"Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play." Seeing that Wei Ran was almost paved, Yuan Muzhi also stood up at this time.

"There are three major drawbacks in the Qinhuai River case today, the first is that the Qinhuai River ships flow erratically, and the imperial court cannot monitor it, which is one of them. Second, the woman on the flower boat on the Qinhuai River has a doubtful origin, and third, the wind and dust culture is so developed, why is the tax so small, dare to ask where the silver and the two go? ”

Beautiful, Wei Ran secretly said in his heart, Yuan Muzhi deserves to be the best assist, the last sentence can be described as a direct hit, and the next is Yuan Muzhi's performance moment.

"In fact, this case can be divided into three parts, the first part is the collusion between officials and businessmen to raise prices and accumulate private wealth, the second part is the Qinhuai River flower boat forcing good people to become prostitutes, and the third part is the careless disregard for human life." Yuan Muzhi said slowly.

After Xiao Ju heard this, he nodded again and again, and then said: "I have just ascended to the great treasure, if I can't even handle the matter of Jiankang properly, how can I have the face to really reign over all nations, and now the matter of the Qinhuai River is very widely implicated, and there are more than 20 members of the DPRK and the Central Committee involved in this book alone. ”

The ministers couldn't help but tremble, not knowing what Xiao Ju would do next, but Xiao Ju then said: "At that time, the traitor Xiao Luan occupied Jiankang, and I didn't want to delve into the affairs of Xiao Luan's period. ”

Hearing Xiao Ju's words, the ministers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but then Xiao Ju said: "But I can't ignore this matter by ignoring people's lives and forcing good people to become prostitutes!" ”

The cold words made everyone tremble, and Heng Xian took the lead in kneeling down and said, "Your Majesty, this is a matter of common anger between people and gods, and it must be thoroughly investigated. ”

Wei Ran got up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, my Daqi is now in ruins, and this matter can just be used to calm the society and settle the people's hearts." What's more, yesterday by the Qinhuai River, even an old mother dared to spit on the officers and soldiers, and her arrogance was outrageous. ”

"Zhou Wei, a scholar in the middle school, also scolded the ministers for being dogs fighting people, and even spread rumors in the flower boat that because of the good appearance of the ministers, maybe His Majesty has the good of Longyang, doesn't this make people laugh and be generous." Wei Ran said indignantly.

Xiao Ju's face also changed at this time, his eyes looked at Wei Ran with a real resentment, and scolded in his heart: "It is necessary to say such a pompous statement, don't you want to kill chickens and monkeys." ”

"So Weichen hung him naked on the Xuanyang Gate, presumably Uncle Guo wouldn't mind." Wei Ran specially bit the three words of Uncle Guo very hard.

Wei Ran actually had another reason for targeting Zhou Pu like this, first of all, Zhou Wei did do a lot of illegal things, secondly, there was the shadow of the Zhou family behind Longsheng Qianzhuang, and finally Zhou Pu's daughter relied on her father to Xiao Ju and kindness, and often disrespected Yang Lan in the harem, Yang Lan was reluctant to tell Xiao Ju about this, but when Wei Ran's mother entered the palace to visit Yang Lan, she heard Yang Lan mention it.

"My brother deserves death for saying this, and now that Duke Qin is giving a small punishment, the lower officials naturally have nothing to say." Zhou Pu had no choice but to bite the bullet and say. After all, his younger brother has said that Long Yang is good, and it is not an exaggeration to cut off his head.

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help laughing, but no one dared to laugh. Xiao Ju thought about it again and said: "Now the Duke of Qin is responsible for investigating this matter thoroughly, but what is the best plan for Mu Zhike for the tax matter?" ”

Yuan Muzhi had already prepared, and immediately said at this moment: "Your Majesty, the Qinhuai River flower boat has no less than 10,000 taels of money flowing in every day, and the tax was only 1 out of 10 before, so profitable, it should be promoted to 3 out of 10 now." ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers gasped, but then Yuan Muzhi said: "And the flower boats are now messy, docking arbitrarily by the Qinhuai River, you can set up a special port for flower boats to dock in the Qinhuai River, but it is limited to fifty boats, and ten taels of silver are charged as rent every day, and the Tianxiong Army is responsible for maintaining law and order, and this part of the rent can be charged into His Majesty's inner treasury." ”

"Third, several workshops can be built in Jiankang City, which will be managed by the imperial court and used to fund the treasury, and women who are sentenced to slavery in the future can be directly charged into the workshop."

Although the ministers were dissatisfied, no one dared to stand up and speak. After all, no one wants to admit that they have something to do with Huachuan, even if the matter has been put on the bright side, but since Xiao Ju doesn't mention it, no one will be bored.

But the third point can be said to be the bottom of the kettle, in the past, these beautiful women who were reduced to slavery would be sent into the flower boat by them by means, and now the imperial court has set up its own teaching workshop, which can be said to have cut off the source of them, after all, how many women are willing to become prostitutes, in the long run, the flower boat of the Qinhuai River will definitely be unsustainable.

Xiao Ju nodded slightly: "Then follow Muzhi's play, and Muzhi is responsible for the specific details." Now the envoys of the Northern Qin Dynasty are still in the post house, and they will meet the envoys of the Northern Qin tomorrow, after all, the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized. ”

Zhaoyang princess Yuan Yun, is now in the Yuqiong Building, since Xiao Luan's death, Xiao Ju ascended the throne, this Xiao Luan's queen will look at the north all day long, today I heard that the Northern Qin envoys have entered Jiankang, Yuan Yun's mood is a little better.

Yuan Yun likes to sit on the edge of the pool every day, watching the fish in the water to enjoy themselves, as if she is also in this cheerful atmosphere, chatting and comforting.

