Feudal scholar-bureaucrats reborn: marrying a husband and marrying a virtuous

October 28 was an unusual day for Lin Fangxu. It was the first time in his life that he participated in a court meeting. Although he was only listening to Guan Zheng, it was worth bragging about.

At the same time, this day is also Lin Fangxu's birthday, the year of the dancing elephant, but there is no longevity noodles made by his mother, nor a birthday gift carefully prepared by his family, and he has to get up before dawn.

Breakfast was dumplings made by the cook yesterday. Although they tasted good, they were cooked by Lin Fangyuan until the skin was a bit broken. Lin Fangxu ate a whole bowl of soup with the skin. At this moment, he felt a little stuck and was about to go out to work for the emperor.

The sun has not yet shown its face in the sky, but a few rays of sunlight have rushed out from the darkness, opening the way for its owner and driving away the stagnant haze in the world.

Lin Fangxu rubbed his stomach and walked out of the courtyard. What greeted him was not the fireworks at dawn in the capital, but Jiang Shiyun on a white horse, and..., and he had already ignored him.

Lin Fangxu's heart and stomach were no longer blocked. He happily went up to meet him, and asked concerned: "Why are you here? Are you not going to the capital camp today?"

Jiang Shiyun turned over and got off the horse, took a small package from the horse's back, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "I'm going, I'll come and see you, isn't it your birthday today, this is a birthday gift for you."

Lin Fangxu took it with a smile on his face, held it in his arms like a baby, and said emotionally: "It's far away from home, I thought it was because I couldn't receive the birthday gift prepared by my family. Fortunately, Xiaoyun is still here."

Jiang Shiwu, who was ignored, was a little upset at this time. He looked at them silently on horseback, and sneered in his heart, "I haven't married you yet, why are we family members? Besides, my father had already prepared a gift for him, but it was too late." Some were sent over. '

Jiang Shiyun didn't care about his brother's dissatisfaction, or Lin Fangxu's pretending to be pitiful, but he said worriedly: "I heard from my father that the court officials are all unfathomable people. You should be more careful today, and don't accidentally get involved. To myself. Also, my grandfather ranks among the third princes, so others can't do anything to him..."

Jiang Shiyun almost blurted out, if the situation is not good, you might as well not hang out with your grandfather and the others, but fortunately you still have reason, so you shut up immediately.

However, Lin Fangxu had already understood what he meant, and he was both amused and moved. The master probably didn't want their generation to get involved, but he didn't want to be the same thing. If he knew that his grandson was urging him to run away, leave him alone. If you do it alone, you will be so angry that you will blow your beard and stare.

Seeing him smiling happily, Jiang Shiyun flicked his horsewhip slightly angrily, and said angrily, "I found out the news yesterday, and I was almost dying of anxiety, and you're still laughing...!"

Lin Fangxu caught the whip, held on to the jade hand holding the whip, rubbed his fingers on the back of the man's hand, pulled him closer, and said softly: "Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. Hehe... how dare I take risks so easily , leaving my jade-like husband at the expense of others."

Jiang Shiyun withdrew his hand abruptly, and cursed with a blushing face: "What are you talking about?!"

Lin Fangxu said aggrievedly: "How dare I say that, if that is the case, I will not be reconciled to death!"

Seeing that he seemed to have suffered a lot, Jiang Shiyun blushed and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you taking advantage of others? I make it seem like anyone is willing to marry me."

"Pfft..." Lin Fangxu was only going to tease him, but now seeing his cute appearance, he laughed out loud, couldn't help pulling him into his arms, and said softly: "Of course, Xiaoyun has high eyes , how fortunate I am to have Xiao Yun's favor."

Jiang Shiwu saw the two hugging each other, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he quickly looked around to see if anyone was coming.

Fortunately, the surrounding people are all low-ranking Beijing officials, who are not qualified to go to the early court, and have no chance to participate in court meetings. They don't need to get up early, so they have no chance to find out that someone is flirting with each other in broad daylight.

Jiang Shiwu heaved a sigh of relief, turned around and saw Lin Fangxu was still holding his younger brother, coughed angrily, and reminded: "Xiaoyun, we have to get out of the city, otherwise we won't be able to catch up."

After watching his sweetheart leave, Lin Fangxu opened the small package. There was a wooden box with an inkstone inside, and a small handkerchief on top of the wooden box.

There are several nets of different colors and patterns wrapped in the bag.

Lin Fangxu put the two things back into the package, and asked Lin Fangyuan, who had been packing the wooden man next to him, to take them back to his room and put them away. He only looked at the handkerchief smiling softly. There must be two mandarin ducks embroidered on the handkerchief.

Lin Fangxu didn't wait long at the gate of Qianqing Palace with a handkerchief embroidered with fat mandarin ducks. The emperor left the court early and returned to Qianqing Palace accompanied by the prince and the elder brother of the emperor, followed by more than [-] important officials in red robes. .

The court meeting is no better than the early court. The early court usually does not last too long, while the court meeting lasts at least one or two hours. If it is long, there is no result in the quarrel in the morning, and the quarrel will probably continue in the afternoon.

