In He Lianfang's study, he was playing chess with Zhao Yao.

"Did you really write to Zhao Zheng that the land was divided into acres, the fire consumption was returned to the public and the official gentry were paid in one piece?"

Zhao Yao nodded and said, "Yes, my father asked me about the situation of the apportionment into the mu, and I told him by the way that the fire was consumed by the public and the official gentry. ”

He Lianfang knew these three policies, after all, the Swamp Mansion had already implemented them.

"Tut-tut, my father is only asking me now." Zhao Yao said with disgust, "I have already said in the secret fold about the matter of apportioning the land into the mu. I thought my father would find out immediately, but I didn't expect my father to find out until now, and my father was really clumsy. "In his previous secret letter, he did not clearly say what the apportionment to the mu was, but he wrote about the exemption of the poll tax and the taxation according to the amount of land. He thought that after his father saw it, he would immediately write to him to ask him about it, but he didn't expect his father to ask.

He originally planned that if his father asked him, he would tell his father in detail about the apportionment. If his father didn't ask him, then he wouldn't talk much. He waited for a while, and saw that his father didn't say a word about the matter of apportioning the acres into the mu, he thought that his father didn't care, so he forgot about this matter, but he didn't expect that his father would remember this matter after many days, and it was really ...... Unresponsive. Is my father getting old and becoming sluggish?

"Your proposal of apportioning the land into the mu, the fire consumption and the official gentry to pay the grain in one body are easy to implement in the swamp mansion and even the whole of Lingnan, but if it is implemented in the entire Great Zhou, it will not be so easy." Zhao Yao completely mastered the Swamp Mansion, and he had the final say alone. He pursued whatever policies he wanted, and there was no opposition from officials or elites. However, the imperial court was different. Most of the ministers of the DPRK and China came from wealthy families or powerful families, and the policy of apportioning the land to the mu was the first to harm their interests, because they owned a lot of land.

"If Zhao Zheng really wants to implement the three policies you proposed, I am afraid that the ministers of the DPRK and China will oppose it."

"It's strange not to oppose normal." Zhao Yao thought of the faces of those ministers in the DPRK and China, and sneered disdainfully, "As long as there is a little harm to their interests, they will vigorously oppose it." Back then, my father wanted to implement the imperial examination, but they were openly and secretly blocking it, but the result was not unsuccessful. ”

"The three policies you propose are more direct, more intuitive, and more quickly harmful to their interests than the imperial examination." The selection of officials in the imperial examination is to move the interests of the family, but the process is a bit long, and it is not so direct, after all, the poor children of high school jinshi, after entering the officialdom, must start from the lowest official position, and cannot be appointed to important positions. And the distribution of the land into the mu, the fire consumption to the public and the gentry to pay the grain in one body, immediately harmed the interests of the family and the magnates.

"During this time, the court will be very lively."

"It's a pity that you can't see the excitement." Zhao Yao smiled evilly, "I don't know if there are any ministers who want to hit the pillar this time and oppose it." ”

He Lianfang smiled in the same way: "Maybe there is." ”

Zhao Yao said with a regretful face: "It's a pity that I can't see it." "When the imperial examination was first proposed, some ministers wanted to hit the pillar and die, trying to threaten their father with this, but the father was not only not afraid, but also urged them to hit it quickly. The father said that he had not seen the minister hit the pillar and died, so he quickly hit one to open his eyes.

Hearing what his father said, how could any minister dare to hit the pillar. What kind of character is the father, the ministers of the court don't know how many times. My father said that he wanted to see them hit the pillar, so he definitely wanted to see them. With his father's bad temperament, maybe after reading it, he will applaud and say "good hit" or "good hit".

"With the nature of my father, no matter how much they oppose it, it is useless." My father doesn't eat hard and soft, but he doesn't eat hard either. The more the ministers objected and put more pressure on the father, the more the father would implement it.

"Zhao Zheng is insidious and despicable, maybe he will use this matter against someone."

