The couple frolicked for a while, and Yin Xiu came over to say that Wen Jiqing invited them out to meet.

Suning'er looked at Zhao Yuanbai hesitantly, and said, "After all, you can't hide from him, let's go out and meet him." ”

When the couple arrived at the living room, Wen Jiqing sat on it, and Su Jing sat on the side.

Seeing Suning'er and Zhao Yuanbai, Wen Jiqing immediately got up and knelt down, very pious.

Su Ning'er just smiled slightly this time, helped him up, and said with concern: "Lao Wen Guogong is driving, the slave family and uncle are deeply frightened, Guogong, please take a seat." ”

Wen Jiqing let out a long breath and said sadly: "The Su family is at a time when the momentum is very good, I never thought that Zhou Niangzi would be ill and die young, which is really sad, the old slave heard that the princess and these elders in the house are the most affectionate, and please mourn." ”

Saying that, he had a gloomy face again, couldn't bear to close his eyes, and then said: "The Su family has done their best for the court, and has repeatedly solved problems for the court, which is inseparable from Zhou Niangzi's deep understanding of righteousness. ”

Then, he took out a holy decree from his arms and handed it to Su Jing, and smiled shallowly: "Su Yilang will take the decree." ”

Su Jing led Suning'er and his wife to receive the holy decree, but they were confused in their hearts.

He didn't expect that the death of this domineering woman in his family would not only be reprimanded, but also allow him to be promoted.

It's hard to describe what it's like.

Wen Jiqing helped Su Jing back to his seat and said softly: "Su Zhongsan will have to be more diligent in the future, and serve the imperial court more." ”

Su Jing's face was solemn, both frightened and proud, and he said solemnly: "Please rest assured that the saint and Wen Guogong will do a good job of the errand entrusted by the imperial court even if they are broken to pieces." ”

Wen Jiqing nodded with satisfaction, and then put his eyes on Su Ning'er and Zhao Yuanbai: "The princess and Zhao Yuanjun are also invited to take a seat." ”

Waiting for everyone to sit down, Wen Jiqing took a sip of the white tea on the table, looked at each other with warm eyes, and said: "I heard that the princess is pregnant, and now she has encountered such a sad thing, the princess must not be overly sad, take good care of her body." ”

"Thank you Wen Guogong for worrying, my aunt has been ill for a long time, she has been devastated by the disease, and now she is gone, although it is inevitable to make people sad, but it is not a relief for her."

Suning'er looked at Wen Jiqing with an extremely natural expression.

Listening to his heartache one by one, it was as if Zhou's death had hit him hard.

In all fairness, no matter what the Zhou family says, she is just an elder in the next room, even if she is really the flesh and blood of the Su family, she will not be sad to the point of being in pain.

If it is a little sad and can barely be said, this sad word is indeed a bit heavier.

She knew that Wen Jiqing must have come over today to find out something, so she couldn't show her feet in front of him no matter what.

Zhao Yuanbai also pretended to be on the side and said: "Wen Guogong is really generous and benevolent, in a high position, but he is willing to petition for the people, the achievement of the hard-working mandarin ducks, for the small people in the market who have a thin life, please seal the fate, this pile of things close to the people is all admirable, with a virtuous and helpful saint like you, my dynasty will be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time." ”

Suning'er listened to his strange words, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

Wen Jiqing just smiled indifferently, although he also heard the strangeness in his words, he didn't show his displeasure on his face:

"Zhao Zhijun has a reputation, I came today in fact, I am also here for the court, Li Guogong will return to the court in the near future, Zhao Zhijun also knows the situation in Cangzhou, although it has been settled now, but there is still a need for a capable courtier to control the situation over there, Zhao Zhijun has inherited the post of Yongzhou assassin, and now he is just going to Cangzhou to make up for the shortage, a few days ago the sage asked about the suitable candidate, Wen recommended Zhao Zhijun to the sage, I don't know what the envoy wanted?"

"Thanks to the love of the prince."

Zhao Yuanbai excused himself and said: "Zhao has no ambition to enter the government in his life, this is clear to the saint and the prince, to be able to get the canonization of the Yongzhou assassin history, Zhao is already sincerely afraid, that Cangzhou is an important town of the imperial court, Zhao is only afraid that he will live up to the high expectations of the saint, and he also asked the national government to order the virtuous." ”

"Hehe, I see", Wen Jiqing's expression stiffened, and he said with a smile: "Zhao Zhijun should be raised at the age of sixteen, and he should have successfully entered the court as an official, before I also heard about the injustice of the Tian family to the old lady Zhao and Zhao Zhijun, so I have been worried about it, and now the officialdom is clear, and there is Mingjun on top, Wen originally thought that the envoy would take advantage of this great Shaoguang to make meritorious contributions, since the envoy did not have this determination, Wen did not dare to force it. ”

After a pause, he continued:

"But the envoy is the husband of Princess Junning, when the court is a concubine, the court naturally can't treat you badly, you also know, the two pilgrims are in favor of the princess, with the current status of the Zhao family, or wronged the princess, now Li Xiang has been appointed outside, everything in this palace has to rely on the old slave to manage, I think, I am ready to hand over the tea trafficking in Xichuan to Zhao Envoy, as for this tea tax, the court only collects sixty percent, and the price of tea is negotiated by the envoy himself."

No matter how Su Ning'er listened, she felt that this old guy was buying people's hearts.

The most famous tea in the country is Nanfang and Xichuan, and the annual tea tax collected is mainly from these two places.

Forty percent of the tea tax is paid to the Zhao family, which is a very fat amount of oil and water, not to mention the right to negotiate the price of tea.

How could she not believe that this was the meaning of the saints?

"Not only that," Wen Jiqing continued:

"Since the salt was collected and returned to the imperial court, and the imperial court purchased and sold it in a unified manner, the salt tax received by the imperial court has indeed risen a lot in the past two years, and only this year has handed over nearly seven million pieces of silver money throughout the country, accounting for nearly half of the treasury revenue, but recently the south has also begun to frequently report that some people are selling illegal salt, and even some officials have armed caravans to protect the smuggling channels for personal gain, which has brought huge losses to the imperial court, and last month there was a civil uprising in Changyuan, Henan, and the saint was very angry."

"The imperial court has long strictly ordered that it is no longer allowed to sell illicit salt, and the people of the government not only do not set an example, but they actually collude with profiteers for personal gain, which is really hateful."

Zhao Yuanbai was furious when he heard this, and regardless of Wen Jiqing and Su Jing sitting in the hall, he slapped his palm on the table.

"It is indeed hateful", Wen Jiqing replied: "In this way, the imperial court will lose a large amount of tax and silver every year, and the sage is very anxious, Zhao made the ancestors of the emperor to sell salt for a living, and he must have made achievements in the affairs of the salt road, so I have asked the sage to appoint Zhao Envoy Jun as the deputy envoy of salt and iron, in charge of salt affairs, not subject to the constraints of the central ministries of the court, and help the court clean up the salt industry." ”

After thinking about it, he added: "Of course, Wen also heard that Zhao Yuanjun is now dedicated to running Xinshi and the cabinet shop, as long as Zhao Yuanjun can take care of things on the salt road smoothly for the imperial court, the imperial court will not forget Zhao Yuanjun's merits, and will take care of it to a certain extent." ”

Zhao Yuanbai didn't know what this guy was thinking, if it was the sage's decree, he should have told him directly, how could he let Wen Jiqing convey his will.

He was really embarrassed.