Liu Jin saw Yang Ling's stunned appearance, and his heart was even more proud. Speaking from the heart, Annihilation is just other people's evaluation of what he has done, Annihilation himself doesn't think so, why doesn't Liu Jin want to make a career? It's just that

Yang Ling took Liu Jin's thick book and opened it to take a look, not to mention, Liu Jin's book definitely does not have the kind of stinky and long, bending and wiping feet, and in the compromise, he pointed out that the situation of the imperial court is bloated, the government decree is not working, the abuse of power for personal gain, and the violation of law and discipline is very serious.

For example, the phenomenon of appointing private individuals and promoting officials is extremely serious, and the old system of officials not serving in the original province has long been followed, and Zhengde has reiterated this matter in accordance with Liu Jin and Yang Ling's suggestions after his accession to the throne, and sent it to the Ministry of Officials to implement, Liu Jin is extremely proud of this measure.

For another example, the imperial court's investigation of local money and grain has not been very detailed, so that there has been a strange phenomenon: the Ming tax is very light, the treasury income is very small, but the people at the lower level are miserable, because of the poor supervision of the imperial court, the lower layers of exploitation and increase the weight, is to Jin decided to change the household officials to temporarily check the inventory of money and grain in various places as the regular surname system, and the annual inventory is as many as 12 times.

In addition, the re-measurement of tuntian, the crackdown on smugglers, the rectification of the salt law, the suppression of torture and corruption, the reduction of peasants' taxes and servitude, and the administration of the army by civilian officials are all kinds of things, and not only do they raise problems, but also have corresponding methods for each of them.

Yang Ling looked at it carefully, and he was surprised, many of these views were derogatory and to the point, perhaps because Liu Jin himself was born poor, and his think tank was a small talent, and many problems that were covered up in the court could not be hidden from their eyes.

Liu Jin took a sip of tea with a smile, and patiently waited for Yang Ling to finish reading before asking, "Lord Yang, do you think these policies of our family are feasible?" ”

Although he asked Yang Ling, he was already waiting for Yang Ling's praise, many of his strategies were correct, but if he really wanted to implement them, the officials who implemented them themselves were a big problem.

For example, the cruel punishment and the law of corruption, Yang Ling wanted to laugh a little when he saw it, after Liu Jin became the prime minister, he did not receive less gifts, and like the outer court suspicious of the inner court, Liu Jin also couldn't trust the outer court, and clearly marked this matter in the line to be executed by the East Factory, just ask a bunch of extortion ruffians to enforce the law and eliminate corruption.

Yang Ling agrees with the re-measurement of acres of land and paying taxes according to the number of fields, he encountered this kind of strange thing when he was in Jimingyi, the landlord at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty has now become a poor peasant, but the official record of the number of acres is more than 100 years ago, and the tax almost did not force the family to hang.

As for the civilian officials leading the troops, Yang Ling is resolutely opposed, but Liu Jin did this, starting from maintaining the monarchy, Yang Ling is no longer the hairy boy when he first entered Beijing, and he will not childishly fight with others on the official article, after listening to Liu Jin's inquiry, Yang Ling groaned and sighed: "The theory of my father-in-law is really reasonable, but it is very difficult to implement."

Liu Jin was very happy when he saw that he agreed, but Liu Jin was very optimistic about the difficulty. He smiled and said, "My lord, do you think it's feasible for me to present it to the emperor like this?" ”

Yang Ling hurriedly said: "Well, there are some small problems, for example, the father-in-law thinks that the household department should check the money and grain in various places once a month, this is too frequent, the boats and saddles are too tiring, this group of officials went out of Beijing, and before they came back, the second batch had to go down, and most of the grain was harvested every year, and the inspections were frequent, so where would the local officials have time to deal with government affairs?" ”

Liu Jin nodded again and again after hearing this: "Yes, yes, our family forgot that the official warehouses in various places are not in Beijing, and this should be changed to twice a year."

He took the fold and marked it, and then asked, "What's wrong?" Please give me a lot of advice."

Yang Ling pointed to the article on the civil officer leading the troops and said: "When the rooster was singing, the imperial envoy, as a literati, did not understand military affairs, but interfered in the marching formation everywhere, causing the army to be trapped in the gourd valley, and finally buried in the chaotic army, and the father-in-law was also deeply affected."

