Jingshi, the official office of the king of Qin.

Fang Xuanling took the lead; "The last time the Ministry of Industry got a report, saying that the canal would be completed in late September, and now it is September 23, and it seems that the end is imminent, so it is time for us to finish."

Yang Ming sat on the main seat and nodded: "During this period of time, all the newspapers in Hebei, including the administrative documents of local officials, as well as personal letters, have been sorted out, and I will directly present them to Your Majesty when the time comes." ”

These dossiers are summed together, which can be described as a mountain, all of which are Yang Yong's accumulated crimes, which are not only Yang Yong's life-urging talismans, but also Hebei's strongest counterattack after this catastrophe.

Of the eighteen counties in Hebei, there were eleven county guards who sued, and five county commanders died in the Hebei Rebellion.

Yang Ming's side could not get an accurate number of casualties in Hebei this year, so he could only rely on the reports of local officials to calculate.

The real number, these county guards will not tell the truth, there are too many deaths, and they are not to blame, but for now, it seems that a number can be roughly deduced.

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Judging from various sources, the number of deaths in the canal should be between 300,000 and 400,000.

Then the death toll of local people due to food shortages and wars is roughly between 200,000 and 300,000.

Judging from the middle, at least 600,000 people have died in Hebei this year, not counting Shanxi and Henan.

I have to say that the Chinese nation is too tenacious, the ability to bear pressure is too strong, and more than 600,000 people have died before a high-grade high year has emerged.

Do you want to wait for Dou Jiande, and more people have to die?

Du Ruhui said: "Should Your Highness send Si Litai's people to Hebei to inspect the specific number of casualties?" The Ministry of Civil Affairs is blatantly deceitful, which is really hateful. ”

Yang Ming shook his head and said: "This matter is not easy to investigate, even if it is to be investigated, it is not now, now you let the people of Si Litai go down, they dare not go, investigate the facts, someone below will let them die, if they are not investigated, the court will not let them go, this errand needs a bigger inspector, not those Si Li. ”

Du Ruhui frowned and said: "If it drags on like this, someone will inevitably cover up the truth, and I'm afraid I won't be able to find out if I want to." ”

"It's up to anyone," Yang Ming said with a smile: "There are some things that we can't do what we want to do, we have to take into account the current situation, and wait until Your Majesty comes back." ”

Fang Xuanling continued: "Your Highness discussed with the ministers some time ago about exempting Hebei from paying taxes for three years, should you add some additional subsidies, but if you are exempt from taxes, I'm afraid it won't solve the problem." ”

"It's just tax exemption, it may not be able to pass," Yang Ming said: "Your Majesty exempts Yangzhou from taxation, it is based on the judgment of the situation, with the Tongji Canal, the southern goods continue to arrive in Luoyang, and then sold to various places, this deficit Jiangnan can be made up by trade, but exempt from Hebei taxes, there is no place to make up, so it will be extremely difficult." ”

"Is it difficult to be tax-free?" Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded: "If there is no effective pacification policy in Hebei, how difficult will the people be in the next three to five years?" ”

Yang Ming nodded and said, "So we have to think of another way." ”

Everyone was stunned.

They originally thought that in addition to tax exemption for three years, there would be some other ways to appease Hebei, but now that Yang Ming said this, it seems that tax exemption is not very likely.

Yang Ming is also helpless, doesn't he want to give tax exemption to the people of Hebei? Of course he wanted to, but he also knew that he had taken it for granted.

Out of consideration for the overall situation, the current Great Sui already has 44 prefectures under the general jurisdiction of the old Yangzhou tax-exempt, and if Hebei is exempted again, the treasury will not be able to collect money in the next three years.

Once there are natural and man-made disasters in various places, the state treasury will not be able to allocate money for disaster relief, and the north-south canal is originally in arrears under repair, and the debt will be repaid in the coming year.

Then the people of Hebei definitely still need to be appeased, so they can only make up their minds on the family.

Nowadays, the policy of exempting slaves and maids from granting land is only implemented in several counties in the south of the Yangtze River, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, Shu in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and Jingzhou, a major tax area, but it has not yet landed.

If these two places can also be implemented, it will be enough to supply Hebei.

As for the southwest and Lingnan, you can also give it a try, if the local reaction is too great, it needs to be taken back in time, after all, rebellions in these two places are commonplace.

Mainly because of this policy, Yang Guang is supportive.

Anyway, Yang Ming understands now, if he is forced to do it against his father, he will inevitably not be able to eat and walk around, so he can only try to follow it as much as possible.

The meeting was not over yet, Xu Jing came in to report, saying that the eldest princess hoped that Yang Ming would be free today and could go to her.

At present, there is nothing that requires his nod, and Yang Ming knows that Yang Lihua will not look for him for no reason, so he left the official office directly.

Halfway through, Yang Ming crashed into Chen Shuyi's convoy.

Good guy, I can be regarded as seeing you, so Yang Ming immediately ordered Chen Shuyi to get into the car and said directly:

"Do you still know how to go home?"

Chen Shuyi smiled embarrassedly, and leaned towards Yang Ming coquettishly, and Yang Ming pretended to be angry and pushed her away again and again.

"My grandmother is old and in poor health, and as my own granddaughter, I have to serve my knees, right?"

You don't have to worry about others, they still have many years to live, Yang Ming snorted coldly:

"It is said that the water spilled by the married girl does not seem to be applicable to you, you don't know how to have a husband and children when you are old, and you always run to your mother's house, what kind of system does it become?"

