Xiao Yue looked at Yun Yan's still red face, and teased: "I guess Mr. Lin won't help you, but he may help me, hahaha!"

Yun Yan pouted and said in a low voice, "I... Then I didn't speak disrespectfully to my son just to be angry with him, and I didn't sincerely want to offend him. ”

Seeing that she was finally no longer angry, Xiao Yue laughed instead, and then said: "I'm not joking with you, in fact, you don't have to worry, this Mr. Lin is extremely well-educated, and he won't be as knowledgeable as you." ”

Yun Yan was relieved, but suddenly remembered another important matter.

"Childe, I heard you just tell Mr. Lin that you wrote a notebook, and you will give it to him in a few days, but why haven't I found out what you have been writing recently, so what will I give him at that time?"

Yun Yan always thought that Xiao Yue's chat with Na Lin Yu was just casual talk, but she didn't expect her to have the intention of making friends, so she couldn't help but be a little anxious about the excuse of the book.

Xiao Yue smiled and said: "I know this matter in my heart, after I see Chen Shangshu later, we will go home, we will be busy in the past few days." ”

Yun Yan saw that Xiaoyue was confident, so she stopped talking, and at this time, a person from the backyard came in from outside.

"Childe, the guest you were waiting for has arrived. ”

After Satsuki sat upright, she said in a deep voice, "Please let him in." ”

After the subordinate retreated, after a while, Xiao Yue saw an old man with gray hair, loose skin on his face, and a bloated figure, wearing a royal blue silk fabric gown, and an emerald green jasper hairpin on his head, but his spirit was excellent, and he was standing upright at the door at the moment.

"Young Master Wen, the old man is late. The man said with a smile.

Xiao Yue stood up, but did not come forward to greet her, but beckoned, and said politely: "Where, it's not late, it's me early, Lord Chen, please take a seat." ”

Chen Baiyu is considered an old qualification in the officialdom of Daying, and his ancestors are all officials, but only when he comes to him can he be regarded as a second-level official, second only to the prime minister, and he is used to being respected on weekdays, so he sat opposite Xiaoyue unceremoniously, and said with a smile: "Gongzi Wen, today's tea money is mine, how can I not let you have a junior treat." ”

Xu Chengchang lowered his head on the side and whispered to Xiaoyue.

"Chen Shangshu's little servant had already gone to the shopkeeper just now and prepaid the tea money and the money for the private room. ”

Xiao Yue smiled and said to Chen Shangshu: "Lord Chen is really polite, you invite this tea money, and I invite it." She said this, but in fact, she felt that this bamboo pole was knocked lightly, if she wasn't afraid to watch this cunning old man not eat lunch, she would let him do it at noon today.

Chen Baiyu still said with a smile: "It's different, today is the old man who has a request for Wen Gongzi, how can he be embarrassed to let you break the bank." ”

Xiao Yue knew that he wanted to talk to her about the topic, but she was unwilling, and continued to go around in circles with him, and said politely: "Lord Chen, what are you talking about, what can you help Master Chen down there." ”

As soon as her words fell, she saw Chen Baiyu's brows frowning slightly, and she continued: "But I don't know what Lord Chen is talking about, but if it is something that can do a small part in the next place, it is incumbent on me to make a decision." ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Chen Baiyu's brows relaxed, "Hehe, Gongzi Wen is really righteous, you can definitely help with this matter, and the old man will not be strong." After finishing speaking, he took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to Yun Yan, who was standing aside.

"This is the tax reform policy drafted by the old man, please look at it with Mr. Wen. ”

Xiao Yue took this document from Yun Yan's hand, and was not in a hurry to look through it, but said: "I am not an official of the imperial court, will such a document violate the law?"

Chen Baiyu shook his head, "This is just a draft drafted by the old man, not a confidential document of the imperial court." ”

"Oh. Xiao Yue nodded, still not ready to look through the paperwork, and then said, "Then I don't know what is written in this document?"

Chen Baiyu tugged at the corners of his mouth, feeling that Xiaoyue was a little knowingly asking, but he still said patiently: "The tax reform policy written in it is actually not the old man's idea, but the tax reduction policy written according to the emperor's will, I heard that the emperor's idea is actually similar to Wen Gongzi's idea, so the old man wants to give this manuscript to Wen Gongzi for a look." ”

"Oh. Xiao Yue smiled on her face, but scolded the old fox in her heart, and then said: "Lord Chen, I left this manuscript, I will change it in a few days, and let someone send it to your house, I still have some things to do at this time, so I won't keep you." ”

Chen Baiyu wanted to hear Xiao Yue's thoughts on the tax reform policy he wrote, but he didn't expect to hit a soft nail, and when he saw that Xiao Yue had issued an eviction order, he couldn't pull off his old face and continue to rely on it, so he stood up and said, "Then don't bother Master Wen and leave." With that, the beard curled up slightly at the corner of his mouth.

Xiao Yue knew that he was angry, but she didn't care, anyway, Chen Baiyu couldn't do anything with herself, besides, she was helping this time, could it be that he still wanted to buy one get one free, so that he could teach him another lesson, and talk about the principle of taxation.

"Master Chen, then you won't send it slowly. Xiao Yue's tone was still polite, which made people find no reason.

Chen Baiyu also knew that there would not be any good fruit to eat today, Xiao Yue could help him revise the manuscript, he had already achieved his goal, and in the future, he would write a fold and hand it to the emperor, if the emperor had objections, he would blame Wen Yue, and if the emperor was satisfied, he would be considered a successful retirement.

He had long seen that the new emperor had begun to prepare for the replacement of officials in the imperial court, and several times he proposed to the emperor to raise taxes to solve the problem of the emptiness of the treasury, but the emperor listened to it silently, and later adopted Wenyue's proposal for state bonds, which worked well. This time, the emperor directly instructed him to write a tax reduction policy, and he knew that in fact, the previous emperor was very dissatisfied with his suggestion, and he also had the intention of retreating, but he would have to have a happy ending when he retreated. So, this time I came to ask Wenyue with a thick old face.

"Young Master Wen doesn't have to be polite, the old man is waiting for good news in the house. After speaking, Chen Baiyu raised his hand to Xiao Yue and made a fist salute, and then turned around and left.

As soon as Chen Baiyu left, Xiao Yue unfolded the manuscript and looked at it carefully, in fact, this Chen Baiyu was shrewd, his manuscript was just a re-combing of the emperor's words, and the words of the second emperor were nothing more than the content of the previous text, so Xiao Yue scolded him again in her heart The old fox.

Xiao Yue said to Yun Yan: "Help me tidy up my desk, get pen, ink and paper, I want to write something." ”

Yun Yan was busy preparing the four treasures of the study, and asked curiously: "Childe, are you going to write a notebook, or what are you going to write?"