The Second Master of the Red Chamber

Yumachang, the hillside where Jia Lian led Miaoyu to come.

Although it has entered autumn, it is not as full of spring as before, but the grass hills are yellowing, the forests are dyed, the slight stream is far away, and the rising smoke is connected, which is also quite beautiful.

Princess Zhaoyang sat here with her knees hugged, taking in the scenery in front of her eyes, she couldn't help but praise.

Not hearing Jia Lian's response, she turned her head and found that Jia Lian was looking at her.He leaned back on one elbow, his slender figure was reclining, his hands were unconsciously stirring a piece of dry grass, his eyes were full of smiles.

Princess Zhaoyang was a little shy, "What is Erlang looking at?"

"I'm looking at a beauty, a beauty I'll never tire of seeing."

Jia Lian smiled sincerely.

To be honest, Princess Zhaoyang is not a stunning beauty at first glance, at least not like Qin Keqing or Gu Qingyi, as long as she is not blind, she can be identified as a stunning beauty at a glance.

For a beauty like Gein, the independence and combination of the five sense organs have reached an extreme perfection. Coupled with a bright and clean complexion and a slim figure, they are extremely perfect from every angle.

But Princess Zhaoyang is not, to put it simply, she belongs to that kind of attractive beauty.

The facial features are clear and handsome, the eyes are bright and the teeth are bright, the skin is clean and bright, especially between the eyebrows and eyes, the indifferent confidence and elegance are really pleasing to the eye.

It's no wonder that those proud princes and handsome disciples in Beijing will be impressed by him.

Thinking about it this way, it was either because he was dressed in ordinary men's clothes, or because he was covered by the beautiful empress dowager, which made him unable to see his appearance at a glance.

Princess Zhaoyang is not a woman who is easily deceived by her lover's words. After she smiled, she shook her head and said, "Erlang is here to coax people again. I must not be considered a beauty. If not, it should have been Erlang who saw me in the first place." Falling in love, not..."

I knew this hurdle would not pass.But thinking about it again, even if Princess Zhaoyang was a radiant and stunning beauty back then, he probably didn't intend to provoke her.

Back then, he was in an unstable situation, so how could he dare to defile the princess?
Knowing that Princess Zhaoyang was heartbroken because of her backtracking, Jia Lian turned over and sat up, pretending to be frivolous and said with a smile: "Back then I couldn't see Taishan."

But he didn't want to, his unintentional actions and words immediately made Princess Zhaoyang wrong.

It's because Princess Zhaoyang came riding a horse in full dress, wearing a silver-gray cloak, but now she has taken off the cloak, revealing her figure wrapped in tight cloth.

Princess Zhaoyang is nineteen years old, she is about to enter the age of peach and plum, not to mention her full-grown figure, and her natural capital is vigorous. In this way, she is already full and ready to come out. How can Jia Lian squint and tease her like this?

So Princess Zhaoyang looked down, and even though she was generous, she couldn't help but blushed, turned her body slightly, half-covered the scenery, and said angrily: "Guidao Erlang said that he doesn't like dancing and writing. It turns out that he uses all his thoughts." To these unscrupulous places."

Jia Lian was misunderstood, but he didn't care.It wasn't the first day he met Princess Zhaoyang, but he embraced Princess Zhaoyang generously, leaned closer and said with a smile, "Oh? Then I don't know if Qingran likes the prudish me or the dishonest one?"

Princess Zhaoyang turned her head and gave him a blank look. Seeing Jia Lian raising her eyebrows and looking at her, she laughed "puchi".

"As long as it's Erlang, I like it..."

"loquacious."

Jia Lian imitated Daiyu's usual tone of scolding him, and after jokingly said something, in Princess Zhaoyang's irresistible posture, she printed it on her lips that seemed to have no rouge.Then through the faint floral fragrance, Fang knew that it was still covered with rouge, but it was so faint that it could not be noticed at all.

After Princess Zhaoyang was kissed until her red lips were wet and panting slightly, seeing Jia Lian riding on her, she seemed to have the desire to make further moves, she couldn't help but wiped her mouth lightly, lay on the grass and looked at Jia Lian, and said with a soft smile "Since I left the palace, I have been much freer. I am going to stay in the palace outside the city for one night, and I will return tomorrow. I don't know if Erlang wants to go with me?"

