long live the queen

Chapter 104

Knowing that there is actually Yan Rusong's current wife among his students, Wei Yunqing's mood is really not very good.If someone could replace her as the teacher, she would definitely not go to the academy again, but now that she is the only one, even if she doesn't want to, she still has to go.

However, on the second day, Wei Yunqing realized that her worries yesterday were superfluous—Jin Fuqu didn't come, so she sent someone to tell Nanny Li that she might not be able to come because of family problems.

Wei Yunqing breathed a sigh of relief, she naturally felt relieved that she didn't have to see each other every day.However, after relaxing, she felt a little guilty again.If the Jin Fuqu was not acting yesterday, then the girl who was only sixteen or seventeen seemed to like her quite a bit, but she treated her like that, and I don't know if she can slow down... Reason and emotion are often incompatible, she He has complicated thoughts about Jin Fuqu, and if he continues to get along with her, there will inevitably be some mistakes, but it will be unfair to the other party, so it is better not to see each other like this.

After the edict that merchants can buy titles under certain conditions was announced, it caused a shock.

The so-called scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen have always had a low status. Although they earn a lot of money, their low status makes them easy to be oppressed. Aggrieved.But now the edict is different. With the title, those low-ranking officials still have to salute when they see him. How can the merchants not be excited about such a good thing?Even though the title was limited, they didn't care. Instead, they began to count their money and the taxes they had paid in the past to see if they could get a title, even the lowest one.

The cabinet took into account the feelings of other title holders when setting up the titles available for purchase. The titles available for purchase are only limited to viscounts and barons, a total of second and sixth ranks.The titles of Daliang, clan and different surnames are two systems. The former is mostly hereditary, while the latter is mostly not hereditary. Among the titles of different surnames, there were originally only the third and ninth ranks of Gonghoubo, which could not be obtained by those who did not have meritorious service. Now there are two more levels. Without disturbing the original rank of title, it can also be separated from the original one, so as not to displease the original recipient.

In order to limit the number of people who can buy titles, the purchase silver for each level of title varies greatly.In addition to the need to pay taxes to meet a certain amount, the last third-class baron needs 1 taels of silver to redeem.As for the first-class viscount, in addition to nearly a hundred times the tax payment, the silver taels needed for redemption also reached a huge 500 million taels.At this time, the agricultural tax collected by Daliang was only 300 million taels, which shows that the cabinet has worked hard to limit the number of titles.

Within seven days after the edict was promulgated, the office of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which was in charge of this matter, received more than a dozen applications, not including those who were waiting and watching.Under Wei Yunqing's efforts, Liu Huiniang's title is the third-class viscount, and there is no need for application or money.And among the dozen or so applications, the vast majority were for the title of baron. After all, for those wealthy businessmen, money was easy to get, but the taxes paid in the past were not easy to obtain, so they had to buy the lowest one first.

The most attractive application came from Wang Mian's in-laws, He Shoucai, the richest man in Jiangnan. , and handed over 3508 million taels of silver, and bought the first-class viscount title.When people all over the world were talking about the wealth of this He Shoucai, all the officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs seemed to be floating when they walked—they had never seen so much money neatly stacked in front of them in their entire lives, could they be mad with joy?
In the past few days, Jin Yan walked as if she was floating, and she smiled when she saw people. When she saw Wei Yunqing, she smiled from ear to ear. She became much closer to her, as if she wanted to fall under her wings——Wei Yunqing has always been indifferent That's right, she didn't want to see his daughter, and she didn't want to see him even more!

But Wei Yunqing did not forget to remind Jin Yan, remember to leave some money for her to open an academy.Jin Yan naturally agreed, but as for how Wei Yunqing would respond when he really wanted to use the money, that's another story.

Now that he has money, Wei Yunqing's thoughts have changed a little. The girls' academy must be done slowly. Who told her that the teachers here are not enough?It's better to take it step by step, steadily, so as not to end up being nondescript.

The day of Liu Huiniang's departure was coming soon, Wei Yunqing specially told Yang Yi to go with her to see Liu Huiniang and the soldiers going to sea off.

With the emperor and empress seeing them off in person, the soldiers' morale was obviously boosted.Wei Yunqing privately told Liu Huiniang a few words, and then said to the handsome young general named Cai Zhi: "General Cai, Huiniang is my good sister, she is delicate, please take care of her along the way."

"As long as the last general is here, Miss Liu will definitely not hurt a single hair!" Cai Zhi said loudly.

Liu Huiniang glanced at Cai Zhi, smiled, then looked at Wei Yunqing with calm eyes: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will return safely in a short time."

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news!" Wei Yunqing said with a smile.

Yang Yi also said: "This trip is full of dangers, if you can complete the mission, you will be promoted to a noble position, it will be a no-brainer."

"Yes, the last general will definitely fulfill his mission!" Cai Zhiyang said in a loud voice, his expression was full of vitality unique to young people.If Yan Rusong hadn't recommended this person, Wei Yunqing might have doubts about him being so young, wondering if he could complete his mission without using him.

Wei Yunqing and Yang Yi waited until they boarded the boat and left the port before bringing them back to the palace.

