People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 569 Obedience, Emperor

In the evening, by the lotus pond in the backyard.

Li Xuan commanded the butler Li Zhong to transplant the bamboo that was just obtained from Princess Taiping's mansion nearby to the lotus pond.

Liu Jinyu sat at the desk under the house and took the ledger to calculate the income and expenses of the entire Huangzhuang.

A lot of servants and maids can be seen outside cleaning up, as if the two new masters want to manage the place seriously.

The emperor has rewarded Li Xuan with this Huangzhuang, and they will be responsible for their own internal and external income and expenditure every year thereafter.

After finishing the bamboo grove, Li Xuan waved his hand to let the other servants leave, leaving only the housekeeper Li Zhong.

Li Xuan walked behind Liu Jinyu, put his hands lightly on her plump shoulders, and moved forward, Li Xuan looked from her shoulders to the ledger in front of her, and asked softly: "What's the deal? "

Liu Jinyu frowned and said, "There are a total of [-] households in the manor, with [-] acres of land, and the average household is less than [-] acres. The annual income is less than [-] guan in addition to tenants' own rent. , but the two hundred guan are still used to renovate the villa and entertain guests, so it is impossible to be self-sufficient.”

As soon as Liu Jinyu figured it out, he calculated everything clearly.

Even without the shrewd algorithm of later generations, Liu Jinyu has already calculated everything very quickly

The entire Huangzhuang has less than [-] acres of land per household.

Fortunately, there is no need to pay government taxes here, and the owners of the Huangzhuang in the past dynasties paid very little tax. The people here barely make enough to live, and it is rare to hear of anyone leaving here.

This is Guanzhong, Chang'an, a place where every inch of land is precious.

If there is no guaranteed way out, the people would rather stay here.

At least there are no official servants, no tyrannical corvees, and even the owner of Huangzhuang doesn't come here many times.

If it wasn't for the lack of fields, I'm afraid this place would be like a paradise on earth.

And even so, the food left by the people every year is enough for them to live until next year's autumn harvest.

In the event of a disaster year, the owner of Huangzhuang will exempt the rent with a reward, and the pressure of life will be even less.

……

"There is no way to increase the fields." Li Xuan shook her head and said softly: "The people who live in Zhongnan Town are all relatives of the imperial court, aristocratic families, ordinary people, and there is no place for them here.

Tianhou can give us [-] mu, which is already very good, but there are also many problems in it, the output per mu is too small. "

"Yeah, I almost forgot, my husband is still a master at this, building waterwheels, communication channels, planting field seedlings, fertilizing...all of them are your forte!" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan full of teasing , When it comes to fertilization, the tip of the nose can't help but twitch.

Li Xuan reached out her hand directly, pinched Liu Jinyu's small nose, and released it immediately.

As soon as Liu Jinyu called, Li Xuan quickly stepped aside, and then he said with a smile: "You don't know much about husband's methods. If this field is repaired according to husband's methods, look at it now." It seems that the yield per mu is only three for one stone, and when the husband is finished, this figure will at least double."

Li Xuan raised her head slightly, her face full of confidence.

Li Zhong, the housekeeper at the side, was full of horror and disbelief.

Liu Jinyu nodded seriously instead, and said: "I have checked the yield records per mu of land granted by Peng Wangfu and Nanchang Wangfu. Under the husband's rule, the yield per mu is more than two shi, and some places can even reach three shi. In Huainan, the Lord seems to have already made arrangements in Wuzhou, perhaps we only need to wait until the end of next month, when Qiu Liang gathers from all over the place, and the Lord's ability will truly be revealed."

Li Zhong's eyes widened when he heard it, could it be true.

However, for some reason, Li Xuan suddenly lost the interest to fight.

He sat down beside Liu Jinyu, and sighed softly: "If in the world, everyone can have enough to eat, and everyone can remember the kindness of His Majesty and the Empress, then the world will be safe, and it will be difficult for any ambitious person to get rid of it." make any storm."

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and two words instantly appeared in his heart: Empress Wu.

