In fact, the salt tax involves major matters of people's livelihood, in which salt merchants, illegal salt dealers, and officials sell smuggling, and they are entangled, Wei Changze can't understand this complicated situation at all, but Wei Changyuan's subordinates are known to be capable ministers, although they don't understand the things of flies and dogs, but they know how to do practical things, Wei Changze found people's heads, and the minister saw that he was the brother of His Royal Highness King Qi, so he naturally helped if he could, so he did everything perfectly.

Wei Changyuan has always turned a blind eye to his younger brother's behavior, but now Wei Changze is proud of his merits, and he said that his wisdom in heaven and earth is unparalleled, which has attracted the emperor's praise, and he is not very comfortable in his heart.

He watched Wei Changze point his fingers at how difficult the salt tax was, how those officials shirked and retreated, and finally these problems were solved by himself, he couldn't hold back for a while, and suddenly asked: "Since the fourth emperor brother has figured out the doorway here, I want to ask for advice, do you know how much is the salt tax in our Dashun for a year, about how many 10,000 taels of silver?" ”

Wei Changze dared to make such a comparison, so he naturally spent a little thought, and said busily: "My Dashun salt tax has always been not high, and it is about 1.3 million taels in a year. ”

Wei Changyuan nodded and said with a smile: "Then I don't know how much salt Dashun can produce in a year?" How much salt tax is levied on a pound of salt? The so-called hereditary salt merchants, how do you prevent them from filling their pockets? When the salt transport envoy issued the salt lead, how to judge whether there was a dark warehouse here? These questions have been bothering me, if the Fourth Emperor Brother knows the answers, please give me advice. ”

God knows that Wei Changze was stunned from the first question, and when he got to the back, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his head, and a gust of wind came, and even his backbone was so cold that he thought that this face would be lost.

After being ashamed, he was hated and annoyed, and he didn't understand why his brother came to dismantle the stage at this time, and the emperor sat on top and nodded again and again, and said, "Changyuan asked these questions very well. Then he looked at Wei Changze, "Do you have an answer?" It's better to take it out and share it with your brothers. ”

Wei Changze stood in place, lowered his head, stared, looked at the large bluestone slab, and opened his mouth with difficulty for a long time, "Dashun can produce in a year, and it can produce about tens of millions of catties of salt......"

As soon as these words came out, Wei Changyuan directly interrupted and said quite seriously: "Changze, you are wrong. Dashun produced about 40,000 catties of salt last year, far more than tens of millions, such a major event related to people's livelihood, but there is nothing wrong with it. ”

Wei Changze gritted his teeth, turned around and arched his hand, "Thank you Second Emperor Brother for your teachings, I know that I still know very little about such a question, and I won't dare to get an axe in the future." ”

Wei Changyuan smiled faintly, "You are not getting an axe in front of me, you are in front of your father." These numbers are related to the people's livelihood, my father has long been familiar with it, and I stopped you today, and you can't answer these questions, not to lose your face, but to remind you, to be a man, you should learn from your father and be down-to-earth. ”

Wei Changze couldn't refute, almost gritted his teeth and said: "Thanks to the training of the second emperor brother, the younger brother is in my heart." ”

Concubine Ying sat aside, her brows locked, they were all her own flesh and blood, and suddenly they didn't deal with each other, she was the most uncomfortable, she thought about it, and said lightly: "Changyuan, your younger brother is still young, and he doesn't understand many things, you are so good at teaching, and slowly I understand that the government is so complicated, and it is not easy for him to understand the skin now." ”

Wei Changyuan lowered his head and said "yes", feeling really unhappy. He thought that his mother had spoiled Wei Changze into such a lawless character, he had to fight for everything, and everything was half-hearted, but his mother and he never thought about their feelings.

After answering this voice, he said no more, sat back in the table with his sleeves brushed up, and drank a glass of wine with his head down. The second prince and the fourth prince, who like it the most, have such a quarrel, and the atmosphere is really ruined, and even the emperor feels bored.

In comparison, Wei Changjue and Lan Yi are still a little interesting, the couple have a good relationship, and they tease the child together, their voices are small, but the baby doesn't understand that, and they are so amused that they giggle, attracting everyone's attention.

The emperor looked over and said, "Come, bring it and let me see it." ”

Lan Yi answered, hugged Rong Huan over, the little girl was not afraid of life, a pair of big eyes looked straight at the emperor, and after a while, she reached out to touch the emperor's dragon robe.

Lan Yi hurriedly said: "This girl, this can be touched indiscriminately?" Quickly take your hand back, hey, you have to call the imperial grandfather, when you are older, we will often greet the imperial grandfather. ”

Rong Huan was unhappy, staring at the dragon robe with bubbles, and wanted to touch it, but the emperor laughed, "Touch it, touch it, what do children know." I don't know who this persistent little appearance looks like. ”

Lan Yi had to let go of the child's hand, and Rong Huan saw that there was no restraint, so he honestly and unceremoniously touched the dragon robe, and then amused himself.