Look here, here it is said that there are nine sides of the civil official system, and the town and the patrol are all controlled, if the Tartars attack the border again, let a civil servant talk nonsense on the top, wouldn't it be a big deal? ”

Liu Jin's face turned red when he heard this, he was also one of the people who talked nonsense at the beginning, but in the end, he only let General He carry the black pot, he also knew in his heart that there were many disadvantages of blind command by laymen, this article was originally to show loyalty, and that Xiucai Gong added it for him on his own initiative.

Liu Jin picked up the pen, erased this one, and asked, "What the adults said, is there anything else?" ”

Yang Ling pointed to the "penalty rice example" and said: "Yang is worried about this penalty rice."

Liu Jin said disapprerovingly: "This is still necessary, during the Hongwu period, if you embezzle sixty taels, you will peel the skin and stuff the grass, and our family will be punished with rice and silver, which is already considered light.

Yang Ling said with a smile: "The rest, there is no more, but the father-in-law should not be in a hurry."

Liu Jin thought that Yang Ling had the intention of competing with him, and he was afraid that his own governance would be effective, so he just smiled and disagreed. Yang Ling knew that Liu Jin was a new official, and he couldn't persuade him to be enthusiastic about it, and he was now in charge of the center of the inner court, and his real power was much greater than his own, if it wasn't for what he said in front of the emperor, I am afraid that Liu Jin would be even more disapproving.

Yang Ling remembered the pitiful end of Huang Qiyin's admonition to cut officials, and couldn't help but glance at Liu Jin with pity, although this person cannot be compared with Huang Qiyin's little imperial envoy, but his radical approach is bound to offend countless officials, even if those people dare not resist in person, after a long time, the scattered sand will condense into gravel, and then Yang Ling shook his head gently.

Liu Jin looked at the fold in his hand with appreciation, and then asked, "By the way, what is the important thing for the adults to come to our house?" ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Exactly, Yang found two exotic crops, compared with the existing species in the Ming Dynasty, drought resistance and high yield, pests and diseases are much lighter, but to promote planting, it is necessary to try planting in various places first, and at the same time cultivate a group of farmers who can grow grain and teach a group of farmers."

I have already chosen a county in Hunan, Suzhou and Hangzhou and Beijing to try to plant, in fact, the effect of this crop is known to the officials, this move is just to give the officials of the DPRK and China a reassurance. At present, corn seeds are only enough for trial planting in various places for the time being, but the sweet potato vine is very easy to propagate, and a sweet potato can cultivate a large number of potato vines.

Shaanxi is barren, and nine droughts in ten years, there are people who die of famine and hunger every year, so the official wants to discuss with Gonggong Liu, first sowing seeds in the land of Shaanxi Province, in addition to those first- and second-class fertile fields continue to plant the original crops, can be planted in barren land, hillsides and newly cultivated fields, when the people will no longer be hungry, they will be grateful for the kindness of their father-in-law, I don't know what the father-in-law will do? ”

Liu Jin was thrilled when he heard this, if there is really such a miraculous effect and saving hundreds of people in his hometown, my surname will not become a Buddha of ten thousand families? This is to go back to the hometown and save the family

Liu Jin thought for a while, but said cautiously: "Lord Yang, is this crop really suitable for planting?" If the grains are not harvested, then planting other crops has missed the solar term, why don't we choose a place to try to plant, and it is not too late to promote it when it has an effect."

Yang Ling explained: "This is not bad, but the official of this crop understands it clearly, and if we wait until the year after tomorrow, not only will many people suffer, but our plan to lift the ban on trade will be affected."

In addition, we only selected some poor ridge land with very little harvest and slopes and raw land that did not grow grain, which had very little impact on Shaanxi Province, and I have estimated the harvest of these new crops last year, if my father-in-law agrees, I can buy the corresponding grain from other places and ship it to Shaanxi, and deliver it to the people who farm the land first, so that they have no worries, no one will object, and wait for the next year's harvest to return the grain, what do you think? ”

As soon as Liu Jin heard that there was such a way to ensure harvest in drought and flood, he immediately said: "Okay, a word is a certainty, since this is the case, please make preparations as soon as possible, I will go back and inform Cao Yuan, the political envoy of Shaanxi, and ask him to fully cooperate after sending the grain and planting master."

The two of them were discussing there, and a little eunuch outside shouted, "Which palace is this, how can you break in casually." Ouch, my mother, the slave sees the emperor! ”

There was a "poof" outside, and the curtain was opened, and a woman in red strode in, stood in the hall, pinched her waist with both hands and said with her chest: "I'm so angry, I can't stay in this palace for a day, whoever looks at me is not pleasing to the eye, and I am still not pleasing to the eye."

