agent dressed as brother

The new crown prince and the seventh prince lived and ate at the household department day and night, and carried out the first outline of the reform. Liu Xi stopped writing and suggested to Zhou Yiyun: "His Royal Highness, you and the seventh prince have been in seclusion for a few days, why don't you go out to relax? It's a good idea, besides, the master has moved into the palace for a few days, you..."

Zhou Yiyun pinched his fingers and said: "Oh, how did I forget this matter." After speaking, he hurried out of the gate of the household department, and Lao Qi shouted from behind: "The prince's style..."

When Zhou Yiyun heard this, he walked forward and swung his sleeves, but the speed of changing his legs was a little faster, otherwise he was really a bit of a prince.After stepping into the crown prince's uterus, he ignored the kneeling servants and hurried to the crown prince's harem until he saw Liu Xu before he heaved a sigh of relief.

"Hey, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not seen you for a long time, and this concubine is giving you a gift."

"Xu'er, if you can't learn it, don't learn it. It's very awkward." Zhou Yiyun pulled his daughter-in-law up and down to look him up and down: "It's really like seeing each other every day."

"Come on, I've been in the palace for a few days, and my father and emperor have paid a visit. I can't tell that you miss me."

Zhou Yiyun waved his hand: "Let's all step back." After the servant retreated, he asked in a low voice: "Only paying respects to the father?"

Liu Xu also lowered her voice: "The nanny next to the queen mother has conveyed that she is not feeling well, so I will visit you another day." Zhou Yiyun ignored the contemplative and continued to explain the personnel arrangement for entering the palace: "The loyal old man is full of dissatisfaction. Wishing to enter the palace, Bao Bao and the others went to be lobbyists, and finally choked his life and threatened his life to resign. The father was also very happy to confer the post of Tai Tuo, but he just taught Bao Bao in a name Just a few, I found a good house facing south in the Tai Tai's womb for him to live in. Although the aunt in the mansion is guilty, but all the eleven mansions belong to the palace, and I also brought in Anzhi to be next to the Buddhist hall. Ling'er's filial piety can be considered in the small courtyard, and Xiao Ya is inconvenient, so I let him live in the Liu Mansion temporarily. After all the arrangements are made, we can decide. The girl in the mansion is unwilling to follow the palace. Mrs. Huan has left to take care of him, think about it, is there anything else that can be done?" Touched Zhou Yiyun, who was stunned: "Are you listening to me, what are you thinking?"

"Oh," regained consciousness Zhou Yiyun habitually put his arms around his wife: "You have always had the final say on the affairs of the mansion, so you don't need to tell me. By the way, is there any news about your achievements?"

Liu Xu suppressed a smile and replied: "I didn't know about it when I was locked up in the mansion, but Brother Ten sent the guards in his mansion to watch the gate, fearing that there would be some commotion, but nothing happened at all, no people came to thank Dade, let alone Throw bricks and tiles."

"People's hearts are easy to buy. The common people are not interested in weapons, but they understand that you have the heart to save people. I've been too busy these days to forget about it. Don't blame me, Xuer."

"Tch, just say it if you don't have it in your heart, what are you talking about?"

Zhou Yiyun wept and mourned: "You have wronged me as a husband." Explaining what the household department has done in the past few days, he sighed: "I know that my father is helping me outright, otherwise why would I take it so lightly? I want to do something to repay my father, and I can't let him down again."

"difficult?"

Zhou Yiyun sighed: "After discussing with Seventh Brother and Liu Xi, divide the household department into two parts, land, household registration, taxation, and military pay, and then ask local officials from all over the country to visit and verify, measure and hand over a complete statistics. Some record books are old documents, which is of no use. I plan to recruit these people to implement them as soon as the test is over. I have just joined the government and I am sincere. It is a bit difficult to promote the development of production, and I need money to distribute grain seeds. , the household department is very poor, and the emperor will not pay any more money if he does not see the results, and besides, I don't want to add more debts."

Liu Xu asked suspiciously, "Census?"

"what?"

"Oh, even the registered population and the fields or shops they own, how much food and taxes are paid every year, can be roughly calculated and can prevent officials from being suspected of corruption, and then the Ministry of Military Supplies, Food and Pay, and the Household Department also have clear accounts. Yes, it's a lot of work."

"Those who have a heavy workload don't have to sit idle."

Liu Xu glanced left and right, and complained angrily: "Why don't you ignore the father, and let you do this kind of offending thing?"

