ebonymovies Chapter 740 Under the sky
Chapter 740 Under the sky
Chapter 740 Under the sky
"It just looks messy, not very tidy." Wu Mei sighed, holding her hands on her stomach habitually, her stomach was already very big, and it was difficult for her to walk and stand up.
Li Zhi said with a chuckle: "Only when things are messy do they appear alive, when everyone is in danger they yearn for peace, and if they want peace, only I can give it."
Wu Mei asked strangely: "Why do messy things appear to be angry?"
Li Zhi grabbed the bear's ear with one hand, and casually scratched it in the air with the other: "The annual revenue of Chang'an City last year was one and a half times that of the previous year."
Wu Mei shook her head and said, "It can't be just like Chang'an."
Li Zhidao: "Last year's revenue in Luoyang also exceeded the previous year's by [-]%."
Wu Mei frowned and said: "It's all messed up like this, can it still be good?"
Li Zhi laughed and said: "I suddenly discovered that the increase in the imperial court's revenue has little to do with the landlords."
Wu Mei was taken aback, and quickly took Li Zhi's hand and said, "Nong Sang is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty."
Li Zhi nodded and said: "The queen is right, Nongsang is indeed the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, but this Nongsang refers to those Nongsang who can pay taxes to me, not those who seem to be prosperous Nongsang who has little to do with me.
The three items of renting and domestic transfer are implemented for people with few acres of land in their families. There are always many ways to plant the most land and pay the least taxes.
I asked Baiqisi to go to Zhongmou County to investigate, and the result was a result that was beyond my expectations.
In the past year, the person who actually paid the most taxes in Zhongmu County was a landlord named Sun Laoshi. His family has 2 acres of land, but he paid 2% more taxes than No.[-]. However, his family The land is only [-]% of that of No. [-] family.
Queen, do you think this is why? "
Wu Mei said: "The No.2 family evaded taxes."
Li Zhi sighed and said: "There is no tax evasion, the county magistrate of Zhongmou County used to be the head of Wannian County, and he was promoted to the magistrate of Zhongmou County because of his meritorious service, so he can be regarded as a cadre, and an official can be regarded as an upright official.
The conclusion he came to was that the imperial court had flooded the favors in recent years, but the target of the court's favors was wrong. It did not fall on the people who really needed the favors, but all fell on the big landlords.
He also suggested that giving favor to those who need it is called giving grace, and giving favor to those who don't need it will make the court's grace lose its original appearance.
I thought what he said was very good. In the future, the beneficiaries of the imperial court should be carefully studied and judged before they can be distributed. "
Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi and said, "Your Majesty wants to take back the power of giving grace?"
Li Zhi said with a smile: "The kindness comes from above, and it is called kindness, otherwise, it will be ulterior motives."
Wu Mei stood up, this time she moved very neatly, and walked away, leaving Li Zhi sitting there alone thinking.
Li Zhi seems to be used to Wu Mei's rudeness, no matter how rude Wu Mei is, he still has to say what he feels should be said, and what should be done is still to be done.
Otherwise, over time, overreaching will become a habit.
For Yunchu and his party, the two hundred miles was just a matter of a little more than a day, but it didn't go far when it started to rain.
Jiang Tong really wanted to stop and rest for the night, and wait for the rain to stop before leaving, but Yunchu directly refused. He thought that His Majesty should not be kept waiting for a long time, and put on a strange coir raincoat-like thing, and insisted on staying overnight Hurry up.
In the dark night, the pine torches were always doused by the rain, and the men and horses staggered forward in the mud, and every step they took was a torment for them.
However, because Yunchu picked up a bright wind lantern on a pine tree by the side of the road, that lamp is obviously not an ordinary thing, not to mention the bright flame, no matter how the lantern shakes, the oil lamp inside maintains balance, will not Let the grease inside leak out, and with this bright light, Yun Chu and the bay red horse who also wore a raincoat walked very safely.
In the middle of the night, the rain suddenly became heavier. In a place where there was no village in front and no shop in the back, Jiang Tong and the others miraculously discovered that Yunchu pulled out another ball of oilcloth from a pine tree hole, and then pulled it out from a pine tree. Some slender iron bars were pulled out of the copper pipe, and after a [-]-[-] fold, a tent appeared between two dwarf pine trees on the high ground.
