Speaking of which, it is also Lonely's fault, no matter how loyal a servant is, he needs to be supervised by his master from time to time. It's lonely and lazy, too lazy to inquire from time to time, first liquidate their greedy land and include it in the field book! ”

The stewards of the Wang Zhuang are all servants of the Zhou royal family, and if they do some service work in the royal city, it is fine, they have a fixed monthly income, and if they are appreciated by the masters, there are additional rewards, but if these slaves are asked to manage the grange, the problem is complicated. Human beings are profit animals, and in order to produce benefits in the long run and stably, it is not possible to do without incentives and punishments.

These stewards, who handle large sums of land and rents, have worked hard to keep Wang Zhuang prosperous, but as slaves without personal freedom, they cannot have their own private property, which is absolutely against the principle of human nature.

The point is that after investigation and liquidation, the number of fields that these people have privately appropriated is limited, and it is not that it is unforgivable. What's more, Wang Zhuang is well cared for, and it is not a particularly outrageous moth, at most it is a rice worm at home. What matters is the moths of the country that are as poisonous as snakes and scorpions------

The snow was falling, and a curtain cart came out of the palace in silence.

Looking at the heavy snow that has lasted for more than ten days since the beginning of winter from the gap in the curtain, Zhao Bohu was inexplicably a little melancholy. Ji Hu returned to the royal city last night and did not inform himself, the auxiliary prime minister, which is a strange thing. Not to mention, I was afraid that the night would not disturb the rest of the Son of Heaven, so I deliberately came to the palace to meet him, and the chamberlain Jia actually gave a closed door that was neither soft nor hard. It is said that the king has been running around for days, and he has been slightly injured and needs to recuperate. But in the past, Ji Hu was the first to summon himself to ask about anything.

Could it be that something happened during the Son of Heaven's western tour? Was the king's chariot and the horse frightened and fell into the pit? This incident was obviously an accident, and with his understanding of Ji Hu, he would never be suspicious of himself because of this. So, what is it?

The young son of heaven and Zhao Bohu, the young father, have always been friendly, and when it was difficult in the past, the monarchs and ministers also had disagreements, and even had many embarrassing arguments. However, in any case, Ji Hu has always been outspoken, and if he does not ask Bohu to "teach", he will also come to the door to "ask for help". Even at the most difficult moment, Ji Hu was resolute and frank with Zhao Bohu, even if he was cold and angry. Once upon a time, I avoided myself, why?

There was a sound of horses' hooves from far and near behind him, and a faint call came from the wind: "Ah Hu-"

It's Tayo! Zhao Bohu stopped the royal husband to stop and lifted the curtain, but saw that a yellow horse had galloped in front of him, and hurriedly greeted: "Ziliang travels in the snow, is there something important?" Get in the car and talk! ”

"No! I still have to go back to the palace to be on duty, so I don't have time to elaborate. Duoyou looked anxious, and recently whispered to Zhao Bohu. Zhao Bohu listened, and a dark cloud appeared on his handsome face, first confused, and then angry. After a long time, Fang asked back: "Is this serious?" ”

Duoyou looked solemn: "I was also puzzled, and then I carefully questioned those black tenant farmers, and sent someone to Weinan to investigate, and sure enough, this is the case." ”

"The strange king returned to the palace and refused to see me." Zhao Bohu's fists clenched tightly under his wide sleeves, and he thought for a moment and said: "I must investigate this matter thoroughly, and give an explanation to the king and the world!" Those house slaves who bully the people, I will clean up the doors one by one. ”

Zhaoji hurried to the inner study under the guidance of the maid, and was very anxious and confused. At this time, the husband would always stay in the large study of the outer courtyard and take care of state affairs with the subordinate officials, and never appeared in the inner study. But today, he first summoned Uncle Mi in the outer courtyard, and then moved to the inner study to summon himself, something big must have happened.

The huge snowflakes swirled and flew, and the palaces and gardens of the Guogong Mansion were plunged into a vast white veil, adding three points of freshness between heaven and earth. Crossing the arched bridge, she stopped her steps, a long spit, and the cold snowflakes continued to stick to her cheeks, and she suddenly felt that her mind was at a moment's level, and she slowly walked across the small stone bridge that had just begun to accumulate snow.

"Madame is here." Uncle Mi came to greet him, but deliberately avoided her inquiring gaze.

Seeing that a lot of snow had fallen from her cloak, Zhao Bohu, who was pale, softened slightly, and pointed to the table next to him: "Madam, please take a seat, the stove is too small, so you don't need to wear loose clothes." ”

"The husband is tough, and he can't have only one furnace left in the huge study." summoned himself to sit down, and sighed calmly: "I don't know what happened when I summoned my concubine?" ”

"Wake up in the cold, faint in the heat." Zhao Bohu instructed Uncle Mi: "Give Mrs. freshly brewed tea." ”

Uncle Mi served the teacup and was about to go down, but was stopped by Bohu Zhao: "Let's stay for a while, the matter of the party, Mrs. is present, and you still need to corroborate it." ”

"No." Uncle Mi felt a void in his heart, but he promised that it sounded unwavering on the surface, which was his necessary cultivation as the head of the Prime Minister's house.

