Thief Emperor

Chapter 593 Preparation for the Uprising

After getting this answer, Du Qian bowed to Li Yun, then bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency has just returned to Jinling, and there are things going on at home. I will take my leave first, and I will come to congratulate you tomorrow."

Li Yun said "hmm" and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a cry. Two midwives came running out, one ran to Xue Yun'er and the other ran to Li Yun. The midwife who came to Li Yun looked at him cautiously, then lowered her head and forced a smile on her face: "Congratulations, Mr. Li, on the birth of a baby!"

Li Yun saw her like this and knew that she was probably having a daughter. He didn't care about it and asked immediately, "Are the mother and daughter safe?"

"Yes, yes, mother and daughter are safe."

Seeing that Li Yun was not angry, the midwife breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It is rare for us to make mistakes when delivering babies. Master Li can rest assured."

"As long as mother and daughter are safe."

Li Yun looked at Du Qian who had not yet left, and smiled: "Brother Du, I now have a son and a daughter."

Du Qian was thinking about what to say at this moment. Seeing that Li Yun didn't seem to be annoyed by the gender issue, he stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Congratulations on your promotion!"

To be honest, Du Qian was still a little disappointed, because Li Yun's family really didn't have many people, and so far, he only had one son.

This is extremely unstable. In the view of traditional scholar-officials like Du Qian, it would be best if Li Yun had three or more sons. Only then would the Jiangdong regime have a great chance of existing stably and for a long time.

Now, Li Yun's second child is a daughter, which is somewhat unsatisfactory.

However, Li Yun himself did not have such thoughts. In his opinion, raising a son or a daughter would not make much difference.

He clasped his fists in return and said with a smile, "It's already evening today. My family just had a daughter, so I guess it will be busy for a while. Once I have sorted out my family affairs, I will go find Brother Du and discuss matters together."

"it is good."

Du Qian bowed and left Li Garden. Li Yun then entered the delivery room and met Lu Huan, who looked pale and bloodless. After seeing Li Yun, Lu Huan bit her lip lightly.

"My dear husband, I..."

There was something not quite right about her expression.

As a woman born and raised in this era, and having stayed in Jinling for such a long time, she knew very well that being Li Yun's concubine was very different from being a concubine of others.

Giving birth to a son in Liyuan is very different from giving birth to a daughter.

Li Yun stepped forward, touched her hair, and said with a smile: "Huan'er has made a great contribution to our Li family."

Lu Huan leaned on Li Yun's chest and sighed softly, "It's a pity that it's not a son."

Li Yun patted her shoulder and said softly, "Sons and daughters are all the same, there is no difference."

Lu Huan hummed, leaned into Li Yun's arms, and soon fell asleep due to exhaustion.

After she fell asleep, Li Yun put her back on the bed and walked out of the room.

At this moment, the newborn girl was held in Xue Yun'er's arms. After Li Yun came out, Xue Yun'er quickly showed the baby to him and said with a smile, "Look, my dear, she looks just like Sister Lu."

Li Yun looked at his daughter, held her in his arms, and looked at her carefully.

Indeed, she is somewhat similar to Lu Huan. He smiled and said, "It's a good thing if she looks like her mother. If she looks like me, that would be bad."

Although Li Yun was not ugly, he was too tall and looked rather masculine. For a girl, looking like him would obviously not be a good thing.

After looking at the child for a while, Xue Yuner smiled softly and said, "My husband, please give this child a name."

Li Yun touched his chin, pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "When this child grows up, he will be able to see a world that is completely different from the present."

"Just give it a special name."

When Li Yun chose this name, he actually had a poem in his mind.

The goddess should be unharmed, and should be shocked by the world.

But in this era, I am afraid no one can understand the meaning of this poem.

"Li Shu."

Xue Yun'er nodded and said with a smile: "My husband is becoming more and more talented now."

Li Yun also smiled, turned around to look at the servants behind him, and said, "Hang up lanterns and decorate with lights."

Li Yuan's servant was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded his head in response.

Only then did Li Yuan start hanging up red lanterns and celebrating.

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The next morning, most of the prominent figures in Jinling City had already known the news of Li Yun's return, and they came to congratulate Li Yun one by one. Most of them brought expensive gifts to give to Li.

It is worth mentioning that if Li Yun had a son, these people might not necessarily send such important gifts, because celebrating the birth of a son is a normal thing.

