The best little eunuch

Chapter 114 What is the relationship between her and Yunying

Chapter 114 What is the relationship between her and Yunying

"Lin Aiqing's overheating is indeed a pillar of our Great Yan Dynasty." The emperor also praised.Obviously, the current Lin Feng, in the eyes of the emperor, is pleasing to the eye no matter what.

"It's just a coincidence, Weichen." Lin Fengfeng said modestly.

"Lin Aiqing doesn't need to be modest, your arrow skills are obvious to all." The emperor said: "Lin Aiqing shot the prey, and I have nothing to reward you, so I will reward you with this bow and arrow." His bow and arrow were handed to Lin Feng again.

Holding that well-made bow and arrow, especially the bow and arrow inlaid with jewels, Lin Feng was so excited: How much can this be sold for? "Thank you, my lord." Lin Feng was blunt, without even being polite, and accepted it directly.Anyway, there are many good things in the treasure house of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I don't care if there is one less thing.

This time it was not so much the emperor hunting, but rather the emperor watching his subjects hunt.After all, the emperor was too young to draw his bow.That is to say, watching others hunt and enjoying themselves.

What surprised Lin Feng was that King Wu had been following the team, but he didn't say a word, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Riding his horse to the side of King Wu, Lin Feng said, "Your Highness King Wu doesn't seem to like hunting?"

"It's not like I like it." King Wu said: "This king also accompanied the first emperor to hunt many times, but since he went to Nanjiang, there is no chance to hunt again. After a long time, I forgot to go back like this." It's over. However, returning to this royal garden this time reminds me of a lot of things."

"That must be a good memory of His Highness King Wu." Lin Feng said with a smile.

"That's right, I can still vividly remember the scene when Emperor Father led us to hunt in this imperial garden. It's a pity that things are different now." King Wu said with some emotion.Both his father and his elder brother died young.

"His Royal Highness, don't be sad." Lin Feng comforted.

Looking at the distance, King Wu said: "I just remembered some things from the past." After speaking, King Wu looked at Lin Feng and said, "This king can be pardoned by the court this time, thanks to Lord Lin for his help. "

"Where is His Highness King Wu? You were originally coerced by a group of rebellious officials and thieves, so I naturally want to tell the truth." Lin Feng said.After all, there are a lot of people here, so it's better to be cautious.

"Anyway, thank you, Lord Lin. If Lord Lin is useful to me in the future, feel free to speak up. Don't dare to say anything else. In the provinces on the other side of the Nanjiang River, I still need to use my words. Yes." King Wu made a promise to Lin Feng.In any case, King Wu has also been in Nanjiang for so many years, whether it is contacts or other things, it must be good.

"Thank you, Your Highness, King Wu. If there is a need, I will definitely trouble His Highness, King Wu." Lin Feng said to King Wu.

"As long as this king can help, I will definitely not shirk." Wu Wang said.

The group hunted until noon and arrived at the pre-arranged camp. Naturally, the little eunuch was already waiting here.This time, there were quite a lot of prey from hunting, especially after seeing that Lin Feng received such a big reward, those courtiers who originally thought that one thing is worse than one thing couldn't help it, and began to show off.It was precisely because of their performance that it highlighted Lin Feng's proficiency in bowing horses.

"Lin Aiqing, come, sit by my side." The emperor shouted loudly to Lin Feng.

As soon as the emperor got off his horse, a young eunuch came forward to wait on him. After all, he had already set out the prepared snacks and tea.Of course, there must be some of those ministers, but compared with the emperor, they are far behind, or how to reflect the difference in status?
Sitting at the same table with the emperor made Lin Feng the focus. "Lin Aiqing, try the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made in the palace. I have eaten it for so many years, and I have never felt tired."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Feng said, picked up a piece and ate it.He also ate a lot of these pastries at the Queen Mother's place, but he was really hungry after riding a horse for so long today, so eating these pastries was extraordinarily delicious.

"How is it? Is this cake not bad?" The emperor also asked while eating the cake.

Nodding his head, Lin Feng said, "Very good."

"Then when you go back, I'll have someone send some to you." The emperor said casually.But Lin Feng could tell from the emperor's words that the emperor had great faith in him.Could it be that he is going to become a new generation of power ministers?Lin Feng said obscenely in his heart.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Lin Feng hurriedly thanked him.

The pastries were just a transitional one. The prey brought back by Lin Feng and the others had already been cleaned up by the people sent by the Shangshan Supervisor, and then baked on the spot.Smelling the scented prey, Lin Feng couldn't help swallowing.It is so fragrant.

Soon, the prey was roasted, and under the command of several eunuchs in charge, the prey was cut up quickly, and the best part was naturally the emperor's. Since Lin Feng was at the same table with the emperor, it was naturally not bad.

According to the grades of those officials, the higher the grades, the better the rewards they get, and at the end, there are only some skeletons left.However, it's just this skeleton, it's also a reward from the emperor, isn't it?You also have to be grateful.

This hunt was more like an outing.Everyone came out to play casually, and then ate barbecue together outside. To be honest, it was really good, at least Lin Feng enjoyed it very much.I just don't know if the officials who are gnawing their bones enjoy it?

