"It just looks messy, not very neat." Wu Mei sighed, her hand habitually hugged her stomach, her belly was already very big, and it was difficult to walk and get up.

Li Zhi laughed and said: "Only the mess seems to be vibrant, and everyone is looking forward to peace when they are in danger, and if they want peace, only I can give it." ”

Wu Mei said strangely: "Why does the mess seem to be vibrant?" ”

Li Zhi grabbed the bear's ears with one hand, and casually pulled in the air with the other: "Chang'an City's annual income last year was one and a half times that of the year before. ”

Wu Mei shook her head and said, "It can't be just a Chang'an." ”

Li Zhi said: "Luoyang's annual income last year also exceeded the year before by two percent. ”

Wu Mei frowned and said, "It's all messed up like this, can it still be good?" ”

Li Zhi laughed and said: "I suddenly found that the income of the imperial court has increased, and it has little to do with the landlords. ”

Wu Mei was taken aback, and hurriedly took Li Zhi's hand and said, "Nongsang is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said: "The queen is right, Nongsang is indeed the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, but this Nongsang refers to those Nongsang who can pay taxes to me, not those who look prosperous but have little to do with me."

The three items of rent and commission adjustment are implemented by people who do not have many acres of land at home, and there are always many ways for people in Qianmo to plant the most land and pay the least taxes.

I asked the Hundred Cavalry Division to go to Zhongmu County to check, and the result was a result that I didn't expect.

In the middle of last year, the person who actually paid the most taxes in Zhongmu County was a landlord named Sun Laoshi, whose family had 1,400 mu of land, but the tax paid was 30% more than that of the second place, but his family's land was only 60% of that of the second family.

Queen, guess why? ”

Wu Mei said: "The family in second place has evaded taxes. ”

Li Zhi sighed and said: "There is no tax evasion, the county order of Zhongmu County used to be the main book of Wannian County, and the promotion of Zhongmu County Order because of merit can be regarded as a cadre, and it is also considered upright as an official."

He came to the conclusion that the court's benevolence had been overflowing over the years, and the goal of the court's benevolence was wrong, and it did not fall on the people who really needed it, but all fell on the big landlords.

He also suggested that giving grace to those who need it is called grace, and that giving grace to those who do not need it will make the grace of the court lose its original face.

I thought he was saying it very well, and in the future, the object of the court's favor should be carefully studied and judged before it could be issued. ”

Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, is this going to take back the power of grace?" ”

Li Zhi said with a smile: "Grace is from above, it is called grace, otherwise it is ill-intentioned." ”

Wu Mei stood up, this time her movements were very neat, and she walked away directly, leaving Li Zhi to sit there alone thoughtfully.

Li Zhi seems to be accustomed to Wu Mei's rudeness, no matter how rude Wu Mei is, he still has to say what he should say and what he should do.

Otherwise, after a long time, trespassing will become a habit.

For Yun Chu and his party, the two-hundred-mile road was originally just a matter of a little more than a day, but it didn't go far before it rained.

Jiang Tong wanted to stop and rest for the night, and wait for the rain to stop before leaving, but Yun Chu directly refused, he thought that he couldn't let His Majesty wait for a long time, and put on a strange thing like a robe, so he insisted on rushing overnight.

In the dark night, the pine torches were always extinguished by the rain, and the men and horses staggered forward in the mud, and every step was an ordeal for them.

However, Yun Chu picked up a bright air death lamp on the pine tree on the side of the road, that lamp is obviously not an ordinary thing, not to mention the bright flame, no matter how the lantern shakes, the oil lamp inside is balanced, and will not let the grease inside leak out.

In the second half of the night, the rain suddenly became heavier, and in the place where there was no village in front of the village, and there was no store behind, Jiang Tong and they miraculously found that Yun Chu pulled out a ball of oilcloth from the hole of a pine tree, and then pulled out some slender iron bars from a copper pipe, and after a while, a tent appeared between the two dwarf pines on the high ground.

The most incredible thing for Jiang Tong was that Yun Chu also took out a small stove, threw in a few pieces of charcoal, and then boiled a jar of tea for himself, seeing that the hot tea with a sweet fragrance entered Yun Chu's stomach, and the rest of the people standing in the wind and rain were very speechless.

