Otherworldly Days

The chrysanthemums in the courtyard are withering, and winter is coming in Fengdu.

Snow fell all over the ground overnight, and the whole city was covered with a layer of plain white, and the snow outside was still falling, covering it layer by layer.Before dawn, the servants outside were waiting for their master to come out. The people in the room woke up, and the people inside seemed to be talking.

Yi Ya Yi-" the door opened, and the door opened from the inside.

"Long Live Lord." Seeing his Long Live Lord come out, the old slave hurriedly opened the umbrella in his hand.

The group left quickly.

The people in the room woke up and sat on the head of the bed, half covered by the quilt. He looked sideways at the dancing candles on the table, with no expression on his face.Hearing the sound of leaving footsteps, Fang Ziye knew that it had been a year since Feng Lingxiao went back to the palace to go to court, and that Dafeng was slowly recovering after the disaster.Fortunately, the weather was good this year, and the court exempted the tax for three years. The people did not have to pay heavy taxes to the court after planting grain. The people still had some surplus grain in their hands. With this little grain, they could barely Can survive this winter.

In the hundred years of Dafeng, there have been a large number of meritorious marquises and aristocrats. They have taken up a lot of land. If they want to let the people really have enough to eat, they must find a way to let the land belong to the people. The people have worked hard for a year. All the hard work done for the aristocrats was paid to the tenants, but the people themselves did not have much food in their hands. The emperor wanted his country to further develop and prosper, so he had to find a way to bring the aristocrats to The land in their hands was taken over by the imperial court and distributed to the people so that the people had land to cultivate so that they could have food to eat.As for how to reclaim these lands, the first thing is to find a way to abolish the system of hereditary meritorious marquises, and take back from these people the privileges bestowed on their ancestors by the imperial court, otherwise they will be hereditary from generation to generation.

As for how to take back these privileges, it depends on how the emperor deals with the ministers in the court.

Today's emperor is a smart one. Someone has mentioned such a point to him, and he knows to follow this point and go down this road.It's just that this road is not easy to walk, which has touched the interests of Dafeng's deep-rooted aristocratic family. How to slowly dismantle the privileges in their hands without making any noise will require a lot of patience.

Snow fell in the north, and when the heavy snow came, bad places would suffer disasters. The people could not cover their bodies with clothes and food. When the cold winter came, many people didn’t even have houses to withstand the cold wind, and they starved to death. , Countless people froze to death.For the emperor, he should seek profit for the people, and figure out how to make his people eat well, wear warm clothes, and live a good life. The emperor thinks about this problem every day and works hard for it.

The common people are the foundation of the country. Only when the people live a good life can the country become truly powerful. The emperor understands this truth better than anyone else. Be the emperor.

Early in the morning, the emperor threw out a pamphlet, saying that many places in Beidagger were hit by snowstorms.Even though the emperor has thought of many ways to get money in the past year, the court is still unable to make ends meet, the treasury is empty, and when something happens, the court can't even provide money for disaster relief.

The people were affected by the disaster, and the imperial court naturally wanted to provide relief, but the treasury was empty, so the imperial court was powerless, right?

What, the imperial court has no money? !The common people might not believe it, but the emperor himself knew the fact that there was not even a single silver in the treasury.Then the people can let it go, let the people starve to death and freeze to death, right?The emperor sitting above had a smile on his face, and the courtiers below all lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Li Shangmin." The emperor clicked on the Book of the Household Department and came out.

The minister is here. "Li Shangmin was still a person who supported King Yi when the emperor was King Yi. Now he is the Minister of the Household Department and is in charge of the civil affairs and finance of the court. Seeing the people come out, the emperor smiled coldly and said, "Li Shangshu, You took out all the receipts of the people in the court who borrowed money from the Ministry of Households. Li Shangmin really asked people to move several boxes up. They were very conspicuous in the hall, and some ministers in the court were eyelids. Jump, wouldn't it be what they thought in their hearts?

The emperor replaced all the household departments with his own people. Naturally, he, the emperor, should firmly hold the money of a country in his own hands, and he, the emperor, can really speak.The previous emperors never cared about the affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Everyone knew some things well, and the emperor would not give face to his subjects.

But now that King Yi is the emperor, who is King Yi?Those who went to the battlefield to fight against Zinu when they were teenagers, led the soldiers to drive out the invading Zinu, took them back to the town gate, and the emperor who took all the grasslands outside the pass to Dafeng, held the military power in his hands, Who in the court would dare to play the trick in the hands of the emperor?That would be tantamount to asking for death.