Zhao Yao felt that what He Lianfang said was very likely. He thought for a moment and guessed, "It's also the turn of the Wang family." ”

He Lianfang nodded and said, "It's almost the Wang family." ”

"Since the accident in the Zhenguo Mansion, the Xie family has fallen from the status of the boss of the gate valve in the capital, and then the Wang family took the opportunity to replace him and become the new gate valve boss." Zhao Yao touched his chin, squinted his eyes and said, "In the past few years, the Wang family has secretly done a lot of things. They took advantage of the accident at the Xie family and bit the Xie family's meat several times. ”

He Lianfang: "Today, the Wang family is a top gate valve. ”

Zhao Yao showed a touch of contempt on his face: "Tsk, the Wang family is still far behind the Xie family." However, King Jing has emerged in the past two years, and the Zhenguo Mansion has shown signs of surpassing the Wang family. ”

"The current Zhenguo Gong is a fool, do you think he can beat the old fox of the Wang family?" The current Zhenguo Gong is the younger brother of Empress Xie, Xie Shi, a person who does not have any talent. "If there is no Queen Xie and King Jing, I am afraid that Xie Shi will not be able to defend the Zhenguo Mansion."

"Xie Shi can't do it, but the Xie family is not alone. Even if there is no Queen Xie and King Jing, the Zhenguo Mansion will not be finished. Zhao Yao said, "There are still a lot of capable people in the Xie family, and they can still barely say that they live in the Zhenguo Mansion." ”

"When King Jing falls, the Zhenguo Mansion is almost over, but it is the Wang family." An intriguing smile rose at the corner of He Lianfang's mouth, "Although I have done a lot of things secretly over the years, I haven't done anything big on the surface to anger your father." ”

"The lessons of the Zhenguo Mansion are in front of you, where does the Wang family dare to anger their father." Zhao Yao said, his expression became thoughtful. "If my father wants to deal with the Wang family, I can fan the wind and light a fire on the side."

Seeing Zhao Yao smiling like a fox, He Lianfang asked with some curiosity, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Second uncle, do you remember the princess of Annan?"

"Princess Annam?" He Lianfang didn't have any impression, and asked with a blank face, "What's wrong with her?" ”

"Second uncle, you forgot, Princess Annan was once King Zheng's side concubine, and later fled back to Annan."

Hearing Zhao Yao say this, He Lianfang remembered.

"After Princess Annan fled back to China, didn't she leave with King Zheng?"

"The third brother once treated Princess Annan like that, she will not give up looking for the third brother for revenge because of the harmony." At the mention of King Zheng, Zhao Yao's face showed an undisguised look of disgust, "Over the years, King Zheng has done a lot of unspeakable things in his fiefdom. ”

"The Wang family has become the head of the gate valve in the capital over the years, why didn't King Zheng return to Beijing?" He Lianfang asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you try your best to let King Zheng hold an important position?" ”

"Do you think the Wang family doesn't want to, it's because my father doesn't agree, otherwise King Zheng would have returned to Beijing a long time ago." Zhao Yao sometimes thinks that it is a good thing to let King Zheng return to Beijing. In the capital, King Zheng's behavior will be more restrained. However, in his own fiefdom, he is the Emperor of the Soil, and he can do whatever he wants. Over the years, he didn't know how many people he had harmed. "My father is still angry about King Zheng taking Princess Annan back then."

"Probably not just for that."

"The main purpose of keeping the third brother from returning to Beijing is to warn the Wang family." Zhao Yao said meaningfully, "The main purpose is to indulge the third brother and the Wang family. The father likes to put a long line to catch big fish, the third brother and the Wang family have already taken the bait, and then it depends on when the father wants to close the net. If the Wang family wants to use the matter of apportioning the land into the mu to work against the father, then the father will close the net. ”

He Lianfang asked, "Do you think the Wang family will take the bait this time?" ”

"As far as I know, the Wang family owns a lot of land, and if they pay taxes according to the apportionment of the mu, the Wang family will have to pay a lot of taxes, and they are naturally unwilling, and they will definitely oppose the implementation of the apportionment of the emperor to the mu." Zhao Yao said, and became gloating, "As long as the Wang family participates, my father will close the net." ”