Yang Yi's face was full of excitement: "Sister Yunqing, what kind of people do you think are there on the other side of the sea? Are there immortals?"

"There are no immortals, there are probably white people, black people..." Wei Yunqing responded casually.

Yang Yi said clearly: "That's right, immortals are only in the sky. But those white people and black people... Is it true that there are people who are as white as paper and as black as ink?"

"Yes." Wei Yunqing came back to his senses, thought for a while and said, "This world is so big, we can't be a frog at the bottom of a well."

Yang Yi took it for granted: "That's right! I don't know when I can go overseas to see it."

"There will always be a chance in the future." Wei Yunqing said perfunctorily.As the emperor, he is unlikely to wander around. The sea is too dangerous and unpredictable, and it is absolutely impossible for those ministers to let him out.As an emperor, you can have a lot, but you are destined to lose a lot.

Yang Yi didn't realize how perfunctory Wei Yunqing's words were, he was elated and already imagining the scenery overseas.He quietly glanced at Wei Yunqing beside him who seemed to be distracted, and included her in his imagination.

Wherever he goes, he wants to be with her.

That day Wei Yunqing was preparing for the lesson, when Lu Cui suddenly ran over and said, "Madam, Feng Tian will win the bet in the end!"

"Gambling?" Wei Yunqing was still recalling Newton's three laws of mechanics, and replied absent-mindedly.

Lu Cui smiled and said: "Yes, that is the bet that the emperor can go to court for a few days!"

Wei Yunqing put down the brush, looked at Lu Cui curiously, "How many days did Feng Tian say?"

"One month!" Lu Cui said, "He won 35 taels!"

Wei Yunqing nodded, but he was feeling emotional in his heart. It turned out that it had been a month, and Yang Yi was able to persist in going to court for so long. Moreover, he didn't complain, and it seemed that he would continue to persevere.

"That's great." She said in a low voice.

Lu Cui thought that Wei Yunqing was talking about Feng Tian, ​​nodded and said, "Yes, yes, he was the only one who was talking about a month. At that time, all of us laughed at him, but I didn't expect him to win in the end!"

Wei Yunqing didn't clarify either, but smiled and said, "Get another 50 taels from me to reward him."

"Yes, ma'am!" Lu Cui said, "Oh, if I had known that the servants had been talking about it for a month, this Feng Tian is also a fool and a fool."

"Don't you think he is wise and stupid?" Wei Yunqing laughed.

Lu Cui froze for a moment, then replied: "That's right."

Wei Yunqing waved his hand: "Okay, go quickly, I still have to prepare lessons."

Lu Cui stuck out her tongue: "Yes, ma'am. You go ahead, this servant will get out of here!"

After Lu Cui left, the room became quiet again, but Wei Yunqing didn't continue to prepare lessons.She put down her pen, stood up, walked to the window, and looked out the window.

It is now spring, everything is recovering, the sun is shining brightly outside the window, and it shines warmly on people.

Time flies too fast, and when she regained her senses, Wei Yunqing found out that Yang Yi had persisted for so long, which surprised her very much.However, apart from being surprised, she was relieved.

Sun Shoufu, have you seen it?Emperor Daliang has begun to work hard to govern, and your spirit in heaven can also rest in peace.

I have to say that looking back at Yang Yi's performance in the past month, Wei Yunqing is quite satisfied.Yang Yi can't be called a genius, but he is not slow to learn if he is really interested in something. After studying with Mao Yirong for a period of time, he has become good at handling memorials.And the basic mathematics knowledge she taught him, he seems to be able to comprehend it well, at least at the level of elementary school students.

Probably, after going through so many things, Yang Yi really began to grow and become mature.And after Yang Yi, the real ruler of the Liang Liang, also began to intervene in the government, is it a good thing or a bad thing for her?Now Yang Yi can be regarded as obedient to her words, but what about the future?When he is 20, 25 years old... At that time he will really grow up and understand that his feelings for her are just a temporary attachment, he will regret the sloppy face at this time, and he will start to limit her power...

That is almost something that will happen sooner or later, but Wei Yunqing is not willing to think about it now.When Yang Yi really grows up and can support the entire girder, it might make sense for her to reason with him.If he doesn't want her to participate in the government anymore, then she will leave the palace.

She doesn't need to worry about that distant matter at the moment, and now she just needs to go step by step.

That day, Wei Yunqing was teaching Yang Yi about the content of junior high school mathematics, and a servant suddenly came to report: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! The Ministry of Criminal Justice caught a man who beat someone while eating a king's meal in a restaurant, and that person actually said that he was the elder brother of the Empress Dowager." !"

Both Yang Yi and Wei Yunqing were stunned.

Wei Yunqing had a strange expression: "My... elder brother?"

Yang Yi said in a weak voice that only the two of them could hear: "Sister Yunqing, your brother...is he also a fairy?"

Wei Yunqing glanced at him, and the waiter below said: "Go back to your mother, that man said so. Now the Criminal Department doesn't know what to do, I want to ask you what you mean!"

(End of this chapter)