Chapter 733

Sixty second dragon scale (V)

After eating a delicious meal cooked by Empress Dowager ren'an herself, she slept in the same bed with empress dowager ren'an in the evening and asked her to massage herself - Emperor Xiaozong was not in good health, and he had to sit for a long time to deal with government affairs. At the end of the day, he had backache and could not eat or sleep well. The Empress Dowager ren'an used this set of massage techniques with the Tai medicine in person. Whenever the emperor Xiaozong came back and lay in bed, she would press him. The most noble empress dowager in the world lived like a mortal couple.

After spending so much time with empress dowager ren'an, Linglong naturally understands that she is a gentle and caring woman, and she has a cautious relationship with the emperor Xiaozong. Why did such a person finally enter Lu Yu's harem? Died for no reason?

At that time, the little female emperor was dead. Empress dowager ren'an could never fall in love with Lu Yu. She loved a man as devoted and gentle as emperor Xiaozong. How could she be attracted to Lu Yu? But she entered Luyu's harem. Linglong couldn't think of any other possibility except to avenge her daughter.

After Lu Yu ascended the throne, the world must be stable, and he occasionally misses the little female emperor who once gave up his heart to himself. He took the rivers and mountains from her and cut off her head himself. Now he is the Lord of the world and has countless beauties to please and flatter, but the only thing that can make him bow down and become a minister is the little female emperor who was cruelly cut off by him. Empress Dowager ren'an is the biological mother of the little empress. Her mother and daughter are similar in appearance. He can't guarantee that he doesn't want to see things and think about people. They have their own thoughts. Unfortunately, Empress Dowager ren'an must be unable to fight Lu Yu. Whether she finally committed suicide or killed others is probably a mystery for thousands of years.

After being comforted by her mother all night, Linglong was still in high spirits the next day. This time, no one dared to say that she slept in the same bed with her mother at the age of 11. Yesterday's old speech official was a lesson from the past. No one had any private affairs at home, but no one wanted to be brought to the surface!

The official assessment system also officially began five days later. However, it is not allowed to be late and leave early to perfunctory dereliction of duty. Most officials can still do it. For those who can't do it, Linglong will also be punished and beaten. After a period of time, the atmosphere of Chaozhong seems to be refreshing.

When the three aristocratic sons came to Beijing and gave a banquet, the vassal kings could finally return to the fiefdom, but they wanted to keep their carefully trained sons. Who would be happy? What if they don't go back? They don't mind their father and son leaving Linglong. She just has reason to send her confidant ministers to the fief for "collaborative management"!

At first, the vassal kings didn't know what "collaborative management" was. As soon as Linglong explained it, they suddenly realized that the combination was to send someone to monitor them! No, no, no, no! They don't need any coordination ministers. They'll leave their son and go back by themselves!

This is forcing them to give up their legitimate son who has become a talent!

If there is no accident, these three sons will never want to return to the fiefdom except death. If the vassal kings had an evil intention to plot against them, they would be the first to be killed. If they did not, they would stay in the capital forever as protons. In addition, because of their origin, the little female emperor would never reuse them, that is to say, their life would be wasted.

The vassal kings are also very desperate. Can the heirs be elected so casually? How much energy did they spend training their son to be what he is today!

The worries of this group of people are exquisite. For the time being, she can't allow the vassal king to go back and expand her power, but the matter of accepting the vassal can't be done too quickly and needs to be considered in the long run. At present, the most important thing is people's livelihood. Since ancient times, people don't care who is sitting on the Dragon chair. As long as they can eat, wear warm clothes and have no worries about food and clothing, it's enough. However, with the current development level of the great dynasties, the people seem to be struggling on the food and clothing line.

Every year, we have to pay taxes on grain. The grain output is pitifully low. It's good to have enough money after paying taxes. Don't think about anything else! In addition, the officials at the bottom have their own pockets full. Although the people will not be displaced, they can not live and work in peace and contentment. In the final analysis, it is still the problem of grain production. The population base far exceeds the grain production. Many families with many children can't even eat enough. What else?

In the long run, the poor are getting poorer and poorer. In addition, everything is inferior. Only reading is high, and private schools and colleges are expensive. Ordinary people simply can't afford it, and there is no extra money to send their children to study. Therefore, poverty is passed down from generation to generation.

Poverty is accompanied by ignorance.

Linglong looked at the neonatal data presented by various places. The birth rate is as high as the premature death rate, and the mortality rate caused by women's production is also quite amazing. Therefore, to be a good emperor, first of all, let the people under him eat enough.

She has engaged in two generations of scientific research and has dabbled in all aspects. Although Dali's technical level is backward, those knowledge has long been stored in Linglong's mind. However, she is the emperor. There is absolutely no reason why she went to the field to do research. How to make the people eat and wear warm is the problem that the Ministry of work should consider. How to make the people live and work in peace and contentment is also the consideration of the Ministry of household. Is it difficult for the glittering silver in the Treasury to raise such two groups of waste?

