Looking at the baby boy in her arms, the woman felt melancholy in her heart. At this moment, in addition to feeling infinite guilt for her husband, she also had some longing for the man thousands of miles away. She didn't know when she had it. Unconsciously, two rows of women burst into tears, holding the boy in their arms tightly. He put it on the child's still young face, but did not put the longevity lock on the child.
Although his tone was gentle, he was extremely firm: "My child, you have only one father in your life. This one from the Fan family in Xiangyang is your biological father. The longevity lock he gave you, even if you are his biological blood, But you can't wear it. From now on, you will be an ordinary person, and that will only be left as a thought. You made all the mistakes, and they are all your mother's fault. It was your mother who was sorry for your father."
Although her tone was firm, the woman's tears fell again when she thought of her son's life experience. Drops of tears fell on the child's tender face. She had never thought about what kind of prince her son would be in the future. Growing up in the Fan family is not an insult to this child. It's just that she doesn't know, can this secret that cannot be known be kept hidden forever?
Lovingly putting down the child in her arms who almost killed half of her life during delivery, she couldn't help but pick up the longevity lock again. Just when she was looking at this extremely exquisite longevity lock, she accidentally touched it somewhere. The longevity lock pendant suddenly opened and a note fell out. When she opened the note, she found that there was only a poem written in fine brushwork.
"Changting Road with green poplars and fragrant grass, it is easy to go when you are young. Dreams linger at the top of the building at five o'clock, and it rains in March when flowers are separated from love. Ruthless is not as painful as sentimentality, and one inch can become thousands of strands. When the end of the world is limited, there is only Lovesickness is endless." Looking at the little poem on the note that expressed lovesickness, the woman's tears fell again. The past three days were unforgettable for Huang Qiong, so how could they not be for her?
After all, this woman who came from a family of martial arts was no better than a woman from an official family like Zhang Qiaoer. After letting out a sigh in my heart, I felt a little reluctant to part with it. But in the end, he still took advantage of it and burned the note. This longevity lock was also picked up. What is hung around the child's neck is the ancestral longevity lock of the Fan family that the old man of the Fan family rewarded after the child was born.
The woman who was immersed in confusion at this time naturally didn't know because of this news. As a result, Huang Qiong was a little upset because of this matter when he was choosing a concubine for King Song. She did not carefully screen the three candidates brought by Princess Yong, but randomly designated one. In the end, no one expected that the one he pointed at was the most arrogant among the three, causing tragedy for the rest of Queen Song's life.
The King of Song was beaten by his wife and became a strict wife. King Teng also lost his support and became much more honest. Except for this incident, which made Huang Qiong a little upset, there were no major twists and turns in the rest of the matter. Just half a month after the wedding of King Song, Cai took the lead in giving birth to a son to Huang Qiong. Next, Mrs. Li also gave birth to a daughter. Then, Zhang Qiaoer also gave birth to a son for him outside the palace.
Because Zhang Qiaoer was alone in the capital with his two children. When she gave birth, Huang Qiong was unable to show up in person. So when the due date was approaching, Huang Qiong not only prepared several stable mothers half a month in advance. As early as a month ago, Dr. Li was sent for regular inspections. Although Huang Qiong could not accompany her in person during the birth, she was still restless in Wende Hall.
It was not until he received the news that Zhang Qiaoer and her son were safe that Huang Qiong felt relieved in the palace and was rewarded with a large number of supplements. In fact, if it weren't for the persuasion of Cai and Dong Qianhong who knew the inside story, he would have been more considerate of Zhang Qiaoer. I was really worried about Zhang Qiaoer. Huang Qiong, who gave birth to a child alone, almost didn't take Zhang Qiaoer into the palace to give birth. Even so, Huang Qiong also made preparations in advance.
Everyone in the court knew that Zhang Qiaoer's husband was the prince's confidant in Xijing. No one knew that the child in Zhang Qiaoer's belly belonged to the prince. They all thought that this was Huang Qiong's care for his confidants. All the officials in the dynasty couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the prince. Let’s not talk about this man’s personality, but this kind of friendship is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The birth of these three children one after another gave Huang Qiong some relief from his depression. If added to this, Liu Ling and Wu were also pregnant one after another, and Dong Qianhong was about to give birth. Even Huang Qiong already knew that he already had five sons and three daughters. But he didn't know that the de facto eldest son in Bianzhou was almost three years old now. In Taibai Mountain, there was another son who also started babbling.
Huang Qiong, who now has a family full of children, can be considered to have put aside her caress, but she is honest enough not to play around with women more, and focuses more on government affairs. Including the former Princess Ji, no one was trying to provoke her. The only thing that gave him a headache was Concubine Shen. This woman is really too cunning, and her tricks to lure her into the trap are endless, making her very defenseless.
Huang Qiong was on guard several times, but fell into her trap. Helpless, Huang Qiong could only agree to her, if she could get the three daughters of Shen Bijun, they would sleep with her. From now on, I will come over to spend time with her on the first and fifteenth day of every month. I originally thought that my request would make this fairy-like woman retreat. But what shocked Huang Qiong was that this woman was so capable.
She actually didn't know what method to take, but she actually managed to convince the three women who were almost unabashedly disgusted with her. Helpless Huang Qiong finally had no choice but to agree to her. As for what measures she took, she refused to say life or death. Even when I asked the three women privately, they were hesitant. Huang Qiong, who was even more helpless, could only approve of the attitude of the three women.