Chen Shuyi stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, I know, if I go back this time, can't I make sure I don't go out?" ”

"What have you been doing over there for so long?" Yang Ming frowned and asked.

Chen Shuyi shrugged her shoulders and sighed: "It's not some trivial matters in the clan, now the uncles and children in the family have come to me for help, if they go to the palace to find me, it will cause you trouble, so just stay with your grandmother, so it will be more convenient to discuss things." ”

At present, the children of the Chen family have pinned their hopes on three women, Mrs. Chen Li, Mrs. Chen Yi, Mrs. Chongyi, and Chen Shuyi, the concubine of Qin.

They can't see the first two, so they can only hope for the third, similar to the Lanling Xiao family, they all count on Empress Xiao, but not everyone can see Empress Xiao.

"Aren't most of them already arranged?" Yang Ming asked.

Chen Shuyi said: "Some people are high-spirited, not satisfied with the status quo, I hope to rise to the top again, I know that I don't have this, but I still have to come forward to hang them." ”

Good guys, you're playing power tricks too? Yang Ming was dumbfounded.

Chen Shuyi playfully stuck out her tongue: "Okay, okay, you can get busy with business, and come to me in the evening." ”

"Let's go, let's go," Yang Ming waved his hand impatiently.

Chen Shuyi leaned over with a hippie smile and tapped his cheek, and then got out of the carriage like a fragrant breeze.

The Eldest Princess's Mansion.

Yang Lihua has been in a very good mood recently, because Li Jingxun's cough and asthma have completely improved.

Yang Ming also knew that he was a blind cat and bumped into a dead mouse, which was completely lucky, but at least it prevented Yang Lihua from continuing to run around with Child Li.

The people of Guanzhong will stay in Guanzhong honestly, and only the water and soil in Guanzhong can support you.

One side of the water and soil to support the other side.

After Yang Ming came, Yang Lihua directly sent the others back, looked Yang Ming up and down, and said with a smile:

"It's good to be young, there was such a big commotion in Jingzhaoan that day, and afterwards, I went to the wooden house to take a look, tsk....... The bed board was all broken, which was amazing. ”

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, and smiled embarrassedly, how could he have thought that Yang Lihua would tell him such a thing.

We're aunts and nephews, so let's not talk about this kind of thing, right?

Yang Lihua laughed and continued to quip: "After you left, many nuns in there smelled the fishy smell and went to the vegetable garden. ”

"I can't help it for a while," Yang Ming said cheekily.

Yang Lihua suddenly trembled, and after a while, she gasped and smiled:

"Okay, okay, don't laugh, talk about business, the Hebei Rebellion is over, your chance will come, but there is a problem at the moment, you must solve it in advance."

Yang Ming asked curiously: "What's the problem?" ”

"Who's the wife?" Yang Lihua changed her tone and said solemnly: "General Yin must be reset as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable, Pei Ju will not give up, when you enter the East Palace, once the position of the crown princess is established, it will be difficult to change it, if you don't solve this problem now, the dispute between Yang and Pei is right in front of you." ”

Yang Ming sighed: "There is no suitable opportunity, I fought at the beginning, but my father seemed unmoved, I really don't know what he was thinking." ”

"What else can you think? Of course, it is to check and balance the Yang family," Yang Lihua said:

"Your father succeeded to the throne, the Yang family has made a lot of efforts, and naturally knows a lot of secrets, now that Yang Su has passed away, it is imperative to suppress the Yang family, but at present, the court can help your father solve this problem, only Pei Ju."

After that, Yang Lihua continued: "Su Wei is sleek, he doesn't want to do this kind of thing, Niu Hong doesn't have that ability, Gao Gong is not reused, count on Yu Wenshu, he can fight the Yang family?" So, your father knew that this would cause you trouble, but he still had to do it. ”

Yang Ming frowned and said, "Could it be that only Pei Ju can suppress the Yang family?" ”

"No, you should think so," Yang Lihua said: "Only the Yang family can suppress Pei Ju, these two families are like two sides of the weighing pan, whoever warps it up, has to let it go down." ”

"But I just married the daughters of these two families," Yang Ming said distressedly.

Yang Lihua said with a smile: "There are gains and losses, if you can get the full support of these two families, you should naturally bear the burden of these two families on you, now that Yang Su is dead, Pei Ju is big, this is not a good thing, Yang Yue is good at conspiracy, it is difficult to enter the house, so I have a method here, you can consider it." ”

"What's the method?" Yang Ming asked.

Yang Lihua said: "Now Pei Ju on the side of the weighing pan has been warped, and he was shot by the right servant of Feng Shangshu, so on the Yang family's side, you have to help out, Yang Wensi, the Duke of Luochuan County, is a great talent, when Emperor Gaozu was the emperor, he was already a meritorious service, and the six Shangshu can have a position for him, and I can help with this matter." ”

In Yang Lihua's eyes, a wife is a wife, and a wife cannot be abolished, and must be reset.

She hopes that Yang Yinjiang will be the crown princess, otherwise how embarrassing will the situation of the prince Yang Rui?

And Yang Yinjiang's reinstatement can not only ensure that Yang Guang checks and balances the court, but also reduce the contradiction between the Yang and Pei families to the lightest.

Yang Ming pondered for a long time and said with a headache: "I'll think about it." ”