Linglong summoned the Minister of work and the principal officials and set two small goals for them. 1、 Optimize grain varieties and select appropriate crops according to the planting environment; 2、 Improve the existing backward and bulky agricultural tools.

The common people of the great dynasties used plowshares. The plowshares were heavy and difficult to plough deeply. They often needed great efforts from people and animals. They had to be cultivated by two or three people, but the income was not high. Afraid that these people in the Ministry of work were not smart enough, Linglong personally drew drawings for them and asked them to build the light and convenient plow as shown in the picture. I dare not mention any more requirements. At least compared with the plowshare, the short pole plow and the curved pole plow are easier, which can save manpower and have better effect.

In addition, there are irrigation tools such as bobbins, which can irrigate by themselves without human care.

The Minister of the Ministry of industry was speechless with excitement holding the drawings given by Linglong. Looking at Linglong's eyes was similar to looking at immortals. Those who knew a little about history knew that, but it was a great progress for the officials of the great dynasties with backward scientific and technological level!

Linglong gave them half a year to optimize grain varieties and improve farm tools. After half a year, she wants to see the results. If she can't do it, she will be fined!

As for the Ministry of housing, she proposed the system of registered residence registration and the requirement of conducting a nationwide census. All the teachers, including those with low income, should register on the books and slightly reduce taxes and increase "female households".

The people in the work department are very efficient. With the drawings, farm tools will be made soon. Go to the field and have a try. Hey! Don't tell me how many times stronger than the plowshare that was difficult to use in the past!

However, it takes time to optimize the grain varieties. The excellent grain varieties found are also tested in the imperial villa. The Minister of the Ministry of work runs towards the palace every day. A good white fat old man is tarnished by the sun, but his spirit is very good. The Ministry of work has always been an invisible department in the six ministries. Emperor Xiaozong didn't pay much attention to it when he was there. Now they are gradually making achievements. How can they be unhappy! Exquisitely and without trace, it provides advice and help from all sides, and the efficiency is advancing by leaps and bounds.

It took more than half a year to complete the national census, and people from all walks of life were registered. In the past, the environment of the great dynasties was very unfriendly to single women such as widows who lost their husbands and orphans who had no parents. Even there was a case that their parents-in-law sold their widowed daughter-in-law, and orphans who lost their parents were typical of "starving families", which was different when they had female households, As long as you apply for a female household in the yamen, you can get the protection of the imperial court. Those who want to be a desperate household can be directly exiled if caught!

This kind of thing needs to set an example. If you catch two people first, others naturally dare not follow suit.

After the emergence of female households, women began to try to do business. Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, businessmen are the most humble column, but this is an exception to the little female emperor. The little female emperor encourages doing business. The only requirement is that businessmen pay more taxes than farmers, but this is understandable, because in terms of interests, businessmen earn many times more money than farmers. This year, the Ministry of household issued an announcement to reduce taxes, and businessmen are also among them!

Then came the implementation of new grain planting and improved farm tools. Before the spring ploughing of the new year, all parts of the country issued a decree from the little female emperor, asking all parts of the country to choose appropriate crops for farming according to local conditions. There should be no rice in dry land and no vegetables in sandy land. The customs should be opened to allow foreign businessmen to come, The Ministry of work changed seeds such as pepper, potato, tomato and peanut from the hands of foreign businessmen. After trial planting by the Ministry of work, it was found that the yield was large and easy to satisfy, and most importantly, peanuts could be used to extract oil!

At present, people rarely see oil and water in a year. They use animal oil, that is, lard fried from fat meat. Where they are willing to eat on weekdays, they have to celebrate the new year.

Now there is vegetable oil!

With oil and water, even fried vegetables can make people eat comfortable!

The most worrying thing for the Ministry of work is that the people are conservative and timid and rashly promote new grain varieties. They may be difficult to accept and even cause a rebound. Therefore, with a wave of their small hand, the Minister of household immediately shed two lines of tears - why should our Ministry of household bear the burden of your Ministry of work promoting new grain varieties???

Linglong's method is very simple: if new grain and new crops are planted according to the requirements of the Ministry of industry, they will be exempted from taxes for one year.

The people were boiling at once!

Fearing that the people would not understand the words, Linglong ordered the Ministry of household to send the news to the children and scholars in various counties. Because of the limited manpower and the vast territory of the Dali Dynasty, it was impossible for the people of the imperial court to go to various places to teach the people how to plant and use new farm tools. At the same time, the new laws and regulations also need to be conveyed downward, which requires a process, There is nothing more suitable than a scholar.

Of course, scholars who are willing to listen to the government's dispatch to various villages for publicity and explanation will be commended by the government.

