Wang Xuan and Zhao Shen didn't speak, and Zu Li also took the time to look back at them, and said with a smile: "Such a talent, you should not let the girls down, you should start a family as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Hanzhang also turned his head and nodded: "It's about to get married, now the population is small, they are in their right age, and they are not short of money, how can they not lead by example?" ”

Wang Xuan and Zhao Shen looked stiff, they hadn't considered starting a family.

The two of them looked at each other in unison, wanting to die and not die, their eyes were blazing, and after thinking about it, they felt that they might not be able to suppress each other, but they would lose both, so they held back their words.

The two of them twisted their heads at the same time, and took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention to them, and they ruthlessly removed the flower branches and petals on their heads and threw them away.

Zhao Shi and the other young people also sighed regretfully after discovering it, there were many people and loud voices, echoing in the palace, they may have also found something wrong, blamed each other and made trouble, and the atmosphere was so cheerful.

The chamberlain who was waiting on the side whispered to remind them to be solemn in the palace, but his voice was drowned out in the laughter, and few people heard it.

The waiter cautiously looked at Zhao Hanzhang, who was walking in the front, and saw that she was not angry on her face, so she knew that she was allowed, so she silently bowed her head and followed, without further persuasion.

It wasn't until the bottom of the steps of the main hall that Zhao Hanzhang glanced back at them, smiled with his eyebrows, and reprimanded softly, "The palace is solemn." ”

Only then did the young generals stop, straighten each other's robes, and follow her up the steps with a solemn face.

The chamberlain waiting outside the hall saw them go up the steps, and immediately turned around and ran to find the little emperor sitting on the threshold, "Hey, Your Majesty, why are you sitting down again, the general and the ministers have already come up, you come and greet them." ”

The little emperor sighed, got up on his knees, raised his hand to let people tidy up the heavy crown and cumbersome clothes, and walked forward a dozen steps with people's hands, and stood on the edge of the steps.

As soon as you look down, you can see Zhao Hanzhang and Zu Ti leading hundreds of civil and military officials to come up from the side.

Yesterday, as soon as Zhao Hanzhang proclaimed himself the holy decree of King Yu, someone ran to him and cried, looking like he thought his life was short.

At this time, few people would think that Zhao Hanzhang would return the power to him because she tried his best to teach him to handle the government and learn the art of Confucianism, but they didn't allow him to be a little lazy.

The books that should be read still have to be read, the official documents that should be read still have to be read, and he will still routinely ask for his opinion at the court meeting.

When his study and answers were not satisfactory, he showed a disappointed expression.

The little emperor was angry in his heart, and he couldn't help but sneer, if he was capable, he was afraid that they would not be able to eat and sleep, and he would be more eager to kill him than Zhao Hanzhang when the time came.

Zhao Hanzhang led the civil and military officials to come up, and the little emperor was reminded by the chamberlain before raising a smile and saying a welcome speech, encouraging Zu Ti and others.

Zhao Hanzhang led the ministers to salute him, and saw that his eyebrows were full of tiredness, and there was injustice in his eyes, so his eyes swept over the attendants beside him, and respectfully arched his hand and said: "Please move your majesty to the Deyang Palace, the palace banquet has been prepared." ”

The little emperor was also impatient to see these generals, especially Zu Li, he could feel Zu Li's dislike for him, or rather, Zu Ti didn't like anyone with the surname Sima.

He despised all the royal families with the surname Sima equally.

The little emperor led everyone to the Deyang Palace.

Because it was the unification of the north and the south, King Langya also attended the palace banquet.

The palace banquet is not just eating and drinking, at least the palace banquet presided over by Zhao Hanzhang is not, the New Year is approaching, the court is about to seal the New Year, Zhao Hanzhang invited Zu Ti to stay for the New Year.

Zu Ti responded, and said: "Since Jiangnan and Jiangbei are unified, can you ask the general to remove part of the labor in Jizhou, and then let some soldiers go to the fields to return to the fields?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and nodded, "Yes." ”

She glanced around, and the ministers said: "Although I can't wait to get up overnight to protect the people, build 10,000 roads to benefit the people, and dig 10,000 ditches to facilitate farming, but I cherish the people's strength more, the people have been too bitter these years, and it is time for them to have a good rest. ”

"In the future, when all localities are levied and paid labor again, they must pay one ding a year per household during the time when the farm is slack, and the time is within half a month, and the county shall not exceed 30 percent of the county service, and the county shall not exceed 60 percent of the county service."

