Dajin royal family

Chapter 430 Harvest Mulberry
The light rain was dripping from the eaves, Lu Huaishen stood on the porch, looking at the gloomy sky, feeling a little sad in his heart.

King Zhao has already left, the tea on the table is still steaming, everything looks gloomy.

Although King Zhao still had a gentle smile on his face when he left, he promised not to treat the Lu family differently because of the land.

But Lu Huaishen knew that King Zhao already had dissatisfaction with the Lu family in his heart, which made him full of worries about the future of the Lu family.

At that time, he and Gao Xun joined hands to support the prince, but they were hated by the late emperor. The Lu family was hit in the first emperor's dynasty. Although they did not recover from a setback, they had already begun to lag behind other Shandong gentry.

Not to mention other things, Zheng, Wang, Pei, and the three families alone are already above the Lu family.

If King Zhao ascends the throne in the future, it doesn't matter who will benefit the most.

But he was helpless, the matter of the land involved the entire Lu family, and the clansmen disagreed, so he couldn't directly take the land out.

It's just that in this way, Lu's status in King Zhao's heart is likely to decline.

It is the standard of their Shandong gentry to pass farming and study to the next generation. If the children of the family are suppressed in the court, can the Lu family still be called a distinguished family?
As for Shandong Qiwang, who are united in the same spirit?

He himself didn't believe this sentence. He and Cui Shili had never talked to Zheng, Wang, and Pei when they supported Prince Zhao.

And these three families secretly supported King Zhao, and they also didn't tell them.

The so-called sympathy is just a joke, who doesn't want the title of the world's number one family, and who doesn't want the children of the clan to be listed in the imperial court, and even to be recorded in the history books.

He knew all this, but the short-sightedness of the tribe made him helpless.

"It's dangerous." Lu Huaishen sighed.

The spring breeze blowing on his face didn't make him feel warm, but it felt bitingly cold.

Lu Shi, where should we go?
At the beginning, Jiang Chengxiao didn't intend to ask Lu to hand over the land immediately. After all, he also knew that asking these aristocratic families to hand over the land was simply killing them.

But Jiang Chengxiao didn't expect that Lu Huaishen's refusal was clean and tidy, and what he said revealed that the Lu clan did not agree to this matter, and there was nothing he could do.

This annoyed Jiang Chengxiao, he had no time to spend in Yuyang.

According to the conversation at the second meeting, there is a high probability that Lu will not agree to this matter.

bump!
Jiang Chengxiao slammed his fist on the table, and now he has a little bit of understanding of the late emperor's mood.

A bunch of cancer!
"My lord, calm down." Nan Jiyun persuaded from the side: "The Lu family has great influence in Hebei. My lord, if we want to take action, we need to think long-term. If someone sees a flaw, it will be very disadvantageous to the lord."

"I know."

Jiang Chengxiao gritted his teeth and swallowed, he really wanted to do something, but Ji Yun was right.

None of these old foxes are fools. Now that he is dealing with the Lu family, the Zheng family, the Pei family and other Shandong gentry may feel in danger and affect the whole body. Now that the world is not yet unified, internal chaos cannot occur.

"Rats!"

These two words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, making his teeth itch with hatred.

At this moment, the voice of the guard came from outside.

"My lord, Wen Yanfei is here."

Jiang Chengxiao was startled, and then remembered that he had already notified Wen Daya, and would go to the county office later to see, Wen Yanfei should have come to inform him.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chengxiao arrived at Yuyang County Yamen.

"My lord, Wen Daya, Governor of Yuyang County, see Your Majesty."

Since Jiang Chengxiao came here secretly this time, he did not ask Wen Daya to notify other officials in the county.

"Mr. Wen is exempt."

"Please, Your Majesty!"

The two parties entered the courtyard, and Wen Yanfei consciously guarded the outside.

Jiang Chengxiao knelt and sat on the main seat, while Nan Jiyun stood upright behind him.

"This time I visited Hebei and passed by Yuyang. Mr. Wen has managed this place in an orderly manner. I feel so relieved."

Even though he is in a very bad mood at the moment, he still has a smile on his face, making people feel like a spring breeze.

"This is all Wang Shanghong's blessing. If Wang Shang was not wise to quell the bandits in Yuyang and help Yuyang, how could I have achieved this step."

Jiang Chengxiao waved his hand and said with a smile: "Master Wen, Gu has never been a person who likes boasting, you have made achievements in Yuyang, Gu can see it, you don't have to put gold on Gu's face, it's all your credit .”

Wen Daya chuckled and did not continue to compliment.

