Zhang Yingxue followed Zhao Shan, step by step, and his heart was beating faster. Even in her mind, she was thinking about entering the room. What would she do if the emperor pounced on him in a hurry?
Is it to refuse but to welcome?
Or actively flattering?
Or it might be better to stay still.
In the afternoon at home, her mother taught her some tips face to face to prevent her from being too naive. After understanding a little bit, Zhang Yingxue became even more shy and apprehensive.
The more he thought about it, the more nervous Zhang Yingxue became.
Zhao Shan just entered the yard and saw Zhang Yingxue two steps behind, so he took Zhang Yingxue's hand.
It's soft to start with and quite comfortable.
Zhang Yingxue's body froze for a moment, then recovered, her face looked shy, and her eyes were even more charming.
Zhao Shan noticed Zhang Yingxue's appearance, looked concerned, and took the initiative to ask: "What's wrong with Yingxue? Why is her face so red? Is she still a little hot because she didn't rest well after dancing?"
"Yes Yes!"
Zhang Yingxue nodded quickly and answered.
She wouldn't say that she had been practicing dancing for more than ten years and had already adapted to the rhythm of dancing, so she wouldn't feel any flush at all. It was just that he was held by Zhao Shan's hand just now, and his mind was thinking about what might happen, which made him a little uncomfortable.
However, Zhang Yingxue couldn't say it directly.
Zhao Shan took Zhang Yingxue into the backyard room. When Zhang Yingxue was full of expectations, Zhao Shan said softly: "Have you eaten?"
"not yet!"
Zhang Yingxue answered quickly and added: "Your Majesty, I am not hungry."
"Oh, are you so anxious to help me change my clothes and go to bed?"
There was a playful look in Zhao Shan's eyes.
In a word, Zhang Yingxue blushed even more, felt very uncomfortable and embarrassed. But deep down in her heart, she felt it was quite exciting and good. Only when the emperor was interested in her would she have a future, otherwise everything would be in vain.
If the emperor doesn't like it, how can he be favored?
With pampering, everything is possible.
Zhao Shan looked as normal and continued: "If you want to do things, you must first eat and drink enough to have strength. No matter what, let's eat first."
Zhang Yingxue hummed, but she felt happy in her heart.
The emperor really liked gentle women.
The emperor really liked shy women.
She was right.
Women who act coquettishly have the best fortune. A silly girl like Yu Qinghuan is just a lump in the tree, and how can she understand these details.
Zhang Yingxue felt that her charm was not bad, and the emperor fell in love with her at a glance, which made it clear that she definitely had a chance.
Zhao Shan arranged for people to bring food and drinks, and asked with a smile: "Can Yingxue have some wine?"
"I can barely drink."
Zhang Yingxue did not refuse, and added: "Your Majesty wants to drink, and I will sacrifice my life to accompany you."
Zhao Shan smiled and said: "There is no need to sacrifice your life, you just need to stay with me well."
Under Zhao Shan's sweet words, Zhang Yingxue felt happy and ate and drank with Zhao Shan. What seemed strange at the beginning quickly became familiar. Especially when both parties are in love with each other, the relationship can only be brought closer by a few glasses of wine.
After Zhao Shan and Zhang Yingxue got closer, the atmosphere became ambiguous and charming.
The two of them leaned together after dinner. Under Zhao Shan's gentle guidance, Zhang Yingxue unleashed her unprecedented potential. She was so eloquent that she even praised Zhao Shan and couldn't put it down.
The battlefield moved from the table to the bed, and the two figures were entangled.
The wind does not move, but the heart moves and people move.
When Zhao Shan drives, he likes to step on the accelerator and inject direct fuel into the cylinder. Although such strenuous exercise will cause serious carbon deposits and excessive wear in the engine, it makes people enjoy it.
When everything ends, the wind moves, the heart does not move, and the people do not move.
Zhang Yingxue's cheeks, which were originally blushing, were now hot and her eyes were blurred.
