Chapter 221: Li Wei is in the next set

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shangyuan Festival.

Shangyuan Festival is commonly known as the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the first month and the two days before and after are the lantern day, the lantern day, since the 14th, the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who specialize in the festival lanterns, will hang all kinds of luxurious palace lanterns in the Forbidden City Palace and Changchun Garden and other royal gardens.

In front of the residences of the princes and ministers of the capital, the major merchants, the rich and the small people, all kinds of lanterns are hung, and those with status, status and wealth are hung with all kinds of carp lanterns, jade lanterns, glass lamps, bead lanterns, sheepskin lanterns, Luo silk lanterns, etc., and the small people of Shengdou hang red lanterns of different shapes.

At night, the whole city of Beijing becomes a sea of lights, you can see dazzling everywhere, such as the jade lantern of the clear ice jade pot, the sheepskin lamp that is finely carved and dyed like a shadow play, the Luo silk lantern in the shape of a peony, lotus, mandala and other flowers, the glass lamp in the shape of a car, a screen, a pagoda, etc., a horse lantern powered by water and hot airflow, and all kinds of ice lanterns with Manchu characteristics.

The willow tops on the moon, the flower market lights are like day, it is naturally a romantic moment of amorous young men, a young girl with a spring tryst, however, Yinzhen is a blessed experience, a whole day, he stayed in the palace, after a long banquet for foreign vassals, in the evening, he and a group of princes and ministers, princes of foreign vassals and a large group of concubines accompanied Kangxi, in the Forbidden City Qianqing Palace to watch the lanterns and set off fireworks.

Although all kinds of luxurious palace lamps are exquisite, but if you see too much, it will be boring, Yinzhen followed the crowd while admiring it casually, but she was thinking about Li Wei in her heart, and she didn't know if that kid could do things neatly?

As soon as it was dark, Li Wei rushed to the 'Lao Ma Ji Inn' and knocked on the door of the backyard where Yu Hongtu and Dai Duo were located. ”

Li Wei smiled slightly: "The fourteenth master went into the palace to watch the lanterns, I happened to be on vacation today, and I don't have any friends in the capital, don't you think of the two of you, would you like to go to watch the lanterns together?" ”

"Go together, go together." But it was Dai Duo who heard the sound and walked out, chuckling: "With Brother Li's head, we don't worry about being squeezed." ”

"Last time, I would like to thank Brother Li for his help." Yu Hongtu bowed and thanked him.

"A little thing, why worry about it." Li Wei shook his hand and said, "So polite, but I don't treat Li Wei as a friend." ”

"Happy, Brother Li is really a happy person." Dai Duo smiled and said: "Lin Yi, look at Brother Li's body, it is really refreshing and neat, the jade tree is in the wind, let's go and pick it up, it is the willow tip on the moon, let's not miss the beautiful scenery of this good day." ”

Li Wei changed the dress of the rich gentleman in the past, wearing a soap-colored robe, he was tall and burly, such a dress, there is indeed a bit of the taste of the jade tree in the wind, but when he heard the words, he smiled and said: "I have a ** face, even if the jade tree is in the wind, I can only look at the back." ”

Yu Hongtu smiled narrowly: "No visit, let's go to the dim place today, won't we be able to see pockmarks?" ”

"Go, go, go." Li Wei shook his hand and said solemnly: "There is Xi Shi in the eyes of the lover, and on my old Li face, it is a pockmark and a flower." ”

Yu Hongtu and Dai Duo almost lost their breath when they laughed, and after a while, Dai Duo couldn't help laughing and said, "Brother Li, there are more flowers on your face." ”

The three of them went out, the sky was dark, but the street was full of lights, the lights were colorful, the street was bright, like day, the three of them were the first time to go to the capital to celebrate the Yuan Festival, just like the hillbilly into the city, all kinds, exquisite lanterns only look at the three people overwhelmed, dizzy.

The street is also full of people, coming and going, from time to time you can see young women carrying lanterns, but most of them have servants hugging each other, often glimpsing a glimpse, making people reverie infinitely.

Stay in the bustling place, it is already a sea of lights, people are like a tide, laughter is full, the joy is intoxicating, guess the lantern riddle, the dragon dance lantern, the song and dance place is even more full of people, the noise is full of sky, there is almost no place to stand.

Yu Hongtu sighed and said: "Tonight and night, this love should only be seen in the poem." ”

Dai Duo also said: "Last year in Jiangning, it was difficult to continue the prosperity of the south of the Yangtze River, but I didn't expect the luxury of the Beijing division to be like this. ”

"That's nature, Jingshi is the place where the essence of the world gathers." Li Wei continued: "This world is getting better and better every year. ”

"I really didn't expect that there would be such a grand occasion in the rare spring drought in several northern provinces this year."

"The court is rich, Fujian is in trouble, and the north is in disaster, all of which are all sprinkled with silver for relief, which was unthinkable in the past."

After strolling until midnight, the three of them returned to the inn, Li Wei called for a banquet with money again, Yu Hongtu was quite unhappy, "Today is already a happy day, why should Brother Li break the bank again?" ”

Li Wei said with a smile: "The Shangyuan Festival is naturally to eat the Lantern Festival, in addition, in a few days, I will go down to Jiangnan with the Fourteenth Master, today is a rare opportunity, let's get drunk and rest." ”

Hearing that the parting was imminent, the three of them had a lot of dissipation, and when the table was sent, Li Wei raised his glass and said: "Li Wei wishes the two brothers the title of the gold list and the top of the high school list." ”

After two glasses of wine, the interest of the three of them rose again, Li Wei had a heart, took special care of Yu Hongtu, exchanged cups, and poured Yu Hongtu on the table in a few rounds.