The most unbelievable thing for Jiang Tong was that Yunchu also took out a small stove, threw a few pieces of charcoal into it, and made a pot of tea for himself. Seeing the hot tea with sweet fragrance After entering Yunchu's belly, the rest of the people who stood in the wind and rain had nothing to say.
After drinking the tea, Yunchu used Baiqisi's helmet to boil a helmet full of oats for the bay red horse, so the oats boiled in warm salt water made the bay red horse keep snorting.
After serving the bay red horse, Yunchu grilled a piece of high-quality beef over the charcoal fire. The most outrageous thing is that the beef was marinated in advance. The rainy night is diffused.
The crowd watched Yunchu munching on beef in the tent under the rain, until Yunchu found a handful of noodles, and half a pot of chicken soup, cooked himself a bowl of very fragrant chicken noodle soup and ate it in two or three bites. A hammock was tied between two trees, and soon fell asleep.
Yunchu could sleep very comfortably, and after Jiang Tong and the others saw Yunchu's behavior, they all lost their souls.
They are now very sure that around them, there are many people belonging to Yunchu who are escorting him.
Jiang Tong was a terrifying figure in Chang'an and even in Datang, but tonight, Jiang Tong felt great terror.
He even felt that it was no more difficult for Yunchu to kill them than to kill a chicken.
Staying with Yunchu in this wasteland is like having a tiger sleeping soundly by his side. Around this sleeping tiger, there are countless beasts staring at them with their green eyes.
Chang'an Mansion's soldiers are famous all over the world, whether it is to hollow out the Western Regions, conquer Liaodong, or conquer the South and the North, they are very effective.
This stormy night, which was very difficult for the Hundred Knights, was really not a big deal for those soldiers who had been fighting on the frontier all year round.
Jiang Tong knew very well that the reason why Yunchu went to Luoyang alone with them was to give face to himself, the governor of the Baiqi Division, and even more so to His Majesty who was far away in Luoyang.
Yun Chu is not someone who is powerless, if he resists, Jiang Tong absolutely believes that it will be a real bloody storm.
People without strength are not worthy of respect from others. Jiang Tong has always been a believer in this truth.
If the person in front of him hadn't been the mighty Yunchu, Jiang Tong would never have allowed him to coerce everyone into camping on the road all night, but would have just thrown him into a wooden prison cart and dragged him all the way to Luoyang.
In the wind and rain, there were waves of wolves howling in the distant mountains. Immediately, many monkeys began to howl, hoping to use the power of the group to drive away these ferocious beasts. However, it was just thinking about it. After all, the beast that kills the most monkeys It's a leopard, but leopards have always been known for their silence.
Jiang Tong knew that Yunchu was a leopard who was not willing to talk, which was why His Majesty loved him and was wary of him.
He didn't want to go against Yunchu, at least, his cognition was very clear, he might be a wolf howling in the rainy night, but Yunchu was definitely a leopard, or even a tiger.
Therefore, on a foggy morning, two of them happened to be carrying a basket of freshly steamed buns, a large bowl of fragrant rice porridge, and even the chopsticks were special-purpose ones with the words "big canteen" in gold stamping on them. The peasant woman with the chopsticks warmly invited Yun Chu to wash and eat, but Jiang Tongquan pretended not to see it.
He didn't even have any thoughts about the meat buns that Yunchu was eating.
Many people die when they firmly believe that they will not die.
Yunchu now firmly believes that he will not die, but Ruan Rou, Zhong Kui, Di Renjie and the others don't think so, and think that they should be given a ride.
Therefore, on the way to Luoyang, Yunchu sometimes gets a bunch of freshly picked cucumbers from the old woman on the roadside, sometimes a handful of apricots, and more often passers-by are willing to invite Yunchu to accompany them. They ate together, and as for the food in the station, Yunchu didn't eat a single bite from the beginning to the end.
When Yunchu was standing in front of Luoyang Shenwumen, Jiang Tong found that at least two caravans who came to Luoyang with them turned around and left, and even those scattered merchants also left. They did not enter Shenwumen .
After the other officials arrived in Luoyang under the imperial edict, their final accommodation was the post station, while Yunchu was sent directly to the edict prison next to Ziwei Palace.
The Imperial Prison of the Tang Dynasty is actually a small city, and above the gate of the city is written the word Imperial Prison in ancient seal characters. Because of this, people immediately associate the Imperial Prison with hell.