After drinking tea, Yun Chu used the helmet of the Baiqi Siren to cook a helmet full of oats for the jujube red horse, so the warm salt water boiled the oats, which also made the jujube red horse eat continuously.

After serving the jujube red horse, Yun Chu also roasted a piece of good beef on the charcoal fire, the most excessive thing is that the beef is marinated in advance, Yun Chu only needs to put it 3 on the charcoal fire to roast, the aroma will spread in the rainy night.

Everyone watched Yun Chu chew beef in the tent in the rain until Yun Chu found a handful of noodles and half a pot of chicken soup, cooked himself a bowl of very fragrant chicken noodle soup and ate it in two bites, and then tied a hammock between the two trees in the tent, and soon fell asleep.

Yun Chu could sleep very comfortably, and Jiang Tong and the others were all dead after seeing Yun Chu's behavior.

They were now sure that around them, there were many people belonging to Yun Chu who were escorting him.

Jiang Tong is a terrifying figure in Chang'an and even in Datang, but tonight, Jiang Tong felt great horror.

He even felt that Yun Chu wanted to kill them, no more difficult than killing a chicken.

Accompanying Yun Chu to stay in this wasteland was like a tiger sleeping soundly, and around this sleeping tiger, there were countless fierce beasts staring at them with their green eyes.

The soldiers of Chang'an Mansion are famous all over the world, whether it is hollowing out the Western Regions, or conquering Liaodong, or fighting in the south and north, it is very effective.

This stormy night, which was very difficult for the Hundred Cavalry Divisions, was really not a big deal for those soldiers who had been fighting on the frontier all year round.

Jiang Tong knew very well that the reason why Yun Chu went to Luoyang alone was actually to give face to himself, the Governor of the Hundred Horses, and even more so to His Majesty who was far away in Luoyang.

Yun Chu is not a powerless person, if he resists, Jiang Tong is absolutely convinced, it will be a real bloody storm.

People who don't have strength don't deserve the respect of others, Jiang Tong has always been a believer in this truth.

If the person in front of him was not the powerful Yun Chu, Jiang Tong would never let him hold everyone hostage and sleep overnight, but would only throw him into a wooden cage prisoner car and pull him all the way to Luoyang.

In the wind and rain, there were bursts of wolf howls in the distant mountains, and then, many monkeys began to howl, hoping to use the power of the group to drive away these vicious beasts, but just think about it, after all, the beast that kills the most monkeys is the leopard, but the leopard has always been known for its silence.

Jiang Tong knew that Yun Chu was a leopard who was not very willing to speak, which was why His Majesty loved him and was wary of him.

He didn't want to go against Yun Chu, at least, he knew very well that he might be a wolf howling in a rainy night, and Yun Chu was definitely a leopard, or even a tiger.

Therefore, when the fog was filled in the early morning, there were two peasant women who happened to carry a basket of freshly steamed buns, a large bowl of fragrant rice porridge, and even the chopsticks were special chopsticks with the words "big canteen" on them, and warmly invited Yun Chu to wash and eat, Jiang Tongquan didn't see it.

He didn't even have any idea about the meat bun that Yun Chu was eating.

A lot of people die when they think they can't die.

Yun Chu now firmly thinks that he can't die, but Wen Rou and Zhong Kui and Di Renjie don't think so, and feel that they should give it a ride.

Therefore, on the road to Luoyang, Yun Chu can sometimes get a bundle of freshly picked cucumbers from the old woman on the side of the road, sometimes he can get a handful of apricots, and more often there are always passers-by who are willing to invite Yun Chu to eat with them, as for the food in the post station, Yun Chu didn't eat a bite from beginning to end.

It wasn't until Yun Chu stood in front of Luoyang Shenwu Gate that Jiang Tong found that at least two caravans that came to Luoyang with them turned around and left, and even those scattered merchants left, and they did not enter Shenwu Gate.

After other officials arrived in Luoyang, their final place of stay was the post station, and Yun Chu was directly sent to the edict prison on the edge of Ziwei Palace.

The edict of the Tang Dynasty is actually a small city, and the word edict is written in ancient seal script above the city gate, just because of this thing, people suddenly associate the edict with hell.