Hey, it's just a stamped certificate of merit, but for scholars, it's a good opportunity to listen to God. Your Majesty's will. How proud it is that a scholar can convey it on his behalf! That certificate can be used as an heirloom when mounted!

There are many scholars who cherish the world. Originally, they don't touch the spring water of the sun. After this experience, they also grow up a lot.

Changing crops according to the geographical environment and optimizing grain varieties have increased the output by at least three or four times. When the harvest season comes, the fruitful results in the fields are the best return for Linglong.

Many old farmers who have been farming for a lifetime are holding heavy ears of rice and tears in their eyes. They don't have to pay taxes this year. They can eat a full meal at home, buy two flower cloth for their mother-in-law, and even send brain melon seeds and smart grandchildren to study in the county!

At the beginning, many ministers felt that Linglong's requirements for the Ministry of work and the Ministry of household were not feasible, especially those who took refuge in the vassal kings. They thought that the little female emperor was just playing games and asked the Minister of the Ministry of work to go down in person? It's too humiliating!

As a result, they are waiting to see a good play. Now their faces ache.

The people who have reduced or exempted taxes for one year obviously have a hard waist. In addition, Linglong strongly encourages businessmen and adds a national commercial station, which is designated by the Ministry of household. People can go to the commercial station to sell grain, fruit, cloth and other things, and then resell them through the commercial station. Otherwise, it will be difficult to exchange fruits and vegetables in the South and wool skin spices in the north.

The business station takes part of the expenses into the national treasury. The personnel of these new departments are required to be literate and able to count, and have a clean family background and no criminal history. The previous national population census came in handy. In addition, there are assessments every quarter. If they neglect their duties and enrich their own pockets, they will not only be dismissed, but also be recorded. They will not be allowed to take scientific examinations for the next three generations.

Therefore, the people selected into the national business station are very cautious and have a very good attitude towards old farmers. It is said that the Ministry of household will send people disguised as farmers to sell goods for investigation. If they are caught with a bad attitude, they will be punished! This is a fat job!

When the people sold more goods, they found it a great good thing to work in the commercial station. In addition to the high salary, they were also respected. However, the Yamen asked them to read, read and count before they could enter. They didn't have that chance all their lives.

I've been digging in the ground all my life. Will my children and grandchildren have to dig in the future?!

Anyway, I have a lot of money left this year. It's better to send my children to study without seeking fame. It's also good to work in the business station!

In this way, the people who have no worries about food and clothing pursue reading and literacy without the encouragement of the imperial court, and gradually have requirements for the education of the next generation. At this time, Linglong sends another person to publicize - the people are even more excited when they see that women can enter the business station!

After the little female emperor ascended the throne for three years, the great dynasties have almost changed their faces. The most obvious thing is that there are basically no beggars in the streets. Because they are poor and can't eat, there are very few people selling children and women. The people look very good. They have red meat all over their faces. They don't have the sour nature of ministers. They will serve Whoever makes them eat enough and wear warm clothes!

Linglong is not the kind of person who doesn't make a name for herself. She's afraid she won't have a high reputation among the people!

She wanted to see how the three vassal kings wanted to compete with her.

Even the officials who complained about Linglong in the court shut up. What can they say? Now the two ministers from the Ministry of work and the Ministry of household highly praise your majesty. If anyone says anything bad about your majesty, these two old men can eat you raw!

But when women entered the business station to work, some ministers protested in the early court that it was too inappropriate for women to appear in public, and it was absurd for women to engage in business.

Linglong calmly listened to him fart and asked slowly, "according to the Qing family, shouldn't I not go out of the gate without going out of the gate? I see you guys in the morning every day. What's the matter? I've become a fickle woman? "

The minister was startled and realized that the emperor on the Dragon chair was also a daughter!

In fact, in the past three years, in addition to being a little overbearing, a little capricious, a little not playing cards according to the routine... Linglong's performance is not worse than that of the Ming kings of the previous dynasties. Everyone almost forgot that she is a woman.

"What's the age? You don't give women a way to live?" Linglong played with the emerald finger on her left thumb. Over the past three years, she has become better and better, and her noble spirit makes people dare not look at her directly. At the same time, her ability to expose people's history has become stronger and stronger. The reason why she can turn the imperial court into her speech hall is mainly because she has too many news... "If I remember well, your family was a poor son at that time, It took ten years to have this Python robe. "

"Yes... Yes."

The man was shivering on his knees.

Linglong said slowly: "it's not easy to raise a scholar these days. I've heard that the old mother of the Qing family embroidered flowers to earn money, saved money for the Qing family to go to Beijing for the exam, and had to buy cloth and thread by herself, and sell her embroidery everywhere. She showed up all day. According to the logic of the Qing family, isn't it natural to have sex? She should immerse herself in a pig cage to calm her anger?"