Although Emperor Jianwen was very dissatisfied with the work ability and work attitude of these subordinates, he would not treat the employees harshly, and gave everyone a seat, including Lin Fangxu, who could also sit in the back row.

At the beginning, the court meeting was only discussed by the ministers, and the emperor just watched from the sidelines. After all the serving eunuchs retreated one by one, the Lord Chief Assistant said in a dark voice: "Let's start discussing..., everyone must know about the autumn tax in the south of the Yangtze River this year. Yes. In April, when Qin Tianjian reported that the rain this year was not as good as in previous years, the imperial court sent people to inquire about the specific situation in various places, and the local officials in charge said that although there was some impact, it would not cause too much problem.... To be honest, If Taifu Shang and others did not jointly sign the letter, I would never have thought that the problem is not a big one, but a big problem!"

After speaking, Old Kong Ge glanced at everyone, as if you disappointed the old man, and continued: "In the Jiangnan area, various problems have accumulated since the previous dynasty. In the past, they were under the watchful eyes of slaves and tigers. Rest and recuperate, and the southwest is surrounded by chieftains, so it is not easy to add trouble. Heh..., but I didn't expect that the north has recovered its vitality after such a hesitation, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River who live in the land of fish and rice still can't eat enough! If you let it go If everyone prevaricates, I am afraid that the old man will have no face to stand in the court again."

Lin Fangxu thought that it was not unreasonable for him to be only a pawn in his previous life. You kept talking like that, and you actually picked yourself up clean, as if you were deceived by the people below, and at the same time told the Holy One, he It's not that I don't care, it's just that I haven't had time to manage it yet.

Between every word and sentence, the demeanor of the first assistant was fully displayed, and then he threw the question to Mr. Dong Ge, asking: "Mr. Dong Ge's ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River, so he must have a better understanding of this intricate relationship. Where do you think you should start?"

As the second assistant of the cabinet, I am used to being superior, when did I feel aggrieved and weak?This is the time.The second assistant is always the second assistant, even if he wants to speak, he has to wait for the top person to finish speaking, so he is at a disadvantage when he comes.

Mr. Dong Ge is also a decisive person. He knows what other people are afraid of. Since no one dares to speak out, let him pick it out. I understand that whether it is the autumn tax or the lack of food for the people, there is only one root cause of all problems. That is, since the end of the previous dynasty, land mergers in Jiangnan and other places have been serious, and there are too many hidden fields and hidden households. If these problems can be completely solved , then all the problems will no longer be problems.”

Kong Ge always squinted his eyes and looked back lightly, "Heh..., didn't you ask me for an answer?The answer is this, but anyone who has a bit of knowledge, who doesn't know? !But who dares to really investigate thoroughly? !The old man will directly put it on the table for you today, let's see who can really take this job? '

Elder Dong Ge thought he had answered Kong Ge’s problem, so he stopped talking, but he didn’t know that he had thrown this problem to many people at the same time, including the holy majesty who was sitting behind the case and watching.

Just as Dong Ge always thought, most of the people present did not dare to speak easily after hearing his words.

Just when everyone seemed to be stumped by this problem, Yang Yan, the censor of Zuodu, stood up, bowed his hands to the elders, and said in a solemn voice: "Your official thinks that Elder Dong Ge has summed it up very well. Jiangnan is originally a land of fish and rice. , not like the northern prefectures were trampled by the Mongolian slave cavalry. As a result, only in the first eight years of Hongwu, the annual tax and food paid was slightly higher than that of the northern prefectures, and the gap gradually narrowed. …I really don’t want to pay an extra grain! The border city wall cannot be repaired, the flood in the Yangtze River cannot be treated, the household department is crying for poverty every day, and where the money goes, it is all

Those national beetles dug into their own homes! "

After Yang Yan finished speaking, he stepped forward a few steps, knelt in front of the emperor's case, and begged loudly: "For the prosperity of the country and the well-being of the people, I ask you to go to the south of the Yangtze River to re-measure and register the acres of land, and thoroughly investigate the hidden households!"

When Yang Yan stood up, Kong Ge closed his eyes half-closed and stopped talking, letting others look at him. Zhao Songtao and other Jiangnan officials were already a little anxious at this time, and they all sneaked a glance at the leader of their own faction. Their leader has no time to control them at this time.

After listening to Yang Yan's remarks, Mr. Dong Ge was a little surprised. Is this Mr. Kong planning to fight him for real?Or are you testing the Holy Spirit's attitude like yourself?

Hearing this, Lin Fangxu felt that he had gained a new understanding of the two elders. In his previous life, he had a case of smuggling at sea. At the end of the matter, maybe who will win?It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to see the result at that time.

However, at this time, he saw the results of the two parties testing the attitude of the Holy Spirit. From the displeasure in the eyes of the Holy Spirit after Mr. Dong Ge finished speaking, to the calm eyes at this time, there seemed to be a hint of relief. Lin Fangxu felt that no matter what the attitude of the Holy Spirit towards Jiangnan , but definitely dissatisfied with Mr. Dong Ge.