Uh.

Jia Lian didn't expect it, Princess Zhaoyang obviously invited him to spend the night in her palace.

How come I feel a bit like his face.

Speaking of which, since the three-chapter agreement with Sister Feng, if there is no business, he really seldom stays out overnight.

Although there was a momentary thought of refusal in his heart, but facing Princess Zhaoyang's gaze, he still smiled calmly and said, "Okay, I'm just asking for it."

With that said, he kissed him again.

Still the same sentence, the beauty is very kind, and it is not too much to ask for this special trip to find him. If he refuses to agree, it will look like a man.

As for the family... Just kidding, I am a dignified lord, and I am not afraid of guilt, and I am afraid that I will not return at night?
Find a legitimate reason, if the girl dares to talk too much, she will just spank her ass.

Who knows that Princess Zhaoyang shook her head to avoid it, and said with a smile: "Let's forget it, some of your guards have seen me. If they saw me coming, their Marquis disappeared, and they must be suspicious." I was the one who kidnapped their Lord Hou. I don't want to take the responsibility..."

This woman repeated so much that Jia Lian was not sure what she meant, so he wanted to use his nirvana to force her to show her flaws.It's just that he just stretched out his hand to untie one side of his clothes, and held half of Taishan with his hands, when Princess Zhaoyang turned over and made the decision.

Princess Zhaoyang suppressed Jia Lian, and stopped Jia Lian's impulse with her eyes.

Although she doesn't mind having a love affair with Jia Lian, not to mention that several of her maids not far away are watching, but on the other side of the hillside, dozens of Jia Lian's soldiers are still practicing, and she always has something in her heart. I'm a little uncomfortable.

Seeing that Jia Lian understood her meaning, Zhaoyang Princess Fang Xiaoniao lay on Jia Lian's chest like a human being, and said softly, "I don't know if Erlang can pay attention to the recent major events in the court?"

"Not paying much attention."

As a military officer who mainly follows the route of generals, he doesn't care about government affairs, which is Jia Lian's attitude.

But in reality, Jia Lian collected all government news, whether it was overt or covert information.Not much else to say, although Jia Zheng has a mediocre political mind, after all, he is in the court, and he can know any news on the table at the first time, and communicate with him after he returns.

"It's nothing else, it's just a recent incident that may have something to do with your Jia family."

"Oh?"

"The population of our Great Wei today has more than doubled compared with that of the Taizu. Then counting the money and grain of the dynasty, it has grown extremely slowly, and even in recent years, it has gradually decreased.

The root cause is that the world has been in peace for a long time, and the annexation of land in the world is becoming more and more serious.Especially the clan, relatives, and those famous scholars do not need to donate money and food to the court, but it is precisely these people who own the most land... I say this, Erlang may understand the meaning? "

Jia Lian was caressing the beauty on her body, but when she heard that she was talking about something serious, she felt ashamed to disturb her and began to think about what she said.

To be honest, this fact is not new, it is just a cliché.

In which dynasty and generation has there been no land annexation?It just depends on how the court will deal with it after it happens.

After all, although the Great Wei also collected commercial taxes, agricultural taxes still occupied the main position.Food is the most important thing for the people. In this era of relatively low productivity, the importance of food is even more prominent.

It's just that even if the court knows that there are disadvantages in this kind of thing, it is difficult to have a perfect solution.

Because those who can wantonly annex land are often the supporters of this feudal empire.

Take Xungui, who doesn't have to pay grain tax at all, as an example.To be able to become a noble, how many people have not shed blood and sweat for the empire?
In the ancient dynasties, it was the hero who wanted to seal the borders and eat thousands of households.

Now it's fine if you don't give it a fief. Could it be that the poor one-acre three-point land under your name will not be spared by the imperial court?
This is the case for nobles, and it is the same for other groups that can be exempted from taxes, whether they are relatives or scholars with fame.

