Chapter 421: Traveling the World with Your Tail

After complaining, the second brother said, "Mother, you don't have to put yourself in a difficult position. If you don't want to pay attention to her, just ignore her. If she dares to disgust you, just disgust her back. It's just like what elder brother Yuan said. As long as you stick to your principles, you don't have to care about these little calculations in private. Just let your temper do what it wants. It's not that you have to suffer after all the hardships. What I wish for in my life is that our family can stand up straight and not be bullied by anyone!"

Tuanzi immediately said, "Me too!"

Madam Lin smiled and said, "I haven't been wronged in the first place. I just feel that I don't look like a crown princess."

"Just don't be wronged!" The second brother said, "Mother, don't think too much. What should a prince be like? What should a princess be like? It's just like you, my father and mother! Now you are second to none and above everyone else. Your words are the rules, and your appearance is the standard. You don't have to use rules to restrain yourselves... Anyway, as your son, I just want to watch you do whatever you want."

Tuanzi added: "Me too!"

The second elder brother said, “In the past, this wish was difficult to fulfill in the countryside, but now, we have already taken ninety-nine steps. For the remaining step, we can run, walk happily, jump, and walk however we want… My brother and I have grown up, so leave everything to us.”

Tuanzi said again: "Me too!"

The second brother's ambitions were all destroyed by her. He poked her belly with a smile and said, "You are nothing but a nobody! You always bite your tongue. I've finished talking, go ahead and talk!"

"I can't speak!" Tuanzi said proudly, "Xinbao has no education, he relies on biting his tail to get around!!"

Puff! The second brother smiled so hard that his eyes curved. He picked up his sister and turned around the room twice.

The brother and sister laughed and joked for a long time, and the second brother's arms became sore soon. He complained: "I won't call you Xinbao anymore. I'll just call you Qiubao. I can't hold you anymore."

Tuanzi was clinging to him and wouldn't get off. If he didn't hold her, she would climb on herself and make an excuse: "Why can your father hold him, your mother can hold him, your brother can hold him, and your younger brother can hold him, but you can't? This is definitely not Xinbao's problem, it's because you are too weak, you should eat more food!!"

Phew! The second brother was so tired of laughing that he just walked back with Qiubao hanging on his shoulder and let A Niang take him away.

He sat back, drank half a cup of tea, and then talked to Yan Qingshan about some serious matters.

This morning at the court, an imperial decree was issued to promote cotton. Based on the materials provided by Yan Shirong, another person was sent to Songjiang Prefecture for on-site investigation.

The current policy is that for fields of five to ten mu, 10% of the field is planted with cotton, and for fields of ten mu or more, the amount is doubled. At the same time, cotton can also be used to offset taxable rice. In addition, fields where cotton accounts for more than 20% of the field are exempt from tax, and fields of less than five mu can be exempted from all field taxes if cotton is planted on half an mu. And so on.

In general, we are more inclined to let the poor at the bottom grow cotton, because with subsequent policy support, it will be a good thing for them and their lives will be better.

Xinbao listened very carefully.

Although she was a political novice, she also knew that the current situation was actually much better than when Zhu Yuanzhang promoted cotton, because the country was rich and the people were strong now, unlike when the new dynasty was just established under Zhu Yuanzhang. At this time, changes in annual tax grain would not have too much impact.

In addition, he also issued an edict to let Liang Ruoxu join the cabinet. Liang Ruoxu thus became the youngest cabinet minister.

However, although he is young, he became famous early and entered the officialdom early. Before he was demoted, he was the Minister of Personnel. He also made great contributions in Longmen County and had a close friendship with the real prince. This result was not surprising to everyone.

After the second brother finished speaking, he looked at Xinbao again and said, "I guess the emperor will tell Lord Li today, and then Xinbao should be able to go tomorrow. I have inquired about it. Lord Li's parents are both deceased, so Madam Li is the head of the family. I heard that she is from an aristocratic family. His eldest son is not in the capital, but his second son is in the capital. He is a scholar and a doctor of the Imperial Academy. He is said to be very knowledgeable and is about 30 years old. The third son is in the imperial army."

Yan Qingshan said, "On the first day, your mother and I will accompany her, and after that, you and Jue'er will accompany her."

The second elder brother nodded and said, "I heard from Master that there is a Duke of Wei, whose garden is also very beautiful, but he no longer holds an official position. His eldest son is Wei Xuanxiao, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, and his second son is Wei Fengting, the Deputy Commander of the Longxiong Guard, the one we have met. They are both powerful people."

Yan Qingshan said: "Then you can let Faner go with her."

Xinbao was only focused on listening to what was happening. When he saw that it was getting late, he hurried out to the Qianqing Palace. He was even more nervous than going to work.

As soon as they got there, Fang Wuyou said to her, "My little princess, someone from Shou Pharmacy just now said that they have found two snakes and are ready to start."

Xinbao was very interested and went there immediately.

There are many advanced ways to extract snake fat nowadays, but they are not feasible now, so we can only use crude methods, which will be a bit wasteful.

But he didn't expect that there was a hidden talent in the Imperial Hospital. There was an imperial physician named Xu Liangxing, who was said to be a folk physician and currently only a second-class imperial physician. However, he was very skilled in killing snakes and making medicines. Xinbao was not afraid. He just watched from the side and kept praising him.

Since she herself wasn't good at this, she thought he was even better.

The Qianqing Palace urged Xinbao twice, but Xinbao was still reluctant to leave. Later, Fang Wuyou had no choice but to come on his own and begged for a long time with a bitter face. Xinbao had to leave reluctantly.

After she came back and changed her clothes and washed her hands, Emperor Mingpei came out and said to her with a smile, "Come and take a look at these calligraphy works."

Xinbao then noticed that there was a long table in the room with a number of calligraphy works already placed on it. Xinbao and Mingpeidi looked at them one by one.

She thought she didn’t understand calligraphy, but some looked beautiful, so she pointed out: “This one! This one! This one is also beautiful!”

There is no wrong version in the 1619 book forum!

Emperor Mingpei frowned.

He discovered that Tuanzi actually liked those with momentum, not the style but the momentum. Generally speaking, as calligraphers, he felt that the structure was not very regular, but it was vigorous and powerful, with a warrior style. Tuanzi liked this kind of style.

But when I really found some powerful cursive scripts to show her, she didn't like them because she didn't recognize any of them.

The grandparents picked again and again, changing the long table three times, and finally only four were left. Xinbao made a difficult choice for a long time, and finally said, "These four are too good! Xinbao can't choose, Yeye will help Xinbao choose."

Yeah Yeah doesn’t want to choose.

He found it eye-catching.

But the granddaughter raised her little face and looked at him with her black grape eyes. Emperor Mingpei coughed, pretended to pick it up and look at it, took the opportunity to look at the signature on the back, and then said, "This one."

The person he chose happened to be the Duke of Weiguo mentioned by his second brother in the morning.

Xinbao requested: "Let him write bigger, preferably in lines." She gestured with her hand to make a horizontal line: "Xinbao, put this on top, so it will be easier to write."

Emperor Mingpei agreed to all of them.

When they went to the Duke of Weiguo's mansion to deliver the oral order, both the Duke of Weiguo and his son were stunned.

Wei Xuanxiao, the eldest son of Duke Wei, was a man of both civil and military talents, and was famous for his calligraphy. However, he was not selected. Then, after retiring, the old man, a military man, enjoyed practicing calligraphy and insisted that his son help him pass it in, and he was selected.

The old man almost laughed to death. He laughed at his son for half an hour, and then started writing.

(End of this chapter)