Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 217 Greetings to Prince Li ([-])
Yao Cunhui's heart was moved. According to the usual rules, the commanders and generals could divide up part of the spoils captured by the Western Expeditionary Army.

However, the Ministry of War naturally refused to give all the gold, silver and jewelry it got to the Ministry of Accounts in vain to fill the Ministry of Accounts treasury with silver.After the military expenses are settled, the Ministry of War will try to find various reasons to keep most of it, such as pensions, bounties, and the purchase of weapons, horses and uniforms by the Ministry of War, etc. It is also reasonable to include the requisition money in it!

"The premise is that it is still uncertain when the Western Expeditionary Army will be able to win and return to the court! Moreover, you must know that the Ministry of Households will be liquidated, and it will never be calculated within half a year!"

There is another possibility that Prince Li did not mention, and Yao Cunhui did not ask, that is, if the Western Expeditionary Army is defeated, then——

But Yao Cunhui knew that the Western Expeditionary Army would not lose the battle!Shen Quan will definitely win and return to court!Moreover, although she didn't remember the exact time, she knew that Shen Quan would definitely come back in just one or two years!

"This is the best way! I will thank you, my lord!" Yao Cunhui smiled sweetly, raised her delicate eyebrows, and said, "The women of the people have confidence in our soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they will definitely win and return to court as soon as possible!"

Prince Li was taken aback, and laughed loudly: "You girl! If your father thinks the same way, you can come and find me again!"

"Yes, that girl will go back first!" Yao Cunhui smiled and got up to leave.

"Yeah!" Prince Li nodded and said with a smile, "Next time I come to stay a little longer, this child Qianqian is not at the house today, hehe, she is also talking about her Miss Xiaohui!"

Yao Cunhui smiled embarrassedly, and Shi Li withdrew.

The housekeeper politely sent Yao Cunhui and Zhao Jiyuan out of the house.

"Second miss, what did the lord say? Did you make things difficult for Miss?"

As soon as he got into the carriage, Zhao Jiyuan asked.

Yao Cunhui's face was as calm as calm water, and the housekeeper's attitude was not the same as before. Zhao Jiyuan couldn't see any clues. Even a tolerant person like him finally couldn't help asking curiously.

"My lord is a good man, and he really lives up to his reputation." Yao Cunhui smiled slightly.

Zhao Jiyuan was startled, and said happily: "Congratulations to the second lady, so there is hope!"

Yao Cunhui was stunned, nodded and smiled and answered "Yes".

Zhao Jiyuan really had an extremely flexible and sharp mind, and he guessed it just based on her ambiguous words!

No, I guessed it right!

The final decision on this matter is still in the hands of her father, isn't there hope?

After Yao Cunhui left, Prince Li in the Orchid Hall looked at her slender back in light green clothes, his eyes dimmed, and he sighed silently.

He has been away from the government for many years, and he actually didn't want to take care of these things.

Although he was kind to the queen mother at the beginning, and the queen mother always remembered this, the only generous reward during the festivals explained everything, no matter whether it was the Zhou family or the Lu family, no one dared to touch him!
However, the Empress Dowager has a strong personality, and she will repay her kindness with her kindness, and being grateful to him does not mean that she will be lenient towards other members of the Zhou royal family.

Over the years, Zhou's royal family has lived a miserable life under the oppression of the Queen Mother's party. There are countless people who seized titles, demoted their thrones, placed them under house arrest, exiled them, and ordered them to commit suicide.
Under such circumstances, his existence undoubtedly appeared very dazzling and embarrassing.

Four years ago, the queen mother forced to death the only remaining royal uncle. Even if he knelt outside the palace gate for a day and a night, the queen mother could not change her mind.

On the day when the emperor's uncle committed suicide at home, he entered the palace to face the saint, stared straight at the queen mother, and said unabashedly: "I regret saving your life at the beginning! If everything can be done again, time can be turned back, my minister." I will definitely take your life with my own hands!"

As soon as he said a word, all four people were shocked, and the maids and eunuchs were so frightened that their legs became weak and their souls flew out of their wits.The chief female officer immediately changed her face and yelled loudly.

The Empress Dowager laughed out loud in a daze, she was in a surprisingly good mood, her phoenix eyes shone brightly, and her well-maintained face showed a kind of self-confidence and arrogance that the world was in full control, she smiled and said: "But you will save the world after all." Aijia, right? Aijia still accepts your love!"

The topic changed, and the queen mother said again: "Forget it! For your sake, as long as they behave in a good manner and don't mess around with their thoughts, the Ai family will be lazy and care about it!"

He was shocked at the time, bowed his head in fear and said, "I am guilty! I deserve to die!".

The old emperor uncle has already gone, but there are still many people left in the royal family of the Zhou family. If his words angered the queen mother and started killing them, wouldn't it be his fault?
The Queen Mother's words seemed generous, but contained a sharp warning.

Seeing him bowing his head to plead guilty, the Queen Mother couldn't help laughing out loud, and the laughter was even more joyful!

From that day on, he said he was ill and refused to go to court, thanked guests behind closed doors, and officially became an idle clan.And the queen mother also kept this promise like a joke, and the butcher knife in her hand did not chop off the Zhou royal family's head again.

