Imperial City, Qianqing Palace, Imperial Study,

Emperor Longtai sat on the couch and flipped through the books about the New Deal.

At the right time, a little eunuch knocked on the door and said, "The first assistant of the cabinet is here." ”

"Xuan."

Ren Chengjun walked into the room, knelt down and kowtowed: "The minister knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"To be able, there is no need to be polite, give a seat."

On his side, Dai Lun moved a small stool and Ren Chengjun, and said, "Here, Lord Ren will sit down quickly." ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Dai." Ren Chengjun nodded to Daren and replied.

Ren Chengjun and Emperor Longtai are of the same age, and they have the feelings of cherishing all the people and not for themselves, and Emperor Longtai has long regarded him as a friend with common ideals.

"Zhineng, it's only the third day of the first lunar month today, I shouldn't have announced that you were here, but the new deal should have done something."

Ren Chengjun replied: "Your Majesty is so diligent, it is a blessing for the people of the world, how can the minister have the face to be idle at home." ”

Emperor Longtai waved his hand and said, "There is no need to compliment me anymore, I asked you to come here to discuss the new law with you."

The reform of enslavement should be slowly planned, but now it is not only enslavement, but the rest of the commercial tax, fishing tax, iron tax, and salt tax are all chaotic, full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, how should I clean it up, and how should I pave the way for the implementation of the new law. ”

Ren Chengjun pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River should pay taxes far more than the rest of the provinces, and the taxes that can be collected are even worse than Shandong. ”

"There are many families in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is the most difficult place to implement the new law, first difficult and then easy, and it has shown results, and the opposition in the court will gradually become scarce, and there will be more people of insight to support such a law for the benefit of the people."

Emperor Longtai said: "Zhejiang, Fujian, and Nanzhili should be rectified first. ”

Then he asked, "What kind of miscellaneous taxes do you think you should get rid of first?" ”

Ren Chengjun replied: "Salt and iron have always been monopolies, among which the chaos of salt merchants is the most serious, and there are endless smugglers of salt in various places, and there are even bribing officials to seek refuge, and then disturbing the court, which is really a great harm to our dynasty." ”

Emperor Longtai hesitated, "Those salt merchants also know, but they have been salt merchants for generations, when the first emperor sent troops to the north, it was they who provided money and grain for military expenses, so that Liu Song could now be too safe and stable in the world, if it is ......"

Seeing that Emperor Longtai was hesitant, Ren Chengjun strongly recommended: "Your Majesty, even if they take out some silver to fund military expenses, but those silver are not also dug from the toiling people. ”

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Longtai came to his senses a little, how could he be so soft-hearted for you, he had suffered a loss.

Ren Chengjun said again: "Besides, the implementation of this new law will damage the interests of many families, and their ancestors also have a lot of credit, so that they can be so powerful today." ”

"But so what? Your Majesty must get rid of such pampered and arrogant ministers and thieves, so that the people of the world can be restored. ”

Emperor Longtai made up his mind and said: "Ren Aiqing is reasonable, I shouldn't look forward and backward like this, then start from the Jiangnan Salt Administration to clean up this chaos." ”

After Ren Chengjun left, Emperor Longtai wrote a letter and handed it to the little eunuch to pack, and Emperor Longtai instructed:

"The fast horse will hand over my letter to Yangzhou to patrol the salt and the imperial history of Lin Ruhai."

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This New Year's month is the busiest New Year's month for the founding of the country for many years.

In previous years, when I visited Jia's house, I would visit at most one Rongguo Mansion, and if I had old friends with Ning Guofu, I would also move around.

And this year, in addition to these two mansions, we also have to prepare a generous gift to run to Jia Rong's mansion.

At this time, in the new house,

Qin Keqing sat on the inner courtyard hall, looking at the orders of the various houses on the left and right sides and was a little at a loss.

It stands to reason that their status and seniority are much higher than Qin Keqing's, and today they all seem to be pleasing her.

Niu Jizong's wife Li said: "Xiao Rong daughter-in-law, you don't know what kind of majesty your man is outside, my old man returned home and chatted all day long, Jiafu has a Qilin'er, and the founding line is expected to be revived." ”

Qin Keqing really didn't ask about foreign affairs, but she could hear that she was praising Jia Rong, and she was also happy.

Some people started, and the wives of the other families also chimed in.

"Yes, Xiao Rong's daughter-in-law, you are blessed, and the master of the family is so handsome, I don't know how many girls envy him."

"What's more, such a young and capable brother doesn't have an aunt, isn't he just the only one who spoils Xiaorong's daughter-in-law? What's said in the poem, isn't this the three thousand favors of Rausch. ”

As soon as the women began to talk and chatter, the inner courtyard exploded.

In the front hall, Jia Rong was entertaining the children of various provinces, and he recognized that they were basically the kings of Beijing County.

Jia Rong raised a glass of wine and said to everyone in the hall: "First congratulate Feng Gongzi on his promotion, you don't have to be surprised, and you don't have to thank me, as long as you have that ability, I believe that Your Majesty is so holy today, you will definitely not shorten everyone's job vacancies, come to do this cup." ”

Jia Rong's bold and untwisted attitude made the founding hero of Jiangmen even more appreciative.

In the past, most of them looked down on the new lineage of Jiafu, and no one from the Jiangmen was in the army, so wouldn't it be a joke to say it.

Although the lintel has fallen, they have not forgotten what their ancestors relied on to get their lords, and they all practice martial arts and have the ambition of revitalizing the family.

And the brothers of Rongning and Ning, one is softer than the other, they look down on them, but now they admire Jia Rong.

After some talk and laughter, Jia Rong finally finished receiving the gifts and sent everyone out of the house.

As soon as I entered the back hall, I didn't have time to come, but I saw that there were two more people in the hall, it was Sister Feng and Ping'er.

In addition to good silver, Sister Feng is also a good power and good face.

Today, I saw that Qin Keqing was respected by these families who couldn't even climb a few words in the past, and I was so envious that I was about to turn red.

Seeing Jia Rong admitted to the hospital, he said sourly: "Brother Rong has grown up and is majestic now, and even this nephew and daughter-in-law are respected like this, and they have more face than the wife in the house." ”

Qin Keqing blushed when she was said, and Jia Rong quipped:

"In the future, the second master of Lian attacked the lord, and the second aunt will naturally have a destiny at that time, and she will not be respected."

Wang Xifeng is a sharp-toothed person, since she can't say anything, then she will mention Jia Lian to poke her sore spots.

The effect was immediate, Sister Feng was so angry that she slapped the table and stood up, bluffing the women in the hall.

But after thinking about it carefully, this is Jia Rong's mansion after all, if it is in his own courtyard, he must comb his skin, and he still has something to do, so he will not be angry with him.

With a snort, Sister Feng said: "What day did you promise those girls, the old lady agreed, and those little ancestors forced me to ask you." ”

Jia Rong thought for a while and said: "Now the building has actually been renovated, but it has not yet been prepared for opening, if you can go, I will make it if there is no cook, I will prepare some ingredients, and I will go to Naughty Fun on the twelfth day of the first month three days later." ”