Zheng Ange naturally won't say anything about this matter, but no one knows if he will think about anything. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zheng Ange must be unhappy in his heart, now that the town of Fan is getting bigger and bigger, the six towns in the north don't need to be said, under the guise of resisting the Khitan, they support the army and respect themselves. Qian Miaozhi in the south is relatively close to Luoyang and is quite obedient.

However, King Yun of Lingnan was rich and wealthy, and he was also a prince, and with the increasing depression of the northland, the southward migration of northerners seemed to have become a kind of custom, and it is said that even the wild island where the prisoners were exiled in the past was full of people.

Because of who would pay the taxes on this wild island, Lingnan and Jiangnan were inseparable, and the first emperor Li Yuexu gave this wild island to Lingnan with a stroke of his pen, and no taxes were collected. I thought that Lingnan and Jiangnan would fall out so far, but I didn't expect that they didn't seem to have any signs of tearing their faces, which made Zheng Ange suspicious how to look at it, this is a double reed that the two families have discussed and sang.

Empress Dowager Zheng disagreed with her brother's statement, but their brothers and sisters regarded that wild island as the grave of the Zhu family, but the Zhu family died of the plague halfway through. I heard that Wei on the wild island now, because of his son's relationship, got the help of Shi Wen'er, and only survived nine deaths.

Now this small island is far away from the sea and there is no war, and it is regarded as a treasure land by the people who went south to open up the wasteland, but Lingnan is still pretending to be stupid, holding the holy decree of the first emperor, and still refusing to pay the taxes on this land. The imperial court also had nothing to do with this mountain high and the emperor was far away.

Li Chengsi even felt that since it was the will of the emperor, it should be done according to it, and there was no need to upset the emperor's uncle for a palm-sized place. Zheng Ange was angry with this good-tempered emperor, "I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are ......if I don't belong to my family."

The imperial court has six towns in the north to support over the years, otherwise how can those arrogant soldiers be willing to work hard in that bitter cold place. Empress Dowager Zheng likes pomp, the emperor's wedding, and the cost of the emperor's mausoleum repair and funeral is also expensive. Now he has to take out money to give to the Khitan, where does all this money come from? Zheng Ange had no choice but to continue to play the abacus of the rich land in the south.

Zheng Ange felt that the reason why Lingnan was so big was related to the fact that the financial power of Fanzhen was too independent, and if the local financial power was collected by the central government and then allocated by the central government, this situation would be reversed. There is no financial power in the local area, so naturally there is no need for so many officials to take money for nothing. Every year and the festival of the local and businessmen will send festival tribute to the Beijing officials, and there are also people who usually eat with filial piety, these people are all so rich that they can't spend it at all. Since you can't spend it, you naturally don't need to take such a high salary.

So, Zheng Ange began to reform drastically for the overstretched finances of the imperial court, first cutting the fortunes of the Beijing officials, and then confiscating the local financial power, and ordering the Rent Yongyuan to be in charge of the world's money and grain. But he didn't want his nephew to be ignored in the rented courtyard, and he didn't even count him in the New Year's festival.

Zheng Ange is not unaware of his nephew's virtue, but often when people look at their children and nephews, they will feel that they are still young and have a good heart.

Kong Qian was able to serve as the deputy envoy of the Renyong Academy, entirely because of the recommendation of the Empress Dowager Zheng. Zheng Ange was dissatisfied with his sister's disobedience to women's morals after the death of the first emperor, and also found two faces in one go, because Zhao Lili wanted to put the Empress Dowager Zheng under house arrest because of the Empress Dowager Zheng's affair, Zheng Ange felt that at least in principle, Zhao Lili was defensible.

It's just that in this way, the Zheng family will inevitably lose power, and the arrogant and domineering Zhao Boyong will definitely rapidly expand the power of the Zhao family after losing the checks and balances. This person is ambitious, and he has always been very close to King Lingnan Yun.

So Zheng Ange resolutely stood on the side of his sister, and the emperor Li Chengsi of the previous dynasty was unanimously criticized by the courtiers, and was almost labeled as "disobedient and unfilial" by the ministers, and Li Chenghe, who was already trembling in the face of his father's old ministers, was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold, and he hurriedly withdrew his life.

Kong Qian is naturally the beneficiary of this struggle, and when Empress Dowager Zheng's power is stabilized, his position as the deputy envoy of the Rent Yongyuan will naturally be stable. Now that I heard Empress Dowager Zheng talk about Empress Zhao, she naturally echoed Empress Dowager Zheng, and carefully said Zheng Chengyue's matter, especially emphasizing that she didn't know about it.

Empress Dowager Zheng glanced at him and said, "I know, Chengyue's kid is not popular, but your group is also over, knowing that he is short of money, why should some festivals detain him?" Give it back to him quickly, a child without a father and a mother, pitiful! ”

Kong Qian sneered in his heart, what is pitiful about such a person who eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles? But he still agreed, and thought that even if he pinched his nose and gave him the money according to the number Zheng Chengyue said, it would be difficult to get rid of this charge of hiding his festival, so he said to Queen Zheng pitifully: "It's not that the colleague of the Rent Yongyuan refused to return the money to him, but he said a big number, but when did the Rent Yongyuan receive so many festivals?" I don't know where he heard it. ”

Empress Dowager Zheng shook her head and said, "This kid must have listened to someone's instigation, I will ask my brother to explain this matter to him clearly, so that he will not be entangled in the future." It's an eventful time to rent a house these days, and I don't know how many people want to see your jokes. ”

Empress Dowager Zheng's words are good, and the people who are waiting to see the jokes of the Rent Yongyuan are not only King Yun and the marshal of Yiganfan Town, but also Shi Wen'er. When the peach-colored glow of Dagaoguan appeared, the group was drinking in Prince Zheng Yu's Jinse, discussing where to add another handful of firewood to the next step to let the struggle between the Zheng and Zhao families continue.

Although the sky has been clear for many days, it is too cold, and Jinsedi is in the depths of Wanquan Mountain, covered in snow, and ice flowers are hanging all over the eaves and treetops.

Prince Zheng Yu and Zheng Yujuan naturally did not come to live in the mountains in this cold season, and this place has been taken care of by Xu Jie and Xu Yongchang.

Shi Wen'er and Yixin walked in the small alley of Jinsedi, the snow in the alley was very clean, and the courtyards on both sides of the alley were already full of people. There are many familiar faces among the people who come and go, and these people all clasp their fists to Shi Wen'er and Yixin, and Shi Wen'er also quietly saluted each other.

These familiar faces are all Gumi Sect disciples, the Gumi Sect gathered thousands of sectarians when it was at its most prosperous, and after several purges, the hundreds of existing backbones are all die-hard loyalists of Zhu Liang's dynasty. Now they have all been arranged by Xu Jie in the name of Dachang and national craftsmen to live in Jinsedi.

The two of them were slowly walking to enjoy the snowy scene, when suddenly a peach-red cloud filled the northern sky, dyeing the sky above them blood red. Before everyone had time to marvel, this red cloud seemed to have eyes, and it flew towards this side quickly.