Chapter 863: Small Actions
In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and the passage of time will not stop for anyone.
It has been thirty-one years since Zhao Jun was reincarnated, and the white scene outside the old man's palace, thinking of his experience over the years, Zhao Jun's heart was full of thousands of emotions.
"Your Majesty, it's cold and dewy, why don't you wear more?"
A purple mink tail robe was draped over his shoulders, and Zhao Jun held the slender jade hand with his backhand.
Turning around, who is the person in front of him who is not Zhang Yuyan?
Half a month before the Chinese New Year, the uproar of the concubine selection finally came to an end, the selection of concubines added a total of 53 women to the palace, and among the selections, Zhao Jun decreed the canonization of these 53 people.
The number one is undoubtedly Zhang Yuyan, the youngest granddaughter of the Zhang family, who won the title of the first of the four concubines and is called the imperial concubine.
The rest of the women were canonized in turn as nine concubines, Jieyu, beauties, and talents.
The harem, which has been extremely empty since Zhao Jun ascended the throne, has finally been filled a little, and it is also a little lively.
And Ye Yin, the queen, finally has the atmosphere of the lord of the harem, and the concubines in this palace can always get things done day by day, and she is busy without touching the ground.
Zhao Jun always has to be counted out every time he goes over, and Zhao Jun is also cheeky and fools the past.
Where does he understand the twists and turns of those women, he won't be involved in the affairs of the harem, doesn't he have his own good daughter-in-law!
The snow that had stopped for a while early this morning began to fall again, and Zhao Jun, who didn't want to go back to the palace after the morning, was inexplicably bored in his heart, so he wandered to the main gate of the imperial city.
Unexpectedly, he just bumped into Zhang Yuyan, who was also here.
"You still say that I am here, on this snowy day, you don't hide in your warm spring hall for the winter, why did you come here?"
Zhao Jun turned around and hugged his imperial concubine into his arms, looked at the falling snowflakes and asked with a smile.
"In this big winter, the warm spring hall is too deserted, the concubine is not the temperament that can sit still, so she came out for a walk, I didn't think that I just saw His Majesty standing on it and was stunned, this snowy day, I didn't wear more clothes, so I took the coat up.
Your Majesty, why are you here? ”
Zhao Jun smiled, hugged the person in his arms tighter again, warmth rose from the two of them, and the biting cold wind seemed to be shielded from the outside at this moment.
Looking at the falling snow, Zhao Jun sighed, and then said, "Originally, I wanted to prepare for next year and sweep the Xiongnu grassland."
In order to restore the vitality of the country over the years, I endured it for a few years, so that the Huns could take a breather.
But Da Song didn't go, it doesn't mean that he won't go, he just feels that there is not enough time.
But now that the time has come, the granary of my Great Song Dynasty is now hoarding countless grains, and the treasury has also rusted because of the strings of copper coins accumulated over the years.
It's time for an expedition against the Huns, but ......"
"But what?"
Zhang Yuyan was listening energetically, and as soon as she heard these two words, Zhao Jun's words stopped.
Zhang Yuyan hurriedly asked.
"Alas......"
Zhao Jun sighed, his eyes flashing with a fierce light!
In a cold tone, he said: "But I haven't raised a knife for a few years, and some damn things think that I don't know how to swing a knife anymore, and start to make small movements behind my back!" Dig the foundation of my Great Song and suck the blood of my Great Song!
They thought that their actions were so perfect that no one could detect them, but they did not know that no matter how cunning the hyena was, after the lion was angry, he could only whimper on the ground! ”
Zhang Yuyan's heart trembled, and she suddenly recalled what the man in front of her had done in the two years when he had just ascended the throne, it was a river of blood that was really killed!
There is no such thing as a soft kill!
Why would anyone think that a lion really wouldn't eat people if he didn't eat people for a few years?
That's just because the lion is temporarily full.
But if someone dares to snatch the meat from the lion's bowl, the lion won't mind filling his belly with you!
"What news has Your Majesty received?"
Zhao Jun nodded slightly: "Last quarter, the tax revenue of sea trade was a whole percent less, and they said that the business was not good last quarter, so it was less."
But as far as I know, their goods are sold out when they arrive there.
There is no question of whether it is good or not.
But the taxes paid are really less. ”
"Your Majesty suspects them of smuggling in secret?"
Zhao Jun looked at the person in his arms in surprise and nodded, "How do you know?" Is it the suspicion that they are smuggling, not tax evasion or something? ”
Zhang Yuyan said with a smile: "If they were naturally able to do that in the past, but now they can't."
Last year, the concubine once returned to his hometown on behalf of his grandfather, and the tax collectors of my Great Song Dynasty have gone deep into the village, and the people are not under the management of the local government, and they are only concerned with taxes.
In particular, on the side of the sea tax, I heard that His Majesty intends to let them have an independent military department responsible for tax collection.
Now the local tax collectors are enthusiastic, how can they cooperate with the family to evade taxes.
Besides, for these tax collectors, Your Majesty is very strict, although you have given them the right not to pay attention to the local government, but in the same way, once they bend the law for personal gain, the punishment is also heavier than ordinary people.
Therefore, if those big families want to pay less taxes, there is only one way, and that is smuggling!
As long as the goods are not detected by the tax collectors entering the country, the tax collectors can only collect the customs duties on the goods that can be seen. ”
Zhao Jun nodded and said: "Fortunately, I am not a vegetarian, the Secret Guard and the Imperial City Division have completely spread throughout the entire Great Song Dynasty over the years, and it can be said that I have eyeliner in all towns and villages."
They were only beginning to be noticed by me. ”
"What does Your Majesty want to do?"
Zhang Yuyan said curiously.
Zhao Jun pinched her soft slender jade hand, and said with a cold glint in his eyes: "I have endured them for three years!"
In the past three years, the students who came out of the political hall have been sent to various county governments one after another to grasp the grassroots level and accumulate experience.
I think there should be some people who have learned something.
As for these remnants of the old era who occupy high positions, since they are unwilling to adapt to the changes of the times, then I will sweep them into the garbage heap of the times! ”
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, he let go of the embrace that was holding Zhang Yuyan.
He went down the city wall with his hands behind his back, and the voice came from afar: "I still have something to do, go first, don't go outside and be careful of the wind and cold, I will stay in Kunning Palace tonight." ”
Hearing this, Zhang Yuyan was stunned, then stomped her feet fiercely, and turned her head helplessly to leave.
I thought that I would come here on purpose, and this bastard should rest there today, but I didn't expect that in the end, I still thought about Kunning Palace.
How is he worse than the queen?
If Zhao Jun heard her voice here, he would definitely smile and say:
"It's not bad anywhere, but I just like the queen's stubborn temper."
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(End of chapter)