"well……"
Zhao Shan suddenly sighed.
Zhang Yingxue had not yet recovered from the afterglow, when she suddenly heard Zhao Shan sigh, and her whole body felt as if cold water had been poured on her in the winter. She suddenly felt a chill in her heart, and felt uneasy in her heart.
Could it be that her uncontrollable reaction just now was too great?
Could it be that she was too aggressive in catering and was not reserved?
Zhang Yingxue asked politely: "Why is your Majesty sighing?"
Zhao Shan explained: "The reason why I sigh is not that you are not good. You are very good, beautiful and gentle, can sing and dance, and you are absolutely stunning. But you are from a wealthy family in Yangzhou, and I was undecided for a while when it comes to the wealthy family in Yangzhou."
Zhang Yingxue said anxiously: "Why is Your Majesty so undecided?"
Zhao Shandao: "Daqian's national policy does not allow local big families to occupy land and hide the people. To become a big family, you can only rely on your own family members to do business legally, rely on literary talent to become famous, and rely on ability to manage the world and benefit the people."
"This is the way to gain glory and wealth."
"But relying on methods such as hiding the people and occupying fertile land will not work. The court will definitely crack down hard."
"Although the big family at this stage has promised to hand over their population and land, as well as give money and food to the court, I am sure they will not be willing to do so and will definitely hide something."
"They don't abide by the imperial court's national policy, so I can only start killing to stop killing, so as to scare a group of people."
Zhao Shan's big hand passed across Zhang Yingxue's delicate and satin-like skin, and he said: "I think you are good. If it involves the Zhang family, I can only deal with it harshly. I hope you don't take it seriously. It's not that I don't understand them, it's them. You don’t understand me.”
Zhang Yingxue's eyes moved.
She thought about Zhao Shan's intention in saying this.
However, she did not have time to think carefully and quickly expressed her position: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go home and ask my grandfather to make arrangements. I promise that the arrangements will be made properly and nothing will go wrong."
Zhao Shan shook his head and said: "It's hard to persuade a hanged man with good words. You can go back home and just try to persuade the Zhang family. You don't have to worry about matters involving other big families. If the Zhang family wants to take care of it, the safety of the Zhang family must be ensured. There’s no need to break up.”
Zhang Yingxue said: "I know."
Zhao Shan did not go to the place where Yu Qinghuan rested at night, which was different for Yu Qinghuan.
This woman can wait for two days, observe it first and then think about it.
Nothing happened all night, and Zhang Yingxue changed her clothes early the next morning and left in high spirits. After Zhang Yingxue left, a soldier walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, I would like to see you from afar."
Zhao Shan ordered: "Pass it!"
Before the war between Zhao Shan and Zhao Gou, Gao Yuan sneaked into Yangzhou early, but there was still no news.
Now he is back.
After a short time, Gao Yuan entered the study, knelt on the ground and said, "Slave Gao Yuan, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhao Shan nodded and said, "If you don't come back, I will think you have had an accident."
Gao Yuan explained: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the reason why I failed to report the news in time is that when I was in Jiangdong, I learned that Your Majesty fought on the river and wiped out all Zhao Gou's forces."
"In addition, after Zhao Gou escaped back to Wu County, he treated the people even more harshly, and even stayed in Wu County and refused to run away. This servant knew that Zhao Gou would definitely not be able to escape, let alone threaten His Majesty."
"This slave has been keeping an eye on the Yangzhou clan."
"Not only the situation of the Zhang family, Yu family, Gu family, Zhou family, Bai family in Yangzhou, but also the Xue family, Wu family, Fan family and other major families in Yangzhou, my servant has arranged for Dongchang to investigate."
"As of now, everything is clear."
Having said this, Gao Yuan took out a thick book from his sleeve, held it in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the land, population, business operations of each family, as well as the distribution of officials, have all been recorded. They are quite different. Bad. Because each family’s money and food are hidden, no specific data can be found.”
Zhao Shan had a look of approval on his face.
Gao Yuan is a sensible person.
