On the painting boat, the Praetorian Guards patrolled around the hull, and Li Chengze and Hui Lan looked around in the cabin.

The furnishings in the painting boat are all ready-made, of course, there are no expensive things, the exquisite furnishings are all temporarily placed by Cao Heng and others, and there are no too expensive ones, so they don't need to be so troublesome to play for a day.

"It's not bad, it's clean everywhere."

"My lord, someone specially took care of it, and the rent was two taels of silver a day."

Hui Lan smiled.

"Expensive?"

Li Chengze is also a prince who is close to the people, and his concept of money is far less strong than that of the people.

"It's very expensive, the people's words are two taels of silver for a year, many people don't have much savings at all, at most they buy a piece of salt and a piece of cloth or something, and this little thing is still obtained by selling grain or selling game to weave frames or something. Otherwise, how could there be a shortage of green and yellow, and the sale of children and daughters? ”

Hui Lan still knows a little more.

"You're right, you say this I think I should come to the place to see and learn more if I have the opportunity, this salt tax clearance is a good opportunity, I really think I'm coming to the right place, these salt merchants are really rich, I see that the people of Yangzhou can live, but even then I see beggars on the street, and there are patches and patches of poor people.

These salt merchants are really peeling, there is no good thing, if it weren't for my father's benevolent government, it would not be easy to make a bloody storm, I really want to kill a few salt merchants and raid their homes. ”

"Actually, I think that the corrupt officials and salt merchants who are the most guilty should be given to raid their homes and beheaded, so that the people can know that the emperor loves the people like a son and has his own account in his heart. It also has the meaning of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger for the Jiangnan government.

As for the other people, they are more or less unclean, and if they are given and let go according to the size, they can also stabilize the overall situation, whether they want to report to the emperor or not, you decide for yourself, I think even if you get the account book, it is impossible to kill them all or transfer them, the movement is too big.

It's better to kill a few of the first sins and let go of the others, after all, the law doesn't blame the public. ”

Hui Lan smiled and said her opinion.

"What you say makes sense, I'm also thinking about this problem these days, although I haven't got the account book, but according to the comprehensive analysis of the clues of the current investigation, the officials in Yangzhou are actually in a pit and almost can't escape. If they are all dismissed, it will definitely not work, and it is not appropriate not to impose any punishment, which is indeed a bit of a dilemma. ”

"It's better to give a chance to make meritorious contributions, as long as the emperor knows how many people have committed many things, but he knows about this matter and agrees with your approach.

Then these people still have a chance to be promoted, and the hope is not severed, but they have a handle in your hands, and they will be more or less restrained. With a knife hanging over his head, he will be more cautious in doing things in the future, which is not a bad thing. ”

"It makes sense, go back and write a secret letter to my father to talk about it."

"The stability of Jiangnan is the most important, it is related to the money bag of the court, you can only grasp the big and let go of the small, you can't make a mess of Jiangnan, the border needs military salaries and grain and grass support, seeing that the Tartars are pressing step by step, the stability of the court is better than everything at this time."

Looking at the whole situation and understanding it a little, it is basically a number, after all, Huilan is a person who has walked through the three mountains and five mountains, and her experience and knowledge are extremely rich and insightful.

"I know, come, it's rare to come out to play today, let's not talk about official business, I'll play with you for two days, I've been here for more than a month, and I haven't let you have a good time, so I'll suffocate you."

Li Chengze felt deeply guilty, he had been busy with business and couldn't spare time to accompany her.

"It doesn't matter, I'll look fresh, it's great to be able to come out and take a breath, have you written back to the East Palace to greet the children."

Huilan is willing to protect the child, it is extremely difficult for the monk to give birth to a child, and he attaches great importance to the heir, this is also the bottom line, the upbringing since childhood is like this, dare to attack the cub and the child, the animal might as well be spurned or even isolated.

Li Chengze smashed his mouth and kissed her hand, "You are so stupid, you are different from them, Donggong gave birth to several sons, but you have no heirs, which is very bad for you, if one day I become a negative man and snub you, what should you do."

The harem women are especially persistent in their children, their sons are the best, and they will have a future to rely on, even the queen is not exempt from vulgarity, not to mention other concubines. ”

"So the emperor alone rewarded me with the title, this is the best compliment for me, besides, why do you snub me, don't you like Lan'er anymore?"

Hui Lan leaned on his arms and smiled coquettishly.

"I only love you in my heart, you know, I mean......"

Li Chengze hugged her and explained anxiously.

Hui Lan raised her hand to his lips and looked at his starry eyes, smiling like a flower, and there seemed to be bright stars twinkling in her eyes, bright and moving.

"Fool, we monks have the opportunity to live forever, and we are bound to give up many things, among which the difficulty of the heir is one, so our upbringing from an early age is not to attack young children, even if it is a pregnant female beast cub, we will let it go, and we are not allowed to slaughter it, which has been the rules of learning since childhood.

For you, killing other people's children can hit your opponent, but for us, this is against the way of heaven, and you will be punished with the most severe punishment, and the gains outweigh the losses, and if you make a big fuss, you will be regarded as an evil cultivator by the righteous path, and you will be hunted down and killed by the righteous people, which is not cost-effective at all. I would never do anything like that. ”

Hui Lan did not lie to this in the slightest.

"I know, I believe in you, Lan'er, it's good to have you with me, wait for two years when your health is completely better, just give me a child, I still expect you to give me a son and a half daughter, the daughter is not bad, but you still have to have a son to sit in a stable position."

Treating people with sincerity, Li Chengze felt Huilan's sincerity, and was willing to plan for her future, and it was good for her to have a child after all.

"Okay, I also want to have children, but I don't know if God is willing to give me this blessing."

"Then we've made up your mind, you're going to give me two, not three or four children."

Li Chengze hugged her head and leaned against each other, looking forward to a beautiful picture in the future.

Huilan laughed, "I also have to have that blessing, where there will be so many, all of them are all God loves me." ”

"No, I believe that God loves good people, didn't you come to me too."

"Okay, I promise you."

Thinking of something again, Huilan looked at him outside, "You can't come for nothing, you still have to do business, Jiangnan is a place where literati gather, you have to find a way to win them over."

I heard that the academy in Yangzhou is very famous, this time the salt merchant gave you a lot of money, it is better to do something serious, in the name of the emperor, to give the people a little benefit, or donate books to the academy to donate money to repair the academy and the library, similar to this kind of thing is not taboo, but it can also give you a good reputation. ”

"You and I want to go together, I plan to donate some books, and by the way, donate some silver to the academy to help those poor scholars. As for the common people, I can't do it, it will make my father jealous of me and buy people's hearts, it doesn't matter if the academy is not, after all, the scholar has not yet become an official. ”

Li Chengze knows the emperor better, and there is a line in his heart about what he can and can't do.

"Okay, if you look suitable, you can do some, if it's not suitable, I'm just saying it in passing."