Oh?

Tang Tingbai smiled, and he grabbed Jia Luo's little hand: "Silly girl, we are husband and wife, what can't we say?" ”

Jia Luo also smiled, in fact, what she wanted to say was really for Tang to listen to Bai Hao.

"Your Majesty, your subordinates have always been worried about a problem, that is, Jinyiwei's power is too great, and it will be difficult to control it in the future."

"Now Li Yuanfang is loyal to you, but what Jinyiwei did was a headless thing, such as the Twelfth Taibao Li Hu was assassinated some time ago."

"I don't dare to guarantee that Li Yuanfang will be in danger, in case Li Yuanfang is really dead, no one will be able to control Jinyiwei."

"In case the new commander takes refuge in Nanshan or West Lake, it will also be a threat to you."

"So the subordinate suggestion is to establish another force to contain Jinyiwei and prevent it from developing too fast, and the two forces can supervise each other, what do you think?"

Build another force?

Tang Tingbai frowned.

I have to say that Garo's words make a lot of sense.

It would not be difficult to establish another force.

After all, they are all royal slaves.

The rights in their hands were given by Tang Tingbai.

Tang Tingbai could deprive them of the rights they were given at any time.

"Garo, you mean to reinstate the East Factory?" Tang Tingbai laughed.

Jia Luo nodded: "That's what the subordinates mean, you think, the eunuchs in Dongchang are a group of rootless guys, even if they are greedy for power, they will always be loyal to the emperor, this is the difference between eunuchs and ministers." ”

Tang Tingbai smiled and did not speak.

He naturally understood what Garo meant.

The difference between eunuchs and ministers is that eunuchs never treat themselves as human beings, they are royal servants, and the eunuchs also know this deeply, so even if they kill people and set fires outside, they are as well-behaved as little sheep in front of the emperor.

The ministers are different, they just take themselves too seriously.

Tang Tingbai grabbed Jia Luo's little hand, and his face was full of smiles: "Hehe, I won't mention the matter of Jia Luo's establishment of the East Factory for the time being, it's enough to have Jinyiwei now, and I'll talk about it later, there are more important things now, right?" ”

Hearing this, Jia Luoqiao's face turned red.

She naturally guessed what Tang Tingbai's so-called more important things were.

……

Nothing was said all night, early the next morning.

Tang Tingbai quietly left the palace with the five good generals of the Temple Army, as well as Shen Da, Li Twelve, Bian Thirteen and Jia Luo of the Jinyi Guard.

Three days later, everyone had arrived at a small village in Jiannan Province.

The village is not large, with only a few hundred people living here.

Tang Tingbai stood on the dirt road at the entrance of the village, looking at the golden corn stalks in the distance, and his heart was indescribably happy.

Obviously, this year is definitely a bumper harvest.

Tang Tingbai walked to the edge of the field and looked at the corn cob that was close at hand.

He directly broke off one and held it heavily in his hand.

"Childe, if this corn is ground into flour, it is estimated that it will be enough for ordinary people to eat, right?" Garo laughed.

Tang Tingbai nodded and did not speak.

This corn is about a pound, and if it is ground into flour and steamed into corn tortillas, it should be enough for an adult to eat.

Although the taste of tortillas is not as good as steamed bread and rice, it is the most needed thing for the people of Dayan now.

After all, it is a problem for many people to even have enough to eat.

At this moment, a man in his fifties, with a wrinkled face and dark skin, walked not far away, looking at Tang Tingbai and the others at this moment, his eyes were full of anger.

"Stop, what are you doing?"

"Why did you steal my food?"

The man carried a sickle and looked at Tang Tingbai and the others vigilantly.

Although there were more than a dozen people on Tang Tingbai's side, this farmer who looked like a farmer was not afraid at all.

And Shen Quan and the others all stood in front of Tang Tingbai, for fear that this peasant would be unfavorable to Tang Tingbai.

Tang Tingbai smiled, and hurriedly waved his hand: "This uncle, we are from Kyoto, and we saw that the harvest here was good, so I couldn't help but break one down, I'm really sorry." ”

As he spoke, Tang Tingbai looked at Shen Quan.

Shen Quan immediately understood, took out a tael of silver from his body and respectfully handed it to Tang Tingbai.

And Tang Tingbai walked up to the old farmer with a smile on his face: "Hehe, this uncle, this tael of silver is not much, even if we buy this corn with you, what do you think?" ”

Silver?

The old farmer looked happy, and immediately nodded: "Haha, why are you so polite, this corn is not worth much, you can buy a lot of silver for one or two silver, I will break some for you." ”

Tang Tingbai smiled and waved his hand, pulling the old farmer to sit directly in the field.

"Uncle, this year's harvest is good, next year shouldn't be so difficult, right?" Tang Tingbai asked with a smile.

The old farmer nodded, a grateful smile on his face.

"Yes, it's not that difficult, although we have to hand over more than half of the food we have worked so hard to grow, but even if we only keep a small half, our family will not starve to death next year."

"This is thanks to the emperor today, if he didn't let us grow high-yield corn, it is estimated that many people would have starved to death as in previous years, especially in winter."

Hand over more than half?

Hearing this, Tang Tingbai frowned.

"Uncle, hasn't the emperor already issued a holy decree to exempt all the people of Dayan from paying taxes for three years? Why do you still have to pay taxes? ”

What?

Hearing this, Tian Youliang's face changed: "What? Young man, you just said that the emperor has issued a holy decree to exempt the people from paying taxes for three years? ”

Tang Tingbai nodded affirmatively: "That's right, it's not a secret, we are all scholars in Kyoto Prefecture, so we naturally know the decrees of the imperial court." ”

"But our village didn't notify us, and just three days ago, the official of the county government asked us to hurry up and pay the grain." There is a grain road in the field.

Tang Tingbai nodded and did not speak.

However, the killing intent was already pervasive in his heart.

He knew that his holy decree had not been carried out thoroughly.

He turned his head and looked at Shen Quan.

Just one look, Shen Quan was frightened and trembled.

Obviously, the emperor is blaming them for Jinyiwei.

Jinyiwei's duty is to inspect hundreds of officials, and local officials are naturally within the scope of inspection.

Especially in Jiannan Mansion, there are 2,000 brocade guards guarding here.

But the people still have to pay taxes for such a big thing, and the court doesn't even know about it.

There is only one possibility, that is, the Jinyi Guards here have been in the same league as the local government.

Shen Quan immediately bowed down: "Please rest assured, my subordinates will go to investigate what is going on." ”

After speaking, Shen Quan immediately turned around and left quickly.

Tang Tingbai looked at the old farmer: "Uncle, it's not early now, can we go to your house for a meal?" You can rest assured, we give money. ”

This......

Tian Youliang hesitated, and he smiled embarrassedly: "Young man, it's not me who is trying to pick you up, it's really that our neighbor just died yesterday, and today is setting up a mourning hall, which is not very convenient." ”

"Hehe, uncle, can you tell me how your neighbor died?" Tang Tingbai had a kind smile on his face.

He beckoned to Garo.

Immediately Garo took out ten taels of silver from his bosom.

Tian Youliang saw ten taels of silver, and his eyes lit up.

However, Tian Youliang waved his hand: "I don't want the silver, I asked you for a tael of silver because you took my corn, and now I want your silver again, then I can't say it." ”

Saying that, Tian Youliang told the neighbor's death, the cause and effect.

However, the more Tian Youliang spoke, the darker Tang Tingbai's face became, and even the murderous aura on his body could not be suppressed, and the surrounding temperature dropped a lot.