Prince East Palace.

Qin Feng and Ling Yuanqing, Wen Songlin, and Dong Yushan were drinking tea and chatting, since they went to the apocalyptic world to work hard, he and these few people have seen less. The things that usually assist in teaching the prince are basically shared by them.

“…… I haven't seen him for a few months, and the demeanor of the national teacher is better than in the past, obviously because of the supernatural cultivation and progress. ”

Ling Yuanqing put down the teacup and said with a smile.

Qin Feng smiled and said nothing, in the eyes of these people, his national teacher has often retreated and cultivated in the past few years, and occasionally an incarnation will come out to walk the world. In fact, he went to another world to fight and fight, and the growth of strength is inevitable.

"Recently...... It's too peaceful in the country, right? ”

He asked casually. He rarely interferes in the political affairs of the DPRK and China, and Zhao Yuanjin's ability is not bad, and it should not be difficult to implement those reform measures with the prestige and authority of the founding master.

"Basically,"

Ling Yuanqing glanced at Wen Songlin and said, "The army has always been very stable, and the emperor is keeping a close eye on this aspect, so it is impossible to cause chaos." Locally...... It's pretty good at the moment. ”

Wen Songlin nodded, and shook his head again: "It's just that there are more taxes, and the voices of dissatisfaction still exist, especially those gentry and civil officials in Jiangnan, who dare not behave out of line on the surface, and they are not small in their backs." ”

Qin Feng smiled, this did not surprise him, it is not a comfortable thing for his vital interests to be damaged, let alone this group of literati who hold the pen in their hands? In the past hundreds of years, they have been high and powerful, enjoying all kinds of preferential treatment given by the imperial court, but they can focus on reaping the benefits in their own pockets, and now that these are all gone, can they balance their hearts?

But with their own presence, no matter how much they are unwilling to resent, they can only endure it and dare to jump out and make trouble? Let's see if they have the ability to change the world!

After a while, the crown prince Zhao Xinlu came out of the inner room, followed by a beautiful and virtuous woman, holding a baby in her arms, it was the crown princess.

Qin Feng glanced at her, remembering that the queen had mentioned to herself at the beginning, this is the daughter of the Su Mu family, an important minister of the cabinet and the head of the household, and it has been a year since she married the prince, and she has never given birth to an heir so soon.

Speaking of which, the prince is a few years younger than himself, but now he is the father of three children, and the other two girls were born to side concubines.

Ling Yuanqing and the other three got up and saluted, but Qin Feng's identity was not necessary, and a slight bow was considered to have said hello.

"Please also ask the teacher to give this son a name."

The crown prince Zhao Xinlu took the baby from her arms and carefully handed it to Qin Feng. The little one was not yet full moon, and he was born white and lovely, and his dark eyes looked curiously around.

Qin Feng sensed it with the divine thoughts of a true immortal, and found that this child had a good endowment, a strong physique, and good luck, if there was no accident in the future, maybe there would be an emperor's destiny, of course, there was no need to make it clear now.

He thought for a while and said, "The Chu Dynasty adheres to the virtue of fire, this kid is called Zhao Yu." ”

"What the teacher said is very good, so let's settle it."

Zhao Xinlu smiled, and Ling Yuanqing glanced at each other, and also agreed with each other tacitly.

Although the national teacher did not say it explicitly, this attitude can already be associated with many meanings in the eyes of outsiders. At least the prince is currently very favored by the national teacher, and his status is as stable as a rock, as long as this child can grow up safely, he will also have a good future in the future.

Qin Feng took out a delicate purple jade plaque, and in the flickering light, more than ten spells and magic powers that calmed the mind and calmed the mind, eliminated illness and dispelled evil spirits were blessed on it, and then handed it to Zhao Xinlu, instructing: "I will always wear it for the child in the future, it will be good for him." ”

In this era, the medical level is backward, but there is no vaccine or anything like that, children's physique cannot be compared with adults, and the probability of illness and death is extremely high, even the emperor's house is no exception, and the main world is incomparable.

The prince hurriedly agreed, satisfied and a little regretful at the same time, although the national teacher has multiple wives and concubines, it is a pity that there are no descendants so far, otherwise if he can marry a family of children and relatives, this relationship will naturally be strong. The father must also be happy to hear this.

Qin Feng's spiritual sense is clear, looking at his eyes, he can already guess a rough idea, and he smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, his relationship with this family is a little unclear, is this kind of thing really appropriate? It's impossible in the Overworld anyway. Of course, with his transcendent identity in the Chu Dynasty, if this is really the case, others dare not question anything.

