Chapter 79 Public Opinion
Weiyang Palace.
Rong Yue's lips trembled and he pulled them, "Chen'er, I know Zhenzhen has sent you a sachet. Is there anything else?" He was so busy.
Rong Jinchen said nonchalantly: "Father, you have to take a closer look today. There is a pair of iron-eating beasts on this sachet. They are so delicate and cute. I will keep it away tomorrow and I don't want to get it dirty." He could only show off for one day.
Rong Yue: ...
She asked good-temperedly: "Why can't you let Zhenzhen embroider another one for you?" "How can that be? This is the first sachet Qingqing embroidered for me. It has a different meaning, and I don't want her to be tired." Rong Jinchen said righteously.
Rong Yue: ...
"Chen'er, is there anything else?" To be honest, if it was anyone else here, Rong Yue would have smashed the memorial on his head.
Does he look like he's having some free time?
Did Chen'er pretend not to see the mountain of memorials?
Rong Jinchen's brows furrowed. His father wasn't cooperating at all. He glanced around at the surrounding furnishings and said, "Father, this white jade incense burner with a carved peony pattern looks great. I'd like to give it to you, my dear."
He can't come here for nothing.
Now he is the man who has to earn money to support his family.
Rong Yue took a deep breath, inhaled, exhaled, inhaled, and said with a smile: "Sure, Chen'er." He was very generous.
Yu Fuhai almost knelt down to His Royal Highness Prince Yan. He was a warrior who plucked the hair from a tiger's head, but the key point was that the tiger still gave him the hair.
Yu Manquan had quickly replaced the white jade incense burner with a carved peony pattern with an elephant-headed Vajra copper incense burner, which looked very elegant and simple.
Rong Jinyou seemed to be concentrating on reviewing memorials on the side. His figure, buried in the desk, was buried under the mountain of memorials and could not be seen.
He envied his father's indulgence and intimacy with Achen, but also found his behavior quite novel.
Thinking of him and his Crown Princess, he fell silent.
When Rong Jinchen turned around, he saw Rong Jinyou's figure behind the memorial, "Second brother." There was obviously no ups and downs in his voice, but Rong Jinyou subconsciously curled up a smile.
He looked at the sachet on Rong Jinchen's waist with a smile. It was a moon-white sachet of the most ordinary shape. It was made of Shu brocade and embroidered with two iron-eating beasts, one big and one small. Their chubby figures were snuggled up to each other, which was really adorable.
But for a grown man like Achen, using such a cute sachet is a bit too unmanly.
"Achen, your sachet is indeed very good. Miss Su is also very thoughtful and willing to treat you with care." He smiled politely. Rong Jinchen's eyes lit up slightly. There was no point in talking to a man with a peacock-like appearance. "Second brother, you still understand me the best."
He covered his lips with one hand, raised the corners of his mouth, and said in a deep voice: "Second brother, Qingqing has me in her heart. She spent several days embroidering a sachet for me. I have to think about what to give her as a return gift?" Although half of the time was spent embroidering for herself.
But Rong Jinchen didn't care, the pair of sachets were a token of love.
A man in love is unreasonable and as childish as a three-year-old child.
Crown Prince Rong Jinyou fell into deep thought...
Capital city.
At the morning court today, His Majesty was furious about the locust plague in Guizhou. The father of the Crown Prince's concubine was corrupt and accepted bribes, bought and sold official titles, and took advantage of the natural disaster to collude with officials and businessmen to hoard grain and then sell it at a high price.
The Prince of Jin's uncle, Marquis Fu'an, was extravagant and wasteful, completely disregarding the people of Guizhou who were displaced by the locust plague. Your Majesty ordered him to reflect on his mistakes indoors for three months and fined him 10,000 taels of silver.
Su Qiyang, the Minister of Revenue and Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, was appointed as the chief minister of the cabinet, in charge of the reform.
Our dynasty has been in existence for nearly a hundred years, and the problem of land annexation has become increasingly serious. It is imperative to implement reforms.
People in the capital were talking about it, especially the students who had just finished the imperial examination and were making friends through poetry.
"The current emperor is wise and enlightened. Reform and change are the measures to make the country strong. Although our dynasty seems to be peaceful, there are turbulent waves under the surface. Prime Minister Su is indeed a role model for our generation. I admire him!" A student in a washed-out blue shirt with a headband on his head.
"Minister Su has a good way of educating his children. Miss Su is extremely intelligent and has benefited students all over the world. Isn't this the result of Minister Su's words and deeds?" This is the students who admire Su Zhenzhen's answer to how to increase the proportion of students from poor families. Even if they cannot enjoy it this time, those from poor families who want to read more books can also enter the Royal Academy.
What's more, they are naturally from the poor class, and it is beneficial for the poor class to grow stronger.
The Royal Academy had already been piloted in the capital, and within just half a month, it had gained widespread acclaim among people who were not from aristocratic families or officials.
The people are not stupid. Your Majesty and Prime Minister Su's family are obviously standing on the side of those who have benefited. Of course, the children of the aristocratic families will be furious.
"Haha, what a bunch of people who curry favor with the powerful. Throughout history, has anyone succeeded in carrying out reforms? They just use various excuses to exploit the people, and in the end the people have to pay the price, which enriches a group of corrupt officials." This man was somewhat pessimistic and cynical.
A young man in a washed-out, blue, double-breasted gown said, "Brother, you're wrong. The current disaster relief efforts are the fastest in our dynasty, and corrupt officials have been purged one after another. Your Majesty dislikes extravagance and is lenient with taxes. Even when the treasury is tight, he hasn't increased taxes. A single careless move in reform will bring eternal infamy. Your Majesty and the Prime Minister have made up their minds, and this is truly for the country and the people."
"If Your Majesty had not carried out reforms, he would have been a rare wise ruler throughout history. However, he chose to reform for the sake of the Qin Empire. Such courage is rare in ancient and modern times."
"Everything Your Majesty has done has been beneficial to us, the poor students. If we don't even support Your Majesty, wouldn't we be ungrateful?"
"Indeed, the people under your majesty's rule are already living in a prosperous age they could never have imagined before. With no powerful enemies outside, internal stability, and light taxes and levies, they are now enjoying a period of rest and recuperation."
"Oh, Prime Minister Su is not a student from a poor family like us. He is a child of an aristocratic family. How can he understand the suffering of ordinary people?"
"Why not just eat meat porridge? Otherwise, the people will suffer!"
"If you ask me, Your Majesty may have been bewitched by Prime Minister Su. Otherwise, why would he become Prime Minister at the age of only forty?"
"You're right. For an ordinary person to become a second-rank minister by the age of forty would be a real success. But Prime Minister Su was only thirty and already a second-rank minister of the Ministry of Revenue and a first-rank cabinet minister. To have reached the position of Prime Minister in just ten years is clearly not a normal rate of promotion!"
"And all his political enemies were either demoted or had their property confiscated and exiled! There must be some secret to this! He's the one that made His Majesty so captivated by him!"
"That makes sense! I think so too!"
"That's right, maybe both the father and daughter of the Su family are capable of seductive tricks. Maybe they are the reincarnations of Daji, and they have made Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan fall head over heels for them! Otherwise, why has Your Majesty only had one Grand Secretary, Su, in the cabinet for the past ten years? And His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan even asked Your Majesty for two imperial edicts for Miss Su, so that he could be with her forever?" someone said suddenly.
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