Zhou Yiyun knocked him on the head, and others said that he was not happy with his father: "No one will report to my father, I don't know about these things if it wasn't for the trip to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Now that I think about it, my father has been training me. He is still the decision maker and wants to solve all the troubles and give the next generation a smooth court."

Liu Xu still refused to accept it: "Father knew about it a long time ago, if we don't deal with it..."

"Do you know that officials and officials protect each other? The emperor said that there is no real evidence for punishment, and he has to maintain some dignity. Don't be in a hurry. If you are in a hurry, it is easy to get out of hand. Only by entrusting me to handle the thin household department can it be shown My talent." I pinched Liu Xu's unconvinced face: "Don't feel wronged for me, Father has done everything right, so what's the difference between me and the previous prince?"

"Didn't Liu Xi be transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and you still need to worry about it?"

"This palace is no better than him being a magistrate. He has to learn the relationship slowly. I have to use his brain to help me remember these things. He is still busy sorting out the historical documents. How can he help me think about it. "

Liu Xu laughed seeing his irritable appearance: "I saw that you and Seventh Brother are so busy that you forget your mind and hurt your brain. You can't think of such a simple solution. Why don't you go to the Twelfth Brother? The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households are here To form a union, the Ministry of Rites exchanges and exchanges with other countries, and we can also exchange grains. The Ministry of Households can go to various places to search for other species that can be selected according to the local soil conditions. For example, Shangrui is rich in melons and fruits, and we can also find other lands Try planting with exchanged seeds in areas with similar quality and climate. Of course, you can’t force others to do it. Just like the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, you have to find someone busy to see the results. Are you worried about the follow-up? The big Zhou has a large land and resources, and I’m afraid that it won’t be able to produce good results. Species exchanged with other countries?"

Zhou Yiyun straightened his back, flicked his cuffs and put on a stern expression: "I have something to go to the household department, so I don't need to save dinner for the night." Walking out of the Tai's uterus with his hands behind his back, Liu Xu was really fooled, waiting to see When he got to the figure, he patted his head, and he didn't ask about the serious business. Can the position of the princess fall on his head?

Stopped Lao Qi who was about to go back to the palace, discussed the feasibility of this method, conspired until dark and decided to collude secretly first, the two parties agreed to cooperate and then reported to the father to implement it thoroughly. The good things of popularity are handed over to Lao Qi. As expected, no one wants to lose the meritorious things. On the second day morning, Zhou Yiyun first spoke out to discuss the methods, and finally asked for the cooperation with the Ministry of Rites to implement it. Zhou Yuhuang In order to praise the four princes, this is a good start, and they can be won in one fell swoop when the personnel are in place. After retiring from the court, Zhou Yiyun paid a few words to the corporals and civil and military officials, and after parting ways, he began to think about what to do. It's not good to be too easy to be a prince. It's the first time I don't have any experience. Thinking about it, I'd better go to the household department. Just after turning the corner, Zhou Yifeng caught up panting: "Brother Eleven...ah no, my minister, Zhou Yifeng pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Prince. "

"Well," Zhou Yiyun put on a dignified face with his hands behind his back: "How decent is a prince running and jumping in the palace! If you have something to do, go to the Tai's uterus." The second followed closely with his head lowered, and came to the study. Zhou Yiyun stepped back and closed the doors and windows, and waved his hand to Zhou Yifeng without any sign of sitting, "Twelve brothers, sit down, why are you being polite here, look at this uterus, isn't it?" The splendid thing is that there are too many people, and it is not convenient to talk and do things.”

Zhou Yifeng curled his lips: "Now you don't need to pay attention to etiquette?"

"Tsk, your eleventh brother is different now, why don't you have a bit of a posture in front of people, close the door and let's be brothers and sit down! Tell me who messed with you again, look at your bitter face."

Old Twelve sat down and said angrily, "Brother Eleven, I want to divorce my wife."

"Nonsense, broke the marriage before, and divorced the wife now? You don't like it, just put it in the backyard."

"Brother Eleven, don't be partial. Eleventh Sister-in-Law helped Eleventh Brother take care of the backyard. Why did you ignore it when it was my younger brother's turn? If she can stay in the backyard with peace of mind, why should I bother with her? It was the one who cried and made trouble and insisted on letting the younger brother see her father, but now the younger brother just wants to be promoted and doesn't bother to talk to him." Zhou Yifeng thought of the crying scene when the seventh brother came to the house yesterday, and even the people in the backyard couldn't clean up, and felt that he It's really embarrassing. The official position is not high enough to offend the prime minister, and he can't let the father and emperor decide. He can only ask Eleven Brother for help.

