his account, King Fu was a little annoyed and said, "Yue Su, do you still owe this king the grain?" ”

"Lord, what you said is not right, the grain was requisitioned by the imperial court, and I, Yue Suke, didn't take a single grain, and the imperial court owed it to the prince. If the prince is in a hurry, he can ask the household department for silver. As for you coming to me, the emperor has a will, so I have to wait for Huguang's taxes to be paid. Lord, wait for now. Yue Su looked indifferent.

"You ......" At this time, King Fu was even more annoyed. The taxes paid by Huguang have been sent to Yanjing, and the officials in Huguang and Henan know about this, not to mention that he is a prince. I still want to dial it back, but that's not a fantasy. The plague has subsided, the victims have settled, and the money cannot be sent to the nine sides. "Yue Su, don't pretend to be confused, the taxes sent by Huguang have already entered Beijing......

Without waiting for King Fu to finish speaking, Yue Su said directly: "Then the prince can take the receipt of the lower official and ask the household department for silver, and tell me what to do?" ”

"You...... You...... Good you Yue Su...... This king must join you...... You are good at it...... Refer to your greed for ink and disaster relief silver....... "King Fu is already fat, and when he is angry, he has to breathe. This was angered by Yue, and when he spoke, he was out of breath.

The maid standing beside King Fu hurriedly gave him relief, and after a long time, King Fu got better. But at this time, I heard Yue Su say: "The prince asks for convenience, saying that the lower officials are good at dictatorship, and the lower officials are on an errand by order, and the will says that the lower officials have the right to act cheaply, how to call it dictatorship." As for the silver for greedy ink disaster relief, the imperial court allocated a total of 50,000 taels to the lower officials, and still owed 250,000 taels to the lower officials, and the 50,000 taels of silver are still in the treasury, and there are accounts on the books, so how can you say that you are greedy for ink. ”

"You...... If you raid millions of taels of property from Henan officials and gentry, you naturally don't need to use the disaster relief money given by the emperor. Have you ever handed over these millions of taels of silver to the household department? As soon as King Fu said that Yue Su had copied millions of taels of silver, his heart became even more angry. Grandma, you have so much money in hand now, as for relying on me, don't you pay back this little food!

Yue Su still smiled and said: "Lord Wang, the official has already said that the emperor has given the lower officials the right to act cheaply, and the household owes the silver to the lower officials, and the lower officials want to preside over the disaster relief, so why not use these copied silver?" If it is said that it is handed over to the household department, it seems that there is no need for the prince Chitose to worry about it, if there is a surplus, the lower officials will make a book according to the accounts, and the emperor will be decided. ”

"You...... You...... You wait...... This king must be involved in you......." King Fu has been flattered since he was a child, how could he ever meet Yue Su who did not know how to lift, and was choked incoherent for a while, except for saying "I must join you", I don't know what to say.

At this moment, someone suddenly outside said, "My lord, a eunuch has come to deliver a decree, please accept it." ”

(To be continued)