But today broke Yuan Yun's tranquility, because she saw a person she never dreamed of.

Looking at Yuan Shu sitting next to him, Yuan Yun seemed to feel like she was in a dream. In fact, she and Yuan Shu are not particularly familiar, Yuan Shu was still accepted by Empress Min as her daughter when she was ten years old, and Yuan Yun noticed her titular sister.

When she heard that the Duchess of Qin was visiting, she thought it was Xiao Yanran, the eldest princess of Southern Qi, but she didn't expect that it was the princess who came, but it was indeed the princess of Northern Qin.

"My sister came to Jiankang a long time ago, incognito, just to make a side room for Wei Ran, is it worth it?" Yuan Yun does not have the demeanor of Princess Zhaoyang in the past at this moment, and is more like a woman from an ordinary family.

"My sister has never loved, how can I know how powerful it is to love someone." Yuan Shu said with a smile: "My sister has been married to Nanqi for many years, and my sister has never dared to meet her sister, but now the situation is different. ”

Yuan Yun looked at Yuan Shu curiously, and Yuan Shu said: "Now that my husband also has the ability to protect himself, if the Northern Qin Dynasty knows that I am married to Wei Ran, it will be more reassuring, and they will not arrange for other princesses or county lords to come to the Southern Dynasty to make peace." ”

Looking at the bright and moving Yuan Shu in front of her, Yuan Yun also felt a lot. Yes, she was married to Nanqi as a chess piece, without a trace of choice, in the past, she was also eager to meet a true son, so that she could also enjoy the taste of love, but creation made people, at the age of twenty-two, she became a widow.

Yuan Yun fiddled with the flowers in her hand, and then said faintly: "My sister is also a good blessing, Wei Ran is now in a high position, and this honor cannot be enjoyed in the Northern Dynasty no matter what." ”

"Sister, now that the son of Chang Lin Bo is the envoy, the emperor's brother wants to use the land of Southern Xuzhou in exchange for his sister and the Northern Qin soldiers to return to the dynasty. So my sister is here to see my sister for the last time. Yuan Shu said while helping Yuan Yun tidy up the bun on his head: "The husband said, you and I sisters, I don't want to embarrass the envoys of Northern Qin, the land of Southern Xuzhou itself is the land of the Southern Dynasty, although it is a bit of a loss to change like this, but he still persuaded His Majesty to agree." ”

"Then thank you sister." Yuan Yun also had mixed feelings in her heart at the moment, and a thousand words had to be gathered into a sentence of thanks.

Then the two sisters looked at the north together, then looked at each other and laughed.

Wei Ran saw Yuan Shu coming out of the hall outside Yuqiong Building at this moment, and hurriedly went up to take Yuan Shu's hand and said, "It's hard work." ”

Yuan Shu just nodded bitterly, and then said abruptly: "Sister Yun is not happy at all, I hope he can marry a good family after returning to Northern Qin." ”

Wei Ran naturally understands that with Yuan Yun's current identity, he naturally does not worry about getting married, and it is more likely that he is still fragrant.

After leaving Taicheng, Wei Ran first helped Yuan Shu into the carriage, and then followed him into the carriage and asked, "The woman who ordered Wei Wu to send back yesterday, has she asked about her background?" ”

"Sister Yanran has already asked and understood, this woman's surname is Ye Caidie, and her father is the former Taichang Cheng Yejian, who is an honest official. There was originally a lot of food in the house, but Yuan Huzhi was ordered by Xiao Luan to sweep the mansions, and Ye Jian had no money left to take care of the soldiers, so the house was ransacked. ”

Listening to Yuan Shu's description, Wei Ran also understood. Yuan Huzhi led his troops to loot the money, wealth and silver of the senior officials of the DPRK and China, but it was impossible to do it himself, and most of the subordinates did it for him. Some of the nobles bribed Yuan Huzhi's banner officials, so they saved a lot of property.

And Ye Jian, a clean official, does not have much money to spare, and Taichang Cheng is not fat, so he naturally can't afford to buy the flag official, but he was looted. In addition, the collusion of the flag officials and the nobles led to a skyrocketing price of grain, and they took this opportunity to seek their ancestral property.

"Did Miss Ye send it back to Ye Mansion?" Wei Ran then asked.

Yuan Shu shook her head and said lonely: "Miss Ye doesn't want to go back to the house, their family is a scholar, and now she has entered the lowly family, and she has no shame to go back to meet her parents." Ye Jian has now lost his official position, and his son Ye Hang once went to Longsheng Qianzhuang to get his sister back, but he was beaten up instead, and he has not been able to get out of bed so far, and she is afraid that she will affect the family. What a miserable person. ”

"Miss Ye heard that it is still perfect, but because she has entered the lowly nationality, I am afraid that it will be difficult to find a good family, if I hadn't met her, I wouldn't have been able to detect the rights and wrongs in the middle, Shu'er has a good way?" Wei Ran scratched his head, so he had to learn from Yuan Shu.

After hearing this, Yuan Shu said: "This matter is easy to do, the husband will include her in the mansion as a concubine, with the current status of the husband, who would dare to criticize?" ”

Wei Ran was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense." Then seeing Yuan Shu's expression, she realized that she was making fun of herself, and couldn't help but be annoyed: "There is no positive shape, is there any other way?" ”

Yuan Shu said at this time: "Miss Ye's matter is not complicated, just let her mother accept her as a righteous daughter, so that this woman's identity will be honorable." Naturally, I don't worry about others. ”

Wei Ran was about to nod, but Yuan Shu added: "But he is not the only woman like Miss Ye, since the husband is in charge of this matter, what should the rest of the women do?" Therefore, it is a big deal to let Miss Ye open her heart and recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors, so that all girls can not be criticized. ”