When there were only two people on the table, he and Dai Duo, Li Wei smiled and said: "I didn't expect Lin Yi to be so poor, the night is long, let's take it easy." ”

After eating some Lantern Festival and using some dried fruits, Li Weicai suddenly said: "There is another thing today, I don't want to patronize it, so I forgot about it." ”

"Brother Li, what's the matter?" Dai Duo was curious.

Li Wei patted his head and said continuously: "I have an idea, I want to dedicate it to the Fourteenth Master, but I don't know if it's suitable for me?" The two of them were well-read people who wanted them to give them an idea. ”

Hearing about such a trivial matter, Dai Duo couldn't help but smile and said, "What's so difficult about this, Brother Li, please say, let's talk while drinking." ”

"Then I'll be ugly." Li Wei said with a smile: "I read the Beijing newspaper's industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax innovation, I have an understanding, and I also want to follow the example of the east, come to a tax innovation, at present, the land annexation in the south of the Yangtze River is powerful, the number of landless people is increasing day by day, and the imperial court's Ding Fu is often difficult to collect, I am thinking, such as the Ding Fu ......." ”

"Spread the land, huh?" Dai Duo asked with a smile.

Li Wei froze, glared at Dai Duo, and asked with some hesitation: "Brother Zhigao has heard of it?" ”

Dai Duo chuckled: "This method has been in existence since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and it is called a whip law, but it has not been implemented for a long time, and it has been abolished." ”

Li Wei drank a glass of wine in annoyance, and laughed at himself: "This person who has not read is different from those who have read books, fortunately I came to ask you, if I tell the fourteenth master directly, I really have no face to see people." Putting down the wine glass, he asked curiously, "Why has this whipping law been abolished?" As he asked, he diligently poured Dai Duo a glass of wine.

"It's very simple, this method offends the gentry." Dai Duo smiled slightly: "Brother Li doesn't need to waste his energy in this regard, the Fourteenth Master not only has silver, but also the Holy Lady is Shenlong, how can he do things that offend all the gentlemen?" ”

Li Wei smiled bitterly: "I have been thinking about it for two days in vain, and I am also going to suggest that all the officials and gentry should pay for the ......."

"Your family is also a gentleman, how do I feel that you have a grudge against the gentleman?" Dai Duo shook his head and smiled, "Come on." Drink. ”

Li Wei dried the wine in one gulp and sighed, "I don't want to vote for the Fourteenth Master, you see, the imperial court is now a customs innovation, and an industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax innovation. ”

Dai Duo squirted out a sip of wine as soon as he drank, choked for a long time, and then smiled: "It's good at the top, and it will be very bad at the bottom, and a good sentence will become unrecognizable when it comes to your mouth." ”

A banquet was dispersed, back to his room, Dai Duo was tossing and turning, difficult to sleep, although Li Wei did not read anything, but people are extremely clever, and their vision is also very accurate, the court is now indeed rising a wave of innovation, and it is all made up by the fourteenth master, Li Wei wants to use innovation to win his background, the way is not bad, but the method is not useful.

Thinking of Li Wei, he couldn't help but feel envious, this guy is really lucky, he actually voted for the fate of the fourteenth master, and only a few days later, he became the fourteenth master's personal guard, and his future interest is afraid that it is stronger than the average Tongjinshi, following this line of thought, he thought of a group of princes again, Kangxi is getting old, the prince is losing power, and I don't know which prince can become the new king? Thinking of this, he didn't feel funny, what does all this have to do with him? Let's talk about taking the Jinshi exam first.

After the Shangyuan Festival, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival has faded day by day.

This Spring Festival, Beijing is peaceful, Shanghai is fine, Yinzhen is very comfortable, but there are more banquets in the palace, which makes him helpless, but it is related to filial piety and etiquette, even if he doesn't like it, he doesn't dare to complain in the slightest.

On the morning of the seventeenth day of the first month, Zheng Shichang rushed to the palace of Prince Sui to meet him.

Yinzhen summoned him in the study, and when he sat down, he smiled and said, "But the printing workshop of the Beijing Daily has been prepared?"

Zheng Shichang replied: "Back to the prince, the printing workshop has indeed been prepared, but... In order to complete the printing of 10,000 copies per day, the scale is larger, but it is very free on weekdays.... ”

"How can it be free?" Yinzhen said disapprerovingly: "Do you want to do some other printing business?" No problem, it doesn't affect the distribution of Beijing Daily. In the future, the printing business of this king will also be handed over to you. ”

"Subordinate Xie Wang Ye is compassionate." Although Zheng Shichang knew that Yinzhen would not embarrass him, he didn't expect it to be so happy.

Yinzhen nodded slightly and said: "Can there be progress in the improvement of silver ticket printing technology?" ”

Hearing this, Zheng Shichang felt a little embarrassed, and said: "My subordinates are ashamed, after two years, there is still no major improvement in printing technology. ”

This was in Yinzhen's expectation, if there was progress, Zheng Shichang would have reported the good news a long time ago, and he groaned slightly, and then he said: "There must be no progress in the improvement of paper, right?" ”

"My subordinates are ashamed." Zheng Shichang was slightly uneasy.

"At your age, it's a bit difficult to put you in charge of the technological innovation of printing and paper." Yinzhen said lightly.

Chapter 221: Li Wei is in the next set

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