I Xiaoxiong

Chapter 103 Ancestral Law
In mid-February of the 18th year of Xuanjia, British Duke Fu Maoxiu returned to Shangjing, more than three years after he went to Hexi.

During this period, Fu Maoxiu's son Hexi took office, successively defeated the Qingtang and Jinzhang invasions, and destroyed Yuezhen. Now entering the court, it is naturally unprecedented.

The crown prince Zhao Yuantan and all the officials came out to welcome him, which can be described as a grand ceremony.

Then he was directly summoned into the palace, which can be said to be a noble family.

Brothers Fu Huaichuan and Fu Jinchuan followed their father into the palace to meet him, and the Daojun Emperor, who was fine, left the Daming Palace in person.

"The envoy of Hexi Jiedu, the governor of Liangzhou, and the British Duke Fu Maoxiu, together with their two sons, pay homage to His Majesty and respectfully greet you."

"I'm safe. Dalang, help the Duke get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Lingyuan looked his old friend up and down a few times, and then said: "You haven't changed much. It seems that you have been pampered in Hexi in the past few years. Unlike Sanlang, he stayed in Hexi for three years and got tanned."

Fu Maoxiu said with a smile: "Your Majesty's words are as if I went to Hexi to enjoy the blessings."

"Hahaha, this verbal skill is not lost at all, go in and talk."

"Your Majesty, please."

Entering the Jinshen Abode of Daming Palace, the Emperor Daojun and Fu Maoxiu sat beside the alchemy stove to talk, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stood beside the Emperor Daojun, and behind the British Duke stood the two brothers Fu Huaichuan and Fu Jinchuan.

"How is Your Majesty's health?" Fu Maoxiu asked without hesitation.

Zhao Lingyuan said: "Fortunately, it is thanks to Sanlang this time, otherwise I will go to see the emperor brother. Both of your sons are well-bred, Huaichuan is calm and wise, and Sanlang Yingguo is resolute. They are both pillars talent."

Fu Maoxiu said with a smile: "The children of the Fu family are loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and take care of their own affairs."

After hearing this, Zhao Lingyuan laughed and said: "Hahahaha, what a job, the Fu family is worthy of being a loyal general, a role model for the country."

The Emperor Daojun and the Duke of England have been friends for decades, and this time they have Fu Sanlang's contribution to rescue him, and they are also the prince's confidant. Not surprisingly, they will be the first-class existence among the nobles in the next few decades .

After laughing, Zhao Lingyuan said: "How about it, how about being a prime minister when you return to court this time?"

After hearing this, Fu Maoxiu shook his head and said: "The rule set by the Taizu is that 'a strong general is sent to the army, and a prime minister needs to be a scholar'. What can I do as a general to be a prime minister? Then there will be no commotion in the court?"

Emperor Daojun said: "There are always exceptions, and it's time for a change in the law of the ancestors. Let's say that now, the imperial court can't make ends meet, but a Buddhist temple has millions of wealth and tens of thousands of acres of farmland. It's just a Buddhist temple."

Fu Maoxiu said, "Your Majesty wants to destroy Buddha?"

Emperor Daojun shook his head and smiled, "It's just borrowing some money from the Buddha, what do you think?"

"Hahahaha." Fu Maoxiu laughed loudly after hearing this.

"My minister thinks it is a great good, but monks don't do production, but they need people to support them. Where does the reason come from? Occupying a lot of farmland, but not paying taxes. It claims to be a pure place of Buddhism, but it takes in desperadoes as minions and oppresses the good. The minister is in Hexi At that time, I checked the military settlements and found that many of the fields in the military settlements had become under the name of Buddhist temples. For this reason, I also killed many private grantors in Hexi."

"I remember that there was a memorandum of participation that impeached you, the punishment was severe, and the killing was too severe, but I didn't know that these people were the ones who were killed, and they should be killed."