"Master Wen, how is the official land in Yuyang kept in order?"

Wen Daya pondered for a while, and replied: "Your Majesty, there is not much arable land in Yuyang, and now it is even less after being destroyed by bandits. However, I have ordered Cangcao and Hucao to start clearing the wasteland, encouraging the people to open up wasteland, satisfying their needs. It should be no problem for the people of Yuyang to cultivate."

"Well."

Responding casually, Jiang Chengxiao picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Lord Wen, we need to step up efforts to encourage the people to open up wasteland. The imperial court is currently cracking down on rebels in the Hejian counties. This summer should have results. By then, the fields will inevitably become tense."

Wen Daya is also a smart person, so he quickly understood what he meant.

"Is Your Majesty planning to resettle a group of disaster victims and refugees in Yuyang?"

"Well, I have such a plan."

Wen Daya frowned and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, the people's livelihood in Yuyang has only just recovered, so I'm afraid it's inappropriate to introduce refugees at this time."

The unspoken meaning is that the land in Yuyang is not enough to grow, and so many people cannot support it.

"That's what I said, but Tian didn't conjure it out of thin air." Jiang Chengxiao's tone was a little relaxed, but the inside was actually extremely heavy.

Wen Daya was born in the Wen family of Hebei, and belonged to the gentry of Hebei. He naturally understood the meaning of King Zhao's words.

Nowadays, although the imperial court has fields in their hands, most of the good fields are actually in the hands of aristocratic families. It takes a year for the common people to open up wasteland, and another year for the fertile soil. Year after year, when will it be stable?

The atmosphere fell silent, and Jiang Chengxiao checked the Yuyang government affairs submitted by Wen Daya.

Wen Daya seemed to be in deep thought, and after some time, he seemed to have made up his mind.

I saw him standing up and bowing.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say."

Jiang Chengxiao was reading the memorial, and Wen Daya was so solemn that Jiang Chengxiao was a little surprised.

"Master Wen, just say what you have, why bother to be polite."

Wen Daya said: "The Wen family has some land in Yuyang, Zhuojun, Shanggu, Hejian and other places, and I am willing to give it to the king to resettle the refugees."

Hearing this at first, Jiang Chengxiao was extremely surprised.

He never thought of asking Wen's for land, let alone that Wen Daya would offer to hand over Wen's property to him.

"Lord Wen, are you serious?"

"Seriously!" Wen Daya said solemnly, "I have absolutely no false words."

"Why?"

"If it weren't for your majesty, the counties would be rampant with bandits, those fields would not belong to the Wen family. Now that the court is in a hurry, I should try my best to help the court."

Jiang Chengxiao squinted his eyes, and said slowly: "Master Wen, do the members of the Wen clan agree with Master Wen's doing this?"

"You don't need to worry about this, the minister has his own opinion."

Jiang Chengxiao got up and walked over, pulling Wen Daya to sit down.

"Master Wen is the pillar of the imperial court."

Wen Daya cupped his hands and said: "I don't dare, but I'm just trying my best."

Jiang Chengxiao was very satisfied with what Wen Daya did, but there was not much expression on his face.

"Gu is very satisfied that Mr. Wen can imagine for the court, but let's keep the property of the Wen family, so that Mr. Wen will not be difficult to do in the clan." Jiang Chengxiao laughed.

How much land can the Wen family have, how can it be compared with the Lu family, and taking away the Wen family's land will not solve many problems.

"Your Majesty, I can really do a good job." Wen Daya said.

Jiang Chengxiao said slowly: "I trust Mr. Wen, but I don't want Mr. Wen to make things difficult for the court in front of the clan, so let's let it go."

After saying that, Jiang Chengxiao stood up, waved his hands, and left with Nan Jiyun.

When Wen Yanfei passed by, Jiang Chengxiao stopped in his tracks.

"I still need someone to join the army, would you like to come over?"

"Me?" Wen Yanfei was startled for a moment, then a joyful expression appeared on his face, and he nodded quickly, "I am willing."

Of course he is willing, he wanted to serve King Zhao back then.

"Go get your uncle's permission first, I'm leaving Yuyang tonight, it's up to you."

Patting him on the shoulder, Jiang Chengxiao left with his hands behind his back.

In the past, he didn't realize that Wen Daya was such a good minister, but he could figure it out after thinking about it carefully.

Isn't Yuyang's improvement is due to his credit? It seems that he also has misjudgments, maybe this is a good move.

He was looking forward to it.

The so-called mulberry elm harvested in the east corner of the loss, this trip to Yuyang did not gain nothing.

(End of this chapter)