I don't know if it was because the relationship between father and son eased or something else, after the Dragon Boat Festival, Zeng Rong obviously felt that Zhu Heng's temperament was a lot more cheerful, on the one hand, his appetite was much better than before, and he was willing to cooperate with Dr. Lu's treatment.

According to Xiao Haizi, sleep is much better, and there is also a little less time to go to the rockery in the back garden in a daze, and the extra time is used to read and practice calligraphy and painting.

Zeng Rong still goes to Cining Palace every once in a while, sometimes on the orders of the emperor, sometimes by the will of the queen mother, staying for about one or two hours at a time, sometimes pushing him to go for a walk in the back garden, sometimes commenting on his calligraphy and paintings, most of the time Zhu Heng will take the books he has read to discuss with Zeng Rong, mainly because he does not have a husband now, and he does not understand some of the interpretations in the book very well, because in the past few years, he has studied intermittently, and most of his studies are poetry and songs, and books on history are rarely contacted.

Seeing this, Zeng Rong once again moved the idea of inviting Ouyang Si to his side.

Who knew that before she could bring it up, Zhu Heng told her first, saying that he was going to move back to Chuhua Palace to live, and the previous husband was invited back by him, and he wanted to pick up his studies again.

Originally, according to Zhu Heng's thoughts, he intended to worship Xu Fushan as a teacher, Xu Fushan is a good learner, although he is sleek, but he is still upright, but what Zhu Heng admires most is his tolerance and acceptance of new things.

It turned out that when they were boating on the lake that day, several young people who were invited to paddle were students of Guozijian, Xu Fushan chatted with these students, and at first they talked about learning, and they talked about government affairs and the court.

Zhu Xu was also interested in this topic, so he ordered someone to merge the dragon boat over, for him, he wanted to hear what these young students were thinking, whether there were any new ideas and new strategies, and for the students, it was a rare opportunity to directly state their ideals and ambitions in front of the saints, and it was also an opportunity for them to practice the belief that "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband", so these students spoke very enthusiastically, and there were indeed a lot of amazing words.

Most of the officials, especially those military generals and nobles, disagreed with this, and even scoffed at it, but Xu Fushan not only listened carefully, but also discussed with them, Zhu Heng remembered very clearly, one of the students mentioned the relationship between population and taxes, that person said that the reason for the slow growth of the population, in addition to diseases and wars, is also very related to the heavy taxes.

This view was immediately rejected by the majority of the people, who believed that just four or five years after the end of the war, the period of rapid population growth had not yet arrived, and that in another five or six years, there would definitely be a wave of explosive population growth.

But the student objected, population growth needs food, the existing grain production can not keep up, saying that most of the farmers' income from the field is used to pay taxes, where is the surplus food to support children?

Xu Fushan listened to this, and immediately settled the account with the household department Shangshu and the household servant, and also discussed with the emperor the possibility of reducing the tax, but some of the officials present opposed it as soon as they heard the word reduction, for fear of affecting their interests.

This person is really capable, and immediately proposed a set of effective methods, but unfortunately, few people listened. If it weren't for the fact that his father knew him too well, he would definitely think that Lord Xu deliberately provoked those people to speak. Zhu Heng said.

In fact, some people do suspect that those people were arranged by Xu Fushan, how can it be so coincidental, so many guards, guards, and eunuchs who can paddle are not looking for them, but looking for a few weak scholars, if you want to say that Xu Fushan has no purpose, who believes it?

"Are there fewer births now?" Zeng Rongzhen didn't know much about this.

She has never paid attention to the population issue, mainly because she has a lot of children, there were four before, and Tian Shuilan gave birth to two more sons.

Also, it seems that there are a lot of children from her uncles' families, and there are two or three, not to mention the children of Xu Jing's family, and there are a lot of concubines.

However, after staying in the countryside for a few months, she realized a problem, poor families really can't raise too many children, and if there are too many children, they can't eat enough food and clothing, which is a kind of torture for both parents and children.

Zhu Heng couldn't help but smile when he saw Zeng Rong's answer to the question, "You can really do it, my focus is on Xu Xiang's adaptability and proficiency in government affairs, you are good, what do you think?" ”

"I already knew the point of what you said, Lord Xu was a first-class champion back then, can he have any real skills?" Zeng Rong also smiled.

"That's a pity... Zhu Heng did not continue to say the following words, but looked at Zeng Rong.

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity, I'm afraid he won't take me as an apprentice." Zhu Heng said with regret.

If it weren't for Zeng Rong from the Xu family, he wanted to avoid suspicion, he really wanted to worship Xu Fushan as a teacher.

"I'm afraid that if he takes you as a disciple, someone will not be able to hold it back. But I have an idea. Zeng Rong stopped when he said this.

She had to weigh it carefully to do this, whether to tell Zhu Heng directly about her relationship with Ouyang Si or hide it first, and ask Xu Fushan to recommend it to him.

The question is, how long can this deception be hidden? Will Zhu Heng be angry when he finds out, will he misunderstand her?

"What's the idea?" Zhu Heng saw that Zeng Rong had no more words halfway through, so he took the initiative to ask.

"I, I haven't figured it out yet."

"You lie, if you don't think about it, how can you say it? Ah Rong, what is the idea, let's listen to it, don't worry, I will weigh the pros and cons myself, you just have to say. Zhu Heng looked at Zeng Rong very sincerely and asked.

"In that case, I'll be honest." Zeng Rong chose to be honest, but she still couldn't bear to deceive him.

Knowing that Ouyang Si used to be Zeng Rong's enlightenment gentleman, and taught her to identify herbal medicines, she was not very old, and she was not as old as the weak crown, Zhu Heng stopped squeaking, and looked at Zeng Rong for a long time without moving his eyes or blinking.

"Don't get me wrong, people just sympathize with our plight and help us, I also think that he has both knowledge and ancestral medical skills, and he is honest and reliable, so he recommended it to you, if you don't want to, just do it." Zeng Rong was stared at badly, so he had to explain.

But this kind of thing seems to be getting darker and darker, Zeng Rong looked at Zhu Heng's expression more and more uncertain, thought about it, and then said: "Okay, I'll be honest, in fact, I'm a little selfish, but it's really different from what you think, I owe this person a lot of favors, and it's true that I want to take this opportunity to repay the favor, but it's true that I want to help you, his medical skills are serious and good, as for knowledge, he may still be a little lacking in being your husband, but it should be good to accompany him, just to hide it from outsiders." ”

"Okay, I'll pay it back for you." Zhu Heng breathed a sigh of relief and said.

As for how to pay it back, he didn't say it, and Zeng Rong didn't dare to ask again, but Zhu Heng asked about her relatives in her hometown, and Zeng Rong picked something to say.