"Even if the net is closed, the Wang family will not fall, after all, the Wang family did not rebel." He Lianfang said, "The fate of the Wang family will only be similar to that of the Xie family. ”

"As long as it hurts the vitality of the Wang family, my father will not really kill them all, of course, provided that the Wang family does not violate the bottom line of my father." If the Wang family violates the bottom line of the father like those families in Yangzhou, then the father will definitely cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Besides, if the father and emperor deal with other families like those families in Yangzhou, then the other families will definitely collude in fear and oppose the court together. This is not a good thing for the imperial court.

"It's a good opportunity."

He Lianfang was startled by Zhao Yao's sudden loud voice, and glared at him: "What is your sudden ghost name?" ”

Zhao Yao looked excited: "Second uncle, this is a good opportunity." ”

"What good chance?"

Zhao Yao laughed twice, and his laughter was very treacherous: "It's a good opportunity for Princess Annan to take revenge." ”

"What can she do as a princess?" If Princess Annan could really take revenge, she would not have been forced to leave in the first place.

"Princess Annan really couldn't take revenge a few years ago, but now she is fully capable of revenge." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "In the past few years, she has grown a lot, and she is no longer the simple little princess she was back then." "Back then, when Princess Annan fled, they helped her escape back to Annan. Not only that, but they also sent people to teach her a lot of things.

He Lianfang asked, "How are you going to help her?" ”

"I won't help her take revenge, I have to take revenge myself, I will arrange for her to go to Jiaozhou, and then how she wants to take revenge depends on herself." If Princess Annam can't take revenge on her own, then he doesn't mind helping her.

"I remember that Princess Annan didn't cooperate with you?"

"Second uncle, you won't forget that we not only have to help her avenge King Zheng, but also help her win the throne." After Princess Annan escaped from Jiaozhou, her whole person changed, in addition to becoming no longer simple, but also becoming ...... "Blackening" is the most appropriate way to describe it. At that time, Princess Annan finally escaped back to China, but her father and brothers, who had always loved her, drove her away and made her obediently admit her mistake and return to King Zheng. If Zhao Yao hadn't helped her, she would have been kicked out of Annan a long time ago.

After returning to Annam, the little princess did not stay in the royal family, but went to her maternal grandfather. Over the years, she has studied with the people sent by Zhao Yao to teach her, and at the same time has been working with her maternal grandfather. Now, she's on her own. However, it is not so easy for her to seize the throne of Annan, after all, her royal brothers and ministers are not fuel-efficient lamps. The most important thing is that there is no precedent for a princess to inherit the throne since the founding of the country.

"It seems like that." There are so many things that He Lianfang can't remember everything. Moreover, the affairs of Annanguo have long been handed over to others to deal with, and he rarely asks about it. "How about helping her win the heir?"

"It's okay, there are many ministers and powerful people who support her, and her power should not be underestimated in a few years."

"I remember the reason you agreed to help her was because of her grandfather's gold mine." He Lianfang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Did the gold mine give it to you?" ”

"Here it is." After Zhao Yao finished speaking, he looked at He Lianfang with strange eyes.

He Lianfang was inexplicably looked at by his eyes, "What do you see me doing?" ”

"Second uncle, are you amnesia, the gold we have used over the years is the gold mine of Princess Annan's maternal grandfather's family." Even if he can make money, it will not be enough for him to spend. Fortunately, there are gold mines, otherwise many things would not have been possible.

He Lianfang said with an unnatural face: "I don't care about money. "He Lianfang never asks about business and money, because that's not what he's good at.

"There is a treasure near the gold mine that Princess Annan gave me, and it is also a treasure to make money." As soon as he mentioned money, Zhao Yao's eyes lit up, "Second uncle, guess what kind of treasure it is?" ”

"Silver?" This kid's luck won't be so good.

