Compared with the simplicity of the people in Beihai County, the people in the capital are much smarter, and they can't help but think a little more.
Bai Erlang's new book has just been printed, and after reading it, everyone guesses that Taibai is Zhou Man and Wenqu is Bai Shan.
Even the students of the Imperial College quietly went to buy books to read.
"Is it true or not, is this really Master Zhou and Master Bai?"
"That's still fake. You'll know when you look back. There is a story about the treatment of smallpox, and the method of vaccination is written in detail. Isn't this what Mr. Zhou did?"
"But this is a troubled world. It was written above that Taibai and Wenqu reunited on the battlefield, and even smallpox was sent to the battlefield."
"Hey, what is a storybook? That is a fabricated story, half-truth, half-false, false legend, the skin and flesh have been changed, but the muscles and bones have not been changed. Look at the book, the story of saving people on the battlefield and smallpox. Is it real?"
"Is it true that Taibai and Wenqu have been at odds since they were young?"
"This... sister and brother from the same sect, and they are husband and wife, it's not that bad, is it?"
"Otherwise, otherwise, the white son-in-law is still their junior, so don't you also write bad things about them?"
"By the way, why did the white son-in-law write this book?"
"I think it's well written. Although it doesn't bear the humiliation of Xiang Mingxue's biography, it's still heart-wrenching."
"I didn't say the writing was bad, I'm just curious, how could he write about Master Bai and Master Zhou in the pretense of being a god?"
"Who knows, although this book describes the relationship between the two adults very strangely, it still mostly praises, isn't it a bad thing?"
The students of the Guozijian were puzzled, but the emperor in the palace watched it with great interest, but he complained while watching, "The son-in-law is jealous, so why did you write about them so strangely when they were young?"
Gu Zhong poured tea for the emperor, and said with a smile: "My son-in-law has a generous heart, I don't think he is such a stingy person."
A servant came in to report, "Your Majesty, Lord Xiao Tang and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have arrived."
The emperor let them in.
The prince just returned to Beijing from Jiangnan two days ago. This time he went south to deal with a lot of people. He has reported a lot in the past two days. Today is just a small matter.
The trivial thing is, "Bai Shan reported that the official salt stored in Beihai County is already one-third of the amount of official salt that Jiangnan sends to the Central Plains and Northland in a year."
The emperor said: "It's still not enough."
The prince nodded, "But Beihai County is still drying salt. As far as I know, Qingzhou and Laizhou and Dizhou are cooperating. They will send people to teach them how to dry salt. Now the salt field is open, and it will be produced after next summer. With a large amount of sea salt, by that time, even if all the official salt in the south of the Yangtze River is cut off, we can control the situation."
The emperor was thoughtful, "If this is the case, only a few counties near the sea in Qingzhou and Laizhou can replace Jiangnan, and then the salt administration and salt tax of the Great Jin Dynasty can be completely restarted."
The crown prince also thought so. Jiangnan was fundamentally bad in terms of salt tax. Since the Qingzhou area can replace Jiangnan's official salt, they don't need to be subject to Jiangnan in this regard.
Tang Zhihe put his hands together and listened to their father and son talking about how to redefine the salt policy, his eyes turned left and right a little bored, and accidentally met Gu Zhong's eyes.
Tang Zhihe smiled slightly, and was about to lower his eyes and stand obediently, when he saw Gu Zhong's eyes turn, and after sweeping across the emperor's desk, he lowered his eyes, avoiding his gaze.
Tang Zhihe was taken aback for a moment, then thoughtful.
The emperor and the crown prince had finished talking, and after taking a sip of tea, they looked at Tang Zhihe, "How is the trial of the prisoners who have been escorted back from the south of the Yangtze River at Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"
Although Tang Zhihe is the Shao Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, but because of his professional ability, he participated in the investigation of the Jiangnan case, so he was seconded to help. He is one of the chief judges of the trial.
He immediately came back to his senses, bowed and said: "The evidence has been reviewed, and all the suspects in custody have no objections. In my opinion, I can be convicted."
The emperor asked: "Yiqing sees it, how should I decide?"
Tang Zhihe said blankly: "Follow the law."
Those who should be killed should be killed, those who should be exiled should be exiled, and those who should have ransacked their homes. Anyway, no one is innocent, and death is not a pity.
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a slight smile, "In that case, I will leave this matter to you and the Criminal Department of Dali Temple."
This is a very offensive personnel matter, but Tang Zhihe agreed after thinking about it.
The emperor was very satisfied. When he saw the books on the table, he picked them up and looked through them, and asked the two of them, "Have you read the new book by the son-in-law?"
There are many concubines in the Jin Dynasty, some of the same generation as the emperor and the prince, but there is only one concubine who can write books, and they can still see it.
The prince didn't say anything, he just came back and he's very busy, how can he have time for leisure and entertainment? So I didn't watch it.
Tang Zhihe, who was well-informed, touched his nose and bowed to salute: "I have read some."
He closed his eyes after a pause and boasted, "Well written."
The emperor waved his hand, "There's no need to praise him against your will, but in my opinion it's far worse than the "Biography of Xiang Mingxue" and "Journey to the West" written by him."
Tang He didn't speak.
"But the strange thing is the reincarnation of Taibai and Wenqu. I think the beginning and the middle are well written, but why did he write Taibai and Wenqu as enemies when they were young?" The emperor asked him, "Is this the enemy? Zhou Aren't Man and Bai Shan very close when they were young?"
The prince also turned to look at Tang He.
After pondering for a long time, Tang He said: "I heard that Master Zhou and Master Bai were naughty when they were young. Children, it's normal to fight and fight..."
He paused for a moment and then changed the subject: "However, don't look at Mr. Bai's age, he doesn't take advantage of Mr. Zhou. From his status, it can be seen that Mr. Zhou is a senior sister, so although Mr. Bai is old, It's longer, but it's the youngest junior..."
Tang He didn't say the rest, but both the emperor and the crown prince understood, so Bai Cheng was the most bullied among the three of them, so when writing a book, he couldn't help but bring out some of it when he was a child.
Tang He said with a smile: "As far as I know, their relationship was not that bad when they were young. After all, they are brothers and sisters of the same school. They study together. It is normal to be noisy, and it is true to support each other."
The emperor nodded and sighed: "This is like a family of brothers. It's normal to be noisy, but no matter how noisy, we still have to support each other in the future."
While saying this, he did not forget to look at the prince.
Prince: ...
Tang He was also taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect the emperor to bring the topic up to the crown prince, so he was silent for a while, lowering his head and not daring to intervene.
When he got out of the palace, Tang He let out a sigh of relief. He felt that working in front of the emperor was really fatal, and he didn't know how his father had come here all these years.
The crown prince came out behind him, and he stepped aside immediately.
The prince stopped to look at him, and asked, "Zhou Man and Bai Shan had a bad relationship when they were young?"
Then why are they still married
Tang He thought carefully and said: "Your Highness, I also heard from Yang Heshu, after all, he is the county magistrate of Luojiang County, but Zhou Man and Bai Shan were only a few years old at that time, children, it's normal to fight. "
How old is he? How old are you and Prince Gong? Can you compare with him
The prince was very satisfied with his answer, and also felt that his emperor's father was making trouble unreasonably. How old were they when they were arguing, and how old were he and Prince Gong's brothers when they were arguing
Besides, if he can live and die together in his teens, can he and Prince Gong live and die together
He and them are completely life-and-death, so Zhou Man and Bai Shan can become husband and wife, and they... hum!