"father!"
"father!"
"I have an idea!"
These happy words echoed back and forth in a corridor in the Ding Mansion.
Today is already the last day for Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, to come up with any ideas. If there is no solution today, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, may be forced to resign.
In the study room, the face of Ding Liu, the master of Ding Mansion, has become more sad these days. Just after hearing these words, he saw that Ding Liu's face became less sad.
Just when Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, was still doubting whether he heard correctly because of these words, the second young master Ding Yongchang rushed into the study with a smile on his face and anxiously.
Although this behavior is a bit reckless, it is not reckless compared to the eldest young master Ding Wenshan.
Let's put it this way, among the eldest sons in the Su family, the one Ding Liu loves most in his heart is Ding Yongchang.
Looking at his son Ding Yongchang's smiling face, Ding Liu knew that this was good news even without asking.
"But have you thought of it?" Ding Liu asked expectantly.
His son Ding Yongchang nodded, walked to his father Ding Liu, and answered: "Dad, I did think of a way."
Upon hearing this, Ding Liu felt even more excited and asked with a smile on his face: "Tell me."
Although this is not the best method, considering the current national strength of Da Mo, this can be considered a good method.
Seeing his father's smiling and expectant face, his son Ding Yongchang said: "The way is to borrow money and food from Wan State."
"Borrow?" Ding Liu asked.
His son Ding Yongchang nodded: "Now, Damo can no longer collect various taxes. If more taxes are imposed, the people will be miserable. At the moment, the only way is to borrow some money and food from our allied country Wan to solve the locust plague." .”
After hearing this, Ding Liu looked positive on the outside, but in his heart he was not sure that this would be a good way. He expressed his worries: "Chang'er, this way is indeed a good way. , but now that there is a shortage of money and food everywhere, I am afraid that if I borrow it but cannot repay it, it will damage the friendship between Damo and Wan."
Upon hearing this, his son Ding Yongchang said all the solutions he could think of: "Dad, I still have a little solution."
"What's the solution? Tell me." Ding Liu looked forward to it.
"I think the ban on seas should be lifted. Although the ban on seas can reduce the number of Japanese pirates running rampant in Damo, it has already affected the lives of coastal people and merchants in Damo. The people can't live without food, and the merchants can't live without food. Silver cannot be earned, which results in only a small increase in taxes," said Ding Yongchang.
While Ding Liu was still considering whether the methods mentioned by his son Ding Yongchang could be used, the housekeeper Feng Liang was walking towards this side in a hurry.
"Master! Master!" He shouted several times.
Listening to the shouting, Ding Liu's eyes moved outside the window and saw Feng Liang walking over in a hurry.
After coming in, he saw that the second young master Ding Yongchang was also there. It was not a big deal anyway, so the housekeeper Feng Liang said bluntly: "The Prime Minister Zuo is already waiting outside the door of Ding's Mansion."
After hearing this, the master Ding Liu glanced at his son Ding Yongchang. He thought about the idea and wanted to know if it could be used. It just so happens that since the Zuo Prime Minister is already waiting outside the door of the mansion, it's just right.
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ask.
Mr. Ding spoke: "Please."
"Yes." After responding, housekeeper Feng Liang hurried away.
Although he is a housekeeper, Feng Liang, who has been a housekeeper for so many years, naturally knows the master's character. Now that he doesn't know anything, he is a little worried for the master, worried that the master will be relieved of his official position.
"Prime Minister Zuo, my master has invited me." Butler Feng Liang responded.
After listening to the words of the housekeeper of the Ding Mansion, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, smiled slightly, said "ok" and followed the housekeeper Feng Liang.
When he walked to the door of Master Ding's study, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi showed a bit of joy on his face.
After bringing the person here, housekeeper Feng Liang looked at Master Ding Liu and said, "Master."
Hearing the words of the butler Feng Liang, and looking at the smiling Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi in front of him, Ding Liu said to the butler Feng Liang: "Go get a cup of hot tea."
"Okay." Butler Feng Liang responded and walked away.
I don't know whether it was because Ding Yongchang was around or something else, but Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, was not like the last time. Instead, he stood in front of Ding Liu with a face full of joy and without saying a word. This position would not Find a seat.
Seeing the appearance of Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, smiled slightly and said: "Left Prime Minister, sit down."
When Ding Liu shouted, Su Yunqi smiled slightly and sat down on the chair beside him.
After sitting down, Su Yunqi first glanced at Ding Liu's second son, Ding Yongchang, and then glanced at Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, and was speechless.
At this time, the servants of the Ding family brought several cups of hot tea on the wooden tray, first serving it to Su Yunqi, the left minister.
Looking at this normally normal scene, Su Yunqi felt a little panicked for some reason.
