Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Chapter 390

Everyone stared dumbfounded at the unpredictable sage sitting on the dragon chair, and His Royal Highness the crown prince sitting calmly in front of the imperial steps.

The palace examination starts at the exact hour of the morning and lasts until the last ray of sunset.The Four Treasures of Study and draft paper needed by each examinee are provided by the imperial court, and a candle is also provided.After the sun goes down, if you enter the room and haven't finished writing the theory, the servant can help to light the candles, and it's time to hand in the paper when the candles are exhausted.At noon, the Imperial Dining Room will also prepare a lunch for all the tributes participating in the palace examination, usually a bowl of soup and two big steamed buns.

Because the exam lasted for a long time, the saint considerately prepared seats with backrests for courtiers and nobles who were above the third rank and accompanied them to participate in the palace exam.This is the special treatment for this imperial examination.

After seeing the exam questions, Taifu Zhang understood that he was afraid that the standing servants would lose their dignity!Just leaning on the reclining chair, he almost couldn't sit still on the reclining chair, and it took a lot of effort to twist his neck, so that he stopped staring at the saint stupidly.

He coughed lightly, reminding the invigilator, the censor, that he should show something.

No one paid attention to Taifu Zhang.

Zhang Ying had no choice but to look for the head of the censor and speak, "Zhang Lantai."

Du Yushi Zhang Shizhen heard Zhang Taifu calling her, looked at Zhang Ying, Zhang Ying motioned around, Zhang Shizhen regained her composure, and said loudly: "Start the palace examination, examine the questions carefully, and answer carefully."

The Gongshi who got the paper, under Zhang Shizhen's reminder, looked away one by one, and began to look at the prompts on the paper to conceive their own strategies.

There are still a lot of stupid and dazed people.

The sage and his son had already anticipated the state of the ministers and tributes, and they also ordered Liang Jiu, who was following the court, not to remind everyone of their disrespect. He, father and son wanted to see who could come to their senses first.

As expected, Taifu Zhang really recovered first.

Half an hour later, all the candidates began to bow their heads to answer the questions. The saint got up and left quietly, and the prince followed the saint.In a short while, except for the censor who was in charge of the examination, the other courtiers in the hall went to do whatever they were supposed to do.All these people have official duties, and no one can invigilate the examination in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for a whole day.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the saint sat down slowly, looked at the cabinet ministers whose expressions had returned to normal, and said slowly: "If you have any questions, just ask."

As the chief assistant, Zhang Ying asked first, "Sage, is the policy topic of this year's palace examination to restrict land annexation?"

Zhang Ying opened his mouth and asked the key point.

"Yes."

Land annexation is an inevitable thing that occurred in the middle period of the development of the dynasties.At the end of the period, the annexation of the land by the gentry caused a large number of self-cultivating farmers to lose their land and become refugees...

All the cabinet ministers here understand what the sage means.

Jia Daishan said worriedly: "But it is an extraordinary thing to restrain land annexation. Maybe it will..."

The saint stared at him: "Afraid of what? Duke Rong, are you afraid of someone rebelling?"

Jia Daishan stood up and knelt down in front of the saint with a plop.

"Saint, if someone opposes the suppression of land annexation and rebellion, minister Jia Daishan asks for orders to lead troops to suppress the rebellion."

The cake seller, the crown prince gave Jia Daishan a compliment in his heart, this Rong Guogong would seize the opportunity and confess his loyalty to the saint.

The sage motioned Liang Jiu to help Rong Guogong, and said gently: "I am also afraid, and what I am afraid of is you cabinet ministers who refuse to take the lead in obeying the court's laws. Taifu Zhang, how much land do you have under your name?"

Zhang Taifu was stunned, "Return to the saint, the old minister does not care about family affairs, and waits for the old minister to return to the government for verification. If the tax exemption amount of the imperial court is exceeded, the difference will be made up in taxes."

The prince interjected: "Teacher, the point now is not to make the courtiers who own land beyond the tax-free quota pay back the taxes. What the father wants is to ask the cabinet ministers to formulate laws on how to restrain the momentum of land annexation, and to find out the hidden land. Tian Yinhu. The most important thing is to establish a quota of land holdings as soon as possible. The excess will be taxed heavily, not to mention that land mergers will have no income or even pay for the excess fields. The degree to which it is daunting to own over-acres."

After Zhang Ying heard the prince's words, she began to sigh in her heart. She was going to risk the world's disgrace—offending the gentry in the world.But if this is not the case, it may be an extravagant hope to see sin and the saint and the prince immediately, and it may be an extravagant hope to retire unscathed and return home, and the descendants will be so implicated that they will have nowhere to turn.I am still greedy, if I propose to retire when my eldest son goes to Yushitai... Sigh, I am getting old and reluctant to bear the position of chief assistant, so I have encountered the crisis of ruin today.well!

"Saint, His Royal Highness, this matter is sudden, and the old minister can't think of a way to deal with it in a moment. Why don't the ministers discuss it together for a few days, and then formulate an appropriate and feasible first draft of the law?"

"Okay, that's it. We'll talk about it in three days."

