Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 316 Senior Brother Has Been Promoted

Early the next morning, Zhu Zhen rode the Great Sage Pingtian, who hadn't been seen for a long time, wandered out of Donghua Gate and came to Liu Junshi Bridge.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of Chengyi Bo's mansion, he saw Liu Li and Liu Xiang kicking shuttlecocks there.

In Mengchun season, the spring clothes are light and thin, and the girl's lake-green skirt flutters like a lake of green waves, revealing a white and tender calf from time to time, just like the white swan in the lake.

Zhu Zhen was dumbfounded.It feels like she's grown up again.

"Uncle, you are finally back."

It wasn't until Liu Li saw him and greeted him happily that Zhu Zhen came back to his senses, smiled and asked:

"Yeah, did you miss me?"

"Guess what?"

"That's what I thought." Zhu Zhen said casually.

"You didn't guess." Liu Li giggled.

"Really?" Zhu Zhen pulled out a golden hairpin inlaid with rubies as if by magic.

This is one of the gifts that the queen of Goryeo gave to his mother and concubine, and he gave one of them.

"Of course I was joking." Liu Li's dark eyes turned into crescent moons. "If you don't believe me, ask Liu Xiang, he always talks about my little uncle."

"Hmph, you are too easy to be bribed!" Liu Xiang was very disdainful, this sister is not like him at all.

But Zhu Zhen showed another sandalwood bow, a special product of North Korea.

Good bows have been produced in the Korean peninsula since ancient times. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty Dongyi Biography" says that "Le Lang, the sandalwood bows are produced in their land".Lelang is one of the four counties established by Zai Han in Korea.

North Korea’s horn bows and arrows are different from those in China and Japan. The horn bows are flexible and have a long range, while the arrows of the Korea are short and light, but have a long range.

Liu Xiang swallowed immediately, then pushed the girl towards Zhu Zhen and said, "Put the hairpin on her head."

Zhu Zhen happily handed the bow to the sensible Liu Xiang, and when he wanted to insert the golden hairpin into Liu Li's temple as promised, the little girl blushed, grabbed the hairpin and ran in.

"Alas..." Zhu Zhen shook his head helplessly, and followed in with his hands behind his back.

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Entering Uncle Chengyi's residence, Liu Li was nowhere to be seen.

Zhu Zhen had no choice but to come to the master's study room first, without knocking on the door, just pushed it open and went in.

In the room, Liu Ji and Liu Lian were talking, which surprised him.

"Stinky boy, are you going to scare yourself to death as a teacher?!" Liu Ji blew his beard and stared.

"Hey, teacher, I have a surprise for you." Zhu Zhen was not afraid of him at all, and Lao Liu still expected him to teach him more things.

"It's not too frightening." Liu Ji said angrily, "You came back from Korea so soon?"

"What's so interesting about that shitty place?" Zhu Zhen put a huge Korean ginseng and a yew wood walking stick on the table, curled his lips and said, "It's just my brother and they never get tired of it."

"Haha, who made you useless, little bird." Liu Ji understood it in seconds, and laughed so hard.

"Sigh, I don't respect my old age." Zhu Zhen complained, and saluted Liu Lian again: "Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Your Highness, it's nothing." Liu Lian smiled and said in a warm voice, "Your Majesty appointed me to participate in politics as the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi."

"How many grades?" Zhu Zhen asked with a blink of an eye.

"It's from the third grade." Liu Lian replied softly.

"Good thing!" Zhu Zhen cheered: "Is this a seven-level or eight-level promotion?"

"Because of the empty seal case, there are a lot of vacancies for local officials, so this kind of surprise promotion is very common now." Liu Lian said.Well, it has nothing to do with him being Liu Bowen's son.

"This is called opportunity." Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "I really envy senior brother, unlike me, I can't make progress in this life."

"Your Highness, you are already a prince, how can you improve?" Liu Lian was speechless.

"Then you have to be the emperor." Liu Bowen sneered.

"Master, don't talk nonsense, I don't have that idea at all." Zhu Zhen quickly waved his hand to deny it.

Liu Bowen snorted and didn't answer any more.

"When will senior brother take office?" Zhu Zhen also quickly changed the topic.

"The official's intention is, of course, that the sooner the better." Liu Lian smiled wryly, "But my father hasn't promised me to go yet."

"Why?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"Why?" Liu Bowen said coldly, "It's obviously a fire pit, why are you jumping into it?"

"Why do you say it's a fire pit?" Zhu Zhen asked.

"The emperor wants to test two things in Jiangxi. One is the 'reporting method' you mentioned in the name of the old man. This should be a matter under the control of the chief envoy and has nothing to do with Liu Lian." Liu Bowen said solemnly:
"But there is another thing, Qingzhang Tianmu, the appointment is that Liu Lian's errand has not escaped!"

"My father is going to compile a yellow book?" Zhu Zhen said with a solemn expression.

"Well, during the time you left Beijing, the emperor secretly visited me." Liu Bowen said lightly:
"He said that the empty seal case hurt him a lot and made him no longer trust the officials in the world. Of course, he just listened to this, because he never believed them."

"That's true..." Zhu Zhen was powerless to refute.

"He also said that the reason why the local government and the Ministry of Households are so rampant is that they do not have the exact number of acres of land in their hands. In this way, the court does not know how much tax they should collect each year, and neither do the common people. Let the government make irresponsible remarks!

"If the imperial court can control the number of acres of land for each household, it will be clear at a glance how much tax it should collect every year. How can there be room for corrupt officials to make troubles?" Liu Bowen continued:
"That's why your father has made up his mind to clear up all the land in the whole country!"

"This is a long-term plan." Zhu Zhen said: "All dynasties and dynasties, after the founding of the country, have to do it. If you don't do it well, the country will not last long."

"Do you still need to teach me?" Liu Bowen rolled his eyes at him and said, "It is good for the country and the people to clear up the land. I know this? But what about the local officials and landlords?"

"That's definitely not good, only bad." Zhu Zhen said: "After clearing Zhang Zhang's land, the chance for the government to profit from it will be small. The landlords can't hide the land anymore, and they have to pay a lot of taxes, so they must be very resistant."

"Understood? Boss?" Liu Bowen glared at Liu Lian and said, "You are not as good as a child!"

"Of course I'm not as good as Your Highness." Liu Lian said awkwardly.

"And I'll tell you, Your Majesty is going to be ruthless this time!" Liu Ji said sharply, "It's no longer a compromise like the account post back then, it's not painful or itchy.

"He plans to prohibit the government from going to the countryside to collect taxes after the yellow book is compiled! And even the delivery of taxes and food will not be done by the government!"

"Ah?" Liu Lian said in shock: "How is this possible? No need for the government to collect taxes?"

"Fuck..." Zhu Zhen was also very surprised, the old thief really dared to be the first in the world!
"How is it impossible?" Liu Ji then explained: "The emperor plans to break the traditional concept of township after Qingzhang, organize ten households into one Jia, and select one Jia head from them to manage. A hundred households are exactly ten households. There is a head, and then a Lichang is set as the head."

(End of this chapter)