Jiang Tong stood at the gate of the Imperial Prison and intervened to salute Yunchu: "Wait too long for the lord. When the lord returns to Chang'an, a certain family will definitely come to apologize."
Yun Chu said impatiently: "It seems that I need to go in by myself, right?"
Jiang Tong said with a smile: "The order I received was to send the prince and marquis safely to the prison. Now that the prison is right in front of us, it's not my business."
Yun Chu looked at Jiang Tong and said, "Baiqisi is dealing with treacherous and evil people. If you encounter such thieves who harm the people, Jiang Dudu will do whatever he wants, but he just hopes that the Dudu will stay in prison during the period of a certain family's imprisonment." Don't deliberately rely on the treacherous and evil people for ordinary things, it's not good for Chang'an, it's not good for Datang."
Jiang Tong looked around and saw that the guards were all around, so he lowered his voice and said, "Chang'an Baiqisi Dudu's Mansion is not as rich as Luoyang Baiqisi Dudu's Mansion."
Yunchu laughed and said: "Since it's a business, everything is easy to talk about. A certain family heard that a precious medicinal material called ginseng is abundant in the high mountains outside Daxing City in Liaodong. It's just that this thing, like antler blood, wants to be transported to Chang'an, Luoyang, It's not an easy task, does the governor have a good solution?"
Seeing that the goal was achieved, Jiang Tong cupped his hands and said, "It's a trivial matter."
Seeing that Jiang Tong led the people away with satisfaction, Yun Chu led the horse and shouted towards the prison wall: "Can you agree with me?"
As Yun Chu shouted loudly, the gate of the Imperial Prison opened immediately, Yun Chu looked at Li Yifu who was pacing out and said: "After all, I fell into your plot."
Li Yifu stopped in his tracks, waved his hands and said: "You and I are a teacher and a student, and a certain family is not going to plot against you. First, let's say that your imprisonment is arranged by His Majesty and has nothing to do with this old man."
Yun Chu looked at Li Yifu for a moment and said: "I believe this matter has nothing to do with you. The problem is that I have committed no crime but will be imprisoned. This is really too much."
Li Yifu smiled and said: "Your Majesty said that if you want to lock up a Shiba Inu, a kennel is enough; if you want to lock up a wild boar, a pig cage is enough; if you want to lock up a fierce tiger like a prince, you have to go to prison." .
Also, Junhou is not without guilt, at least, kicking and breaking six ribs of Shang Yushi Wei Qingquan is enough for you to enter the imperial prison. "
Yun Chu frowned and said, "I remember very clearly, only four ribs were broken by kicking, and you broke the two extra ribs?"
Li Yifu sighed and said: "You should thank Xu Jingzong and Duke Xu. If it wasn't because he was in Chang'an, Wei Qingquan would have been kicked to death by the prince at this time. Do you believe it or not?"
Yun Chu clenched his fist and angrily took a step forward, Li Yifu quickly took two steps back, waved his hands repeatedly and said, "No one will harm you."
Yun Chu said angrily: "When I return to Chang'an, let that Wei Shi who went to Tianchiwu know what a county magistrate is called."
Li Yifu waved his hand and said: "There is no shortage of cruel officials in the Tang Dynasty, so there is no need for you to send yourself into the group of cruel officials to embarrass yourself.
Go, leave your steed to someone else, and arrange a room for you. "
Yun Chu pulled the reins of the war horse and said, "No."
Li Yifu glanced at Yunchu and said, "It's up to you."
As a result, the prison next to the prison where Yunchu lived became a stable for bay red horses.
Every morning, when the prison city began to let the wind out to bask in the sun, Yunchu and the bay red horse got together and lay bored in the sunniest place, until his whole body was itchy from the sun, and then he went back to the prison with satisfaction.
When the crown prince Li Hong came, Yunchu was grooming the bay red horse in the sun. Summer came, and the bay red horse lost its hair. After a while, Yunchu harvested a lot of horse hair.
"Master, you don't have to come." Li Hong took the grate from Yunchu's hand and continued to grate the bay red horse.
Yun Chu drank his saliva and said, "It is very necessary to observe the etiquette of the monarch and his ministers. I think this is the rule."
Li Hong grabbed a handful of horse hair from the grate and said, "I thought Master had already jumped out of the Three Realms and was no longer in the Five Elements."
