Chapter 47 Chapter Fourteen

Yinzhen stood at the gate of the courtyard with a faint smile on his face.Qiaohui hugged Honghan and gave a little blessing before retreating. He walked over slowly and sat across from me. I took off the lid of the pot, and the water was already surging. I put a little of the filled foam into the pot, and when the tea soup was cooked, pour it evenly into the tea bowl.Then, he raised his head and said with a smile: "The rain and dew are applied equally, and the joys and sorrows are shared." He slightly pursed his mouth, picked up the tea bowl, took a sip slowly, put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "The meaning is good, but the taste is better than before. The tea here is slightly worse." I sighed heavily, frowned and said, "Is it really not good?"

He stretched out his hand to caress my forehead, then picked up the book I put on the table, and said softly: "Xu Cishu, 'tea'." I found that what he said was good, and it was indeed a little bit worse. He casually flipped through a few pages without raising his head, and said with a faint smile, "You have something on your mind these days." I nodded, stared at him and said, "In your heart, is it better for me in the past or for me now? Hello." He raised his head and raised his eyebrows slightly: "What is the boundary between the past and the present you are referring to?"

I caressed my face, breathed a sigh of relief, frowned and said: "Use 'face changing' as the boundary." Hearing this, he stared at me funny: "Before 'face changing', I was always worried about you, because your All the thoughts in my mind are different from those of other women, I am worried that one day you will suddenly leave me." He suppressed the smile on his face, looked at me silently for a while, and then said in a low voice: "After 'changing your face', you have calmed down a lot. Sometimes even though it is not what you want to do or say in your heart, you will do it for me. Do it, say it. It hurts me to see you like this. Every time I see you forcing yourself to change, I can't help but blame myself."

I watched him quietly, and a warm current flowed in my heart. It turned out that when I was in pain, he also felt my pain.The two looked at each other silently for a while, and he said: "You just need to be the original you." I nodded, his expression relaxed, and he picked up the tea bowl and drank slowly. I breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back on the back of the chair, feeling extremely relaxed.Covering the sunlight from the gaps in the trees with his hands, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Have you returned to the garden?" After waiting for a while, I couldn't hear his voice. I opened my eyes suspiciously, grabbed the handles on both sides of the recliner with both hands, and stood leaning forward in front of me. My face became hot and I wanted to stand up. He moved slightly, only to find that the two were face to face.I raised my arm and pushed him: "Is the courtyard door still open?" He smiled hoarsely, let go of the hand on the chair handle, grabbed my hand, and pulled me up.

He slowly sat on the chair, stared at me with a smile on his face, then stretched out his hands to me, my face became hot, and I hurriedly glanced at the courtyard door.He smiled and shook his head, retracted his hands, leaned on the back of the chair, and closed his eyes. I bit my lower lip lightly, pondered for a while, and walked over to close the door.Turn around and sit on his lap. His eyes were still closed, his hands were around my waist, he pulled me into his arms and leaned against his chest.The two of them remained silent, and after a long while, his even breathing sound could be heard in his ears, and he secretly sighed in his heart, he was indeed too tired.Gently pulled his hand away, trying to stand up.

"Thirteen got up today and went to Jiangnan." He opened his eyes: "It will probably be back in a month or so." I was startled, stared at him and asked: "A few days ago, didn't you mean to send servants Wang Ji and Peng Weixin?" Why do you want Shisan to go all of a sudden?" He frowned slightly, sighed and said, "Clearing up the debts is not something that can be done in a year or so, if Shisan is not allowed to set the rules first, it will be inevitable It will happen that local officials and gentry bribe Beijing officials, if they have the same interest, the debts will not go to the treasury, and this decision of the court will be useless at all.”

I twitched the corners of my mouth helplessly, but I was still a little unwilling: "Isn't it okay for Prince Guo to allow Li to go?" He closed his eyes again, and said calmly: "There is no more suitable person in the imperial court than Thirteen. " He knew in his heart that what he said was indeed the truth, and only Shisan could shoulder this kind of burden. At the beginning of Yinzhen's accession to the throne, the finances were chaotic and the economy was in recession.In order to revitalize the economy, we must first rectify the finances.He entrusted this task with strategic significance to Thirteen, and ordered the Thirteenth Prime Minister to control the affairs of the three treasuries of the Household Department, and to control the financial power of the court, "specially in charge of provincial affairs and all sales of money and food."In the past few years, Thirteen has devoted all his energy to the imperial court's financial and economic undertakings.After thirteen years of painstaking management, "the audit is precise, the cashier is experienced, the sinus is cleared, the treasury is more than enviable, and the state uses it to benefit the people."In the past two years, the treasury has been plentiful and the national strength has increased greatly. Yinzhen decreed to distribute his farmland and reward him with 230,000 taels of silver, and to support officials for six years.But the thirteenth memorial was not accepted, and after repeated encouragement, he finally only accepted the reward of 130,000 taels of silver.

Silently concentrating, she turned her head to see his tired face, stretched out her hand to caress her slightly furrowed brow, and sighed secretly in her heart. I got up and sat on the chair he had just sat in... Picking up the herbal tea, I sipped it silently. "Your Majesty, this slave has something to report." Suddenly hearing Gao Wuyong's voice outside the courtyard gate, I was startled and glanced at him who was already sound asleep. Gao Wuyong has followed Yinzhen for many years, if there is no urgent matter, he would not come at this time.I hurriedly got up and opened the courtyard door, Gao Wuyong stood at the door with downcast eyes: "Ma'am, the magistrates of Guangdong and Fujian provinces have an urgent memorial." I took the memorial and told him to wait where he was.