The emperor's meaning was also very clear. He wanted to provide disaster relief, and he wanted to let the people affected by the disaster eat, wear clothes, and live in houses.Since the Ministry of Households can't come up with taels of silver, then find a way to get it from those who have taels of silver. I, the emperor, have no taels of silver in my hands. Is it time for you who borrowed taels of silver from me to pay it back? ?

Over the years, officials in the court have borrowed at least 10 taels of silver from the household department, and the IOUs for several cabinets have been piled up in the household department. Qian, Emperor Yongchang is the only one in history.

I don't even have money in my hands to save my people, so what face do I need?Can face be eaten by the common people?

Li Shangmin, you should collect these IOUs first, and don't read the receipts. "The emperor looked at his courtiers with a smile on his face, and said, "Who signed this IOU, I think you all understand. "The emperor saved face for his courtiers here, and he didn't forget to remind you that everything borrowed by your ancestors and Lao Tzu will be counted on your head, "I will give my loves three days.

As for three days later...

In the past year since Xiang He ascended the throne, the emperor has eliminated many old forces in the court, and supported a large number of his own people who can be used by him.

In the past, the court emphasized civility over military affairs, but now the generals in the court have been valued and their status has been improved.Nowadays, many people in the court are sent by freshmen, and they face the veterans in the court face to face.

Prophet Zhao returned to the court, and he was promoted to three ranks as soon as he came back. Naturally, there were many voices of opposition from the court.So what if he passed the examination of the No. [-] scholar when Zhao Xianzhi was the first emperor? Isn't he still a brother?How can such a heavy responsibility be taken up locally.

Many young officials in the court were entrusted with important tasks as soon as they came up, and the veterans in the court naturally opposed it.

Quite a few old officials held on to their identities, thinking that they had worked hard for the court all their lives, and their credit was high.Little did he know that the emperor had long disliked them.The emperor is also extinct. After an imperial decree, he took off the black hats of many old ministers. Since you feel unwell at every turn, you should take good care of your life at home.

After the imperial decree, these veterans couldn't even cry.

The emperor also ordered the imperial hospital to go to each mansion every day to check the pulse of these "sick" old officials, and send any precious medicinal materials in the palace to these old officials' mansions. Those who were just pretending to be sick I was really sick from anger, and they were lying on the bed panting heavily, and they didn't dare to scold the emperor. I'm afraid that when they know that the emperor wants them to pay back the money, they will get sicker again, and maybe they will get sick again I'm sorry, I'm dying!

There is a book to play, and there is nothing to retreat...

"Retreat!

Long live my emperor... the courtiers kneeling on the ground below, those who borrowed money from the household department, couldn't cry if they wanted to.It's only natural to borrow money and pay back money, isn't it?What's more, what they borrowed was their majesty's money, and their majesty asked them to pay back the money. Do they dare to pay back the money as ministers?

The emperor went down to the morning court in a good mood, and ordered the palace slaves to invite several ministers to the imperial study to discuss matters.

Left and right Xiang Ye stood in the front, Qi Xiang looked indifferent, Liang Xiang's complexion was not very good, he borrowed a lot of money from the household department, and the household department naturally had a lot of his IOUs.

Those who are officials in the imperial court, especially the bigger the official area, do some things in the mansion for a big birthday, whoever has no shortage of silver taels, and those who are short of silver taels will go to the Ministry of Households to borrow, every time they go The Ministry of Households needs to sign an IOU to borrow money.Over time, many people in the court signed a lot of IOUs, and His Majesty became their biggest creditor.

For a while, the ministers of the court were running around to pay off the debts, and the pawnshops in Fengdu City were bustling. Many houses took the valuables at home to pawn money, otherwise the money will not be paid after three days, Long Live Lord Blaming it is no joke.

Fang Ziye laughed when he found out about this.

It happened that he also opened several pawnshops in his hand, and he asked someone to notify the shopkeeper. If someone pawned something, the price would be kept to the lowest.Who doesn't lack money these days?The silver tael in his hand was prepared for that person, so naturally it belonged to that person. At this moment, Fang Ziye was also helping the emperor to cheat those ministers.

Once the limelight is over, this batch of recovered items will be worth a lot, and then he will throw them out again. He heard from Xiang Nan that it would be good to hold an auction or something?When the time comes, he will ask Xiang Nan how the specific operation is. Fang Ziye thinks this method is very good.

Once again, he can make a lot of money again.

After a few years, when the spring snow first thawed, the emperor fulfilled his original promise, let Fang Ziye and the two children get into the carriage, left Nanyang, and went to Nanyang City.It's just that he sent two teams to follow, one team was the guards who were obviously escorting, and the other team was the dark guards who were secretly following and protecting.

That's it, the emperor may not be at ease in his heart, but even if the emperor is worried, he has no time to follow him at this time.