After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Over time, land will become cheaper and cheaper and will soon be back in the hands of farmers.

Of course, under this premise, legislation must be enacted to target wealthy families recruiting tenants and collecting rent, and the legislative standard should be based on four to five.

We will never have to pay 70% of the rent as we did in the past.

In addition, if the head tax is abolished and only property tax is collected, tenants will no longer need to pay additional taxes, and all taxes will be paid by those who own the land.

All the ministers in the court felt bitter!

They just watched helplessly as this shameless father and daughter flattered each other in front of them and even wanted to expand the reform pilot.

Emperor Yong was overjoyed and made the decision with greater satisfaction, "Today, I personally appoint Wenren Ye as the new number one scholar!"

After Emperor Yong finished speaking, he named another poor student, Liu Wentai, as the runner-up and Gu Mingzhe as the third place.

The next two places will be ranked according to their comprehensive scores.

Prime Minister Gu was so angry that he fell backwards. Although the third place winner was not bad and might even become the first place winner, who would look down on the third place winner?

In particular, Wenren Ye's position as the top scholar was only achieved with the support of Princess Zhaohua.

Gu Xiang glanced at Zhong Ning with an unpleasant expression.

He thought, could it be that Princess Zhaohua has taken a fancy to Wen Renye's looks again? Having a son-in-law as beautiful as her son wasn't enough, she actually wanted to recruit Wen Renye into her service!

Prime Minister Gu was conflicted. This kind of woman was not fit to be a wife of the Gu family.

Zhong Ning looked over indifferently, without a trace of guilt on his face. Gu Xiang felt even more uncomfortable and directly accused Zhong Ning of stabbing his son in the back.

Everyone else was in a bad mood, but Emperor Yong was in a very good mood!

Emperor Yong had a very good impression of Wenren Ye, especially since he was his savior.

The article is of first-rate quality and the answers to the questions are deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Although Gu Mingzhe is a good person, Prime Minister Gu is already a high-ranking official with influence throughout the court. If his son becomes the top scholar again, I am afraid that the imperial power will no longer be able to suppress him.

The situation in the court requires a balance.

The civil service group headed by Prime Minister Gu, the aristocratic factions headed by the aristocratic families, and the military generals group.

Now the two sides are evenly matched.

However, these three factions now united against nominating Wenren Ye as the top scholar.

The reason is simple. Wen Renye's reform proposals are too harsh. If he is the top scholar, Your Majesty will definitely use him as a pioneer of reform!

Having Princess Zhaohua is already very difficult to deal with.

Here comes another one, tsk tsk, it’s not easy!

Although Wen Renye does not have any power or background, according to gossip, this person has saved the emperor!

If so, then he is a royalist.

Stand against all their ministers!

Everyone's eyes were focused on Prime Minister Gu, for no other reason than that Princess Zhaohua was engaged to the eldest son of the Gu family.

Now that Princess Zhaohua is openly standing behind Wen Renye, this is undoubtedly a stab in the back for Gu Mingzhe and even the entire Gu family.

How could she not be loyal to her own husband but instead be loyal to someone else?

It is said that Gu Shi's face turned black at that time.

The Gu family would not dare to accept such a daughter-in-law who is so ungrateful.

The Prime Minister's wife, Mrs. Du, cursed for several days in the mansion, and she also lost her good attitude towards Gu Mingzhe.

However, what no one expected was that at the formal court meeting to enthrone the new top scholar, Emperor Yong announced that Wenren Ye had saved his life and granted him special permission to make a request.

Wen Renye lifted his robe and knelt down, asking for permission in public.

My biggest wish in this life is to marry Princess Zhaohua!

Emperor Yong looked embarrassed and said that Princess Zhaohua already had an engagement.

Wen Renye immediately changed his mind and said, "Then please ask Your Majesty to cancel the engagement and give him a fair chance to compete for Princess Zhaohua!"

How can the king’s order be changed?

However, when Wen Renye begged for his life, Emperor Yong had no choice but to agree.

The two of them sang and shouted, and made Gu Xiang so angry that he fell backwards!

This time, even Zhong Ning hated him!

.......

Gu Mansion, in the study.

"You are thinking about her all the time, but at the critical moment, does she even think about you at all?" Gu Xiang was so angry that his eyes seemed to be spewing fire.

Gu Mingzhe knelt on the ground with an expressionless face.

No matter how Prime Minister Gu questioned him, he never uttered a word.

Minister Gu was furious when he saw his son, whom he had high hopes for, still harboring hopes for that woman. "I'm putting this out there. The engagement has been cancelled anyway. From today on, you are not allowed to go to the princess's mansion, let alone see her again!"

"If not, don't acknowledge me as your father anymore!"

Gu Mingzhe raised his eyelids and replied softly, "Father, you are too kind. I also want to know what happened. Her Highness must have her own considerations for doing this!"

"Consideration, consideration, she's almost bewitched by Wen Renye, and she's still considering...you useless thing, are you trying to piss me off to death?"

"Father, please calm down. I don't want to disobey you, but I still want to go and ask in person. I hope you will allow me..." Gu Mingzhe looked at Prime Minister Gu with pleading eyes.

Gu Xiang's heart sank, and he just waved his hand and said, "Get lost... Don't get in my way!"

Gu Mingzhe stood up calmly and bowed!

.........

At this time, in the princess's mansion.

Zhong Ning sat in the Qinghui Pavilion, listening to music intermittently. Since becoming a princess, she has had many privileges.

If she wanted to listen to music, she just had to tell the Jiaofangsi and a special musician would come to play for her.

The sound of the pipa is like jade beads falling to the ground, sometimes graceful and crisp, sometimes sudden like rain.

These days, many things have piled up and she is a little tired. Her time is very tight, with only one year left.

I have thought about this before, if I don’t deprive that system first, can I extend the time a little bit.

But no one expected that the deprivation card that had swallowed the two golden fingers had already had the intention to deprive and swallow them on its own when it sensed the system on Wen Renye at close range.

The two were in the palace at the time, and Zhong Ning almost couldn't suppress the deprivation card that was about to move, so when Wen Renye came to his house for the second time, he directly attacked him.

Of course, it’s also because of Qi Yu.

Because Qi Yu wanted to keep her, he took the initiative to assassinate Wen Renye, and almost died.

If she didn't deprive Wen Renye of the system, he would have an endless supply of props. If Qi Yu did anything stupid again, he would be killed.

Although she did not agree with Qi Yu's impulsiveness, she understood that it was ultimately because of her.

Qi Yu knew that she might leave, so he did this crazy thing.

What about Gu Mingzhe?

This time, Zhong Ning clearly wanted to support Wen Renye, which was bound to hurt Gu Mingzhe's feelings, but she did not regret it.

She even planned to use Wen Renye to upset Gu Mingzhe, so that he would be disappointed in her and even give up on her.

Only in this way will she not feel too guilty when she leaves.

(I finished typing today, a month ahead of schedule. I’m going to take a break for a while. Whether it’s good or bad, that’s it.)