Zhou Yiyun's face was troubled, and he was at a loss: "The eleventh brother can't do anything. You also said that your eleventh sister-in-law helped the tenth brother. At that time, he was the eleventh prince concubine. Look at him now living in the palace. How can there be any real status to summon the people from the backyards of the various prefectures, alas..."

Old Twelve was a little annoyed when he heard that: "Brother Eleven, you can't do that, how much Eleventh Sister-in-law helped you, why did you leave him behind when you became famous? Don't say that my younger brother is not for you, you want to bully Eleventh Sister-in-law and me The first to refuse."

"What did you brat say? It's the father who never made a decree to make the crown princess. How can I ask for it after only a few days as the crown prince? Although the fourth and ninth brothers are in the middle of the capital, they go to court, but they spend three days fishing and two days drying the net." , I can’t count on it, the seventh brother is too busy in charge of the household department, not to mention the tenth brother, plus Liu Xu is a brother, it’s not easy, no one will help him out, alas..."

Zhou Yifeng patted his chest: "Eleventh Brother, don't worry, I will speak to me tomorrow morning and let Father Emperor decide Eleventh Sister-in-law's decision."

Zhou Yiyun patted him on the shoulder happily: "My good brother, your eleventh sister-in-law didn't love you for nothing."

The old twelve did what he said, and when there was nothing to do, he came out and said: "Father, the crown prince has been in office for some time, but the title of crown princess has not been confirmed. My son sincerely asks father to be the crown prince." Choose the princess."

Zhou Yuhuang glanced at Zhou Yiyun, who was as calm as water, and asked with a cold snort, "Do you have someone to choose?"

"Zhou Liuxu is the crown prince's first wife, and her achievements are widely spread, so she is the best candidate for the crown princess."

The prime minister didn't give this son-in-law any face at all: "I don't think so. In the hundreds of years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there is no brother who can take on such a big job. Please learn from me."

"I also feel that it is ridiculous for a brother to be a princess." Guo Shangshu also objected.Later, they all bluntly expressed their proposal to overthrow the old twelve, and some ministers stood by Zhou Yifeng's side, but a few people couldn't agree with each other, and they were ashamed to lose. When the debate descended from the national point of view to a personal issue, Zhou Yuhuang stopped it in time: "Prince, this matter is related to you and tell me your opinion."

Zhou Yiyun walked to the center of the court calmly, and said calmly: "The proposal of the twelve princes was seconded by the ministers. Is there any brother who has been in the Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years who has such a reputation? When it comes to people in the world, it includes the ministers of the court, but there are also others. Common people, I wonder if a few adults think they can represent the people of the world? All the ministers are talking about the fundamentals of the country, and the family governs the country and the world..."

"Prince, how can the family be confused with the court, are you going to mess up the court?" The prime minister objected.

Zhou Yiyun didn't give in at all: "What the prime minister said is surprising. You can't represent the common people and only comment on deeply rooted ideas. You reject the status of brother. Why didn't you say anything to stop me when the emperor allowed me to marry brother? Now What is the intention of suppressing again and again? The ministers above the court are fighting for the title of the people in the backyard, it is foolish, the father and the emperor are the family affairs of the sons and ministers, and they should be handled by the family members themselves."

Zhou Yuhuang nodded: "The election of a concubine can be big or small, and we should brainstorm, and everyone is interested in this matter, so I will start with my family first, and pass on my three grandsons." Zhou Yuhuang He said the word emperor and grandson with special emphasis, and everyone in the court lowered their heads knowingly. The importance of the crown prince's three legitimate sons in Zhou Yuhuang's heart is obvious to everyone, and the wisdom that spread has never been seen with their own eyes. This coaxing is done well, and you can still get a caring child. If you say it is serious, if you are crowned as a bully, you will slap the Holy Father in the face.

The three Baobao brothers entered the court hall, saluted without squinting their eyes, obeyed the imperial order and stood up calmly, with a calm demeanor, Zhou Yuhuang was very satisfied, thinking that the first time they were holy in front of civil and military officials, they couldn't even pass the threshold Watching them grow up little by little, Zhou Yuhuang laohuai comforted me to see them grow up little by little, and it was all due to me.Automatically eliminate those negative influences. If you keep them in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, you will definitely become a country boy. !