The reason why Empress Wu was able to succeed in ascending to the throne, on the surface, was her personal management for decades, coupled with the fact that Li Xian and Li Dan were incompetent, and the various aristocratic families were at odds with each other, which finally resulted in such a situation. Anxiety is the biggest reason.

People don't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes, so they naturally hope to see someone stand up and change the world.

Empress Wu just catered to and took advantage of this time, and then chose an opportunity to replace Tang with Wu.

That is to say, in the next few years, Li Zhi died of illness, Li Xian was expelled immediately after ascending the throne, and Li Dan was imprisoned in the inner court after ascending the throne.

Li Xuan had realized this a long time ago, and it was also he who did not understand whether all this was a natural disaster, or was intentionally done by someone with a heart.

But no matter what, as long as the people have no worries about food and drink in the next ten years, then no matter who wants to plot rebellion, the people will not agree.

Without people's hearts, it's hard to do anything.

……

Looking at her husband, Liu Jinyu seemed to be able to faintly hear some deeper meaning from these words, but she still couldn't figure out what it was.

Liu Jinyu gently held Li Xuan's hand, and said softly, "Your Majesty has great ambitions, not to mention other things, maybe it won't be long before you can see that everyone has food left over for three autumns."

"Your Majesty just said casually, King Sanqiu, and now I'm even making fun of you as my husband!" Li Xuan shook her head, turned to look at Li Zhong, the housekeeper beside her, and said softly, "Wait until tomorrow, come again!" Let's see how the canals and waterwheels here should be built and arranged, and they must not be messed up, and it will also affect the transportation of the Weishui River downstream."

The installation of waterwheels has always been a troublesome thing. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the waterwheels have been huge, costing a lot of water conservancy, and the water power that can be converted is insufficient. Therefore, once the Han Dynasty comes, the first thing to be removed in the court is the water from the rich and powerful. car.

But if this water body is small in shape, but has huge fan blades, consumes less water, and converts more water power, it will be a good thing.

Liu Jinyu's eyes lit up, she knew that her husband had already made these things, but they hadn't appeared near Chang'an yet.

But one thing she didn't know was that Li Xuan had never planned to offer these things up.

The waterwheel and his party involved huge interests, and the dignitaries behind them even linked up with the prince, the king of England, the king of prime minister, and even the empress Wu.

Li Xuan quietly builds in his own fiefdom, or quietly builds in any place he owns, but once he tries to promote the whole world, he will immediately encounter unimaginable pressure.

The reason why she is so sure is because Li Xuan has tried.

The benefits that such a waterwheel can generate are absolutely astonishing.

Back then, he spread some of it secretly, and was acquired by some people who were obsessed with interests. Some people sold it to the noble family, and some people played it to the court.

The person who played the imperial court finally disappeared without a trace.

The people who sold it to the rich and powerful ran away after getting a lot of money, and the rich and powerful families who got the blueprints were just quietly building it themselves, and had no intention of insisting on making it public.

So half a month later, someone reported that the powerful family was suspected of treason, and the government immediately searched.

However, not many real treasonous things were found. On the contrary, many other crimes of murder and wealth were found out.

In the end, the family was accused of treason, all adult males were beheaded, and uncles and children were exiled for three thousand miles.

The woman in the family was verified to be the oppressed person, and she was released immediately, but the mistress and young children of the family were all dismissed.

Those blueprints disappeared without a sound, and it is unknown who got them.

Since then, no matter how much Li Xuan thought about it, she quietly hid herself.

Now this Huangzhuang, and the two thousand acres of land nearby, are equivalent to his own fiefdom, so he naturally wants to do whatever he wants.

After driving away the butler Li Zhong, Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu began to calculate all the property in the entire Huangzhuang.

Field property is not just land, manor, farm tools and ironware, and even tenants are one of the properties.

……

Unknowingly, the calculation was settled on the bed.

In a dark room, Li Xuan looked sideways at his wife. Beads of sweat had already wet Sanniang's hair on her forehead. She fell into a deep sleep, and within a few hours, she couldn't wake up at all.

