"The two adults take a break from their anger, please listen to the words of the lower official. Two adults? ...”

The eyes of the two of them were a little red, where could they hear Yu Fei's words.

Yu Fei was helpless, so he had to say "offended". One lift and one flick sent the two back to their seats to calm down.

After the two returned to their seats, their eyes were slightly red, their chests were undulating, and they were obviously very angry.

"Jiao Ge Lao is discouraged, what Li Ge Lao said is not unreasonable, the people have been tired in recent years, the army is out of the fortress, and there are many people to be used, and I am afraid that the people will complain if they start to serve again."

Jiao Fang's eyes widened, okay! You're a traitor with thick eyebrows and big eyes?

"It's not good to be forced again, so why don't you hire them with money and food?"

This last sentence was asked to Li Dongyang.

"Hmph... How can it be so easy, this money and food looks like a lot, but how much does the imperial court spend a year? Yu Shilang knows better than the old man, if he is hired, will the remaining money and food be enough for His Majesty to go out for a month? ”

Yu Fei nodded and said:

"What Elder Li Ge said is very true, but the problem of money and food, the lower officials know it in their hearts, this little prince can't ignore it, otherwise if he is allowed to unify the Mongolian tribes, this will be a great disaster, what do you say?"

Li Dongyang sighed and said:

"How easy is it to unify the grassland, even if you have to send troops to send a general, why do you need Your Majesty to conquer it yourself? The old man doesn't want to quarrel with you, so let's discuss this matter again. ”

Seeing that the quarrel was over temporarily, Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the military department on the side, hurriedly spoke first:

"Senior brother, you see, last year there was a lot of arrears of food and salary, this year's financial abundance, should we make up for it? It's really hard for me to do it. ”

Hearing that Yang Yiqing wanted the lion to open his mouth, Li Dongyang's face changed instantly:

"No, don't even think about it."

......

Another quarrel, Yu Fei experienced this year-end summary for the first time, and couldn't help but smack his tongue, this Li Dongyang and Yang Yiqing are brothers, and the quarrel is even worse than with Jiao Fang.

From morning to night, I finally reached a general consensus, in fact, everything is summed up in only one, asking for money, especially after the financial riches this year, the ministries want money more fiercely, if it weren't for Li Dongyang's pressure, Yu Fei alone really wouldn't have been able to deal with this group of old fritters.

After Yu Fei's family went to Henan, the original courtyard naturally did not continue to be rented, and Yu Fei is now a member of the three products, and he also enjoys the benefits of the imperial court and has a special mansion.

Back home, in addition to the official robe after changing into regular clothes, Yu Fei came to the bedroom, only to see Lan Phoenix telling a story to his son, Xiao He'er was just two and a half years old, it was the most naughty time, listening to the story while dismantling the stool.

Yu Fei picked up his son, the little guy turned his back to Yu Fei, and was frightened "Ah", after seeing Yu Fei, he called "Daddy" in a milky voice.

The blue phoenix lay on the couch and watched the father and son play.

After playing with his son for a while, and after watching the little guy yawn, Yu Fei called his mother to take the little guy to sleep.

"After New Year's Day, I want to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, this time I may offend a lot of people, you take He'er and then call your father and mother, go to Huashan to live for a while."

Although he knew that Yu Fei's martial arts were terrifying, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was invincible in the world, but after hearing what he said so solemnly, Blue Phoenix couldn't help but tremble in his heart and said:

"You have to be careful, don't be reckless, He'er and I are waiting for you in Huashan."

Yu Fei gently hugged the blue phoenix, stroked her hair and smiled:

"Don't worry, even if there are thousands of troops, your husband and I can leave if we want."

"Hmm... What are you doing? ”

"Naturally, it's to add a younger brother and sister to He'er."

"Ahh

......

Just after the end of New Year's Day, Yu Fei was also promoted, and he was ordered to go south on a business trip as the head of the household department and the left deputy capital of the Imperial Palace.

Yu Fei, who received the will, took 500 eagles to ride iron and 500 brocade guards to the south of the Yangtze River on the same day.

The purpose of Yu Fei's trip to Jiangnan this time is very clear, that is, to make a break with the arrears over the years, exempt those who should be exempted, kill those who should be killed, and raid the house that should be raided, and must use thunderous means to break the invisible net of Jiangnan.

At this time, although Jiangnan had not yet developed to the point where officials took the lead in resisting taxes, the water in it was also unfathomable.

From the beginning of the third year of Hongzhi to the seventh year of Zhengde now, Jiangnan not only pays taxes in arrears every year, but is expected to collect ten percent of the taxes, which is often considered a good year.

Not only that, but even the official fields of the imperial court are in arrears every year, and the eighteenth year of Hongzhi is the most outrageous, and the money and grain paid are not even one percent.

And the officials in Jiangnan have also complained bitterly every year, and all kinds of floods and floods have not stopped.

And among them, the most cheerful is Nanjing Liubu.

After more than ten days of trekking, Yu Fei and others finally came to Nanjing, the city was full of flowers, and the rich businessmen who stayed in the Qinglou had just woken up, and they were hooking their shoulders and preparing to find a place to eat.

Looking at this scene, Yu Fei chuckled, and then whispered to Yang Xu beside him, Yang Xu nodded, shouted, and took the Jinyi guards to ride to Nanjing.

Five hundred people rode horses and galloped, which naturally attracted the sideways glances of the people in the city, and there were a few characters who looked like Gongzi's brother, and after Yang Xu and the others walked away, they spat and foamed, scolded "dog legs", and attracted the people around to applaud loudly.

Yu Fei ignored these people, and took the rest of the people to Nanjing to garrison the mansion of Xu Li, the Duke of Wei.

This old prince is born in Jingtainian, he is more than sixty years old this year, has served four generations of emperors, and he has not been in charge of affairs a few years ago, but the situation in Jiangnan is too serious, Zhu Houzhao invited this old prince to go out of the mountain last year and serve as a garrison in Nanjing, wanting to suppress the demon wind in the south of the Yangtze River.

Yu Fei sent a greeting post, and after a while, an old man with a somewhat hunched back greeted him with the support of several young maids.

Yu Fei looked at his appearance, and sighed in his heart, this old man, it is difficult to even walk, how can he suppress this demon wind in the south of the Yangtze River? It's no wonder that it didn't work much in the first year.

The south is much richer than the north, and as a result, after a bumper harvest in the north this year, the taxes in the south have been suppressed, and among the more than 17 million taxes this year, the north has contributed almost more than 10 million, although the miscellaneous goods collected are more.

After Yu Fei's salute, Xu Li took Yu Fei into the mansion, only to see that the Nanjing garrison was really called a luxurious and beautiful one, and all the way were fifteen or sixteen-year-old young girls, but in just one tea time, Yu Fei saw hundreds of maids with such appearances.

After seeing such a scene, Yu Fei's heart sank, you must know that Xu Li had a reputation for thrift when he was in Beijing.

As a result, it has only been a year, and it is so luxurious, and my plan to use its power is probably going to fail.

These Jiangnan wealthy businessmen are really powerful.

After knowing that this old prince had most likely been corrupted, Yu Fei didn't give up hope, and after a while of politeness like a junior visit, he left the garrison mansion.

Yu Fei walked out of the house, looked at the clear sky, and smiled.

"Such deep water is just the right way to catch the dragon, very good, very good."