Zhang Ying took the lead to say goodbye, and everyone saluted and left.

All the courtiers withdrew from the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the sage held the teacup, his thoughts drifting.The prince saw that the sage was like this, so he simply approved the scriptures.

After lunch, the saint made an exception and went to the East Palace to see Ai Sun.The little suckling pig was making a fuss happily, twisting and turning back and forth in the arms of several nannies and big maids, Shi Shi watched his son tossing about, knowing that he was tired from playing, so he went to sleep.

San Dezi ran in nimbly, glanced at the situation in Shi's house, and smiled happily.

"Go back to the princess, the sage and the prince are coming to see the grandson of the emperor, and they are about to go to the main hall."

Upon hearing this, Shi Shi quickly wrapped up the little suckling pig and carried her to the main hall.

When the sage saw Aisun, he put aside his troubles in the morning.The prince took the child and pointed to the sage to teach the little suckling pig to be called the emperor's grandfather.

The sage hugged the child who stretched out his hand, "Little suckling pig, come, tell grandpa about your ancestors."

"pig."

The saint laughed, "Are you calling yourself?"

The little suckling pig smiled and touched the saint's nose, the prince quickly pulled his hand, Shi Shi glanced at the prince reproachfully, and blamed the prince for playing with the child like Zhu Bajie pushing his nose.

The sage turned around with his grandson in his arms, avoiding the prince's restraint on the suckling pig.The villain laughed so hard that he burst into tears, pushed the saint's nose, and shouted "pig", "pig" excitedly.

The prince turned around and shrugged slightly at Shi Shi, and smiled flatteringly.

After playing for a while, the little suckling pig began to slump and nod. The crown prince took the little suckling pig that was about to fall asleep. Shi stepped forward to wrap up the baby, bid farewell to the saint and the prince, and went back with the suckling pig's nanny and others. up.

"He can be hugged or coaxed by anyone during the day, but if it's night and the son doesn't come back, he'll just keep moaning and won't sleep."

"It's a smart one. Let Mrs. Shi watch it closely."

"Yes, Father."

After the smallpox incident, the sage and the crown prince didn't need to tell her, but Shi even held the little suckling pig by his side and watched without taking his eyes off it.Mrs. Shi also specially went to the palace to teach her daughter about this matter.

"Do you think that only the two in the apse would harm the emperor's grandson? I think you became a fool after entering the palace. Whose aunt doesn't plan for her son? That concubine doesn't look forward to the palace Only her brothers can stand? Who among those princesses doesn’t have a brother? Don’t you rush to deal with all the things they bring in, and dare to collect them in the warehouse?”

This is what the princess's own mother dared to say.

"In the future, you can take care of your child. This emperor's grandson is the foundation of your life. Separate the palace affairs and let the saint's concubines take care of it."

"Yes." Shi Shi really regretted it, and didn't take precautions against the princesses.If the emperor's grandson is lost, it will not only be sad, but also affect the prince's plan with the saint.

"Mother, I will be more careful. Concubine De and Concubine Xian have all released their feet. They are now in charge of the palace affairs with Concubine Zhen and Concubine Cheng, so I will take over. The main thing is to take care of the little suckling pig."

"Then you have to be careful about what they eat and use."

The princess nodded, and the daughter-in-law went to take care of the eating and drinking of the father-in-law's concubines, alas!

When Shizheng was in progress, the sage returned to the Hall of Supreme Harmony with all his courtiers.Some of the tributes who watched the palace examination were writing vigorously, and some were frowning.

For a policy theory of [-] words, it is no problem to have as many as [-] or [-] words.If the difference is more than [-], it will be downgraded.

After everyone waited for a while, the sage began to inspect with his cabinet ministers.Those who answered smoothly were quite happy when they saw the sage coming to them; those who answered reluctantly became more nervous when they saw the sage approaching.

The sage glanced around, but he didn't see any outstanding articles that attracted him, so he went back to his seat with some disappointment.

When the last slant of the setting sun shot into the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the servants walked gently among the tributes who were writing and writing, and lit candles for them.This also means that the palace examination time has entered the countdown.Of the 300 people who were able to participate in the palace examination, all of them were usually eloquent characters, but now they were framed by this deceptive question.As long as you think about the harm of land annexation, anyone can think of what it is, and it must be suppressed.But to solve the problem of land annexation, the best way is to no longer give the gentry tax-free benefits.

What do you do yourself?

I have studied hard since I was a child, taking the exams for talents, candidates, and Jinshi, not only to express my ambition to govern the country, but also to get the privilege of being tax-free!

As for the benefit to the homesteader?There is a definite number of lands in the world. When the old dignitaries are defeated, there will be new dignitaries who will take over the large property.How can a person like Xinke Jinshi be able to overtake it?You have to buy it from the farmers.

But if there are no self-cultivating farmers in this world, where will the imperial court get taxes?

Scholars who have always felt superior have to admit the importance of self-cultivating farmers to the court.With a flexible mind, he chose a compromise plan to limit the amount of tax exemption for gentry.

benefit?Among the [-] test papers, none of them wrote about the benefits that the self-cultivating farmers could get after losing their land.