Imperial city.
Since letting Yun Li serve as regent, Emperor Wen basically stopped interfering in state affairs.
On weekdays, Emperor Wen would either play mahjong with the concubines in the harem, or enjoy their dancing, or go to the mansions of the dukes to eat and drink.
Emperor Wen was not partial and he visited the homes of all the dukes and marquises in the court.
Sometimes, Emperor Wen also brought Empress Xu and other concubines with him.
Emperor Wen was free and easy, but the ministers in the court were miserable.
To entertain Emperor Wen, a meal would cost at least several hundred taels of silver. If Emperor Wen brought more concubines, or suddenly felt like playing mahjong with his ministers, several thousand or even tens of thousands of taels of silver would be spent!
If Emperor Wen came once a year, everyone would feel honored and blessed.
But Emperor Wen would bring people to his home every now and then. Which court official could stand it?
Many people were wondering if Emperor Wen was really so poor that he went to their homes to eat and drink, and win some money to enrich the treasury of the Imperial Household Department.
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The only one who was happy was Yun Li.
Not to mention that Emperor Wen gave almost all the power to him, the fact that Emperor Wen ate and drank for free all day long made the wine-making workshops make a fortune.
The reason for this was that Emperor Wen strictly restricted the output of wine-making workshops and did not allow too much grain to be used to make wine.
This resulted in Zhang Gongzui being sold out, with the price soaring to sixty taels of silver per catty!
Today, Emperor Wen came to the Duke of Rong's Mansion again.
Unlike others, Qin Liu was much more casual when he dared to entertain Emperor Wen.
It's just that the dishes are slightly better and it won't cost much more.
"Your Majesty, you really don't care about state affairs?"
Qin Liugan didn't use Zhang Gongzui to entertain Emperor Wen, he just used a slightly better rice wine.
Emperor Wen did not dislike it and continued to drink with gusto.
Listening to Qin Liugan's question, Emperor Wen couldn't help but chuckle, "With the Third Brother and these ministers in the court and the Sixth Brother in Shuobei, what else should I worry about? I have to let the Third Brother adapt in advance, otherwise, if I go to Shuobei again, it will take at least two or three months. Without me, will the court not function?"
"You are too bold, aren't you?"
Qin Liugan was speechless, and then tried to say: "Don't blame me if I say something disrespectful."
"Just say it!"
Emperor Wen waved his hand casually, not caring at all.
"Aren't you afraid that the prince will harm you after he takes control of the court?"
Qin Liugan asked with some concern.
"As long as I am here, he will not be able to control the court!"
Emperor Wen smiled confidently and said, "As for doing harm to me, even if I give him the courage, he still wouldn't dare to do it! Now, he hopes that I will live a hundred years more than anyone else!"
No matter how stupid Yun Li and his gang were, they couldn't be so stupid as to take his life.
As soon as he dies, Lao Liu will definitely march towards the imperial city!
The imperial court is now completely unable to stop the army under Lao Liu's command.
As long as he died, Yun Li and his party would soon follow in his footsteps.
Only Qin Liu dared not understand such a simple truth.
"You better take it easy!"
Qin Liu dared to advise: "In the battle of Shuobei, you trusted yourself too much! Now, Lao Liu has helped you to regain your face, you must not fall because of over-trusting yourself..."
Only Qin Liu dared to say this.
During the battle of Shuobei, he did not follow the army and was unable to hold back the overconfident Emperor Wen.
Now, he had to remind Emperor Wen.
The power of the prince's party was growing stronger and stronger. If this continued for a long time, he was worried that Emperor Wen would be sidelined.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on!"
Emperor Wen still looked extremely confident, "I'm not very good at fighting! But when it comes to scheming, I don't even care about the Third Brother and the others combined!"
Seeing Emperor Wen was so confident, Qin Liu dared not say anything more.
That’s all!
Anyway, Lao Liu is there to back me up.
Let him play if he wants!
After having a meal at Qin Liugan's home, Emperor Wen returned to the palace leisurely.
As soon as he returned to the palace, Mu Shun hurried forward to report: "Your Majesty, the Sixth Prince sent a memorial from Fuzhou, and also sent someone to deliver a jar of good wine and a letter."
Having said that, Mu Shun quickly winked at the young eunuch behind him.
The young eunuch understood and immediately stepped forward with the jar of wine, while he respectfully handed over Yun Zheng's letter.
Emperor Wen took the letter and opened it, and his face twitched suddenly.
This rebellious son!
And gave yourself tiger penis wine?
Why, does he feel he is old?
No use anymore?
Treason!
Emperor Wen was both angry and amused, but there was something wrong with the look he gave the tiger whip wine.
Just when Emperor Wen was thinking about whether to try the tiger whip wine today, Yun Li came again.
Emperor Wen signaled the young eunuchs to put down the wine and asked them to leave the bedroom first.
“Take a look!”
Emperor Wen directly handed Yun Zheng's letter to Yun Li.
Yun Li took the letter, glanced at it roughly, and almost laughed out loud.
Fortunately, Yun Li finally held back.
This bastard even gave tiger whip wine to my father?
Doesn't this clearly show that you are not good at making fun of my father?
Emperor Wen's face was not looking good. "This rebellious son probably wants to anger me to death!"
Yun Li nodded in agreement, "It's a pity that he didn't know that my father was pretending to be sick when he was in Fuzhou."
"He underestimated me! He thought he could piss me off to death with just this little trick?"
Emperor Wen snorted and asked Yun Li, "Why are you rushing here?"
Yun Li did not dare to delay and quickly presented Yun Zheng's memorial to Emperor Wen.
Emperor Wen took it and looked at it carefully.
Distribute the tax according to the land area?
Well, this is a move that benefits the country and the people!
If it can really be implemented nationwide. It can significantly reduce taxes for ordinary people.
At the same time, this is also a move against the aristocratic families and clans!
This rebellious son acted quickly. He actually started to raise the knife against the aristocratic families and clans so quickly?
After thinking for a while, Emperor Wen looked up at Yun Li and asked, "What do you think of this idea of allocating taxes to each acre?"
"This is indeed a move that benefits the country and the people!"
Yun Li first expressed his affirmation, and then suddenly changed the subject, "But the land tax will affect the interests of too many people. If we want to implement it nationwide, we will definitely encounter great resistance."
"So, you think it cannot be implemented nationwide, right?" Emperor Wen asked slowly.
"yes!"
Yun Li nodded. "The aristocratic families and clans are already at loggerheads. If we implement the policy of equalizing the land tax, there will probably be chaos."
He has already begun to take drastic measures against the aristocratic families and clans.
These days, he felt unprecedented pressure.
But in order to prevent the aristocratic families and clans from causing trouble for Lao Liu when he raised his army, he had to continue doing this under pressure.
If we implement the policy of allocating land tax to each household now, it will definitely add fuel to the fire.
Emperor Wen did not refute Yun Li's words, but frowned and asked: "Have you ever thought about what it would mean to the court if Lao Liu successfully implemented the land tax distribution in Fuzhou?"
"this……"
Yun Li frowned.
Before this, he was only thinking about how to persuade Emperor Wen not to implement the policy of equalizing the land tax and had no time to think about this problem.
When asked by Emperor Wen, Yun Li could only lower his brows and ponder...
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