"Prime Minister, tell them what you are arguing about." After Zhou Yuhuang listened, Wen and Wu looked at the three children in unison. His Majesty intended to elevate their status. When the prime minister of the dynasty turned into a messenger, it was a blow. .Old Twelve also stared at Brother Baobao, secretly cheering for them, and wanted to avenge him, Uncle Twelve.

The prime minister briefly reported on the quick evacuation. After Bubu and Xiaoxiao turned their heads to look at their elder brother, they continued to stand still with their heads bowed, and Baobao took a step forward: "My lord, Zhou Zheng is the eldest son of the eleventh prince's mansion. I have something unclear. Please enlighten me." , why can't my brother have a name?"

"Little son, my brother is a humble person, their identity and existence have never been recognized or even rejected."

Baobao lowered his head and bit his lower lip. He had never heard such blunt insults, because he and his younger brother were identities, and no one would say bad things about him in front of them. Daddy never cared about other people's feelings. He did his own way Zi Zi, I didn't expect these people to stand in the position of a master, to be so vulgar.

"Please excuse Zhou Zheng's rudeness, this minister did not see the current situation clearly, there is an elder brother who has been named a concubine in the harem of the emperor, and the prince has an elder brother's first wife, and I would like to ask each of you whether there is an elder brother who is a concubine in each of your mansions? Descendants with brother status? If you intend to forget, our three brothers are willing to help you find out, you can be short-sighted, not fighting for the sake of kinship, it does not mean that we are willing to be trampled by them as sons of man. This is home." Bao Bao saluted Zhou Yuhuang: "Let's talk about the country, when you were lying by the north window, you knew that a brother was fighting bloody battles in the battlefield to defend the surrounding borders; when he heard about the incurable disease, he took it personally and found a cure for it himself; He is patriotic like family, benevolent to the people, and loves things. Now the border is impenetrable, and the soldiers will reduce casualties. Don’t forget that he has also contributed to some achievements. Have you ever thought about who made it? It’s just moving He just wiped out all the achievements of other people with his words, is this a literati and military officer?"

"Zhou Zheng, don't be presumptuous!" Zhou Yiyun reminded Baobao in a low voice that his emotions were a little out of control.

"Your Majesty," Bao Bao knelt down and begged for an order: "Zhou Zhengcheng begged Zhou Liuxu to be the Crown Princess, and he would definitely be able to stand in front of the people in the clothes of the Crown Princess and walk among the common people so that the real representatives of the people of the world would look him up. Make it acceptable."

Hearing Baobao's sharp words in the back hall, the Ninth Prince asked softly, "Fourth brother, if my son-in-law is still alive, would he still defend me like this?" The fourth child sat beside him and comforted him: "He Bi Remember those painful things in the past, it’s good for you and others to get out earlier, losing it doesn’t mean you can’t have it anymore.” With a chuckle, he suggested: “I like those children very much, otherwise we would like to Find a way to break them up."

Lao Jiu couldn't help laughing: "I have no guts, Lao Eleven is not easy to deal with now, don't forget that there is a powerful wife behind him, my younger brother heard that that martial arts is very good, so I issued a letter to the court. The new weapons are all from his hands, the cannons I saw that day, alas, the fourth brother and we are not his opponents."

The fourth child said meaningfully: "How will you know if you don't try?"

"Fourth brother, don't take me with you. My brother still wants to have a chance to have a good relationship with him. He must have other good things."

"You only have those weapons in your mind?"

"Isn't the fourth brother only reading your essay?" Thinking about their own shortcomings, they looked at each other and smiled silently.

After leaving the court hall, Baobao grabbed Xiaoxiao who was about to walk in the opposite direction, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

With a puffed face, Xiaoxiao said angrily, "I'll go find the person who spoke ill of Daddy just now, and I will avenge Daddy and beat him to death."

"I'll go too." Bubu held his younger brother's hand and was about to set off.

Baobao stopped them again, and said in a low voice: "Look where this is? You are the sons of the crown prince, why do you have to use your righteousness to let others find an excuse to impeach your father and father to teach the son? Let's go back to the crown prince." Gong told daddy the good news, haven't you heard the emperor's grandfather explain that daddy will go on tour with the civil and military officials, we have to give daddy some advice first." Holding the two angry little babies, Baobao turned his head to look at Minister He The father we talked to, he knew that although his father accepted the congratulations with a smile on his face, he must be extremely angry in his heart.