My Ancient Stepson Bootcamp

Among the invitations that Lin Shuran received, the one with the highest status was Prince Chun’s Mansion. The old Prince Chun Zhao Zhen is already very old this year. Even though he is about the same age as the late emperor, his seniority is higher than the late emperor’s. Call him "Uncle Emperor".

Prince Jin is an idle prince, and Prince Jin's Mansion has always kept a low profile in the capital. The invitation Lin Shuran received was given to her by the old prince's daughter-in-law, Princess Jin, inviting her to attend the flower silk banquet held by the Palace in two days.

The so-called flower silk banquet was a very special banquet in the autumn of the Jin Dynasty. Most of the guests were female family members. On the day of the banquet, they had to wear all kinds of beautiful clothes made of silk and satin, and then they arranged flowers and tasted tea together. An elegant and fun activity.

Lin Shuran also received invitations from Princess Qingyang and several other palaces, but these people were all juniors in front of old Prince Jin, and she felt that the first family should go to Prince Jin's palace first.

Soon, the day of Huasi Banquet arrived. As soon as Lin Shuran's carriage arrived at Prince Jin's Mansion, many people came up to greet her, and everyone who knew her or not smiled at her, which was rare in the past.

Lin Shuran didn't pretend to be aloof, and smiled back enthusiastically, expressing her enough affinity and kindness, which made those who intended to curry favor with the General's Mansion warm up to her even more, and she was almost surrounded by Then he entered Prince Chun's mansion.

A lot of people were invited to the Silk Banquet today. After entering the palace, Lei Yingying saw Lin Shuran surrounded by a group of people, so she forcibly dragged her out of the crowd and took her to a secluded place to hide.

"Look at this group of people. When I saw you before, I was so disgusted that I stayed eight feet away. Now when I see you, it's like a bear seeing honey. I can't shake it off!" Lei Yingying said with a light breath.

The two sat down in a gazebo, and Lei Yingying also ordered their respective maids, if anyone came to see them, just say that the two of them were talking privately, and no one else was allowed to disturb them.

"I know what they are thinking. They want my husband to be merciful. If one mu of land is less collected and less land tax is paid, they, the mistresses, will be able to have more money!"

Lin Shuran has already seen through the over-enthusiasm of these noble ladies in the capital. The new decree stipulates that officials of the third rank and above and princes and nobles who have more than [-] acres of fertile land will be levied a land property tax. The more land property taxes, the more officials of the seventh rank and above will be charged with land property taxes if they exceed [-] mu.

In the past, the imperial court exempted or reduced taxes for these people. Now they are asked to pay money to the imperial court. They are naturally unwilling. Give in for the time being, and even think about delaying it for a while, maybe someone will stand up and confront the emperor.

In Lin Shuran's view, [-] acres of fertile land is enough to support many people, but the rich who are used to living a luxurious life feel that it is far from enough. The emperor's new decree is going to kill them. Where can they get money to pay taxes? .

"My majesty, I don't know if I was too impatient. During this time, many officials either lost their lives or were dismissed because of this incident. There are even many people in the capital who are selling land!" Lei Yingying also became worried. They also have hundreds of acres of land in Yunzhou.

Lin Shuran also knew about this. Seeing Lei Yingying's sad face, she said with a smile: "There's nothing to worry about. It stands to reason that fifty acres of fertile land can support a family. If there are surplus fertile land, as long as the yield per mu is high, After paying the tax, there will still be a lot left, which is not a bad thing for farmers."

"Sister, fifty acres of fertile land is quite a lot, but for a family like us, it is far from enough. The masters of each family have to eat fine rice noodles, and there are a lot of servants to raise, and the price of food is so high. Not too low, in times of famine, people will starve to death, and no one is willing to spend more money.” Lei Yingying thinks that Lin Shuran is less understanding of farming than she is, and they are all used to rich food and clothing since they were young. If you are a lady in life, you can't bear it if you eat bran swallowed vegetables every day.

Lin Shuran wanted to tell her that the reason why she thought this was that the base of grain production before the Jin Dynasty was low. If the yield per mu increased, everyone would not worry about running out of food, and the price of grain would stabilize. Didn’t the emperor already set her up? Have you told the people in the household department about the planting method? Why don't you believe that one mu of land can produce nearly a thousand catties of grain? !

"Sister Lei's sister said yes!" At this moment, a young beauty in a green silk dress came over, she looked at Lei Yingying and Lin Shuran in the pavilion with a smile on her face, and at the same time said embarrassingly , "I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your speech!"

Lei Yingying glared at her unhappily, with displeasure on her face, but her tone was very familiar, and said, "Only you know whether it was intentional or not. As Prince Jin and the concubine, shouldn't you go to the front to greet the guests?" , What are you doing looking for us?!"

Chen Jiayu, Prince Jin's concubine, smiled, and Shi Li stepped forward and said, "Sister Lei's sister blamed me for robbing your fiancée, but it was you who said you didn't want it back then, sister, I found a place for myself."

This is Prince Chun's mansion, Lei Yingying and Lin Shuran had no reason to stop the owner from entering the pavilion, Lin Shuran was curious about Lei Yingying's relationship with this person, it seemed that Lei Yingying didn't like Prince Chun's concubine, but It feels like the relationship between the two is very close.

Lei Yingying glared again at Prince Chun's concubine approaching the pavilion, and then introduced to Lin Shuran who was beside her, "Sister Ran, this is Chen Jiayu, the eldest daughter of the current prime minister, and now the concubine of Prince Jin's mansion. I tried my best to abduct my fiancé into my hands, so I had no choice but to divorce Prince Jin's Mansion, this woman is the most treacherous, you must not have too much contact with her."

Lin Shuran was taken aback, knowing that Lei Yingying has always spoken outspokenly, but she hadn't seen her being so "outspoken" in front of people, she looked at Chen Jiayu with some embarrassment, but felt strange, didn't it mean that Prime Minister Chen only had one daughter , is it Chen Jiating who is about to marry into the Dingyuan Hou Mansion?Why is there another eldest daughter here?Has she never heard of this person before?

In fact, it's not that Lin Shuran has never heard of it, but that the memories of other people in her mind have been blurred and forgotten, that's all.

Chen Jiayu was not angry when she heard Lei Yingying say this, but she looked at Lin Shuran and explained with a smile: "Mrs. Just give me a way out, this kindness will never be forgotten."