But now that Li Yun has a daughter and is celebrating like this, these people will think that Li Yun wants to take this opportunity to "ask" for gifts from them.

But at this time, Li was too lazy to engage in intrigue with these people, let alone bother with them.

After a simple rest in Li Garden for one night, he arrived at the Jinling government office the next morning.

At this moment, there were three people sitting in the public housing of the Jinling government office, namely Du Qian, Yao Zhong, and Xu Ang.

After seeing Li Yun, the three people hurriedly stood up, bowed their heads and saluted, claiming to be in a high position.

Li Yun found a place to sit down, pressed his hands down, and said, "Everyone sit down and talk."

The three people sat down one after another.

After Du Qian sat down, he looked at Li Yun and said with a smile: "If the superior wants to discuss matters, he can just ask someone to come over and call him. Why did he come here in person?"

Li Yun shook his head slightly: "I'm not paralyzed. I need to move when I need to. Besides, there's a wedding going on at home right now. There are so many people around, it's not very convenient."

At this point, he looked at the three people and said with a smile: "My daughter is born. All three of you should come to my house tonight and have a drink."

All three of them nodded their heads.

After a few polite words, Li Yun slowly said: "Okay, let's talk about serious matters."

Li Yun reached out and knocked on the table, and said, "I only want to ask three questions today. The first one is about Jinling New City, the second one is about Jinling Literary Society, and the third one is..."

At this point, he looked at Yao Zhong and said slowly, "How is the equal distribution of land in each state, county and prefecture going now?"

These three things are what Jiangdong is currently doing and must accomplish. They are also what Li Yun is most concerned about during his time in the north.

He rushed back just for these things.

These matters are not only related to internal affairs. If handled well, they can also provide Li Yun with strong motivation and continuous support in the rear when the troops march to the southeast.

Du Qian said quickly: "The new city has basically been built. Some plots of land in the new city have also been bought by many wealthy businessmen. Now houses are being built. It is estimated that people will be able to live in it by the end of this year."

"As for the Jinling Literary Society, we have already selected all the 300 people in the Jinling Literary Society. According to the instructions of the superior, some of the 300 people who need to be arranged have been arranged to take up their posts in various places. Some of them are not in a hurry, or they are very important people. They are still waiting in Jinling City. After the superior comes back and meets with them, they will be arranged together."

Du Qian could have made the decision on such personnel arrangements by himself, but he left the main task to Li Yun. This is Du Qian's philosophy of life.

He never forgets to highlight the subject.

Li Yun is Jiangdong, the undisputed main character.

Li Yun nodded gently and smiled, "Let me rest for two days and take care of my daughter's affairs, then I will start meeting these people."

"What about the public land and the equal distribution of land?"

This time, Du Qian did not speak, but just looked at Yao Zhong. Yao Zhong quickly stood up and said, "Reporting to the Lord, in the past six months, I and Lord Fei have traveled all over the East Road of Jiangnan. All the counties in the East Road of Jiangnan now have more than 30,000 acres of public land, and some large counties can have an additional 100,000 acres of land."

"According to the plan of this humble official and Mr. Fei, we can rent one to two acres of land to those who have no property or land, rent-free. For the part exceeding this amount, we will charge a certain amount of rent."

"In this way, we can basically guarantee the stability of all parts of Jiangdong. As for Jiangnan West Road, since it has just been restored, the Fei government is still moving around."

"I should have followed you, but Du Lingyin asked me to stay in Jinling to help with the Jinling Literary Society, so I stayed in Jinling for the time being."

Li Yun nodded, looked at the three people, and said with a smile: "It seems that the time is not right to completely equalize the land. However, since the public land can be established and the local tyrants have been hit hard, I still want to do one more thing."

He said softly, "The poll tax will be included in the land tax."

"The two taxes will be unified. In the future, we will only collect land tax, not adult tax."

The Ding tax alone forced countless people to become illegal residents and live in the mountains as savages every year. This was an absolutely evil policy.

Back then, the first group of people in Cangshan Dazhai, that is, the generation of Li Yun’s father, were forced to go to the mountains and become bandits because of the poll tax.

Having said this, seeing the four scholars sitting there dumbfounded, Li Yun took a deep breath and felt very confident.

“If these things can be done, do them well.”

"We can go compete for the Central Plains this year!"

(End of this chapter)