"Could it be that the imperial court plans to tax the clan and relatives?" Jia Lian was a little surprised. Princess Zhaoyang often went out of the palace, so it was normal to know some news in advance.Isn't this the reason why he gave his money to build forces.

"Although it is not necessary to directly collect taxes, it is certain to try to prevent the continued wanton annexation of the world's land."

As soon as Jia Lian heard it, he knew that this must be the feat that Emperor Ningkang wanted to accomplish. However, the matter was so involved, and if he wanted to achieve results, he could imagine the resistance.

To be honest, Jia Lian didn't want the current Emperor Ningkang to do this, because the risk was too great.To do it, it is best to wait until after the death of the Supreme Emperor, before it is too late.

But in his mouth, Jia Lian still replied: "If this matter can be effective, it will be a good thing for the country and the community."

Princess Zhaoyang looked at Jia Lian with a smile: "Oh, Erlang also hopes that this matter will come true? I heard that there are thousands of hectares of fertile land under the name of Jia's two houses. Erlang is not worried about being affected by it?"

Jia Lian smiled slightly, "It's about the great affairs of the country, how can I care about the gains and losses of a family, Qingran really underestimates me."

The Jia family's two mansions did have 30 million mu of land. Some of these fields were rewarded by the Taizu when the country was founded, and some were accumulated by later generations of headed families.Although it seems that there are many, but it can only be regarded as quite satisfactory in the Jia family, which is not an exaggeration.

Moreover, as long as Emperor Ningkang and the ministers of the court are still a little sober, it is unlikely that they will really take drastic measures against the most powerful forces in the world, the clan, relatives, and scholars.If you think about it, even if you want to set an example for the New Deal, in the end it is just a symbolic collection of these people.

And with so many fields in Rongguo Mansion, the total annual income is only 3 to [-] taels of silver. Even if the imperial court wants to levy an additional [-] to [-] percent, it is only a few thousand taels of silver...

Thousands of taels of silver are naturally not in his eyes.

Besides, Jia Lian was convinced that this matter would not be easily accomplished, and maybe the court would just collect the thousands of taels of silver here and make up for it there.The people who speak in the court are all the above-mentioned types of people. How can there be any saying that your own people treat you badly?

Therefore, Jia Lian naturally has no need to worry.

Of course, Princess Zhaoyang was not really worried that Jia Lian would care about the gains and losses of the farmland. After all, Jia Lian gave her 50 silver notes, each of which was real money!

But I was very happy to hear Jia Lian say this.She lay quietly in Jia Lian's arms, while enjoying the warmth of her lover's embrace, while rolling her eyes, she seemed to be thinking about something.

Suddenly, Jia Lian hugged her, "These countries did not rush to say in advance that the sky is going to be dark, Qing Ran still thinks about how to take me into the palace without anyone noticing and hide."

Hearing Jia Lian's ridicule, Princess Zhaoyang gave Jia Lian a thump on the chest, then said with a smile, "I was just joking with Erlang, but Erlang took it seriously, and I also want to go back to the city before dark.

Although I am freer than before, but if I am too casual, if it is heard by the Queen Mother, she will scold me, and I don't want to be scolded. "

Princess Zhaoyang said seemingly sincerely, but in fact, she did intend to test Jia Lian for a while.If Jia Lian showed evasion, she might really want to detain Jia Lian to stay with her for a night, but now that Jia Lian has such a good performance, she has no obsession.

The future is long, the two want to meet now as easy as possible, so why bother to fight for a day and night, just adding trouble to each other.

"Really don't want it?" Jia Lian looked a little surprised.

"I really don't need it. If Erlang has the heart, he can hug me right away..."

After confirming that Princess Zhaoyang was not against her will, Jia Lian picked her up by the waist and walked to several maids who were leading the horses. Regardless of their different appearances, she helped the light Princess Zhaoyang onto the horse, and then put her on the horse in front of them. face, hooked Princess Zhaoyang's body, and gave another deep kiss.

"Be careful on the road."

Princess Zhaoyang cast an annoyed look at Jia Lian, and then glanced at several maids. They didn't dare to laugh any more, and got on their horses one by one, and followed Princess Zhaoyang's reining sound.