The emperor was very happy, thought about it, and said in a deep voice, "Originally, the title I thought of before was a girl-like word like 'soft', 'warm', and 'fu', but when I saw her character, I felt that it was not atmospheric, so it was better to give the word 'Chengning' as the title." Inheritor, continued; Tranquility is also stable. Although this child will not be able to celebrate her birthday in the future, life will rise when it is extinguished, and the blood in her body means inheritance, and I also hope that she will bring stability to our Dashun. ”

Birthday is grandmother's sacrifice day, which is not very auspicious, but the emperor's words directly elevate her identity - all living beings are negative yin and yang, endless, everyone's birthday may be someone else's sacrifice day, as long as it continues, isn't it a blessing?

Lan Yi hugged Rong Huanfu and bowed, "Thank you to your father for the title, may Rong Huan live up to your expectations and pass on the spirit of our heavenly family from generation to generation, peace and wealth." ”

A child showed his face in front of the emperor, and the emperor remembered it as if he was aware of it, and praised it: "Changjue has been very good recently, I heard that someone wrote a poem to praise you." ”

Wei Changjue hurriedly got up and said respectfully: "Erchen is just helping his father do things, in fact, he doesn't know anything, his father taught him well, and those literati also know it, so while appreciating Erchen, it is more important to praise your father." ”

It turned out that as Wei Changjue said before, after the death of the queen, his name of filial piety was spread, and he had the credit of thoroughly investigating corruption. And the honest and honest three princes are thinking about them everywhere.

Although the shock in the court during that period of time made the dignitaries unhappy, there has always been a saying that "those who win the hearts of the people win the world", no matter how you look at it, Wei Changjue earned it.

The emperor smiled at this moment: "If the ministers of the court and the central government are as diligent and diligent as Chang Jue, why should I worry about the instability of the world, and your queen mother ......" After a pause, he continued, "If your queen mother can live longer, I don't know how happy I am to see you like this." ”

This is the first time this evening, the emperor took the initiative to mention Empress Daxing, but as soon as she finished speaking, Concubine Ying wiped her tears and said: "Every time the concubine thinks of Niangniang, this heart is very uncomfortable, obviously helping to manage the harem affairs, but I don't want to make Niangniang tired, but I didn't expect it to be ......."

The emperor looked at her and said gently: "You know your thoughts, so many years of hard work, it is also hard for you." ”

Concubine Ying's eyes were full of affection, and she looked over eagerly, "With the emperor's words, the concubines are not hard, not to mention that the concubines are worried about the emperor, and they are happy in their hearts." ”

In this way, the topic turned to Changfu Palace, and Wei Changjue returned to the table silently with Lan Yi, and he didn't have much hope for his father in his heart. Now in his eyes, he only has his wife and daughter.

Concubine Ying has taken advantage of the favor in front of the emperor, and will not let Prince Gong's Mansion have a chance to take advantage of it, and directly let the children of King Qi's Mansion come over and recite poems in front of the emperor.

Princess Xiao Huayin of Qi is very good at teaching children, and the children under her knees are all generous, so many people are not stage frightened, and they are articulate, which makes the emperor full of love and praise.

Concubine Ying is full of spring breeze, letting everyone know that this harem is already her world.

Lan Yi didn't look at such a proud look, hugged Rong Huan, with a gentle smile on his face, as if inadvertently, and glanced back at Mama Wan.

In the sound of the children's chirping, in the aroma of the food overflowing during the banquet, Mama Wan's eyes met her, gritted her teeth, sank her heart, and suddenly raised her hand and pinched Yu Tao's back.

And Yu Tao, who had been very quiet, suddenly jumped up at that moment, as if beaten with chicken blood, and shouted loudly while escaping, "The slave is wrong, the slave is wrong, the slave and the maid should not listen to the words of the concubine Niangniang to give you blood in the food, princess, you spare the slave and the slave, spare the slave and the slave!" ”

This time the incident started suddenly, everyone was stunned, but this sentence clearly reached their ears, so that everyone looked at Ying Guifei in unison.

What food? What raw blood?

The children who were reciting poems were stunned, and they were shouted by Xiao Huayin, and returned to their mothers in a daze.

Lan Yi looked very anxious, hugged the child and got up and said, "What's the matter?" Yu Tao, are you crazy? Mama Wan, ask her what's wrong, don't lose her honor in front of the emperor. ”

Mama Wan hurried over, grabbed Yu Tao's arm, and said sharply: "What kind of place is this, what kind of madness are you making, go back with me." ”

Yu Tao struggled desperately, shouting in her mouth, "The slave is wrong, the slave is really wrong, the blood is the concubine Niangniang let the slave maid, the princess has spared the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid have been condemned by conscience every day, please spare the slave and the maid!" ”

It's just such a sentence over and over again, but it is enough to make Concubine Ying's face darken, and she was just about to say something, when the emperor shouted in a deep voice: "Presumptuous." ”

Mama Wan's legs were weak and she knelt on the ground, "The slave knows the mistake, the slave knows the mistake, please forgive the emperor!" ”