Shaking his arm lightly, he was startled and sat up all of a sudden: "Is there something wrong?" I nodded and handed over the memorial.With a solemn face, he looked intently.Standing silently for a while, secretly speculating in my heart, I don't know what happened again.Go around him and sit quietly opposite him. After a while, his eyebrows relaxed, and I breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that it was not a difficult matter.He stared at the memorial and watched silently for a while, then suddenly smiled lightly and said: "All the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Qing Dynasty have unified languages, what do you think?" I was slightly startled: "Of course, if the languages ​​are unified, There will be no obstacles to communication. Without these obstacles, there will be no obstacles for business travelers to do business and students to speak, which is a good thing for the country and the people.”

With a smile in his eyes, he stared at me silently for a while before he called Gao Wuyong in and ordered: "Tell Zhang Tingyu that the imperial court will not change the edict already issued, and will issue another edict. If the students from these two provinces do not learn In official language, the imperial examinations will be stopped after eight years." Gao Wuyong answered "yes" again and again, and then hurried out.I was stunned for a moment, and I realized why he asked such a question. He probably ordered people from Fujian and Cantonese to learn Mandarin.But after thinking about it, three hundred years later, many people in the southeast coast still speak Hokkien and Cantonese. It seems that this decision has not achieved great success.

After being silent for a while, I raised my head, only to find that he was staring at me silently, and the two of them looked at each other silently for a while, then he asked with a smile: "It was out of good intentions to create a time for Shisan to get together with Chenghuan. But don't make the days of Luwu more miserable." I was taken aback, but then I understood the meaning of his words, I smiled slightly and said: "Although Shisan's other Fujins may be dissatisfied with Luwu, but with your personal oracle, I believe they will not dare to do anything wrong Besides, Luwu won't care about these meaningless things now, as long as she can live with Shisan and Chenghuan, she will be happy." He pursed his lips and smiled slightly, lowered his head and picked up the tea bowl.I suddenly felt sour in my heart, I couldn't help but smiled wryly in my heart, and murmured: "Compared with life and death, what is this?" He paused, the tea bowl stopped in mid-air, staring at me and said: "Ruoxi , why would you say something like that?" I stared blankly at him: "If Shisan suddenly goes away one day, at least Luwu and Chenghuan will have a good memory to think about." "Don't talk nonsense, Thirteen is in his prime, why did he suddenly go away?" He paused, and continued: "Don't say such unlucky words again. When I took the throne, the finances were chaotic and there was no money to spend." , Zhen... I want to renew the politics, but it is empty talk. The household department left by Huang Ama has been "short of millions of taels of treasury and silver" over the years. There is a lack of money and food, the treasury is empty, and there are many malpractices in management. The thirteenth brother will sort it out Finance, checking taxes. For this reason, I worked hard, worked hard day and night, and risked my life to be a director. When the thirteenth brother took office, there were so many cases accumulated. He got rid of the old bad habits, rewarded officials and staff with enterprising spirit and creative ability, and Clearly stipulate the time limit for completing the rectification task. With one hand hanging the whip, and the other hand rewarding the fortune, the effect is extremely obvious. Once the 40-day deadline is up, there are thousands of old cases, and the manager is ready, and the department affairs are cleared up. I will not let him I went so early, I need him, I... my country also needs him." He spoke so fast that his face was slightly red. I smiled dumbly, Thirteen found out in less than three years that the household treasury was short of 2.5 million taels of silver, and no matter the princes or dignitaries, or bureaucrats in important positions, as long as they caused the financial deficit of the imperial court, they would be severely punished No loan, never lenient.Leaving aside the brotherhood, Yinzhen is also reluctant to leave such a minister who cleans up his faults and has made great achievements. It is not difficult to understand that in history, after the death of the thirteenth, he would stop for three days and mourn endlessly.He also went to pay homage in person, made special arrangements for the sacrificial ceremony, and promulgated: "Prince Yi passed away, mourning in his heart, eating and drinking, and restless sleeping and sleeping. Wang Shizhen has been like a day for eight years. Since ancient times, there has been no king who is loyal to the country. It is also advisable to treat the king outside of the usual practice." And on the third day after Thirteen's death, he instructed the cabinet, "Where the name of the king is written in the temple ceremony, the original name should still be used, so as to express my longing for it."Change "Yun" to "Yin", and restore the original name of Thirteen, Yinxiang, without avoiding the emperor's taboo of "Yin". Glancing at him who was looking down in thought, I felt a surge of sadness in my heart, and suddenly felt heavy in my heart.Perhaps it is the most correct choice not to mention this matter by myself. After all, a person's life is not something that anyone can keep if he wants to. Saying this by himself will not help the matter, but will only increase the sadness of one person. I was out of my mind for a while, and suddenly my heart moved. These days, I have been thinking about Nala's illness in my heart, and I forgot about Li Fu. The courtyard was completely silent, without a single sound, and he was still sitting in the same posture just now, and suddenly felt icy cold on his body.So he stood up and wanted to get up and go back to the room. He raised his head and said in a calm tone: "Ruoxi, come here." I walked over and stood in front of him, and he pulled me to sit on his lap and said, "Although life and death are destined, I don't want to see you and Thirteen They all go before me." I sighed softly and pressed against his chest softly. The two were silent for a while, and I said: "Tomorrow I want to go out of the palace to see Luwu." He stroked my back and said, "That's fine."