back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 661
Zhou Zhiruo gave a "puchi" smile, and the charm between her brows was fully revealed.With the nourishment just now, Zhou Zhiruo seemed a little more beautiful, and this smile almost made Lu Chengqi desperately impulsive again.Fortunately, Lu Chengqi knew that Zhou Zhiruo had just received the rain and dew for the first time, so he couldn't fight for a long time, so he stopped fighting.

"Your Majesty, concubines don't want the moon..."

"Then what do you want?" Lu Chengqi was a little tired, "fighting on the battlefield" for two consecutive days, the pleasure was very satisfying, but mentally and physically it was a bit overwhelming.No, just after the "conquest" was over, Lu Chengqi felt so tired that he almost fell asleep.

"The concubine is thinking, Your Majesty has just accepted a concubine, and there are three people in the Kunning Palace. Do you want to arrange one or two, which concubine should I go to someday?" Zhou Zhiruo said these words quietly, her tone was a bit bad.Lu Chengqi knew that women are duplicity, no matter how generous Zhou Zhiruo is, he would not be willing to let him be shared by other concubines.This sentence was just to test Lu Chengqi's meaning.If his answer didn't suit Zhou Zhiruo's wishes, I'm afraid the Empress Zhenggong would have to use some tricks.Is this kind of thing rare in court dramas in later generations?
Lu Chengqi said cautiously: "I'm very pleased that Zitong has such a big belly. However, I'm tired today, so let's talk about this later..."

Zhou Zhiruo persisted, raised her head, and tried to bite his chest, so frightened that Lu Chengqi hurriedly begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, what does Zitong want me to do?"

Lu Chengqi was wrong, Zhou Zhiruo really didn't mean that.As for jealousy, there will definitely be, but Zhou Zhiruo doesn't know how to do intrigue or anything like that, and doesn't even bother to do it.She is originally the main palace, as long as she doesn't make mistakes, she will be the empress for the rest of her life, so why bother?If you want to say that a son is more expensive than a mother, now that Lu Chengqi doesn't even have Zisong, even if he does have Zisong, it's still from a concubine, so why is he taking her place?Zhou Zhiruo is very accurate in seeing people, don't say that Lu Chengqi is not this kind of person, even if he is this kind of person, Zhou Zhiruo's methods are enough to protect himself.Besides, Huangzhuang is in her hands, and the energy has already exceeded Lu Chengqi's imagination. Even if someone wants to take her back, he has to weigh his own weight.

Therefore, Zhou Zhiruo didn't bother to do intrigue, fight for favor and so on.What she has to consider is to truly maintain the order of the harem, so that Lu Chengqi doesn't have to worry about the affairs of the harem.

If he knew what Zhou Zhiruo was thinking, Lu Chengqi would sigh: Marrying a wife and a virtuous, beautiful and virtuous wife is a great blessing for a man.As long as there is no fire in the backyard, Lu Chengqi will have no worries.

"Your Majesty, please bring me a bowl of water, otherwise, it will be difficult for the concubine, the queen..." Zhou Zhiruo knew that as long as there were some hints in the words, with Lu Chengqi's IQ, it was impossible for him not to understand.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhou Zhiruo's words, Lu Chengqi really doubted his own ears: "What does Zitong mean, all three of you want to be 'drenched in rain and dew'?"

When Zhou Zhiruo heard it, she immediately spat: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by 'rain and dew even'? Like... like those whores, the words are inappropriate, so I have to say it again!"

Lu Chengqi laughed loudly: "The meanings are the same, I understand... yes, I want a bowl of water to be brought flat. The noble concubine is willing to sacrifice her life for me, and I can't let her down; Concubine Shu was appointed by the queen mother. You can't be neglected; as for Zi Tong, you are my first wife and the queen of the palace, so you have to worry more about the affairs of the palace in the future."

Zhou Zhiruo said quietly: "The concubine can save it..."