And Fu Jinchuan standing behind Fu Maoxiu was really startled secretly. As soon as the two monarchs and ministers met, they started talking about "destroying Buddha" without much reminiscence?

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince secretly thought that the British Duke was different from other people.Because of this idea, the Emperor Daojun hadn't revealed anything before that, and the two of them quickly reached a consensus after not seeing each other for three years.
And only Fu Huaichuan paid attention to what His Majesty said, "It's time to change the law of the ancestors."
This is far more important than the tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers, and the matter of "destroying Buddha".

After sitting in the Daming Palace for about an hour, Fu Maoxiu stood up and took his leave, saying that His Majesty should not sit for a long time at this time, and he will come to meet you another day.

Emperor Daojun also said that Fu Maoxiu hadn't returned home for a long time, so he should go back and have a look first.

After the father and son of the Fu family resigned, His Royal Highness sent the Duke of England out of the palace, returned to Daming Palace, waited on the Daojun Emperor to lie down on the couch again, and then asked: "Aye, are you going to make the Duke of England your chancellor? "

Zhao Lingyuan said: "I have this idea, but he won't do it."

Zhao Yuantan said: "In the past hundred years of the dynasty, except for Taizu Taizong, there has indeed been no military general who served as prime minister."

"Hahaha, Dalang, do you think I mean being a military general? Fu Maoxiu doesn't want to be a leader. He knows what I want to do, so he refuses. There is no way. After all, there are few advocates of reform in the past end well"

Zhao Lingyuan sighed and said, "To be honest, if Fu Maoxiu were to do this, it would be much less difficult, but he is destined to be impossible to help me with this."

When Zhao Yuantan heard this, his heart was turbulent, "Reform?"

Zhao Lingyuan nodded and said: "This Great Jin, if the law is not easy, it will be a few decades at most, and the country will fall apart."

Zhao Yuantan said: "I have thought about reforming the law, but if the law is changed now, it will cause turmoil in the court. There are golden tents in the north, wolf ambitions in the west, and aristocratic families in Liaodong. With the heart of disobedience, my son thinks that if the old law is changed and the new government is implemented, it should be done slowly, and it should not be done too hastily."

Without Zhao Lingyuan saying anything, Zhao Yuantan could guess the general direction of the reform by himself.

Because the crux of the imperial court, people with a discerning eye know where it is.

Nothing more than "redundant soldiers", "redundant expenses" and "redundant officials".

But each of these items is related to the stability of the court.

To solve these three problems, it is undoubtedly necessary to attack the military generals, the civil servants, the huge officials, the local powerful clans, and even the clans.

One can imagine the tremendous pressure brought about by the reform.

Zhao Lingyuan nodded after hearing this, "I am very relieved that Dalang has this insight. Originally, Dalang and I thought the same way, but after this incident, I feel that time is not waiting for me. If you and my father and son can't do it, you can still Can you count on future generations? The current situation is already very bad compared to Xuanzong Renzong's time. What about after you and my father and son? Do you think the situation will get better? Even your uncle Xiandi Wuzong, such a wanton person, has to do everything. Look forward and look backward, let alone future generations."

"The reform is imminent, you and my father and son should do our best, and don't pass the burden on to future generations."

Zhao Yuantan bowed and said, "Your servant is taught."

While Zhao's father and son were confiding in their hearts, the three of Fu's father and son returned to the Duke's Mansion.

After meeting a group of family members, Fu Maoxiu first led the male family members to the ancestral hall to pay homage to the ancestors, and then returned to the main hall.

Fu Maoxiu, who was sitting in the main seat, was a little tired, and after drinking a cup of tea, he said, "Balang."

"Aye."

"I heard that you did a lot of things while I was away."

"It's all trivial things, not worth mentioning, Aye, you are tired all the way, why don't you rest early."

When Fu Balang faced his father, he finally had some brains. Looking at the two serious-looking elder brothers next to Aye, he was not showing off what he had done in the Imperial College.