Apart from Concubine Shen's entanglement, Huang Qiong's life is now considered comfortable. As for the heavy government affairs described by the old man who is mysterious and mysterious all day long and has no idea what he is doing, it is not a burden to him. Water transportation, river engineering, and farming were all managed in an orderly manner by him. Even the matter of using refugees as a border fortress has progressed quite smoothly with Lu Mengzheng's full promotion.
As for Su Zhaorong, who was forced to take over by Prince Ji at all costs and was now crying all day long, Huang Qiong did not do too much to her. Since the old man knew the matter clearly, he did not deal with it. Why should I be unforgiving and bully a poor woman? Half a month after dealing with Prince Ji and confiscating his badge to enter the palace, Huang Qiong sent Prince Yongqing back to her.
In fact, Huang Qiong didn't have much thought and had nothing to worry about with her. At present, Huang Qiong, Lu Mengzheng and others were discussing two major matters all day long. However, it is more appropriate to say that these two things are one instead of two. That's the matter of Ding tax. Nowadays, among all the roads in the world, except for a few Jiangnan and Shandong roads, there is almost no one who does not owe Ding tax.
Longyou and Qianzhong Road 2, which have the most serious arrears, have not paid a penny in tax for five years. Even the relatively wealthy ones, such as Henan Road, Hebei Road, Shanxi Road, and Lianghuai East and West Road, pay less than 60% of the Ding tax every year. The more land is concentrated and the more people go out to work as refugees, the more tax arrears are owed. In the past two years, both Lianghuai and Huaihe, which were not in arrears at first, began to default on their debts.
Faced with the situation where Ding tax arrears are getting worse and worse, it is becoming more and more difficult for people to pay Ding tax. What Huang Qiong really wants to do now is to completely abolish this tax, which has been implemented for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty. Huang Qiong's attitude is obvious. Since Ding's tax revenue cannot be raised, then don't collect it. According to the standard of Gaozong's reign, the Ding tax collection was the most complete since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the Ding tax was evenly distributed among the country's acres.
Regarding Huang Qiong's opinion, several prime ministers of Zhongshu Province and the six ministers were almost stunned. Spreading the Ding tax among acres of land means that households with more land will pay more taxes. Households with little or no land can pay less or no tax. Wouldn't this put all the Ding tax on the heads of the gentry? After all, they have the most land under their name.
Wouldn't this be equivalent to pushing all those gentry to become enemies of the imperial court? Regarding Huang Qiong's idea, among the people in Zhongshu Province, except for Lu Mengzheng, who kept silent, the rest of them always nodded their heads, even if they were usually in the court. But I am firmly opposed to this matter. The reason is that almost every family has a lot of land in their name.
This man spread all his taxes among the fields in the world. Moreover, neither the clan nor the officials and gentry have tax-free privileges. Since ancient times, I have never heard of asking officials to pay taxes. Isn't this tantamount to killing them? Don't look at these people. They talk about loyalty to the emperor, but they are talking about others. If it falls on him, they don't care how scarce the court's expenses are.
In short, it is absolutely unacceptable for me or us to pay taxes. Of course, these guys like Liuli Danzi will never oppose in their own name. They speak on behalf of the world's gentry. Facing the fierce opposition from several prime ministers, Huang Qiong naturally knew why they were so determined. Huang Qiong didn't say much, but looked coldly at the performances of the people in front of him.
After several people finished expressing their objections, Huang Qiongcai coldly threw the accounts of the Household Department and Ding tax arrears for the past twenty years in front of them and said: "These are all prime ministers of Zhongshu Province. You should be more aware than the few people of the world's tax arrears situation. But nowadays, the rich are getting richer and the poor have little place to stand, and most of the land is in the hands of clans, officials and gentry."
"The land under the names of ordinary people is getting less and less. Even if they have a good harvest in a good year, they can't even afford a full meal. How can they get the money and food to pay taxes? Those officials and gentry who hold a lot of land in their hands do not have to pay the money and food. , even the Dingkou tax can be found to find ways to escape. If the imperial court cannot collect the tax, how will it get money and food to pay you salaries? Pay military salaries to the officers and soldiers? How will the river management be managed? "
"As the prime minister of the dynasty, you all know very well how short of income the imperial court is now. You all know very well. Last year there was a severe drought in the northwest, and the imperial court could not even come up with money or food for disaster relief. And the people of all walks of life However, most of the Ding tax is in name only. If a few people allocate a small amount of money and food to each mu of land, are they going against the officials and gentry in this world? "
"Do we have to wait until the past events of the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China are repeated before those officials and gentry are willing to know what it means to be angry among the people? I know that you are all famous big landowners in your hometown. Mr. Chen, I remember correctly, Your family owns more than 70,000 acres of land on Lianghuai East Road. Therefore, your so-called speaking for the officials and gentry of the world is just an excuse, but in fact it is for your own benefit."
Listening to Huang Qiong's tone, there was a cold and murderous tone in it. No one here dared to speak, no matter how reluctant they were. Huang Qiong ignored the sudden changes in the faces of several people, knocked on the desk and said: "I have called you here today, not to discuss with you whether to implement this matter. But to formally inform you that I have decided to share the land with you. One matter.”