Jiang Tong stood at the gate of the edict and intervened at Yun Chu and said: "Wait for the prince and marquis, when the prince returns to Chang'an, a certain family will definitely come to the door to apologize." ”

Yun Chu said impatiently: "Looks like I need to go in by myself, right?" ”

Jiang Tong said with a smile: "The order that this official received is to send the prince and the prince to the edict prison safely, and now that the edict is in front of you, it is none of the official's business." ”

Yun Chu looked at Jiang Tong and said: "The Hundred Cavalry Division is dealing with the great traitors, if you encounter such a thief who harms the people, although Jiang Dudu will let it go, I just hope that the governor will not deliberately lean on the big traitors during the time that a certain family is in prison, which is not good for Chang'an and not good for Datang." ”

Jiang Tong looked around and saw that there were all the jailers of the Imperial Prison, so he lowered his voice and said, "The Chang'an Hundred Cavalry Governor's Mansion is not as rich as the Luoyang Hundred Cavalry Governor's Mansion. ”

Yun Chu laughed and said: "Since it is business, everything is easy to say, a certain family heard that the mountains outside the Daxing City in Liaodong are rich in a precious medicinal material called ginseng, but this thing and antler blood generally want to be transported to Chang'an and Luoyang, it is not an easy thing, can the governor have a good way to solve it?" ”

Jiang Tong saw that the goal was reached, and immediately arched his hand and said: "It's a trivial matter." ”

Seeing that Jiang Tong was satisfied with the people and left, Yun Chu led the horse and shouted at the head of the Imperial Prison City: "Is there a promise that can breathe?" ”

As Yun Chu shouted, the gate of the edict prison immediately opened, and Yun Chu looked at Li Yifu who was pacing out and said, "After all, I still fell for your plot." ”

Li Yifu stopped, waved his hand and said: "You and I are a teacher, and a certain family will not plot against you, let's say it first, the matter of your imprisonment is arranged by His Majesty, and it has nothing to do with the old man." ”

Yun Chu glanced at Li Yifu for a moment and said, "I believe that this matter has nothing to do with you, the problem is that I have not committed a crime but I have to be imprisoned, which is really too much." ”

Li Yifu said with a smile: "Your Majesty said, if you want to lock up the Shiba Inu, the kennel is enough, if you want to lock up the wild boar, the pig cage is enough, and if you want to lock up a tiger like the prince, you have to be imprisoned."

Also, the prince is not without responsibility, at least, a kick to break the six ribs of the Emperor Wei Qingquan is enough for you to enter the edict. ”

Yun Chu frowned and said, "I remember very clearly, I only kicked and broke four ribs, and you broke the extra two ribs?" ”

Li Yifu sighed and said: "You should be grateful to Xu Jingzong and Duke Xu, if it weren't for his presence in Chang'an, Wei Qingquan would have been kicked to death by the prince at this time, do you believe it or not?" ”

Yun Chu clenched his fists and took a step forward angrily, Li Yifu quickly took two steps back, waved his hand again and again, and said, "No one harmed you." ”

Yun Chu said angrily: "When I return to Chang'an, let the Wei who went to Tianqi Wu know what the county order of the broken family is." ”

Li Yifu waved his hand and said: "There is no shortage of cool officials in Datang, so there is no need for you to send yourself into the pile of cool officials to be embarrassed."

Let's go, give your horse to someone else, and arrange a room for you. ”

Yun Chu pulled the reins of the war horse and said, "No." ”

Li Yifu glanced at Yun Chu and said, "Whatever you want." ”

As a result, the prison next to the prison where Yun Chu lived became the stable of the jujube red horse.

Every morning, when the prison city began to bask in the sun, Yun Chu got together with Zao Hongma, and lay bored in the best place in the sun, until the sun itched all over his body, and then returned to the cell satisfied.

When the prince Li Hong came, Yun Chu was giving the jujube red horse grate hair in the sun, and summer came, and the jujube red horse was very hairy, and after a while, Yun Chu harvested a lot of horse hair.

"The master actually doesn't have to come." Li Hong took the grate in Yun Chu's hand and continued to give the jujube red horse grate hair.

Yun Chu drank saliva and said: "It is very necessary to keep the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, I thought this was the rule." ”

Li Hong grabbed a handful of horsehair from the grate and said, "I thought that the master had jumped out of the Three Realms and was no longer in the Five Elements." ”

Yun Chu looked at Li Hong and frowned, "What is my behavior that gives you the illusion that I am not a courtier of the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Hong bowed his head and was silent.