The beauty saw Yang Ling, and after scratching her hair, she flicked her sleeves and said in a rough voice: "Yang Ling is here?" Why don't you call the chamberlain to tell me? ”

Liu Jin looked casual, slipped down and knelt on the ground and said, "The slave meets the emperor."

Yang Ling looked at the beauty in the red palace dress but was stunned for a long time, this girl has a pair of handsome eyes, pink face and peach cheeks, a nose like a hanging gall, a thin waist, a delicate and delicate breasts towering high, and a hairpin and phoenix swaying frequently when she speaks, but she looks like Princess Yongfu.

The beauty looked at Yang Ling in a daze, couldn't help but laugh, twisted her slender waist, raised her water sleeves to cover her mouth, and replied shyly: "Lord Yang is rude, why do you look at the slave family like this?" ”

Yang Ling's heart felt a chill, and only then did he recognize that this writhing girl was played by Emperor Zhengde, it seems that he still worked hard, his water sleeves were raised, his eyes flew, and the wind was gaggy

Yang Ling bowed down with a smile and said, "Minister Yang Ling see the emperor."

At this moment, the curtain of the door was lifted, and another person broke in, and the delicate voice of the yellow bird and the willow shouted urgently: "Brother Huang, Brother Huang, you have changed your clothes."

Presumably, the man also saw the presence of foreign ministers, and immediately stopped. Yang Ling quietly raised his head, only to see the goose-yellow palace skirt in front of him swaying to the ground, a pair of delicate boot tips faintly revealing in front of him, and the tip of his nose had already smelled a faint fragrance with a very high taste.

Yang Ling thought secretly: "Brother Huang? Which princess is this? ”

Zhengde snorted and said: "What to change, sing a play once in a while and have fun, what's the shame?" There are still people in the twenty-four filial piety who are dressed in colorful clothes to entertain their relatives, isn't this a performance for the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother to make them happy? Yang Qing, get up, this is the imperial sister Yongfu, there is no need to be formal."

Yang Ling hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Minister Yang Ling greets Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" ”

The tips of the boots took a slight step back, and disappeared into the goose-yellow dragging palace skirt that fluctuated like a lake, and then a faint and soft voice came: "Flat."

Yang Ling knelt down to her so close for the first time, Ping Su and the emperor knelt down as if they were making a show for others, very casually, but they didn't dare to be negligent in the face of the princess, Yang Ling stood up awkwardly, and glanced at her quickly, I haven't seen her for a few months, Yongfu is like a willow branch that has been sucking buds, and his figure is taller.

She seems to like to wear yellow clothes, and she is still wearing a goose-yellow palace dress, with black hair, picturesque eyebrows, apricot eyes like stars, and a picturesque face, but her expression and temperament are more reserved than when she first saw her.

She held the golden crown of the dragon robe in her hand, and her eyes moved away as soon as she touched Yang Ling, and persuaded Zhengde politely: "Brother Huang, the Queen Mother is also a good intention, you are the king of a country, it's okay to sing on stage and entertain yourself, anyway, it's all in the palace, but you want to pretend to be a woman, don't say that the Queen Mother doesn't look pleasing to the eye, don't you look unhappy when you don't see the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhengde hummed: "Bad luck, next time I sing again, I don't invite them to come, and the queen and the concubine, all of them are not invited", he said angrily, pulled the silk silk around his waist, and took off the pink palace clothes, Liu Jin hurriedly got up from the ground and went over to help him dress.

Yang Ling saw that Zheng Delhi was tied with colorful silk threads on the front chest of two things, and when he was propped up, he couldn't help coughing twice and persuaded: "Your Majesty, you are just looking for some games to relieve boredom, naturally it is nothing, but after all, you are the son of heaven, and if this is to reach the ears of the outer court, it will be shocking and deviant."

Your Majesty, if you think about it, don't say it's you, if the minister pretends to be a woman and sings a song at a meeting at home, I'm afraid that the excerpt of the impeachment of the hundred officials will be handed over immediately, and my official will be weird."

Zhengde laughed, looked him up and down a few times, and said with a smile: "If you dare to do that, it's strange that your wife is not angry, young lady." But you must not be as handsome as I am."

Princess Yongfu glanced at Yang Ling, imagining him wearing women's clothes, and couldn't help but laugh "eating", and then felt a little out of manners, and couldn't help but be dizzy.