However, this trip to Sanmenxia disaster relief brought him too much shock and shock. The miserable situation of the victims, what he saw and heard along the way made his heart no longer calm!

These are all the people of the Great Zhou. As the Prince of the Great Zhou, the flesh and blood of the first emperor, looking at this tragic scene of mourning and thinking of the soldiers who conquered the enemy at the frontier, he couldn't move him.

It's fine if he doesn't see it, hear it, or don't know it. Now that he knows it, he can no longer pretend he doesn't know it.

What's more, Shen Quan, the commander who led the Western Expedition, was the only surviving son of his friend Shen Bo.The leader of the Shen family for generations is a powerful general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Over the years, he has remained neutral in the court, loyal to the court, and has no party or party.

In the era when the Lu family was in power, it was not easy for a general with power to remain neutral.

Because of this, he was even more worried that the Lu family would play tricks during the Western Expeditionary Army. Fortunately, the Queen Mother was clear about major issues and spared no effort to firmly support her, asking for money for money and food for food.Last year, a food security officer who was not afraid of death did a little trick to test the bottom line. The Queen Mother issued an imperial decree to behead him and all the adult men in his family, exile the rest, and ransack their homes!
All of a sudden, everyone was shocked.

However, the situation is different now, the imperial court can no longer provide money and food, and it is the best time to do tricks. Since the little girl found him, it is reasonable for him to follow suit and agree.

Anyway, the little girl kept in touch with him, and the little girl treated him for many years of old diseases, so it was impossible to hide it from the eyes and ears of the Queen Mother.With this layer of relationship as a cover, it can be justified in front of the Queen Mother.

In the study outside Yao's mansion, Yao Cunhui told his father all about the conversation with Prince Li, including the incident of meeting and acquaintance with Prince Li in the past.

It's just that Yao Cunhui said very simply about the acquaintance. He only said that he ran into the old prince fishing there by the Minghe Lake, said a few words, and passed on.

Master Yao was still a little puzzled about why Yao Cunhui met the old prince so smoothly, but he was relieved to hear her say that, and said with a smile: "Hui'er's luck is good, I didn't expect to have met the old prince a long time ago, it's strange that he would see you!"

"Father, what do you think of the old prince's words?" Yao Cunhui smiled, and then asked, but she couldn't help feeling secretly nervous.

The one who fought in the west was none other than her elder brother Shen. Of course, she hoped that her father would send the food out quickly and send it to the Western Regions as soon as possible.

Master Yao pondered for a while, then sighed: "What do you think father? Silly girl! Do you think father can do whatever he wants! This is the emperor's order, not an ordinary business! The old prince can confess to us, and he helped to make such a It’s not easy to think about it!”

Yao Cunhui was taken aback for a moment, but couldn't help laughing.I secretly thought that I really had a short-circuited brain!

But no, this is the emperor's order, and we can only discuss how to accept it, not whether to accept it or not!The old prince's words were also very clear. He told her to go home and explain it to her father, instead of discussing it at home.Just let them have a bottom line in their hearts and prepare early.

Yao Cunhui immediately felt relieved, and couldn't help but feel a little excited in her little mind.

"Hui'er, tomorrow, please go to Prince Li's Mansion again and ask the old prince for a favor. I hope the court can permanently exempt the 30 mu of land in Huxiang. Also, can the grain imported from Nanyang be exempted from transaction tax."

Yao Cunhui's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile, "Father, you really have the most experience!"

The Yao family was willing to take out the food without any delay. In the eyes of the court, such a small request was simply not worth mentioning. If it was raised by Prince Li, the court would definitely agree.Even Yao Cunhui did not doubt this.

What does it mean to make up for the losses in the east and come back from the west?This is it!
Under the admiration of Yao Cunhui, she was ashamed: Compared with her father, she was really far behind by a thousand miles!
Since ancient times, officials appointed by the imperial court, scholars and above scholars have not paid taxes on their fields, and the Dazhou Dynasty also followed this practice.The Yao family is a businessman, so the production of the fields must be taxed.

The tax that needs to be paid on 30 mu of land is not a small amount.

There is also food imported from Nanyang. The Shibo Department set up by the imperial court at the port is dedicated to managing merchants who ship and trade by sea, including the collection of transaction taxes.The amount of this tax is quite a lot.

Calculated in this way, the Yao family is not at a loss.

After Yao Cunhui conveyed his father's meaning to Prince Li, Prince Li was stunned for a while, and then laughed loudly: "I said Xiaohui, your father has really become a genius! He can calculate all this! Don't worry, This is something that the imperial court can still do! In this way, you wait for my news, and after the matter comes to a conclusion, I will send someone to Yao Mansion to find you."

Three days later, people from Prince Li's Mansion invited Yao Cunhui to go.Prince Li told Yao Cunhui the meaning of the court, which was actually the meaning of the queen mother in the palace:
The imperial court agreed to the Yao family's request that the Yao family's 30 mu of land in Huxiang would be exempted from tax forever, and the grain imported from Nanyang would be exempted from transaction tax for ten years regardless of the quantity!

"However, the imperial court also has one condition," said Prince Li with a half-smile. , must be from the Yao family."

(End of this chapter)