Inheritance policy

Chapter 261

Chapter [-] Wind Rises

There was no talking when eating or sleeping, and there was no sound at the women's table, and occasionally there was the sound of cups and porcelain clashing. In contrast, the male guests' table seemed much more lively.

Taking advantage of the joy of the new year, the men made a fuss, stood beside the emperor to the father-in-law, and read a new year's Fu with a high voice, parallel four Li six, flat and flat, a long story, but the content is empty, words It's nothing, which is very in line with the Tian family's usual style.

The children of the clan took turns to toast, first to the emperor, and then to several senior uncles. After the round was over, the following people wanted to toast to His Royal Highness King Yu, who was in charge of the throne, but they looked at each other and no one was willing to be this early bird. .

Unexpectedly, the fourth prince raised the wine cup and went to the second prince, holding the cup in both hands, and said in a very calm and serious tone: "My brother wishes the second brother a happy new year, with a spirit of dragon and horse."

The second prince smiled brightly, stretched out his hand, raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp, then patted the fourth prince on the shoulder, and laughed repeatedly: "Borrow the good words of the fourth brother, borrow the good words of the fourth brother!"

The fourth prince's face moved slightly, he was taken aback for a moment, and then he followed the second prince and laughed loudly.

After the fourth prince made a toast, he made a start, and the people below became enthusiastic. The clan children who can still participate in the banquet are actually far away from the royal family, but everyone toasted the second prince, but their tone was affectionate Very much—everyone can imagine that, according to the current degree of eccentricity of the emperor, after the emperor goes west, only the eldest son can take the throne. Who remembers someone like you.

The sixth prince looked at the crowd surrounded by the second prince, his eyes narrowed, he lightly raised his hand, took a sip of Huadiao wine, and then raised his head, unexpectedly saw Zhou Pingning, the second son of Prince Pingyang, looking straight at him. King Pingyang is close to Jinshang by blood, and has only two sons under his knees. Zhou Pingning, the second son of the concubine, was never qualified to appear in this kind of place when he was not married to the second daughter of the Chen family.People say that a wife is more expensive than a husband, but he is good. He is addicted to eating soft food, and a husband is more expensive than his wife.

The taste of Huadiao wine is clear and strong, and it lingers around the tongue three times in the mouth. The smell is strong but mild.

Holding the lamp in one hand, the sixth prince passed through the crowd, headed in the direction of Zhou Pingning, bowed his head in a distant salute, and then did it first as a respect.

Zhou Pingning raised his eyebrows, raised the cup with both hands, moved his throat slightly, and then drank it in one gulp, turning over the cup to indicate that there was not a single drop of wine left.

The sixth prince looked at it with a smile, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up. Zhou Pingning is now like a trapped animal trapped at the foot of the wall, and like a handful of dry wood. As long as someone gives him a little open flame, he can immediately burn it up, and then the flames will be raging. Almost a prairie fire.

After a few rounds of drinking, a group of people on the other side of the screen drove to Taiye Pond. After the New Year’s Eve family banquet, fireworks are usually set off. Across the rippling blue waves, the fireworks bloom, and their appearance is reflected on the water surface, which is better than watching in the night sky. better looking.

Xing Zhao was pregnant and couldn't be frightened, so he stayed in the Luyun hall, and so did Huan Yi.

A Yuan in Xinrong's family was not older than A Jin, and the children were happy to play with the children. A Jin held A Yuan's hand and would not let go, so Huanyi had to entrust the eldest daughter to Xin Rong, and confessed with a serious expression. A few words, no children and no daughters, two pregnant women sitting together and chatting can be regarded as taking care of each other, Queen Fang expressed that she was very relieved.

The pavilion in the middle of the lake was full of people, the lanterns were hung high, and they were seated in order. Soon after, the other side of the Taiye Pool screamed "咻咻咻——" three times into the sky, and then it opened in the sky with a "boom". The fireworks opened and closed, paused for a moment in the air, and could clearly see the outline of the territory of the Great Zhou. After the pause, sparks fell rapidly, and the light gradually disappeared on the mirror lake.

The emperor took the lead in clapping his hands, and someone below flattered him loudly: "The Shang Dynasty has ruled the world for more than [-] years. The Tatars are in the north, the pirates are in the south, Jiayu is in the west, Koryo is in the east, and the central plains are settled. Their merits are comparable to those of Shun Yao, and their profits are comparable. Yanhuang!"

In fact, the southeast pirates have not yet calmed down, but who dares to touch the emperor here.

The emperor leaned back in the chair, his drooping face suddenly trembled, with a little complacency, he raised his jaw slightly, half-closed his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Empress Fang glanced at the emperor, and turned her head away calmly. Most of the incompetent emperors in history could not get rid of their grandiose feats, sensuality, and ways of practicing Taoism and asking Buddha, but she never thought that he would combine these three things. It's all taken up, and one thing is added to take Wushi powder.

I don't know how the annals of future generations will record him and her.

Probably also like those empresses.

With a hasty brushstroke, all the grievances and grievances of their life have been sealed in the yellowed history.

The emperor looked very proud, waved his hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "Are these fireworks prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"Back to the emperor, it was developed by the Zhenbao Company." Bow to the father-in-law to answer the question.

"reward--"

The emperor hadn't finished his reward, but he heard the voice of King Pingyang abruptly interjected, "The contribution of the east, west, north, south and north outside this territory, the emperor's brother is naturally the first person in the first 300 years and the next 300 years, but the minister is I heard that there is still unrest within the territory of the Great Zhou."

The emperor's brows furrowed, and then his anger arose, and he frowned in a dizzy state and asked, "Where? What's the matter? Why did no one report to me!?"