Yun Chu said again: "Do you think Your Majesty doesn't have to follow the rules?" Or are you not going to follow any rules in the future and do whatever you want? ”

Li Hong lowered his head and said, "It's hard to do anything you want." ”

Yun Chu swallowed a mouthful of water and said: "That's because you always want to do something big, and the things you did in Chang'an have flourished into big things, do you know?" ”

Li Hong stretched out his hand, let the wind take the horsehair from his hand, and said excitedly: "It's not a big deal." ”

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Last year, Chang'an produced 2 million quintals of cabbage, 30,000 farmers directly benefited, more than 200,000 indirect beneficiaries, and the final number of beneficiaries exceeded one million.

Ask the world, who dares to say that this is a trivial matter? ”

Li Hong shook his head and said, "My father, the queen mother, disdain. ”

Yun Chu said with a smile: "That's what you think is disdainful, the shallots have now become an indispensable vegetable for the people of Chang'an City, and sugar beets have long been popular in Guanzhong, but whenever farmers have free land, they are willing to plant sugar beets."

The leaves of beets can be eaten, the roots can be used to boil sugar, there are already master craftsmen, using lime addition method, so that the miscellaneous sugar becomes frosting, and there are master craftsmen using the method of condensation crystallization to create rock sugar as sweet as honey.

Nowadays, it is this rock candy that has become the most sought after goods by Hu merchants in Chang'an City, and there is a bucket of gold and a bucket of sugar.

Luoyang people may not remember these things you did, but Chang'an people remember firmly, whether it is beets, or cabbage, cabbage, shallots, peppers, now in the Chang'an market are called - Donggong goods.

So, I'm going to ask you now, what more do you want? What's the big deal?

In my opinion, the only thing that can transcend these things is rebellion, are you going to rebel? ”

Li Hong smiled bitterly: "Rebellion? Whose rebellion is it against? My own anti? ”

Yun Chu shook his head, Li Hong has grown up, especially the royal children's growth speed is very amazing.

They seem to have their own unique way of growing up, which has little to do with the education they receive, and what can really affect their growth should be their living environment.

Li Hong didn't talk about Naha, and Yun Chu didn't ask, but judging from Li Hong's difficult smiling face, he must be better off alive than dead during this period of time.

It's not easy to be a scumbag, especially a scumbag with a heart, it's simply a perverted level challenge.

Judging from the fact that Naha broke the arm of Li Hong's mother-in-law, the battle between Naha and Pei's daughter has already entered a white heat.

Yun Chu and Li Hong combed the hair that had faded off the jujube red horse's body cleanly, leaving only a new hair that had just grown, and there was even a little sign of color gradient in the sun.

"Master, come back to the East Palace with me, my father won't blame." It can be seen that Li Hong is a little interested, speaking and doing things with a bit of casualness.

Yun Chu looked around the prison city and said to Li Hong: "This is the environment set by His Majesty to talk to me, and I think this conversation should be very important.

As long as this level is passed, it will be stable for ten years. ”

Li Hongdao: "I asked to stay in Chang'an, but my father refused three times, and the third time I was clearly told that this is impossible." ”

Yun Chu nodded, indicating that he knew, and sent Li Hong out of the edict.

That night, Yun Chu found that the new mattress under him was missing, and when he ate, he found that the wine was gone, and the meat dish was missing.

Even the boiled oats that jujube red horses like to eat have been replaced by sorghum.

"Wronged, Your Majesty, the minister is wronged......"

As soon as it got dark, the prison was filled with the sound of grievances.

The business of these people shouting grievances is miserable and lonely, and it seems that one by one they really met a cool official and were beaten into a trick.

Judging from the list of prisoners Yun Chu got from the prison officials, more than eighty percent of these bastards had blackmailed businessmen from Chang'an.

"Shut up—"

Yun Chu's tongue bloomed and the spring thunder roared, so the edict was quiet all of a sudden, but this quietness only lasted for half a pillar of incense, and then, the voice of shouting grievances became even louder, and every hopeless prisoner hoped to pull Yun Chu, the marquis who was very likely to be released, to let the emperor look at them more, and let the emperor think more about their good ......

(End of chapter)