Zhao Shan's biggest enemy in Yangzhou was actually not Zhao Gou.
Zhao Gou was just a person who was pushed out. It could have been Wang Gou or Pu Gou. He was just the official spokesperson of Yangzhou's wealthy family. It is the Yangzhou clan that really controls the power of Yangzhou.
These are the ten fundamentals.
To solve the problems in Yangzhou, we must solve the big families in Yangzhou.
The news of Gao Yuan's investigation is important.
Zhao Shan asked someone to take the book, then waved his hand for Gao Yuan to stand up, then opened the book and read down the lines. He just took a cursory glance, but under such observation, he was also extremely frightened.
The Yangzhou clan's control over local areas extends to all aspects. As of now, there are no farmers in Yangzhou. The vast majority of the people rely on the wealthy families in Yangzhou to make a living and are all tenant farmers.
A few small landowners have their own farmland and can barely survive.
Families, large and small, monopolized the land and controlled the finances. After all, all the taxes collected on the land went into the pockets of the big family, and no money went into Zhao Gou's pocket.
No wonder Zhao Gou wants to co-govern with the Yangzhou big family. It's not that Zhao Gou doesn't want to be greedy for power, it's not that Zhao Gou doesn't want to get more money, it's that Zhao Gou doesn't have the ability and ability to do it. This is the most fundamental reason.
The land is so!
The same goes for population.
These are shocking statistics.
In fact, the same goes for local officials. Small families serve as assistant officials in the county, and big families serve as chief officials of each county.
Everything is controlled layer by layer.
That is to say, the forces of these big families were completely wiped out by Zhao Shan, so they did not dare to break up.
Otherwise, the big family will fight to the death with Zhao Gou.
Zhao Shan knew in his heart that according to the executions in the book, the entire Yangzhou would rebel. The big families in these places would incite and threaten the people to rebel, because if they didn't resist, they would be deprived of everything.
To deal with the big families in Yangzhou, we can only weaken them step by step, not in one step. Zhao Shan took control of the army and had the ability and strength to directly slaughter, but such a result would involve countless people and cause suffering to the people.
This is what Zhao Shan doesn't want to see.
Zhao Shan put away the book and ordered: "Since I'm back, I will preside over the establishment of Yangzhou East Factory as soon as possible. The penetration of each family and the monitoring of each family must be further expanded."
"Slave takes orders!"
Gao Yuan answered without hesitation.
Zhao Shan glanced at the desk, picked up a brush and handed it over, saying: "You did a good job this time. I have nothing to reward you for now. I will give you a brush that I have used."
Gao Yuan quickly stepped forward to take it, then knelt on the ground and said, "I will definitely do everything well and live up to His Majesty's high expectations."
He was extremely excited.
His Majesty rewarded him with the writing brush in the hope that he would not continue to fight and kill, but that he would be a studying eunuch so that he could go further.
This is your Majesty's favor.
For a time, Gao Yuan was so excited that he burst into tears.
Zhao Shan waved his hand and said: "Go down."
Gao Yuan clenched his brush and kowtowed again before turning around and leaving.
Zhao Shan looked at Gao Yuan's leaving figure and suddenly thought of Zhang Yingxue. He believed that Zhang Yingxue must have made some judgment. She was not a stupid woman, but quite scheming.
Especially people from the Zhang family must know the meaning behind his words. It all depends on whether Zhang Yingxue has ambitions, whether the Zhang family has ambitions, and whether they dare to stand up.
If the Zhang family doesn't stand up and join other families, Zhao Shan will be more indifferent to Zhang Yingxue.
The Zhang family stood up to cut their own flesh, which would be tantamount to betraying their own class. They would be targeted by various families and would not be tolerated by the Yangzhou family. As a result, the Zhang family can get support from Zhao Shan, but at the same time be isolated from the big families in Yangzhou.
It is always a contradictory path, but one must be chosen.
The path has been arranged.
What the future holds depends on what the Zhang family chooses.