"A household has a bye for three years, and it is not allowed to transfer servants from one household for three consecutive years," Zhao Hanzhang paused, but he didn't expect it to be more specific, so he turned his head and asked Ji Yuan, "Is there anything else to add in Ji Yuan?" ”

Ji Yuan: "The counties and counties are not allowed to transfer civilian servants to repair yamen, mansions and other beneficial officials, and they are also recommended to hire people for their own property, and to repair bridges and pave roads, water conservancy and other actions that benefit the people. ”

Zhao Hanzhang bowed his head, King Langya surrendered, Wang Dun was not dead yet, they had already discussed that they would rest with the people in the next two years, and arrange as little service as possible.

Since it is necessary to reduce the conscription and servitude, what should we do in this world that is in ruins?

Naturally, it is necessary for the imperial court to spend money, and the assassin mansions, county guards and county officials in various places have spent money, and this national policy is also to be released after the New Year.

Zu Ti had no opinion, but Zhao Cheng felt that she was just exploiting the people's power in another way, so he said unhappily: "Since the general wants to rest with the people, then he should stop these constructions that will consume the people's labor. What is the difference between the two? ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "There is still a big difference, one has money to take it, and the other has no money to take it." ”

Zhao Cheng was stunned, and said after a while: "Now the imperial court is very popular with the people, as long as the schools and yamen and the people explain carefully, I think they are willing to build roads, bridges and water conservancy without collecting money, since the people are tired, why do they have to make it difficult for the treasury and local yamen?" ”

"Now the state treasury and the local yamen have no money, and the money they want to pay to the migrant workers also comes from taxes, and the taxes come from the people," Zhao Cheng felt that Zhao Hanzhang's left hand was too complicated, not to mention, and it also consumed the human resources of the court officials, so he proposed: "You can levy labor, but reduce a certain amount of taxes." ”

In this way, the reduced taxes are kept in the homes of the people, which is equivalent to paying them wages, and it also saves the process of handing them over to the yamen.

Don't look at paying taxes as just a process, the cost in this process can be huge.

It is necessary for the officials to collect taxes, transport, and put them into storage, and then summarize them, send them to the capital, stay in the local area, and then leave the warehouse and put them in each section, and finally distribute them to the migrant workers according to their work.

In Zhao Cheng's view, this part of the loss can be avoided.

Zhao Hanzhang understood what Zhao Cheng meant, in fact, he was right, operating like he proposed can indeed reduce losses, and the people will also benefit;

However, the value created by circulation will be higher, and naturally, the expansion of loss is inevitable, but the psychology of working to get wages is completely different from the psychology of the imperial court reducing taxes and leaving some extra food at home, and the consumption concept brought about by this psychological difference will also be completely different.

Moreover, Zhao Cheng is too idealistic, who can guarantee that the loss of such an operation is less than that of turning taxes around as remuneration to migrant workers?

The most important thing is that not all servants will come to recruit migrant workers, and not all migrant workers are servants, and they should leave a way for those who dare to rush and be diligent and intelligent.

Who's to say it's not an opportunity?

However, how can she explain this kind of thing to Uncle Cheng, who is like a gentleman?

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while, then turned his head and said to the little emperor: "Your Majesty, I see that there are several books in the list of books that students should read in the new list of books in the academy, and I see that the students are not very old, so there is no need to press their study time too much, it is better to reduce a bibliography, and order the new textbook of the doctor to be a doctor, so that this situation can be reduced in the future." ”

"In addition to books, students' etiquette and music can't be left behind, when these are added, why don't you add more etiquette and music to them?"

The little emperor nodded indispensably.

Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "Your Majesty's class should also be changed with them, reduce one Confucian class, and add one ritual music." ”

The little emperor was slightly energetic, and said with his chin bowed: "Yes." ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I see that Your Majesty has been very diligent recently, and his studies have made progress, this year, even if he is sick, he has to go to the court meeting, which is too hard, as the emperor should still combine work and rest, I think there will be less homework in the future, so that the masters can make the class easier to understand." ”

"Your Majesty's age is still a little more difficult to study "University" and "The Mean", in the future, you can leave an hour early for the small court meeting every morning, and you can arrange it freely, if there is something important in the court, the minister will send someone to ask you to discuss."

When the little emperor heard this, his eyes lit up, his drooping head was raised, and the whole person became high-spirited and excited, "Really? ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded with a smile, "Really." ”

The emperor was so happy that he didn't care about his identity, and said in a loud voice: "I thank the general for his thoughtfulness. ”

Seeing that the little emperor's eyes narrowed when he smiled, the state of the whole person was the same as before, not only Zhao Cheng, but also other courtiers understood.