Her tone was light, but the minister was frightened: "your majesty! Your majesty -- "

"I know you are a famous filial son, but don't forget that your mother is not only your mother, but also a woman. You have wives and daughters and treat them like pearls and treasures. Why should you be harsh on other people's mothers, wives and daughters? If you don't understand what you don't want to do to others, you might as well go home and read well. " Linglong looked cold. "Do you have any objection to the salary for half a year?"

"Thank Lord longen, thank Lord longen!"

He knows that the penalty is the lightest. If it is more serious, your majesty can directly send someone to throw him out of the Jinluan hall and dismiss him from his post and never hire him!

Others are as quiet as chickens. Many people are dissatisfied with women's entry into the business station, but no one dare to mention it. After all, no one wants to be exposed

After going down, Hu Xiuhe smiled: "Your Majesty, why didn't you reward the open-ended adult today?"

Linglong glanced at him: "that man is 250. Both his mother and his wife are tough. I won't beat him. When he went back, his mother and his wife learned that he had to be pinched and scolded."

Not to mention that he was still a filial son. After his old mother scolded him, he was afraid he could wilt for more than half a year.

At the age of 14, Linglong has grown into a young girl and has changed a lot. However, compared with Qin Xiao, she is... Um

Qin Xiao has been with Linglong for three years and has long been convinced of her. Privately, the little empress has no airs. He and Hu Xiuhe are her confidants and can laugh freely. Seeing the little female emperor jumping in front of him again, Qin Xiao couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty has grown very fast."

Yes, from Qin Xiao's stomach to Qin Xiao's chest.

Seeing Linglong quite dejected, Qin Xiao said, "Your Majesty, Qi spy returns. The king of Qi mined another iron mine."

Linglong listened and sneered, "yes, only half of the iron ore mining was turned over to the imperial court. Where has the other half gone?"

Iron is indispensable for the promotion of improved agricultural tools. Iron is indispensable for iron. There are many mines in Qi, but up to now, iron is still not enough. The output of a mine may not be counted by ordinary people, but it is exquisite but very clear“ The old thing can't sit still. "

Three years later, the prince of Qi still stayed in the capital, but the king of Qi who was far away in the capital suffered a great crime. He originally had three sons, and his legitimate son was the son of the world, which was most valued by him. But because his legitimate son stayed in the capital as a pledge, people with a clear eye knew that he could not come back, so his two bastards began to replace him and calculated with each other, one on the way of burping fart and the other on the way of burping fart, I can't live. In this case, the king of Qi will have only one son left!

Can he take it easy?!

Of course, the two bastards are killing each other, and there are also exquisite people who contribute to the fire. It's not easy for them to make friends. It's not easy to make friends?

The king of Qi once fell from a horse more than ten years ago. Although he survived, he lost his ability to be a father again. Therefore, he attached great importance to his three sons. Now one is dead, the other is dying, and there is only a full tailed son in the capital. He doesn't want no successor, so he has to find a way to get the son back!

And Linglong certainly wants to give him this opportunity.

It's enough for the king of Qi to drink a pot of iron ore and weapons.

Now that the land of Wu has been incorporated into the territory, Qin CE is the commander of the land of Wu, and Linglong has coveted the land of Qi for a long time. Which emperor would think there are few mines?

"It's time to give Qi Shizi a chance." Exquisite and meaningful.

Qin Xiao and Hu Xiuhe are both exquisite people. They don't need her to say more to know what they like. But this time, Linglong didn't need them to do it, but ordered Lu Yu to do it.

Over the past three years, Lu Yu has been an official of the supreme three grade inspector, who is subordinate to the exquisite straight-line official. To put it simply, this official is an isolated minister, who is specially used to offend people. Basically, he has become this official. It is more difficult to pull a gang than to ascend to heaven. Lu Yu, from the perspective of the history of later generations, was a wise gentleman who acted ruthlessly and decisively, but he really had real skills. His ability to observe words and colors was first-class. It couldn't be better to be used as an inspector and censor.

Linglong uses him, but doesn't believe him. This person is born anti bone and unwilling to be subordinate to others. Therefore, Qin Xiao and Hu Xiuzhi can be her confidants, but Lu Yu can't.

However, she has been generous in delegating power and giving rewards to Lu Yu. There is no way. Lord Lu is a loyal follower of Linglong. No matter what theory Linglong puts forward, Lu Yu is firmly on her side. There are some true feelings and false intentions here. Linglong doesn't know, but she likes Lu Yu's attitude.

If he pretends, he'd better pretend for a lifetime.

Qin Xiao is open and aboveboard. He can't do some things. Although Hu Xiuhe has a deep mind, he doesn't have a good view of the overall situation. Only Lu Yu has both shortcomings. For this person, as long as he can achieve his goal, he can do anything by any means.

It's better for him to calculate the son of Qi.

Let's start with king Qi.