amaotonovel Chapter 1199 Having such a son-in-law is a blessing for those who rise in rank
Chapter 1199 Having such a son-in-law is a blessing for those who rise in rank
Someone once said: Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was figuring out how to shift the blame onto Heizhi Tangyuan, Xia Yu, the head of the Imperial Guard, hurriedly came to the Ministry of Civil Affairs looking for Heizhi Tangyuan.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has already left the palace with Erhu. These are the arrangements for you in the near future."
Xia Yu took out a letter and handed it to the bewildered Black Sesame Dumpling, then continued, "His Majesty said that His Highness can handle matters of the court himself. If he is really unsure, he should consult with the Empress, the Prince Consort, the Duke of Han, and the Marquis of Chengyi."
Black Sesame Dumpling looked at the letter in her hand, then at Yang Shaofeng, and said with a bewildered expression, "My father left the palace first? Then we..."
What to do about the rumors that were originally planned?
Yang Shaofeng was also stunned.
No, the rumor hasn't even started yet, and the male protagonist who's being rumored against has already run away?
If we continue to spread rumors now, what if my mother-in-law's anger subsides after Lao Deng comes back?
If they don't continue spreading rumors, Black Sesame Dumplings just promised to allocate a few people to Yang Siyi and Xue Xiang, so isn't that a pure loss-making deal?
The more Yang Shaofeng thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
What if he had just gone to Kunning Palace and spread rumors in front of his mother-in-law?
What if Lao Deng had left the palace two days later?
Yang Shaofeng and Hei Sesame Tangyuan were filled with worry, while Yang Siyi and Xue Xiang almost burst out laughing.
Did the person who took over run away before the opportunity arose?
Good thing they ran away.
This road trip could have been perfectly timed!
Xue Xiang smiled and said to the black sesame dumpling, "Your Highness, should we wait until after you return to power to address the matter of Miss Liu?"
Yang Siyi's eyes darted around, and he immediately chimed in, "I think that old scoundrel Xue is right. After all, the Emperor is not in the capital, so there is no point in publishing this article or not. It would be best to wait until the Emperor returns to the capital before publishing it, so that Her Majesty the Empress can't find it... cough, so as not to anger Her Majesty the Empress."
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Xue Xiang and Yang Siyi.
In order to get more people into your own hands, you two actually sold out Old Deng without hesitation?
Good heavens, he even said he didn't want to anger the Empress?
You were just saying that you wanted to make sure the Empress had someone to vent her anger on!
Having such loyal ministers as you is a blessing for Old Deng.
No, I cannot let you two old scoundrels have all the credit.
When it comes to tormenting Deng, if I admit to being second, who dares to claim to be first?
Yang Shaofeng's eyes darted around, and he asked Yang Siyi for paper and pen, quickly writing: "What are the farmers most afraid of? What are the factors that bind and oppress the farmers? How can agricultural products be turned into income for the farmers? What are the weaknesses and shortcomings of the farmers? What are the conflicts between the clan-style patriarch and clan authority and the 'Great Ming Code'?"
"How can we help the people economically, and how can we crack down on the interest groups of officials, local gentry, and big merchants in terms of governance?"
"How do the current policies of the Ming Dynasty, compared to those before and after the reforms, affect the common people?"
"..."
After writing a long and detailed piece of paper, Yang Shaofeng handed it to Heizhima Tangyuan once the ink had dried slightly, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, what do you think of these questions?"
Black Sesame Dumpling glanced at the problem and then beamed, saying, "These are good questions! They all hit the nail on the head. Anyone would have a headache if they were in this situation."
After saying that, Heizhi Tangyuan picked up the pen without hesitation and signed his name on the paper.
Yang Shaofeng and Li Shanchang.
After signing his name, Heizhi Tangyuan asked Yang Siyi for an envelope and sealing wax, sealed it, and handed it to Xia Yu, instructing, "Have someone send this letter to my father by fast horse."
Yang Siyi, Xue Xiang, and Xia Yu watched all of this unfold.
Xue Xiang even whispered to Yang Siyi, "Having a son-in-law like the Imperial Son-in-Law is a blessing for those who rise to power."
Yang Siyi nodded with a sense of sympathy and said in a low voice, "That's right, it's good to be in a high position."
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Just as Yang Shaofeng and Xue Xiang were complaining to each other, Emperor Zhu was smilingly reprimanding Erhu.
"urgent?"
"You idiot, what do you know about being in a hurry or not?"
"Believe it or not, if we had come out a couple of days later, those two bastards, and those two old scoundrels Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, would have dared to cause us a whole lot of trouble?"
Emperor Zhu snorted, then laughed and said, "Isn't this much better? By the time they realize what's happening, we'll already be out of the capital."
"With so many ships and so many roads, where are they going to find us?"
"As long as they can't find us, they'll have to obediently serve us like slaves in the imperial court, and we can steal a few days of leisure and take a good rest."
Erhu scratched the back of his head and said with a silly grin, "What the superior said is really good."
Emperor Zhu glanced at Erhu and said, “I told you to read more books, but you just wouldn’t listen. ‘Stealing half a day of leisure’ is a saying from a Tang Dynasty poet, not ours.”
Having subtly displayed his intellectual prowess, Emperor Zhu rallied his spirits, pointed ahead with his whip, and said, "Let's go back to our hometown of Fengyang and see how the villagers are making a living now."
As Erhu rode alongside Emperor Zhu, he laughed and said, "Since the emperor has abolished the poll tax and completely abolished corvée labor, the lives of ordinary people are naturally much better."
Emperor Zhu smiled rather smugly.
From the First Emperor to our Ming Dynasty, there have been more than two thousand years. There have been countless emperors who exempted taxes and corvée labor, but which emperor dared to issue a formal edict to abolish the mental tax and corvée labor?
That is, Zhu Chongba!
Emperor Zhu stroked his beard and said to Erhu with a smile, "Throughout history, every dynasty has called for prioritizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, but you can't fathom how some fools actually prioritize agriculture and suppress commerce."
Before Erhu could reply, Emperor Zhu shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about past dynasties, let's just talk about our Great Ming Dynasty. Do you know that someone once submitted a memorial to us, saying that we should only collect agricultural taxes and not commercial taxes, in order to show that merchants are useless to the country and that agriculture is the foundation of the country."
Erhu stared wide-eyed, looking completely bewildered, and asked, "The more you value agriculture, the more commercial taxes you should levy; the less you value merchants, the less commercial taxes you should collect from them?"
Erhu scratched the back of his head and asked tentatively, "Does this mean that the more parents love a child, the harder they beat and scold them?"
Emperor Zhu scoffed and retorted, "What kind of good family would beat and scold their child the more they love them?"
"If a child makes a mistake, it's understandable to hit him a few times or scold him a few times, after all, it's for the child's own good."
"But the child is perfectly well-behaved, hasn't done anything wrong, and even supports and raises you, yet you beat and scold this dutiful child, while turning around and doting on a rebellious son who's always trying to drain your family's coffers?"
"There's no such logic in the world!"
Erhu nodded, and Emperor Zhu continued, "Look at our benchmark, and that bastard, when have we ever been beating and scolding them for no reason?"