After all, he's not really stupid, it's okay to show off to the third brother about these things, but if he tells Aye about this, he's looking for a fight.

"Come on, I won't punish you today. I have been away from home for the past few years, and I have neglected to discipline you. Your brother is busy with family affairs. Now that I have returned to Shangjing, if you dare to stir up trouble in the Imperial College"

Fu Maoxiu's tone was very calm and his speech was very slow. Fu Balang listened to every sentence very carefully, for fear of mishearing a little.

"Don't worry, Aye, I will definitely study hard in the future."

Fu Maoxiu nodded, "Qilang."

"My nephew is here."

"In the future, you have to report what Balang did in the Imperial College truthfully. If you dare to hide it for him, you will be punished together."

Shichiro replied very respectfully: "It's uncle."

"Okay, you go down first."

"It's Aye" "It's Uncle"

After the two and a half older children had left, the youngest one left in the main hall was the sixteen-year-old Liulang. After nearly a year of experience in Hexi, he became more stable and was allowed to participate in family discussions by default.

"The third and fifth brothers have worked hard in the past few years."

"What is the elder brother talking about? My fifth brother and I don't have much talent. The elder brother and the second elder brother are officials outside, so we can only try our best to look after our family."

The Fu family brothers have a very good relationship, so they have not separated for so many years.It is a typical example of family harmony.

Among the five brothers, apart from the fourth uncle who died of illness, the third uncle and the fifth uncle both had the rank of Wu Sanguan. The third uncle served as the deputy envoy of the Qun Mu Department, but he basically didn't take things seriously.The fifth uncle was the Shaoqing in Honglu Temple, which was also a leisurely position.

The two are mainly responsible for housekeeping. After all, under the name of the Fu family, there are [-] households in the Duke's Mansion, tens of thousands of acres of land, and there are many businesses and shops in the family, which need to be taken care of by family members.

"Saburo?"

"The son is here."

"After you get married, you will start a mansion. The Hou Mansion also has [-] hereditary households. By then, some of the [-] households in the family have not been separated for decades. The family has a large population. It is just time to take this opportunity to separate One hundred households and you, these are the hereditary trilogy of the Fu family, you should treat them kindly."

"It's Ayer, I understand."

After talking about family matters, everyone saw that Fu Maoxiu was a little sleepy, so they all resigned.Only Dalang and Saburo followed Aye to the back hall.

Fu Maoxiu was lying on a rocking chair with a thin quilt covering his body. Because it was still cold in spring, there was a brazier next to it, and all the smokeless silver charcoal was burned in it.

The Fu family brothers sat on the chairs beside them, they knew that the two brothers must have something to talk about if they were left behind.

"Da Lang thought that what His Majesty wanted to say to me just now?"

"It should be a change."

"Hehehe, Dalang's quick thinking is far better than mine."

Fu Jinchuan was stunned when he heard this, and then he recalled that the Emperor Daojun did say in the Daming Palace, "It's time to change the law of the ancestors."

He thought he was just joking with his father? Can this ancestral law be changed at will?

"Your Majesty has the heart, and I should do my best to help, but this matter really involves too much. Prime Minister, how can it be so easy?"

"Does Your Majesty really want Aye to be prime minister?" Saburo asked with some doubts.

Fu Maoxiu said with a smile: "If I nod my head, do you believe that His Majesty will add something about Tong Zhongshu to me tomorrow?"

Fu Jinchuan still had some unbelievability, but Aye had no choice but to believe in his understanding of the Taoist Emperor.

Fu Huaichuan said: "Aye, if His Majesty insists on reforming the law, how should the Fu family deal with themselves?"

Fu Maoxiu laughed and said, "How do I deal with myself? But any political reform will inevitably lead to conflicts between old and new parties."

"When the time comes, you brothers, one will be the new party, and the other will be the old party." "Mutual references."

(End of this chapter)