"It's not silver, it's jade." At the mention of the jade mine near the gold mine, Zhao Yao's face was full of ecstasy.

"Emerald?" He Lianfang said with a smile, "Jade is something of value. ”

"Second uncle, don't underestimate jadeite, wait for me to operate, I can make jadeite as valuable as jade, like gemstones." In Zhao Yao's dream world, jadeite is very valuable, but in Da Zhou, jadeite is not valuable, it can't be compared with jade. However, it doesn't matter, when he hypes up the marketing, the price of jadeite will rise.

"Annan and other countries have paid tribute to the previous dynasty their local jade, which should be the jade in your mouth, but the emperors and officials of the previous dynasty did not like the jade of Annan, saying that the jade is a stone." When He Lianfang was fighting in the past, she had seen jadeite, and the whole body was green and not good-looking. "If you want to sell jadeite to make money, it is unlikely."

"If the people of Da Zhou don't like it, I can take it to the Western Regions and sell it." When it comes to jade and jadeite, Zhao Yao remembered that Uncle Gao not only dug up gold and silver, but also jade. However, Uncle Gao said that the jade of the Wa Kingdom could not be compared with that of the Great Zhou. "Uncle Gao, they're almost there."

Fang was still talking about jade, why did he suddenly talk about Lao Gao again.

"It's not been a few days."

"My gold and silver are coming back." Thinking that he would soon have thousands of catties of gold and silver, Zhao Yao's face couldn't help but show joy.

Seeing that Zhao Yao's thoughts drifted to the money again, He Lianfang sighed helplessly in her heart. He had no choice but to open his mouth and bring the topic back.

"What did King Zheng and the Wang family do in Jiaozhou?"

"What else can you do, don't you just do those things?" Zhao Yao said in a light tone, "Secretly engage in money, weapons, and private armies. "The prince went to his fiefdom, and it was impossible not to develop his own power. Engaging in money, weapons, and private armies is the basic operation. Besides, he did it secretly.

"Nothing else?"

"Do you mean collusion with foreigners?"

"Does the Wang family have it?"

"Nope." Zhao Yao said, "The Wang family does not have the courage to collude with foreigners. If the Wang family colludes with foreigners, it is tantamount to betraying their ancestors, because their ancestors have all fought foreigners, and many ancestors have died under the swords of foreigners. ”

"In this way, the Wang family will not be like the Yuan family."

"The Yuan family is the only one in the family who colludes with foreigners." The vast majority of families do not collude with foreigners. On the contrary, when foreign tribes invade the Central Plains, the families will also take the initiative to fight against foreign enemies.

"I remember that King Zheng and King Chu had a holiday, or because of Princess Annan."

"That's right, Princess Annan liked the fourth brother back then, and she wanted to marry the fourth brother, but King Zheng used obscene means to force her to marry him." Speaking of this old incident, Zhao Yao smiled very happily, "The princess bravely showed her love to the fourth brother at that time, but unfortunately the two of them didn't have a chance. ”

He Lianfang asked in a rare gossip: "Does the princess still have love for the king of Chu?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't asked." Zhao Yao thought for a while and said, "The fourth brother is so good, the princess fell in love with him at a glance back then, and she didn't get her wish if she wanted to marry him, maybe because of the difficulty in calming down, it will be even more difficult for the princess to forget the fourth brother." However, she shouldn't want to marry the fourth brother now. Moreover, in the third year after the princess returned to Annam, she was married under the arrangement of her maternal grandfather, who was a well-known family in Annam, and was very supportive of her succession.

He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao and said to him meaningfully: "Since you want to help Princess Annan avenge, then simply muddy the water a little more." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yao didn't react for a while, and asked in a daze, "How do you stir up?" ”

He Lianfang didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "What do you say?" ”

Zhao Yao only understood what He Lianfang meant at this time, and his face immediately became weird.

Ahh Thank you, veterans!

The matter between King Zheng and Princess Annan, the old iron has not forgotten. What kind of virtue is King Zheng, do you still remember the old iron?