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Yes, yes, of course the emperor is handsome and handsome, but don't you, you also know that clumsy Jing will be angry, think about it, the queen mother, the queen mother, the queen mother and the concubine are not because they cherish your reputation?" ”

Zhengde thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Well, when I think about it like this, I won't be angry, hehe, Liu Jin, go back and ask Ma Yongcheng to give the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager a hundred horses of tribute silk each, ten catties of tribute tea, and the queen and the concubine will also reward some, halve." ”

Yang Ling saw that Zhengde changed back into a dragon robe, Liu Jin helped him sit on the chair, and was neatly smoothing his hair, and the rouge on his face was still there, so he took out a handkerchief from his arms, but as soon as this hand was handed out, it suddenly shrank back like a fire, and he remembered that this handkerchief was still the thing of Princess Yongfu.

Princess Yongfu's eyes were sharp, seeing his movements, the corner of the silk and a plum blossom-shaped Yongfu Xiuning was still there, how could she not recognize it? The little princess's heart suddenly jumped, this is going to be discovered by the royal brother, so what's the point? How to explain it clearly, this Lord Yang is really why he still carries it on his body.

Fortunately, Zhengde didn't find out, he tilted his head slightly and asked Liu Jin to cut his hair, and asked, "Yang Shiyu, do you have something to say to me when you enter the palace so late today?" ”

Yang Ling took a step forward and said: "Yes, the minister has played the emperor, there are two kinds of crops that are very easy to grow, but out of caution, the hundred officials in the court suggested that they try to plant in various places first, and the ministers chose a few places before discussing with Gonggong Liu."

As he spoke, he turned his back and shook it behind him, and Princess Yongfu bit her lip, stood on tiptoe, moved her lotus step lightly, and suddenly reached out and snatched the silk handkerchief back in her hand.

Yang Ling will be ready to try in different climatic environments in the north and south, and concentrate on the barren land and hillside land in Shaanxi for trial planting, and the things provided by the inner factory to provide financial guarantee are said one by one with Zhengde, and the fingers behind are slightly numb, feeling that the silky silk scarf has been ripped away, Yang Ling can't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Immediately, he felt that his heel was kicked, Yang Ling was stunned, the fragrance next to him flashed, and the little princess of Yongfu had already walked to Zhengde's side, turned around and stood still, with a smile on her face, Bei Ya gently revealed a gap of white from between the cherry lips, and her eyes were soft, but she didn't look at him.

A trace of weirdness passed through Yang Ling's heart, and when this little princess was steady and delicate, it turned out that young girls in the world had an ordinary temper, even if she was the emperor's daughter.

Zhengde listened to Yang Ling halfway through, he was confused by breeding, planting seedlings, what soil moisture and pests, although he had followed the emperor to cultivate in the Temple of Heaven in a similar way, in fact, he couldn't even distinguish between crops and weeds, how could he be interested in these things, but he trusted Yang Ling and Liu Jin, since these two people had agreed, what else could they say.

Zhengde waved his hand and said: "Okay, it's up to you, Liu Jin plans to let the political envoy of Shaanxi do it, and then submit it to the court to discuss it again."

Yang Ling was overjoyed, and the household department was replaced by Zhang Cai in the matter, and the official of the household department was Yan Song, and the holy decree was immediately conveyed to Shaanxi, and by then the wood had been completed, and forty horses could not be chased back.

Seeing this, Liu Jin took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the slave has put forward some proposals for the maladministration of the DPRK and China, and I just asked Lord Yang to read it, and the slave wants to revise it again, and then put it into effect.

Zhengde was happy, and patted the case and said: "Okay, okay, that's it, with you sharing my worries, how can I bow down to everything?" ”

Yang Ling was shocked when he heard it, Liu Jin's policy of changing the law was even more radical than his own, and as soon as these more than 40 changes were proposed, it was strange that the court didn't blow up the pot, and it had just been calm for a few days.

Yang Ling hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the ministers have to prepare grain and train personnel, and I am afraid that they will not be able to come to the court for a period of time."

Zhengde was a little disappointed, and Princess Yongfu next to her seemed to have a trace of loss in her eyes, and Zhengde was about to speak, Yang Ling said again: "Your Majesty, the inner factory is developing a new firearm, if it is successfully developed, its range and rate of fire will be much sharper than the previous firearms, and the minister must make it as soon as possible, and please ask the emperor to test the gun himself."

This sentence aroused Zhengde's interest again, and he hurriedly said: "Okay, then you can go on your own, and if you need to transfer people from the Ordnance Bureau, you can talk to me."

Yang Ling replied, smiled and looked at Liu Jin, who was eager to try, and said in his heart: "Liu Daguan, you just toss, it's not the time for me to come out, it's super auspicious to avoid the evil."

(To be continued)