What I get through hard work is completely different from what everyone else has.

The courtiers looked at the little emperor in excitement, and could already imagine how he would relax after getting an hour's holiday every day;

How will the common people, who can only work as coolies, happily arrange this money after they get the wages issued by the imperial court through their efforts?

And the astute courtiers have already thought of another layer, they looked at the quiet Zhao Hanzhang, and then at the silly little emperor, and said secretly: Zhao Hanzhang is going to start reducing the time and power of the little emperor to contact government affairs, so when will she completely replace the little emperor?

Zu Ti also glanced at the little emperor meaningfully, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly.

When the palace banquet dispersed, when Zhao Hanzhang walked outside the palace, he saw Zhao Cheng walking in front of her with his head down and a pensive face, walking very slowly, obviously she still stayed and talked to the little emperor for a long time.

Thinking that he hadn't figured it out yet, he stepped forward and said: "Uncle Cheng, the private property of the court officials' families also has to pay taxes, and this year's treasury is empty, you said that if I tell the hundred officials that I can't pay the money, I can only reduce their corresponding taxes, do you think they will agree?" ”

Zhao Cheng, who was still immersed in his own thoughts, didn't think about it, and said without thinking about it: "How can that work?" If the treasury really has no money, it can be owed first, and it cannot use this method, otherwise it will ......"

Zhao Cheng said this for a moment, and then he understood Zhao Hanzhang's analogy, so he pursed the corners of his mouth and said: "You clearly have a better analogy, but it is useless, why do you use Your Majesty as a metaphor?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "What does Uncle Cheng think? ”

Zhao Cheng looked left and right, and saw that there were only two of them uncle and nephew on the long palace road, and the guards stood on the left and right in ten steps, and he was sure that even if he said the wrong thing, this word would not be spread, and the people on this palace road should be her people.

Zhao Cheng sighed and said: "Your Majesty is just a very ordinary child, he really doesn't have a high intelligence, nor does he have ambition and martial arts, but he has never had a bad heart. ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I will treat him well." ”

Zhao Cheng was silent for a moment and then said, "He has some talent in music. ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "I have a pipa in my house, named Hu Lei, and I will give it to Your Majesty when I go back." ”

Zhao Cheng stopped talking.

Few people know that the little emperor's favorite instrument is not the guqin that is often placed in the palace, but the pipa, he occasionally plays it in the ritual music class, but he plays more of the guqin, and all the gentlemen say that the little emperor's qin has a good sound.

Zhao Cheng also guessed that he liked pipa because he saw the little emperor rummaging through the pipa score.

Zhao Hanzhang has a lot of opportunities and can detect the true preferences of the little emperor, either he has smart people around her who she trusts very much, or she herself usually pays attention to the little emperor.

Zhao Cheng walked out silently, but he still couldn't hold back when he got into the carriage, "I want to resign from my official position and go on a trip." ”

Zhao Hanzhang took the reins from Zeng Yue's hand, turned his head to look at Zhao Cheng, who was already stepping on the horse stool with one foot, and nodded after looking at him fixedly for a while: "Okay." ”

Zhao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then helped the driver's hand to get into the car.

Zhao Hanzhang also turned on his horse and followed the carriage on horseback, until he escorted Zhao Cheng's carriage back to Zhao's mansion and watched his carriage go in.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhao Hanzhang threw the reins to the guards, waved his hand to Zeng Yue, and strode to the backyard.

Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, Tinghe asked people to hang a lot of red lanterns in the yard, in order to save lamp oil, the lanterns are lit only one after several times, and they will be extinguished when she comes back.

But at this time, the lanterns in the whole courtyard were lit, and there were still figures walking around in the courtyard.

Zhao Hanzhang walked in with a puzzled face, and the person in the courtyard who was facing her with his back heard the footsteps and looked back, and smiled when he saw her, "Are you back?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang paused and looked at him in surprise, "When did you come back?" ”

Fu Tinghan: "It's been two hours since I came back, and you're at the palace banquet, so I didn't let anyone disturb you." ”

He looked her up and down, then stepped forward to take her hand and led her into the house, "Let's go take a shower first, it'll be too cold for a while." ”

Zhao Hanzhang went obediently.

After bathing and changing clothes, Fu Tinghan sat cross-legged on the bed, and then asked her, "Feeling bad?" ”

The displeasure when he came back had already dissipated, and Zhao Hanzhang said beautifully: "No, I'm in a good mood now." ”

Good night

(End of chapter)