……

Jiangnan, the mansion of the Yu family.

"Boom!"

The golden wine glass in the hand of the head of the family, Yu Shoucheng, slammed it on the banquet table, and with his hideous and distorted face, everyone could see that this always kind and wealthy lord was in an extremely bad mood.

"This damn demon is determined to cover the sky with one hand?"

Yu Shoucheng said gloomily: "It doesn't matter if he controls the emperor and the crown prince, now even the grandson is in his hands, what does he want to do?" When the emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty? ”

The faces of the dozen or so family heads around were equally ugly, and none of the news from Luojing City recently made people happy.

Zhao Yuanjin has already issued an edict, and many of the political opinions and propositions put forward by the demon national teacher have been set as the ancestral system of the Chu Dynasty, which means that even if the emperors of later generations have different ideas, they will not be able to violate them clearly.

The reform of the imperial examination, the reform of commercial taxation, the apportionment of the land into the mu, the integration of the gentry as an errand to pay grain, the opening of the sea trade, no matter which one is from these scholars and doctors. It is not enough to cut their flesh, but also to cut the flesh of their children and grandchildren, and it is strange that they have no resentment in their hearts.

Of course, the imperial court is undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary in such a process, and the people of Li are also the beneficiaries, so it has been recognized by most people in the world after it has been implemented.

In the past few years after the unification of the world, the national strength of the Chu Dynasty increased rapidly, and the treasury income increased year after year.

It's just that all of this has nothing to do with these Jiangnan gentry and wealthy families, and the gold and silver seas have all flowed into the treasury of the imperial court and the private treasury of the national teacher, and they don't want to get their hands on half of it.

Yang Chuan, the head of the Yang family, said faintly: "As far as I know, the annual overseas trade income of the National Teacher's Mansion is no less than 20 million taels of silver, not counting the income from other aspects, and the imperial treasury can also have more than 10 million taels of silver every year, these ...... It stands to reason that they should all belong to the interests of our Jiangnan family. Now that it has been divided between this demon and the imperial court, it is really ...... to pity our family and other families for nothing."

Wang Changqing, the head of the Wang family, gritted his teeth and said: "Everyone, we can't go on like this, our industrial income has been getting smaller and smaller in recent years, and the situation is not as good as before. How can you bear the hard-earned gains, but you have to be taken away by the court for nothing? ”

Everyone was silent, and an older family head coughed, and said helplessly: "Having said that, but since the last big case of the Hong family and several other family heads happened, there are very few officials in the court who dare to come forward, what use can we do with just us?" ”

Last time, Hong Chenxuan, the head of the Hong family, united with the largest wealthy families in the Jiangnan region, trying to bring down the queen and kill the crown prince, so that Hong Guifei's prince could ascend to the throne, but because of the defeat, he was raided and exterminated, and a large number of officials were beheaded and dismissed and exiled.

Speaking of which, it is also because the largest wealthy families are finished, and these families headed by the Yu family have the opportunity to become the leaders of the Jiangnan gentry, and their status and influence can be further improved.

At first, they were quite peaceful, but after so much time, and their own interests were losing more and more, they finally couldn't help it.

Despite the lessons of the past, people's dissatisfaction and resentment can accumulate, and once they reach a certain tipping point, they will explode regardless of it. The so-called rational fear does not work all the time.

Yu Shoucheng said: "I heard that the national teacher has been in retreat and cultivation all year round, and he doesn't come out and walk around much, maybe we can do something." ”

"What does Brother Yu think?" Wang Changqing asked.

"We don't need to force ourselves with the imperial court, let's mobilize the officials and scholars in the Jiangnan region to jointly write a letter!"

Yu Shoucheng said in a deep voice: "Thousands of civil officials, plus those civil Confucianism and Shilin leaders who gave the emperor a beating, I don't believe that he dares to go against the wishes of so many people, and he will definitely make concessions in terms of taxation and maritime trade to appease the people in the Jiangnan region." ”

For the time being, the head of the Yu family doesn't want to rise up and do that kind of big thing that connects the nine clans. Instead, he planned to use public opinion in the Jiangnan region to force Emperor Zhao Yuanjin to compromise by means that was almost like forcing the palace.

He felt that the common will of thousands of local civil officials at all levels, no matter how strong Zhao Yuanjin was, could not be taken lightly, and he must be appeased with good words. Otherwise, public opinion will be boiling at that time, and one carelessness will cause chaos in half of the country. Such a consequence would not be ignored by even the slightest bit of an emperor.