Yunchu looked at Li Hong and frowned, "What did I do that gave you the illusion that I'm not a courtier of the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Hong bowed his head and remained silent.
Yun Chu said again: "Do you think His Majesty doesn't have to obey the rules? Or do you mean that you don't plan to abide by any rules in the future and just do whatever you want?"
Li Hong bowed his head and said, "It's hard to do anything if you want to do anything."
Yun Chu swallowed a mouthful of water and said, "That's because you always want to do something big. The things you did in Chang'an have flourished and become big things, do you know that?"
Li Hong spread his hands, let the wind snatch the horse hair from him, and said in a dispirited way: "It's not a big deal."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "Last year, Chang'an produced 200 million dan cabbage, 20 farmers directly benefited, more than [-] indirect beneficiaries, and more than one million beneficiaries in the end. Just you and me, I ate it last year." No less than one hundred catties of cabbage.
Just ask the world, which one dares to say that this is a trivial matter? "
Li Hong shook his head and said, "My father and mother don't care about it."
Yun Chu smiled and said, "That's what you thought you were dismissive of. Onions have become an indispensable vegetable for the people of Chang'an City. Beets have long been popular in Guanzhong. Whenever farmers have spare land, they are willing to grow beets. .
The leaves of beets can be eaten, and the roots can be used to boil sugar. There are already master craftsmen who use the method of adding lime to turn the mixed sugar into frosting.
Nowadays, it is this rock sugar that has become the most sought after goods by Hu merchants in Chang'an City. There is a saying that there is a bucket of gold and a bucket of sugar.
People in Luoyang may not remember these things you did, but people in Chang'an remember them firmly. Whether it is beets, cabbage, cabbage, onions, or peppers, they are now called Donggong goods in the Chang'an market.
So, I want to ask you now, what else do you want?What other great things are you going to do?
In my opinion, the only major event that can surpass these things is rebellion. Are you planning to rebel? "
Li Hong smiled wryly: "Treason? Whose rebellion? My own rebellion?"
Yun Chu shook his head, Li Hong had grown up, especially the children of the royal family grew up at an astonishing speed.
They seem to have their own unique way of growing up, which has little to do with the education they receive. What can really affect their growth should be their living environment.
Li Hong didn't mention Naha, and Yunchu didn't ask, but, judging from Li Hong's difficult smile, during this period of time, his life must be worse than death.
It's not easy being a scumbag, especially a caring scumbag, it's simply a perverted challenge.
Judging from the fact that Naha broke Li Hong's mother-in-law's arm, the battle between Naha and Pei's daughter has already reached a fever pitch.
Yunchu and Li Hong combed the bay red horse's shed hair cleanly, leaving only the new hair that had just grown out, which even showed signs of a gradual change in color under the sun.
"Master, come back to live in the East Palace with me, my father will not blame you." It was obvious that Li Hong was a little bit depressed, and he spoke and acted a bit casually.
Yunchu looked around the prison city and said to Li Hong: "This is the environment His Majesty ordered to talk to me, I think this conversation should be very important.
As long as this level is passed, it will be stable for ten years. "
Li Hongdao: "I asked to be appointed as a stay-at-home officer in Chang'an, but my father refused three times. The third time he clearly told me that this is impossible."
Yun Chu nodded, indicating that he understood, and sent Li Hong out of the prison.
That night, Yunchu found that the new mattress under him was gone, and when he was eating, he found that there was no wine, and one dish of meat was missing.
Even the boiled oats that the red horses like to eat have been replaced by sorghum.
"I am wronged, Your Majesty, I am wronged..."
As soon as it got dark, there were voices of grievances in the prison one after another.
The business of these people complaining about injustice is miserable and isolated, as if each of them really encountered cruel officials and was beaten into a trick.
Judging from the list of prisoners that Yunchu got from the wardens, more than [-]% of these bastards had blackmailed merchants from Chang'an.
"To shut up--"
Yun Chu's tongue burst into spring thunder and roared, so the prison suddenly became quiet, but this quietness only lasted for half a stick of incense, and then the voice of grievance became louder, every one The hopeless criminals all hope that they can hold Yun Chu, who is likely to be released, so that the emperor can take a closer look at them, and let the emperor think more about their good times...
(End of this chapter)