Li Xuan lightly tapped Liu Jinyu's black hole on the back of her head, then turned over and got off the boat, turning around, he had already come to the outer room.

A pair of bright eyes looked straight at him, the moonlight fell on the blade, and there was a burst of frost.

Qiqiao, Li Xuan's personal maid Qiqiao, she actually has good martial arts.

Li Xuan nodded lightly, the next moment, he had left the big house through the window and disappeared into the darkness.

Qiqiao's clear eyes were restrained, her back was turned to the inner room, and she looked out of the window vigilantly, with sharp eyes, guarding the inside and the outside.

Li Xuan has never neglected the protection of his own safety, and he has never underestimated anyone.

Especially if there are precedents first, who would dare to ignore them.

Honoring the Emperor Li Hong, the concubine of the year was originally destined to be the daughter of Siwei Shaoqing Yang Sijian, but was succeeded by He Lanmin.
Yang Sijian was born in the Yang family of Hongnong, a family with a very high family background and strict guards inside and outside.

Siwei Shaoqing is the Shaoqing of Weiwei Temple.

Li Xuan's uncle, Ouyang Tong, is now Weiwei Siqing, who is in charge of sixteen guards and armor, and is in charge of the arsenal, weapons, and palace guards.

There was never a lack of guards from the army around him, but the daughter of such a family was actually taken by He Lanmin.

Either, this whole thing is a conspiracy trap, or, there are indeed masters in He Lanminzhi's subordinates.

This happened first, and now in this Huangzhuang, they won not even exceed the first day, how dare they relax.

Li Xuan quietly avoided most of the guards, quietly left Huangzhuang through the passage deliberately set aside by the secret sentry, and returned to the official ship.

In the innermost cabin in the inner room, Li Xuan pushed the door and entered, the room was dark and gloomy.

The moonlight shone in from outside the window and sprinkled on the floor, bringing out a piece of light.

Li Xuan closed the door, took advantage of the moonlight, walked to the desk in the deepest part of the room, and sat down.

At this moment, a figure who had been hiding for an unknown amount of time walked out from the corner, cupped his hands at Li Xuan, and said, "I have seen you, Your Majesty!"

She has a plump figure, fair skin, a face like a silver basin, eyes like apricots, eyebrows like willow leaves, and lips as pale as frost.

Su Lianyu, the lord of the Heavenly Desire Palace.

Li Xuan glanced at her indifferently, and asked casually: "How is the internal line in Chang'an closed?"

"Report to the king, no one has betrayed." After a short pause, Su Lianyu continued: "There are rumors in the world that the subordinates have snatched away the soul essence left behind by the Tianyin sect. So no one dares to rebel."

Tianyu Palace takes Su Lianyu as the leader, and the 24 rudders on the sixth floor of the three halls under his command.

Among the three halls and six floors, Su Lianyu controlled more than half of them, and the remaining half was in the hands of the elders of the previous generation.

As long as Su Lianyu is not dead or abandoned, even if there is a fight among the congregation, it will still be between Liao and Liao.

But since the Muzhou incident, Tianyu Palace has been targeted by many people.

Those who don't know think that she has obtained the soul essence left by Tianyin Empress, while those who know think that she has been possessed by Empress Dowager, and it will be Empress Dowager who will show up at that time, so now, not only inside the Demon Sect, but also Even the imperial court and the ruling and opposition families are eyeing the Palace of Heavenly Desire.

The 24 rudders on the periphery of Tianyu Palace are all external agencies, and many people know their location and composition.

Even if it is not impossible to lure and control some people to rebel, only insiders are truly trustworthy.

"Has the king of the East China Sea sent a message to the queen?" Li Xuan said lightly, looking at Su Lianyu solemnly.

"Yes, but according to the king's order, don't look, don't ask, don't pay attention." Su Lianyu bowed slightly.

Li Xuan nodded, and then said emphatically: "The Empress Dowager Tianyin is dead, and you don't want to touch any news related to Empress Dowager and the King of the East China Sea. You just need to remember that only Taiyin will exist in this world in the future. Monarch."

"Follow the order, Emperor!"

(End of this chapter)