King Pingyang glanced at the sixth prince, quickly got up and lifted his robe, and knelt down on the ground: "Return to the emperor, today is a good day and night, I shouldn't have talked about this, but it's an emergency, and my younger brother just ruthlessly did that." Disappointing person. My brother has been in charge of the clan mansion for a long time. I checked the account books of the clan mansion years ago and found that the Jiangnan tribute tax has been getting lower and lower year after year. Today, the tribute tax is less than 200 million taels of silver. The silver taels distributed to the clan mansion in the area are less than 3 taels!"

King Pingyang paused, put his hands on the blue brick floor, bowed his head, and then said: "What can a mere 10 silver do? The annual expenditure of the clan is more than 3 snowflake silver. Cosmetics, powder and spices alone amounted to [-] taels of silver. In the rich and fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, the [-] taels of silver from the tribute tax clan's mansion is just a drop in the bucket, just like a merchant and rich family rewarding a tael of copper to beg for flowers on the street!"

The emperor had not asked about court affairs for a long time, and had no idea about tribute, tax and silver, but he heard King Pingyang's serious tone, and then saw that his expression was serious, he could not help but slowly sit up straight, straightened his waist, but found that he had used all his strength It's not straight anymore.

Sit up slowly with the emperor and the sixth prince and Queen Fang.

What King Pingyang said was exactly what the Sixth Prince had been investigating in the past few months. Even the Ministry of Household Affairs did not dare to attack Jiangnan lightly. The Sixth Prince dared to conduct a thorough investigation under the water only because of his status as the son of the Emperor’s heir— —Even he should be afraid, dare not rashly put the investigation on the table, how dare King Pingyang? !
King Pingyang has always been just an idle prince, good at raising flowers and amusing birds, no matter how beautiful he is and sings, but also with green water and green mountains, the only bad thing is power disputes, the emperor wants to promote his younger brother, and hand over the family mansion to him , the royal family and clan are now very distantly related by blood, and there is no difficulty in managing a clan mansion if there are too many clan children. Even so, King Pingyang still can't manage it in an orderly manner. Old things?

Said that he was able to see the filth and filth in the south of the Yangtze River from the accounts of the clan mansion with little knowledge, and the six princes would not believe it even if they were beaten to death.

What does King Pingyang want to do?
The sixth prince's eyes dimmed for a moment, and then he looked at Zhou Pingning.

Zhou Pingning's eyes flashed, and he happened to look at the sixth prince for a moment, then pursed his lips lightly, making an unclear mouth shape.

Chen from the Chen family?Or the minister of the courtier?Or punishment?

The sixth prince's mind was spinning quickly, and suddenly he was clever, pinching his hands on the chair and stool, just about to speak, but he heard the emperor's weak voice after the silence.

"You mean to say that the Jiangnan area has embezzled tax money privately, and the people in the camp have colluded to form a party, deceive the superiors, and oppress the subordinates to dismiss me and the royal family as beggars!?"

The emperor's last words were extremely passionate. This was challenging his authority as an emperor. No one can challenge his authority as an emperor!The emperor's veins were exposed and burst out.

"How long has this been going on?"

"It's been three years since I reported to the emperor." King Pingyang buried his head even lower.

"Why hasn't anyone told me about it! The officials of the household department eat the food and pay of the heavenly family, wear the brocade that I bestow on them, and take the snowflake silver from the official family! The corpse is a vegetarian meal and has nothing to do!"

The emperor slapped the wooden table with his palm, and the "pop" was not too loud, but it was the only sound that could be heard in the whole hall.

No one dared to answer, and there were still a few fires in the sky that were too late to fall.

King Pingyang knew how to provoke the emperor's anger, oh, no, it was Chen Xian who knew what the emperor cared about and valued the most.

As the authority of the emperor, and the absolute control and mastery of this land.

The sixth prince thought to himself.

King Pingyang quickly raised his head to look at the sixth prince, quickly lowered his head, and said in a very fast voice: "Your Majesty, luckily! The officials of the Ministry of Households have a vegetarian meal, but His Highness Duan Wang is worried about the world first—His Royal Highness Duan Wang has already turned it over. The account details of the Jiangnan officialdom over the past ten years will be thoroughly investigated by sending people to Jiangnan a few years ago.

The sixth prince's heart sank, and he waited for the next word.

The emperor couldn't figure out where King Pingyang was going?Why did he suddenly jump from colluding with party members in the Jiangnan officialdom to praising Lao Liu? Could it be that this drama was carefully arranged by Lao Liu?
The emperor looked at the sixth prince, frowned and then turned to King Pingyang: "Do you have any clues?"

King Pingyang shook his head, "His Royal Highness Duan Wang's own strength is already too much, and I implore the emperor to send officials to follow His Royal Highness Duan into the south of the Yangtze River again to thoroughly investigate this matter, so as to rectify my country's style of great Zhou and curb the unhealthy atmosphere in the officialdom!"

King Pingyang repeated it again, with a firm tone: "I implore His Royal Highness Duan Wang to enter the south of the Yangtze River again, so as to rectify the foundation of the country!"

That's it!

The sixth prince suddenly realized!
He was forced out of Dingjing and forced to go to Jiangnan. He had deep grievances with Jiangnan officials, and Chen Xian was so good at killing people with a knife!
King Pingyang's remarks made him so high that he was the first to intervene in Jiangnan's accounts. If he didn't go south with the officials, what he did would be nothing more than a posturing for gaining fame and reputation!
The sixth prince twisted his hands and was about to answer, but a small palace man who was running quickly walked in, knelt on his knees, and said loudly: "Princess Duan suddenly feels a little sick in her stomach. I hope that Zhang Yuanjue and His Royal Highness Duan Wang will go to Luyun Hall." go!"

(End of this chapter)