"It's getting late, let's go to rest earlier..." Lu Chengqi's eyelids were clenched, and after muttering this, he put his arms around Zhou Zhiruo, and fell into a fragrant dream after a while.Zhou Zhiruo didn't feel anything just now, but now that her passion has receded, she feels a dull pain in her lower part, which is so uncomfortable that she can't fall asleep for a while.She stared blankly at Lu Chengqi's face, filled with love.Women at this time are like this. Once they commit themselves to a man, they will think about this man wholeheartedly.This corresponds to the sentence, the daughter who is married, the water that is poured out.

The moonlight was shining outside the Kunning Hall, but Zhou Zhiruo ignored it and stared blankly at Lu Chengqi, closing her eyes after a long, long time...

The world is like this, some people are asleep, some people are not asleep.This is not the first time that Xu Chongguang, the Chief Assistant of the Dashun Cabinet, has been working all night by candlelight.The little emperor was very happy. He threw out a beautiful blueprint and threw it to him. He worked hard like a cow.Developing Jiangnan is easier said than done, even if Lu Chengqi gave him full power to deal with it, asking people to give people, power to power, money... sorry, no money.

This is a pain for Xu Chongguang, he has to be a father and a mother at the same time, he has to worry about the local "southern barbarians" and development, the workload in these few days is astonishingly heavy.This stubborn old man also likes to work alone as a team, so the result is naturally very hard.However, Xu Chongguang was "vigorous", and when he thought of "being famous in history", he became motivated.This kind of person is a rare capable minister, but he is also a lonely minister, who can only exhaust himself to death.

Xu Chongguang didn't feel bitter or tired, but enjoyed it instead.

"Well, Yuezhou is 390 miles from east to west, and 410 miles from north to south. It is 220 miles from the northwest to Shangdu, 860 miles from the northwest to Dongdu, 570 miles from Jianglingfu in the northwest, 550 miles from Tanzhou in the south, and 440 miles from Tanzhou in the west. It is 550 miles from the state, 550 miles from Ezhou in the northeast, and [-] miles from Mianyang County in Fuzhou in the north. It is an important place in the south of the Yangtze River, with five counties under it, Baling, Huarong, Xiangyin, Yuanjiang, and Changjiang. If Yuezhou is the center, gradually Attract farmers without land in the Central Plains to reclaim wasteland, and the population in the south of the Yangtze River will prosper. If it is true as Your Majesty said, rice in the south of the Yangtze River can be harvested two to three times a year, and the area around Jiangling is where our Dashun’s granary is located. Natural disasters in the Central Plains are enough to ensure that the people worry-free..."

Xu Chongguang still has old eyes. In his opinion, only agriculture is the most fundamental.In fact, he also knew that the most important thing for the little emperor to develop Jiangnan was not food, but business.But in Xu Chongguang's view, it is true that the current commercial tax and shipping department's tariff account for about half of the treasury's revenue, but after all, the other half is agricultural tax, right?This is the reason why the little emperor decreed that the agricultural tax is only [-]%.If [-]% of the agricultural tax is charged as in the past, the income from the agricultural tax will not be low.If millions of acres of fertile land are reclaimed in the south of the Yangtze River, wouldn't the agricultural tax skyrocket?
Xu Chongguang began to ponder whether he should report to the little emperor. The [-]% agricultural tax is too low. Should the [-]% agricultural tax be levied?

This is also Xu Chongguang's limitation. It's not that he doesn't know that officials are exempt from taxes, and temples and Taoist temples are exempt from taxes.However, those who are officials, Taoists, and monks have the most real estate.Moreover, these monks, like landlords, leased these fertile fields to tenants and then collected the rent.There is no need to pay taxes, and you can sit back and enjoy the benefits. Monks and Taoists live a leisurely life. They are not "poor monks" or "poor Taoists" at all.

It's just that Xu Chongguang represents the landlord class, and it is a higher-level landlord class. He will dig his own foundation and advise Lu Chengqi to collect agricultural taxes from these people?He doesn't even think about it, because as long as he does it, he will be the chief assistant of the cabinet.The ten-rank official system only limits the monopoly of officials, and taxation without discrimination is to kill these people, and they must be brought down.The civil servants unite to fight against the enemy, and their energy is beyond imagination...

(End of this chapter)