Chapter 35: Wu Nian
The emperor was pleased with the two twin princesses, and the news of one prince was reported to the whole country within three days. For a time, the people rejoiced and praised the great Qianjiang for its eternal solidity and eternal peace and prosperity. Tai'an City is even more lively, and the people of the imperial capital naturally empathize with all this. After the news of Li Yunqing's third son came out, eighty percent of the restaurants, inns, and even Qinglou in Tai'an City were all served free of charge, and the merchants expressed their respect for the Daqian royal family in this way.
At the next day's court meeting, Li Yunqing happily accepted the congratulations of the ministers and hundreds of officials. Li Yunqing announced on the spot that he would exempt all parts of the country from paying taxes for one year. This also means that all the grain produced by the people of Daqian this year can be kept in their own flour jars and rice jars. This also means that the people have more surplus food, and they are not afraid of anything when they have surplus food at home.
For Li Yunqing's decision, the civil and military officials naturally will not have the slightest objection. From the succession of Emperor Taizong to the present, the treasury of Daqian has actually been increasing. After Li Yunqing ascended the throne, this trend became even more obvious. Now it's even better. Because there was so much money, the threads that wore the copper coins were rotten. The complementary officials had no choice but to think of exchanging all the money for broken silver, so as to solve the problem of storing the money. But in the seventh year of Longwu, the broken silver really took up space. The household department asked Li Yunqing's will to remelt all the broken silver and cast it into large silver ingots. Nowadays, there are only gold and silver ingots in the treasury, and there are no copper coins. Some people jokingly said that you should be careful about the treasury of the great cadres, otherwise you will be blinded.
Because of this, Li Yunqing wanted to be exempted from paying taxes for one year, and the ministers did not have the slightest objection, and the cadres were too rich now. It can be said unceremoniously that Li Yunqing is now the master who has money and nowhere to spend. Because of this, he pondered for a moment and then said: "Sage Cloud, under the prosperous age, the old have something to rely on, and the young have something to raise. Now I am old and praised by the people all over the world, but you can still see beggars and orphans in the streets and alleys. I couldn't bear it, so I planned to build orphans and nurseries in the whole Daqian. So that these orphans and beggars can live better, and make my Daqian a real paradise on earth, what do you think? ”
Sun Yun, the new secretary of the household department, came out of the list and said to Li Yunqing respectfully: "Long live my emperor, this move is in line with the will of heaven and the will of the people." With the current national strength of our great cadres, it is naturally more than enough, and the ministers naturally do not have the slightest objection. However, since this great act of good has begun, it needs to be carried out consistently and for a long time. In the future, what if the money in the treasury needs to be used in large quantities and can no longer support orphanage homes for the elderly in various places for a period of time? Sun Yun's words naturally didn't make it too clear, but everyone present understood what he meant. In the vast world, there is always a place where silver is needed. For example, there is a famine in a certain place, there is a war in a certain place, and so on.
Li Yunqing pondered for a while when he heard this, and then spoke: "This great act of kindness naturally cannot rely on the power of the imperial court alone, and it is necessary to advocate and encourage the generosity of wealthy businessmen and magnates from all over the country. I believe that there are many good people in this world. With these large donations, this problem can definitely be solved. "There are naturally a lot of rich people in Daqian, and there are also many people who cherish their reputation. The imperial court actually set an example in this matter, and many of them were naturally willing to follow in the footsteps of the imperial court and continue to do this good deed.
Sun Yun naturally agreed with this method very much, and only listened to him respectfully say to Li Yunqing: "My emperor is smart, so we can solve the problem of the source of funds for the orphan and old people's nursery!" After saying that, he respectfully retreated, and at this point the dynasty will disperse.
Li Yunqing went straight to Fengming Palace, and now Fengming Palace is naturally more lively. Both the little beauty and the big beauty are gathered in Fengming Palace all day long, and the muse has now moved to live in Fengming Palace, so it is convenient for the three little ones to feed together. Muse has always liked to be with Zhao Bingyan, and now that he has a child, he will naturally get even worse. In addition to the two of them who are mothers, the other warblers and Yanyan naturally like children very much. There is also Li Qingyu, Shui Ling's twins, Li Changhuan likes it very much.
Now the eunuch who is following Li Yunqing is no longer Chen Zhong, Chen Zhong has completely retired to old age, and now he is being offered in a small courtyard in the imperial garden, with two eunuchs and a palace maid waiting. Li Yunqing thanked him for his loyalty and named him an elder. Chen Zhong was naturally grateful for this, because since ancient times, there were a number of eunuchs who had been named elders, and there were only five of them. Chen Zhong was the first eunuch to be named an elder in 3,000 years, which made him flattered and remembered the grace of the Li family even more.
The eunuch who is now following Li Yunqing was selected by Chen Zhong thousands of people, named Wu Nian. Wu Nian is only eighteen years old, but he has been a eunuch for twelve years. His ruthless father and mother abandoned him at the door of the cleansing room when he was five years old, and Wu Sandao, who was in charge of the cleansing work, saw that he was pitiful, so he adopted him by his side, and let him follow his surname, and gave him a pronunciation. Wu Sangou hoped that Wu Nian would not hate his father, although he did not have the grace of parenting, at least he gave him this skin.
Wu Nian is very smart, learns everything very quickly, and is very kind-hearted. When he was six years old, Wu Nian told Wu Sangou that he wanted to be a eunuch. Wu Sangou thought about it all night and promised Wu Nian, he didn't ask Wu Nian why he wanted to be a eunuch, because there weren't so many whys. After following him for a year, he believed that Wu Nian knew what his choice meant, and he would not stop Wu Nian.
Wu Sangou didn't know, in fact, Wu Nian chose to be a eunuch only because he saw the tall buildings in the big courtyard with high red walls and yellow tiles on the opposite side, although he could only see a corner of the palace, but it also made him feel deeply curious. He knew that it must be a completely different place from the place he was in, and it was this curiosity that made him a eunuch.
Perhaps it was fate, after entering the palace, Wu Nian was favored by Chen Zhong, inspected for two years, and finally accepted him as one of the many disciples. After another three years, the eleven-year-old Wu Nian was accepted by Chen Zhong as a closed disciple. Eunuchs are naturally also disciples, and after being a eunuch for so long, they have naturally accumulated a lot of experience. Naturally, these experiences cannot be passed on to others at will. After following Mr. Chen, in addition to the method of saving his life in this deep palace compound, the most important thing that Chen Zhong handed over to Wu Nian was the four words of loyalty to the monarch and protecting the country.
Chen Zhong was not an ordinary eunuch, he followed Emperor Taizu Gao when Wu Nian was his age. Emperor Taizu Gao did not look down on him because he was a subordinate, but often taught him many principles of life. Later, Emperor Taizu Gao raised troops and called him king and emperor. Chen Zhong became a eunuch himself, in order to serve Emperor Taizu forever. Later, in several wars, Chen Zhong sacrificed his life to protect Emperor Taizu from danger. Because of this, all the courtiers to this day are respectful to him.