Looking at the servants of the Ding family who were serving him tea, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, took the tea and said politely: "Okay."
After serving tea to the guest Su Yunqi, the left minister, the servants carried wooden trays and served tea to the master Ding Liu and the second young master Ding Yongchang one by one.
After all the tea was served, the servants of the Ding family walked over carrying the empty wooden trays.
Su Yun, the left prime minister, first took a sip of tea from the side and looked at Ding Liu and his second son Ding Yongchang looking at him. After Su Yunqi hurriedly took a sip, he looked towards the two of them. .
Seeing the Prime Minister Zuo's silent expression and such actions, Mr. Ding Liu smiled slightly and said: "Prime Minister Zuo, what's wrong with you today? Are you in poor health?"
Hearing Ding Liu's words, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi smiled awkwardly and said, "No, no."
After a while, Su Yunqi asked Ding Liu: "This method...?"
When Prime Minister Zuo came, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, knew that he was here for this purpose. With a smile on his face, he hurriedly said: "For advice, please ask my family Chang'er."
After listening to Ding Liu's words and looking at Ding Liu's smiling face, he turned his attention to Ding Liu's second son, Ding Yongchang.
Seeing the left prime minister Su Yunqi looking towards him, Ding Yongchang was still a little nervous and looked towards his father Ding Liu nervously.
He saw his father, Ding Liu, looking at him with an encouraging face.
Seeing this, the Second Young Master
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Ding Yongchang thought about it for a while and then said: "There are two ways to do this."
Listening to the words of Ding Yongchang, the second young master of the Ding family, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, looked pleased and said expectantly: "Tell me and listen."
"The first way is to borrow some silver from the Wan Kingdom. Now with the national strength of the Mo Dynasty, there is no way to collect the silver. If taxes are increased, the people will definitely not be able to bear it, and there will be a lot of complaints from the people." Ding Yongchang came up with a solution.
As soon as he heard this method, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi stood up anxiously and said angrily: "This method will definitely not work!"
Hearing Zuo Xiang's disapproving words and looking at Zuo Xiang's face, Ding Yongchang, the second young master of Ding Mansion, was a little confused.
Even Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, who was sitting on a chair in front of the desk, felt a little panicked in his heart when he saw Zuo Xiang looking so angry.
Not knowing what he had eaten, Ding Wenchang asked Su Yunqi, the left minister: "Why not?"
After all, he is a junior, how can he get angry with a junior? Besides, he is just expressing his own opinion.
Thinking of this, the anger on Su Yunqi's face, the left prime minister, dropped a bit, sat back on his chair, looked at Ding Yongchang with a sad face, and said: "Although Wan State and our dynasty are allied countries, this When we encounter problems, we borrow money and food from them. Where does this put our government? A huge country borrows money from a small country. If this spreads, won't it become the laughing stock of our government? In this way, where should I put the emperor's dragon face? Doesn't this affect the reputation of our dynasty? In short, this method does not work, you can think of another method. "
After hearing this, thinking of the angry look on the left prime minister's face just now, Ding Yongchang had no choice but to put down this method.
Although there is another way, but thinking of the face of Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi just now, Ding Yongchang is no longer sure whether the second way he thought of can make Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi agree, and he is a little afraid to say it.
After waiting for a moment, looking at the sad look of Ding Liu sitting on the chair, and looking at the silent look of Ding Liu's second son, the left prime minister Su Yunqi asked his second son Ding Yongchang: "Just now, what did you say? There are two ways, the first one has been mentioned, what about the second one?"
After listening to what Zuo Xiang said, Ding Yongchang looked at his father Ding Liu again.
But as a father, what can Ding Liu do? After all, he can't think of any solution himself, and he still relies on his son.
Seeing that his father Ding Liu had no expression or movement, Ding Yongchang truthfully came up with the second method.
"The second way is to cancel the ban on sea, so that the people along the coast can make a living by fishing normally, and the merchants doing business in Mo can do business with foreign countries. Only in this way can the merchants make a lot of money, and the people along the coast will not have to worry about food. This time Only when we collect taxes can we collect more money." Ding Yongchang said.
This time, after hearing the second method, Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi was not as angry as before, but sat calmly.
Perhaps it was because this was the last and only way that left Prime Minister Su Yunqi seriously considered it.
Ding Liu, the sitting Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked at the calm look on Su Yunqi's face after listening to his second son Ding Yongchang's method, and became even more anxious, fearing that this method would not satisfy him.
If he was forced to resign, not only would his official reputation and rights be gone, but perhaps more than half of the family's income would also be gone.
After all, Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, became an official not for the official salary, but to use his rights to earn some money to support his family.
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