Halfway through the meal, the emperor suddenly asked: "My dear friends, I suddenly have an idea, do you agree with it?"

"I don't know what the emperor has in mind?" Li Henian, as the right prime minister, hurriedly asked.He is really afraid of the emperor now, and he has an idea after a while, which gives him a headache.Moreover, he still had to do it, because he was Prime Minister You, no matter what the emperor ordered, he had to do it or arrange someone to do it.

"I want to set up a hunting team, and usually take care of the royal garden for me, and then when I come to hunt, I can hunt with me, what do you think?" The emperor is a child after all, so he naturally thought of all kinds of fun. of things.

"Your Majesty, the national treasury is empty now, and the two provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have just fought a war. Naturally, they need to recuperate. The imperial court still has to allocate funds. There are too many places to spend money." Li Henian immediately objected.In any case, the emperor can be regarded as his student, and he does not want the emperor to become a foolish king who plays with things and loses his mind.Although this is beneficial to him, others will scold him behind his back.Therefore, Li Henian tried his best to stop it.

Hearing Li Henian's words, the emperor was unhappy, and said: "Every time I say something, you say you have no money. What about the court's annual tax revenue? Where did it go?"

"Your Majesty, the imperial court has a lot of tax revenue every year, but there are also many places to spend the money." Li Henian said.Of course, he wouldn't say that many provinces couldn't collect taxes at all.If it weren't for the concern about the court's face, I'm afraid those provinces would not hand over a penny to the court.

When King Wu rebelled last time, those provinces withheld all the taxes, and then paid some symbolically after King Wu was pardoned.However, most of the tax revenue was seized privately by the governor of the given land.

Of course, Li Henian can't say these things publicly. Although it's no secret, this layer of window paper cannot be pierced.Otherwise, there will be big problems.Now, the imperial court can only pretend to be stupid.You pay as much as you want.The imperial court never asked about specific figures.

However, the revenue of the imperial court has decreased, but the expenditure of the imperial court has not decreased at all.The annual military salary of several million taels of silver is indispensable for the frontier army, and the salaries of so many officials in the court must also be given.

What is particularly exaggerated is that those provinces that do not pay taxes actually have to pay the salaries of officials from the court!
"Forget it, forget it, I already knew this result." The emperor waved his hand impatiently and said.Every time he wants to propose something that costs money, Li Henian will definitely try his best to stop it.This time is no exception.

Lin Feng also knew what Li Henian said about the emptiness of the national treasury.After all, Jin Quan and Ding are both in the Zhengshitang, even if these things can be hidden from others, they can't be hidden from these two political advisers.

"Your Majesty, I have a method, which may alleviate the problem of the court's insufficient tax revenue." Lin Feng said.

Looking at Lin Feng, the emperor asked happily: "Please tell me, Lin Aiqing." There is a way to make the court charge more money, how could the emperor not want to.As long as the court has money, Li Henian will not stop him if he wants to spend money on anything.

"Your Majesty, since the founding of the country, this dynasty has not levied taxes on merchants, but after so many years of development, commerce has become very prosperous. I feel that a part of commercial taxes can be properly collected." Lin Feng said.Regarding the collection of commercial tax, Lin Feng thought about it in Jinling.With such a developed business, if no tax is collected, it will be a big loss to the court.

"Your Majesty, you can't. Isn't it a competition for the interests of the people by levying a commercial tax?" Li Henian immediately stood up to object.Even Li Henian's opponent, Liu Rufeng, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, no. It is absolutely not feasible to levy a commercial tax."

Sneered a bit, Lin Feng knew the reason for this.Most of the ministers in these courts came from Jiangnan.Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, so there are many scholars.Even children from ordinary peasant families will go to private schools for two days.After such a long time, instead, a culture of emphasizing literature has been developed in Jiangnan.

It is precisely because of this that a large number of scholars in Jiangnan pass the exam every year, and most of these scholars are fellow villagers, so the civil servant group in Jiangnan was formed in the court.Now that Lin Feng wants to levy commercial tax, it naturally touched their interests, so Li Henian and Liu Rufeng immediately stood up to oppose it.

Seeing that even Prime Minister Wei of the court stood up to object, the emperor knew that there must be no way out, so he said: "Since this matter is still to be discussed, let's not mention it for now. We are here to hunt today, so let's not talk about it before the court. Set aside."

"The emperor is wise." Hearing what the emperor said, Li Henian and Liu Rufeng said at the same time, and then sat down slowly.They looked at each other, and it was obvious that they were absolutely on the same page on this issue.

The issue of commercial tax was only brought up once during the hunt, and there was no further movement. It's not that it didn't mention it, but that there was too much resistance in the court.It was so big that Lin Feng didn't dare to mention it casually.Because every time Lin Feng had a hint of raising the issue of commercial tax, the officials would immediately become agitated, and some even wanted to eat Lin Feng with a strong reaction.

On this day, the court meeting.

"Did you all see the urgent report from the southeast province?" the emperor asked.Today just started spring, and the pirates along the coast have started to rampant again, and several coastal villages have already been attacked by them.

(End of this chapter)