The big teacup in front of him was steaming, and Zhao Bohu looked at Zhao Ji with blazing eyes: "Madam, the head of the steward of Weinan Jingtian is called Ying Da, is it your slave who married?" ”

Zhaoji was taken aback, and instinctively replied: "Husband, when the concubine first married, she brought forty-five maids from Fanguo's mother's family, all of whom have a list of dowries as evidence. The husband will find out as soon as he checks it, what's the matter? Is there anything wrong with this person? ”

Zhao Bohu was angry, threw the two rosters on the case, pointed to one of them and said: "This roster is the bottom list when you were married, and there is no one on it. And this other one," he pointed to another thin piece of bamboo, "is the Danshu of Ying Da's slave book, when he entered the palace, you had already given birth to Sui'er, but it was recorded as your slave?" You say, is he your dowry minion, or Mengji's? ”

Since Zhaoji got married, he and his husband have always been respectful, and they have never been so harsh, knowing that things are not good, and they must be in a big disaster, and if they don't tell the truth, they will not be able to pass the test. So, he turned his heart sideways and said bluntly: "Husband Rongyu, this Ying Da is indeed Meng Ji's marrying slave." He is the husband of Mengji's nursing mother, and the husband and wife married together, and he watched my sister grow up when he was a child, not other slaves. Meng Ji was close to them, and wanted to find a good place for them, so he took a concubine and changed the slave status of his husband and wife to my name. The concubine felt that this was not a big deal, so she agreed. ”

"Confused!" Zhao Bohu slapped the case: "How can you act like this? The well field is staggered with the self-cultivators and the king's field, how can the position of the head of the village be paid lightly? You don't know what this Ying Da is like, so you gently agreed? Do you know how many lives this Yingda owes in Weinan Jingtian, bullying men and women, and forcing the land of good people? Now, it has made trouble in front of the Son of Heaven, you say, as the first assistant to the great government, I have such a domestic slave, how can I stand under the royal ranks? ”

Zhaoji's face turned pale with shock, and he knelt on the ground and sobbed: "The concubine is shallow, and I thought that this matter was not tight, and the husband was busy with national affairs, so I dealt with it gently. Not wanting to cause such a disaster is the fault of the concubine. Please punish the husband. ”

"I can't complain about you." Zhao Bohu took a deep breath, and his face was as smooth as usual: "The status of the concubine is humble, not to mention that the concubine is married to a slave, and it is not changed to the name of the lady, how can she be a zhuangtou?" How to earn a family property? This is too selfishness and should not be spared. Uncle Mi,"

Uncle Mi responded crisply, and summoned Bohu to order: "Meng Ji will be grounded in the backyard from now on, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave without my token." He glanced at him, and added, "Madame is no exception." ”

Zhao Bohu said as he looked out and walked away, shouting "Prepare the car!" ”

Zhaoji didn't dare to chase him out, and asked Uncle Mi who came to help him in a low voice: "Where is Xiangye going?" ”

"Xiangye wants to go to Weinan to deal with the matter of Jingtian in person, the matter is very urgent, and even the palace has no time to report, so he only submitted a petition to the Son of Heaven."

"Alas——, it's all me, causing trouble for my husband." Summoning himself with a face of self-reproach.

"Madame, don't blame yourself, the prime minister still understands the hard work of Mrs. in presiding over the feed. It's just ------" Uncle Mi muttered: "Xiangye has occasionally mentioned that Mrs. is kind and virtuous, but ------- is too soft-hearted." ”

Zhaoji looked at the back of her husband in the distance, and stood thoughtfully for a long time.

"------ really? Can you find out? Zhou Gongding squinted his eyes and asked slowly.

"The minion inquired carefully, and it was true." On the side of the bench stood a slightly blessed old man, who replied in a low voice: "Zhao Guogong burned the boxes full of IOUs and IOUs, and the shouting of the well field can be heard several miles away. The most remarkable thing was to escort the leader Ying Da and several of the most evil Zhuang leaders to the ditch on the spot, and immediately cut off their heads. The blood stained all the canals red. ”

In the study room that is ten zhang square, there are high beech wooden shelves erected on three large walls, which are full of various colors of bamboo slips, and the various colored bookmarks hanging from the hanging silk are dazzling, jade, wooden, and copper------ and the sun is bright outside, shining into the house along the high window, and the house is full of ink fragrance.

Zhou Gongding has passed the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but he is still burly and strong-boned, and he follows the habits he developed when he was a teenager in his spare time, and it is uncomfortable to feel tight if he does not enter the study for a day. At this time, he sat on the bench near the window, repeatedly blending the red sealing mud in the topaz cup, and beside him stood the slightly blessed head of the old Meibo.

Zhou Gongding put down the copper tune, stroked his beard with one hand and sighed: "These people are too greedy." Over the years, the Zhaogong Mansion has been lenient and has implemented 'no rent increase in good years, and reduction and exemption in disaster years' for tenants, who in Wang Ji doesn't know about this? But this Ying Da dared to do such a bad thing, and only became a manager of the well field for two or three years, but he made the tenants unable to make a living, and also lost thousands of gold in arrears of rent and loans, how could there be such a ridiculous thing! The laws of heaven and the country are intolerable! Damn it! ”

"It's also that he is too greedy, he was originally a concubine's dowry slave, a person under the people, what knowledge and ability do he have? Once you do something, don't you want to loot it to death? I'm afraid that mosquitoes also want to scrape off two taels of meat on their legs! Maeber chimed in.